A/N: There's a bit of violence in this chapter! You have been warned!

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Meera was bursting with excitement but at the same time, she was scared and terrified. What if something happens to her family because of her? What if they use her family as the bait just so they could get to her? All these questions were swarming in her head as Suraj drove them towards the TIIS headquarters.

She swallowed the lump in her throat and fiddled with her hands. Suraj cleared his throat to get her attention. "Are you alright?" He asked as the car stopped near the signal. "I'm fine. I was just wondering if my family will be provided with extra protection?"

He smiled at her and she could make out a dimple on his cheek. He nodded, "That's the first question every newly recruited member has! Yes, they will indeed be watched. The TIIS has a contract sort of thing with a very reputed security agency. You have nothing to worry about. These officers are natural at their job. They will watch over your house without anyone noticing. So, you have nothing to worry about!"

Meera sighed in relief when she heard the answer. With her family safe, she could focus better. Now that she thought about it Veer used to always speak to some people when he thought no one was watching. They didn't exactly look like ordinary people. Were they from this security agency that Suraj was talking about?

Meera's eyes widened as the fog lifted off her mind. "Oh my god! Maybe Veer is also part of TIIS? That would make a lot of sense!" Her subconscious mind chided excitedly. The only thing that pricked her was why he had never shared this with her? Did he not trust her? Then again she can't really blame him.

Being a part of TIIS was a huge deal. It wasn't like any other ordinary task force. She was sure that they had to keep it a secret. "Hello, earth to miss Meera? Are you here?" Suraj snapped his fingers in front of Meera's eyes. She shook her head a turned to face him. She gave him a sheepish smile and shrugged her shoulders.

"Yeah, I'm here! Sorry for zoning out so much! I was wondering, this whole thing is secretive right? Like we can't tell anyone! Not even or loved ones, right?" Meera asked a bunch of questions and stared at Suraj with a curious expression. Suraj was staring at the road and driving with a frown on his face.

"Yes, of course! We as the officers of TIIS value that above everything else. We have got to be undercover. It's a highly secretive organization. That's actually the biggest advantage. Not to brag but only the best of the best officers get recruited into this." Meera rolled her eyes and chuckled when he added the last part with a wink.

"Although I'm curious as to why you haven't been recruited yet! I have seen your track record and damn they're amazing! To achieve what you have at such a young age speaks a lot about your strength and vigilance Miss Meera Raichand!" Meera blinked her eyes several times to digest all the compliments Suraj had thrown her way.

She could see that he was waiting for her reply. "Uhh, thank you! I do what's best for my country and people. As for getting recruited, I guess there's a right time and place for everything. As clichè as that might sound! But, um yeah thank you for the compliment!" Suraj laughed but nodded. Meera smiled at him and shifted in her seat uncomfortably.

Meera had a very strong feeling that this Suraj was flirting with her. It was pretty evident by the way he spoke to her and all the compliments he just threw her way. She could be wrong, so she decided to give it a few more minutes before she concluded.

"If I may add that you Miss Raichand do know how to throw an amazing punch! My nose is definitely broken! I have to go get it checked!" Suraj joked but hissed in pain. Meera giggled and shook her head, she did feel a bit guilty. A very teeny tiny bit. "Right, I'm sorry about that, but in my defense, the way you spoke definitely had me suspicious and I had to do it!"

Suraj lifted his right hand for a second and laughed. "Hey, it's completely alright! Besides I would take a punch from any pretty girl rather than some ugly bastard, any day!" He winked at her. Meera raised her brows but chuckled. "Yup! He's definitely hitting on you!" Her subconscious mind chided. Meera agreed with her mind voice.

It hadn't even been a day since Veer and she had taken a serious step and things were already getting complicated. There goes her wish of having a normal relationship. Although she wickedly wondered how Veer would react if he witnessed Suraj flirting with her. She smirked, she would pay money to see that.

This was turning out to be a very long journey. Suraj tried to flirt with her a few more times. But, Meera kept dodging him and she even cringed internally at some of his pick-up lines. She will admit that he's cute and has a typical army officer's rugged look but no one will ever match against Veer. He was the only one she could think about.

