Rise of the Devil - Part 47

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Chapter 47


Khushi’s POV

“You are his… father?” my voice cracks as I stare at the man claiming to be Devil’s father. “How?” I swallow.

As far as I recall, Devil had killed him.

“How?” he repeats in a mocking tone, holding his laugh. “You think I would let my son handle a real gun when he was hardly 13?”

I am speechless as he continues.

“I am not that idiot. The gun which Arnav shot me from was dummy and he didn’t know that. Though the father in me was shocked seeing his son ready to kill him to avenge his mother’s death but my darker side was proud. That was the first time when Arnav actually picked a weapon and hurt someone. And I don’t need to tell you what happened after that. He fled, of course he had to, and then returned back to rule his kingdom.. the one I had kept vacant for him. He’s outdid me in every terms. I am so proud.. So damn proud of my Devil.”

I see that. He is proud of Arnav because he thinks Arnav is a dark man like him, with a dark soul but he is wrong. My husband is anything but him. And soon, his father would see that too. Though I am still listening to this man, I don’t stop my struggles to untangle the rope tied to my arms. It has loosened. Finally!! Just a few more struggles and I’ll be freed. But I can’t fight these strong men around. I need to think of some other way to tackle the situation and I hope I succeed.


He keeps talking and fortunately has turned his back on me which is why I get another opportunity to keep continuing my efforts of untangling the bonds. A little more time is all I need and it comes off. Though freed, I keep my hands glued to the arms of the chair as Arnav’s father turns around.


“So?” He stands closer, his gaze towering over me. “You have only few minutes of life.”

My eyes widen at his threatening.

“If you hadn’t been my son’s wife, I wouldn’t even waste time in introducing myself to you. But I had to see who got the guts to lure my son for her mission. Otherwise, my men here are enough to do their job without my intervention.”

He keeps bragging but my eyes fall on the gun in his pant pocket. I recall my self-defense training. Kate had told me about a trick and I quickly try it now because if this man is planning to kill me in a few minutes, I better do something to save myself. I use my freed hand to pull out the gun from his pocket and rising on my feet, I point it on his head.



The three strong men who are in the same room, point their loaded guns at me. Sweating, I gasp for air before warning them.

“Drop your guns” I shout. “I said drop your guns or else I will shoot him.”


I mean it.. I can shoot Arnav’s father because if I don’t, he’s going to mess up with my husband and ruin his peace. But my fingers shiver. I have never shot anyone dead!! I don’t think I can..!! I try to focus on the situation but looks like I am late. Arnav’s father grabs my arm and soon the gun is off grip and in his. Damn!! I am doomed. He turns around and stares with confusion.


“You are not an agent.”

He’s not asking, he is telling. I gape at him in terror.

“You are not that trained which means you are not a spy..” he pauses and grabs my elbow tight.

“Who are you then?”


I swallow my fear. Of course, my silly stunt gave him the clue that I am not a professional in fights or self-defense. He is very sharp; I couldn’t fool him.

“It’s not possible..” He growls. “I can’t be wrong .. my sources can’t be wrong. Someone close to my son is from the agency who wants to destroy the dark world. If it’s not you, who is it then?”


He twists my arm so tight that I yelp in pain.

“Leave me” I scowl. “No matter how much you try to find that out, you would never know.”

With a strong force, I push him away and step back. His breathing speeds up.

“So, you know who that secret agent is, huh?”

Shit!! How could I give him this hint? I gather some courage to snap.


“Even if I had known, I wouldn’t tell you..”


In three strides, he is again intruding my private space.


“You are giving me that name before I kill you,” he challenges. “Raaka” he shouts again and a tall sturdy muscled man storm inside. The scar on his left eye scares me so much that I stumble behind to get away from him. “Lock her up in the dark room until she agrees to speak out that name..”


Raaka grabs my small hand in his large ones so strongly that my punches and kicks don’t matter anymore.


“Leave me..” I shout but he keeps dragging me out. I know he wouldn’t stop without his master demands. So I turn around and give Arnav’s father a raged glare. “The clock’s ticking.. Arnav will come for me and the moment he does, it will be your turn to count your last minutes.”


He gives me a deathly stare before turning to his other men, instructing them something. But I can’t hear anything as Raaka drags me out.


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Arnav’s POV


Ever since Shyam has given me the hints of my father being alive, I didn’t waste a single second in thinking every other possible way he could have planned to keep Khushi away from me. I scanned all the checkpoints where there’s a probability of him controlling this dark world without anyone realizing it. And whichever that place is, it had to be in Rana Pratap’s area because he is the only man who has been loyal to my father from ages.


“Here..” I point on the map laid on the table. Aman and Akash are included in this stronger plotting we are doing to find Khushi. “This house here comes in Rana Pratap’s zone. I remember years ago he telling me no one ever stays there as it has some serious construction issues. I had told him to demolish that house and build something else if it had such huge problems but he always kept ignoring. I am sure this is where they are hiding Khushi..”


Aman and Akash stare at each other and then back at me.


“You are sure he is alive?” Akash asks.

“I don’t want to take a chance of thinking he is dead and can’t abduct my wife.” I snap. “Because if he has her, then she has very less time to live.”

“He is right” Aman agrees. “And it won’t take him long to realize Khushi is not a spy as her moves are not professional. We have to barge in here and take control.”

“Alright then let’s tell the team and begin this mission.”


Everyone disperses except Shyam.

“I am also coming along with you..” he declares.

“You can’t. This is our mission and you are not part of the team.”

