Dr. Shalini does what needs to be done.

All of them leave Dr. Shalini's room quietly, letting Kashish to rest.

"Stress ki wajah se Kashish ji behosh ho gayi hain. Maine injection de diya hai wo hopefully ek-do (2) ghante mein unhe hosh aa jayega.",

Dr. Shalini tells them.

All of them nod their heads respectively.

"Dr. Shalini make sure ke hosh mein aane ke baad Kashish ko kisi tarah ki bhi takleef na ho. Aur jab tak wo puri tarah theek na ho jaye wo academy se kahin nahi jayengi. It's an order!",

orders Brigadier Chandok.

Dr. Shalini obeys and says,

"Yes Sir!"

"Inform me jaise hi unhe hosh aye.",

says Brigadier Chandok.

"Sure Sir.",

replies Dr. Shalini.

Brigadier Chandok leaves for his room.

Dr. Shalini sighs deeply and turns to look towards Captain Rajveer and his cadets and lifts her shoulders briefly before resting them back.

●●●●●

"Kashish ko humari zaroorat hai.",

says Rajveer.

All of them have assembled in Rajveer's room. They nod their heads in agreement.

"Magar Sir hum karenge kya?",

asks Naina, knitting her brows.

"Pehle humein ye janna hoga ke ye Sujal kon hai.",

replies Rajveer.

"Sirji ye to humein Kashish hi bata sakti hai.",

says Huda.

(Huda's background tune begins)

"Waise kya kamaal ka naam hai na 'Kashish'!",

says Huda, dreamily.

All of them look towards him, giving him different looks that state that Huda has begun with his Hudagiri.

"Jitna khoobsurat naam, utni hi khoobsurat wo.",

blushes Huda.

"To karle na setting uske saath. Phir kya pata wo tujhe bhi tantra-mantra, jaadu-toney se theek karde.",

suggests Alekh in his usual tone.

All of them laugh secretly.

"Dude mujhe nahi lagta Kashish ji kya koi bhi isse theek kar sakta hai.",

says Yudi, laughing silently.

"Oye tu thand rakh Yudiye. Mujhe theek karne ke liye Kashish ko apne tarot ya tantra-mantra ki zaroorat nahi hai. Bus wo mere saath kuch waqt bita le; mujhse thodi meethi-meethi baatein karle main theek ho jaunga!",

says Huda dreamily.

Yudi rolls his eyes hearing that.

"Chal tu ne kam se kam ye to maana ke tera pech (screw) dheela hai.",

says Alekh, looking away.

All of them other than Huda laugh silently.

Patting his shoulder, Rajveer drags his attention. Huda looks towards him getting out of his reverie. Smiling, Rajveer says sarcastically,

"Meethi-meethi baaton se kahin diabetes na ho jaye!"

They laugh further, secretly.

"Agar aap sabka ho gaya ho to kuch kaam ki baat kar lein? Don't forget that hum ek serious aur supernatural situation se abhi bahar nikle hain. Aur nikalte hi saamne ek aur nayi situation hai jisse humein ache se deal karna hai.",

says Rajveer.

All of them turn serious.

"Sambhav ne kaha tha usey Sujal ke upar nazar rakhne ke orders diye gaye the. Magar kyun? Aur kisne diye the ye orders usse?",

asks Naina, knitting her brows.

All of them ponder at her question.

Naina brings out a diary from Kashish's bag. Rajveer asks her to keep it with her and read it to know her better.

"Waise to kisiki diary read karna achi baat nahi but abhi humein iski zaroorat hai.",

says Rajveer.

Naina nods her head in understanding. Others mirror her action.

●●●●●

After few hours Naina walks to Rajveer and tells him everything that she has read.

"Kashish Sujal se bohot pyar karti hai.",

begins Naina.

This skips Rajveer's heartbeat. They stare each other reminiscing their moments together.

"Sujal ke ghar waalon ko lagta hai ke Sujal ab iss duniya mein nahi hai. Uski car accident mein maut ho gayi hai. Laash samudra mein girne ki wajah se nahi mili. Aur laash na milne ki wajah se Kashish ko ab bhi bharosa hai ke Sujal zinda hai.",

says Naina.

"Aur... aur sirf itna hi nahi...",

Naina hesitates.

Rajveer knits his brows, wondering what else could be there, that Naina is hesitant to share?

"Ye lines Kashish ki....",

Naina instead of putting it into her own words chooses to read the exact words written by Kashish,

"Meri saanson ka chalna, iss baat ka gawah hai ke Sujal zinda hai! Sujal hai to Kashish hai! Sujal nahi to Kashish nahi! Mere aur Sujal ka safar adhoora hai. Aur ye pura hoga. Sujal apni Kashish ke paas wapas aakar isse pura karega. Ya to hum saath jeeyenge ya abhi yahin meri saansein bhi ruk jayengi! Neeyati (kismat) humare saath itna ghinona khel nahi khel sakti. Nahi khel sakti."

Naina turns silent and drowns into deep thinking.

"Naina!",

calls out Rajveer.

"Aisa lag raha hai Kashish bilkul mere juzbaaton ko bayaan kar rahi hain yahan.",

says Naina.

Rajveer gets curious.

"Jab aap academy mein nahi the tab mujhe bhi bharosa tha ke aapko kuch nahi hua hai. Aap wapas ayenge zaroor ayenge.",

says Naina, remembering the days she spent alone after Rajveer's accident.

Her words turn Rajveer numb! He blushes profusely, all serious. He wonders for the umpteenth time what must have she felt during his absence from the academy.

"Naina!",

Rajveer calls her out, unable to understand what to say to her. How to console her.

"Shayad isi ko pyar kehte hain?!",

says Naina, looking deep into his eyes.

Rajveer stares back. His heart flutters hearing her words. Unable to resist any longer, Rajveer wraps her into a warm and tight hug. Naina reciprocates the gesture with equal fervor. Both the pairs of eyes brim with tears of love and contentment.

Leaving her, cupping her face with his hands, looking straight into her eyes, Rajveer says,

"Ab main tumhe chorhkar kahin nahi jaunga Naina. Kahin nahi jaunga!"

Naina cries silently, Rajveer mirrors her emotions, both of them rest their foreheads against each other.

Getting out of his embrace, sitting straight, Naina takes a deep breath and says,

"Yahan tak to theek hai Sir, magar jo baat mujhe disturb kar rahi hai wo hai Kashish ki ye entry.",

Naina shows Rajveer Kashish's diary entry where she mentions about Lavanya and everything that she discovered about her and Sujal.

Rajveer looks towards Naina in shock.

"Yakeen nahi ho raha ke Sujal ko jitna bhi main samjh paya inn entries se, wo Sujal aisa kar sakta hai!",

exclaims Rajveer.

Naina nods her head and says,

"Main bhi bharosa nahi kar pa rahi.",

says Naina.

After giving it a thought, Rajveer says, knitting his brows,

"Nahi Naina, apne tajurbe se main ye keh sakta hoon, ke Sujal bekasoor hai. Kuch hai jo humari aur Kashish ki nazron se chhupa hua hai.",

"Theek kaha aapne Sir. Theek ussi tarah jaise Naveen bhaiya ke case mein maine aapko gunehgar maan liya bina such ko puri tarah jaane.",

says Naina.

Rajveer turns to look towards Naina. Rajveer and Naina stare each other. Naina feels guilty for the umpteenth time.

"Main khudko iss baat ke liye shayad kabhi maaf nahi kar paungi.",

says Naina, cascading her eyes out of guilt.

Holding her lightly by her shoulders, Rajveer says,

"Kar paogi. Jab mere dil mein uss baat ko lekar tumhare prati koi shikayat nahi hai, to tum bhi khudko maaf kar paogi."

Naina looks into his eyes, sadly. Rajveer smiles and blinks his eyes for reassurance. Naina smiles in gratitude.

●●●●●

"Kashish ka jald se jald hosh mein aana bohot zaroori hai, tabhi aagey barh payenge hum, Kashish ki madad kar payenge hum..",

says Dr. Shalini, after she learns about Kashish and Sujal's story.

Kashish gets back her consciousness.

After making her comfortable, providing her with food and giving her medicines, they wait for Brigadier Chandok to come and meet her. Brigadier Chandok after asking her about her health, suggests her to stay in the academy until she turns absolutely fit and fine and leaves after getting assured that Dr. Shalini, Rajveer and the cadets will look after Kashish. Kashish rests her back against the pillow and sits with her legs stretched out and crossed.

