30| Kidnapped.
Tu aisi baazi hai O yara
Jeeta bhi jisko main haara bhi
Tu meri galti hai to sunle
Ye galti hogi dobara bhi
Arsh is in the car when suddenly his Phone's notification sound catches his attention, he pulls out his phone only to find a text from an unknown number saying "Bro, save me" and at the same moment, another text comes from a different number saying "You might be looking for your sister 'kaira Singhania', Isn't it AJ?
Well don't worry, we'll deliver her body to you"
His jaw clenches and mind starts racing or more precisely calculating the circumstance. If the first text is from kaira, she never addresses him like this, only Tara calls him 'Bro' and kaira could have messaged with her own number. But one thing is clear in his mind- the sender of the second text.
He doesn't panic and without wasting another second, he forwards both the numbers to luca to bring out the live location in urgency. Fortunately, their location turns out to be the same which confirms one thing that it isn't fake and something is really wrong.
"Brooklyn bridge, fast" arsh rages out on the driver and he increases the speed, changing towards the said direction.
Arsh re-checks the location in his phone but it's fluctuating continuously.
Uneasiness starts hovering his mind cause somewhere he has an idea that it isn't kaira, but he keeps himself composed.
"Sir, that area is temporarily restricted" The driver says, looking at him through the front view mirror.
"I don't care, I have to reach there as soon as possible, just drive fast" He orders, his voice is desperate yet concerned, the driver nods while arsh commands Aariv to get their men there as he knows that it's all pre-planned or it could be a trap too.
"She's in the car, boss, and she's unconscious" He answers and Arthur lifts his head up to the driver, a slight frown forming over his face. He steps towards the car followed by the driver, opening the door, as he sees Tara lying unconscious at the backseat, his jaw clenches and eyes narrows.
Turning towards the driver, he grabs his collar and gritting his teeth, he barks out on him "You asshole, she isn't kaira Singhania"
"B- but boss, you only said that the girl will herself come to me outside the cafe, I- I just have to bring her to you" The driver stutters with fear.
"Useless Mother fucker" He pushes him aside "She isn't the girl I wanted, she's king's wife, He won't leave any one of us" He massages his temple, tension and fear is evident on his face as he shuts the car's door again.
"Now what, Bruno?" His partner ander asks with a mix of confusion and desperation.
"Let me think" he bites out, massaging his temple the same way and after a few minutes, he murmurs "She's AJ's sister too, we can use her"
"Are you out of your senses?" Ander yells, "She is king's wife, he-"
"We won't harm her in any way" Arthur cuts him off "But we are left with no option, I want her brother begging in front of me, I can't care less about the consequences, And at the most he will kill us, I don't care.
I want that fucker AJ, my dad's murderer begging in front of me" his voice is slightly quivering but hatred is visible in his eyes.
"She wasn't our target and she's still not, but she herself got trapped here and AJ will definitely come to save her" He concludes, dialling someone's number in his phone.
After around fifteen minutes, arsh reaches the said location, deliberately not bringing anyone with him so that they won't harm his sister.
Arthur is already standing near his car, hitting slow puffs of his cigarette and his eyes are fixed at arsh as if he was waiting for him only.
The whole area is surrounded by his men and Ander is also standing there.
"So AJ is out of his cave for his sister, what a brother-sister bond, I like it" Arthur chuckles, the evilness dripping his face is indicating his carnal intentions.
The air around thickens with severity and anticipation, giving a slight sharp glance around, arsh looks at Arthur and growls "Shut the fuck up, Bruno, how dare you target my sister?
Where-is-Kaira?" His jaw and fists are clenching with rage and his eyes are cold.
"Relax, she's here only and we didn't even touch king's wife, she was never our target, I just wanted to drag you out of your hole" He barks out, an evil grin curling his lips while arsh freezes after hearing 'king's wife'.
This made it clear that he's talking about Tara which makes arsh more furious.
"Remember how brutally you killed my father on the cruise?
My brother?" He states, grinding his teeth with anger as he eyes arsh closely "They were at no fault but ahh-" before he can complete his words, a bullet hits chest and he falls on his knees at the ground.
Everyone's attention diverts in the direction where Aariv and his men have already started shooting towards Arthur's men who are reciprocating them, while Aariv had shot that bullet at Arthur.
Before reaching here, Arsh had already commanded Aariv to be here with his men ready.
