The people in the office building of the Investigation Bureau (IB) were busy working on their computers. Research analyst Neera Sharma (in her late twenties) was working on computer. Her phone vibrated. She looked at her phone of which the screen displayed a message in the notification bar. She left the keyboard and picked up the phone. She left the chair and walked out of the room. She walked through the corridor and came near to a cabin. There was a name plate mounted on the wall near the door of the cabin, 'PRINCIPAL SECRETARY (RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE)'. She opened the door. A man, Sameer Bedi (in his mid thirties) was sitting on a leather coated waiting chair facing the Principal Secretary Mr. Rakesh Tripathi who was sitting at his desk. Sameer had his head down at the magazine which he has reading while holding it with his right hand and had his legs folded.
She said, " Sir. "
Rakesh looked at her.
" Oh, Neera, come. "
She entered the room and came to the table. Sameer's attention from the magazine was diverted to her.
He said, " I hope you had prepared the interrogation report. "
" Sir, I went through the entire footage and the case file but I didn't see any evidence of Vihaan who had any intention to murder Mr. Bansal. "
Sameer interrupted, " But he was there at the moment. "
" That doesn't make him a culprit. "
Sameer left the seat.
" But he is our prime suspect. "
She smirked and turned around to him. She folded her hands and leaned against Rakesh's table. Rakesh cleared his throat.
" He is Sameer Bedi. He is here on the behalf of Arclight to see your report. "
" I haven't prepared the report yet. What is this Arclight. "
Sameer said, " The PMO has issued an order to the Unicorn to stop it's operations and deactivate it's agents temporarily. "
Rakesh added, " Because Unicorn is not allowed to carry out it's operations, RA&W has introduced Arclight which will serve as an agency and will keep an eye on Unicorn's actions. "
Rakesh drew a paper out of a file.
" This is an order from PMO. "
She turned to him and took the paper. She went through the context of the paper.
He said, " Mr. Bedi brought this paper to us. "
Sameer said, " The date of Vihaan's trial has been fixed. The court will verdict on the case on the date and decide whether he is indeed an innocent or will declare him as a traitor. "
She asked, " So where he will stay till then? "
" Our safehouse. He'll be kept under our sight. "
Vihaan walked out of the building with his cuffed hands while being held by two armed commandoes. A commando was standing at the backside of a law enforcement van. He opened the backdoor. Vihaan was made to sit on the seat in the van. The first commando sat besides him. The other two sat on the front seat. The backdoor was locked by the fourth commando. He kept in his pocket and came to the front where he opened the door and sat on the passenger seat.
He spoke on the walky talky, " We are good to go. "
Sameer said, " Proceed to the safe house. "
The commando gave a thumbs up to the driver of the van who was also a commando. The later ignited the van, got it in the gear and began to drive. The van was being followed by a car in which Sameer was sitting on the passanger seat.
He accessed his phone and made a call to Aditya.
" Yes sir. We have just left the office. I'll report you once we reach the safe house. "
He hung up the call.
Prithvi was packing his belongings in a cardboard box on the table. There were two more similar sealed boxes kept on the ground. Neel was present in the cabin. He was standing at a twelve feet distance from the table.
He said, " Sir, I don't think the ministry will keep a stay on Unicorn for a longer time. "
Prithvi sealed the box with a cello tape.
" Unicorn has become a past for me now. I have been appointed as the additional secretary of the Arclight. "
Neel's phone started ringing. He took out his phone and attended the call.
" Hello. "
He exclaimed, " What? Appointment letter. Oh, I see. Thank you. "
He hung up the call.
Prithvi asked, " What happened? "
" Got a call from home. Jiya has just received my appointment letter. "
" Seems RA&W has assigned you a new role in their department. "
" Looks so. "
Prithvi kept the boxes on the table one by one.
" Will you help me a bit to shift these boxes? "
Neel nodded.
" Sure. "
Neel came out of the room with two boxes in his hand kept upon one another. Prithvi came out with one box. He kept the box on ground. He locked the door from outside. He kept the key in his pocket. He picked up the box and walked away. Neel and Prithvi were walking through the corridor.
Neel said, " Sir, It's hard to believe. "
" What? "
" Subhash sir is no more with us. "
Prithvi hummed.
" Even I am getting bothered by the incident. "
The van of the Arclight commandoes in which Vihaan was being taken to the safehouse, was approaching towards a tunnel. He made an eye contact with the commando who was sitting in front of him. He began to blink his eyes slowly as if he was having sleepiness in his eyes. He fell off the seat and lied on the floor.
The first commando said, " Stop the van. The prisoner has fainted. "
The van stopped. The commando came out of the van. He opened the backdoor. The car stopped behind the van. Sameer came out of the car. The other commandoes came out of the van.
Sameer asked, " What happened to him? "
The second commando said, " He just got fainted. "
" What? "
Sameer entered the van. He leaned towards Vihaan and put his two fingers before his nose. He came out of the van. He put his hands on his hips. He nodded and hummed.
" It might be due to dehydration. "
The first commando said, " We have to give him the medical aid. "
Sameer looked at the commando and nodded. Vihaan slightly opened his right eye for a while and then closed again.