"Kashish, jab tak aap yahan hain aap humari zimmedari hain. And I assure you aapko yahan koi takleef nahi hogi.",

smiles Dr. Shalini.

"Thank you doctor.",

Kashish smiles a little and soon turns gloomy again.

Rajveer looks towards Dr. Shalini.

"Aur Dr. Shalini kya aap please Kashish ji se ye keh sakti hain ke yein zyada na sochein. Zyada sochne se ye recover karne ki jagah aur bimar parh jayengi?",

says Rajveer, smiling, looking towards Kashish.

Kashish looks towards Rajveer and again tries to search Sujal in him, failing, she looks away sadly.

Rajveer notices her turning sad and wonders what could be the reason.

"Kya baat hai Kashish ji? Kya koi pareshani hai?",

asks Rajveer, concerned.

Kashish cascades her eyes and shakes her head in negative.

Rajveer doesn't get convinced but nods his head in affirmative.

Dr. Shalini looks towards Rajveer to get the cue that she can proceed with asking Kashish about her personal life. Nodding her head Dr. Shalini turns to look towards Kashish and asks her,

"Kashish, aap please bura mat manna, magar humein Sujal ke baare mein sub kuch pata chal gaya hai."

Kashish's heart skips a beat hearing Dr. Shalini's words. She widens her eyes out of shock and immediately looks towards Rajveer wondering has he discovered about Sujal and the fact that he resembles Sujal?

"K..kya pata chal gaya hai?",

asks Kashish, holding her breath, staring him with her eyes wide opened, then slowly turns to look back towards Dr. Shalini.

"Yahi ke aap Sujal se bohot pyar karti hain. Aur wo ab iss duniya mein nahi hai.",

says Rajveer, slowly, gauging her reaction to his words.

Kashish immediately looks back towards Rajveer and raising her voice in anger and frustration she states,

"Sujal zinda hai! Samjhein aap!"

That skips the heartbeats of all of them.

"Mai...n... main jaanti hoon ke wo zinda hai. Bus... bus wo meri nazron se ojhal hai!",

Kashish calms down a wee bit because for a brief moment she feels as if she is shouting on Sujal and feels nostalgic!

Shoving her fingers of both of her hands into her hair, Kashish rests her elbows on her popped up knees.

Rajveer chose the words to gauge her reaction; to witness and understand her level of emotions for Sujal. And he gets pleasantly surprised that she is rigid about her thought about Sujal - the fact that he is alive and he also realizes that she truly loves him a lot.

All others look towards each other. But Rajveer keeps staring Kashish, his brows knit together. He gets the glimpse of the bond that Rajveer and Naina silently share; in Sujal and Kashish's relationship, just that Kashish is confidently verbal about her equation and belief about Sujal's existence; and Rajveer has no idea how Naina had reacted to his disappearance after the fateful incident! And Naina didn't even realise the emotions she held for Rajveer until the moment when she realised that he had left her alone forever, let alone being verbal about it.

On the other hand Naina realises how much Kashish resembles her. She too was confident about Rajveer's existence and her belief won in the end and she got back her Rajveer Sir. Naina prays silently that just like Naina, Kashish's faith wins too and she gets her Sujal back.

"Agar aapko iss baat par bharosa hai ke Sujal zinda hain, to yakeen maniye wo zinda hi honge!",

Naina shows her confidence in Kashish's confidence.

All of Naina's listeners nod their heads respectively, other than Kashish who stares Naina in awe, glad that she believes her. Rajveer's heart swells with pride and love hearing Naina's words and he looks towards Naina with his twinkling eyes, twinkling out of love for her.

Kashish inaudibly sighs in relief looking towards Rajveer, glad that he hasn't seen Sujal yet.

"Bus iss vishwas ko tootne mat dena.",

says Naina.

Kashish smiles in gratitude looking towards Naina. Naina smiles back and nods her head in understanding.

●●●●●

"Tushar ne Veena aunty ko puri tarah apni meethi-meethi baaton mein funsa rakha hai.",

says Kashish, frustrated.

"Phod daalte hain uss Tushar ko!",

says Alekh in anger.

Kashish looks towards him.

"Nahi Alekh humein josh se nahi hosh se kaam lena hoga.",

suggests Rajveer.

"Jo insaan kisi ka khoon kar sakta hai wo kafi shaatir khiladi hoga. Wo bina taiyari ke baitha nahi hoga.",

says Rajveer.

