Chapter 18 - The Genius Plan
Om pulled apart from the hug and stared at his feet in guilt. "Sab meri galati hai bhai." ("It's all my fault, brother.") He mumbled.
"Lekin kaise hua yeh sab ? Please thik se batao ki akhir hua kya ?" ("But how did it all happened ? Please explain it to me.") Shivaay asked with a surprisingly calm demeanor.
Om narrated the entire story, including his secret tutoring sessions with Gauri.
Om handed over the lil note which Shomit had given him.
Shivaay and Aryan read the note together with wide eyes.
"I'm sorry Bhai. Mujhe usey akela nahi chhodna chahiye tha. I'm sorry." ("I'm sorry brother. I should've never left him alone. I'm sorry.") Om sobbed and started hiccuping.
Shivaay and Aryan looked up from the note.
Shivaay wasted no time in rubbing Om's back gently while Aryan quickly produced a bottle of water from his car.
"Here, Om." Aryan said as he extended the uncapped water bottle.
Om took a sip of water and kept crying silently.
Aryan looked at Shivaay.
Shivaay was pretending to be calm and composed for Om. He knew that his own scared and panicked behaviour will scare Om even more.
But Aryan was not a kid, he could see Shivaay's vulnerable and frightened soul in Shivaay's eyes.
Aryan placed his hand on Shivaay's shoulder as a gesture of comfort. "Don't worry kid. Rudy will be fine."
Shivaay nodded and tried to smile but failed. Tears were brimming his eyes.
His baby, his Rudy was in someone's possession !
Only God knew if he was alright.
Shivaay's fist clenched and his fear was suddenly converted into anger.
If that bloody person even tried to pluck Rudy's single strand of hair, Shivaay would pluck out that person's entire arm !
"Don't worry Om." Shivaay started softly. "Rudy ko kuch nahi hoga. Mein usey wapas lekar aaunga." ("Nothing will happen to Rudy. I'll bring him back.")
"Lekin kaise Shivaay ?" ("But how, Shivaay ?") Aryan asked in a serious tone.
"Arry, mere liye please Om ka khayal rakhoge thodi der ke liye ?" ("Arry, will you please take care of Om for me, for awhile ?") Shivaay requested.
"Of course, kid." Aryan replied almost immediately. "Lekin ab tu karne kya wala hai ?" ("But what are you going to do ?")
"Mein abhi Kalyani Mills jaa raha hu." ("I'm going to Kalyani Mills.") Shivaay replied with a determined look mixed with anger.
"What ?!" Om and Aryan exclaimed in unison.
"Nahi Shivaay / Bhai." ("No Shivaay / Brother.") Om and Aryan said in unison again.
"Isme khatra ho sakta hai Shivaay. Hume pata bhi nahi hai ki unke pass konse hathiyar hai." ("This can be dangerous Shivaay. We don't even know what kind of weapons they have.") Aryan said trying his best to change Shivaay's mind.
"Haan, bhai." ("Yes brother.") Om said through tears. "Please mat jao. Kahi aap ko kuch ho gaya toh ? Nahi, please." ("Please don't go. What if something happened to you ? No, please.")
"Om, Arry. Mujhe kuch nahi hoga. Mein jaunga aur fatat Rudy ko lekar wapas aa jaunga." ("Om, Arry, I'll be fine. I'll go and bring Rudy back in no time.") Shivaay replied.
"Om, tum jaakar gadi mein baitho." ("Om, go and sit in the car.") Aryan patted Om's shoulder.
Om nodded and sat in Aryan's car.
As soon as Om was out of earshot, Aryan turned to Shivaay. "Kid, agar Rudy ko kidnap karne wale log wahi nikle jinhone Kaka ka murder kiya tha, toh tumhara waha jaana khatre se khali nahi hoga." ("Kid, if Rudy's kidnappers are the same people who killed Kaka, then you going there will only mean danger.")
"Mujhe koi farak nahi padta ki woh log kitne khatarnak hai, mera bhai unke pass hai aur mein usey wapas lekar hi aaunga." ("I don't care how dangerous they are, they have my brother and I want him back.") Shivaay looked straight into Aryan's eyes.
