In her room Lolita Ma'am prepares for a Kali Puja that she decides to do for fighting with anything and everything evil which is or are prevailing in KMA.

Someone knocks at the door of her room. She turns to look towards the door. Something inside her urges her not to open the door. She knits her brows wondering who could it be.

Getting up she walks to the door and opens it to discover Suriji standing at her gate.

"Suriji aap?",

she asks kind of pissed off.

"Sub ek saath hain to aap yahan kya kar rahi hain Lolitaji?",

asks Suriji, his tone serious, staring Lolita Ma'am without blinking his eyes.

Lolita Ma'am looks here and there and decides to reveal the secret to Suriji. Looking back towards Suriji, Lolita Ma'am says,

"Suriji aapko nahi pata iss academy mein kya ho raha hai!"

"Kya ho raha hai?",

asks Suriji, maintaining his stare and tone.

"Pata nahi aap ye maante hain ke nahi magar....",

she whispers,

"KMA is haunted Suriji!"

Suriji still doesn't react as per Lolita Ma'am's expectation. She finds it weird.

"Aisi koi baat nahi hai. Yahan sub kuch waisa hi hai jaisa hona chahiye.",

says Suriji.

"Kya... kya aapko kuch mehsoos nahi hua?",

asks Lolita Ma'am, knitting her brows.

"Kya mehsoos?",

asks Suriji, without any change in his expression.

"Main sub batati hoon aap ander ayiye.",

she opens the door of her room wide to let him in.

Suriji looks into her room and notices how different spells have been casted in her room.

"Main ander nahi aa sakta!",

he says.

"Kyun?",

asks Lolita Ma'am, finding his reply weird. Normally Suriji always stay enthusiastic about spending time with Lolita Ma'am. What has brought this sudden change in him?

"Captain Rajveer ne bulaya tha.",

he makes an excuse.

"Aap chalengi?",

asks Suriji, staring Lolita Ma'am without blinking his eyes.

"Captain Rajveer ne?",

she asks, confused, knitting her brows.

Then suddenly realising, she relaxes her brows and says,

"Oh! Wo zaroor aapko bhi sub kuch batana chahte hain."

"Kya batana chahte hain?",

asks Suriji, alert.

"Wohi jo maine aapko bataya!",

she widens her eyes in horror.

Suriji glares her.

"Kya hua Suriji? Aap theek hain na?",

asks Lolita Ma'am, finding his reaction weird.

"Aap jo kar rahi hain, wo theek nahi kar rahin Lolitaji!",

warns Suriji, glaring Lolita Ma'am.

Lolita Ma'am gets shocked to receive such reaction from Suriji. She soon realises that something is amiss.

"Kya galat kar rahi hoon Suriji?",

she asks, confused.

"Aap... aap theek...",

whilst saying so, Lolita Ma'am steps out of her room.

While she steps out of the room, Rajveer and everyone who was present with him in his room walk towards Lolita Ma'am's room, Huda and Ali helping Yudi to walk as he is weak. They witness opening their eyes in horror, what takes place in front of their eyes!

The moment Lolita Ma'am steps out of the room, Suriji holds her by her neck raising her up. But to the viewers of this horrific scene the only part visible is Lolita Ma'am being suspended in the air but by whom - stays a mystery because no one was there in their sight except for Lolita Ma'am!

"Lolita Ma'am!",

they all shout in unison and run towards Lolita Ma'am.

Rajveer stares in confusion, wondering whom to attack when no one is visible!
All others too stare in horror, confused. They run further towards her but realise that something is becoming a barrier. Something which is not visible to any of them. They still try to break it. Yudi, upon realising the situation suddenly gains power to fight. Maybe it is his frustration about whatever had happened with him, that helped him to overcome his weakness.

"Su..ri..ji...!",

she manages to utter through her strangled neck and points her index finger towards Suriji.

"Suriji?",

they all murmur, confused.

They look all around.

"Kahan hai Suriji?",

asks Dr. Shalini, confused.

Rajveer and Huda walk further to save her but Huda gets thrown back by Suriji. He lands on the floor away from Lolita Ma'am and his group, hurting his back.

"Hudaaa!!",

they all shout in horror, turning to look towards Huda.