All of them nod their heads other than Alekh, hearing Rajveer.

"To Sir kya hum aise haath pe haath dhare baithe rahenge? Mujhe lagta hai Alekh bilkul sahi keh raha hai, jaise Tushar ne Sujal ko dard pohnchaya hai, dard usse bhi pohnchna chahiye.",

says an angry Huda.

"Yahi hum subka maksad hai Cadet Huda! Magar ye karne ke liye humein dhairya se kaam lena hoga.",

says Rajveer.

"Subse pehle humein ye janna hoga ke Sujal aur Tushar kaise jante hain ek dusre ko?"

All of them realise that he is right.

"Aur jo bhi kaho mujhe iss baat par bharosa nahi ke Sujal Kashish ko dhokha de sakta hai.",

says Rajveer.

Kashish looks towards Rajveer and wonders what made him say so. A thought crosses her mind and she turns anxious. Despite knowing Sujal's family quite well, she wonders is there any possibility that Sujal and Rajveer are connected? Brothers maybe?

"Aap itne yakeen ke saath kaise keh sakte hain ke Sujal innocent hai?",

asks Kashish.

"Bohot pyar karta tha Sujal aapse Kashish. Iss hadd tak kisise pyar karne waala behk nahi sakta! Dhokha nahi de sakta!",

says Rajveer, looking straight into Kashish's eyes.

Kashish's heart skips a beat hearing Rajveer. She cascades her eyes having nothing to say in reply to Rajveer's words.

Naina nods her head in agreement.

"Aur wo bachcha?",

asks Kashish, expecting a reasonable reply from Rajveer.

Rajveer turns silent having no appropriate answer to that. Naina too wonders what can she say about it to Kashish to make her feel comfortable but finds herself at a loss of words!

Realising that they have no answer. Broken heart Kashish shakes her head and cascades her eyes.

●●●●●

"Sir Sujal aur Tushar mein koi common link saamne nahi aaya siwaye ye ke Tushar Sujal ke parents se milne laga lekin wo bhi uske maut ke baad.",

informs Yudi.

Kashish knits her brows as she remembers the moment when she discovered Tushar with Sujal's parents at Sujal's house.

"Jab main Tushar se Sujal ke ghar mili, wo Sujal ke Mummy-Papa ke saath aise ghul-mil gaya tha jaise na jaane kitne waqt se wo ek dusre ko jaante hon.",

says Kashish.

All of them imagine the situation.

"Aur... aur jab usse haath milaya tha maine main tabhi samjh gayi thi ke Tushar Sujal ko janta hai.",

says Kashish, knitting her brows tighter.

All of them get surprised hearing that.

"Magar ye baat wo Veena aunty aur CG uncle ko kyun nahi bata raha ye nahi samjh pa rahi thi.",

says Kashish, knitting her brows tighter.

All of them get curious.

"Phir achanak mujhe yaad aaya ke wo ghar jahan hum sub the uss waqt wo wohi jagah hai jiski jhalak maine dekhi thi. Jo bhi Sujal ki maut ka zimmedar hai usne Sujal ke ghar se hi usse marne ke liye hathiyar liya tha.",

adds Kashish.

All stare her, shocked.

"Tushar ka achanak Sujal ki maut ke baad Sujal ke ghar ke paas aakar rehne lagna; Veena aunty aur CG uncle se milna aur unse ghul-mil jaana jaise wo unka hi beta ho, ye itefaaq nahi ho sakta. Ye baat main samjh gayi thi.",

says Kashish.

All of them stare her in silence, pondering at her words.

"Ab humein ye sochna hoga ke Tushar Sujal ko kaise jaanta hai? Kya dushmani hai Tushar ki Sujal se? Aur kahan ho sakta hai Sujal abhi?",

says Rajveer, thinking.

All of them wonder.

"Kisi khandhar mein! Chair mein bandha hua!",

comes Kashish's reply to Rajveer's last question after a brief silence.

All of them look at her in surprise how can she be so precise about the description of the place?

"Mujhe ye flash ayi thi nazar.",

says Kashish.

All of them nod their heads in understanding.

"To kahan ho sakti hai ye jagah jahan Sujal hai?",

asks Pooja.

Kashish again uses her crystal ball in order to seek Sujal's location. She gets a rough idea of the place that she shares with all of them.

