His Lost Heartbeat

Chapter 24

Anirudh held staring wheel tightly, his eyes silently looking for a way to escape. If Jeep would go forward, they would be surrounded by danger. Taking U turn was not feasible since they were on narrow path . Though Few meters behind , road diverged into two .

He started the engines, taking reverse gear , he place his feet on accelerator.

"Barrister ko pta chal gya" A voice startled Aadhya. She looked around only to find a  few people coming out from bushes. 

"Ye log..." She tried to spoke but couldn't complete her sentence when she heard gunshot. She looked back, fear evident in her eyes.

"Chinta mat karo. Mai tumhe kuch nhi hone dunga" Anirudh spoke , handling steering wheel with one hand and fumbling with little cabinet of his jeep with second hand. He took out a revolver . Keeping vehicle under control, he tried to hold revolver in his left hand . However using left hand was not an easy task.

Seeing him struggling with gun and vehicle, Aadhya forwarded her hand.

"Mujhe dijiye" She said. He looked at her taken aback from her sudden demand though he handed her the gun.

She held the gun , gripping it in a expertise way. She turned around , her eyes sharp and focused as she fire a bullet puncturing one of the tires and at the same time missed a bullet just by inches. Before she could gather herself, their jeep lost its balance.

Anirudh held her arm preventing her from fall. A bullet had striked tyre of their  jeep.

Taking a deeb breath, she turned around and fired a bullet on wrist of the man holding rifle whereas she fired another one on the second tire of the jeep.

Anirudh puts his feet on accelerator,and took a turn steering the vehicle away from the danger lurking a few kms behind.  Luckily Aadhya's attack had slowed down another jeep allowing them to take a lead.However his own vehicle would not be cooperative for long time and the path ahead was straight without any turn. Even if they would manage to escape for a while, they would be captured eventually.

"Aadhya" He spoke , his mind reeling around to look for a way."Jab mai bolu bahar kud jana" He said , rummaging through the jeep taking out the heavy lunch box that was packed by his uncle. He removed his legs from accelerator.

"Kudo" He said, mentally prepared to fight back any of her retort. Though for his surprise, she jumped out without any question as if she hadn't given a thought before jumping. As if he hadn't asked her to jump out from high speed vehicle.

Shrugging off his amusement, he put the lunch box on accelerator before jumping down. Pain surged through his body as he fell on the rough ground. He looked at Aadhya to make sure that she was not hurt. Fortunately due to his precise calculation of speed, she had fallen on the stubble.

He rushed towards her , looking at  the path, making sure that there were no danger around, at least not for now.

"Jaldi" He guided her towards the stubble , the  join her , hiding both of them behind the stubble. They crouched side by side, their body pressed against each other. Their body still due to the mere predicament.