Aryan nodded in defeat. The look of determination and worry for Rudy was clearly visible in Shivaay's eyes and Aryan understood that Shivaay wouldn't sit quiet until he gets his baby brother back.
"Thik hai." ("Ok, fine.") Aryan nodded. "Lekin ek shart hai...Mein bhi saath chalunga." ("But on one condition...I'll also come with you.")
"Nahi Aryan, mere liye tum kyu khatra mole loge ?" ("No Aryan, why will you risk yourself for me ?") Shivaay was surprised. "Aur waise bhi note mein likha hai ki mujhe akele hi jaana hai." ("And anyway the note says I've to go there alone.")
"Ok then, mein aur Om gadi mein baithe rahenge aur mein car bhi door park karunga." ("Ok then, I and Om will sit in the car itself and I'll also park the car away.") Aryan said. "Please...Hum back-up ke liye chalenge. Please." ("Please... We'll be your back-up. Please.")
Aryan pestered Shivaay so much that Shivaay had to agree on taking Aryan and Om with him.
Aryan drove Shivaay and Om to Kalyani Mills and parked his car half a kilometre away from the factory.
Shivaay exited the car alone and started walking towards the entrance of the Kalyani Mills compound.
As the board of Kalyani Mills came into view, Shivaay realised that the factory once belonged to his family.
Kalyani Mills was actually the first ever factory started by the Oberois and it was named after Shivaay's Grandma Kalyani Oberoi. A little after Shivaay turned 4 years old, the factory caught fire and a lot of workers lost their lives.
The accident was so huge that it was talk of the town for several years. The rumor was Oberois had torched the factory themselves for the insurance money but of course no evidence was found against Oberois.
Shivaay shivered a bit before entering the factory. "Rudy ! Rudra !" He yelled as he walked in the dark factory.
Suddenly someone hit Shivaay's head from the back and Shivaay fell on his knees with a cry.
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Aryan watched Shivaay jogging towards the entrance gate of Kalyani Mills and sighed.
Aryan would've never let him go alone but he had to cause he knew how painful it is to live when you're unable to save your younger brother.
When Aryan's mother died, she was carrying his lil brother in her womb. She was not the only one who died but Aryan's younger brother too fell in the hands of death that day.
And for Aryan...his brother's death was a lil bit more painful.
He had dreamt of doing a lot of things with his brother but all those dreams shattered in one dreadful moment.
That was the main reason why Aryan had befriended Shivaay. He (Aryan) found his lil brother in him (Shivaay). He always wondered what his brother would've been like and when he saw Shivaay, he knew his brother would've been exactly like him (Shivaay).
Aryan just needed one itty-bitty tiny reason to go inside the factory and help Shivaay.
Aryan looked at Om through the rearview mirror as Om was on the backseat.
Om was still crying his heart out but his eyes were fixed on the gates desperately waiting to get a glimpse of his brothers.
"Om, calm down." Aryan broke the silence. "They both will be fine."
"I cannot." Om replied and sniffed. "My both brothers are in there ! And I don't even know if they are okay."
"I understand, but rone se kya hoga ?" ("I understand, but what will crying do ?") Aryan turned in his seat to face Om.
Om stayed silent, still not bothering to look at Aryan.
Aryan sighed. "Kuch khaoge ?" ("Wanna eat something ?")
Aryan didn't wait for Om's reply and opened the small storage he had his car.
There were various snacks in the storage but what caught Aryan's eyes made him grin.
"Om !" Aryan exclaimed and grinned at Om. "I have a gun."
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Shivaay's head was spinning due to the blow he had received. He tried to stand up but failed. His vision was also blurry.
Some hooligans stepped out of the dark and took hold of Shivaay.
Shivaay tried to fight them but couldn't cause there were 4 goons and they were all overpowering him.
Shivaay was dragged into one hall of the factory.
"Ah ! Shivaay, my boy, kaisa hai tum ?" ("Ah ! Shivaay, my boy, how are you ?")
Shivaay heard a man's voice, coming from one dark corner of the hall. Shivaay tried to see the man's face but darkness wasn't helpful.
"Mujhko pehchana ?" ("Recognise me ?") The man asked in his faintly familiar voice. "Nahi pehchana toh hum tumko pehchan karva deta hai." ("If you didn't then let me introduce myself.")