"Chalo! Ab iss khel ko khatam karte hain!",

says Sujal.

Kashish stares him skeptically.

"Main apni wajah se aap subki jaan khatre mein nahi daal sakti.",

says Kashish.

"Jab aap humare liye apni jaan khatre mein daal sakti hain; to kya hum aapke liye itna nahi kar saktein? Waise bhi hum soldiers hain, museebaton, kathinaiyon se hum nahi dartein.",

smiles Rajveer.

All of his cadets and Dr. Shalini smile and nod their heads respectively hearing Rajveer.

"Chaliye let's not waste time.",

says Rajveer.

All of them leave Rajveer's room to get ready for the mission. Once assured that all have left his room, Rajveer calls Kashish from behind before she could exit the room,

"Kashish ji!"

Kashish turns to look towards Rajveer, knitting her brows.

Walking to her, Rajveer asks her,

"Kya main aapse kuch pooch sakta hoon?"

Kashish nods her head in affirmative, wondering what is it that he needs to ask her at this crucial moment.

"Jab aap ne mujhe dekha pehli baar, tab aapke chehre mein ek ajeeb si hairaangi thi. Aisa kyun? Jahan tak mujhe yaad hai hum to aaj se pehle kabhi miley bhi nahi hain.",

says Rajveer, curious.

Kashish keeps staring Rajveer.

(Kashish's sad tune begins)

"Main jab KMA ki aur (towards) aa rahi thi to mere ander ek ajeeb si bechaini thi. Main jaanti thi ke kuch aisa hone waala hai jo maine kabhi sapne mein bhi nahi socha tha. Aur wohi hua.",

says Kashish.

Rajveer knits his brows wondering what is she talking about.

"Meri ankhon ke saamne aap thein! Aap - Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat, jis shakseeyat se main uss pal se pehle anjaan thi."

Kashish nods her head in affirmative and says,

"Haan! iss shaksiyat se main anjaan zaroor thi, magar ye chehra mere liye anjaan nahi tha!"

"Kyunki ye chehra meri zindagi ka ek aham hissa hai.",

says Kashish, lump builds in her throat.

Rajveer's rate of heartbeat increases. His breath turns shallow.

"Iss chehre ko kisi aur shaksiyat mein dekhkar; alag haaw-bhaaw mein paakar vishwas hi nahi ho raha tha. Iss chehre ko kisi aur ke saath dekhkar ek pal ke liye laga mera koi apna; mera koi azeez kisi aur ke saath hai.",

says Kashish, getting further emotional.

That skips Rajveer's heartbeat. She is talking about Naina! Naina - his love; his life; his everything!

"Iss chehre ko khudke alawa kisi aur ke saath kabhi nahi socha tha.",

laughing a little sarcastically, whilst crying, she adds further,

"...to phir aaj Kashish kaise iss baat ko nazarandaz kar paati ke iss chehre ka shaks kisi aur ke saath khada hai. Kisi aur ko apna bana chuka hai?!",

says Kashish, her eyes brim with tears.

Rajveer listens to her in absolute silence and numbness.

She somehow manages to throw her voice out of her choked throat, tears roll down her cheeks as she speaks further,

"Magar jab ehsaas hua ke aap wo nahi jo main soch rahi hoon to pata chala ke pyar kisike roop se nahi uski shaksiyat se kiya tha maine. Aur wo shaksiyat.... mera Sujal... laakhon mein ek hai! Aur wo aap nahi hain. Rajveer Sujal nahi ho sakta! Rajveer Sujal nahi ho sakta!"

Rajveer knits his brows tight, feeling her helplessness.

Wiping her tears. Kashish brings out a picture of Sujal that she has in her mobile and shows it to him.

"Ye hai mera Sujal!",

says Kashish, her hand extended towards Rajveer, holding her mobile with Sujal's picture displaying on the screen.

Rajveer whilst staring at the picture in utter shock takes the mobile out of Kashish's hand to examine it properly. His cheeks turn warm out of surprise.

There surely are some differences yet they are so similar in looks, Rajveer realises.

"Chaunk gaye na?",

Kashish smiles sarcastically.

Rajveer looks towards her in shock!