Rajveer remembers the use of fire. His brows relaxes immediately as he remembers.

"Lighter!",

he murmurs.

"Lighter ya matchis lao kahin se!",

shouts Rajveer.

The moment Suriji hears it he turns to look towards Rajveer, glaring him. He throws Lolita Ma'am aside and runs to Rajveer to attack him. Suriji uses his power to attack Rajveer. He breaks a corridor lamp using his power. All of them cover their respective pair of ears hearing the noise of the breaking of the corridor lamp.

The sound reaches Naina and Pooja and skip their respective heartbeats. They turn to look towards the door of their room. They intially look towards each other knitting their brows, but soon they widen their respective pair of eyes as they realise that this is definitely something paranormal! And deep down they get scared wondering that have they invited this intruder - if it is the case?! With a throbbing heart they run out of their room.

Suriji damages other properties as well through his power. He throws Rajveer towards the left corridor. Rajveer knits his brows and holds his back as his back hurts after he lands on the floor with a loud thud. His eyes closed, trying to adjust to the pain.

Naina and Pooja were running through the adjacent corridor when Naina's eyes fall on Rajveer.

"Rajveer Sir!",

she shouts in horror.

Pooja too turns to look towards Rajveer.

"Rajveer Sir!",

she exclaims in low voice, shocked to see Rajveer in this state.

They begin running towards Rajveer, when Naina suddenly stops Pooja putting her left arm as a barricade in front of Pooja, staring Rajveer in horror.

Pooja stops immediately as she too notices - a white transparent figure walking past Rajveer.

Pooja and Naina keep their respective breaths held, hoping that whatever it is it won't hurt Rajveer. It surely doesn't hurt Rajveer but Huda! Huda gets pulled by his hair, sliding through the corridor, by that white transparent figure.

"Hudaaa!!!",

shouts Naina and Pooja in horror and run to save him.

While all this was happening Lolita Ma'am gets a chance to enter her room again somehow, her heart throbbing inside her chest. She quickly begins with the mantra chanting. In front of her stands illuminated candles and Kali Ma's photo.

Pooja holds Naina's hand and manages to tip toe to Lolita Ma'am's room, keeping her eyes on the happenings in front of her. Seeing them entering Lolita Ma'am's room, Dr. Shalini too, assuring that Yudi is fine and can stand without help, tip toes to Lolita Ma'am's room. The rate of heartbeats of each of them accelerated!

While the males fight with the spirit(s), the females indulge in the mantra chanting and puja as instructed by Lolita Ma'am.

Unconscious Suriji upon getting back his consciousness gets shocked to find himself at the terrace staircase. How and when did he reach there he is clueless about it!

Getting up he looks around and doesn't understand why he feels the presence of someone around himself. In order to escape what so ever is lurking around him, he begins to climb down the staircase. The state of horror along with the labour of climbing down the staircase turn him sweaty. His breath turns shallow and his heart almost stops beating!

"Tu... tu jo koi bhi hai... tujhe main chorunga nahi thehr ja tu!",

he warns the spirit lurking around him whilst walking forth, his face turned towards the unknown entity.

Something or someone passes by in front of his eyes but it wasn't an opaque body! That succeeds in freezing Suriji to his spot.

Soon his attention gets grabbed by humming of a random song by a female, but even after trying hard he could discover no one at his sight.

"Himmat hai to saamne aa mere!",

challenges Suriji, his eyes widened out of anger and fear.

Soon enough Suriji gets a silent reply to his challenge by getting suspended up in the air. Suriji's eyes widen up further, only if it was possible! The female hand that has his neck clenched, appears in front of Suriji, glaring him. With her messed up open hair she looks horrific. She succeeds in giving Suriji a mini heart attack.

"Yahan hum rehte hain! Aur tujhe yahan se jana hoga!",

she warns him in her devilish voice.

Suriji wrestles for inhaling air, his eyes bulged out as he gets strangled.

"Oyee... ki...si...ki it..ni.. him..mat.. na..hi.. ke.. hum..ein.. K..M..A.. se nikal.. paaye....",

retorts Suriji, somehow managing to speak through his strangled throat.