The man walked out of shadows and Shivaay recognised him all at once.
"Uncle Joe ?" Shivaay furrowed his eyebrows.
Joe Gonzales or Uncle Joe was the CFO of one of the Oberoi industries and he always came home to meet Shivaay's family.
"Oh wow ! Tum humko pehchan liya. Your memory is as always superb hai Shivaay." ("Oh wow ! You recognised me. Your memory is as always superb Shivaay.") Joe smiled showing off his one golden tooth.
"Aap yaha ?" ("You here ?") Shivaay asked and then it all came crashing on him. "Aapne Rudra ko kidnap karaya ?" ("You kidnapped Rudy ?") He growled.
Joe clicked his tongue. "No, my boy you're using wrong words." He walked near Shivaay. "Hum Rudra ko uske guardian ke pass leke aaya." ("I took Rudra to his guardian.")
"What nonsense !" Shivaay boomed. "Where is my brother ?"
"Bring him." Joe ordered and soon enough, a man came with Rudy.
Shivaay's eyes softened at the sight of Rudy.
Rudy's clothes were soiled, there were a few scraps and scratches on him and his face was tear stricken. He looked scared and was visibly trembling.
Shivaay's pains went away with the sight of Rudy and anger and desperation of holding Rudy close to him filled his veins and arteries.
"Rudy !" Shivaay yelled and was about to sprint towards Rudy but he was held by the goons. "Chhodo mujhe !" ("Leave me !")
"Bhaiya !" Rudy called back and tried to run towards Shivaay but he was held back by the goon who had brought him.
"Itna kya jaldi hai tumko man ?" ("What's the hurry man ?") Joe chuckled. "Rudra se toh tum roz hi milta hai lekin hum toh tumse kitne saalo baad mila hai, humse jara mil lo." ("You see Rudra everyday but we've met after so many years, let's greet each other properly.")
"Shut up Joe !" Shivaay yelled. "Kyu kar rahe ho tum yeh sab ?" ("Why are you doing all this ?")
"Aise kyu baat karta hai tum man ? Pata hai tumhe dhundne ke liye humko kya kuch nahi karna pada." ("Why are talking like this man ? You know how much efforts I had to undertake to find you.") Joe feigned hurt. "Hum tumko pichle 7 saal se dhundta aur humko toh ek khoon bhi karna pada tumhe dhundne ke mafik." ("I'm trying to find you since past 7 years and I had to murder a person too, just to find you.")
"Khoon ?" ("Murder ?") Shivaay whispered to himself. "Kiska khoon ?" ("Whose murder ?") Shivaay feared that he wouldn't like the answer but he still needed to know.
"Tumhara caretaker ka khoon...kya naam tha uska ? ... Um...Gop..Gopal." ("Your caretaker's murder...what was his name ? .... Um...Gop..Gopal.") Joe answered.
"You bloody moron !" Shivaay tried to jump on Joe and beat him but he was held back by the goons. "Kyu kiya tumne aisa ! Kya chahiye tha tumhe aisa jiske liye tumne humse humare baba chin liye !" ("Why did do that ! What did you want so badly that you snatched away our baba from us !")
"Ab aaya point pe tum Shivaay." ("Now you are approaching the point Shivaay.") Joe gave him a smile. "Aao baith ke baat karte hai." ("Come sit, let's have a talk.")
Joe waved at the couches which he had arranged and signalled his men to make Shivaay sit on the couch.
Shivaay unwillingly had to sit across Joe.
"What do you want ?" Shivaay asked in a threatening voice.
"Tumhara signature." ("Your signature.") Joe replied.
"Sign ? Kis pe ? Aur kis liye ?" ("Sign ? On what ? And why ?") Shivaay asked in confusion.
"Inn paper pe." ("On these papers.") Joe tossed a roll of papers towards Shivaay. "Inn papers pe likha hai ki tum apna hosho hawas mein mujhe Oberoi real estate ka owner bana raha hai." ("These papers say that in all your senses you're making me the owner of Oberoi Real estate.")
"Oberoi real estate mere naam pe hai ?" ("Oberoi Real estate is my company ?") Shivaay amused. "Kaise ? Humari saari companies toh government aur banks ne nilam kar di thi na ?" ("How ? Our all the companies were auctioned by the government and banks right ?")
