Sparks Fly

18. Kabir.

18. Kabir.

Hospital:

"Kanishka, your phone." Athiya said, passing Kanishka's phone to her.

"You?" She said, answering the call.

"You know Anisha since you both were 8, don't you?"

"Yes, I do, but, please. Whatever you say, I'll do it. But please don't hurt any of them."

"Then come here."

"I can't, no one will let me." Kanishka was fighting back tears now.

"Then she...."

Kanishka knew what she was going to hear, and she didn't want to hear that word. 

"I'll try but-"

"But nothing. Either you come here, or your best friend-"

"Kanishka don't listen to this idiot, don't come here. They will kill you." Kanishka heard from the other end.

There was a sound of shouting from the other end. "I swear if you do anything to her, there will be no one worse than me!" Kanishka said.

"Kanishka, sab theek hai?" Ritika asked.

Kanishka nodded, and the person on the other end continued, "If you inform the police, or anyone else, then she will still be harmed. I'm keeping an eye on you, Miss. Malhotra."

The phone was cut before Kanishka could reply. "I'm going to New York, and please, don't stop me." Kanishka said, to Ritika, Anushka and Athiya.

"But why?" Athiya asked.

"I can't tell you the reason," Kanishka replied. "I'll book my flight, and then once I get discharged I'll leave."

"We'll come with you." Anushka said.

"No Bhabhi, I'll go alone."

"You rest, we'll just come." Ritika said, and her, Anushka and Athiya left the room.

"We're definitely going with her." Anushka said as they came outside the room.

"Someone's threatened her for sure. Otherwise she had agreed she would not go to New York, now she wants to all of a sudden." Ritika said.

"Definitely," Athiya added. "And we'll inform Aadhya, Kashvi and Anisha."

"So, let's get booking then. Tia, you book for Kanishka and I'll book ours. We'll just be making sure that Kanishka doesn't see us." Ritika said.

Kanishka's Hospital Room:

Kanishka was talking to Athiya, when Ritika noticed a text from an unknown number, on Kanishka's phone.

Unknown: So, ready to come to New York? Remember your best friend, in your thoughts if you don't come here. 

New York:

"Did you see Anisha?" Kashvi asked Abhishek.

"Yes I've seen her, I see her everyday." Abhishek replied.

"I'm not joking Abhay, no one has seen her and it's been 3 hours. Choti bacchi thodi na hai, ki gayab ho jayegi."

"Exactly, she's not a small kid. She must be here somewhere."

"No, Abhay, your not understanding. We checked the entire place - by the swimming pool, by the waterpark, everywhere. But she's not anywhere." Aadhya said.

"Kashvi, Aadhya, tum dono zyada tension le rahe ho. Waterpark mein hi hogi."

"Me and Aadhya were going to our room, we thought Anisha was already there. But when we reached there, everything was a mess and Anisha wasn't there. And she wouldn't keep the room a mess and go to the waterpark."

"Mess?"

"There was broken glass on the floor, the pillows and blankets were on the floor...."

"Chalo jaldi," Abhishek said as they rushed to the elevator. "Pehle bol na chahiye tha ki yeh sab hua hai,"

"Bhaiya, aap sun kaha rahe the." Aadhya said.

"Bhaiya mat kaho yaar, I'm just 23 and younger than you."

They stepped out of the elevator.

Aadhya, Kashvi and Anisha's room:

They stepped inside the room, avoiding stepping on any glass that was on the floor.

"Yeh Anisha ka phone toh nahi lagta," Abhishek asked, picking up the phone on the floor.

"Kabir."

"Who's Kabir?"

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How was it?

Precap: Reunited.