The confidence increases the level of anger of the spirit and she tosses him to her left, without even caring to look towards him. Her eyes blazing with rage and fury.

Suriji cries in pain as he lands on the floor with a loud thud!

Inside, the ladies could hear noises. They hold each other's hands tight as they shiver in fear, forming a circle. Lolita Ma'am chants the mantras loudly.

As soon as the ladies begin chanting, Suriji could feel the increase in the violence of the spirit. Suriji somehow manages to stand and stares in front of him in horror, sweating profusely. A loud scream echos in the corridor accompanied by a loud thunder outside.

On the other hand when Rajveer tries to run to save Huda, he gets thrown away up in the air and lands on the floor on his back. He shuts his eyes as the pain surges through him.

The chanting starts messing up with the spirit's consciousness. The spirit starts creating ferocious noise as it fights with the good powers that are crowding around it, diminishing its powers minute by minute. The havoc created by the positive powers pulls the negative powers towards itself.

All the males stare at the spirit in horror as it wrestles with the good spirits, turning weak with each passing moment.

Inside the room Lolita Ma'am takes a pair of scissors and cuts a knot of a black ribbon slowly, after chanting the final few mantras, assured that this last ritual would weaken up the spirits lurking in the academy and the special perfume bottle she has with her would attract the spirits and she would captivate all of them inside the bottle. Pooja and Naina stare at how Lolita Ma'am stares at the ribbon, scissors and the bottle with her eyes filled with rage. Her expression gives away how she is fed up of the on going fiasco in the academy.

As soon as she does that, everything goes absolutely quiet. Pooja and Naina stare Lolita Ma'am in horror to get a signal about what has happened. Their rates of heartbeat throbbing inside their respective chests. Upon not receiving an immediate response from Lolita Ma'am, they turn to look towards each other in horror. They slowly realise a certain heaviness lifted from upon their chest. They realise that the air they are breathing now is comparitively lighter than earlier. They are sure something positive surely has occured in this academy after what feels like eternity! They get desperate to know what it is!

"Saari aatmayein qaid ho chuki hain!",

declares Lolita Ma'am, her voice still heavy and serious.

It sounds almost unbelievable to her listeners. They gulp their respective saliva finally to mositurize their dried throats. Lolita Ma'am slowly looks towards them and raises the bottle to show them the sudden change in the colour of the perfume. It has turned green whereas it was light yellowish in colour earlier. And the shade of green is just getting darker and darker with each passing moment.

Suriji, Rajveer, Huda, Ali and Yudi push the door open of the room with a loud thud that succeeds in skipping the respective heartbeats of the occupants of the room. All of them stare at each other in horror, holding their respective breaths to get assured that all are fine.

"Aap sub theek hain na?",

ask the males in unison.

The females nod their heads in affirmative in quick succession.

●●●●●

Next morning, all of them are sitting in Brigadier Chandok's room, all at loss of words after sharing their respective experiences.

"Zindagi mein kayi chunotiyon ka saamna kiya hai. Magar kabhi aisa kuch dekhne aur mehsoos karne ko milega jiske baare mein kisi ko baatana to durr khud ke liye bhi wo avishwasniya hoga, aisa maine kabhi nahi socha tha.",

says Brigadier Chandok, shaking his head in utter shock and disbelief.

"Sir mujhe to inn baaton par kabhi bharosa hi nahi tha. I don't know what to say... I...",

Yudi trails off, still unable to accept whatever he went through.

Ali pats him lightly on his back.

"Sir humein inn baaton par shuru se bharosa tha. Jaante the ye sub utne hi maujood hai iss duniya mein jitne ki hum. Magar kabhi iss tarah aamna-saamna hoga unse...",

Ali shakes his head and continues,

"Ye kabhi nahi socha tha."

Looking towards Rajveer he adds,

"Aur such bataein Sirji to hum jitna bhi innse ladne ke tareeke jaante hon; saam-daam-dand-bhed laga lein, ye kisi bhi tarah humein apne chakkar mein fansa hi lete hain!"

He stares Rajveer in horror.

All of his spectators nod their respective heads in affirmative in unison.

