When it all happened – Chase Ends

My heart kept beating as the ringing continued. My call was not being picked up! This definitely meant a bad news and that too at the most critical time.

Waiting for another minute and no longer able to hold my nerves I dialed the number again. This time the call was answered at the first ring.

“Chief! What’s the matter?” I asked without even giving a gap for my breath.

“We got a call. Again”

“From Bangalore? Or different location?”

“Bangalore”

“How worse is it?”

“It’s neither good nor bad. There is a message from Sonali as well”

I could no longer control the tear that had been dying hard to flow out of my eyes.

There are times in this life when blood flows and even times when tears flow out. The only difference between them is, it hurts after blood flows out and it hurts before tears flow out. Being a spy makes it no difference but to enjoy the both at limits!

The next tear was awaiting its turn as I spoke, “What’s the message?”

“She is fine but afraid. You will have to hear it”

He took some time as I could hear the noises of few buttons being pressed and the loud echo of a tape being rolled. He then played the tape and I could hear the message from Sonali –

“Vish I am safe” followed by the sobbing sound and then continued, “I don’t know where I am but please save me” again the sobbing continued and then, “I know you love me and will get me… Waiting badly… Pleeease... only you can save me” and the call was cut as the sobbing continued.

The next few tears rolled down as I heard Sonali’s trembling voice. I had seen her and heard her crying but this was the first time I felt it and I got to know how hurtful it would have been for her. She would have lost her nerves by now and she would even have stopped thinking. She was always the most innocent person I had met and any damn situation would turn her crazy shutting down her brain and the only thing she could do was to cry and keep worrying and get sick like a baby. And this was the most damned situation she had ever been into.

Wiping off the tears from my cheek I spoke, “Ok. Any more details?”

“The call was from Bangalore”

I intercepted him immediately and asked, “Tracked?”

“Wait for me to complete Sam. We tracked it but the mobile has been moving since then. We could hear traffic in the background. We have been tracking it but don’t have any more information”

“This is bullshit”

“I know. What’s your move?” Chief asked me in his calm tone.

“Can I handle this the way I want?”

There was a gap of a minute and I could clearly hear him think. He then spoke, “This is turning bad and we are losing time. Go ahead. Handle this the way you want. I don’t want any loss of life and I don’t want any blood in Bangalore. And you better know the data is the first priority”

“Thanks Chief! Take my word. This will be as quite as sipping a cup of coffee. No one will ever get to smell of it!”

“You need any backups?”

“Yes and you know whom I need”

“You got him. Anything else?”

“Nothing. He knows what I would need. I will be waiting for his call.”

“In 10 minutes. The dog has been crying and it’s time to feed it”

“Mark it done Chief”

“All the best Sam! I will send you Sonali’s message with him”

I cut the call. And along with that I wiped off the last tear that had been hanging at the corner of my eye. It was time for some action, finally. The quails was still driving slowly through the Outer Ring road and was about to enter JP Nagar. The evening traffic was building up and the darkness was thickening.

“You are sure you won’t miss the Qualis?” I asked the driver again.

“Sir. You just relax. I have my eyes on that bloody Qualis. It can’t escape me.”

“Great” I said and tried to figure out what should be the next move.

“Sir is there any chance of telling my name to your Chief?” he interrupted my thinking.

“Yes Sir. I will tell him but only if you follow the Qualis as you have to. Make sure they don’t get to know you are behind them.”

“Don’t you worry Sir”

“Its easy to follow it in this traffic but make sure you do this properly when the Qualis takes turn into any of the inner roads without any traffic. That’s the hardest part and I am sure they will be making a turn anytime now”

“Don’t you worry Sir” he repeated again and I felt it better to think rather than to spend time chatting with him.

I was still thinking about all the possibilities when the mobile rang.

“Hello” I said picking up the call in the first ring.

“How bad is the situation?” Praveen asked from the other end of the call.

“Pretty bad”

“Are we hitting hard?”

“Very hard” I knew I had anger in my tone as I said those two words.

“Do we have any location?”

“That’s the worst part”

There was a silence for few seconds and then I continued, “The call was tracked but the number has been on the move. We do not know anything about their plan; their backup; their strength; their weapons; their location”

“And Sonali?” Praveen asked quietly

“No information on her location. She might be in the vehicle along with that number or she might be held hostage in some damn location guarded heavily.”

“What’s your next move?”

“Still thinking. I am following another vehicle of theirs. That’s the only clue right now. Can you get our regular stuff for a level 3 attack? I also need you to bring your vehicle not the other one.”

“I will call you in 30 minutes buddy. I am on my way as we talk”

“Thanks buddy. Let’s make it happen”

“You got me behind you”

I disconnected the call as the Qualis took a random turn into a road inside JP Nagar just before the Bangalore Central.

The action begins next Sunday…

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