Finally, after another grueling thirty minutes, Suraj stopped the car near the headquarters. It was almost at the outskirts of the city. Not completely deserted but definitely a bit empty. He parked the car in the parking lot of the building.

"Wait, I can't believe I didn't ask this before? What about my car? I literally just abandoned it in the middle of the road." Suraj laughed and Meera rolled her eyes. She was mentally cursing herself. It was not her fault. There was a hell of a lot of information that had been dumped on her within a few minutes.

"Took you a while to realize Miss Raichand!" Meera glared at him and raised her brows. "Don't worry! I'll drop you off there once we're done with all the formalities! Now shall we go! I have a lot of things to show you and then of course you have to sign a contract and then for the final one team introduction! Shall we go?"

Meera was slightly nervous but at the same time felt proud of being recruited. She nodded and Suraj began walking towards the building. It was a huge glass building. An eight-story building. They entered the building.

There was someone at the entrance who asked them to swipe a card. "You'll be getting one soon!" Suraj swiped his card and informed the stern-looking lady that Meera was with him. The lady only let Meera enter after multiple checks were done.

Together they entered the lift and Suraj pressed the sixth floor. "The first three floors are where the analysts of TIIS work, the fourth floor is completely a weapons floor. The fifth and the sixth floor is where is for us officers to train and get on track. There are even meeting rooms on this floor. Some of the officers who lead the team have their own office here as well. Then coming to the seventh floor is where the shooting arena is and the eighth floor is what you may like!"

The lift pinged open and Meera snapped out of her thoughts where she was wondering what exactly was there on the eighth floor. "Follow me!" Suraj commanded and Meera walked behind him. A few people were scattered over the offices and many of them looked a bit stressed.

They entered an office and Suraj closed the door behind him. He asked Meera to take a seat and he sat on the chair opposite the table. "I'm going, to be honest, Meera we are recruiting you really fast. Under normal circumstances, you would have undergone more tests but right now we are in desperate need of you and your skills." Suraj placed his elbows on the table and leaned forward.

Within an instant, the playful Suraj was gone. Now he was all serious. Meera listened to everything that he said with complete concentration. "Are you getting what I'm trying to convey?" Meera frowned but nodded. "I understand! But why now? What's the reason? Who exactly are we up against?"

Suraj let out a huge sigh and typed something on the keyboard. He turned the monitor towards Meera and her eyes widened. "Do you know who he is?" Meera nodded slowly as she tried to digest. "Adam? But, isn't he dead?" He let out a huge breath. "What do you think?" Meera scoffed and crossed her arms across her chest.

Everything was becoming clear. "Well, I think that you are insinuating that he's alive! I honestly will believe it if you tell me that!" Suraj gave raised his brows and had a surprised look on his face. "Really and why is that? As far as I know, the only ones who know something about this are the people who work at TIIS. So, how do you know?"

Meera took a deep breath and the attack that had happened a few years back flashed in her mind. "Well, I'm guessing you know about an attack that had happened a few years back on one of our bases?" Suraj frowned but nodded. "Well one of them had a scorpion tattoo on their necks! So it was pretty clear that either Adam was alive or someone has instigated his men!"

"You might be right but we still don't have proper proofs to prove that those men who attacked you that day had that particular tattoo!" Suraj replied with a grimace. "Plus this isn't Adam this is Colt Malik and no one can touch him. You see Adam may be Colt Malik but we still don't have any proofs, solid proofs. The only way we can catch him is by getting hold of Jeffrey!"

Meera blinked her eyes once again trying to digest the new information. "What? Jeffery? But isn't he a rival organization?" Suraj scoffed and shook his head. "When the motto of the two most powerful terrorist organizations are the same why wouldn't they join hands?" Meera let out a huge breath. This was crazy, they had to be stopped else things would get out of hand.

"I'm ready for whatever you have! I'm in, we have to stop these lowlifes from destroying our country and our people!" Meera replied confidently and Suraj nodded with a small smile on his face. He was about to tell Meera what their mission was but there was a lot of commotion coming from outside.

