ARANYAM

Chapter 16: The Storm!

Vikram's PoV

"Kalyan, timeline what she has done before she went missing ?"

"Sir 6:30 came out.

7:00 she was found with a goldsmith

8:00 she met someone

9:00 returned home.

10:30 she went out... we thought for toilets... but she escaped sir."

Soon we started to search for the person she met, but even that bastard was not found in his usual place.

"Shit !"

We started to look out for him and Nila in all the checkposts.

While we were searching for the guy she met, another ruckus hoped in the form of a storm.

Due to this, the PM who was supposed to return to India from Switzerland today is facing trouble in flight. So, Bangalore has become their emergency landing site. Being DG, I have to personally rush to Bangalore, to ensure his security until he takes off from here.

The good for fucking ministers of both states had to visit him at the airport with due respect.

While I was checking the protocols and was busy communicating with the team, I was greeted by someone by name.

"HEY VIKRAM !"

I turned around to see many shock-stricken faces and a wisdom-dripping face, of the respected PM.

I saluted him.

"Be casual Vikram... How are you doing ?" PM has asked me and we had a normal conversation, which brought abnormal consequences.

And one of those includes the authorization I needed to join the STF forces of both states along with the permit to Operation Cocoon.

Indeed, serving as PM Security Chief Advisor and being a favorite to PM due to sincerity has its own significance in my life, as well as the fate of the forest..

And in that pride moment, I missed the happy grin that crept amidst nervous Ones.

You thought to crash me using CM, Arasan... But I rose up with a PM.

And the permit to OPERATION COCOON declared the official war, to set out the fire in the storm.

WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREATER INTELLIGENCE... to tame the tricks of those smugglers.

"Sir, we got a lead about the person whom Nila met," Kalyan said when I was returning after sending off, PM.

"Then, what are you waiting for... Snare that bastard!"

We reached out to a village near Satyamangalam forest.

The team has already ambushed his place, and that bastard unaware of that was counting on his money, after spending on today's quota for his liquor.

"43, 44.. 47..."

"And you're gone"

We all surrounded him.

"Where is Nila? " I said pulling away the money from his hands while kneeling on one knee.

"Who Nila? What Nila? Only Laila...

Laila... mein Laila..."

Idiot!

Thud!

I crashed his head to the ground.

"Aye! "

Again crashed the head

"Aye! "

Again

"Saar... Saar.. "

All the while I crashed for the smuggler, and we found the hidden treasure... THE SANDALWOOD LOGS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR.

So, we alerted all the cops in the forest villagers, to frisk in each house and every inch.

We were flabbergasted, as we unleashed how the villagers hid sandalwood logs in their roofs and between firewood and coconut trees.

DAMN THEIR BRAINS!

250 METRIC TONS OF SANDALWOOD was supposed to be smuggled, behind the mask of Kannada Rajostava.

Tires of cars, seats of buses, costumes of Yakshagana performers, tent house materials, flower decors, daily necessity vehicles, ambulances... what not!

Every 4 vehicles passing the checkpost, were caught smuggling! Unaware of the damage to the other 6 vehicles.

Valli's PoV

I and Pallavi were constantly trying to call RMP, to arrive quickly as the baby caught a fever due to a sudden change in climate due to the storm.

The tears and pain in my heart were unbearable to see my naughty playful kid, lying without any motion.

Rubbing off my nose, I dialed the RMP's number again for the 67th time

"Madam, I'm stuck near the checkpost.

Cops just caught a truck ahead of smuggling and it's taking time for the protocols"

Just then, I heard him, the DG in the news, who is proud to confirm that they indeed got hold of 250 metric tons of sandalwood. And they are still expecting to find more and following their protocol in all the checkposts"

The charisma crept on his face due to pride and the pain crept on my baby's face due to illness, left me clueless with despondent eyes.

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