Next day as decided Neil and Ananya were sitting the cell to interrogate the terrorist.

As soon as the drug went in the system he started to loose his senses.

Officer- Say who you are?

Terrorist- Rahil!!(in semi unconscious state)

Officer- What are you doing here?

Terrorist- No....not to say.

Officer slapped him hard.

What are you doing here?

Rahil- To free people from burden, India Mission destroy....

Officer looked at Ananya who nodded him to continue

Officer- How are you gonna do that?

Rahil-(remained unconscious)

Slapping his cheeks

Rahil- Destroy....India......khatam......BOM...

All got alert

Officer- Bomb blast??

Rahil-hahahah.....Haaa....India finish....hey bagdadi...

Officer- When is the bomb blast?

Rahil-no..... Don't know.......just ...

Ananya barged in and charged at the terrorist.

Ananya- Aane ke baad kinse mile tum?

Grabbing his collar and throwing water at his face.

Rahil- ulmad an faid.....ek dost, uske dost aur rishteydaar

Ananya nodded at the officer to note that names.

Ananya- Ghar mein kaun hai?

Rahil- Ammi, Abu , begum ,bacche!

Ananya- koi rishteydaar hai tumhara yaha India mein?

Rahil-NHI! Bas saathi hai!

Ananya - kaun hai vo log?

Rahil- nhi batana....,.

Ananya kicked him hard.

Ananya- kaun hai?

Rahil- Abdul miya mithaywale. Kali ghati ke paas wale.

Ananya- tareek kaunsi hai?

Rahil-nhi pata.

Ananya- Is baar kaun hai nishaane pe?

Rahil- nhi pata.

Ananya- kyu karte ho?

Rahil- mukti ke liye. Insaaf.

Ananya was just done with him and left not before kicking him hard.

With that Neil and Ananya both left to place where they discussed it yesterday.

To the den.

Neil- not major things just a few contacts,with this speed we cannot work fast.

Ananya- no officer , we got actually a bulk of it but just one right and we will get opening to a big source. Just we need to cleverly take up the targets. As Rahil being under our grip , they would be having a strict coverage towards those who were in their contact. That states that one mistake and we will be back to square one.

Karan-(who just entered) but do you think that would help cause we have to rile the contacts to reach further.

Ananya-no!! In order to rile them up we need to be more common for anyone to doubt us and with uniforms or known faces we cannot. We need the local gang people whom we can trust to get them to us without any doubt. At the same time they too should be loyal enough or else it's our countdown.

Neil-seems ok but what would we say to authorities,like they asked for updates and what do we say to them about this fiasco?

Karan-(smirks) well leave the authorities to me as I have not played with them for a while, I would like some tom and jerry play with them.

Ananya-still the question remains do we have some our people in their timeline?

Neil-worry not. After all I too am here for that not only to see ,I have a team and my way to deal. Just name the details and you would be getting that by tomorrow.

Ananya-we just need them to a open secluded place by today if possible and further we will see.

Neil- let's see about today or else by tomorrow morning.

Ananya- It's today officer, let's start working on it. Karan with the authorities and you with the gangs and me with the call records and anything that I can find more.

With that she left. Once she left, Karan sat on the chair with a thud and Neil was looking like what just happened. Not that he minded but she was real deal. How can he arrange everything in that small spam of time?

Karan looking at Neil understood his delimma.

Karan- don't worry Neil, you will get used to it once you get to know her ways.

Neil-( sitting beside) don't mind haan but was that seriously like you being the senior and she assists you cause it seems the exact opposite.

Karan-(grumpy face) Hey buddy you seriously hurt my pride but nevermind. Actually, I am well versed with handling things as in PR, Authority, Limelights and she on the other hand hates all this so basically I am her cover up and partner. We actually make a good team that's why we are still here. And with her I hardly believe anyone can stay for long(shaking his head)

Neil-(looking at him confused) What's her deal I mean I understand officer and duties and all, but with that always so strict attitude and not letting anyone leave in peace?

Karan-(smiles) Welcome to the club of AM buddy

Neil looked at him shocked.

Karan-(seeing him confused) what? Ok so you mean AM , it's my abbreviation given. As you know that she doesn't like careless and non performing people I have named a radar of hers that's AM ,cause once anyone gets on it then it's his end.

And with you being in the line of impressed I think that you have to be prepared for more as she is truly gonna rile you up. It's better to be patient enough with time bomb like her.

Neil- (shakes his head) But I don't understand a deal with her, like you too are from the special forces and that means you are trained to be a pro in things like her yet one look at you and you are so easy to ease up and with her she's like come near me and I will kick you hard. Like what's her problem. Can't she smile or what?

Karan-(smiles at his question) The only problem what she has is she herself. She has created an invisible wall around her and her heart. She neither cries nor she laughs. You know we are a team since long and I haven't even seen her behaving like a human , let alone a girl. She was always like this, she will work tons together like there's no tomorrow and yet won't be tired. She would always opt for dangerous missions and would never have a single sweat on her face or fear. She's like inhuman or you can say robotic. I myself tried to ask her many a times or find about her but nothing. It's like an alien poped up from nowhere.

She's like a fachidiot person , you know the one having every solutions for the toughest problem but still it seems that she's clueless about hers. Anyways I know once I start I never end don't be bored and trust me with time you would either get accustomed or quit.

Neil-(a quirky smirk) or can change her!!

Karan who shook his head at his childish behaviour gave him a pat and left.

Neil too left for his gang to contact them.

Ananya was meticulously working on the call records and passed a few weird ones to Neil to get further information. He just thanked his god for showering him with extra love. Already he was having a hard time with the meeting of gang and informing them and now this as well.

