44| Last heartbreak!
(Sorry for the late update is all I can say)
Won't give any targets because it's of no worth
"You hold the lies, I carve my own fate above them"
Waves crashing, cannons roaring as this is the symphony of the war at sea.
But someone is needed to make it worse, and that someone has just jumped off from his chopper to the cargo deck with a deafening explosion leaving behind. His chopper had a blast.
And he is- Kiaan Jindal.
A player or a pawn?
We will see...
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The yacht tearing through the endless waves amidst this deadly chaos where Tina, Aariv, Braden and luca are reloading their guns in urgency, when arsh commands the yacht sailor "Diya, take us to romano's ship."
"Diya?" Aariv, Braden and luca scowl, shocked.
While Tina takes in their reaction, confused.
The yacht sailor, who is no one but diya with her face hidden with a head cover. She turns the yacht towards romano's cargo, mediating the speed simultaneously to counter the flames and bullets aiming their way.
There's no time for explanation or clarification.
One beat of heart would snatch the breath away.
Countering the waves sharply, Diya takes off her helmet-letting her hair spill in wild, untamed waves around her face.
She turns her head slightly towards them, smirking "Hey three idiots, missed me?"
Aariv's jaw clenches but there's no time to retort, while Braden and luca exchange an irritated glance.
"Who's she now?" Tina grumbles, when tossing a grenade towards a ship following their lead, arsh barks in urgency "You can do this introductory session afterwards, if we stay alive. For now, focus here."
"The yacht is bulletproof, isn't it?" Luca frowns, and all of them shoot him a stabbing glance.
"Obviously it is! but we aren't bulletproof, you jerk." Tina snaps, frustrated. "One bullet will drive you straight to hell."
Meanwhile Diya gives a slight glance to arsh.
Then suddenly, she grips the speed. Higher and higher to avoid the enemy's sight for now- just for now. As they're on a small yacht and if it drowns into the sea because of any attack, death will welcome them all along.
"Arsh, we're near" Diya informs, her sharp gaze cutting through the eruptions to one of the vast cargo?- Romano's ship.
Arsh follows diya's gaze, the ship nearing amidst the explosions and lightning flames with bodies tossing down into the ocean.
Men are openly firing from both the front and back deck with bazookas and machine guns, fixed at accommodation blocks.
Inserting a fresh clip in his Brezette, arsh growls "Climb up through the bow deck as soon as I jump, Romano must be awaiting our surprise."
"Boss, what are you doing?" Aariv lets out a curious murmur "And our first target was Tarun Jindal, right? Then romano-"
Arsh cuts him off with a cunning smirk "His hunter has already arrived there, Aariv! Now it's actually the time to hunt the hunter."
The moment distance closes between their yacht and Romano's ship, arsh presses a button from beneath the seat and a wooden hatch stretches out, making the way upwards.
It's risky, but why not when you're yourself playing with lives by stacking yours at first.
"Diya, you know what to do, right?" Arsh asks, while the others are ready to climb up.
"Absolutely, sweetheart" A sharp grin curls diya's lips while hearing 'sweetheart' from her, Aariv, Braden and luca look at arsh with a suspicious gaze.
Diya takes out her gun and shoots two bullets at the keel of the yacht, making loopholes and the moment the yacht starts drowning into the ocean, Arsh and Diya jump off from it.
Meanwhile Aariv, Braden, luca and tina quickly move to climb up before the ocean swallows the hatch too, along with the yacht.
The air-warm with explosions lashing against their faces.
But then-
A massive explosion tears through both the thick air and crossing waves, shaking even the vast ship. Tina's foot slips downwards before she could reach up to hold the railing, but she doesn't fall.
Someone's strong hold on her hand saves her. Giving a slight glance to the dark ocean down, she lifts her head upto Braden who's grabbing her hand with all his strength.
Braden quickly pulls her up to him, both of them directly land on one of the cargo holds.
The strong smell of gunpowder, spilling blood and burning flesh fills their senses.
Across the deck walls in the large iron crates, illegal gold, diamonds and other materials are being kept which is to be smuggled internationally at a mass level.