"Boss, are you fine?" Aariv rushes towards arsh who is loading his gun, without looking at him and in urgency, arsh commands "Handle all these fuckers Aariv, I need to see Tara"
He barges ahead to look for Tara, sharply crouching under the parked cars and broad poles of the bridge. Aariv's men are more in numbers so they easily overpowered Arthur's men but the rush here is still dangerous, between these shootings and fighting.
Here, arsh is looking for Tara in every car, in the area around and every place she possibly might be.
His steps are desperate, more agonised as his mind is a rush of thoughts, her Condition?
Where is she, is she safe now and many more.
though he's a calm man, but nothing helps when it comes to Tara.
As he steps ahead, his eyes roving throughout when his gaze falls on Kaira's car and the blur figure inside it, he's at a some distance away from it.
Due to smoke and mess, he can't clearly see through the partial close window.
But it's enough to get an idea that there's someone inside it, without a second thought, he rushes towards the car and as he reaches the car, his heart slows down at the sight.
Tara is lying unconscious at the backseat, her face is half hidden with her hair and her forehead is drenched with sweat due to suffocation as she was locked in the car for more than a hour.
Arsh's stoic gaze softens, his heart clenching seeing her like this and he immediately opens the door, as he lifts Tara in his arms carefully but just when he's about to move ahead, a bullet hits his left leg and he stumbles a bit due to the sudden attack, but he composes himself the next second.
His muscles twitched as Tara could get hurt because of this, He lifts his head up to ander who is standing in front of him, pointing his gun at arsh's forehead as he asks "Just spit where is Bruno's brother? We'll leave you, AJ"
He has to be careful as Tara is in his arms and he can't use the gun too, processing his next action the other second, he deliberately attempts to make him furious even more so that he loses his last two bullets or his grip on the gun and arsh can attack before he counters back.
A frown tugging on arsh's lips, his eyes both cold and fearless as he says "He's at the place where he belongs, where you all will be within a while, Mother fucker" Saying this, as ander's grip loses over his gun and he applies pressure on the trigger to shoot, arsh kicks on his chest with all his force unexpectedly, making him fall backwards and the gun slips away from his hand.
Arsh lays Tara in the car's back seat again as getting her out at this time isn't safe, he slams the door shut in urgency and pulls out his gun, ander who's trying to get up but fails as his leg got twisted and when his gaze meets with arsh, he shudders, next moment, without wasting time on him, arsh shoots two bullets on his throat and he dies on the spot.
He looks for Aariv around but can't find him. Most of the men are already dead by now, few of aariv's men are left alive and some are begging for help, writhing and groaning at the ground.
His knee is bleeding continuously, without giving a single glance at it, he keeps his gun back in the waist band and to make sure that the way ahead is safe, he steps forward, carefully and calculatively with slow steps.
Here Tara moves, her breath heaving and her close lashes fluttering with uneasiness as she tries to open her eyes.
After a bit of struggle, she opens her eyes and looks around herself with a slight blurry vision only to find her in the same car she fainted a while ago.
Trying to collect herself, as she gets up, a wave of pain runs through her and a sigh leaves her mouth.
Somehow she manages to stand up and steps out of the car, her eyes widening with fear and shock as she witnesses the unexpected and terrifying scenario around her.
Shuddering with terror, As she takes another step forward, something comes under her feet and she falls on the ground on her stomach and a scream escapes her throat. A few drops of tears shed down her eyes but she doesn't panic, ignoring the pain, she gets up again.
"Kaira Singhania?" This harsh voice from behind freezes her at her place and she turns behind, only to find four giant men Pointing their guns at her. They are Arthur's trusted men who were initially instructed to kill kaira or do whatever they wanted to do with her once Arthur finds his brother.
Tara gulps down her saliva, tears shedding her eyes and she opens her mouth to say something but she isn't able to form words as panic takes over her mind in a complete tailspin.
"Such a beautiful innocent girl, exactly like your name, it'll be painful killing you, but we have no option left, sweetheart" one of them says, a filthy carnal smile forming over his lips as he steps towards her and she starts taking steps backwards.
"Stop, d- don't co-come close to me" she stammers, her voice and body both are quivering.
"Stop th-there I said" She yells again but it doesn't affect them a bit.
As she stumbles backwards, this time someone's Strong arms hold her tightly.
She looks back at Aayansh who is holding her tightly as he throws a kick on that man's chest who was stepping towards her and he falls there with a loud sound, while she breaks out in tears in his arms, hiding her face in his chest and clutching his blazer tightly in her hands, indicating how scared she was.
Aayansh starts crushing that man's throat and face under his shoe brutally, making sure to pierce his throat and suffocate him mercilessly.
