Kartik's Pov
'Bara bazaar? Naira wahan kia karnay gai hai. Obviously market hai tou kuch khareednay hee gai hogi lekin achanak aisay ghayab. Wo sab chor Kartik right now I have to see her safe and sound in front of me.' I got to know from one of my office employees who saw Naira there as he went for teej shopping with his wife. I was able to find my Naira earlier with my employees' help as I had asked every single person I knew or Naira must have known. As soon as she was traced my panicked self calmed down a bit after an hour or so but still there was something disturbing me and that wasn't going to be fine until I had Naira in front of me. My eyes, my heart, every ounce of my body was eagerly waiting to have her beautiful vision in front.
I raced my car towards the location but my bad luck that I got stuck at every red signal. Sweat dripping down my face, it was becoming difficult to breathe as it took longer and longer to reach my Naira. Something was not right but I didn't knew what. All my mind could imagine was Naira and all I did was to pray for Naira's safety. Although I now knew where she is but still that feeling wasn't ready to leave me.
To help my self calm down and to get the strength to reach Naira I turned on the car's AC but accidentally the radio turned on.
'Udaipur ke bazaar jahan hazaron logo kee chahal pahal hoti hai roz aaj wahan aag lag jaanay se aur gas cylinders ke wahan bhaari tadaad mai honay kee wajah se baahaut bara dhamaka hoa hai. Khabron kee maanain tou kaafi log zakhmi hoye hain aagay kee jaankari ke liyay hamaray saath juray rahiyay'
As soon as this news reached my ears the car came at a halt with my forceful thud at the breaks. Everything stood still for me and then there was a chaos around which I wasn't able to clearly notice earlier due to my only focus to reach Naira. Gulping down the most horrifying news, getting vulnerable but still keeping a brave face my only goal was to reach Naira and to protect her from every harm which I prayed with my all heart to Krishna jee to keep her safe. This can't be happening! All that unease was due to this, my heart felt something's wrong, something's not right with my Naira. Coming out of that frozen moment of how, why, where and when and almost on the edge of breaking with the fear of loosing her I gathered myself.
'Nairaaa! Will not let you go! Can't let you go! Mai aaraha hoon, mera intezaar karna.'
There might have been possibilities of her to be all safe and sound but still my head had some other horrifying pictures messing around.
All I wanted was her to be safe.
Finally with trembling hands on the wheel I reached the bazaar, there were policemen, firefighters, ambulances, doctors, weeps of children, adults and even the elderly. Men, women, children everyone were scattered there crying and praying for their loved ones. It was a terrifying scenario and I could feel goosebumps all over my body. I pity them all but I didn't wanted to be in the same scenario because I couldn't loose her. 'Where is she? How is she?' All these thoughts clouded my mine as I ran to the place where there was a blockade of barriers by the police which I tried to break away but was stopped by an officer.
'You can't cross this area now, there might be chances of further cylinders to blast and we can't risk further lives. Stay right there.'
The officer almost shouted and all I registered was there was more danger and my Naira was inside what kind of a game were we being played at the hands of destiny?
'Mujhay apni parwah nai hai! Mujhay andar jaana hai meri biwi andar hai! Meri Naira andar hai mujhay bachana hai usay aap mujhay nahi rok saktay.' I almost cried and pleaded to the officer but he wasn't letting me in.
There were many more with their pleads to see their loved ones so I escaped from his eyes and ran in breaking the barriers. It was a horrifying sight that no one would ever want to see their loved one stuck in. But she was in here, my Naira is still here trapped I don't know where!
Half of the place was burnt down but looked charcoaled with the after effects of the firefighters putting off the fire. But half of it was still burning and I didn't knew which side to go. My gut feeling said to go on the side which was still on fire so I did without caring about my life because until Naira isn't in it, it's meaningless!
'Nairaaa, Nairaaa, Naira kahaan ho tum? Nairaaa, Nairaaa!'
I climbed in the area with fighting through the firefighters somehow, causing some bruises due to it. There was not alot of fire thankfully but still it could increase so I quickly checked in all of the rooms where the stall owners had kept their inventory. I wondered why would she be there but still the heart does what it does. As I opened the third door my search ended and there she was. She lied down half conscious, almost breathless inflicted with an unbearable amount of pain in her stomach due to the glass piece that must have pierced her and was still hanging there. Her forehead was badly hurt and she was lying with a pain that made the beats of my heart almost stop.
When I reached her, I rejoiced to find I could touch her. I stroked her face desperate for her to wake up and say 'Mendak' but she laid so weak there. I lifted her head and settled in my lap and she led out an almost faint cry out of pain. Half of her eyelids open and her hands reached my face and caressed it by her knuckles. In all this pain all she cared was to cure my pain.
I gathered her as close as possible to my chest pressing my lips in her hair and tried to soothe her emotional pain while we get help for the physical pain to get cured.
'Shhh...Sherni mai agaya hoon. Kuch nahi hoga mai hoon na.' I held her firmly on my chest as close as possible that she could have clearly heard my racing heartbeats.
Naira's Pov
'Mendak' I almost whispered audible enough for him to hear and he quickly parted my head away from his chest as gently as possible. I hated this tiny distance too from his heart because his heart beats were acting as a medicine to me, to have him as close as possible. He rested my head on his bended knee and cupped my face looking straight into my eyes with love, pain and continuous tears. My pain was the cause of his pain and it broke my heart to see him like that.
'Mendak I love you!' The only words I could or I wanted to utter at that moment because I didn't know whether I would be able to survive or not. The physical pain was getting unbearable but the thought of leaving him and my son alone in this world was greater.
Instantly he leaned towards my forehead and left a kiss longer than usual and said
'I love you too Sherni, yesterday, today, tomorrow. Forever and always.'
He sobbed there right above my forehead trying to hide his tears from me and controlling which he must have been for hours.
I reached out for his back and weakly rubbed my palms up and down to comfort him.
'Kartik.. dekho tumhari Naira yaheen hai tumharay paas.' I tried to assure him but it turned his sobs into cries and both of us broke down in each other's arms. Being really careful of my wound on the stomach which I almost forgot about he shifted me on his lap fully.
'Chalo Sherni aao chalo yahan se iss aag mai hum tandoori chicken ban jaaenge.' He chuckled a bit obviously to see me smile. The man of my life who have clutched me in his arms holding on and assuring himself I am safe. Lucky me, I truly wished to survive just for the sake of my love and our child.
'Kartik wait, mujhay baat karni hai.
I don't know whether I would be able to see you again or not. Mujhay apni aakhri saansain doctors ke saath nahi guzarni balkay tumharay sath guzarni hain.' I was surprised I managed to speak in such pain but after all it's love it does miracles.
'Shutup Naira! Blkul chup! Agar ab tumne kuch bhee aisa waise kaha na mai tum se kabhi baat nai karoon ga phr. We need to get to the hospital now.' His eyes turned red with pain and tears rolling down showing the immense pain he is going through.
Not facing me at all, anger and pain clearly taking over, he lifted me up in his arms and tried to walk out covering both of us with a shawl. By trying out multiple times and keeping me as close as possible to himself and away from the fire we finally escaped from there.
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Many things have to unfold I know. Next chapter would be about kaira and all the mysteries would be solved too!
