It was late at night. Sana came out of her room with a bag full of money. She looked here and there to make sure that nobody was watching her. Then she left the den silently.
But there was someone who was still awake and noticing her from his room.
"Sana adhi raat ko haath mein bag leke kaha jaa rahi hai? Lagta hai koi jhol hai. Paata lagana padega." Thought Sid. He also left his room and started following her.
After sometime...
Sana reached a slum as well as Sid, but she was totally unaware of it.
Suddenly Sana stopped walking and called someone. Within a few minutes, an old man came there.
Sana handed him the bag and said, "Kaka, yeh raha aap sab ka hissa. Maaf karna iss baar zyada nahi laa paayi. Lekin kuch din ke andar bohut saara paisa aane wala hai. Tab pure do teen bags bhar ke laaungi. Filhaal jitna bhi hai, basti ke logo mein baat dena. Aur haan, sab ko barabar ka hissa milna chahiye."
"Dhanyawad Beta. Tum nahi hoti toh paata nahi hum sabka kya hota. Kabhi Devi Maa ko saamne se nahi dekha hai lekin humare liye tum hi humari Devi Maa ho." Said the old man with teary eyes.
"Kya Kaka? Main Devi Maa nahi hai. Bas mere se jitna ho sakta hai, main aap sab ki help karti hai aur aage bhi karegi."
Sid was surprised seeing this. She came to help these people of slum with that money which she got from robbery. A sudden respect grew inside him for her seeing it. He never expected that this rude, stubborn girl could have heart too. He smiled looking at her. Then suddenly he got an idea.
When Sana was returning, he appeared in front of her. Sana became shocked seeing him.
"T...t...tu y...yaaha..." She stammered.
"Toh Mustafa Bhai jo loot ka maal tere hifazat mein rakhte hai, tu unn hi paiso mein se kuch hissa inn gareebon mein baant rahi hai. Yaar mere ko toh lagta tha tu kuch aur ho na ho, bharose ke kaabil hai. Par tu toh woh bhi nahi hai. Kya kehti hai? Baata doon Mustafa Bhai ko?"
Sana got scared hearing Sid but didn't show it on face.
"Kya chahiye tere ko? Kyu mere mamle mein dakhal de raha hai?" She asked angrily.
"Mere ko bas ek hi chiz chahiye. Sunday ke plan ki lead. Ek baar tu uske liye maan jaa, main kabhi tere mamle mein dakhal nahi dunga. Lekin agar tu nahi maani... Toh na chahte hue bhi mere ko Mustafa Bhai ko sab kuch kehna padega. Ab tu hi baata, kya karu main?"
Sana became quiet for sometime. If Mustafa Bhai got to know about this, she would be in big trouble.
"Kar lena lead. Main kar lungi bakiyon ki tarah tere ko follow. Khush? Ab please aap na muh band rakhna."
Saying that she was about to leave when Sid said, "Ek baat kahu?"
Sana looked at him.
"Yeh jo kaam tu kar rahi hai, bohut accha kaam kar rahi hai. Main isko le ke tere ko blackmail nahi karna chahta tha, par kya karu? Tu seedhe seedhe maanti bhi toh nahi hai. Aur rahi baat mere ko follow karne ki toh uski koi zaroorat. Hum saath mein bhi kaam kar sakte hai."
Sana smiled hearing that and said, "Ek baat main bhi kahu? Tu humare jitna hi kamina hai, sayad humse bhi zyada. Iss chori mein maza aayega."
On Sunday....
Total five people went to the exhibition of the idol including Sid, Sana and Jeet. They all were wearing casual cloths and masks. They were standing at a far distance and talking to each other through earphones.
"Exhibition suru hone mein sirf 10 minutes baki hai. Sab ko apna apna kaam yaad hai na?" Asked Sid in a low voice to which everybody said yes.
"Sabse pehle Jeet control room ki taraf jaayega. Phir idhar jaise hi Seth Sahab apne fingerprint se exhibition room ke darwaje ko kholenge, Jagga aur Raghu kisi ka purse chura lena jis se police aur Seth Sahab dono distract hoke darwaje ke saamne se hatt jaye. Phir main Jeet ko ishara dunga aur woh main switch off kar dega. Uss waqt hum sab apna apna night vision goggle pehen lenge. Phir Sana exhibition room mein jaa ke murthi chura legi aur mujhe de degi. Main usse apne jacket ke andar chhupa lunga aur generator on hone tak hum sab yaaha se bhag jaayenge."
