My soul is your soul,
My heart is your heart,
We are one light,
Shining in the dark.

Fab5, Navya and Abhimanyu were in living room of Malhotra Mansion. All were tensed for Nandini. Plus Manik's condition was getting worse second by second. He was loosing control over himself. The police had already been informed about Nandini being kidnapped. Whole city is under police's surveillance. It's already 10 in the night but they are still clueless.

Here Manik was sitting in a corner remembering his happy moments with his princess.

Le aayi hai beete hue
Lamhon ko phir haan ye zindagi
Yun beraham si ho gayi
Lene chali jaan ye zindagi

Khuda kyun rooth gaya mujhse
Nahi tha bair mera tujhse
Kyun tune chheen liya mujhse
Mera jahaan...

Kahan ho princess tum? Please aajao wapas. Please! You know na your Manik is nothing without you then why are you testing me baby? Kyu kar rahi ho aisa?

Aye Khuda (Khuda...)
Tu bata (bata...)

Ummeed thi, armaan the
Khushiyan bhi thi, behisaab si
Baahon mein thi, duniya meri
Thi zindagi jaise khwaab si

Here on the other side, Nandini was alone in the room. Aryamann had left the room sometime back saying he will come back soon.

Har ik pal roshan roshan tha
Mehekta dil ka aangan tha
Tha jannat se badhkar pyaara
Mera jahan...

A goon entered the room with a plate in his hand. It had decent food. He passed it to Nandini. This angered her. She jerked his hand and the food plate fell on the floor.

Aye Khuda (Khuda...)
Yeh bata (bata...)

"Nahi khana mujhe..!!" She shouted on top of her voice.

"Just fucking get me out of here. I want to go to my Manik." She again shouted.

The goon was about to slap her but controlled himself remembering his boss's order to not even touch Nandini, let alone harming her. He left the room immediately and locked it from outside.

Yeh kya kiya Khuda... haaye!
Yeh kyun kiya Khuda...
Bata mere Khuda...
Thi kya meri khata...

Nandini ran behind him to the door and started banging the door.

"Open the door! I said open the door dammit! Let me out."

She kept shouting this for nearly 20 minutes. After getting tired of trying she sat in a corner of the room hugging her knees close to her chest. She kept her head on her knees and started mumbling to herself.

Bejaan si hai zindagi
Har saans hai ghamzada
Yeh kya kiya Khuda... haaye!
Yeh kyun kiya Khuda...
Bata mere Khuda...
Thi kya meri khata...

"No no Nandu.. you cannot fall weak... You have to stay strong... For your Manik... You know na he will come soon to save you... He will not let his princess suffer... Yes! He will come... Till then you have to stay strong and not lose in front of that Aryamann..." She mumbled to herself.

Ummeed hai tooti hui
Tanhaiyon ka daur hai
Hai khwaishein bikhri hui
Khamoshiyon ka shor hai

"He will come.. My Manik will come.." She kept repeating this under her breath as if chanting a prayer.

Bula le apne paas mujhe
Naa aaye jeena raas mujhe
Kyun tune chheen liya mujhse
Mera jahaan..

All the sweet memories of them flashed in front of her eyes.

Aye Khuda (Khuda...)
Tu bata (bata...)

Here in the mansion Manik could not control anymore and burst out crying loudly bringing everyone's attention on him.

Yeh kya kiya Khuda... haaye!
Yeh kyun kiya Khuda...
Bata mere Khuda...
Thi kya meri khata...

All sighed sadly seeing him. They all were also in tears. If anyone from outside world would see him crying like this, they would have an heart attack. The all time monster Manik was crying like a child asking for his mother.

Everyone moved to him and hugged him together.

Bejaan si hai zindagi
Har saans hai ghamzada
Yeh kya kiya Khuda... haaye!
Yeh kyun kiya Khuda...
Bata mere Khuda...
Thi kya meri khata...
Aa...

"Guys please! Please meri jaan mere paas wapas laado! Please! Me- me nahi reh sakta uske bina.. please. Me mar jaunga uske bina." He said crying badly.

Everyone shouted his name on his last line. All broke the hug and stood in front of him.

"Manik chup. Bilkul chup hoja. Kuch nahi hoga hamari Nandu ko. Hum usse dhoond lenge. Tu bass chup hoja!" Mukti said cupping his face sitting beside him.

"Haa buddy. Soch agar abhi Nandu tujhe aise rote huye dekhegi to usko kaisa lagega. Usse kitna bura lagega teri aankhon me aansu dekh kar. Please chup hoja!" Dhruv said.

"Manik Dhruv is right. Calm down. Ye time rone ka nahi hai. Have a grip on yourself and help the police in finding your Nandini. Get up now!" Cabir said like a big brother to Manik.

Manik got up and went to his room. He directly entered the washroom. He stood in front of the sink. He controlled his crying.

He then splashed some water on his face. He closed his eyes and took some deep breaths.

Then he opened his eyes again but this time a different kind of rage and determination was present in his eyes.

"ASK ! Whoever you are i won't leave you. Once I find you I'll bury you alive. Agar meri princess ko ek kharoch bhi aayi na toh you will have to face the REAL MONSTER MANIK! And trust me you wouldn't like it at all." He spoke dangerously looking at his own reflection in the mirror.

He moved out of the washroom and looked at their photo above the bed. Her favourite picture of them.

(Imagine Nandini wearing her princess locket)

His eyes fell on her locket and suddenly a bell rang in his head. There was a sudden excitement on his face. He ran down shouting Cabir's name.

"What happened? Are you okay?" Cabir rushed to him.

"I'm okay.. tu chal mere sath. Dhruv and Abhi follow us in another car. Girls stay here." Manik said almost running out of the mansion.

"Are manik but hua kya hai?" Abhimanyu asked.

"Jaisa bola hai bass waisa karo. I got a clue." Manik said.

He sat in the passenger seat while Cabir sat in the driving seat.

"I'm coming baby!" He whispered to himself and smiled a little.

Some of you already figured out this in the last chapter. Smart pants😉

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Lots of love ❤️
Dhruvi.