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Thriller"D R A C O – Sach Ka Pehredaar Ya Tabahi Ka Naam?"
UPDATE 9 : PART 1 AND PART 2Drop ho gaya hai doston… ab aap ke bas do kaam—masti mein padhe aur dil se like kare aur comment karna mat bhulna apni feedback jaroor share kare”
Delhi ka Indira Gandhi International Airport... jahan bheed aur shor kabhi nahi thamte. Par uske theek bagal mein ek aur duniya basti hai. Ek aisi duniya jahan chandi ke parindon (private jets) ke alawa koi awaaz nahi hoti. Jahan hawa bhi ameer logon ki ijaazat se chalti hai.
Ussi khamosh, exclusive terminal par ek kaale rang ka, sleek private jet bina kisi awaaz ke utra, jaise aasman se maut ka ek farishta zameen par aaya ho. Jet ke engine band hue, aur ek aisa khamoshi chha gaya jaise waqt ne saans rok liya ho.
Jet ka darwaza khula. Andar se YuKi bahar nikla.
15 saal ka jism, par uske andar ek sadiyon purani, barfeeli rooh qaid tha. Uska aankhein Delhi ke polution bhare aasman ko aise ghoor raha tha, jaise woh uske har zarre ka hisaab maang raha ho. Luxury jet, mehenge kapde... yeh sab uske wajood ke saamne bekaar the. Woh in cheezon se nahi, yeh cheezein usse pehchaan paa rahe the.
YUKI (Inner Monologue, uski rooh mein ek sargoshi goonji): "DELHI... tumhari hawa mein aaj bhi mere apno ke khoon ki mehak hai. Yahan ki har saans, mujhe uss raat ki jalti hui Haveli ki yaad dilati hai. Main sukoon lene nahi... sukoon chheenne aaya hoon. Us 'Shehzaade' se bhi... aur uske har dushman se bhi."
Terminal ke andar, Gwalior ke rajgharane ki ek aurat apni team ke saath khadi thi. Aaj uske chehre par aatmavishwas nahi, ek gehri shraddha aur darr ka mishran tha. Jaise hi YuKi uske saamne aaya, woh aur uske dono surakshaakarmi ek saath jhuk gaye.
YuKi ne koi jawaab nahi diya. Bas uski taraf ek thandi nazar daali aur gaadi ki taraf badh gaya. Khel ab shuru ho chuka tha. Dilli ki zameen par ek naya, anjaan Baadshah aa chuka tha.
Deewaron Ke Raaz
PRINCIPAL MALHOTRA'S OFFICE - AGLA DIN
Principal Suresh Malhotra apne office mein baithe the. Unka office unke anushaasan aur usoolon ka aaina tha. Woh ek aise insaan the jo power ke aage jhukte nahi, power ko jhukaate the.
Tabhi unke intercom par receptionist ki ghabrayi hui awaaz aayi. "Sir, Special Admissions wale students aa gaye hain."
Ek-ek karke, unka entry hua.
Pehle The Trio - Zayn, Adira aur Maya. Unke papers ek behad powerful corporate entity ki taraf se the. Malhotra ko daal mein kaala laga, par kaagzaat itne pukhta the ki woh kuch nahi keh sake.
Uske baad Aarav (Phoenix) andar aaya. Uske saath school ka koi staff nahi, government ki gaadi se utra ek anjaan, gambhir chehre wala aadmi tha. Usne Principal ke table par ek band lifafa rakha.
AADMI: "Inka admission karna hai. Sawaal nahi poochne hain." Yeh keh kar woh chala gaya. Lifafe ke andar sirf ek order tha. Principal ka maatha thanka. Yeh ladka... yeh koi aam insaan nahi tha.
Aakhir mein, darwaza khula aur YuKi akela andar aaya. Uske aane se kamre ki hawa bhaari ho gayi. Usne bina kuch kahe, ek file Principal ki taraf badha diya.
Malhotra ne file khole. Unke nazrein file ke andar ke kaagzaat par pada. Aur phir... sab kuch badal gaya. Principal Malhotra, jinke saamne bade-bade minister bhi tameez se pesh aate the, unka chehra safed pad gaya. Unke haath, jinse woh file pakde the, halka sa kaanpne lage. Unki kursi se uthne ki raftaar aisa tha jaise unhe current lag gaya ho. Woh khade hue aur anjaane mein hi unka sir halka sa jhuk gaya. Ek aisi izzat jo darr se paida hua tha.
File ke andar ek naam tha... ek aisa naam jiska zikr itihaas ki kitaabon mein toh tha, par aaj ki duniya mein sirf band darwazon ke peeche liya jaata tha. Ek aise rajgharane ka naam, jiske baare mein kaha jaata tha ki unki nafrat aur taqat, dono hi be-hisaab hain.
YUKI (Aawaz itni thandi ki Malhotra ki rooh tak jam gayi):
"Principal. Woh naam in deewaron ke bhitar rehna chahiye. Yahan, main sirf YuKi hoon. Ek scholarship student jisne aapka entrance exam top kiya hai. Iske alawa meri aur koi pehchaan nahi hai." Woh ek kadam aage badha.
YUKI: "Aur yeh baat... aapke aur mere beech... ek raaz hai. Samjhe aap?"
'Samjhe aap?'... yeh sawaal nahi, ek hukm tha. Ek aisi dhamki jiske aage Principal Malhotra ki saari authority, saare usool, dhool ban kar udd gaye. Unhone bas ek haare hue insaan ki tarah sir hila diya.
Naye Chehre, Purane Shikaari
THE CLASSROOM
Classroom mein tension ab hawa ka hissa ban chuka tha. Ravi ek saaye ki tarah pichli bench par baitha tha, Arjun Sia ke aas-paas apni tooti hui saltanat ko jodne ki koshish kar raha tha, aur Alisha... Alisha ki nigahein in sab par kisi baaz ki tarah tiki hui thi, apne agle shikaar ka intezaar karte hue.
Tabhi Principal Malhotra ne class mein pravesh kiya. Unke chehre par ek ajeeb sa gambhirta tha jo aane wale toofan ka ishara de raha tha.
PRINCIPAL MALHOTRA:
"Good morning, students. Ek zaroori announcement hai. Hamare school ko ek international 'Special Talent Exchange Program' ke liye chuna gaya hai. Is program ke tehet, paanch naye, behad kaabil students aaj se aapke class ka hissa honge."
Poori class mein ek sargoshi ka toofan uth gaya. Mid-term mein paanch naye admissions?
Darwaza khula. Aur ek-ek karke, paanch naye chehre andar aaye. Unke aane se class ka temperature jaise 10 degree neeche gir gaya. Yeh students nahi, qayamat ke paanch alag-alag paigaam the.
Jab Principal Malhotra ne class mein paancho naye students ko introduce kiya, toh unki aawaz mein ek anjaana sa thakaan tha. Unhone YuKi ko "ek behad brilliant scholarship student" bataya, toh unka zabaan halka sa ladkhadaya.
Ravi, pichli bench par baitha, sab dekh raha tha. Uske andar ka instinct cheekh-cheekh kar keh raha tha ki yeh sab ek jhooth hai. Scholarship student? Nahi. YuKi ke wajood se ek aisi power nikal raha tha jo usne sirf ek hi insaan mein dekha tha—khud mein.
1.YuKi: Sabse pehle YuKi andar aaya. Usne bas ek nazar poori class par daala. Uska aankhein Ravi par ek pal ke liye ruka, aur uss ek pal mein jaise do sadiyon purane dushman ek doosre ke wajood ko pehchaan gaye ho.
YUKI (Bilkul sapaat aawaz mein):
"YuKi. Tokyo se." Bas. Na koi muskaan, na koi extra lafz. Uski khamoshi hi uska sabse bada hathiyaar tha.
2. Aarav (Phoenix): Doosra ladka... Ravi use dekhte hi apni jagah par pathar ban gaya. Wahi aankhein, wahi astitva. Phoenix. Par yahan woh ek aam student ke bhes mein tha. Usne apna naam 'Aarav' bataya.
AARAV (Uski nigahein seedhe Ravi par theen, par usmein na dushmani tha, na dosti... bas ek anjaani gehraai): "Aarav. Main yahan... ek purana hissaab chukane aaya hoon." Uske is dialogue ne hawa mein jaise zeher ghol diya.