And people here are fighting to secure those shipments, or conquer the stakes of other mafia syndicates in order to situate their ownership.
The continuous sound of explosive firearms and bullets is screwing through the area.
"Where did they all go?" Tina breathes, scanning the area around when the sound of continuous firing resounds there.
Braden takes Tina's hand in his and strides towards one of the narrow corridors of the ship, mumbling "Obviously they aren't going to wait for you."
They rush forward, just when a sleek black car stops in front of them among this mess. The thick window rolls down and they both look at Aariv who is driving while Luca sits at the backseat.
"You're way too fast, boss." Braden grins while Tina opens the door of the backseat quickly and launches herself inside.
"Get in right now or die" Aariv snaps, his foot pressing against the gas.
As soon as Braden steps in the car, Aariv picks up the speed enough to tear through the tense air.
"But where the hell is arsh, and that girl?" Tina grumbles, giving a slight glance behind.
"Be careful with your words, he's our boss" Luca cuts her off in a little rough tone, but Tina doesn't retort this time.
"I think boss is on Tarun's ship, so we have to handle the dear chief and his daughter first." Aariv presses, storming within the narrow corridors after noticing two cars following their lead.
"Get your guns ready and shoot whoever comes in sight, it's no longer about humanity" he adds and all of them follow the command instantly.
The car is storming ahead with a breakneck speed, heated air lashing against the hard material and tinted glass.
But when Braden and luca lean out the window to counter, Tina hinders them saying "Let me do the honours, ladies first, right."
In a blink of an eye, she peeks her head out and delivers a bunch of bullets on the cars behind theirs.
Though it's of no worth, because the cars are bulletproof.
But it does make it worse as Romano's men sitting in them retaliate with rifles, pouring down continuous bullets on the tires of their car to make it crash.
"Ladies first?" Braden shakes his head, mocking.
Then Braden and luca sharply open the inner trunk near the boot and pick up firearms and grenades to end it.
Aariv keeps flipping the car's speed and direction to misguide the enemies. Meanwhile, Luca yank the pin of grenades off and throws three of them continuously on those cars.
Followed by three massive blasts-deadly and disastrous, making them tilt down with the sudden explosions.
"Where the fuck is that Romano? Why isn't he showing up?" Braden mutters, his voice desperate.
"Maybe trying to save his life" Aariv smirks, "He wanted to kill our boss, and now he is hidden in his cage, cool no?"
Braden and luca exchange a knowing grin.
But in the next breath-
When their eyes flick to the front, Aariv slams his foot on the brakes after seeing the people standing in front of them.
Romano's daughter clara. Rome's drug lord and the head of the most powerful mafia alliance- Augustus millind with his men all around.
Armed from head to toe.
"Fuck us" Tina mutters under her breath and Braden frowns "You mean, foursome, in the car?"
Tina ignores him while Aariv looks at luca, and then Braden.
And they realise they're trapped now-Brutally.
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Monstrous cargo ships stripping off their innocence, roaring as war machines upon the waves. The ocean weeps black with oil and blood as Shattered hull vanish beneath the waves.
Explosions carving the sky, their fiery blossoms reflecting in the endless abyss below.
From one of the narrow ramps of these yanking ships, a car tearing through the air and smoke soars off to Nicole's ship, landing on the hard metal deck. Due to the absolute pressure, it thump rounds but finally stops as the driver regain control.
Thick dark smoke, flame heat carrying air clouds the surroundings. But here the situation is not that worse as the larger stacks were going to depart through higher cargos, fortunately.
The doors hang open and Diya tilts her head out, coughing due to the smoke filling her lungs.
The sound of mild gun firing reaches her, but she barely reacts as it's normal for her- being a cop and a mafia herself.
She adjusts her earpiece and lets out a sigh, mumbling "Arsh, I've landed on ni- nicole's ship. Now what?"
No response.
Her breath hitches, "Arsh, are you there? Tum theek ho na?"
"Relax diya" Arsh's voice crackles from the other side. "They're trapped, I can't let anything happen to any of them."