Every muscle in his body is twitching with anger and his eyes are bloodshot red, his taut nerves are in complete view, indicating that his anger is going out of control.
Meanwhile, Asher and his other men are handling the other three of them.
His gaze turns darker and jaw clenches as he sees scratches on Tara's wrist, her pale face and her condition.
Keeping his eyes intact to Tara and hiding her in his embrace, he shoots first in that man's both eyes for looking at Tara, then on his hand from which he pointed his gun at her and then he shoots continuous eight bullets in his chest. That man's chest gets completely ripped with bullets and blood with his flesh is splattered everywhere, which is an absolutely disturbing and disgusting scene for normal people and he's already dead by now.
Hearing these sounds, Tara shudders in his arms and her sobs are echoing there but she doesn't pull away as she's so scared-From Aayansh. While Asher and other men are themselves trembling with terror seeing Aayansh like this after a long time.
This doesn't stop Aayansh as He continues to shoot at that man, rage is running in his veins faster from the pace of blood flowing in his body.
Tara pulls out her face and looks into his bloodshot red eyes with her tear filled eyes, her breath heaving and voice shivering as she mumbles breathlessly "Ayan, I- I can't, breathe, please"
She falls unconscious again on his chest, just then arsh reaches there impulsively and seeing Tara like this, his breath catches in his throat as he rasps "Tara-"
But before he can step close to her, In a dark and menacing voice and looking at him, Aayansh warns him "STAY-AWAY"
His predatory dark gaze is enough to haunt someone's entire existence. Noticing Tara's condition, arsh stops just because of her.
Seeing her pale face and condition, Aayansh throws the gun aside and ignoring everything, he lifts Tara in his arms and walks towards his car, while arsh's fists clench as he sees him.
Holding her by his single arm carefully, he opens the driving seat's door and sits inside, settling her up on him as he holds her close and starts the car.
His eyes are fixed at her face, many lines of dried tears are surrounding her cheeks and her face completely drains off any colour.
His jaw is clenching, seeing her like this and he's trying his best to control his anger.
[After an Hour]
"Why-the-fuck are you taking so much time? What's wrong?" Aayansh rages out on the lady doctor who is checking Tara, she is still unconscious and Aayansh is holding her hand, sitting beside her.
The doctor shivers, without her lifting her head, she mumbles "She's completely fine now, Mr. Oberoi, it was just an anxiety attack, you need to take good care of her, she'll be fine"
She stands up, picking her bag as she says "I'll update you further after seeing the reports"
"Out" he orders, without sparing a glance at her as his eyes are fixed at Tara's pale face and she leaves the room immediately.
He stands up, walking towards the balcony as he calls someone. Closing his eyes, he cracks his back, call picks within a single ring and he orders "I want every single person connected to that fucker"
He disconnects the call, just then he feels Tara's arms around him as she cuddles him from behind. He takes a deep breath, preventing the sadist inside him to take over as he grabs her wrist and pulls her in front of him.
She lifts her head up to him whose cold eyes are already glued to her face and slowly, she murmurs "Are you angry with me?" Her soft voice is barely audible as she lowers her head again.
He doesn't say anything, his eyes scanning each expression on her face and after a few moments, she lifts her head again "At least say something, will you punish me again?" She makes puppy eyes at him but it doesn't affect him a bit.
All of sudden, he holds her shoulders and pulls her close to him, making her eyes widen by his sudden action as he leans on her face.
"Mana kiya tha na maine? To kya sochkar bahar nikli tum, hm?" He asks, his voice cold as he demands the answer.
Completely flabbergasted, she looks at him and her words get stuck in her throat, a tear slides down her cheek.
Seeing her like this, Aayansh closes his eyes and takes a deep breath to control himself. After a few moments, He pulls away and in a calm voice, taking her face in his palms and looking in her eyes, he asks again "How are you feeling now? Is it hurting somewhere, anything?"
She shakes her head and mumbles slowly "Are you angry with me?"
"First and last time I ever trusted someone- it was you, and you broke it successfully" He says, his voice an intense whisper.
He detaches away but before he can leave, Tara holds his hand with both her hands as she hugs him again "where are you going? Please don't go"
"It's none of your business, Tara" He says coldly, detaching away from her as he makes his way out of the room while she keeps staring at him until he disappears from her vision, some more tears shed down her eyes as the first time ever he called by her name, that too like this way.
Just then she feels nausea creeping inside her again, covering her mouth, she rushes towards the bathroom immediately.