3-4-5. The Trio - Adira, Zayn, Maya: Aakhri teen ek saath khade the, jaise ek unit ho. Unki aankhein ek doosre se aise baat kar rahi thi jaise unhe lafzon ki zaroorat hi na ho.
3.Zayn: Ek behad handsome, par utna hi khatarnak dikhne wala ladka. Uske chehre par ek aisi muskaan thi jo dost aur dushman, dono ko bechain kar de.
4.Adira: Ek aisi ladki jiski aankhon mein chashme ke peeche ek supercomputer chhipa ho. Woh class ko nahi, har insaan ke andar ke secrets ko scan kar rahi thi.
5.MAYA : Bilkul shaant, jaise woh wahan hokar bhi na ho. Ek aisi parchhayi jise koi tab tak notice na kare jab tak woh apna khanjar aapki peeth mein na utaar de.
ZAYN (Apni muskaan ke saath, jo Arjun ke ghamand ko cheer raha tha): "Zayn. Aur yeh mera team hai, Adira aur Maya. Hum yahan padhne kam... aur seekhne zyada aaye hain. Logon ke baare mein. Unke raazon ke baare mein."
REACTIONS:
Ravi: Uska dimaag sunn ho chuka tha. Phoenix... uska anjaan pehredaar, ab uske saamne baitha tha. Kyun? Aur YuKi... uske astitva se ek aisi anjaani, khooni kashish mehsoos ho raha tha jaise unka rishta is janam ka nahi, kayi janmon purana ho. Ravi ko ehsaas ho gaya... woh ab akela nahi tha. Uska ateet, zinda hokar uske saamne aa khada hua tha.
Arjun: Uske chehre ka rang udd gaya. Uski saltanat mein yeh paanch naye daavedaar kahan se aa gaye? Yeh log students nahi, uske shikaar ke liye aaye shikaari lag rahe the.
Alisha: Woh jhatke mein thi. Uske Handler ne in logon ke baare mein koi jaankari nahi di thi. Bisaat par anjaane mohre aa chuke the, aur uska khel ab aur bhi jatil ho gaya tha.
Classroom ab classroom nahi, ek battleground ban chuka tha, jahan har taraf se ek nayi tabaahi ne dastak de diya tha.
Classroom ab ek cold war zone ban chuka tha. Arjun ki badshahat ek hi jhatke mein zameen par aa giri thi.
Bisaat Par Naye Mohre
CANTEEN / CAMPUS LAWN
Canteen mein ab power ka balance poori tarah se bigad chuka tha.
Arjun aur uski team ek taraf, unke chehron par bechaini saaf the.
Ravi, Amit aur Kabir ke saath baitha tha, par uska aankhein har taraf ghoom raha tha. Woh har naye chehre ko padhne ke koshish kar raha tha.
YuKi ek kone mein akela baitha tha, jaise ek sher apne ilaaqe ka jayza le raha ho. Uski aur Phoenix ki nigahein ek baar bhi aapas mein nahi takraye. Jaise woh ek doosre ke liye anjaan the.
Aarav (Phoenix) bhi akela tha, par woh canteen mein nahi, bahar lawn mein ek ped ke neeche baitha tha. Uski nigahein sab par theen, par woh kisi ko dekh nahi raha tha.
Aur The Trio... Adira, Zayn aur Maya... woh ek saath baithe the, par baat nahi kar rahe the. Unki aankhein har group, har insaan ki harqaton ko record kar raha tha.
Arjun se yeh bardaasht nahi hua. Usne apni authority saabit karne ka faisla kiya. Woh utha aur seedhe Zayn ki table par gaya.
ARJUN (Ghamand bhari aawaz mein): "Naye lagte ho. Yaad rakhna, is campus mein ek hi king hai."
Zayn ne dheere se nazar uthaya. Uski aankhon mein mazaak tha, par uss mazaak ke peeche ek kaatilana sannaata tha.
ZAYN (Apni aadhi-adhuri muskaan ke saath):
"King? Hum king nahi, kingmaker hain. Aur kabhi kabhi... kingbreaker bhi." Usne Arjun ko upar se neeche tak dekha.
ZAYN: "Aur tum... tum king nahi, ek shehzade ho jo apne baap ke paison ka banaya hua kaanch ki deewaron ke peeche chhipa hai. Aur kaanch... todne mein humein bada maza aata hai."
Arjun ke chehre par ek aisa thappad pada tha jiski awaaz nahi hua. Uska chehra gusse se laal ho gaya. Woh kuch kehta, isse pehle Adira ne beech mein toka.
ADIRA (Bina Zayn ki taraf dekhe, apni coffee peete hue): "Energy bachao, Zayn. Asli dushman woh nahi hai." Usne yeh kehte waqt ek pal ke liye Ravi aur YuKi, dono ki taraf dekha.
Arjun beizzati ka ghoont pee kar wapas laut gaya. Woh samajh gaya tha... khel ab uske haath se nikal chuka hai.
Tabaahi Ka Countdown
MONTAGE - ALAG-ALAG JAGAH
THE HANDLER'S OFFICE (UNKNOWN LOCATION):
Alisha ek secure line par report de rahi thi.
ALISHA:
"...Sirf Phoenix nahi, YuKi bhi yahan hai. Aur teen aur hain, unka abhi tak kuch pata nahi. Yeh hamare plan ka hissa nahi tha.
Alisha ki report ke baad, The Handler ke aalishan office mein pehli baar khamoshi toota tha. Hamesha shaant rehne wala uska chehra aaj ek aisa ghabrahat dikha raha tha jo usne saalon se mehsoos nahi kiya tha. Uske haath mein pakda mehenga crystal ka glass, uske kaanpte haathon se fisalte-fisalte bacha.
THE HANDLER (Aawaz mein pehli baar ghabrahat aur gusse ka mishran): "Phoenix... YuKi... Dono ek saath, ek hi jagah par? Uss Haveli ke dono zinda bache hue bhoot... Delhi mein? Kismat apna sabse bhayanak , sabse khuni khel khel raha hai.”
Woh apne desk par jhuka, uski saansein tez ho gaya.
THE HANDLER:
"Plan badal gaya hai, Alisha! Sab kuch badal gaya hai! Manali ab sirf Ravi ka imtihaan nahi... uss jalti hui Haveli ke har zinda aur murda raaz ka aakhri sanskaar hoga. Unmein se kisi ko bhi zinda nahi lautna chahiye. Na Shehzaada, na uske pehredaar, aur na hi woh Yuvraj. Is baar... raakh bhi nahi bachni chahiye."
Call cut gaya, par kamre mein dehshat ab bhi goonj rahi thi. Ek naya khiladi nahi, balki ek purana, dafan ho chuka azaab wapas aa gaya tha.
GWALIOR HAVELI
Maharani Divyangana ko khabar mili ki YuKi ne school join kar liya hai. Unke patthar jaise chehre par sadiyon baad ek halki si muskaan aayi.
DIVYANGANA: "Pehla mohra... bisaat par aa chuka hai. Jald hi Baadshah bhi aayega... aur phir hoga... Mahabharat."
Delhi ki sardi ek meethi thandak tha uss barfeeli jahannum ke saamne jahan Samraat ne apna takht banaya tha. Hazaaron feet upar, Hindukush ki baraf se dhaki chotiyon ke beech, ek purana, pathreela qila khada tha, jaise aasman mein ek khanjar gada ho. Yahan hawa itna patla aur thandi thi ki har saans sheeshe ke tukdon ki tarah seene mein chubhta tha.
Qile ke sabse andar ke kamre mein, jahan deewaron par purane hathiyaar aur jung ke naqshe tange the, Samraat ek vishaal, kaali-bhoori lakdi ki kursi par baitha tha. Uske saamne ek angaar ki bhatti jal raha tha, par uski aag ki garmi bhi Samraat ke chehre ki barf ko pighla nahi paa raha tha. Uska vishwas patra, Scorpio wala, uske kadmon mein ghutnon ke bal baitha tha, uska sir jhuka hua.
SAMRAAT: (Unke awaaz bhatti ke aag ke chatak se bhi zyada sookhe aur khatarnak the) "Toh... maidan mein anjaane khiladi bhi utar aaye hain. Phoenix... zinda hai. Aur Gwalior ka Yuvraj... woh bhi uss ladke ke itne kareeb pahunch gaya hai."
SCORPIO WALA: (Kaanpti awaaz mein)
"Samraat... humein iska bhanak nahi tha. Woh saaye ki tarah Dilli mein daakhil hue hain. Unke iraade..."