Diya gets in that arsh is talking about Aariv, Braden, luca and Tina.
"So... now?" Diya asks in urgency. "You said your ira mom is in one of these ships, and almost all the ships have been destroyed. So did she-"
Arsh cuts her off "Tarun won't let anything happen to her, he's greedy for the diamonds. And only Ira mom knows where the locker is actually situated. And as of now, no attack on tarun's ship has happened. So hopefully, she'll be safe."
Some footsteps reach diya's ears and she gets alert immediately, bringing her hand to the trigger as arsh continues "Hear me diya! Do anything but guide Nicole's ship near Romano's, I'm nearing the opposite with the other ship. Be quick! we don't have time."
"On it" Diya nods, striding out towards the main engine room.
But then something catches her attention.
Dozens of grenade launchers, explosive material, bazookas and machine guns are fixed at the cargo's thick railings. Men trying to counter the foreigner attacks, tossing bombs and throwing bullets at the rivals nearing them.
Diya's mind races and conversation with arsh strikes in, with that a slow smirk curls her lips as soon as she decodes arsh's plan.
Just when she catches one of these men's attention, heading towards the control room.
In a blink of an eye, that man pulls his rifle up but before he could reach up to the trigger fully, Diya shoots twice at his chest.
Still a bullet passes to her side, touching her shoulder from just a millimetre away.
Dusting off her shoulder, she storms to the control room, ensuring not to get in anyone's sight this time as already the fight is going on here.
Out of nowhere, explosive drones rattles up in the sky, hovering over the thick clouds as they drop bombs and grenade in a swift motion to wipe out Nicole's men here.
They're arsh's men.
In retaliation, A torpedo slices through the ocean's depths by Nicole's men, leaving the air and water shudder under its mercy.
One by one, massive explosions take place in the open deck. Bodies flying within the flames, swallowed by the sea as fire and metal rains from the heavens, making the horizon tremble.
Gunfire crackling like a violent symphony, dragging people into its cold, merciless embrace.
More than half of the ship has already been destroyed amidst the fight.
When in the navigation room, Diya somehow flips the ship's direction- realigning the way arsh commanded her to.
[ A/N: Didn't want to drag this scene ]
Here the ship on which arsh is present, nears up Romano's vast cargo along with Nicole's ship.
Now Romano's ship is in the middle of Nicole's and the ship in which arsh and his men are present.
Aariv, Braden, Luca and Tina are held captive by Clara and Augustus-they think they've made them hostages.
Braden is brutally wounded, he has been shot in the leg which is bleeding at worst. Rest all are being kept in one of the front deck's rooms.
The moment a familiar voice crackles from Aariv's wrist watch, something which was loud enough to make him hear.
He stands up, barking in urgency "Be ready."
"For what?" Luca frowns.
"For our death!" He says, making all of them flinch. "We have to get out of here as soon as possible."
Here Clara, Augustus, Romano and Nicole who all are present on the same ship- Romano's ship, are planning to save their lives out of all as they're aware that their lives are not safe too for a longer time.
"Denis, report at our ship right now" Clara orders through her wokie-tockie, asking them to arrive here with helicopters so that they can escape.
"Father, I think AJ would have died amidst these attacks. And if not, his strength- his team would surely die today, eventually we won" she lets out an evil chuckle.
"We aren't Clara, not unless the king collapses." Romano crushes her hopes. "Just secure your life in the first place."
Nicole and Augustus are guiding their men.
The fight is still going on, continuous eruptions and gun firing echoing within the sea. Men toss bombs down through grenade launchers and machine guns.
Here on the ship aside theirs, arsh asks diya through his earpiece "Diya, Ready?"
"Always, but Aariv and all-" Arsh cuts her off urgently "They know what they have to do."
She nods.
Then-
A symphony of Destruction echoes in the damned.
Like someone's worst nightmare has been unchained.
Romano's ship, which is in the middle of two vast ships- rocks violently with continuous explosions from both the sides, torpedo slamming into the hull- sending shock waves through the deck.
