MANAN- Strings of love

40. End? NOOOOO

   Thank you for the great patience. Thank you for so much love for my story. Thank you for the votes and comments. A small request from me. As the COVID 19 affected people are increasing please be safe. Please be inside your home and stay safe. If you feel bored then there is lot of things you can do. Start learning or just help your mother in house hold. Most important thing is please remove all china apps from your mobile or laptop or tab etc. Try to use as much as Indian products as possible. It is the only solution now for fallen economy of India. 

         I could see my last parts of the life. Manik sat tied beside me like he is sitting in a bar waiting for his friends. I was sweating profusely, this man beside me sat so calmly. I think he is not human.

       "So you are the sister of that inventor?" The white shirt guy asked. "Which inventor?" I asked stupidly still in fear. God! I forgot to make a will of my properties. "He is talking about your anna." Manik whispered it to me. 

      "That ginger nosed pig, an inventor! He was a tormentor. He used pull my hairs and say I looked like the witch in snow white." by the time I finished I was breathing heavily. "I agree with him that you look like a witch." Manik hissed giggling at me.

     I was no less than him. "Did I ever tell you that you look like a bacteria they show in Domex ad." I was feeling like a winner when Manik looked like he ate bitter guard and the audience in front of me were in shock. "Ok whatever your problem with your brother that is your personal problem. Did he tell you anything about the weapon?"  

    I snorted hearing that. "He didn't even tell me that he was a mechanical engineer and do you think he will tell me about that weapon?" I asked the man. "These are of no use to us. Kill them all." I started chanting every chants that my mother taught. 

    When I saw those goons holding the gun and aiming at our heads, there arrived the one and only Shikha. I thought that today was my bad day. I was so wrong, today is my worst day.  "Hello everyone." this girl don't know to follow the rules.

    "I told you to be there till 10 turn to 11!" I wanted to ground her for this act. "Oh it turned, now it is 11 see."  She showed which I couldn't see with the amount of distance. "Do you think I have some supernatural power so I can see it from this far!" she always does this. Once she was writing alphabets and asked me was it a Z or Y and I was in kitchen where she was on sofa showing her book.

     "See now it changed to 15." her words put me in confusion. How in the world can hour turn this fast. Then I knew what she was seeing, that girl was seeing minutes instead of hours. I wanted to bang my head on the wall.

     "Who are you?" The light pink shirt guy asked Shikha. "I am Shikha the great just like Alexander the great." she said as if she is the queen of the world. "Tie her" the pink shirt guy ordered. 

     "Do you want to tie Rakhi to me. So nice of you. I asked NI to tie a Rakhi she told only sister tie rakhi to their brothers." I looked at the sky and prayed one thing. Please save all of us from this situation. When a goon moved forward to tie her she gestured to stop from her palm.

    "Did you wash your hands?" her question made me to just go and hide somewhere and never show my face to anyone. Every goon present there was giggling. She didn't even leave the small respect I had in front of these goons.

    Even the white shirt guy's lips twitched at her antics. "Who is she?" the white shirt guy asked Mr. Khurana. "She is the daughter of the inventor." Mr. Khurana whispered. The white shirt guy moved towards Shikha and I feared for her life. 

   "Hello, I am Javed. Siddique. We are having a slight problem. I think you can help." I am smelling trouble. Shikha nodded with narrowed eyes. "Actually your father and I were best friends. He left an important file in a safe and didn't give the password. Do you know anything about it? Or ever did your NI mentioned it?"

   Oh shit shit shit shit. I started nodding no, but Mr. Khurana blocked me from Shikha. "I know the password." It's totally impossible, how come she will know the password. "But I want something in return." her words were enough to put me in relief. 

   "What do you want?" Javed asked Shikha she gave him a very serious look and then said the demand. "I want to go to toilet show me that." Her words brought a roar of laughter. I felt like crying when Mr. Khurana saw and laughed at me shaking his head.

    I just wanted to run and never come back. Then we heard the gun shots and there came the entry of Mukti with a gun along with some people wearing black combat dress with guns. I saw Kabir and Navya coming from windows and surrounding us.

    "Shikha!" Mukti called her name searching Shikha. "Present" Shikha raised her hand telling her current location. Mukti first got Shikha behind her. Her aim was on Javed who looked outraged. "Arrest them all" one order from her made everyone follow it. 

    She saw us and started to untie the man sitting beside Manik. Navya started untying mine. I missed her so much, but I am not going bow in front of her. Never ever. I saw Mr. Malhotra was the one who they wanted to kill.

    I looked at Shikha narrowing my eyes thinking whether should I praise her or scold. Damn she didn't even greet me directly moved to Mukti who was talking with Manik. "You told me I will receive my reward." I bet she will become a government officer. 

    "What reward do you want?" Navya asked. " I want to become Nagoora of Avengers in my fancy dress competition. Please help me." I lifted Shikha  and went away from them. I can't let them use me or Shikha for their motives. I know what they were doing was for country, but they hurt me badly in the name of that.

    As soon as I came out Harshad came running to me checking if I have any injury. What surprised me was Mr. Saxena and Mrs. Saxena took a breath of relief seeing me. I smiled lightly at them but I was feeling an unknown pain in my heart. Now everything is over. I will be back to my life where Shikha and me will together.

    It was late that I never saw this. I was so blind that the growing love towards Manik was neglected and concentrated on mission. The care and satisfaction which he gave, I named it as friendship. I was wrong, now the thought of leaving him created a ache which I never experienced. 

   Never thought I will be in this situation.

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So the book is coming to an end.

Character's Opinion

Lotus_dream: I am feeling so happy that it completed 40 chapters today. I want to inform you that this is the first story of mine exceeding 40 chapter.

Harshad: It was possible only because of me.

Gunjan: You were there in last two of her stories. So I think I am the lucky character for her.

Mr. Saxena: Excuse me if new comers are the one then me and my wife should be given credits.

Manik: This is all because I never knew how to smile. The credit goes to my smile.

Nandini: Will you all shut up? This all because of our writer and her hard work so let's ask her.

Lotus_dream: I don't know. I thought I would end it at 40 but I feel this story deserve some more chapters as still some parts are incomplete. SO I think my readers can answer it. 

So readers I ask who might be the reason that I am increasing the chapters. If you give the name and the valid reason for your choice and that reader will get the exclusive prologue of my next story.