SAMRAAT: (Ek jhatke se uthkar SCORPIO WALA ka gala pakad leta hai, uski aankhon mein gussa nahi, ek bechaini ka toofan tha)
"IRAADE?! Unke iraadon ka pata lagana hi tumhara kaam tha , aur tumhare paas sirf khabar hai, unki niyat nahi?! Ek galti... aur sab kuch raakh ho jaayega!"
Usne SCORPIO WALE ADMI ko zameen par phenk diya. Woh bhatti ke paas gaya aur aag se ek garam salakh nikaale. Tabhi woh ruke aur palte.
SAMRAAT: "Uss ladki ka pata chala? Jisne Delhi mein mere shikaar ko... nahi, uss ladke ko bachaya tha?"
SCORPIO WALA: (Jaldi se sir utha kar) "Jii Samraat. Uss ladki ka naam Sia Sharma hai. Woh unhi ke school ka hai."
Ek pal ke liye kamre mein maut jaisa sannaata chha gaya. Phir... Samraat ke honthon par ek dheemi, ajeeb muskaan phail gaya, jo dheere-dheere ek thandi, darawni hansi mein badal gaya.
SAMRAAT: (Haste hue)
"Hah... Hahaha... Khoob. Aur ek protector aa gayi bachane. Pehle Phoenix... ab yeh anjaan ladki. Khel ab aur bhi pecheeda ho raha hai. Ab maza aayega. Dekhte hain... kaun kiska hifazat karta hai... aur kaun kiska qurbani deta hai."
Woh palta, uski aankhon mein ek gehra, strategic iraada chamak raha tha.
SAMRAAT: "Manali... sab wahin jaa rahe hain. Yeh koi ittefaq nahi. Yeh ranbhoomi hai jise kismat ne chuna hai. Par is ranbhoomi ke niyam main likhunga. Apne sabse behtareen saayon ko Manali bhej do. Unki nazar har kisi par honi chahiye—Arjun Rathore, uska naya dost Alisha, Gwalior ka Yuvraj, aur... Phoenix par bhi. Pata lagao, yeh anjaan pehredaar kiski taraf hai."
Unhone SCORPIO WALE ke taraf dekha, uske nigahein khanjar ki tarah aatma mein utar raha tha.
Ranbhoomi mein utarne ki tayari karo......
Usk awaaz qile ka pathreeli deewaron se takra kar goonj utha, jaise ek Baadshah ne apni an-dekhi sena ko jung ka farmaan suna diya ho.
MADHYA PRADESH - BHAIRAV'S JUNGLE AKHADA
Jungle ke dil mein, jahan sheher ka kanoon nahi, sirf zinda rehne ki jung chalta tha, Bhairav khada tha , wohi shikaari jisne sher ka bhi shikar apne haaton se kiya tha . Uska jism pathar ka bana tha, jise waqt aur zakhmon ne taraasha tha. Uske saamne, uske 'pralay-sena' khada tha—sau se bhi zyada aise yoddha jinka aankhon mein na darr tha, na rehem, sirf apne aaka ke liye an-dekhi bhakti.
Ek sahayak ne uske haath mein ek tablet diya, jispar Red Dragon ke khooni taandav ka khabar tha. Bhairav ne uss Dragon ke nishaan ko dekha. Uske patthar jaise chehre par sadiyon baad, ek ajeeb si, darawni muskaan aaya.
BHAIRAV: (Uska awaaz jungle ke sheron ki dahaad se bhi zyada bhaari tha) "Aag... aag lag chuka hai. Bisaat par naye shikaari utar aaye hain. Jung ke baadal har taraf se ghir rahe hain."
Woh palta aur apni sena ko dekha. Uska aankhon mein ek aisa aag jala jo poore jungle ko raakh kar sakta tha.
BHAIRAV: (Dahaadte hue) "BARSON SE HUM IS ANDHERE MEIN APNE ZAKHMON KO SEHLA RAHE HAIN! US PARIVAAR NE HUMSE HUMARA SAB KUCH CHEEN LIYA! HUMARA GHAR, HUMARA SAMMAAN, HUMARI PEHCHAAN! PAR AB NAHI! AB HISAB KA WAQT AA GAYA HAI!"
Usne apni kulhadi uthaya aur hawa mein lehraaya.
BHAIRAV: "Humein naye shikaariyon se lena-dena nahi. Humara maqsad ek hai! Humara dushman ek hai! Hum Delhi jaayenge. Unke mehal ki deewaron ko unke hi khoon se rangege. Unke takht ko unke hi chita ke aag se jalayenge! Yeh inteqaam nahi... yeh pralay hoga! Aur is pralay ka aaghaaz... Manali ki barf par hoga!"
Jungle uski sena ki dahaad se kaanp utha. Ek bhoola hua toofan, ab sheher ki taraf badh raha tha.
RAVI'S ROOM – RAAT
Ravi apne kamre mein, andhere mein baitha tha. Uske saamne ek heavily encrypted, military-grade laptop khula tha. Uski ungliyan keyboard par ek toofan ki tarah chal rahi thi. Woh un paancho naye chehron ke baare mein jaankari nikaalne ki koshish kar raha tha.
Ghanton ki mehnat ke baad, nateeja wahi tha jo use dar tha.
RAVI (Inner Monologue, screen ko ghoorte hue): "Phoenix... koi digital footprint nahi. Ek bhoot. Adira, Zayn, Maya... inke records aise hain jaise abhi-abhi banaye gaye ho... bilkul saaf, bilkul jhoothe. Aur YuKi... iska file ek aisa aag ki deewar ke peeche band hai jise todne ka matlab hai international agencies ke server par dastak dena."
Ghanton ki koshish ke baad nateeja sifar tha. In logon ka wajood digitally tha hi nahi. Jaise woh hawa se paida hue ho.
Usne laptop band kar diya. Pehli baar, use ehsaas hua ki woh ek aisi jung mein akela hai jahan uske dushman uski soch se bhi zyada taqatwar aur anjaan hain. Yeh school ke dushmani nahi the. Yeh uske ateet ke bhoot the, jo zinda hokar uske saamne aa khade hue the.
RAVI (Inner Monologue, uska awaaz uske dimaag mein ek toofan ki tarah goonja): "Ek taraf Phoenix, mera anjaan pehredaar. Doosri taraf YuKi, jiske wajood se sadiyon purani dushmani ki mehak aata hai. Teesri taraf The Handler ke mohre. Aur chauthi taraf Rathore ka ghamand. Yeh school nahi... yeh ek shatranj ki bisaat hai. Jahaan har koi Baadshah banna chahta hai."
Uske honthon par ek halka, na ke barabar, muskaan aaya. Ek aisa muskaan jismein darr nahi, chunauti tha.
"Par woh sab bhool gaye... ki is khel mein jab puraane Baadshah laut-te hain, toh mohre nahi, saltanatein tabah hote hain. Yeh ab dosti ya dushmani ki ladai nahi... yeh zameer, zanjeer aur shamsheer ki jung hai."
Usne aage rakhe Manali trip ke form ko uthaya. Us par sign kiya. Uski aankhon mein ab shaanti nahi, ek aag tha. Ek aisi aag jo Manali ki barf ko bhi pighla kar bhasm kar degi.
RAVI (Inner Monologue): "Manali... ab sirf ek safar nahi, is kahani ka aakhri maidaan banega. Ek aisa maidaan... jahan is baar sirf dushman nahi... har raaz, har dhokha, har saazish... sab kuch jal kar raakh ho jaayega."
Uske zehen mein lafz, sholon ki tarah naachne lage:
“Barf ki chaadar par jab lahu ka rang chadhega,Har naqaab pighlega, har raaz agan mein jalega,Woh samajhte hain ki yeh anjaam ki shuruaat hai,Par uss din Manali mein... mera asli qayamat barsega.”
Kuch Suspense Bhare Sawaal
Red Dragon: Dost Ya Naya Qayamat?
Aakhir yeh 6 Dragon hain kaun? Unka Boss, "The Lord of Flame", parde ke peeche chhipa kaun sa chehra hai? Kya uska connection Ravi ke ateet se hai?
Unka brutal 'safaaya' abhiyaan kya Rathore samrajya par aakar rukega, ya unke nishaane par koi aur hai?
