Flight 376 from Dubai to Berlin:
Nakul finished the poem he had written and got lost in thought when a sweet melodious voice caused him to jump back to reality.
"Well composed poem there," said the voice as Nakul looked at the window seat just next to him.
A girl sat there with fiery red hair tied into a ponytail. A warm jade green pair of eyes looked at Nakul and her lips smiled. Her hair fell just below her shoulders.
"Hellllooo?" Said the voice teasingly as Nakul was forced to get up from his trance.
"Uhh, yeah. Thanks!" He said, shaking the dirt off of his pants.
The girl laughed, looked out of the window and said: "Beautiful day today, na?"
She had an aura around her, an aura which reminded him of someone. Someone he couldn't recall.
"Yeah," he replied and smiled at her in the most charming way he could.
"So.... Berlin, huh?" She said, heaving a sigh of relief as she unbuckled her seat belt while the plane shrunk into the autopilot mode.
"Yeah, job opportunities" he shrugged
"Aah, the brutalises of unemployment," she said out of the corner of her eye as both of them burst into fits of laughter.
"Nakul Raina," he said, holding his hand forward
"Rachel," she said "Rachel Cohen" and shook Nakul's hand while continuing,
"Dubai has been tough on me"
"Not more than it has been on me" grinned Nakul "I just-" the rest of the words couldn't come out of his mouth "lost my job there", he said a sorrowful face passed by his face before being replaced by a grin again.
"Hey, it's okay," said Rachel lightly placing her hand on his knee.
He grinned as the food trolley came their way
"Drinks?" He asked
Assorted Locations;
As Pranav typed in the password of the zoom meeting, he missed the last digit and ended up in a 4th-grade classroom with the students smiling at him as if he was a welcome distraction. He grinned before being kicked out by the host and typed the password in again.
"Are you sure about this Zoom meeting, Zoya?" Asked Aditi who had only just joint the meeting.
"Yes. I know it's prone to hacking and stuff but no one will expect that we are here" answered a confident Zoya and continued,
"I've tracked every single one of Nakul's fake passports but it hasn't been used."
"Where do you think he is headed?" Asked Victor
"We have no confirmation that he has left Dubai." Said Zoya
"Come on, we all know he can't stay there" barked Aditi,
"Track him Zoya, Do whatever you can"
Bipin connected to the meeting and informed the agents their protocol,
"We will concentrate on Bakhtiyar and whatever he is planning to do, ignore the rogue", said Bipin
"But Sir, what if Bakhtiyar's plan involves Nak—-, the rogue?" asked Pranav
"Only one of you will pay close attention to his activities, and Aditi. I need positive reports by the end of this week."
"Yes" replied a dismayed Aditi.
"I'll take Nakul," said Zoya, "I think I might get something on him as I am, let's be honest, the best hacker of the team."
"Fine," said Aditi as they dispersed to do their assigned jobs.
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Mystery / ThrillerRA&W. The Indian Intelligence is under threat and Bipin, Head of the Research and Analytics Wing (R&AW) who is on the verge of retirement is convinced there was more to 16 year old case than appears when the rest of the nation isn't. Going with his...