Joe chuckled. "Haan, lekin yeh wali nahi." ("Yes, but not this one.") Joe then proudly puffed out his chest. "You see Shivaay, mein ek business man hai. Mauke ka faida utna humko acchi tarah se aata." ("You see Shivaay, I'm a businessman. I know very well how to take advantage of a situation.")
"Kya matlab ?" ("What do you mean ?") Shivaay tilted his head and raised an eyebrow.
Joe gave out a small chuckle as he took his own time to take pride in what he had done.
"Jab Oberoi Real estate ka nilami hone wala tha tab humne bank ko bataya ki yeh company tumhare naam pe hai aur hum tumhara guardian hai isiliye jab tak tum 16 years ka nahi ho jata tab tak yeh company mere naam pr hoga." ("When Oberoi Real estate was going to be auctioned, I told the bank that this company is on your name and I'm your guardian so until you turn 16 this company will be mine.") Joe confessed. "Ab tum 16 years ka ho gaya hai toh ab tumko yeh company legally humare naam karna hoga." ("Now you're 16 so you've to legally make me the owner of the company.")
"Lekin aise kaise ? Bank ko toh obviously pata hoga na ki Oberoi Real estate Pinki Oberoi yaani meri maa ke naam pe thi." ("But how ? Bank should obviously know that the owner of Oberoi Real estate was my mother, Pinki Oberoi.") Shivaay challenged.
"That wasn't a problem. Corruption ka naam suna hai ? Bas 2 crore dene pade aur paper badal gaya." ("That wasn't a problem. Have you ever heard about corruption ? I just had to give 2 crores and the papers were replaced.") Joe replied with a smug smirk.
"Yaani, mein Oberoi Real estate ka malik hu ?" ("Means, I'm the owner of Oberoi Real estate ?") Shivaay asked.
Joe nodded with grimace.
"Abhi tak toh hai lekin ab mein malik hounga." ("You're still but not for long, I'll be the owner now.") Joe said in his broken hindi. "Jaldi se sign karo." ("Sign it fast.") His tone suddenly hardened.
Shivaay sat still, staring at Joe blankly. "Kya tumne meri family ko uss Don ke case mein phasaya ?" ("Were you the one who trapped my family in that Don's case ?")
"Uss baat ka yaha kya relation ?" ("What's the relation of that thing here ?") Joe asked rhetorically. "Tum jaldi sign karo na man !" ("Do the sign man !")
Shivaay kept glaring at Joe in order to make him spill the truth.
"Kya sochta hai tum man ? Jaldi se sign karo verna.." ("What are you thinking about ? Sign it or else ?") Joe threatened.
"Verna ?" ("Or what ?") Shivaay asked.
"Hmm." Joe waved his hand towards something.
When Shivaay looked in the direction of his hand, his breath hitched in his throat.
Joe had tied Rudy's hands and feet together and had put him in a vertical glass container which was open from the top. A fat pipe was pouring water in the container and around Rudy.
The container was already half full, the water was reaching up near Rudy's stomach and Rudy didn't know how to swim !
"Rudy !" Shivaay stood up but a goon forced him to sit down again and held a gun at his head. "Paani band karo !" ("Stop the water.") He told Joe.
"Jaise hi tum sign karega, hum paani band kar dega." ("As soon as you sign the water will stop.") Joe shrugged and tossed a pen across to Shivaay.
Shivaay glanced at Rudy once before taking the pen shakily and signing the papers. He was about to hand over the paper to Joe when suddenly the goon, who holding a gun at Shivaay, cried out and held his own hand in pain. The gun he was holding was tossed away.
Joe and Shivaay looked at him.
Suddenly, two other goon cried out and fell down.
"What's happening !" Joe panicked. "Go and check what's happening !"
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"Yeh hai aapka smart plan ?" ("This is your smart plan ?") Om looked at Aryan with a cringe. "Issey accha plan toh Rudy bana leta hai." ("Rudy makes more better plans than this.")
Aryan frowned. "Oh really ? Lekin uske smart plans sunne ke liye pehle usey bachana hoga na ?" ("Oh really ? But to listen to his better plans we'll first have to save him.") He gave Om a sarcastic smile.