Classroom Mein Naye Shikaari
Phoenix (Aarav): Uska woh "purana hisaab" kya hai jise chukaane woh Ravi ke saamne aa khada hua hai? Woh Ravi ka pehredaar hai, ya uski maut ka farmaan?
YuKi: Woh kaun sa "Yuvraj" hai jiska naam sunkar Principal Malhotra ki rooh kaanp gayi? Uske wajood se uthti sadiyon puraani dushmani ki aag Ravi ko kaise jalayegi?
The Trio (Zayn, Adira, Maya): Yeh "Kingbreaker" jodi kisne bheji hai? Kya yeh The Handler ke naye mohre hain, ya bisaat par koi teesra, anjaan khiladi aa chuka hai?
Manali: Jannat Ya Jahannum?
Manali ki barf... aakhir kis-kis ke lahu se laal hogi? Kya yeh safar Ravi ki zindagi ka aakhri safar hoga ya uske 'Baadshah' banne ki shuruaat?
Samraat ke saaye, Bhairav ki pralay-sena, aur The Handler ke jaal... is trikone mein kaun kiska shikaar karega?
Uljhe Hue Rishte, Gehre Raaz
Arjun un ladkiyon ka raaz kaise dafan karega jinhe Red Dragon ne azaad kar diya? Agar yeh sach saamne aaya, toh Rathore parivaar ka kya hoga?
Alisha ke "ajeeb-o-gareeb sawaal" aur Ravi ke "dard bhare bhaav" ke peeche ka woh kaun sa gehra raaz hai jo Sia ko tod raha hai?
Kya Sia apne mission aur dil ke beech phans kar Arjun ke dhokhe ka shikaar ho jaayegi?
Aur Sabse Bada Sawaal
Jab itne saare toofan ek saath takrayenge, toh Ravi inke beech akela kaise tikega? Kya woh waqai sab kuch jalakar raakh kar dega, ya is aag mein woh khud jal jaayega?
Dushman samajh rahe the ki ek toofan guzar gaya... par woh yeh nahi jaante the ki yeh toofan ki aankh thi, jahan sabse zyada shaanti hoti hai. Asli tabahi toh ab aane waali thi.
Ek parda gira hai, kahani abhi khatm nahi hui,Yeh toh bas angdaai thi, asli jung abhi baaki hai.
Jiska chehra masoom, uske saaye mein hai kaal chhipa,Ab har saans par dehshat hogi, har mod par ek naya inteqaam likha.
Delhi ka Indira Gandhi International Airport... jahan bheed aur shor kabhi nahi thamte. Par uske theek bagal mein ek aur duniya basti hai. Ek aisi duniya jahan chandi ke parindon (private jets) ke alawa koi awaaz nahi hoti. Jahan hawa bhi ameer logon ki ijaazat se chalti hai.
Ussi khamosh, exclusive terminal par ek kaale rang ka, sleek private jet bina kisi awaaz ke utra, jaise aasman se maut ka ek farishta zameen par aaya ho. Jet ke engine band hue, aur ek aisa khamoshi chha gaya jaise waqt ne saans rok liya ho.
Jet ka darwaza khula. Andar se YuKi bahar nikla.
15 saal ka jism, par uske andar ek sadiyon purani, barfeeli rooh qaid tha. Uska aankhein Delhi ke polution bhare aasman ko aise ghoor raha tha, jaise woh uske har zarre ka hisaab maang raha ho. Luxury jet, mehenge kapde... yeh sab uske wajood ke saamne bekaar the. Woh in cheezon se nahi, yeh cheezein usse pehchaan paa rahe the.
YUKI (Inner Monologue, uski rooh mein ek sargoshi goonji): "DELHI... tumhari hawa mein aaj bhi mere apno ke khoon ki mehak hai. Yahan ki har saans, mujhe uss raat ki jalti hui Haveli ki yaad dilati hai. Main sukoon lene nahi... sukoon chheenne aaya hoon. Us 'Shehzaade' se bhi... aur uske har dushman se bhi."
Terminal ke andar, Gwalior ke rajgharane ki ek aurat apni team ke saath khadi thi. Aaj uske chehre par aatmavishwas nahi, ek gehri shraddha aur darr ka mishran tha. Jaise hi YuKi uske saamne aaya, woh aur uske dono surakshaakarmi ek saath jhuk gaye.
YuKi ne koi jawaab nahi diya. Bas uski taraf ek thandi nazar daali aur gaadi ki taraf badh gaya. Khel ab shuru ho chuka tha. Dilli ki zameen par ek naya, anjaan Baadshah aa chuka tha.
Deewaron Ke Raaz
PRINCIPAL MALHOTRA'S OFFICE - AGLA DIN
Principal Suresh Malhotra apne office mein baithe the. Unka office unke anushaasan aur usoolon ka aaina tha. Woh ek aise insaan the jo power ke aage jhukte nahi, power ko jhukaate the.
Tabhi unke intercom par receptionist ki ghabrayi hui awaaz aayi. "Sir, Special Admissions wale students aa gaye hain."
Ek-ek karke, unka entry hua.
Pehle The Trio - Zayn, Adira aur Maya. Unke papers ek behad powerful corporate entity ki taraf se the. Malhotra ko daal mein kaala laga, par kaagzaat itne pukhta the ki woh kuch nahi keh sake.
Uske baad Aarav (Phoenix) andar aaya. Uske saath school ka koi staff nahi, government ki gaadi se utra ek anjaan, gambhir chehre wala aadmi tha. Usne Principal ke table par ek band lifafa rakha.
AADMI: "Inka admission karna hai. Sawaal nahi poochne hain." Yeh keh kar woh chala gaya. Lifafe ke andar sirf ek order tha. Principal ka maatha thanka. Yeh ladka... yeh koi aam insaan nahi tha.
Aakhir mein, darwaza khula aur YuKi akela andar aaya. Uske aane se kamre ki hawa bhaari ho gayi. Usne bina kuch kahe, ek file Principal ki taraf badha diya.
Malhotra ne file khole. Unke nazrein file ke andar ke kaagzaat par pada. Aur phir... sab kuch badal gaya. Principal Malhotra, jinke saamne bade-bade minister bhi tameez se pesh aate the, unka chehra safed pad gaya. Unke haath, jinse woh file pakde the, halka sa kaanpne lage. Unki kursi se uthne ki raftaar aisa tha jaise unhe current lag gaya ho. Woh khade hue aur anjaane mein hi unka sir halka sa jhuk gaya. Ek aisi izzat jo darr se paida hua tha.
File ke andar ek naam tha... ek aisa naam jiska zikr itihaas ki kitaabon mein toh tha, par aaj ki duniya mein sirf band darwazon ke peeche liya jaata tha. Ek aise rajgharane ka naam, jiske baare mein kaha jaata tha ki unki nafrat aur taqat, dono hi be-hisaab hain.
YUKI (Aawaz itni thandi ki Malhotra ki rooh tak jam gayi):
"Principal. Woh naam in deewaron ke bhitar rehna chahiye. Yahan, main sirf YuKi hoon. Ek scholarship student jisne aapka entrance exam top kiya hai. Iske alawa meri aur koi pehchaan nahi hai." Woh ek kadam aage badha.
YUKI: "Aur yeh baat... aapke aur mere beech... ek raaz hai. Samjhe aap?"
'Samjhe aap?'... yeh sawaal nahi, ek hukm tha. Ek aisi dhamki jiske aage Principal Malhotra ki saari authority, saare usool, dhool ban kar udd gaye. Unhone bas ek haare hue insaan ki tarah sir hila diya.
Naye Chehre, Purane Shikaari
THE CLASSROOM
Classroom mein tension ab hawa ka hissa ban chuka tha. Ravi ek saaye ki tarah pichli bench par baitha tha, Arjun Sia ke aas-paas apni tooti hui saltanat ko jodne ki koshish kar raha tha, aur Alisha... Alisha ki nigahein in sab par kisi baaz ki tarah tiki hui thi, apne agle shikaar ka intezaar karte hue.
Tabhi Principal Malhotra ne class mein pravesh kiya. Unke chehre par ek ajeeb sa gambhirta tha jo aane wale toofan ka ishara de raha tha.
PRINCIPAL MALHOTRA:
"Good morning, students. Ek zaroori announcement hai. Hamare school ko ek international 'Special Talent Exchange Program' ke liye chuna gaya hai. Is program ke tehet, paanch naye, behad kaabil students aaj se aapke class ka hissa honge."
Poori class mein ek sargoshi ka toofan uth gaya. Mid-term mein paanch naye admissions?