Arsh's men launch missiles onto Romano's ship in quick precision, while the ship on which diya is present- bazooka wielding men tearing Romano's hull with constant bomb eruptions.
Such an unpredictable attack from both the sides makes the rudder jerk hard, causing the ship to veer uncontrollably.
Water floods in- the almost destroyed ship sinking in.
Some more missiles, more eruptions launched from both the sides onto Romano's cargo.
And men present there- burning into ashes alive.
Ten minutes takes it all, and then- nothing but flames are left. The ocean swallowed Romano's shattered ship, bodies and everything gradually.
The condition is more than enough for anyone to say that not a single person on that ship would have been left alive.
Romano, Clara, Nicole and Augustus- Gone.
A minute of a game it was.
But Aariv, Braden, luca and Tina?
"Arsh.. I think I won't survive lon- longer" Diya mumbles, her breath heaving as she has inhaled too much smoke, above this she's wounded.
Arsh fixes his earpiece, his eyes flick up to the cloudy sky as if waiting for someone to arrive as he presses "You're so brave diya, it's just a matter of a while. You won't lose, I know."
Diya doesn't say anything, gathering herself when the sound of rotor blades thumps in the air, as a helicopter tilts to her in quick precision.
With a hazy gaze, she looks up only to find Aariv and Luca on the helicopter, trying to save her.
Aariv and all of them had already escaped Romano's ship after the command aariv got by arsh, followed by those attacks as it was all their plan.
"Come up, fast!" Aariv barks, motioning his hand up to her.
Conquering all her strength, diya somehow moves up and both Aariv and Luca help her in getting up. Securing her inside, Aariv quickly snaps in order to take the helicopter upwards.
Diya sits inside, taking deep breaths when luca taunts "Three idiots, who?"
"Shut up luca, see the situation" Aariv snaps at him. "We have to reach boss."
Slicing the thick air, the helicopter storms ahead, making its way towards the ship on which arsh is present.
Though there's no hope of him being alive after the brutal Massacre.
Reaching the mark, the helicopter descends to the ship's deck. Aariv's gaze searches for arsh, but all he can see is torn up pieces of this destroyed ship.
Bodies. Blood splattered and weapons.
"Boss?" He yells at the peak of his strength, desperate. Scared.
No response.
The next moment, a firm voice breaking the silence "Gonna chase me to death?"
Aariv's eyes flick to the other side, from where arsh is heading towards them only.
Blood dripping down his knuckles, but his face- firm, fearless.
Aariv quickly stretches his hand to arsh and holding it, arsh steps up into the helicopter instantly.
The helicopter picks up its speed, matching the pace of the flowing wind. Inside, Diya and Braden are injured, lying on the seat. While Luca, Aariv, tina and arsh are still recovering-
Because maybe another chaos awaits them.
"We did it!" Aariv says, staring at the others when arsh corrects him "Not yet, we've to make a deal- the most important deal."
All of them look at arsh with a confused, curious gaze.
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The night hasn't passed, completely.
Moon's cold/harsh glow is still hovering the endless waves of the ocean- which is now nothing but a graveyard of twisted metal.
Smoke still coils lazily from the scorched deck of the ships left, the stench of burnt steel and gunpowder hanging heavy in the salty breeze.
The land of Dubai, nearing.
But everything is calm now, the destruction has gone, really?
Tarun's ship, untouched by this warfare, is heading towards its destination- Dubai.
Not many men are present on it, just some trustworthy and who are useful to him afterwards.
This night is not to sleep, of course
Tarun stands near the railing of a sharp edge, scanning the destruction that took place around with his binoculars.
A slow, wicked smile curling his lips as he mutters "Enemies themselves made our way clear."
"Not your way, you were never a part of it. They just played stupid for their own" Dr. Raj's mocking voice crackles from behind, his eyes snaps to a side where Arsh, Aariv, Tina, Braden, Diya and luca have been tied- brutally with iron handcuffs.
Kiaan is sitting near them, as if enjoying their condition.
Tarun turns and heads towards inside, his gaze turns serious as he stops near Arsh "What do you think, arsh? You will play with me twisted and I'll welcome your trap all along?"
