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Chapter 11 - Chapter 9.1- Crime or Sin? = Unpleasant Reunion with the Free Bird

"After so many years…. Shaurya…. It is you…" Officer Prakash seemed shocked to see the bald man on the helicopter, holding a shotgun and was looking straight at him. Shaurya's right arm and the back of his head seemed to be made of metal, which was uncalled for. [Officer Prakash and Shaurya used to be in the same Police academy. It has been eight years since Shaurya went missing from the Police academy hostel. Prakash was not exactly a friend of Shaurya, but they were good acquaintances who respected each other.] Remembering old memories Shaurya laughed and said, "Well Prakash, you have grown so much. You are such a successful Police officer now. It is making me jealous. I am sure I would be better than you lad." Officer Prakash's eyes widened and he still could not believe in what he was looking at. The Shaurya he knew was quite a different person. [During the days of Police Academy, Prakash was a very serious student. He was physically weak initially, whereas Shaurya was the strongest in their class. Later on Prakash practiced harder and turned very much stronger than his initial form. Due to Prakash's serious and righteous nature everyone used to stay away from him. But one day Shaurya came to talk to Prakash. He said, "Well, honestly you are cool. The truth is that I always see you. I mean everyone does since you are so righteous and serious from within. You are very much of a good student, even though your marks are still off.". Prakash looked at him and said, "The truth is, I don't do politics. That is why my marks are a bit off.". Shaurya said, "The world works on politics. That is true. Even I am connected to it. But you are different. I always wanted to be like you in this aspect. You are a real struggler." Prakash was really surprised to hear that. Shaurya looked outside the window of the Police Academy and continued, "My parents ran away due to immense debt. They left me and my older brother alone. I don't even know if they are alive or not now. Me and my brother used to work to pay off the debt, because of which my brother could not continue his studies, but instead he protected me from the darkness of world and made me into who I am. My brother always wanted me to be a good man, cause he had to do bad businesses sometimes for money. That is why I am here, and to me each and every day is important. I certainly can not waste any time. That is why without taking any risk of failure, I took part into college politics, since I am not good in studies as you. Even though I always wanted to stay good and righteous. When I will leave the Police Academy and start to earn my own bucks, then I will be free…. I will become a free bird. I just want to say, stay the way you are. Nobody appreciates you and calls you dumb for not joining politics…. But I would love to say that you are good the way you are. These marks of yours are just fine, what matters is how much of a good officer you will be. If you stay like this, then I am sure that you will make a change in our society. Might just make a change in the world as well." Prakash smiled and said, "Enough out of you. Thank you for saying all good words. This is the first time in my Police Academy days that I smiled". Shaurya laughed a little and agreed, "Yes, even I got a little surprised to see you like that for the first time. As far as I remember your face is always serious and you talk less". Prakash said, "I never knew that you notice me that much Shaurya. This is the first time someone complimented me that much. But to be honest, you are a noble man and that is why you noticed and appreciated my qualities. People does not even think much usually. I must really praise your observation". Shaurya laughed in embarrassment and said, "Even this is the first time for me to get such compliments. Thank you Prakash". After a few days Shaurya stopped coming to the Police Academy. He went missing. The Police investigation stated that Shaurya's older brother got killed by some criminals with whom he was smuggling drugs with. Perhaps due to that Shaurya ran off. After a month the news came up that the criminals who killed Shaurya's brother was killed by some masked people.]

Officer Prakash shouted, "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?" he was standing on the roof of the park's water tank with two constables and Asst. Insp. Chanakya, he was well aware of the fact that if Shaurya does something then the people in the park might get hurt. Without staying caught up in his past memories he used sign language to the constables downstairs to evacuate the whole park immediately. Shaurya screamed and said, "PRAKASH!! The police failed to avenge my brother's death. But VeilTus did what was needed to be done. I owed my life to VeilTus for that reason. Just like you owed your life to Mr. Abhigyan Das." while saying that he pointed his gun towards the constable and shot. The constable got injured and then Officer Prakash shouted back at Shaurya, "STOP IT SHAURYA! JUST DON'T!". He thought to himself, "He knows about my promise to Mr. Abhigyan Das… That means VeilTus does have a lot of information about the police and the people connected to "Swara" without a doubt now." Shaurya laughed out and said, "Did you see that Prakash? Police is always useless. A brilliant person like you does not deserve to be around such people. Come with me, we need more people like you in our army." Officer Prakash calmly rejected his offer. Hearing Prakash's calm tone at a time like this reminded Shaurya about his Police Academy days. He said, "Prakash, I actually forgot how you usually sounded. In fact it is surprising that you are screaming and being desperate to save those children, which of course I won't let you do." After saying that he threw a tear gas at the people in the park who were trying to leave with the constables. The police force from outside the park demanded Shaurya to stop his deeds and surrender. Ignoring all their demands he asked again, "Prakash, I am asking for the last time, will you join us?" Officer Prakash gave a smile and rejected his offer again. It was the same smile which he gave to Shaurya eight years ago. With the shocked look he asked, "Are you finding it a compliment? I will kill you now because police like you are threats to us." With that Shaurya pointed his shotgun at Prakash. Officer Prakash said with that smile, "Well, it is a compliment to me that you are considering me as a brilliant person for your army and offering me a position their. Also it is a compliment for a police to be a threat to a terrorist organization as yours. I must compliment your observation skills again to note that same smile of mine from eight years ago." Hearing all that made Shaurya mad and he shot Officer Prakash. With all his observation towards the shotgun somehow he tried to dodge the gunshot but still the bullet passed through his left ankle. While falling he took out a glass like silver pistol from his coat pocket and shoot towards the helicopter. The bullet seemed small but the effect of the it was so high that the helicopter got damage. The pilot retreated the helicopter as soon as possible. The police jeep followed the helicopter. Asst. Insp. Chanakya picked Officer Prakash up and the constable picked up the injured constable. He asked, "Sir, what kind of gun is that? It looks so unique. It definitely does not have any connection to the police." The ambulance came to pick them up. Officer Prakash looked back at Asst. Insp. Chanakya and said, "This gun is made for fun by a special scientist I know about. It might sound strange when I say it is made for fun, but it is the truth and that is why she is a special scientist."