Darwaza khula. Aur ek-ek karke, paanch naye chehre andar aaye. Unke aane se class ka temperature jaise 10 degree neeche gir gaya. Yeh students nahi, qayamat ke paanch alag-alag paigaam the.
Jab Principal Malhotra ne class mein paancho naye students ko introduce kiya, toh unki aawaz mein ek anjaana sa thakaan tha. Unhone YuKi ko "ek behad brilliant scholarship student" bataya, toh unka zabaan halka sa ladkhadaya.
Ravi, pichli bench par baitha, sab dekh raha tha. Uske andar ka instinct cheekh-cheekh kar keh raha tha ki yeh sab ek jhooth hai. Scholarship student? Nahi. YuKi ke wajood se ek aisi power nikal raha tha jo usne sirf ek hi insaan mein dekha tha—khud mein.
1.YuKi: Sabse pehle YuKi andar aaya. Usne bas ek nazar poori class par daala. Uska aankhein Ravi par ek pal ke liye ruka, aur uss ek pal mein jaise do sadiyon purane dushman ek doosre ke wajood ko pehchaan gaye ho.
YUKI (Bilkul sapaat aawaz mein):
"YuKi. Tokyo se." Bas. Na koi muskaan, na koi extra lafz. Uski khamoshi hi uska sabse bada hathiyaar tha.
2. Aarav (Phoenix): Doosra ladka... Ravi use dekhte hi apni jagah par pathar ban gaya. Wahi aankhein, wahi astitva. Phoenix. Par yahan woh ek aam student ke bhes mein tha. Usne apna naam 'Aarav' bataya.
AARAV (Uski nigahein seedhe Ravi par theen, par usmein na dushmani tha, na dosti... bas ek anjaani gehraai): "Aarav. Main yahan... ek purana hissaab chukane aaya hoon." Uske is dialogue ne hawa mein jaise zeher ghol diya.
3-4-5. The Trio - Adira, Zayn, Maya: Aakhri teen ek saath khade the, jaise ek unit ho. Unki aankhein ek doosre se aise baat kar rahi thi jaise unhe lafzon ki zaroorat hi na ho.
3.Zayn: Ek behad handsome, par utna hi khatarnak dikhne wala ladka. Uske chehre par ek aisi muskaan thi jo dost aur dushman, dono ko bechain kar de.
4.Adira: Ek aisi ladki jiski aankhon mein chashme ke peeche ek supercomputer chhipa ho. Woh class ko nahi, har insaan ke andar ke secrets ko scan kar rahi thi.
5.MAYA : Bilkul shaant, jaise woh wahan hokar bhi na ho. Ek aisi parchhayi jise koi tab tak notice na kare jab tak woh apna khanjar aapki peeth mein na utaar de.
ZAYN (Apni muskaan ke saath, jo Arjun ke ghamand ko cheer raha tha): "Zayn. Aur yeh mera team hai, Adira aur Maya. Hum yahan padhne kam... aur seekhne zyada aaye hain. Logon ke baare mein. Unke raazon ke baare mein."
REACTIONS:
Ravi: Uska dimaag sunn ho chuka tha. Phoenix... uska anjaan pehredaar, ab uske saamne baitha tha. Kyun? Aur YuKi... uske astitva se ek aisi anjaani, khooni kashish mehsoos ho raha tha jaise unka rishta is janam ka nahi, kayi janmon purana ho. Ravi ko ehsaas ho gaya... woh ab akela nahi tha. Uska ateet, zinda hokar uske saamne aa khada hua tha.
Arjun: Uske chehre ka rang udd gaya. Uski saltanat mein yeh paanch naye daavedaar kahan se aa gaye? Yeh log students nahi, uske shikaar ke liye aaye shikaari lag rahe the.
Alisha: Woh jhatke mein thi. Uske Handler ne in logon ke baare mein koi jaankari nahi di thi. Bisaat par anjaane mohre aa chuke the, aur uska khel ab aur bhi jatil ho gaya tha.
Classroom ab classroom nahi, ek battleground ban chuka tha, jahan har taraf se ek nayi tabaahi ne dastak de diya tha.
Classroom ab ek cold war zone ban chuka tha. Arjun ki badshahat ek hi jhatke mein zameen par aa giri thi.
Bisaat Par Naye Mohre
CANTEEN / CAMPUS LAWN
Canteen mein ab power ka balance poori tarah se bigad chuka tha.
Arjun aur uski team ek taraf, unke chehron par bechaini saaf the.
Ravi, Amit aur Kabir ke saath baitha tha, par uska aankhein har taraf ghoom raha tha. Woh har naye chehre ko padhne ke koshish kar raha tha.
YuKi ek kone mein akela baitha tha, jaise ek sher apne ilaaqe ka jayza le raha ho. Uski aur Phoenix ki nigahein ek baar bhi aapas mein nahi takraye. Jaise woh ek doosre ke liye anjaan the.
Aarav (Phoenix) bhi akela tha, par woh canteen mein nahi, bahar lawn mein ek ped ke neeche baitha tha. Uski nigahein sab par theen, par woh kisi ko dekh nahi raha tha.
Aur The Trio... Adira, Zayn aur Maya... woh ek saath baithe the, par baat nahi kar rahe the. Unki aankhein har group, har insaan ki harqaton ko record kar raha tha.
Arjun se yeh bardaasht nahi hua. Usne apni authority saabit karne ka faisla kiya. Woh utha aur seedhe Zayn ki table par gaya.
ARJUN (Ghamand bhari aawaz mein): "Naye lagte ho. Yaad rakhna, is campus mein ek hi king hai."
Zayn ne dheere se nazar uthaya. Uski aankhon mein mazaak tha, par uss mazaak ke peeche ek kaatilana sannaata tha.
ZAYN (Apni aadhi-adhuri muskaan ke saath):
"King? Hum king nahi, kingmaker hain. Aur kabhi kabhi... kingbreaker bhi." Usne Arjun ko upar se neeche tak dekha.
ZAYN: "Aur tum... tum king nahi, ek shehzade ho jo apne baap ke paison ka banaya hua kaanch ki deewaron ke peeche chhipa hai. Aur kaanch... todne mein humein bada maza aata hai."
Arjun ke chehre par ek aisa thappad pada tha jiski awaaz nahi hua. Uska chehra gusse se laal ho gaya. Woh kuch kehta, isse pehle Adira ne beech mein toka.
ADIRA (Bina Zayn ki taraf dekhe, apni coffee peete hue): "Energy bachao, Zayn. Asli dushman woh nahi hai." Usne yeh kehte waqt ek pal ke liye Ravi aur YuKi, dono ki taraf dekha.
Arjun beizzati ka ghoont pee kar wapas laut gaya. Woh samajh gaya tha... khel ab uske haath se nikal chuka hai.
Tabaahi Ka Countdown
MONTAGE - ALAG-ALAG JAGAH
THE HANDLER'S OFFICE (UNKNOWN LOCATION):
Alisha ek secure line par report de rahi thi.
ALISHA:
"...Sirf Phoenix nahi, YuKi bhi yahan hai. Aur teen aur hain, unka abhi tak kuch pata nahi. Yeh hamare plan ka hissa nahi tha.
Alisha ki report ke baad, The Handler ke aalishan office mein pehli baar khamoshi toota tha. Hamesha shaant rehne wala uska chehra aaj ek aisa ghabrahat dikha raha tha jo usne saalon se mehsoos nahi kiya tha. Uske haath mein pakda mehenga crystal ka glass, uske kaanpte haathon se fisalte-fisalte bacha.
THE HANDLER (Aawaz mein pehli baar ghabrahat aur gusse ka mishran): "Phoenix... YuKi... Dono ek saath, ek hi jagah par? Uss Haveli ke dono zinda bache hue bhoot... Delhi mein? Kismat apna sabse bhayanak , sabse khuni khel khel raha hai.”
Woh apne desk par jhuka, uski saansein tez ho gaya.
THE HANDLER:
"Plan badal gaya hai, Alisha! Sab kuch badal gaya hai! Manali ab sirf Ravi ka imtihaan nahi... uss jalti hui Haveli ke har zinda aur murda raaz ka aakhri sanskaar hoga. Unmein se kisi ko bhi zinda nahi lautna chahiye. Na Shehzaada, na uske pehredaar, aur na hi woh Yuvraj. Is baar... raakh bhi nahi bachni chahiye."