They all understood the plan and started working accordingly.
Jeet went to the control room without getting noticed by the guards.
Then Jagdish Seth opened the door of the exhibition room using his fingerprint. The police were standing behind him.
Suddenly a woman started screaming as two people snatched her purse. The police got distracted and started running behind them. Jagdish Seth also moved away from the door to see what was happening.
At that very moment Sid gave a whistle. Hearing that Jeet switched off the main switch. Everywhere became dark leaving all confused.
The robbers wore their goggles. Sana then went to the exhibition room. The idol was at the center of the room. She became happy.
But as soon as she touched it, a loud sound started coming out of the place where the idol was kept making Sana puzzled.
"Meri murthi ko kisi ne haath lagaya hai." Said Jagdish Seth hearing the sound.
Before she could move, the genarator was on and the police saw her holding the idol.
"Plan fail hogaya hai. Bhago sab." Said Sid on earphones.
And they all started running. While running Sana gave the idol to Sid who hid it inside his pocket.
They were running as fast as they could while the police were running after them.
"Hum sab ek hi direction pe nahi bhag sakte. Tum teeno uss taraf jaao, main aur Sana iss taraf jaate hai." Said Sid while running.
They were divided into two groups while running. But the police were mainly chasing Sid and Sana as they knew that they had the idol.
After sometime they stopped when they saw a wall in front of them. There was no other way to escape.
They climbed on the wall. Meanwhile the police also came there.
"Ruk jaao warna hum goli chala denge." Said the police officer which they both ignored and stood on the wall.
The police officer pointed his gun at Sana and fired. But before the bullet could touch her Sid stood behind her to cover her.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Screamed Sid.
Sana widened her eyes seeing his waist bleeding.
"Sid...."
Before Sana could say, he replied, "Main thik hoon."
He beared the pain and they both jumped at the other side of the wall.
"Zaldi chalo. Ek ko goli lagi hai. Zyada dur nahi jaa paayenge dono." Said the police officer and they went to another direction to catch them.
After sometime...
Sid and Sana reached the highway. Suddenly Sid fell on the ground holding his wounded waist.
"Aur... Nahi.... Chal sakta....." He said with difficulty.
"Ayeee thoda koshish kar na. Police aati hi hogi hum dono ko pakad ne." Said Sana being worried.
Sid tried to get up but failed.
"Bappa kidhar fasa diya mere ko..." Murmured Sana looking here and there.
Suddenly she saw a truck standing on the road. The truck driver was peeing at a corner of the road, far away from the truck.
"Idea! Sid, truck mein baith jaa ke." Said Sana.
Sid couldn't move. Sana rolled her eyes and pulled him by his hand. Somehow she made him sit inside the truck and herself sat on the driver's seat.
"Tere ko.... truck chala na....aata hai?" Asked Sid looking at her.
"Nahi. Tu chalayega iss halat main?" She asked in a sarcastic way to which Sid sighed.
"Chup chap baith!" Said Sana sternly and started driving the truck.
Seeing it, the truck driver started screaming, "Oye kitthe le jaa rahe ho? Chor! Chor!"
But the truck went far away.
"Kaha... jaa... rahi hai?" Asked Sid.
"Tere ko hospital toh nahi le ke jaa rahi. Woh umeed mat rakh. Mustafa Bhai ko call kar ke puchti hoon abhi kaha jaana hai."
Saying that Sana called Mustafa Bhai and started speaking through earphones.
"Hello Mustafa Bhai!" Said Sana.
"Hello! Arrey kaha marr gaye tum log? Abhi tak toh murthi le ke aa jaana chahiye tha." Said Mustafa Bhai being tensed.
"Woh idhar bohut bada lafra ho gaya hai Bhai. Maine jaise hi murthi ko uthaya, alarm bajne laga aur......"
Sana told him everything.
