Fighting For Euphoria

1. Is this Endgame?

Background/ Third POV

Sai and Virat are in (their last scene on the serial)- plane hijack and it's about to get blown away and here Sai is thinking about these happy moments... she's with Virat, all the happy and even sad moments and the moments with her precious children and the happiness of having them her life and every thing is flashing back before her eyes and what she truly wishing for is to have happiness once in her life, and time to savour that happiness but in her life... it couldn't be possible, she couldn't get it because of all the wrong actions of dear Patralekha didi and family members always support her and also misunderstanding and useless quarrels that she and Virat have but wouldn't let go, that also destroyed their happy ending, now here they were...dying.

Sai pleads and beg with Virat to just go off the plane, but he refuses to abandon her. "I go where you go he say."  

The hope dies for any help with bomb, just as the bomb timer is on the last few minutes. Sai tries again "Please Virat. You have to go off the plane now. Mere liye ab kuch nhi ho sakta par tum jao.. please bachao ke liye.." She puts on a brave face and a smile, "Our journey ends here, but our love will live on. Go to the kids please Virat." and she is praying for all the happiness and success for her children and feeling sorry now that she and Virat couldn't be in their life no more and witness them growing, having other milestones and achieving success in future, as Virat just won't change his decision. 

She prays and prays silently... she is scared for her, for Virat and their kids. Please Bappa...

She hears a faint voice that whispers, very similar to her father's saying 'Toh badal do ye sab. Fight for your happiness, Fight Sai. For your children, and your happy ending. Take what is meant to be yours, change what you can.' 

'If only I could... I would have changed it all.' She thinks and sobs out uncontrollably in despair... all hope is lost, clutching out Virat just to find some comfort, feeling bittersweet to have him in moments of demise wanting to spare him this fate but at the same time thankful not be alone. 

'Then do.' the voice replies firmly, as if reading her mind. 

She doesn't understand the meaning of these words, but still feels warm to hear her father's voice in her last moments and knowing that she would get to meet him soon, Sai takes her last breath in embrace of her love Virat.

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" Doctor, Patient is having seizures" Hands come quickly to hold patient convulsing on the operation table.

"Heartbeat is going erratic. Come quickly." As heart machine starts to beep warningly, the activity in room becomes chaotic. The machine give a long beep, flashing red as the heartbeat on screen goes flat.

Doctors refuses to give up... starts doing chest compressions, "Nurse. Nurse, Jaldi se woh _ injection lao.... bring the defibrillators quick." 

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"Oh. Finally, Patient is stabilizing. Shift her in ICU and Monitor her closely, Nurse. I'm going to talk to the family now."

"Yes Doctor."

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"Doctor is Sai going to be okay? Please tell us." Samrat asks.  

"Operation was successful, we monitor her closely and check more when she gains consciousness."

Doctor eyes the crowd "Who is the husband of the patient? i will tell him more details."

"I'm here. Doctor please is something wrong? Sai thik toh he na... please tell. " A haggard looking Virat replies. "The accident had done a lot of trauma to her head was  very serious, She had seizure during operation and we almost lost on the table once." Doctor takes a tone of caution and practiced calm.

"WHAT!!" Virat reacts listening to this, several concerned family members present that were listening pales.

"Yes, So please be careful not to stress her when she gains consciousness. She needs peace, care and happiness for her recovery. Her body has suffered greatly in this ordeal." Eyeing all family members standing there, doctor says.

Members reflect back "Yes, we will make sure dr." "Oh, thank you dr." Listening to this doctor leaves.

"Thank you bappa. Meri Sai ko mujse dur hone se bacha liye." Virat says kneeling in front of the small temple in hospital, silently prays to the deity more for Sai's health.

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Sai POV

Finds her body feeling so heavy, her mind fighting through the darkness. Is she dead? Is this what afterlife is? She questions herself.

Are her eyes closed, they feel so heavy... She feels some pressure on her hand... tries to find what it is.

"Sai." "Sai, can you hear me?" Hears some voices faintly. Was it days or months since I died? Will I be like this always?  She is feeling tired of this fog of darkness already. More chatter but darkness pulls her deep again. 

"Try to open your eyes, Sai." The voice pleads out again after sometime, was it minutes ago or days passed again?... I'm trying so hard here, I want to say but find it so difficult. More voices... are they all dead people as well?

"Try okay. If it's hard then rest. Okay?" she finds herself sad, not wanting to disappoint the voice. Tries once more and wins.

She gasps surprised yet more shocked as she observes her surrounding. Hospital...Ohk.

Was that Samrat Dada... What's happening... wasn't he dead? I'm dead so... maybe... But sees Aai but younger? didn't she get off the plane?

Where's Virat? She wants him.

Her Vinu and Savi. Where are they all? ...please not dead. Sai is so confused. 

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Doctor arrives with Pulkit jiju? Wasn't he abroad or someplace away. Something is seriously wrong here as she frantically searches the room trying to understand.

As doctor asks some basic check up questions, I nod dumbly, still so confused.

"Sai you had an accident on the road, Remember? On the way to bustop you were going to Gadchiroli ." Pulkit sir asks.

'What?' my mind questions but that was way too back. Didn't we all were on a plane? then everything went shit. I shake my head negative, still finding to work my mouth difficult. Behind him Aai loudly flinches on my reaction.

"Sai? Do u remember what year it is?"  Wasn't it 20**?, my brain supplies

"Confirm by a nod, it's 2021." Pulkit jiju asks to Sai, but she's dumbstruck by the year he counts.

I squeeze Aai's hand, shocked to core. 'WHAT? Are they joking?' this can't be possible is last thought as I once again lose myself to darkness. Wishing this all to be a big nightmare.

Note:

I took 2020 as year of Sai and Virat's marriage.(First one) Sorry, lost count between fights leading to moving out, hospitalizations and reconciliation, remarriages.

(I don't know in which year they die, it gets confusing with leaps in serial and following drama) If someone could provide a timeline it would be so helpful.

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