"Fine. I'll call the police." Om rolled his eyes. "But apko pata hai ka ki yeh ek toy gun hai ?" ("But you know that this is a toy gun right ?")
"Yes. But it's still powerful." Aryan flashed a look of offense. "Ek admi ka nahi kar sakti lekin khoon nikal jarur sakti hai." ("It cannot kill a person but can surely make him bleed.")
"Ok, if you say so." Om was not fully convinced but he had no other choice.
The gun which Aryan had found in the food storage was a toy gun which Aryan had kept to threaten anyone he wishes, cause it looked like a real gun.
"Good." Aryan nodded. "Now I'll go help Shivaay."
"Be careful." Om said softly with worry written all over his face..
"Yes, bye." Aryan gave an reassuring smile.
Aryan snuck inside the factory while Om stayed behind in the car. It took a few minutes but Aryan finally found the hall in which ShivRu were. Joe was after all a businessman not a criminal and hence had very less security and goons around.
Aryan heard Shivaay and Joe's conversation and clenched his fists but stayed hidden and silent.
Aryan gasped when he saw Rudra in the container almost full of water and at the sight of Shivaay being held at gunpoint after some time.
Aryan aimed his gun at the person holding gun at Shivaay's head and shot him with the tiny plastic bullet.
The plastic bullet, as mentioned, couldn't kill the man but it knocked him out.
Aryan silently grinned and took down two more goons from the hall leaving Shivaay and Joe astonished.
Aryan was about to shoot others too when he saw that some goons were coming for him and hence so he had to run and hide cause if he got caught then it'll be hard to save ShivRu.
Aryan just had to keep the goons busy until the police arrived.
On the other hand...
Joe had sent half of the men to find the person who had shot the 3 people and hence only 4 people were in the room.
Shivaay charged himself at the two nearest goons and knocked them out.
The another 2 men were about to punch Shivaay when suddenly police siren was heard and soon the police barged inside the factory.
Without wasting a moment, Shivaay ran towards the water container and his heart skipped a beat.
Rudy was sinking down, his eyes were closed and the water behind his head was turning red.
Rudy had slipped and hit his head on the bolt of the glass container, hard enough to fall unconscious and blood was oozing out of the injury.
Bubbles were coming out of Rudy's nostrils and mouth and Shivaay knew he had very less time to save Rudy.
"Kid ! Get aside !"
Shivaay looked behind him and immediately stepped aside as soon as he saw Aryan was advancing towards the glass with an iron rod.
Aryan hit the rod with full force and broke the glass. All the water drowned out along with an unconscious Rudy.
"Rudy !" Shivaay quickly sat beside Rudy and untied his hands before taking him in his arms.
"Rudy, open your eyes !" Shivaay patted his cheeks but he wasn't waking up and.... he wasn't even breathing.
Aryan sat beside Shivaay and untied Rudy's legs before taking Rudy from Shivaay's arms and laying him down on the groud.
Aryan started pumping Rudy's stomach to pump out all the water Rudy had swallowed and then he started giving Rudy CPR.
Aryan's presence of mind proved to be helpful and soon Rudy gasped and started breathing again.
"Ambulance bahar khadi hai, jaldi usey hospital leke jana hoga." ("Ambulance is standing outside, he needs to be taken to the hospital soon.") A constable told Aryan and Shivaay.
Shivaay nodded, he was still crying. He quickly picked up Rudy and carried him to the ambulance.
Aryan ran towards his car and drove behind the ambulance. He also explained everything to Om on the way to hospital.
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Hey Bubblies !
This chapter wasn't supposed to end there...I wanted to write further but then I realised that it would've been a really, really long chapter...like 2 chapters combined together so I dropped the idea and decided to just make 2 separate chapters.
Did you all recalled Ishqaaz episode in which Daksh traps Annika in the water container and Shivaay saves her ? Well you guessed it right, this chapter was inspired from that episode...😄😁
Anyway there are still some things which aren't revealed in this chapter but I'll try to cover them all in the next chapter.
And...ShivOmRu are going to grow up in the next chapter !!!.... Or maybe after the next chapter..😅
Till the next update,
Have a great and safe life 😇
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