Call cut gaya, par kamre mein dehshat ab bhi goonj rahi thi. Ek naya khiladi nahi, balki ek purana, dafan ho chuka azaab wapas aa gaya tha.
GWALIOR HAVELI
Maharani Divyangana ko khabar mili ki YuKi ne school join kar liya hai. Unke patthar jaise chehre par sadiyon baad ek halki si muskaan aayi.
DIVYANGANA: "Pehla mohra... bisaat par aa chuka hai. Jald hi Baadshah bhi aayega... aur phir hoga... Mahabharat."
Delhi ki sardi ek meethi thandak tha uss barfeeli jahannum ke saamne jahan Samraat ne apna takht banaya tha. Hazaaron feet upar, Hindukush ki baraf se dhaki chotiyon ke beech, ek purana, pathreela qila khada tha, jaise aasman mein ek khanjar gada ho. Yahan hawa itna patla aur thandi thi ki har saans sheeshe ke tukdon ki tarah seene mein chubhta tha.
Qile ke sabse andar ke kamre mein, jahan deewaron par purane hathiyaar aur jung ke naqshe tange the, Samraat ek vishaal, kaali-bhoori lakdi ki kursi par baitha tha. Uske saamne ek angaar ki bhatti jal raha tha, par uski aag ki garmi bhi Samraat ke chehre ki barf ko pighla nahi paa raha tha. Uska vishwas patra, Scorpio wala, uske kadmon mein ghutnon ke bal baitha tha, uska sir jhuka hua.
SAMRAAT: (Unke awaaz bhatti ke aag ke chatak se bhi zyada sookhe aur khatarnak the) "Toh... maidan mein anjaane khiladi bhi utar aaye hain. Phoenix... zinda hai. Aur Gwalior ka Yuvraj... woh bhi uss ladke ke itne kareeb pahunch gaya hai."
SCORPIO WALA: (Kaanpti awaaz mein)
"Samraat... humein iska bhanak nahi tha. Woh saaye ki tarah Dilli mein daakhil hue hain. Unke iraade..."
SAMRAAT: (Ek jhatke se uthkar SCORPIO WALA ka gala pakad leta hai, uski aankhon mein gussa nahi, ek bechaini ka toofan tha)
"IRAADE?! Unke iraadon ka pata lagana hi tumhara kaam tha , aur tumhare paas sirf khabar hai, unki niyat nahi?! Ek galti... aur sab kuch raakh ho jaayega!"
Usne SCORPIO WALE ADMI ko zameen par phenk diya. Woh bhatti ke paas gaya aur aag se ek garam salakh nikaale. Tabhi woh ruke aur palte.
SAMRAAT: "Uss ladki ka pata chala? Jisne Delhi mein mere shikaar ko... nahi, uss ladke ko bachaya tha?"
SCORPIO WALA: (Jaldi se sir utha kar) "Jii Samraat. Uss ladki ka naam Sia Sharma hai. Woh unhi ke school ka hai."
Ek pal ke liye kamre mein maut jaisa sannaata chha gaya. Phir... Samraat ke honthon par ek dheemi, ajeeb muskaan phail gaya, jo dheere-dheere ek thandi, darawni hansi mein badal gaya.
SAMRAAT: (Haste hue)
"Hah... Hahaha... Khoob. Aur ek protector aa gayi bachane. Pehle Phoenix... ab yeh anjaan ladki. Khel ab aur bhi pecheeda ho raha hai. Ab maza aayega. Dekhte hain... kaun kiska hifazat karta hai... aur kaun kiska qurbani deta hai."
Woh palta, uski aankhon mein ek gehra, strategic iraada chamak raha tha.
SAMRAAT: "Manali... sab wahin jaa rahe hain. Yeh koi ittefaq nahi. Yeh ranbhoomi hai jise kismat ne chuna hai. Par is ranbhoomi ke niyam main likhunga. Apne sabse behtareen saayon ko Manali bhej do. Unki nazar har kisi par honi chahiye—Arjun Rathore, uska naya dost Alisha, Gwalior ka Yuvraj, aur... Phoenix par bhi. Pata lagao, yeh anjaan pehredaar kiski taraf hai."
Unhone SCORPIO WALE ke taraf dekha, uske nigahein khanjar ki tarah aatma mein utar raha tha.
Ranbhoomi mein utarne ki tayari karo......
Usk awaaz qile ka pathreeli deewaron se takra kar goonj utha, jaise ek Baadshah ne apni an-dekhi sena ko jung ka farmaan suna diya ho.
MADHYA PRADESH - BHAIRAV'S JUNGLE AKHADA
Jungle ke dil mein, jahan sheher ka kanoon nahi, sirf zinda rehne ki jung chalta tha, Bhairav khada tha , wohi shikaari jisne sher ka bhi shikar apne haaton se kiya tha . Uska jism pathar ka bana tha, jise waqt aur zakhmon ne taraasha tha. Uske saamne, uske 'pralay-sena' khada tha—sau se bhi zyada aise yoddha jinka aankhon mein na darr tha, na rehem, sirf apne aaka ke liye an-dekhi bhakti.
Ek sahayak ne uske haath mein ek tablet diya, jispar Red Dragon ke khooni taandav ka khabar tha. Bhairav ne uss Dragon ke nishaan ko dekha. Uske patthar jaise chehre par sadiyon baad, ek ajeeb si, darawni muskaan aaya.
BHAIRAV: (Uska awaaz jungle ke sheron ki dahaad se bhi zyada bhaari tha) "Aag... aag lag chuka hai. Bisaat par naye shikaari utar aaye hain. Jung ke baadal har taraf se ghir rahe hain."
Woh palta aur apni sena ko dekha. Uska aankhon mein ek aisa aag jala jo poore jungle ko raakh kar sakta tha.
BHAIRAV: (Dahaadte hue) "BARSON SE HUM IS ANDHERE MEIN APNE ZAKHMON KO SEHLA RAHE HAIN! US PARIVAAR NE HUMSE HUMARA SAB KUCH CHEEN LIYA! HUMARA GHAR, HUMARA SAMMAAN, HUMARI PEHCHAAN! PAR AB NAHI! AB HISAB KA WAQT AA GAYA HAI!"
Usne apni kulhadi uthaya aur hawa mein lehraaya.
BHAIRAV: "Humein naye shikaariyon se lena-dena nahi. Humara maqsad ek hai! Humara dushman ek hai! Hum Delhi jaayenge. Unke mehal ki deewaron ko unke hi khoon se rangege. Unke takht ko unke hi chita ke aag se jalayenge! Yeh inteqaam nahi... yeh pralay hoga! Aur is pralay ka aaghaaz... Manali ki barf par hoga!"
Jungle uski sena ki dahaad se kaanp utha. Ek bhoola hua toofan, ab sheher ki taraf badh raha tha.
RAVI'S ROOM – RAAT
Ravi apne kamre mein, andhere mein baitha tha. Uske saamne ek heavily encrypted, military-grade laptop khula tha. Uski ungliyan keyboard par ek toofan ki tarah chal rahi thi. Woh un paancho naye chehron ke baare mein jaankari nikaalne ki koshish kar raha tha.
Ghanton ki mehnat ke baad, nateeja wahi tha jo use dar tha.
RAVI (Inner Monologue, screen ko ghoorte hue): "Phoenix... koi digital footprint nahi. Ek bhoot. Adira, Zayn, Maya... inke records aise hain jaise abhi-abhi banaye gaye ho... bilkul saaf, bilkul jhoothe. Aur YuKi... iska file ek aisa aag ki deewar ke peeche band hai jise todne ka matlab hai international agencies ke server par dastak dena."
Ghanton ki koshish ke baad nateeja sifar tha. In logon ka wajood digitally tha hi nahi. Jaise woh hawa se paida hue ho.
Usne laptop band kar diya. Pehli baar, use ehsaas hua ki woh ek aisi jung mein akela hai jahan uske dushman uski soch se bhi zyada taqatwar aur anjaan hain. Yeh school ke dushmani nahi the. Yeh uske ateet ke bhoot the, jo zinda hokar uske saamne aa khade hue the.
RAVI (Inner Monologue, uska awaaz uske dimaag mein ek toofan ki tarah goonja): "Ek taraf Phoenix, mera anjaan pehredaar. Doosri taraf YuKi, jiske wajood se sadiyon purani dushmani ki mehak aata hai. Teesri taraf The Handler ke mohre. Aur chauthi taraf Rathore ka ghamand. Yeh school nahi... yeh ek shatranj ki bisaat hai. Jahaan har koi Baadshah banna chahta hai."