He stood up from his seat and walked towards the door. "Let's go see what's going on! I bet it's the other team leader who lost his cool again!" He muttered under his breath, Meera frowned and followed him. There was another team? That was all she could think of.

A few members had turned out and had surrounded the scene and watching with a grimace on their face. They hissed when someone punched, but they did have disgusting looks on their faces. Meera stood on her toes trying to make out who that was. All she could make out was someone punching a man and someone else trying to restrain him.

"VEER! You need to control your anger!" Meera's eyes widened the moment she heard his name. "Fuck! Veer was a part of TIIS as well!" She chided internally. She gulped as Suraj pushed people away so that he could reach them. Now Meera could see Veer clearly and Karan trying to restrain him.

"Uhh, I'm going to go use the washroom! Excuse me!" Meera excused herself. She didn't know where the washroom was but she did ask someone on the way who pointed her in the general direction. She shut the door and stared at herself in the mirror and decided to give herself a pep talk. One thing was clear she wasn't going back up, no matter what Veer said.

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|A few hours ago|

Veer kissed Meera's head and tucked the blanket closer to her body. He smiled and warmth spread across his heart when Meera sighed and smiled in her sleep. He looked at the clock that was on her nightstand to see that it was almost seven in the morning.

He had slept only for a few hours but this was the best sleep he had gotten. Those five hours were more than enough to rejuvenate his body. He had leave now. Karan had texted him that they had found a clue as to where Charlie could be located.

He kissed Meera's head one more time and jumped out of the bed. He wrote a note for her and placed it on her pillow. He pulled on his boots and jumped out of the window. He sucked in a breath when he saw Arjun lurking around in the backyard. He tip-toed slowly towards the other side. Once Arjun walked to the other side Veer maneuvered his way and slowly opened the gate.

He unlocked his car and drove towards the location. It took him two hours to reach. Karan was already waiting for him. Veer pulled on his bulletproof jacket and loaded his gun. "So, who is this guy?" Veer asked as he shut the trunk. They had parked the car a few meters away from the warehouse.

"Okay, so this guy is Jagan Thapad! He's supposed to be Charlie's right hand. The moment Dhwani dug information about him I traced his location and called you up immediately!" Veer frowned when he heard his name. For some reason, the name Jagan Thapad sounded very familiar.

"Karan, can you show me his picture?" Karan nodded and pulled out a tablet. He tapped on some things and a picture swiped open. Veer stared at the picture and cursed under his breath. He pinched his nose and clenched his fists. "Fuck, I caught this asshole about two years ago and threw him in jail for smuggling weapons at the border! How the fuck did he get out??"

Karan cursed and kicked the tire. "If he's working for Charlie then I'm sure he's working for Adam! It might have been really easy for him to get out! Some of the other politicians might have helped him too! Who knows?" Veer was fuming with anger. This time, he will catch him and throw him somewhere from where he can never come back.

"Fucking bastards! I can't wait to get my hands on this Adam and Jeffery! Let's go catch this bastard!" Karan nodded and together they walked towards the entrance. They were connected through Bluetooth. They had loaded guns with a silencer. Veer sneaked inside from the back entrance while Karan from the front.

"Karan, there are about ten of them! Give or take! Let's move it fast!" Veer shot a few of them. Someone lunged at him from behind. He yanked his arm and slammed him onto the floor. He shot him before he would lunge at him again.

Veer hissed when someone slashed the knife on his arm. He turned quickly and stared at the man who was now smirking at him. Veer just smirked back and shot him in the head even before he could do anything. He checked their necks for any tattoos but didn't find any.

Then it clicked him that the newly recruited members had a tattoo on their arms. He cut one of their shirts with a knife and as expected there was a scorpion and snake tattoo within a circle. As if they were fused. This was not good at all. Jeffery had disappeared for all these months only to have come back with so many men.

Not to mention there could be many sleeper cells as well. He heard a couple of shots and Karan found him. Veer pointed towards the tattoo on one of their arms and Karan nodded solemnly. "Yeah, I know! I saw some of theirs as well. Let's go! That Jagan is there in that office apparently! We have to go and capture him right now! This bastard might have a lot of information!"