"Sochiye aap jisey jaante nahi usey apne jaisa paa kar itne hairan hain. Maine to apni zindagi ka ek bohot anmol waqt guzara hai iske saath. Apna sukh-dukh sub kuch baanta hai maine Sujal ke saath. Phir achanak uska mujhse duur ho jaana. Kismat ka usey mujhse chheen lena. Phir apko mere saamne lakar khada kar dena. Aap, jo mere Sujal nahi hain! Kaisa mehsoos kiya hoga maine? Kis tarah mere juzbaaton ke saath kismat khel khel rahi hai dekhiye.",

Kashish breaks down into tears.

Rajveer feels sorry for her but fails to understand how to console her.

"K...Kashish... aap... aap please royiye mat.",

Rajveer tries to console her.

He finds himself helpless. He extends his hand to help her to sooth the pain but realises that he must not touch her. Hence turns his extended hand into fist. Knitting his brows he again tries to ask her to calm down,

"Please chup ho jaiye Kashish ji."

But Kashish seems to be inconsolable.

Closing his eyes, calming his nerves down, he scolds her,

"Stop it Kashish! Tumhe kya lagta hai kya tum ye theek kar rahi ho?"

Kashish's heart skips a beat upon witnessing an angry Rajveer. She almost forgets to continue crying.

"Iss kadar agar pyar karti ho tum Sujal se aur Sujal bhi tumse itna pyar karta hai to socho kya tumhare rone ka ehsaas usse nahi hoga?",

asks Rajveer, frustrated.

Her heart skips another beat as she realises that Rajveer is putting the fact into words.

"Aur ehsaas hone par, wo chahe jahan kahin bhi ho jis bhi haalat mein ho, kya usse dard nahi ho raha hoga tumhe yun dukhi dekh kar?",

he scolds further.

Blood drains out of Kashish's face hearing him. She realises that he is correct.

"Mat karo apne saath aisa Kashish.",

says Rajveer, perplexed how else can he make her understand.

"Main tumhe Sujal ko dhundhne se nahi rok raha magar yun hausla mat haaro. Iss jung ko agar jeetna hai to tumhe dhridh nishchayi banna hoga! Tum yun toot nahi sakti. Nahi toot sakti.",

Rajveer tries to make her understand how much is it important for her to stay strong to fight this battle.

Kashish wipes off her tears, determined.

"Nahi main nahi tootungi! Main apne Sujal ko dhundh kar rahungi. Dhundh kar rahungi main apne Sujal ko.",

says Kashish.

Rajveer smiles hearing her.

●●●●●

A person calls someone and says,

"Aapne humein Kashish par nazar rakhne ke liye kaha tha. Maine kuch aadmiyon ko bheja bhi tha Kashish ke ghar ki nigraani ke liye, magar jabse wo wahan gaye hain, na to uss ghar mein koi ghusa hai aur naa hi uss ghar se koi bahar nikla hai. Taala laga hua hai uss ghar mein. Kahan hai Kashish?"

Tushar turns and asks in anger,

"What?! Ye kaise ho sakta hai? Agar Kashish ghar nahi gayi to kahan gayi hai?"

"Pata nahi!",

replies the man.

"To yahan tum mujhse baat karke waqt kyun barbaad kar rahe ho jao dhundho usse! Dekho kahan hai Kashish! Kisse mil rahi hai! Kya baat kar rahi hai wo!",

shouts Tushar out of anger.

"Ji Sir!"

Tushar ends the call in anger.

"Bohot shaatir hai ye Kashish. Mujhe maalum hai ke usse mujh par shaq ho gaya hai. Magar main bhi itni aasani se haar nahi maanne waala.",

says Tushar, determined.

Tushar's men search Kashish everywhere but can not find her anywhere.

"Tum jahan kahin bhi ho aaj nahi to kal mere aadmi tumhe dhoondh nikalenge Kashish. Aur ek baar agar aisa ho gaya, to tum zinda nahi bachogi.",

says an angry Tushar.

"Sub kuch sahi chal raha tha. Magar uss din Kashish ko bhi ussi waqt Sujal ke ghar aana tha jab main wahan pohncha.",

Tushar remembers meeting Kashish at Sujal's place.

"Unn budhe-budhi ke saamne aadarsh beta bann bann kar thak gaya tha. Ji to karta tha unke bete se pehle unko hi goliyon se uda doon. Magar main janta tha ke ek din ye mere kaam zaroor ayenge. Aur inke har chaal par nazar rakhne ke liye mujhe inse milna parha.",

says Tushar.