"Maine ye seekha hai ke inn taakaton se kabhi ulajhna nahi chahiye humein.",

says Naina, looking somewhere at the floor, thinking.

Rajveer looks towards her slowly, his brows knit tighter.

"Suriji ko uss roop mein dekhna...",

Lolita Ma'am trails off and shakes her head in fear and disblief, controlling her tears.

Suriji who has been rested by the cadets on Brigadier Chandok's bed says in anger,

"Oye agar mujhe ek aur mauka mil jaye na to main na usse noch dalunga!",

Suriji clenches his right hand into fist in anger, suspending it up in the air. Tightening his hand.

Dr. Shalini asks him to relax.

"Suriji apka blood pressure already high hai. Please calm down.",

says Dr. Shalini calmly, knitting her brows in concern.

"Oye kaise calm down Shalini puttar. Iss waqt tere Suriji ka khoon khaul raha hai. Main kya kar jaunga...",

Suriji fails to understand how to put his anger into words.

"Ab sub theek ho gaya hai Suriji. Ab iss baare mein hum na hi baat karein to acha hai.",

suggests Dr. Shalini.

All nod their respective heads in agreement.

"Dr. Shalini bilkul theek keh rahi hain.",

as soon as Rajveer says that the room gets illuminated with lights.

All sigh in relief looking towards the lights of the room.

Captain Rajveer walks to the window to find that the rain pour has finally ended and the sky looks clear now.

"Museebat ke baadal chhat chuke hain.",

says Rajveer, wrinkling his forehead as he looks up towards the sky and turns to look towards his room mates to give them an encouraging smile.

All others reciprocate with a wry smile each.

Rajveer and Naina look towards each other assuring each other that everything is fine and they all are together.

Huda shoves his hands into his trousers pocket leisurely and knits his brows lightly as he realises that he has something in his pocket. Bringing it out, Huda smiles a little looking towards Alekh's mouthorgan and says,

"Achi baat hai Alekh nahi hai academy mein, wo bach gaya inn sub se."

That drags the attention of one and all towards Huda. They knit their respective brows realising.

"Haan magar Cadet Alekh hai kahan?",

asks Brigadier Chandok.

●●●●●

Alekh and Neelu reach outside the academy.

Alekh stops abruptly and turns to look towards Neelu upon realising that she has stopped walking.

"Kya hua Neelu? Tu ruk kyun gayi?",

asks Alekh, knitting his brows.

"Kya kahenge ander kisi ne kuch pucha to?",

Neelu asks, nervous, staring at Alekh.

"Such!",

Alekh replies immediately.

Neelu looks towards him in shock.

Alekh closes his eyes briefly, opening them he nods his head in affirmative.

"Apun unse kuch nahi chhupane wala.",

says Alekh.

"Chal!",

he extends his hand towards Neelu as an assurance that he is there with her.

Neelu accepts it, still in doubt.

Together they walk into the academy.

●●●●●

Immediately upon stepping into the academy, the silence of the academy grabs Alekh. He looks all around unable to fathom the unusual silence. He knits his brows tighter as the urgency to meet his mates surges through him within moments. Neelu too feels the weirdness. They look towards each other, their rate of heartbeats increased. They quickly walk into the academy and finds the it deserted of people. All seemed to have locked up themselves in their respective rooms, but why? In desperation to get an answer to the rows of questions popping up in his mind, Alekh immediately walks to Captain Rajveer's room along with Neelu and knocks the door.

"Rajveer Sir?!",

he calls out.

All of them look towards the door immediately upon hearing Alekh's voice along with the knock and go numb upon realising that they will now have to narrate the whole incident to Alekh.

Captain Rajveer slowly looks towards Brigadier Chandok, nervous that Alekh might get scolded. He quickly turns to open the door when Brigadier Chandok stops him abruptly,

"Rukko Captain, main kholta hoon darwaza."

All of them stare towards Brigadier Chandok, holding their respective breaths.

Alekh raises his hand again in desperation to knock the door again upon not receiving any reply from Captain Rajveer. But before he could knock, Brigadier Chandok flings the door open, taking Alekh by surprise. He stares at Brigadier Chandok, numb. He already was getting negative vibes since the moment he entered KMA today and now the presence of Brigadier Chandok at Captain Rajveer's room increases the level of his concern and desperation.

