" Chief aryan, you're finally here "

" what's the matter, I left my family behind so it better be important "

" Sir. Sorry to disturb you on your day off sir but this was important "

he hands him a tablet, there was a video on it, which upon playing gave chills. 

" what is this "

" this is a video footage captured by one of our drones in the cost of mumbai "

In that footage there were a group of men slaughtering a bunch of Indian marine soldiers, even after having guns ,Indian soldiers were not able to put much of a fight against those unknown men. 

" if this video is correct, what is the point of showing it to me, this should be dealt by the state government from mumbai "

" sir, these affiliates were first discovered in the ' arabian sea ' . government lost track of them, and gave up on the search thinking this was a ship who lost its track and then went away. but after some time we got report form ' indian marine ' who spotted the same ship on the Indian cost and then identified some foreign individuals who were the same as them "

" then what does it has to do with us "

" during the investigation, one of the affiliates was captured, and brought in for questioning, and in progress he told us that he was just a tour guide for some unknown people and was just guiding them "

 

Chief aryan asked in a confusion voice -

" where was he guiding them to "

" Himalaya "

something doesn't make sense, if Himalayan range was there destination why go the long way, they could have infiltrated through china, is this a trap, or a distraction. 

" have you figured out why they wanted to go their "

" sir, when asked the same question to the person in custody, he said that ' the group appeared to be looking for something. "

looking for something and a long way to their destination I don't get their motive behind this. 

" sir, these are some files on who we think could be behind this, and these are all the related data to it "

chief aryan had a troubled voice and said -

" this much will take until morning to look through "

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it's been morning and dad still hasn't came back, neither has he picked up his phone, mom is getting worried about him too. 

" mom, is dad still not picking your phone "

" no, he isn't, but I'm pretty sure he is fine, he is probably working overtime "

- My dad ' aryan dabral ' is the chief in northern indian intelligence agency, so I can understand to a certain degree how busy he is. I am often surprised by how he can take time off to spend with his family. 

*ring*ring*

the phone suddenly started to ring, and mom answered. 

" hello- oh dear where are you, you didn't picked up your phone either. yes... ok....ok... I see... ok then "

she hung up the phone after a short beefing. 

" was it dad? what did he say "

" he said he will be here on lunch, so no need to worry. but leaving that aside, what about you. I thought you were going out with your friends today. aren't you "

" oh crap, you're right, I totally forgot. well then bye mom. I'll be back soon "

" take care "

Our exams had ended and it was about time they graduate, but before the results came, we friends decided to celebrate our last day's as school students while we still can. because after that we will become college student, and wouldn't have much time to spend with each other. 

" hey karma here "

as promised we meet on the location on time,

" now that every one is here let's go "

we decided to meet neer a local shopping mall, it was decided that we will go to a local famous restaurant, it was not a very big place but the food here was famous. as we were having our time, one of my friends talked to me. 

" hey karma, did you hear about the incident in ' mumbai ' "

as he said this the whole group was filled with excitement, especially boy's. 

" what do you mean by that "

" so you don't know. as I expected "

" can you just enlighten me already "

" well last night when I woke up in the middle of the night for water, I saw light coming from the living room and went to check. I saw my father talking to someone on phone, he looked worried for some reason. but that was not all, in the pin drop silence of the night I overheard the person talking on the phone "

just like a mystery novel, this piqued the intrest of every body in the room. 

" so what did you heard " someone asked . 

" well, the person on the phone had a shakey voice and I'm not exactly sure but they were talking about a group of ' terrorist ' attacking, or something like that, so I thought you, of all people would know something about that since your dad work for the government too, just like my father does "

- ' ayush roy ' , his father works for Indian marine and is on holiday right now. just like his father I told my friend that my father work's for Indian intelligence. but just that, I made sure not to disclose too much information to anyone. 

" nope I didn't hear anything like that from my dad "

" that sounds like a big problem " one of the person said with hesitation. 

" and I even heard them shouting ' monster ' "

with a big dumbfounded face one of my friend said 

" ok. now you're just sprouting nonsense, are you sure you weren't just dreaming, your joke was believable until you brought in the whole ' monster thing ' ok "

if this was supposed to be a joke it was working until he opened that big mouth of his. 

seriously a monster in this day and age, not even children's are scared of stories like that nowadays. 

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After our party was over, we bid goodbye to each other for the night and wished good luck for the results. and after that we went home. 

" I'm home "

" welcome back dear, so how was it, your time with everyone "

" it was good, anyways, did dad came back "

" yes, he is inside "

" hey dad, how was everything at work "

" it was fine, just had to do some overwork, that's all "

" I see, well you guys have dinner, I'm gonna head to my room "

" are you not hungry anymore "

" nope mom, I am full "

" ok then good night "

as I was leaving the living room I saw a bag with some files neer it, and from a glance I could tell how hard dad must have been working. with sleep filled in my eyes I came straight to my bed. 

" I am soo sleepy, I'm gonna sleep like a dog today ".

            

                          Chapter - 3 end