"So Mr. Bheemraj, it's been a long time. Remember us?"
A voice boomed around the office and a live video started playing on the screen handled by the secretary. The hijackers stood on the other side of the screen, armed with a pointed look on their faces. The video ended as soon as it had begun.
"How is this possible..." Mr. Bheemraj whispered to himself.
"Who are they, sir?" The secretary asked, eyes never leaving the screen.
"Dead people, from the past..." He replied, a bead of sweat running down his forehead
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In the metro, a palpable tension covered the atmosphere, a sense of doom and tragedy.
"Om, open the gates," Anirudh said on the mic. The gates opened almost a second later.
All the corrupted air went out of the coach and Anirudh continued, "turn the AC on."
Everyone consequently removed their masks and started checking the unconscious passengers, who were slowly regaining consciousness.
"Raj, do you copy?" Anirudh asked.
"Yeah, Anirudh. Speak."
"Raj, are the lasers installed outside?" Anirudh spoke.
"Yes, the lasers are installed on both the sides and tested successfully." Came the reply.
"And what about the cameras and the explosives?" Om asked from his position.
"They are perfectly placed where you marked on the map."
Anirudh nodded to himself and looked at everyone inside the metro. With a short intake of breath, he gave his order.
"Begin Phase two."
Everyone huddled around the coach. They made the passengers sit on the seats and tied their hands to each others' with sure locks, and every person on the end to respective poles.
A group of seven people was tied and dragged to the seats.
"Okay you move," Veronica ordered three people who obediently got up and followed her to the front of the metro.
"Raj, take care of them. Jagrit, assist him with the work, and be quick!" She left in a rush.
Three more people were made to move towards the back side of the metro.
"Sir, there's someone coming." Om's voice reached everyone.
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Three CRPF soldiers, armed and quick with their movements started moving towards the metro from the platform.
"Be very silent, we can't alert them," One of them said as they moved, to grasp the severity of the situation. They kept moving slowly, switching their guns from safe mode to burst mode.
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"Lasers or explosives?" Om asked simply.
"Calm down, boy. Let's prove to Mr. Bheemraj that we are still the same people he handpicked," Anirudh smirked.
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"What's that beep sound?" one of the CRPF soldiers asked, stopping in his tracks.
Within no time, an explosion took place, killing all 3 of them on the spot, with the sound echoing until the very end of the metro line.
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"Sir, there was an explosion. None of them came back."
The secretary hurried inside the office with a worried voice.
"Yeah. How can I underestimate them? They were not simple agents. Beasts, now that would be a better term." Mr. Bheemraj was growing nervous by the moment.
In the meantime, another video greeted him.
"Beasts, remember sir? That was our team name, right? You, of all people, can't forget it. You thought we came without any preparation? Just for the sake of your remembrance, we have Major Raj Singh and Dr. Vivek Wadhwa with us.
A man with explosive hands and a mad scientist. Don't let any innocent life go to waste now."
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Metro Trepidation
غموض / إثارةThere is little that can be listed in the flaws of the Delhi metro. It is one of the most genius systems in the country and definitely one of the most secure. However, when seven people come back from the dead with nothing but vengeance in their hea...