"Kahan the tum Cadet Alekh?",

Brigadier Chandok enquires Alekh.

And suddenly Alekh feels that this whole secret meeting is especially conducted for him. Were they thinking that he has gone missing? - the thought makes Alekh to knit his brows tighter.

Yudi looks towards Neelu, knitting his brows, he asks her,

"Neelu, tum Alekh ke saath kya kar rahi ho?"

Blood drains out of the faces of Neelu and Alekh, afresh! They slowly look towards each other in horror.

"Bhai main wo...",

Neelu trails off, unable to understand what to say and where to begin from.

Alekh holds her hand. They look towards each other. Alekh blinks his eyes to give her strength. Looking back towards their audience Alekh says,

"Lambi kahani hai, apun aaram se sunayega. Pehle aap apun ko ye batao ke aap sub yahan ek saath kyun ho?",

asks Alekh.

Neelu nods her head in desperation to know the answer, staring at them.

None of them understand how to tell them everything.

Taking a deep breath, Rajveer replies to Alekh's query,

"Lambi kahani hai, aao baitho aaram se sunate hain!"

Alekh and Rajveer stare at each other, understanding that this is important!

●●●●●

Alekh and Neelu after hearing the whole story look towards each other, blood drained out of their respective faces.

All others give them a questioning look.

"Kya hua Neelu?!",

asks Yudi, sensing that there is something serious that Alekh and Neelu have to tell them, still feeling weak.

"Bhai wo...",

Neelu trails off and looks back towards Alekh.

Alekh nods his head in affirmative.

Turning back to look towards them she says,

"Humein bhi aap subse kuch kehna hai. In fact kuch aisa hi jaisa... jaisa aap subne abhi abhi humein bataya!"

That comes as a shock for one and all there!

"Kya batana hai tumhe Neelu?",

asks Yudi, desperate to know everything.

Alekh and Neelu dictate everything to Yudi and others.

"What???!!!",

exclaims Yudi, in shock.

"Neelu, tumne mujhe bataya kyun nahi?",

asks Yudi, holding her by her upper arms, jerking her, his eyes widened up, his earlier weakness overpowered by the state of shock.

"Bhai uss waqt main samjh nahi pa rahi thi ke kaise kisi ko kuch bataun! Kya koi mujh par bharosa karega?",

replies Neelu, knitting her brows in hurt and suffocation.

"Main tumhara bhai hoon Neelu, main kyun tum par bharosa nahi karta?",

asks Yudi, scolding her mildly.

"Ye tu abhi keh raha hai kyunki tujh par ye guzar chuki hai. Tab to shayad tu iski puri baat sunne se bhi mana kar deta.",

intervenes Alekh.

Neelu nods her head in agreement, staring at Yudi nervously.

"Qaidi theek keh raha hai Yudiye. Aaj hum sub isse guzar chukey hain isliye Neelu ki baat par bharosa ho raha hai. Warna kya kal tak hum aisi baaton par bharosa karte the? Arey balki hum to mazak udaate the inn baaton ka!",

says Huda, regretting all over again that he ever made fun of such matters.

"Khair! Achi baat ye hai ke ab sub theek hain. Ab yahan par koi buri aatma nahi hai. Ab humara KMA surakshit hai.",

declares Brigadier Chandok, smiling.

All give a tired smile each. And look heavenwards to pay gratitude.

●●●●●

It was after two days Naina when everything was getting back to normal in KMA that Naina decides to call her parents. The fact that no one is receiving the call again just like the last time gets her tensed. Her rate of heartbeat begins to increase. She tries again for the third time, holding her breath. This time when she had almost given up and was about to put down the receiver the call gets received at the other end. Her eyes widen out of surprise and relief as the call gets answered.

"Hello! Hello Ma!",

she almost shouts out of desperation.

But she gets greeted by silence! Complete silence!

"Ma? Baba? Hello!!!",

she tries again in desperation.

But the result remains same.

Naina quickly puts down the receiver and runs to Rajveer's room. Upon finding it lock she runs through the corridor asking every other person about Rajveer. She gets told by a cadet that he has seen him going towards the mess.