He sits in front of him, his eyes turning dark "We share the same blood, that doesn't mean I'll fall into your plans so-easily.
You and king plotted! I knew every single thing since you both met to plan against me.
And now see your own condition, My daughter awaits me in Dubai.
Everything happened exactly as I wanted-"
Arsh's face remains unreadable, firm but a stole of memory crashes through him.
Arsh stops his car in front of the hotel Tara is staying in, but he doesn't step out.
His face- all calm and unreadable.
Just when a call rings his phone, pausing for a moment- he picks the call.
"Kill Tarun Jindal, Brother in law! He'll be a problem- for you" This deep, calm voice crackles through the other side.
"He is Tara's father, and killing him is not the solution to anything" Arsh says firmly. "He wants diamonds, to get them he needs tar-"
Aayansh cuts him off dangerously this time. "It's no longer about any fucking relation or emotion, it's about something which won't end well."
"Already warned you, because you very well know that if I kill him- his death will be brutal" He says, letting his words settle "Aur baat agar meri biwi ya bachhe par aayi, to ek maut nahi hogi."
His words are chilling enough to make someone tremble.
Concluding himself, he disconnects.
Arsh exhales sharply, twisting his neck as he mutters under his breath "It won't end well, I know. But it's about my tara now."
"You joined hands with your enemy, just to betray me? Created all that drama, that you don't care about my daughter, you will bring her to me, that fake plasma drops and everything. And you think you played well, arsh Jindal?" Tarun smirks evilly.
Arsh doesn't say anything, holding onto something as dangerous as calm he is now. While diya's jaw clenches at tarun's words.
"Now don't waste much time and tell me where Ira is?" He asks, pointing his gun at arsh's head.
"You are asking me about this? Did you forget it was you who were blackmailing me on her name" arsh says, his voice tinged with bewilderment.
Tarun lets out a frustrated sigh, and then mumbles again "Don't test my patience to the level that I have to kill you right here."
"And you really think I'm scared of you and your words?" Arsh smirks.
Tarun stares at for a moment, realising that arsh isn't lying now.
He doesn't know where Ira is, tarun himself is unaware of the same then who? Where actually ira is?
All of a sudden, tarun flips the table aside out of frustration, Mumbling "Where the hell is Iraa? She is supposed to be here? How will I get my diamonds now?"
"Keep calm!" Dr. Raj assures "I'm sure one of them knows where she is." He turns his gaze to Aariv, arsh, luca, Braden, tina and diya who are sitting unbothered.
But they all are unaware how closely someone is watching them. Every moment, every word and even the things behind curtains- is playing in front of him.
"Assure your father, Kiaan. Assure him how close he's- to his-final-destination" This deep, calm but dangerously dark voice rings in the mini earpiece fixed in Kiaan's ear.
Kiaan gulps a second, then he walks to tarun, placing an assuring hand over his shoulder "Dad don't worry, I promise this time no hindrance in your work. If we can reach so far, then finding the locker isn't a tough task."
Tarun doesn't say anything, his grip tightening on the barrel of his gun but he holds his calm.
"We're near Dubai's land" Raj smirks, his gaze running through shortening waves.
Here that person who's watching all of them- each movement is as he wants, each word is predictable to him. He leans on his sofa, resting his head on the headboard for a moment.
A dark, sinful smirk playing on his lips as he twists his neck, letting out a small crack and opens his eyes- glued to the large screen above where everything is playing like a thriller movie.
His ocean blue eyes, holding the intensity of deep endless oceans.
Calm. Deadly. Dangerously dark.
His aura screams how he belongs to the nights but rules over the daylights too, because he's not just a devil.
He's a Devil in Disguise.
"Ring-A-Ring-A-Roses, let's end the game with corpses" His dark smirk deepens as these words escape his throat.
A silent declaration of something which won't end well, for anyone.
After all this chaos too, it demands more.
One last move.
Last heartbreak.
Some more tears.
And the game is over.
But whose move would it be? Whose heart will shatter in the end? Whose eyes would be welled with tears again?
No one knows, or maybe. Someone does.