After school Shringar came out with Gaurav and Lalit. Gaurav asked, "Will you guys keep it a secret from others except from our "Secret Mission Group Chat"? Honestly, I want the both of you to confirm my teleportation ability to others in the chat." Both Lalit and Shringar nodded and the three of them part their ways. While walking Shringar could hear someone coming towards her from behind. Those footsteps felt very familiar and comfortable to her so she looked back. It was Sanskar. He was smiling and introduced himself, "Hello, I am Sanskar Adhikari and I am here to guard you today." Shringar laughed a little and asked, "Hello Mr. Adhikari, I would very much like to know what kind of security it is for?" Both Sanskar and Shringar laughed and he said, "Well, I was just coming back from school so I thought of walking with you today." Shringar asked, "But your house is on the other side right? Also you seem to be sweating as if you were running or something" Sanskar deviated the conversation and she did not ask that again. He was a bit anxious about Elina's horrifying sketches about Shringar's kidnapping and his injury. That was why he wanted to check on her wellbeing. Shringar opened her phone while talking to him and found Alex's messages in it. "Wait Sanskar, let me check his messages." Hearing his voice message and the file of VeilTus schedules Shringar got frustrated. She immediately called Officer Prakash. He picked up, "Hello… Shringar, What is it….?" She could hear a quiver in his voice and could not help but ask about it. He said, "Not to worry, I was in the hospital for treatment an hour ago. Now I am heading to the office. A member of VeilTus in children's park attacked today. I am absolutely fine right now. Everything is fine. It will be on news tonight. We even found their helicopter, but they somehow ran off. So I guess Alex must have sent you the file as well right?" Shringar said, "Yes, nice to know everything is fine now. But what about Chief?" Officer Prakash said, "Officer Rani is informing and warning her about it."

Officer Rani called Chief Varnika and told her about the threat. She asked her to cancel her plans tonight. Chief Varnika said, "This is very much interesting. I won't cancel my plan tonight. I will attend the event. Thank you for informing, I will prepare myself for today." Officer Rani tried to convince her to not go, then she replied, "Officer Rani, I m a police chief. If I back off in fear then how will the public feel secure in the society?" Officer Rani could not say anything for a few seconds then started, "Chief, their will be a lot of people in that event. If you recklessly attend it and something does happen, then chaos will occur in that area, and innocent people might get hurt or die due to this." Chief Varnika said, "There is a good chance that the schedule will get replaced by the VeilTus soon. And even if they come, then me being a bait to catch FZ will be a good idea. Let us make a plan to get this FZ and save the day. Shall we?"

Shringar on the other side was concerned about Alex. Chief Varnika might get safe but Alex might get caught by the members of VeilTus. Shringar got a message from Officer Prakash stating that Chief Varnika will attend the event tonight. Sanskar got scared to read that message. Shringar asked, "How in the world did Alex know that Chief Varnika will not back off after knowing about the threat…?" Sanskar said, "Alex is a hacker…. Perhaps he got to know about Chief Varnika at some point during his career." "At any rate Sanskar, we have to get their. Alex invited me. Also we need to stop him since unlike Chief Varnika, he is not safe. He sent me a description of his. We might find him their." Shringar said with determination. Sanskar got concerned and said, "It might be very risky Shringar. We should not cross our boundaries. We are teenagers. We can not stand a chance against terrorists. It will cause trouble to Alex and Police if we do. We might even get hurt as well, also Alex is a professional so he will be fine." Shringar agreed with him but still she would go. She said, "We will maintain our distance. I trust the police will save the day, but for that reason we can not increase their job by recklessly getting in. But from a distance we will note. If we find Alex soon then we will stop him right their. If not then we will go back. Alex is a professional hacker, but not a professional spy. I am not sure but the tone of his voice in this voice message suggests that something triggered him to work in his impulse." Sanskar agreed with Shringar. Shringar started calling someone. Sanskar got confused and Shringar clarified that she needed to ask something to Sophie's mother. She picked up and Shringar asked, "Auntie, could you please not whether Dr. Nitish comes back home or not from your window?" Sophie's mother answered, "Okay, right now he is not home. But what happened?" Shringar informed, "I and my acquaintance Sanskar will go to stop Alex. He is being reckless. So it will take time for me to come back. If Dr. Nitish comes back early today then I will be answerable to him." Sophie's mother got a bit confused and asked, "Wait, Alex means the hacker recommended by Dr. Janki?" Shringar said, "Yes." Sophie's mother said, "Wait Shringar, Sophie just came home from school. I will ask her to keep a note on your house for the time being, and I am coming to you with my car. Car will be fast enough to reach him soon." Shringar smiled and replied, "Definitely."