Recap : After some good time.. MaNan broke the hug..

Manik : "but am still not convinced..guys! You won't stay here..I need to find out ..who is behind all this.."...he told them..and now cabir looked at manik..with a serious face..

Cabir : "may be I know..who is behind all this..".. he told manik..and this made him shocked as well as confused..

Manik : "tu janta hai? Who is behind all this?".. he asked in total confusion..

Cabir : "Han manik! I know who is he..".. he said looking straight to manik..anger was clearly visible in his eyes..and his wrath can burn the whole world..

Manik : "kaun....".. before he could ask..the window near them broke down..and glasses fell down inside the room..which shocked all of them..they all looked outside in horror..while Abhi found someone standing outside..and what he saw next was enough to freeze the blood in his veins..

Abhi : "Maaaniiikkk" ..he shouted and ran towards Manik ..which made all of them confused..he shielded manik from front ..and before anyone could understand anything.. 3 bullets in the full speed hit on abhi's chest which froze everyone on their paths..

Mukti : "i..she shouted her heart out... Manik held Abhi before he fell on the floor..and now cabir look outside the window and he found a man running with gun in his hand..

Cabir jumped out of the window ..while other's shouted for him..but he didn't paid any heed to their screams..he just needed to catch that person anyhow today..

Nandini : "Abhi..Abhi..open your eyes..".. she patted on his cheeks but he was already passed away..

Mukti : "Abhi..please..".. she cried helplessly..while manik was shocked..he was worried of this moment only..

Navya : "sir..please ise hospital leke chaliye.. jaldi kijiye..".. she shook manik as we was still in the state of shock..

Nandini : "Manik jaldi..".. she shouted when he didn't responded..and her scream made him come back to reality..

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Cabir was chasing that person who fired sometime back...but still he wasn't able to catch him...

Cabir saw some children playing with glass marbles..he took the plastic full of marbles from them and threw it on the floor with full force..this made that shooter fell straight on the floor who was bit ahead cabir which made cabir smirked evilly..

He ran towards him..and catch him by his collar..

Cabir : "why did you shoot?".. he shouted after punching him ..but that shooter didn't replied..after some more punches..his mouth started bleeding..when that shooter still didn't turned up..Cabir took out his own pistol from his back...and out straight into that shooter's forehead..

Cabir : "ab bol.. warna itni bhayanak maut dunga ki Teri lash janwar tak nhi kha paenge..bol jaldi..".. he shouted with immense anger..

"Batata hoon.. batata hoon..".. he said totally horrified ...but before he could tell anything to cabir..somebody shot him ..and he died right there..which made cabir shocked..he raised his head to look in front...but who shot him ran away in the car..

Cabir : "shit!".. he cried in anger..he left that shooter and stood up..

Cabir : "ek yehe tha Jo hume real culprit ke paas pahucha sakta tha..but ise maara kisne ..woh jo bhi Hai..woh yeh jaan Chuka hai ki manik humare sath hai.."... He thought in worried tone..

Just then his phone started ringing..and he answered ..

Navya : "Abhi is very serious cabir..jaldi aao..lifeline hospital..".. she told him in very upset tone..which made cabir worried as well..

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Lifeline hospital :

Manik was standing outside the OT ..while mukti was crying badly sitting on the bench..and both navya and Nandini were trying their level best to console her..

Navya : "mukti shant ho jao.. he'll be fine..".. she hugged crying mukti while Nandini seems to be helpless..she never seen mukti this much shattered..from always she was the strongest pillar amongst NavNiTi ..

Nandini's teary eye stopped on manik..who was standing in a corner like a statue ..she knew very well what must be his state of mind..she knew he needs her more than anything..she knew only she can calm those tsunami waves which were creating havoc inside his peaceful ocean like heart..

So she wiped up all her tears properly..and stood up..she walked towards him with slow and steady steps while manik was only looking downwards..seems like he was lost in some other world only..

Nandini : "Manik".. she called him ever so softly ..but when she didn't got any reply from him..she placed her hand on his shoulder..and he instantly flinched ..which shocked Nandini..

Nandini : "Manik..it's me..Nandini..".. she said after holding his shivering hands..for the very first time she found manik this much helpless..seems like he isn't her manik.. he seems to be totally new man..

Manik : "Nandini!".. he looked at her and chanted her name like a true devotee..she nodded her head ..and he hugged her tightly ..In the very next moment she was in his protective embrace..

Nandini : "Manik! Calm down please..".. she consoled him but next she heart his weeping sound..which broke her in pieces..but she knew..she can't be weak this moment..she has to gather him ..she can't let him break down..

