I am sitting inside the tent of LOC (Line of control), cold waves are blowing furiously, and the tents are made of wood and leather, we have a secret mission to be accomplished, it is three days of continuous snowfall in borders, the electricity and water, food and other necessities are not coming yet due to routes are filled with snow.
The connection to all the places is cut down due to heavy snowfall, we got information that necessary supplies are already sent with woolen clothes and blankets, through airways, we contacted the bunks near our place, and the things are already loaded but there is no transport available, all the transport services are going to petrol and other went to clear the snow which is obstructing the daily chores of the citizens.
After ten minutes, the soldiers who are guarding our underground tent, shouted, we all came out, I saw some people, loaded with large sacks of donkeys and horses and approaching, us, in the beginning, we felt that they are some jihadis, who want to attack us, but they showed us the identity card of the volunteers, which given by the branch bunks.
They bought us the food and the necessities required for us, first, they were all frightened, and said, we came to know that your food is finishing and the roads are blocked, so the soldiers sent us to help you up, we are Kashmiris we will not betray you. A relief of cool air passed through our nerves, and finally, we get something to eat.
I am Rudra Pratap Singh, I am a soldier cornel in the Indian battalion, the army in the year 2006 batch. When I joined the Indian army, I was just 16 years old. I was just very excited to be a soldier. This is the life of every soldier. We even die for our nation or due to cold we cannot survive, our corpses are buried in the snow, or eaten by the fish, and no one is going to notice. After all, we tell them not to inform our family, because we don't want our family to be worried.
We soldiers are trained in such a manner that we don't leave with any feelings. Once I completed my mission secretly, and cleanly without being caught that day onwards I am a secret agent of the Indian embassy.
In my ten years of service, I encountered, so many missions and adventures, I am 26-year-old now my family is telling me to be married soon but I was involved in so many dangerous missions, my life is moving on the thread when that thread will be broken and I fall inside the valley, also I believe in love marriage, and I want the girl who accompanies me, should also love adventures and be with me in all the mission I do.
My life is in a very dangerous situation, I don't want my wife to weep like the wives of the other soldiers, who get pensions even after my death. I also have one personal mission to be accomplished, I will tell you my story then you all know what is my mission.
We had our dinner and tomorrow we have to cross the borders, we are waiting in our tents for approval to accomplish the mission from higher officials. We got permission to proceed with the mission of killing the terrorist on the Pakistani border, who is provoking the Kashmiri Muslims and wants to cause riots in Kashmir.
We are a team of twenty soldiers, and we have to stop them by provoking the citizens, and peacefully stopping the riots, if they don't agree then we have to encounter them and rescue ourselves without being caught. We are shown images on the projector of how the Indian soldiers are tortured if they are caught. Many soldiers are killed in that manner. Many are lost and we still don't know whether they are dead or alive.
This night will be my last night or a new beginning, I have the feeling that I will not come back here after this night. As I looked around, I noticed a white blanket of snow covering the trees, ground, and houses. I was surprised by how quiet everything seemed. The only sound I could hear was my boots crunching in the snow. The smell of damp pine trees made the air feel fresh and clean. I felt so peaceful to be walking in such a magical place.
The sky is clear with the blanket of stars and saw my dad's and mom and my sister smiling at me, Due to a network block I cannot able to contact my family, if we are on a secret mission, we are not allowed to contact our family, through the military phone.
I can only pray for their safety to lord shiva when I prayed to him suddenly his image appeared on the moon and also a weird creature appeared through the Crescent moon which appeared on his head. I am not able to see that creature.
As expected at the midnight we received the call that the peace process is not successful, they are provoking the citizens, and in the end, we got the order to proceed with the mission. We have to go tomorrow night for the mission. I got one more dawn and anything can be changed within these 24 hrs.
As the night is dark and my eyes went into a deep sleep, whether this will be my last sleep or not, I slept, as my eyes closed I was entering inside the hollow caves, with weird images, They are not the images that we see usually see in the cave painting.
After some time, I saw the lord Rudra in his form which we usually saw in google images, in the meditating post, and I prayed to him first and saw him head to toe, I saw that inside the crescent moon symbol on his head inside the moon, there is a weird creature, I focused on the moon with zoom out the form.
That creature is having eagle head and wings and the body of a lion with four legs and paws. I was shocked to see it, at that moment a light flashed on it, and that creature jumped out from the moon and enter my body.
The sound of marching outside is heard and I realized that it is the morning petrol, and I understood that it was a dream. But that dream was haunting and unbelievable. I woke up and know that it was already 6.00 am I saw that the snow outside is cleared and I freshen up.
I was shocked that why no one made me awake, our time is 5.00 am and I slept for 1 hour extra, what happened, I went out with I saw my friend Mahesh who is a part of our battalion and also a secret agent. He told to me, Rudra you got up, we were worried about you, are you fine? I said yes what happened to me?
When we came to you in the morning your body is very hot. You were murmuring something in your dream, looking at your situation chief told us that you should not go on this mission, we are arranging another secret mission another person is replaced with you.
Hey, all now you understood I escaped in this way many times, I was relieved. I told them, in the morning I was feeling very tired, hence slept for an hour. I was happy in the heart but actually, I am doubtful about the dream. Well, I am waiting for my other mission.
Arundhati closed the diary, which she got in the vicinity of the tent where Rudra and other soldiers staying, her father Mr. Ramakant Shargel who was an army officer, retired from his service at a young age and joined the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The missing soldier is very fishy, so he visited the LOC with his daughter, who is a reporter and her keen observation skills are outstanding, hence she always, accompanies her father, in investigations.
She visited with her father, slowly took the diary, and kept it inside her bag. She doesn't want to disturb, her dad's investigation, hence she is investigating them personally. Even though she is very tired, she still wants to find the secret of the things that happened.
What is the creature in the story? Will Arundhati be able to find the secret? What is another mission? Do not forget to follow and comment on the works my friends. Hope all of you like my attempt. Wait for another twist and updates friends.