NIGHT TIME
AT MALHOTRA MANSION
Abhi sat on his bed thinking if he did right by getting Alia arrested. He thought that he did the correct thing but those insecure thoughts were making him insane.
He looked towards the other beds, Raj and Mitali slept peacefully. He wished for his dadi to be here she would've made all his worries go away. But for now only he had to deal with them.
He hoped for the best to happen. He hoped that now Alia would change.
AT THE UNCONSTRUCTED BUILDING,
Alia heard the sound of a car stopping. Immediately she started to yell. Maybe someone will hear her and help.
The steps of someone's footwear echoed. She was happy.
Alia - Thank god ! Someone is here finally! Please help me !
Stopping her pleas inbetween Alia looked at the person. Pranjali stood there with Pragya. Reyansh just sat on one of the stairs.
Alia - You ? What ? You planned all this ? Didn't you !
Pranjali - Ufff.... atleast you understood why you are here. Else I would have to explain everything and that would have wasted my time.
Horror filled Alia's heart, she was here tied up with nothing to help her out. She glanced at Pragya, who was just staring at her. Pragya might help her afterall she is "Pragya the mahaan" always forgiving easily. Alia never thought this day would come when she would be asking Pragya for a favour.
Alia - Pragya please listen to me. I...I promise to not do any misdeed in the future please make Pranjali understand please spare me
Pragya - Alia, how can you even think that I out anyone would be willing to help you ?
So there was no way out. She can't lose like this not after everything she did to reach her goal.
Alia - I didn't even kill Tanu !!
Pranjali - Oh darling don't you get it ? This isn't about Tanu...it has always been about me and my maa
Alia - How can you do this ?!! Leave me !!
Pranjali - How can I ? Just like you could.
The bitterness of Pranjali's tone made Alia stop for a moment. But again she started to raise her voice.
Alia - Look leave me ! And I swear no one is going to know about this
Pranjali laughed at that.
Pranjali - Dead women tell no tales Alia.
Silence. Alia started to struggle against the grip of the rope. She was hurting her own arms but didn't care. She had to run away from here somehow. She couldn't die like this.
Pranjali slammed her head against the stone wall making her scream in agony. Again and again the same continued till the wall behind her head turned into a hue of red from her blood.
Pragya came forward and the torture started yet again.
Never in her wildest dream did Alia think that she would cry for real. She had shed crocodile tears for a thousand times. This time the tears were real. The physical pain was unbearable. But the thing that pained the most was that these tears were because of the same person she had hated all her life. Pragya.
Pranjali - Wanted to be free, right ? I'll free you
Saying so she freed Alia from the ropes. With all her might Alia clutched her wounded head by one hand and from the other took some support to run.
She was at the first step of the stairs when Pranjali kicked her. Rolling down the staircase Alia landed on the ground floor. Her face was bruised now. She winced at the burning sensation of the cuts.
Still she tried to get up and run. Pranjali and the two other came down as well. This time it was Pragya, who came forward and stepped on Alia's back.
Pragya - Alia, you should know one thing that you are the one who turned us into this. We weren't like this it's you who did it.
Pragya's heels sent a wave of pain on her back bone. Pragya removed her heel from Alia's back and went to Reyansh's side.
Reyansh - Don't worry Alia I won't do anything. My wife is enough for you.
Alia cried hysterically. She couldn't make herself believe it, was this the end ?
Her eyes fell on the iron rods placed there. She forwarded her arm to grab one of them. Before her hand reached it, Pranjali took the same rod and hitted her hand.
Alia - You aren't like me...please leave..me
She couldn't speak properly, the words came out unclear. Her breaths uneven Alia hoped that Pranjali would show mercy at last. But how wrong she was.
Pranjali - I know. You aren't like me and I can't ever be like you.
The weight of her words hung in the air. Alia started to drag her body not being in the shape to get up. The price of her crimes was extremely painful.
Was this what the people she hurted felt ?
Pragya - Don't even try to get away. You're not going to succeed.
Reyansh - Pranjali baby why would you stop ?
Pranjali grabbed a fist full of Alia's hair and dragged her to a muddy area. Alia tried her best to resist.
Pranjali - You know Alia who owns this place ? Me... I'll bury you here. So that I step on you whenever I achieve something. You'll see me happy for an eternity.
Pragya - Game over Alia Mehra.
Alia wailed loudly, she had to do something. Her throat hurted but she couldn't stop crying.
Pranjali again started to beat her up with the iron rod, all the time Alia framed her and made her mother suffer flashed before her eyes. And all she could see was red.
Blood. It was everywhere, the mud seemed reddish. But the thrashing didn't stop. Pranjali didn't stop and wouldn't stop till Alia took her very last breath.
Alia tried her best to suppress her cries not wanting to give them the satisfaction of hurting her. But the way she was being beaten up to a pulp was enough to make her shout.
Pragya felt strangely good, she wanted to laugh, laugh till she couldn't breath properly. This was more amazing than she thought. Seeing Alia after all these years getting what she deserved that too by Pranjali's hand made Pragya's heart swell with joy. Pragya never felt happy seeing anyone hurt but maybe there was a exception for everything.
Alia's scream got louder and louder with every hit delivered to her body. She never thought all her plans would result in this. Her face was covered in blood and same could be said for her body. Her hair filled with mud. She couldn't breath without huffing at this point. Death was near she could feel it.
Pranjali stopped suddenly, for a fraction of a second Alia wondered if she changed her mind. Dropping to her knees Pranjali grabbed Alia's jaw, eyes glistening with unshed tears, she smiled.
Pranjali - Just so you know, yes you didn't kill Tanu. And now I wish you a very happy death day Alia.
And with that came the final blow, not
from Pranjali but Pragya. The rod dropped blood on the ground. Pragya stood there with an expression that one could say was of victory.
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Alia gone. But who killed Tanu ? Any guesses !! (I'll follow whoever guesses it right 😉<3)
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Fanfiction"Sometimes leaving the person you love the most is better than being with that person"~ Prachi Prachi , we are not talking about Prachi Arora nor about Prachi Mehra and nor about Prachi Ranbir Kohli . We are talking about just Prachi .