"Saala ek kaam thik se nahi hota tum nikammo se." Said Mustafa Bhai angrily.
"Sorry Mustafa Bhai. Lekin aap tension mat lo. Murthi humare paas hi hai. Bas Sid thoda zakhmi ho gaya hai. Aap baata do kidhar ich jaana hai. Seher se toh bhag nahi sakte kyu ki ab tak police ne nakabandi kar diyi hogi. Iska treatment kaise karaye?"
"Usko goli lagi hai na? Ek kaam kar, tu usse humare dusre adde pe le jaa. Woh seher se dur, jungalo ke bich hai, police waha tak nahi pohuch payegi. Tere ko toh paata hi hai udhar treatment ka saara saaman milega. Tu uske andar se goli nikal lena. Par haan, raaste mein usko sone mat dena warna matter serious ho sakta hai."
"Okk Mustafa Bhai. Jaisa aap kaho."
Saying that Sana cut the call and looked at Sid who was almost senseless.
"Ayeee! Ayeee! Tu so gaya kya? Dekh tere ko jaga rehna hai jab tak hum pohuch nahi jaate." She said but Sid was not responding.
Having no option, Sana slapped him with one hand making him awake.
"Jaga rahe!" She shouted. "Itni zaldi teri life ke aage full stop nahi lagne degi main. Abhi bohut hisaab baki hai tere se. Iss 1 mahine mein jitna bhi sataya hai na tune, ek ek chiz ka badla legi."
Sid was again closing his eyes but she again slapped him.
"Aankhein khuli rehni chahiye." She said. "Chal main tere ko ek kahani sunati hai... Ek gaao mein do chor the...."
Sana started telling him stories to keep him awake. In the whole way she didn't let him get unconscious.
Soon they reached a small, broken house which was inside the jungle.
With much struggle, Sana took him inside and laid him on the bed. Then she started searching for the first aid box.
She found it and came to Sid.
"Bas thodi der. Bohut zaldi yeh goli teri body se bahar hogi." She said while washing his wounds.
"Bappa madad karna." Prayed Sana and started taking the bullet out.
"Ahhhhhhhh!" Screamed Sid at the top his lungs when Sana started doing it.
After few hours...
Sana successfully removed the bullet from his body. She was now dressing his wounds. Sid was now little bit stable.
"Thank you." He uttered.
"Kis liye?" Asked Sana frowning.
"Meri... Jaan bacha ne ke liye."
"Ek baar tune meri madad kiyi thi. Bas usko hi return kiya hai."
Sid closed his eyes.
After sometime he asked, "Yeh hum kaha aaye hai?"
"Apne gang ka dusra adda. Agar bhagte waqt humare gang mein koi zakhmi hota hai toh idhar ich aata hai. Isliye idhar surgery ka saara saaman maujood hai. Yeh goli nikal ne ka kaam pehle bhi kar chuki hai main."
Sid smiled and said, "Deewaron pe chadh jaati hai, truck chala leti hai, goli bhi nikaal leti hai.... Kamal ki ladki hai be tu."
"Tere muh tarif sun ke accha laga." Replied Sana smiling.
Suddenly her phone rang. It was Mustafa Bhai.
Sana put the call on speaker and said, "Haan Bhai boliye."
"Pohuch gaye na tum dono? Sid thik hai abhi? Aur Murthi hai na tum dono ke paas?" Asked Mustafa Bhai.
"Haan Bhai sab kuch first class hai. Aap baatao wapas kab aana hai?"
"Nahi nahi. Abhi wapas mat aana."
"Kyu Bhai?"
"Pure seher mein tum logo ko dhunda jaa raha hai. Abhi murthi le kar wapas aane ki koshish kiyi toh pakde jaoge. Isliye pehle mahol ko thanda hone do. Main kaal apne ek admi ko bhejta hoon, kapre, khana aur dawai ke saath. Ek hafte ke liye udhar ich ruk jaao dono."
Both Sid and Sana became shocked hearing that.
"Ek hafta?" They freaked out together.
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How will they survive with each other in same house till one week?
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Sorry for late update. My exams are going so I'm not getting time to write. 2 tarikh exam khatam hoga uske baad regular update dungi.
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