27th February, 2031
06:00
Ratnodweep Resort
Sohel, Naomi, Mitali, and Jacob are in the reception. They bid farewell to Ovi. Ovi hugs Sohel and reassures him again that he did nothing wrong. Sohel walks up to Tahmid and attempts to say something. But Tahmid turns around and starts going towards the driveway while saying, "Ovi, I'm leaving. Are you coming or not?" Ovi runs behind Tahmid. Before getting out through the door he turns back one last time and waves at Sohel with a sad face. As their car leaves the driveway Sohel can't hold his tears anymore. Seeing him cry Mitali was going to try to console him but before she could Naomi reached Sohel. She hugs her. Sohel asks Naomi,
"Tell me, Naomi. Where did I go wrong? If I had never left would the situation be any better? Isn't it all my fault that I wasn't there to support him in his hard times that things turned out like this?"
Naomi strokes Sohel's hair. She says,
"It isn't your fault. NWO is the one who made Naser do all of that. Not you. They are the ones who are guilty."
Hearing this Sohel's face turns red from anger. Naomi let's go of Sohel. Sohel wipes his tears. He says, "Unforgivable. They have to pay. They are the reasons I lost two of my friends. They have to pay...You guys go to my room. I'll be there with our gear in a moment." Sohel gets out of the hotel. Jacob leaves telling them that he is going to get their breakfast. As the two of them go towards Sohel's room, Naomi asks Mitali,
"Do you like Sohel?"
Mitali gets flustered by the sudden question but handles herself. She replies, "So what if I do? We've been together all our life. After my parents died in the war he and his dad were the only ones who supported me. A few years later uncle disappeared too. Then we only had each other. So is it weird for me to like him after sharing my whole life with him?"
They reach the room. They enter the room and sit on the couch. Naomi says, "No. It's not. But there is a small problem."
"What?"
"I like Sohel too. While I was at the Academy, I was pretty serious about training. Making friends and having fun weren't any of my concerns. I thought those things would be just a waste of time. That's when I joined Sohel's squad. He wanted to befriend me. At first, I admired him for his abilities but also disregarded him for his carefree attitude. But as I spent time with him and his friends I slowly started to realize making friends might be not that bad. And I also realized that I like him too. So I'm not going to give him away to you that easily."
Mitali was going to say something but that's when someone knocked on the door. Naomi got up and opened the door. Sohel entered the room with two suitcases. Behind him, Jacob enters with a waiter with a tray full of food. The waiter puts the food down on the table and leaves with the empty tray. Sohel puts both the suitcases on the bed and opens them. Inside each of the suitcases, there were 2 boxes with each of their names written on it. Sohel turns around and says, "Each of you take your named box and open it. It contains one set of clothes made of special fabric. This fabric should stop a 7.62 bullet and absorb 30-40% of the impact. And 1 syringe of stimshot each. And a small firearm and a butterfly knife. for Mitali as we already have ours with us."
Mitali asks, "What do you guys use?"
Jacob answers, "We are allowed to have our weapons of choice. I use a Beretta M9, Naomi uses a Beretta 93R and as for Sohel he uses a Heckler & Koch M17."
Sohel then says, "For you, I've requested glock19"
So eat up then go to your rooms and change. We'll meet at the reception at 0700.
After eating they go to their rooms and change for the mission. Sohel puts on a navy blue suit with a white shirt. Naomi wears an all-white suit. Jacob wears casual jeans t-shirt and a jacket. Mitali wears navy jeans and a T-shirt with blazers. They meet up at the lobby at 0700. Sohel informs them that an SNA civilian vehicle is waiting for them at the entrance. All of them get out of the Resort and go towards the car.