A thick dense forest which carries least hope of finding correct ways if a person gets lost in this maze. Avni was running in the forest and was panting heavily.

Avni - ( panting ) Its been fucking one hour since I am running here. Damm !! This Mithali. I am sure that goons have caught her again. Why is she so dumb ? Here I was helping her but this dumb headed person. Fuck !! ( frustrated ). I wanted to contact Neil but now it's very difficult for me to do so. This is what you get when you try to help a dumb headed person. Helping her was my worst decision and now I have to face the consequences. ( sighs ).

She again started running in the forest in a hope that she will find some way and get out of this place.

Neil on the other side was searching for Avni along with DD and few police officers. Neil was remembering how this all happened.

( Flashback in italics )

After a passionate night of love, Neil woke up and saw that Avni wasn't there. He searched in the washroom but she wasn't present there. He panicked and called her but found that her mobile was lying on the table. He tried to search for her but failed to do so. He even went to her lab and every other place where she goes but he wasn't able to find her. Since two days she was missing and he was getting depressed but then he found Vidyut's location as he was residing in a hotel located at the outskirts of Mumbai.

Neil sighs after remembering how he is trying to find his lifeline but he wasn't able to do so. On top of that he is betrayed by a close relation, he is already emotionally weak still he is trying to act bold for Avni for his Avni.

Avni was sitting on a rock and was panting heavily. She remembered how Mithali trapped her.

( Flashes in italics )

Avni was sleeping peacefully in Neil's arms but she woke up when she heard a knock on the door. She wore her clothes and covered Neil in a blanket. She went outside and found an envelope. She opened the envelope  and found a pen drive and a letter.

She went to the balcony with her laptop as she didn't wanted to disturb Neil's sleep. She played the pen drive and found a shocking truth.

Someone had planted a time bomb in the Khanna mansion. Avni's eyes widened in fear. She was shocked and wasn't able to anticipate what's happening. She wanted to wake up Neil but before doing that she read the letter which stated that if she will tell Neil about this then the bomb will blast. She was asked to come in a room. Shockingly that was Vidyut's room, where he was about to make a deal with foreign clients. She pulled out the pen drive and kept it in her  pocket. Before moving out she checked the CCTV footage of Vidyut's room as Avni and Neil had planned the entire CCTV setup in his room for recording his deal but she found the screen black.

Avni - Shit !! ( groaned in frustration ) They caught our hidden cameras and tampered the footage. Now, I have to do as they say or else they will harm Neil's family.

She walks towards Neil and kissed his forehead lovingly.

Avni - Noone would be able to harm you or your loved ones when I am here. ( kisses his cheeks ).

When she was about to move away, Neil held her hand in his sleep and pulls her closer. He never want to let her go. She smiles and caress his hairs lovingly, a small smile appears on his face while sleeping. Avni pulls away  her hand from his grip and moves out of the room. As soon as she entered Vidyut's room, someone sprayed some chemical on her and she became unconscious.

Avni - I hope that Neil's family is alright. I am sorry Neil. I will always regret that I took this step without informing you but I didn't want to take any risk when it comes to you and your family. I myself lost my family ( tears brimming from her eyes ) and now I don't want anyone else to feel this pain.

Avni sits for some more time and then started moving. Shweta's men were standing on the border of the forest as they didn't want her to escape.

Neil and his men were proceeding towards their location.

DD - Sir, this is the last location where we can try.

Neil - I will find my Avni no matter what. ( sternly ).

They were going through the forest road when they found few men standing at the edge of forest. Neil asks the driver  to stop the car. He saw that few men were standing outside the forest or we can say they were guarding the forest.

Neil - DD.

DD - Yes sir.

Neil - According to Vidyut's statement Avni is in mom's mansion. I mean there are chances. Right ?

DD - Yes sir.

Neil - Is there any other way to her mansion ?

DD - Sir, there is one more road through which we can reach there but it will take alot of time to reach there through that road.

Neil - The men who are standing here. I don't know why but I feel that they are somewhere associated with this case.

DD - But why sir ?

Neil - Just observe their body language DD. They are standing here as if they are guarding the forest. So there is a probability that Avni ran away from their clutches. I know my Avni, she is very fast and furious.

DD - Sir, now what we should do ?

Neil - I will go inside the forest and you all will divide yourself in 2 groups. One group will go to the mansion through this road and the other group will go there through the second way. Make sure to check the surroundings before reaching the mansion.

DD - Sir, you will go inside the  forest alone ?

Neil - Yes DD. For Avni I can do anything and I have a strong gut feeling that Avni is here. ( sighs ).

With that Neil came out of the car and rest of the officers left for their duty. Shweta's men haven't seen him so he took that opportunity and ran inside the forest. On his way, he located alot of men who were searching for someone in the forest. He some how managed to flew away from their sharp eyes and dodged them everytime.

Neil - ( in mind ) Now I am pretty much sure that Avni is here, but how will I find her. ( tensed ).

Avni was running from several hours now and found a small pond in the forest. She was very thirsty so she drank some water and sat under a tree for taking some rest.

Avni - I don't know, what to do now. Please help me Neil. I need you. ( she was almost broken but she didn't loose her willpower. )

After taking some rest, she again got up and started walking so that Shweta's men weren't able to find her and she can search her way easily.

Neil on the other side was becoming more tensed.

Neil - Where are you Avni ? I hope you are fine. ( teary eyes ).

He wiped his tears and started running again in a hope that he will find her. He checked his mobile and found that there was signal problem.

Neil - Shit !! Now I can't even contact any other person. ( frustrated ).

Avni was very tired and lost a huge amount of energy, so she was walking at  a slow pace and was panting hard. She wasn't able to focus on her surroundings and collided with a rock. Due to her collision with the rock she rolled down from a sloppy land and got some cuts on her arms and a wound on her forehead as her forehead banged with a rock. She was wincing in pain but somehow, she managed to get up and started moving as she wanted to get out from here as soon as possible.

After running for sometime, Neil came across the same pond from where Avni drank water. He felt her presence and decided to move ahead but he stopped when he saw some metal piece with shiny appearance on the ground. He bend and picked up a gold pendant,it was Avni's pendant. He recognised it immediately.

Neil - My intuition was right. You are here Avni and I will find you.

He started proceeding ahead with more determination as he got the much awaited hope that he was finding in these 2 days.

Avni wasn't able to cover much distance due to the tiredness and wounds. She had almost lost her energy but her willpower was strong enough to make her stand in this condition as well.

She heard some voices and anticipated that goons are near her, so she started running but someone held her hand and pulled her beside a tree, that's when she realised that....

Avni - Neil ( smiling in tears ).

Neil - ( cups her face ) Avni. ( smiling in tears ).

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