Fab 5 returned to the rehearsal studio & found an angry Nandini waiting for them.

"I told you guys to rehearse." Nandini said.

"So? We dont have to listen to you." Manik scoffed. "Manik Malhotra sirf khud ka sunta hai."

"Dont worry....yeh burri aadat main jaldi badal dungi." Nandini replied.

"You..."

"Agle 4 gante tum log yahan se kahi nahi jaoge....sirf rehearse karoge and food will be delivered here!" 

Fab 5 laughed at that. 

"Yeah sure..." Manik chuckled.

"Yahan se nikalne ki koshish toh karke dekho....saari hasi bhool jaoge." Nandini said. She then left and closed the door behind her.

"Guys, yeh itna confidence se kyun bol rahi thi.... as if she trapped us here." Cabir spoke up.

"Dude...how would she do that? Bas ek manager hi hai woh." Mukti shrugged. "Relax.....Im sure aisa kuch nahi hai."

"Haan...watch." Manik walked towards the door and tried to open it but found it locked. "What the-"

"Kya hua?" Aliya asked.

"Its.....it's locked." Manik told them shocked.

"What? Par...iss darwaze pe toh koi lock nahi tha. So how???" Dhruv asked.

"Well there is def a lock now...cause it wont open!" Manik said as he continued to tug on the door.

"I guess we under estimated her....par koi baat nahi, darwaza na sahi....windows se nikal sakte hai na?" Mukti smirked. She walked over to one window so she could open it but was shocked to see that there was no handle...infact it was a completely new...bulletproof window that couldnt open and was installed all over the rehearsal studio. "....Guys...yeh bhi locked hai."

"DEKHA! Main bol raha tha na? Yeh koi aisi vaise manager nahi hai.....kaafi chant hai!" Cabir exclaimed.

"But...when did she get all this done? We were gone for maybe 2 hours max....itne se time mein she got all the windows & doors replaced???" Manik asked.

Meanwhile, Nandini was sitting in the van with Arya, Navya & Abhi...watching Fab 5 on the screens while eating popcorn.

"Nice job Arya...kaafi short notice mein sab badal diya tumne." Nandini complimented him.

"Thanks...I have my connections." Aryaman grinned proudly. Navya smacked the back of his head. "OW!"

"Idiot...credit lene mein kabhi piche nahi rehta na?" Navya scolded him. She looked towards Nandini. "Nandu...Arya ne kuch nahi kiya, this was all Boss.... he got everything changed in time."

"Yeah...luckily, I called Dad and told him about Fab 5 escaping." Abhi added.

"Jo bhi hai...just look at their expressions!" Nandini threw a few popcorns into her mouth. "Bada attitude dikha raha tha na laad saab? Now they have no choice but to do what I said."

"Hmm...its hilarious for sure." Aryaman laughed.

"Btw....Kal subha mera aur Navya ka entry hone wala hai. Dad has updated Raj uncle already." Abhi informed Nandini.

"Yep...and I will be making my entry 2 days later." Arya added.

"Great....vaise, did those men say anything? Kisne bheja?" Nandini asked.

"They dont know." Navya sighed.

"What? Dont know matlab??"

"Like....they actually do not know." Abhi replied. "From what we know....they found a burner phone and wahi se orders mila unko."

"Dammit...so that means hum call ko trace bhi nahi kar payenge right?" Nandini asked Arya

"I tried but...." Arya shook his head.

"Ok...I guess we keep grilling these two until they can give some useful news." Nandini said.

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"Should we just practice? Vaise bhi...it doesnt look like we will be going anywhere." Aliya said.

"Yeah....I guess so." Manik agreed. He was fuming on the inside. "You will pay for this Ms Manager....you will pay big time."

Having no other choice, Fab 5 started rehearsing and as promised, the doors only opened when they were given food.

4 hours later Nandini finally returned & unlocked the studio. "Good job guys....now you can go sleep. Tomorrow be up at 5am."