Veer nodded and they sprinted towards the office. That was on the next floor. On the way, they shot everyone. Of course, they had a silencer on their gun so there wasn't much noise. Veer noticed a table that was covered with a sheet. He pulled away the covers to find bombs that were being made.

By now his patience was weathering away. He had to find this man who could be the only person that may lead them to Charlie. They found the office and kicked it open. There sat a man who was reading through some papers. He looked up and his face turned pale. Veer and Karan shared glances. This man wasn't Jagan Thapad.

Jagan Thapad had a very narrow face, with the most bizarre scars on his face and not to mention the scary smile. He even had some tattoos on his body. Jagan was a middle-aged man probably in his early forties but he was fit. This man on the other hand looked young, the same age as them.

"GET UP! I SAID GET UP!" Veer screamed and the young man quivered with fear and stood up. He held his hands above his head. "W-who a-are you people?" He stuttered. "Who the hell are you? Do you even know what's going on here? Where is this man?" Veer pulled the tablet and showed him Jagan's picture.

The man's eyes widened. "That's my uncle! He said he'll come here um in a while and asked me to stay here until then." He mumbled and shook with fear. Veer and Karan once again shared glances. "He's your uncle huh?" The man swallowed a lump but nodded. "What's your name?" Veer asked he didn't even answer.

"I asked you WHAT'S YOUR NAME?" Veer shouted and the man gulped taking a few steps back. "My name is P-Parth! Let me go!" Veer wanted to laugh. He had one rule: to never believe a person who acted innocent, especially when it was someone associated with a terrorist.

Karan's gun was still pointed at Parth while Veer walked towards the table to examine the paperwork. He let out a laugh. "Oh you're not so innocent are you Prath! Going over some paperwork for the shipment of some weapon!" He waved the papers and read through them. All of them were illegally being brought but somehow it was made to look like it was food shipment. A very smart move.

"Let me go or you'll regret it when my uncle comes! We have people who keep us informed! Haha, they're your very own people!!!" Parth suddenly turned confident and began laughing. Veer lunged at him and punched his face. He has had enough of this, he needed to know who was betraying them.

He punched his face harder and Parth began bleeding. But, the smirk from his face did not fade. "Who is it? Tell me who the fuck it is?" He kicked him and Parth just laughed. He spat the blood and grinned. There goes the stuttering and all the scared personality.

At that exact moment, Parth's phone began ringing. He tried to grab it but Veer beat him to that. He swiped the answer button and held the phone near his ear. Parth tried to shout but Veer clapped a hand over his mouth. "Hello, I might be late but don't blame me. I found out about this only now! Two people are going to come there now! Take your things and leave! Now!"

With that, the caller cut the call. Veer growled when he recognized the voice. He turned his head towards Parth and bellowed at him one more time asking him where Jagan was. Parth just shook his head and refused to tell. Karan was busy tracking the caller id.

"Found the one who's betraying us! The bastard was clever I'll give him that! But, today his jammers didn't work! It's Nakul Veer!" Karan exclaimed and shoved Parth on the floor not before handcuffing him to the pole. Parth screeched and tried to free himself but he couldn't.

Veer walked towards Karan and frowned at the newly found information. "Fucking bastard!" He muttered and kicked the chair. "Let's go Veer! I don't think Jagan is going to come here today! Although we should take Parth with us! He might be really useful!"

Veer nodded, he took a deep breath and controlled his anger. To their horror when they turned Parth was lying on the floor and blood was oozing out of his mouth. He smirked at them. "Now you can't get any information from me! You will never find my uncle! Be careful Veer Gupta! You still have time to back away! Take the chance before it's too late!"

"Fuck he took the poison! Quick let's take him to the hospital!" Veer growled and they carried him down the stairs but unfortunately, he died. Asshole must have known a lot of things and he did it on purpose. He sacrificed his life for the sake of saving the organization and the people.