“Maybe but that doesn’t stop me from being who I am.. Protecting civilians is my job and I owe this to you. Because no matter what if I hadn’t met Khushi and made her help me, this enemy wouldn’t have had this wrong guess that she is a spy and Khushi wouldn’t have landed in this trouble today. So even if you don’t want me anywhere near the mission, I still will follow you. Better if you take me along.. I can be of some help..”


Help! I am willing to take up every help I can to bring my wife safe. SO, I agree.


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Three hours later


I am right where I think Khushi is kept. The place looks like a fortress and we assume there will be at least 100 men in there protecting it.


“We have a problem” Aman whispers. This time Aman is not very far from us. He is stationed with his high-tech devices in a bush where hardly anyone can see him even in broad daylight. “The fence that you see securing this place is electrical.”


I scan at the fence which is some 200 meters away from me and my team.


“That’s not new for you Aman.. Hack it and shut the electricity,” I command.

“Not as easy as you think. If I try to hack their fence controlling systems, they won’t turn off without giving an alarm and they would then know we are here.. Unless someone from the inside shuts that button of their alarm system from there and I can then use this opportunity to turn off the electrical signals of the fence. Once that’s done, our men can storm in without any harm..”

“Dammit” I growl but keep my tone low. “So, what now?”


I think for a minute, a new plan developing in my head.

“Can you hack their telecom line?” I ask.

“Umm… yeah.. I think so.. But why?”

“Because I have a message for my father..”


Everyone stills as they hear me in their respective earpiece.


“Are you serious?” Akash mutters from the other area where he is hiding with his team. We have surrounded this place but entering it is risky without turning off their alarms.

“Very.. If that’s really him inside, I know he wouldn’t let me go away from here without meeting him..”

“We can’t let that happen. You had put a bullet on him once, he won’t be happy to give you that chance again, Bhai” Akash argues.


I know that my father will never repeat that same mistake twice yet I am ready to face this challenge because my wife’s life is at stake. I can risk myself for her. I definitely can.

“Call for additional backup. I am going in… alone..” I command him and then to Aman. “Hack their telephone line and connect me.”


It takes 13 minutes for Aman to do the needful, each second passing like in silence, as I stare at the place with rage and hope. I hope Khushi is here and if she is, I am not walking away without her safe in my arms. Aman does some high-tech magic and connects me on the same number on which I had talked yesterday to the man who claimed to have abducted my wife. Though I couldn’t recognize his voice then, now I can sense the pattern of his tone. He was my father I spoke to.. he was my father who challenged me not to come looking for my wife.. He was my father whom I threatened of hunting down. I fulfilled my promise but the victory was way far yet.


“It’s connected. We have hacked his phone..” Aman informs and I exhale roughly before hearing his voice. That same voice which has haunted me ever since he took Khushi away. I am sure he’s surprised to receive a call from an unknown and suspicious number so when he says Hello, he sounds confused and desperate to know whom he is talking to. I press my earpiece to the inner ear to make sure I don’t miss hearing even his heartbeats as I won’t be listening to them for long. I am his doom, I always meant to be and I will kill him thousand times if I have to in order to save my country and protect law.


“Dad” I say, my tone wavering as I call him that again.


A long silence stretches between us as I can fathom what levels of shock, he is into the moment. Firstly, he hadn’t expected me to reach him and second, he never expected me to call him ‘Dad’ again. Obviously, I was the bad son for him now who had once avenged him for my mother’s death.



“You found me?” he breaks the silence. “I am impressed. Never thought less of you my son..”

“And I never thought about you at all” I speak. “You were alive.. all these years..”

“Aren’t you happy?”


Ahh!! He knows I am not.. He knows I want him dead.. Like him dead..


“You want me happy?” I ask. “Then free my wife..”


There’s another round of silence between us..

“What if I don’t?” he challenges openly. “What extent can you go to keep her alive?”

“Any…” I bark. “Even if it means to kill you again… and make sure no one saves you this time..”

“DEVIL” he shouts…but that’s not the regular shouting. He is shocked and its noticeable in his changed tone. “What have you become? You want to kill me? for what? Only because I chose you and not your mother?”

“How could you not choose her?” I yell.

“How could I not choose you?” he argues. “You had my blood.”

“So you let her die?” My stomach coils with more hatred for him.

“I had no choice.. But I avenged her death Arnav.. I killed Jaipal.. Don’t you see it? I wasn’t the man to be blamed, it was Jaipal who broke our family. Otherwise you and your mother would never separate from me like this.. Just.. try to see it from my angle… For once..”


Another round of silence spreads and I finally speak up.


“You killed Jaipal because he killed your wife… And now I will kill you because you gave him that choice to kill her.”

“DEVIL” he screams.. I can feel his anger at brink. “How can I get you on my side? To make you see I never wanted to lose you. I have protected you all these years, despite hiding myself so that you could take my seat… so that you could lead this world. There’s nothing I haven’t done for you.. or would do.”

“Then let her go.. Free Khushi now..”

“Never” he snarls. “She is a spy..”

“She is not..” I growl.

“Even then I can’t leave her. She knows who that spy is who is ruining our dark world. Until I find that person whose name she knows, I will not let her walk out..”

“She wont tell you” I declare.. “She will die but wouldn’t tell you that name but me..”


Now I am playing my cards..


“You want that name and I want her.. So, here’s the deal Dad. Let me in your fortress and I meet my wife.. I will make sure she tells you that name and then me and her will walk out safe..”


He takes a few seconds to think.

“Fair enough.. I will let you in.. But only you.. and no guns.. I am scared of my son putting a bullet in my chest again, you see..”


I grin at his reply. He knows me so well because that’s exactly my intention. To kill him as soon as I see him again!


“Open the main gates.. I am driving there in five minutes.”


Saying that I disconnect the call.



To be Continued.

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