Anyways as he knew that he has to follow them so he left .

Once everyone was done and the evening dawned the gang as per instructions of Neil got the people to the secluded area.

They too informed them that they were being watched over and to be careful as well.

Once they came ,they were tied to the chairs and waiting for the tigress to pop up.

By the look of the place it was clear that the place was very secluded and no one would be aware as it was really old.

As soon as Ananya, Karan and Neil came they officers threw buckets of ice water on them to wake them up.

Looking at their faces one can say that the way they were brought and tied up scared the hell out of them. Among them was a child at around 14 years.

Ananya went towards the boy and took him with her, the lady and a few male tied among were afraid. She swiftly took the boy towards the edge and was showing that she was going to throw him.

Seeing that they tried to move as if to reach towards the boy.

Neil who saw this was shocked and was about to protest but Karan nodded him in no so he just faced the people rather than Ananya.

Ananya-ek aur awaaz nikalo koi aur ye baccha yaha se niche. Jo bhi mein puchungi uska jawaab mujhe bina zhoot ke chahiye.

She gestured the officers to remove cloth from their mouths. Soon the lady was crying and looking at her son with fright.

Ananya- Bomb blast kaha hone wala hai?

Lady- dekho pata to hume hain na phir mere bacche ko kahe ko laa rhi ho, chodo use.

Ananya-(smirks) waqai samajhta nhi na aapko, theek hai chodh deti hu.

She just loosened her grip and the lady shouted.

Lady-nhi please mere bacche ko kuch mat karo. Mein batati hai mujhe jo pata hai .

Ananya gave the boy to the officer and went and sat in front of lady.

Ananya- sach hi chahiye.

Lady-hume paiso ki jarurat thi tab hum Rahil se mile , unhone hume packet diya tha jo hume logo tak pohuchana tha uske hume paise mile.

Ananya-us packet mein kya tha?(in no nonsense tone)

Man- Hume nhi pata tha bola tha bas kholna mat warna mehenga padega. Hum sab bal bacche wale log they isiliye khola nhi.

Ananya-tum logo ko pata bhi hai us se pure India mein maut ka tohfa tha?(in very angry mode)

Man- hum majboor they.

Ananya-(shakes her head in disgust) majboor, kal jab lakho logo ki jaan jayegi aur unmein se koi ek aapka pehechan ka hoga tab bhi kahoge majboor they? Ye sab bahane na kisi aur ko batana par mujhe ye batao kaha kaha diye they ye packet?

All start giving out the details and roughly they have an idea about the contact links of people.

Karan gestured an officer to look at the details and gather more information on them.

While Ananya was busy shooting daggers at them , Neil felt pity seeing their unawareness which led them to this crime. One look at them and they could say that all were repenting their mistake but as a matter of fact can that be changed?

While in all this , a lady looking lost and tired spoke.

Lady- Hume pata nhi tha , humare liye to kal kaise baccho ko khana khilaye vo jaruri hai, aap to badi officer hai na phir kaise unko yaha tak aane diya? Humse milne diya, humse vo parcel pohunchne diye! Bataiye hai koi jawab? Iljhaam lagana na bada aasaan hai lekin jab baat apno ki ho tab har koi kuch na kuch karega and unko bachayega.

Ananya just looked at them like typical lines but then spoke like a stone heart person

Ananya- jab aap jaise log yaha ho to phir dushmano ki koi kami nhi ho sakti. Haan mujhe nhi pata tha ki vo log yaha hai, Haan hume baad mein pata chala ki aise kuch hone wala hai lekin in sab mein humne jimedaari nhi chodi, ye wardi jab bachati hai na tab badi pyaari lagti hai aur jab nhi to gaddar aur buzdil. Haan hum sabko ek dusre se problem hai par uske liye desh ko hum dau par nhi lagate .

With that she left. Karan came forward and sat beside them.

Karan- sab se galti hoti hai, lekin ab wapas jaake aap log kisi se ye meeting ke baare mein mat bataiyega. Agar kisiko pata chala to aap par humari nazar hai hi

He gestured the officers to take them all which they did. Sighed looking at Neil who was looking at the open window area with curled fists.

Karan-(chuckling) So! Yet thrilled with the person infront today?

Neil-(in anger) It's not a joke. The kid had nothing to do with the case,even if he did was it necessary to do that?

Karan-( sarcastically) Looks like we are on the emotional and sympathy trip, are we?

Neil-(looking at him in anger) you know what since the day I met her I felt that she was just being good at her work but you know what I feel now, that she is just in her ego trip like a mad bull. And bulls are not given chance to ride rather they are caged.
Cause if left they would impact more than a wounded lion.

Karan-(looks at god as if he was clearly struck) You know why she is selected in this project?

Neil looked at him with uninterested look.

Karan- she is the most practical and yet loyal to her work. What she did was utterly wrong on the humanitarian ground but she did hot answers which we would had taken a long time extracting. Yes , they were innocent people blinded by money yet they risked the country. When we are talking about nation , do you even think that such small encounters would be taken into account?

I know she is like a mad bull but still she is what we have and her brain is what we need right now at the moment. The nationals have been updated and she is a force no one can stop cause she works on and above the ground levels which includes the barrier

It's better we get used to her and corporate as we have a much bigger problem to deal with.

Neil -(in almost a statement) you know even we are here for some reason and if we have to corporate we surely need some base regulations set. Till now I was respecting the fact that she had herself made a place but now I need to seriously think about it.

With that he got up and left.

Karan too shaked his head and left. Bhagwaan bachaye inse.