Manik : "agar..agar..nan-dini..ag-ar..".. his voice was ditching him..he was stammering..his hiccups..his weeping sounds were making her insane..she pressed both her lips together to cease her weeps..

Nandini : "shhhh!"...she calmed him by rubbing his back..while he was still not in mood to leave her ..

Manik : "use kuch nhi hoga Na..agar use kuch ho gaya toh main ..main khudko maaf nhi kar paunga..".. he finally told her and she hugged him more tightly..she looked in her side..one side there was mukti totally broken..crying in Navya's arms while here Manik is broken..

Nandini : "kuch nhi hoga use Manik..believe me..Kuch nhi hoga.."..she assured him..just then cabir too arrived there..all the way running..

Cabir : "where is he?.. woh thk toh hai Na..".. he asked MaNan as soon as he reached to them..while mukti stood up and Navya too..before MaNan could answer him.. doctor came out of OT ..and everyone rushed to him..

Manik : "doctor .. how's he?.. woh theek hai Na?".. he asked impatiently..

"Dr. Abhimanyu is very serious..next 36 hours are very critical for him..we can't say anything..bullet nikal di hai..but internal bleeding ruk nhi rahi hai..agar next 36 hours mei unki condition stable nhi hui toh he can even slip into coma..or else.. he may die .." ...doctor snatched the floor beneath them..they all were frozen..

"Pray for him..".. doctor told them and left from there..while mukti crashed on the floor ..Nandini and Navya too cried along with her.. whereas Cabir and Manik were very numb to react to anything ..tears started flowing down from their eyes..and there was no escapism for these two ever so strong boys..

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"Thud!" Someone entered inside Aliya's room fuming in anger..while Aliya was dialling someone's number..she looked terrified but as soon as she heard a loud noise..she flinched..she turned around ..and fear was clearly visible on her face..

"How dare you?"..someone shouted at peak of the voice ..on which she trembled in fear..

Aliya : "hu..hua ..ky-a..Kya..kya-hua?".. she chocked at each and every word..while that person started walking towards her..and she moved back..until she was pinned to the nearby wall..

"Manik Malhotra is in Shimla...he is with his family..he is with Nandini..".. he said in slow voice but his red furious eyes telling the story of his mind and heart..but his revelation made her shocked as well..

Aliya : "lis-ten.."...she tried to explain something but he shushed her..by holding her from her neck..and she struggled to free herself ...

"Don't try to pass any lame excuse..and don't even try to play games with me..otherwise you very well know..what I can do.."...he emphasized on each and every word..and his hold on her throat increased by each passing second..which made her breathless..

"Aliya! What's going on over here?".. they heard someone's voice..but Aliya was frightened..she knew he is in anger..and this can be dangerous..when he turned around ..he found Maria aunty standing on the gate..

"Tum yahan kya karhe ho?".. Maria shouted in anger and he didn't liked that tone..he left Aliya..she instantly started coughing..

"Maria! You still the same right?..".. he said with a wicked smirk..but she didn't flinched..instead of scaring she walked straight to him..with anger in her eyes..

"Yeh Mera Ghar hai..get the hell out of here..".. she said after coming towards him..he smirked and looked at both of them..

"Interesting!.. Ghar and all..nice! Family planning ho Rahi hai..".. he said with a evil smile on his face..and Maria gave him a deadly glare..

"Get out!".. she shouted ..and he raised his both hands in air..as a sign of am-giving-up ...

"Sure! Am leaving..but..."...he said and turned towards Aliya who was in tears and was trying to catch her breath..

"You called his death..and before that..I will ruin your existence..you let him meet his family right..now wait and watch..what I will do to you...".. he said in anger..and turned towards Maria..she was still glaring at him..he just smirked and moved out from there..

As soon as he reached to the door..Maria walked towards Aliya and gave her water..

"Maria!".. he called her suddenly..and she turned towards the door..even he turned towards her..and before anyone could understand anything..he shot Maria aunty..and she crashed on the floor..lying in pool of blood..she died right there..while Aliya was hell shocked..it was so sudden that she wasn't able to register anything..

"I don't like anyone's high pitch voice..".. he said looking at Maria aunty..while Aliya was looking at Maria still in the state of shock ..

"The game of blood has begin Aliya.."..he told and she looked at him with fear and tears in her eyes...

"Dhruv vedant Kisi ko maaf nhi Karta!".. he announced ..and now his face revealed completely ..he is none other than Dhruv.. Nandini's long lost friend..or lover..

He walked out..leaving her trembling in fear..

Screen freezes on her scared face..

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