Veer was fuming, he blew up the place and asked Karan to drive them towards the headquarters. It was almost noon by the time they reached the headquarters. Karan asked him to control his emotions but Veer wasn't in the mood to listen.

It took them about an hour and a half to reach. Veer removed his jacket and threw it in the backseat. Nakul was in the office as usual doing his duties as if nothing had happened. Veer barged towards him and began punching him despite Karan warning him not to do that.

All Veer could see was red and the anger that mounted him. He grabbed Nakul by his collar and kicked him. All the commotion had caused everyone to gather around.

| Back to Present|

Suraj finally intervened and pulled Veer away from Nakul. "Veer! Behave! You cannot do this to him in the middle of the office. Take him to the interrogation room and ask him the questions! This is outrageous! You're lucky that there are no senior officers here today!"

Suraj threw a few instructions at someone and they dragged Nakul away to the interrogation room. Veer breathed through his nose and threw daggers at Suraj. "Why are you interfering in my mission? Who permitted you?" Veer bellowed and everyone except Suraj flinched.

That's when Meera came back and she could see the way Veer was quivering with anger. She so badly wanted to go and comfort him but this wasn't the right time at all. "We have to work as a team now Veer! If we need to catch both Jeffrey and Adam this is the best way! Officer Khan recruited us for it! We have already been briefed about it. Actually, this evening is our official meeting as a team. He will be addressing us together."

"Ohh that's Great! The more the merrier! We need to work meticulously to catch these bastards!" Karan exclaimed while Suraj nodded. Veer glared at Karan. That was the end of the commotion. Suraj dispersed everyone. Meera ran towards his office before anyone could realize she was here, especially Veer.

Just as she turned and was a few meters away Suraj called her. Meera cursed under her breath and turned to face them. Karan gaped at her. Veer had thankfully gone to the washroom. "Hey, Meera! Come here! I want to introduce you to someone!" Meera sighed when she scanned the place and when she didn't find Veer. She sighed in relief.

She walked towards them and fiddled with her fingers tentatively. "Karan meet the newly recruited member of my team sorry our team Flight Lieutenant Meera Raichand! Meera this is Captain Karan!" Meera shook his hand and muttered a hello while Karan did the same.

He was still gaping at Meera. Suraj excused himself when his phone rang. Meera and Karan waited until he was a few meters away from them."Meera! What are you doing here???" Meera rolled her eyes and punched his shoulder.

"What do you mean? I'm part of TIIS now Karan!" Karan clicked his tongue and ran his fingers through his hair frustrated with everything that had happened today. He knew for a fact that Veer wanted to keep Meera far far away from TIIS.

"Meera, the things and the missions that we take up here are a bit more dangerous than what we normally do! Besides, what do you think Veer will say?" Karan stated. Meera took a deep breath and rolled her eyes. "Look Karan I have been recruited and I don't give a damn what Veer has to say! This is my decision! I will do as I please!"

She was sick and tired of feeling like she had to tell Veer everything and run it by him. That's ridiculous! It's not fair and she will not be stopped. "Meera it's for your own good! You're simply jumping into something dangerous!"

"Karan I really appreciate your and Veer's concern but this is my decision! If I wish to do this then I'll do as I wish! And the same goes with your best friend, tell him as well." Karan sighed and shook his head. Both of them were stubborn.

He was about to argue further when Veer called for him. Both of their eyes widened. "Meera, I have to go. You just go from here before he notices you!" Meera grimaced when she saw Veer coming their way.

"I think it's too late for that! He's already coming!" Meera sighed when she noticed Veer walking in their direction like a raging Bull. She sighed when their eyes locked and Veer glared at her. She mentally prepared herself for what's about to come.

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A/N: Ta-Da! Did you like this chapter? Okay people you might feel it's a very short chapter but it isn't 😂. It's 4354 words to be precise.

Did you guys really think I'll give you Veer's reaction that easily? Nah-uh you have to wait! Hehe I'm sorry but it had to be done.

How will Veer react? It's only been a day since he's back and things are already kind of heated! This are about to get very interesting!

Hope you liked this chapter! If you did please do vote and comment! I would love to know what you guys think!