Uske honthon par ek halka, na ke barabar, muskaan aaya. Ek aisa muskaan jismein darr nahi, chunauti tha.
"Par woh sab bhool gaye... ki is khel mein jab puraane Baadshah laut-te hain, toh mohre nahi, saltanatein tabah hote hain. Yeh ab dosti ya dushmani ki ladai nahi... yeh zameer, zanjeer aur shamsheer ki jung hai."
Usne aage rakhe Manali trip ke form ko uthaya. Us par sign kiya. Uski aankhon mein ab shaanti nahi, ek aag tha. Ek aisi aag jo Manali ki barf ko bhi pighla kar bhasm kar degi.
RAVI (Inner Monologue): "Manali... ab sirf ek safar nahi, is kahani ka aakhri maidaan banega. Ek aisa maidaan... jahan is baar sirf dushman nahi... har raaz, har dhokha, har saazish... sab kuch jal kar raakh ho jaayega."
Uske zehen mein lafz, sholon ki tarah naachne lage:
“Barf ki chaadar par jab lahu ka rang chadhega,Har naqaab pighlega, har raaz agan mein jalega,Woh samajhte hain ki yeh anjaam ki shuruaat hai,Par uss din Manali mein... mera asli qayamat barsega.”
Kuch Suspense Bhare Sawaal
Red Dragon: Dost Ya Naya Qayamat?
Aakhir yeh 6 Dragon hain kaun? Unka Boss, "The Lord of Flame", parde ke peeche chhipa kaun sa chehra hai? Kya uska connection Ravi ke ateet se hai?
Unka brutal 'safaaya' abhiyaan kya Rathore samrajya par aakar rukega, ya unke nishaane par koi aur hai?
Classroom Mein Naye Shikaari
Phoenix (Aarav): Uska woh "purana hisaab" kya hai jise chukaane woh Ravi ke saamne aa khada hua hai? Woh Ravi ka pehredaar hai, ya uski maut ka farmaan?
YuKi: Woh kaun sa "Yuvraj" hai jiska naam sunkar Principal Malhotra ki rooh kaanp gayi? Uske wajood se uthti sadiyon puraani dushmani ki aag Ravi ko kaise jalayegi?
The Trio (Zayn, Adira, Maya): Yeh "Kingbreaker" jodi kisne bheji hai? Kya yeh The Handler ke naye mohre hain, ya bisaat par koi teesra, anjaan khiladi aa chuka hai?
Manali: Jannat Ya Jahannum?
Manali ki barf... aakhir kis-kis ke lahu se laal hogi? Kya yeh safar Ravi ki zindagi ka aakhri safar hoga ya uske 'Baadshah' banne ki shuruaat?
Samraat ke saaye, Bhairav ki pralay-sena, aur The Handler ke jaal... is trikone mein kaun kiska shikaar karega?
Uljhe Hue Rishte, Gehre Raaz
Arjun un ladkiyon ka raaz kaise dafan karega jinhe Red Dragon ne azaad kar diya? Agar yeh sach saamne aaya, toh Rathore parivaar ka kya hoga?
Alisha ke "ajeeb-o-gareeb sawaal" aur Ravi ke "dard bhare bhaav" ke peeche ka woh kaun sa gehra raaz hai jo Sia ko tod raha hai?
Kya Sia apne mission aur dil ke beech phans kar Arjun ke dhokhe ka shikaar ho jaayegi?
Aur Sabse Bada Sawaal
Jab itne saare toofan ek saath takrayenge, toh Ravi inke beech akela kaise tikega? Kya woh waqai sab kuch jalakar raakh kar dega, ya is aag mein woh khud jal jaayega?
Dushman samajh rahe the ki ek toofan guzar gaya... par woh yeh nahi jaante the ki yeh toofan ki aankh thi, jahan sabse zyada shaanti hoti hai. Asli tabahi toh ab aane waali thi.
Ek parda gira hai, kahani abhi khatm nahi hui,Yeh toh bas angdaai thi, asli jung abhi baaki hai.
Jiska chehra masoom, uske saaye mein hai kaal chhipa,Ab har saans par dehshat hogi, har mod par ek naya inteqaam likha.
Delhi ka Indira Gandhi International Airport... jahan bheed aur shor kabhi nahi thamte. Par uske theek bagal mein ek aur duniya basti hai. Ek aisi duniya jahan chandi ke parindon (private jets) ke alawa koi awaaz nahi hoti. Jahan hawa bhi ameer logon ki ijaazat se chalti hai.
Ussi khamosh, exclusive terminal par ek kaale rang ka, sleek private jet bina kisi awaaz ke utra, jaise aasman se maut ka ek farishta zameen par aaya ho. Jet ke engine band hue, aur ek aisa khamoshi chha gaya jaise waqt ne saans rok liya ho.
Jet ka darwaza khula. Andar se YuKi bahar nikla.
15 saal ka jism, par uske andar ek sadiyon purani, barfeeli rooh qaid tha. Uska aankhein Delhi ke polution bhare aasman ko aise ghoor raha tha, jaise woh uske har zarre ka hisaab maang raha ho. Luxury jet, mehenge kapde... yeh sab uske wajood ke saamne bekaar the. Woh in cheezon se nahi, yeh cheezein usse pehchaan paa rahe the.
YUKI (Inner Monologue, uski rooh mein ek sargoshi goonji): "DELHI... tumhari hawa mein aaj bhi mere apno ke khoon ki mehak hai. Yahan ki har saans, mujhe uss raat ki jalti hui Haveli ki yaad dilati hai. Main sukoon lene nahi... sukoon chheenne aaya hoon. Us 'Shehzaade' se bhi... aur uske har dushman se bhi."
Terminal ke andar, Gwalior ke rajgharane ki ek aurat apni team ke saath khadi thi. Aaj uske chehre par aatmavishwas nahi, ek gehri shraddha aur darr ka mishran tha. Jaise hi YuKi uske saamne aaya, woh aur uske dono surakshaakarmi ek saath jhuk gaye.
YuKi ne koi jawaab nahi diya. Bas uski taraf ek thandi nazar daali aur gaadi ki taraf badh gaya. Khel ab shuru ho chuka tha. Dilli ki zameen par ek naya, anjaan Baadshah aa chuka tha.
Deewaron Ke Raaz
PRINCIPAL MALHOTRA'S OFFICE - AGLA DIN
Principal Suresh Malhotra apne office mein baithe the. Unka office unke anushaasan aur usoolon ka aaina tha. Woh ek aise insaan the jo power ke aage jhukte nahi, power ko jhukaate the.
Tabhi unke intercom par receptionist ki ghabrayi hui awaaz aayi. "Sir, Special Admissions wale students aa gaye hain."
Ek-ek karke, unka entry hua.
Pehle The Trio - Zayn, Adira aur Maya. Unke papers ek behad powerful corporate entity ki taraf se the. Malhotra ko daal mein kaala laga, par kaagzaat itne pukhta the ki woh kuch nahi keh sake.
Uske baad Aarav (Phoenix) andar aaya. Uske saath school ka koi staff nahi, government ki gaadi se utra ek anjaan, gambhir chehre wala aadmi tha. Usne Principal ke table par ek band lifafa rakha.
AADMI: "Inka admission karna hai. Sawaal nahi poochne hain." Yeh keh kar woh chala gaya. Lifafe ke andar sirf ek order tha. Principal ka maatha thanka. Yeh ladka... yeh koi aam insaan nahi tha.
Aakhir mein, darwaza khula aur YuKi akela andar aaya. Uske aane se kamre ki hawa bhaari ho gayi. Usne bina kuch kahe, ek file Principal ki taraf badha diya.
Malhotra ne file khole. Unke nazrein file ke andar ke kaagzaat par pada. Aur phir... sab kuch badal gaya. Principal Malhotra, jinke saamne bade-bade minister bhi tameez se pesh aate the, unka chehra safed pad gaya. Unke haath, jinse woh file pakde the, halka sa kaanpne lage. Unki kursi se uthne ki raftaar aisa tha jaise unhe current lag gaya ho. Woh khade hue aur anjaane mein hi unka sir halka sa jhuk gaya. Ek aisi izzat jo darr se paida hua tha.