"Waise manna parhega Tushar kamaal ki planning thi tumhari. Wahan Sujal tumhare kabze mein hai aur yahan Sujal ke Mom aur Dad. Ek taraf se bhi ek bhi harkat hui jo tumhare khilaf ho, wahin wo kahani khatam. Aur best part, kisiko tum par shaq bhi nahi hua ab tak.",

says Swayam, his hands shoved into his trousers' pockets.

Smirking, Tushar says,

"Kisse shaq hota mujh par Swayam? Uss Rishi ko? Jo Sanjana aur Mehek ke beech mein funsa hua hai? Ya uss Aman ko jo Rishi ke kehne par hi uthta-baithta hai?"

Both of them laugh sarcastically.

"Sujal ko beech mein nahi aana chahiye tha Swayam! Mere raaste mein aakar usne sahi nahi kiya.",

says an angry Tushar.

"Relax Tushar. Sujal ne jo galti ki hai usse uski saza mil chuki hai.",

says Swayam.

"Nahi Swayam, saza to ab milegi Sujal aur uske parivaar ko. Bus tum dekhte jao.",

says Tushar, closing his eyes he begins to chant something.

Swayam turns nervous.

'Oh god! Ye phir shuru ho gaya!',

wonders Swayam, petrified.

'Ye normal insaano ki tarah kyun nahi reh paata humesha? Har dusre pal tantra-mantra ka keeda uchchal jata hai iske ander.',

Swayam shakes his head feeling weird seeing Tushar working on his tantra-mantra.

Swayam stares at how Tushar murmurs non-stop and the intensity keeps on rising with each passing moment. His intensity Swayam gets to measure by the jerking of the windows loudly! The place begins to vibrate as Tushar's negative aura hits the walls. Helpless, all Swayam could do is witness how the lamps are vibrating. One of the lamps unable to bear the intensity shatters into piece with a loud noise skipping Swayam's heartbeat but nothing could stop Tushar from completing his chant.

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Two jeeps one driven by Rajveer, occupied by Naina, Kashish and Alekh; leading the journey, and another driven by Yudi, occupied by Ali, Huda and Pooja, following Rajveer's jeep, head towards the destination. But before doing so Kashish ties a red thread around the rear view mirror's stem, chanting few mantras in both the jeeps for protection.

The journey to the location stays silent where all of them control their anger as much as they could so that when they reach the spot they can pour their combined anger directly on the culprits.

Kashish uses the crystal and says,

"Tushar aur Swayam ek saath hain!"

And suddenly, Kashish gets a glimpse of Sujal.

"Sujal!",

she exclaims in shock.

All of them turn to look towards Kashish. Rajveer feels happy for Kashish but this happiness instead of bringing smile on his face, fuels his anger, he increases the speed of his jeep in anger and new found strength and determination. There is hope that if they succeed in beating the bastards, they might rescue Sujal. Kashish gets emotional witnessing Sujal beaten black and blue, the exact situation like the one she witnessed in the flash.

Kashish tries to chant for saving Sujal but fails to get the desired result. She shouts in frustration!

"Kyun!!! Kyun jab baat mere apno ki aa jaati hai to main kamzor parh jaati hoon??? Kyunnnn???!!!",

cries Kashish, feeling helpless.

All of them feel sad for her.

"Kashish ji please shant ho jaiye. Hum sub hain na. Sub theek ho jayega. Kuch nahi hoga Sujal ji ko. Hum bus apne manzil tak pohnchne hi waale hain.",

consoles Naina.

Soon they reach the spot and spread all around hiding themselves behind the pillars of the building where they have kept Sujal captivated. All of them carrying pistols, except for Kashish.

Entering the abandoned building they seek for Kashish's help to check if she could sense Sujal's presence there. To her and everyone's shock Kashish doesn't feel Sujal's presence there.

All of them turn to look towards Kashish in shock.

"Aapne to yahi jagah batayi thi.",

says Rajveer, perplexed.

"Haan! Magar pata nahi kyun ab main Sujal ko mehsoos nahi kar pa rahi",

says Kashish, frustrated.

All of them wonder what's the reason.

Whilst looking all around the place, observing everything, Rajveer says,

"Koi baat nahi. Jab yahan tak pohnch gaye hain to Sujal tak bhi pohnch hi jayenge."