She runs to the mess and finds her group sitting with Rajveer Sir, indulged in some serious conversation.

"Rajveer Sir!",

she jerks Rajveer, resting her hand on his shoulder.

That skips not only Rajveer's heartbeat but of others occupying the table, too.

"Naina!! Kya hua?",

asks Rajveer, quickly getting up out of concern, almost holding his breath.

"Kya hua Naina?",

asks Pooja, desperate.

"Rajveer Sir, maine ghar par call kiya tha. Pehle to koi call nahi utha raha tha aur phir kisine uthaya magar baat nahi ki. Mujhe bohot darr lag raha hai Sir. Pehle bhi baat nahi hui thi unse. Aaj bhi phone uthane ke baad bhi unhone baat nahi ki.",

Naina's eyes well up.

"Koi baat zaroor hai. Mujhe... mujhe kuch theek nahi lag raha.",

says Naina, shaking her head in desperation, crying.

"Relax Naina! Main... main abhi dekhta hoon call karke.",

Rajveer cups her face with his hands for a bried moment and soon drops his hands and focuses on calling her parents.

The call gets received after a few rings.

"Hello! Hello Mr. Ahluwalia!",

says Rajveer in desperation.

Naina holds his upper hand, her eyes widen out of desperation of knowing did he get any reply.

"Laiye mujhe dijiye.",

Naina tries to get the mobile out of his hand but Rajveer gestures her to stop with his left hand, his eyes transfixed to a point in front of him.

All stare him quizzically.

Rajveer hears a hushed voice of a male. A voice he is unfamiliar to. The words are incoherent initially. Rajveer puts his full attention to his hearing power.

"Ikkis! Ikkis! Subko maar dia. Ye bhi marenge!!"

Rajveer hears the almost incoherent murmuring of a male, repeated on loop like a chant!

The soldier in Rajveer gets alert.

"Hello! Hello!!!",

Rajveer shouts.

Naina holds Rajveer by his upper arm, staring him in shock and anticipation.

"Kitne saalon ki tadap...",

the man adds.

The man laughs an evil laugh.

"Kya hua Sir?",

asks Naina, raising her voice in tension, knitting her brows.

Rajveer ends the call and slowly turns to look towards Naina, his eyes opened wide; his cheeks flushed out of tension.

"Na..ina... I think... humein tumhare parents se milne jaana chahiye. They nee...d our he...lp!",

says Rajveer, his rate of heartbeat accelerated.

"Help??!!",

says a shocked Naina.

"Help kyun chahiye Sir? Kya hua hai unhe?",

asks Naina, jerking Rajveer, holding his both the upper arms.

"Wo to humein wahan jaakar hi pata chalega Naina. Please hurry up!",

says Rajveer, his tone urgent.

Naina barges into her room and swings open the door of the cupboard to pack her bag.

"Naina? Kya hua?",

asks Pooja, getting out of the bed upon finding Naina tensed.

"Unhe kuch nahi hua! Wo theek hain! Unhe kuch nahi hoga!"

Pooja hears Naina chanting whilst packing her bag.

"Kinhe kuch nahi hoga?",

asks Pooja, confused and tensed, looking sometimes towards Naina and other times towards her bag which is getting filled by Naina's clothes.

Pooja begins panicking.

"Kuch to bol Naina! Mujhe tension ho rahi hai.",

says Pooja, trying to keep her accelerated rate of heartbeat under control.

Naina turns to look towards Pooja and holds her by her upper arms. Pooja rests her hands on Naina's lower arm, staring Naina in anticipation and bewilderment, waiting for her to spill the beans.

"Pooja Ma-Baba!!!...",

Naina cries.

"K...kya? Kya hua unhe?",

asks Pooja in urgency, panicking further.

"I think wo kisi museebat mein hain!",

adds Naina, crying.

Pooja widens her eyes in shock.

Naina quickly dictates her the story.

"Mujhe jana hoga Pooja.",

says Naina and concentrates back on her packing.

After whatever they have faced in the past few days, Pooja's instinct doesn't give her the permission to send Naina to her home all by herself.

She quickly holds Naina by her lower arm.

