๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ. ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐. ๐ผ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง.
– ๐ ๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐ง๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ.
***
"Kiran, I made pasta why don't you come over and have it?" Surya shouted from the kitchen, the scent of spices drifted around him. Kiran had been working to search some way to get to Kali, to see her personally but, he didn't know where to go.
Kiran in his childhood had lost his parents in a car accident, and henceforth, was brought up in a childcare home and Surya too had lost his parents only a few years ago but, both were strong enough to handle themselves through all their hardships.
"Coming!" His voice replied and
๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข, ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข. - ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐. *** Maya's phone buzzed in her baggy trousers pocket and she fished it out holding it in her fingers like it was a stick. The screen showed Jay's number and she accepted the call and pressed the cell phone to her ear. "Hey there, Jayu." She chirped happily as she strolled out of her college gates. "Hi, Maya. Where are you?" He asked. "Just got out of the gates, is there another prey?" She asked, a sly grin creeping up to her face. "Don't talk so loudly, idiot, if somebody hears you-" "Easy there oldie, no one's around, chill. Ar
๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ข๐.– ๐. ๐. ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ.*** Jay and Maya now sat in Jay's small study room, Jay carrying a file, worry etched over his features while Maya shoved the chocolate chip cookies in her mouth moaning with pleasure as the sweetness touched her taste buds. Jay was already on the edge since he got a call informing him that the CBI had incorporated with the detective named Zero who was called for the sole purpose of catching Kali. Along with Zero a special team was selected to work as a force that would focus on Kali. "The name isn't there, it's just the alias... Zero. It says." Jay spoke. "Did you even hear what I said?" Jay asked and Maya looked at him, her cheeks
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ. โ ๐๐๐ง๐. *** Maya strode calmly across the campus towards her college building with her head down. She moved like a ghost through the hallway and stopped as she saw two feet right in her way, she peeked up from her hood to see. Karan Yadav was standing in front of her, his muscled arms crossed at his chest and the tight bulging biceps made Maya's eyes stray over them with a strange urge to scrape off the tanned skin with her nails. ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. He cleared his throat and she looked up to meet his mud brown eyes. "Hey, nerd I want your English assignment." He spoke, arrogance drip
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐, ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐. โ ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐จ *** "YOU WHAT!" Jay screamed and Maya clapped her hands over her ears, he stood up and stomped towards her bed, on which she lied hanging her head over the side. "Maya, tell me, whatever you said was a lie." He said, his voice strained. Maya frowned. "I'm not lying, Jayu. I did ask him politely to go back home. It's not wrong." She said innocently and Jay's jaw hit the floor. "It is wrong, Maya you know you shouldn't do any of such things that would leave any clues and you left a goddamned message for him!" He exclaimed and Maya rolled over and sat up. &nbs
๐๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ค๐จ. โ ๐๐๐ง๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ข ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก *** Kiran stretched his body over his chair and felt the exhaustion clenching his muscles, he had been working tirelessly to gather the information about all the victims of Kali and all the possible sightings trying to make some kind of pattern if there was any. Surya had been helping him throughout like a perfect partner bringing in meals and coffee at the times he would require. He smiled slightly at the mention of his companion and sighed before running his hand over his face and through his hair. "Kiran!" He jumped as he heard someone shout his name, and a body burst into his work booth. He recognised Rita and sighed before giving
๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ. โ ๐๐๐ข๐ช๐๐ก ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ. *** Maya walked alone through the hallway her head down as usual and her hair and hood covered her face. Not long till she ran into someone and she looked up to apologize. It was Shivansh. "Hey there, Shivansh." She grinned, waving at him. "Hello, Maya." He said, and a small smile broke on his face making Maya raise her eyebrows. "Wow, you can smile? I thought you only had the serious face." She said and laughed, Shivansh sighed. "I want to talk to you about, you know... the thing you asked me that night." He said hesitantly, and Maya nodded still grinning. "Not here." He said as
๐ฝ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข. ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ *** The way the girl echoed his plan precisely was a surprise for Zero, he leaned in to hear of how this girl, Maya, could predict his way of thinking; for a while he thought it was just the deducting skill that she had well to put the things right in place but she had said it pretty casually as if she'd come across it before, that made his suspicions grow. This weak sounding, bullied girl could stand a chance of being a facade for the coldblooded murderer; but nothing could be cleared unless he had a conversation with her himself, watching her face expressions, her movements, her body language as she came to know that he suspected her to be the Kali. But something deep down clawed with the other faint possibility of her being someone else and his fin
๐๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ. โ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ช๐ก๐, ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ *** "๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.." ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข