WAR IN THE CURSED LAND✔️

19

After they have reached home dev woke up viha slowly. 

Dev : viha bangaram ( darling ) ! See where you are ! 

Viha opened her eyes lazily and  saw her father.

Vihana : nanna ! 

Saying that she jumped and hugged her father tightly. Dev hugged her back and brushed her hairs.

Dev : how are you princess ?

Vihana : I am good. But i missed you a lot nanna.

Dev : aww ! My darling. I am promising you that i will never ever leave you again. Only few more months. Ok ?

Vihana : ok !

Amukta opened the car door and she was waiting to gain their attention . She took the luggage inside already. She cleared her throat to gain their attention.

Vihana : amma ! 

Vihana got down and hugged her mother. Amukta lifted her up and kissed her forehead.

Amukta : I missed you a lot baby.

Vihana : me too. 

Dev : viha ! You must be hungry. Let's get inside and have dinner first.

Vihana : yes ! I am hungry.  Let's go inside. I want to see my new house.

Vihana ran inside by making her parents smile at her antics. Dev and amukta went inside and amukta locked the main door.

Saritha : viha ! Wash your hands and legs first. Come with me.

Dev went into the kitchen and brought all the dishes on to the dining table. Amukta was busy in making raita ( it is a yoghurt based dish which can eaten with any hot food ). She came into the dining room with the raita bowl in her hand. They had their dinner with lot of happy talks and giggles. Amukta served the cupcakes for everyone after dinner and went to bring water bottle from kitchen. She was about come back but she heard her phone ringing. She took the phone and saw the caller ID. It is a call from mythri.

Dev : what happened ?

Amukta : mythri is calling.

Dev :don't tell her anything.

Amukta : ok !

Amukta answered the call.

Amukta : hello !

Mythri : hello amukta ! Can i talk to you ? Are you free ?

Amukta : yes ! Tell me.

Mythri : you have told me that the skull belongs to an old woman right ?

Amukta : yes !

Mythri : an old woman went missing in the forest few days ago. They didn't complain about that. A flock of people went into the forest for bringing some wild fruits and they have seen a dead body without head. It was inside a well. It is floating in the water.

Amukta :what ?

Mythri : yes ! 

Amukta : a young man came home just now to inform Rajat about that. Rajat told me to inform you guys and went along with them. We won't get proper signals in the forest.

Dev took the phone from amukta's hands.

Dev : did he inform at the station ?

Mythri : no !  Oh my god ! I never saw him in that flock.

Mythri didn't even think about that. But now all of sudden she realised that he went alone and it could be dangerous to him. She cursed herself for not thinking properly and even rajat think twice before going.

Dev : how can he be this stupid ? Lock all doors and stay safe. 

Mythri : hmm.

Dev cut the call.

Saritha : what happened son ?

Dev : we got some urgent work athamma. We will be home soon. Amukta ! We have to go ! 

Amukta nodded.

Dev : I will arrange few constables outside the house for security and vinod will be here. Take care ! Don't open the doors in any circumstances till we are back. Don't open the door even if vinod knocks.

Sagar : ok son ! We will take care.

Vihana : where are you going now ? Don't you want to spend time with me ?

Dev picked her in his arms.

Dev : nanna have some work. He will be back soon. Tomorrow i will take you out. You are going to get a surprise.

Vihana : I don't want any surprises. I just want to be with you nanna.

Dev : I will stay with you tomorrow. Let's play a lot and go for outing. Ok ?

Vihana : ok !

Dev : now be a good girl ! Don't trouble your grandparents and go to sleep. Good night !

Vihana : good night !

..........

Dev was talking on the satellite phone with his team as they won't get signals.

Dev : hello control room ! DCP dev here ! 

CI somasekhar : hello sir ! Sekhar here ! 2 battalions have entered the forest sir. The search started. We enquired the tribal group sir ! No one knows anything about that body and the guys who came to rajat's house.

Dev : damn it ! He should have been a little careful. Alright ! Keep an eye on your surroundings.

Amukta : dev ! The scanner is activated. 

Dev : great ! Zoom in and check the most densely populated area.

Amukta and dev are currently driving in the dense forest without any fear and abundance of courage. Few forest guards are following them behind. Amukta kept on zooming and she stopped at one particular spot.

Amukta : dev ! 

Dev : what happened ?

Amukta : we are mobbed by people in all directions .

Dev : what are you saying ?

Suddenly all vehicles have turned on their lights. The intense light in the dark forest is to much to take for their eyes. The forest guards vehicle is nowhere to be found.

Amukta : dev ! What are we going to do now ?

Dev : fight !

Dev : CI sekhar !  We are mobbed. I repeat .. we are mobbed.

CI sekhar : we will reach you in 10 minutes sir.

Dev saw people getting down with swords and sickles in their hands. Dev saw a man who looks familiar. He is walking forward towards dev's jeep. As he is nearing him dev recognised him. He is Jara. The very same man who escaped from his clutches few years ago. The one and only Jarasandha. The person who gave a disappointment to dev in his career. The one man for whom dev is searching for ages secretly.

Jarasandha : namsthey ACP sir ! Sorry you grew up a lot. Namasthey DCP sir !

Dev : you can't escape from me this time. I am not going to leave you this time. I have permission to shoot you down the moment i see you. 

Jarasandha : do that if you have courage sir ! Once look around yourself !

Amukta is getting scared but she is composing herself that nothing will happen.

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How's the chapter ? 

What happens now ? Are you guys worried about dev and amukta ?