"N... nahi...!",

Pooja stops Naina, widening her eyes.

Naina looks towards Pooja, unable to believe what is she saying!

"Tu... tu wahan akeli nahi jayegi!",

says Pooja, turning possesive towards Naina.

"Kya matlab wahan akeli nahi jaungi?",

asks Naina, shocked upon receiving it from Pooja.

Pooja looks towards Naina and in a clumsy way says,

"Mai...n... main nahi jaanti! Jo kuch bhi ho main tujhe wahan akele nahi jaane dungi."

Naina stares Pooja dumbstruck.

"Agar tujhe jaana hai to... to main bhi tere saath chalungi!",

says Pooja, uttering the last line staring into Naina's eyes confidently, determined.

Naina stares back Pooja's determined self, perplexed.

●●●●●

"So guys bus ab hum nikal rahe hain. Bus ko aane mein abhi ek ghanta hai hum jaldi nikal jaate hain.",

says Naina and gets up to leave, knitting her brows.

Huda was busy writing down something on a piece of paper whilst listening to Naina, suddenly commands, whilst signing at the end of the paper,

"Ruk Phoolan!"

Naina looks towards Huda and knits her brows tighter.

Huda, whilst passing the paper to Yudi says,

"Hum bhi chal rahe hain tere saath.",

with full determination.

All her group members sign the leave application.

"It's okay Huda. Tum log kyun bekar mein apni classes miss kar rhe ho. Waise bhi bohot mushkil se sub kuch normal hua hai...",

Naina gets cut short by Yudi,

"I beg to differ Naina, sub kuch normal ab tak nahi hua humari life mein! Tumhari life mein agar kuch theek nahi to...",

Yudi looks towards his friends for a brief moment before turning back to look towards Naina and continues,

"That means humari life mein bhi kuch theek nahi hai, because we are family!",

Yudi stares her serious.

All of Naina's friends nod their respective head, determined.

His words and their determination clench Naina's heart.

●●●●

Upon finding Brigadier Chandok's cabin vacant, Yudi quickly tiptoes into the room and places the application form on the table. Quickly he leaves the room before he gets caught by Brigadier Chandok.

Yudi sighs in relief when he walks away from Brigadier Chandok's cabin without getting caught, but he doesn't realise that Brigadier Chandok had seen him, though not when he was entering or leaving the cabin.

Brigadier Chandok enters his cabin and walks towards his chair. Upon taking his seat he knits his brows when he discovers the letter. He picks up the paper and reads the application.

He removes the paper from in front of his face, his brows knit together, as if he is not appreciating their move.

"Chalo acha hai ke Yudi Mr. aur Mrs. Sahani se milne chala gaya. Mujhe kyun aisa lag raha hai jaise Yudi ka parivaar kisi museebat mein hai!",

a tensed Brigadier Chandok talks to himself.

"Mom and Dad museebat mein hain?!",

exclaims Neelu, entering Brigadier Chandok's room, shocked.

"Neelu! Tum yahan kya kar rahi ho?",

asks Brigadier Chandok, getting up, shocked.

"Uncle, aapne kaha ke Mom..
Mom and Dad museebat mein hain! Kya... kya hua hai unko?",

asks Neelu, anxious, blood drained out of her face.

"Bataiye! Bataiye kya hua hai unko?",

asks Neelu, raising her voice.

"Neelu! Neelu shant ho jao.",

Brigadier Chandok tries to calm her down.

"Dekho main daawe ke saath to nahi keh sakta. Ho sakta hai ye mera vehm ho.",

says Brigadier Chandok, perplexed.

"Darasal maine Mr. Sahani ko call kiya tha unse jo business deal hui thi ussi ke silsile mein kuch baat karni thi.",

Brigadier Chandok begins to narrate her the story.

"Magar kisi ne phone nahi uthaya. Mr. Sahani aksar turant hi phone utha lete hain aur agar na bhi uthayein to baad mein call zaroor karte hain. Magar unhone abki baar na call uthaya na hi wapas call kiya. Na jaane kyun mujhe baar baar ye baat pareshan kar rahi thi. Magar koi pakka sabut nahi hone ki wajah se maine yahi socha ke shayad ye mera sirf ek vehm hai. Aur issi wajah se maine Yudi se bhi kuch nahi kaha. Main bekar mein apni vehm ki wajah se Yudi ko pareshan nahi karna chahta tha. Aur phir pichle kuch dino mein Yudi ke saath jo kuch bhi hua...",

Brigadier Chandok trails off, staring Neelu helplessly.