"Aadhi raat ko kyun uthna hai?" Cabir asked, looking confused. Nandini turned back and saw that all of Fab 5 looked confused.

"Tum log late uthe ho iska yeh matlab nahi hai that 5am is the middle of the night! 5am subha ka time hota hai....and I will be making sure you wake up at that time." Nandini told them.

"We'll see about that." Manik mumbled.

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It was 11pm....Nandini was fast asleep in her room when Fab 5 slowly entered and they quietly picked her mattress up while she was still sleeping. They then took the mattress to a store room and placed it down on the ground. 

"Mnmnn..." Nandini shifted in her sleep, making Fab 5 freeze in their spots.

"Lets go guys..." Manik whispered. Fab 5 left the store room & locked it from outside. "Ab subha utha ke dekhao."

They then all went to their rooms to sleep without realizing that Arya, Navya & Abhi saw all of this happening on the screens.

"God...I swear agar yeh log mere Dad ke bache hote toh do kaan ke niche lagate aur dimaag thikane ho jaata unka.." Abhi gritted his teeth in anger. 

"Relax...I'll go unlock her." Navya spoke up. She got out of the van and approached Swarg mansion. Using the spare key she was given, Navya entered but quickly hid behind a couch when she heard a noise from the kitchen. She poked her head out and saw Cabir coming out of the kitchen with a plate of food. Navya sniffed and looked at him weirdly as she thought to herself, "Seriously? Yeh aadmi raat ke 11 baaje chicken biriyani khaa raha hai? Dinner pe toh dosa, idli sambhar...jo bhi Nandini ne bheja, sab tus raha tha muh mein. How does he have any space left after that?" 

Navya quietly took the back stairs up to the second floor and unlocked the store room with one of her gadgets. "Nandu....Nandu?"

"Hmm?" Nandini woke up and looked around. "Where am I?"

"Store room mein...its a long story." Navya replied. "Chal...lets get you and your mattress back to your room."

"Haan....thanks." Nandini nodded. Navya helped Nandini go back to her room and then she went back downstairs. By this time, Cabir was sleeping at the dinner table with his biriyani beside him but something made him wake up and he saw Navya but it was too dark to recognize her face clearly.

"Hey....who are you?" Cabir asked. Navya looked around in a panic and didnt know what to say.

"Navya....usse bol ke tu bhoot hai." Arya told her through her earpiece. "Nandini ke research mein likha hai...yeh Cabir Dhawan thoda darpok types hai."

"Helloo...main kuch puch raha hoon. Who are you?"

"Bhootttttt...." Navya replied in a scary voice. Cabir's eyes widened so much it looked like his eyeballs would pop right out.

"K..K.KK..KK...KKKya???" Cabir started shaking & whimpering. "BB...B..BBBHOOT?"

"Haan....main...bhoot hoon!" Navya nodded.

"Kya...cc..chahiye bhootji? I mean....bhoot madam." Cabir asked.

"Biriyani leke aa....bohot bhook lagi hai." Arya told Navya.

"Biriyani chahiye mujhe." Navya said.

"Bhoot...biriyani bhi khaate hai?" Cabir asked.

"Aur nahi toh kya...tu humme bina offer kiya khaata rahega aur hum kuch nahi bolenge? NO! Humme biriyani chahiye...de do varna.."

"V..V...V...VVV...Varna?" Cabir asked.

"Varna hum TUJHE khaa lenge!" Navya told him. Abhi & Arya were loosing their minds, laughing in the van as they saw Cabir's face go white.

"Nahi nahi nahi nahi! Yeh lo...saari biriyani le lo! Yeh toh aap bhoot log ke liye hi hai! Main sone jaa raha hoon...good night!" Cabir ran upstairs, almost tipping over his feet. Navya held in her laughter and she took the biriyani back for Arya & Abhi. Finally in the van she also laughed loudly.

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