All of them nod their heads in agreement and determination.

"Come on guys!"

All of them spread all around and wait for the right moment to attack their enemies. They keep changing their hiding location from one pillar to another in order to reach closer to their enemies without getting caught, seeking shield behind different pillars.

The moment Tushar realises the presence of unknown people in his quarter, he alerts his men by calling them and informing them about the same. His men immediately get into action. They begin with hunting of the intruders. Rajveer and his squad stay all set to deal with their enemies. What begins is a game of hide and seek! Game of life and death!

Guns get shot but not a drop of blood shed.

They get stuck at a corridor where they fail to understand which route would lead them to Sujal. Here Kashish helps them as she gets flash of a painting on the left wall clinging to the top left nail. They follow the cue and soon succeeds in reaching the place where they find few goons waiting for them. Guns get shot from both the ends again. This time three of the goons fall dead on the floor. One shot by Huda; another by Alekh; and one by Rajveer.

Tushar's chants begin to show negative effect on them but at slow pace, thanks to Kashish's constant chanting which builds a protective shield around them but not strong enough to shield them completely from Tushar's venomous chants. Kashish upon realising it, increases the magnitude of the effect of her chants by increasing the velocity of her chanting, this way the chants get repeated more times than earlier, strengthening the shield. Meanwhile others fight with their enemies, beating them; protecting each other. This goes on for a brief moment. The more the deaths of Tushar's men or the more they fall unconscious; the lesser the power of Tushar's chants! He had binded his strength with his men's strength to provide them strength when needed. But this was possible only when they bear at least a little strength in them. Tushar realises that this won't work any longer. He needs to think something quickly. His chants do affect his enemies. They begin to feel themselves weak. But Kashish's chants help them to recover to an extent from the weakness.

Tushar who could feel that his curses are being nullified, shouts in anger,

"Kashishhhh!!!",

and throws away the glass that he was holding in his hand which shatters into pieces as soon as it hits the floor.

Tushar still keeps trying to harm her and others by his chants but nothing works. Angry, he walks out of his home. Swayam follows him.

Kashish and others manage to enter the room where they find Sujal tied up.

"Sujal!",

Kashish exclaims in shock, her heart throbbing inside her chest. She realises that this was the exact flash that she had seen earlier.

Rajveer gets shocked upon discovering Sujal. Sujal indeed looks so much like him, he realises again, but doesn't waste his time in thinking about it further and helps to get him out of the place.
The moment they try to touch Sujal, they get shocked upon realising that he has been tied up not by any rope but by mantras! And it is impossible to touch Sujal. Sujal, beaten black and blue is hardly in his senses. His eyes open partially only to acknowledge Kashish's presence there. They look towards Kashish. Kashish gets nervous as she realises that everything now depends on her, they cannot help her further unless she manages to get Sujal out of this mantra trap.

Kashish begins chanting, she tries different mantras but nothing works. Meanwhile the other saviors of Sujal fight with Tushar's men. Kashish finds herself helpless, frustrated as she doesn't understand how to break the curse.

Suddenly a method crosses her mind which she never before today has tried but knows about it. She takes a deep breath, hoping that it works. It is nothing complicated, a very simple yet powerful method. She stares Sujal and imagines him tied to his chair by a visible black rope. She forms scissors out of her right index and middle finger. She roughly estimates where the invisible rope must have formed by the curses, by imagining it she whilst chant few powerful mantras, takes the scissors formed by her fingers towards it. Once confident about her rough estimation, she cuts the rope with it. All of her viewers find the process quite weird and funny, but none dares to laugh as deep down they understand that this might be looking funny to them but it must be something serious to Kashish which will lead to some good result or else Kashish wouldn't be doing it. Once done, Kashish, holding her breath tries to touch Sujal and to her and all others' relief Sujal is now out of the curse. The chanting and chord cutting method worked, they realise.

Smile of relief stretch on each one's face.

Huda and Alekh support Sujal's body weight and all of them get out of the place. Others shield them, protecting them from anyone or anything, shooting all those who try to harm them. One of the goons come to beat them but all other than Alekh and Huda who were supporting Sujal, fight with the goons. Kashish too hits them twice, hard. Together, fighting the goons, they manage to get out of the place. Quickly they get into the jeeps and leave.