Neelu realises that he is indeed right.

She nods her head in understanding.

"Mujhe ghar jaana hoga!",

declaring, Neelu turns and runs out of Brigadier Chandok's cabin and heads towards the mess in search of either Yudi or Alekh or anyone from their group but finds none of them, deep down she had expected it happening.

She runs out of the academy and taking a shortcut stands in their way, waving her hands, stretching her arms above her head.

"Neelu!!",

murmurs Rajveer who was driving one jeep.

"Neelu!!",

murmurs Huda who was driving another jeep, following Rajveer.

They all get out of the jeep.

"Neelu! Tum yahan kya kar rahi ho?",

asks Yudi, realising that she is tensed over something.

"Bhai!!! Bhai... Mom...Dad!!",

she cries, trailing off.

"What?? What about them??",

Yudi holds her by her upper arms and jerks her asking,

"Batao Neelu, kya hua?"

Neelu dictates everything she knows in front of them.

All of them look towards each other in shock.

"I don't understand ye sub ho kya raha hai!",

shouts a pissed off Rajveer.

Naina's story gets shared with Neelu. Neelu stares her in utter shock!!

"Sir ji ab hum kya karein?",

asks Huda, looking towards Rajveer in expectation.

"Humein divide hona parhega!",

commands Rajveer.

All of them shake their respective heads.

"Yudi, Neelu, Alekh aur Huda ek saath jayenge! Aur...",

Captain Rajveer was about to mention the other team when Dr. Shalini intervenes,

"Main... Captain main... main Cadet Yudi ke saath jaana chahungi if you don't mind."

All of them look towards Dr. Shalini understanding her emotions for Yudi.

Yudi's eyes twinkle with gratitude, appreciation and love for Dr. Shalini.

Captain Rajveer nods his head in understanding, smiling a little, looking towards Dr. Shalini. Dr. Shalini blushes and smiles back at him a little, in gratitude.

"Alright then Main, Naina, Ali, Pooja aur Huda ek team mein aur...",

pointing towards the other team, he mentions,

"Dr. Shalini, Neelu, Yudi aur Alekh ek team mein."

Captain Rajveer suddenly realises and his face drops,

"Magar... hum 5 hain. Aur... aur aap 4!!",

he furrows his brows, tensed.

"It's okay Captain!",

Dr. Shalini assures him.

"Hi Raj! How are you?"

The voice startles one and all present there, especially Rajveer. He widens his eyes as he realises who is the bearer of the voice. He turns to look. They stare each other briefly. Where on one hand Raj stares him in shock there on the other he stares Raj with a smile on his face.

"Agar aap kahin jaa rahe hain, to chaliye hum bhi chalte hain!",

he smiles confidently.

After a beat or two, Raj gets out of his reverie and extends his hand to give the person a high five and exclaims his name,

"Gunny!!"

Gunny gives him high five, smiling wide.

They hold each other's hands, strengthening the hold.

All the cadets look towards each other, confused.

"Guys ye hain Captain Gunraj Singh Randhawa. You can call him Gunny!!",

introduces Dr. Shalini with a wide smile on her face.

Gunny waves his hand a little towards the cadets. The Cadets reciprocates the gesture quickly. After the brief introduction, Gunny asks Raj,

"Kya ho raha hai?"

Raj quickly dictates both the situations in hands.

"What?!",

exclaims Gunny.

"Ji haan Gunny Ustad aur ab hum teams mein divide hokar alag alag mission par ja rahe hain.",

explains Ali.

"Gunny! Dost main Naina ke team ke saath Naina ke ghar ja raha hoon. Kya tum Alekh aur uske team ke saath ja sakte ho?",

requests Raj.

"Sure Captain. Why not!",

Gunny readily replies, all serious.

Raj's eyes twinkle in gratitude, staring Gunny.

The respective teams leave for their respective mission.