File ke andar ek naam tha... ek aisa naam jiska zikr itihaas ki kitaabon mein toh tha, par aaj ki duniya mein sirf band darwazon ke peeche liya jaata tha. Ek aise rajgharane ka naam, jiske baare mein kaha jaata tha ki unki nafrat aur taqat, dono hi be-hisaab hain.
YUKI (Aawaz itni thandi ki Malhotra ki rooh tak jam gayi):
"Principal. Woh naam in deewaron ke bhitar rehna chahiye. Yahan, main sirf YuKi hoon. Ek scholarship student jisne aapka entrance exam top kiya hai. Iske alawa meri aur koi pehchaan nahi hai." Woh ek kadam aage badha.
YUKI: "Aur yeh baat... aapke aur mere beech... ek raaz hai. Samjhe aap?"
'Samjhe aap?'... yeh sawaal nahi, ek hukm tha. Ek aisi dhamki jiske aage Principal Malhotra ki saari authority, saare usool, dhool ban kar udd gaye. Unhone bas ek haare hue insaan ki tarah sir hila diya.
Naye Chehre, Purane Shikaari
THE CLASSROOM
Classroom mein tension ab hawa ka hissa ban chuka tha. Ravi ek saaye ki tarah pichli bench par baitha tha, Arjun Sia ke aas-paas apni tooti hui saltanat ko jodne ki koshish kar raha tha, aur Alisha... Alisha ki nigahein in sab par kisi baaz ki tarah tiki hui thi, apne agle shikaar ka intezaar karte hue.
Tabhi Principal Malhotra ne class mein pravesh kiya. Unke chehre par ek ajeeb sa gambhirta tha jo aane wale toofan ka ishara de raha tha.
PRINCIPAL MALHOTRA:
"Good morning, students. Ek zaroori announcement hai. Hamare school ko ek international 'Special Talent Exchange Program' ke liye chuna gaya hai. Is program ke tehet, paanch naye, behad kaabil students aaj se aapke class ka hissa honge."
Poori class mein ek sargoshi ka toofan uth gaya. Mid-term mein paanch naye admissions?
Darwaza khula. Aur ek-ek karke, paanch naye chehre andar aaye. Unke aane se class ka temperature jaise 10 degree neeche gir gaya. Yeh students nahi, qayamat ke paanch alag-alag paigaam the.
Jab Principal Malhotra ne class mein paancho naye students ko introduce kiya, toh unki aawaz mein ek anjaana sa thakaan tha. Unhone YuKi ko "ek behad brilliant scholarship student" bataya, toh unka zabaan halka sa ladkhadaya.
Ravi, pichli bench par baitha, sab dekh raha tha. Uske andar ka instinct cheekh-cheekh kar keh raha tha ki yeh sab ek jhooth hai. Scholarship student? Nahi. YuKi ke wajood se ek aisi power nikal raha tha jo usne sirf ek hi insaan mein dekha tha—khud mein.
1.YuKi: Sabse pehle YuKi andar aaya. Usne bas ek nazar poori class par daala. Uska aankhein Ravi par ek pal ke liye ruka, aur uss ek pal mein jaise do sadiyon purane dushman ek doosre ke wajood ko pehchaan gaye ho.
YUKI (Bilkul sapaat aawaz mein):
"YuKi. Tokyo se." Bas. Na koi muskaan, na koi extra lafz. Uski khamoshi hi uska sabse bada hathiyaar tha.
2. Aarav (Phoenix): Doosra ladka... Ravi use dekhte hi apni jagah par pathar ban gaya. Wahi aankhein, wahi astitva. Phoenix. Par yahan woh ek aam student ke bhes mein tha. Usne apna naam 'Aarav' bataya.
AARAV (Uski nigahein seedhe Ravi par theen, par usmein na dushmani tha, na dosti... bas ek anjaani gehraai): "Aarav. Main yahan... ek purana hissaab chukane aaya hoon." Uske is dialogue ne hawa mein jaise zeher ghol diya.
3-4-5. The Trio - Adira, Zayn, Maya: Aakhri teen ek saath khade the, jaise ek unit ho. Unki aankhein ek doosre se aise baat kar rahi thi jaise unhe lafzon ki zaroorat hi na ho.
3.Zayn: Ek behad handsome, par utna hi khatarnak dikhne wala ladka. Uske chehre par ek aisi muskaan thi jo dost aur dushman, dono ko bechain kar de.
4.Adira: Ek aisi ladki jiski aankhon mein chashme ke peeche ek supercomputer chhipa ho. Woh class ko nahi, har insaan ke andar ke secrets ko scan kar rahi thi.
5.MAYA : Bilkul shaant, jaise woh wahan hokar bhi na ho. Ek aisi parchhayi jise koi tab tak notice na kare jab tak woh apna khanjar aapki peeth mein na utaar de.
ZAYN (Apni muskaan ke saath, jo Arjun ke ghamand ko cheer raha tha): "Zayn. Aur yeh mera team hai, Adira aur Maya. Hum yahan padhne kam... aur seekhne zyada aaye hain. Logon ke baare mein. Unke raazon ke baare mein."
REACTIONS:
Ravi: Uska dimaag sunn ho chuka tha. Phoenix... uska anjaan pehredaar, ab uske saamne baitha tha. Kyun? Aur YuKi... uske astitva se ek aisi anjaani, khooni kashish mehsoos ho raha tha jaise unka rishta is janam ka nahi, kayi janmon purana ho. Ravi ko ehsaas ho gaya... woh ab akela nahi tha. Uska ateet, zinda hokar uske saamne aa khada hua tha.
Arjun: Uske chehre ka rang udd gaya. Uski saltanat mein yeh paanch naye daavedaar kahan se aa gaye? Yeh log students nahi, uske shikaar ke liye aaye shikaari lag rahe the.
Alisha: Woh jhatke mein thi. Uske Handler ne in logon ke baare mein koi jaankari nahi di thi. Bisaat par anjaane mohre aa chuke the, aur uska khel ab aur bhi jatil ho gaya tha.
Classroom ab classroom nahi, ek battleground ban chuka tha, jahan har taraf se ek nayi tabaahi ne dastak de diya tha.
Classroom ab ek cold war zone ban chuka tha. Arjun ki badshahat ek hi jhatke mein zameen par aa giri thi.
Bisaat Par Naye Mohre
CANTEEN / CAMPUS LAWN
Canteen mein ab power ka balance poori tarah se bigad chuka tha.
Arjun aur uski team ek taraf, unke chehron par bechaini saaf the.
Ravi, Amit aur Kabir ke saath baitha tha, par uska aankhein har taraf ghoom raha tha. Woh har naye chehre ko padhne ke koshish kar raha tha.
YuKi ek kone mein akela baitha tha, jaise ek sher apne ilaaqe ka jayza le raha ho. Uski aur Phoenix ki nigahein ek baar bhi aapas mein nahi takraye. Jaise woh ek doosre ke liye anjaan the.
Aarav (Phoenix) bhi akela tha, par woh canteen mein nahi, bahar lawn mein ek ped ke neeche baitha tha. Uski nigahein sab par theen, par woh kisi ko dekh nahi raha tha.
Aur The Trio... Adira, Zayn aur Maya... woh ek saath baithe the, par baat nahi kar rahe the. Unki aankhein har group, har insaan ki harqaton ko record kar raha tha.
Arjun se yeh bardaasht nahi hua. Usne apni authority saabit karne ka faisla kiya. Woh utha aur seedhe Zayn ki table par gaya.
ARJUN (Ghamand bhari aawaz mein): "Naye lagte ho. Yaad rakhna, is campus mein ek hi king hai."
Zayn ne dheere se nazar uthaya. Uski aankhon mein mazaak tha, par uss mazaak ke peeche ek kaatilana sannaata tha.
ZAYN (Apni aadhi-adhuri muskaan ke saath):
"King? Hum king nahi, kingmaker hain. Aur kabhi kabhi... kingbreaker bhi." Usne Arjun ko upar se neeche tak dekha.
ZAYN: "Aur tum... tum king nahi, ek shehzade ho jo apne baap ke paison ka banaya hua kaanch ki deewaron ke peeche chhipa hai. Aur kaanch... todne mein humein bada maza aata hai."
Arjun ke chehre par ek aisa thappad pada tha jiski awaaz nahi hua. Uska chehra gusse se laal ho gaya. Woh kuch kehta, isse pehle Adira ne beech mein toka.
ADIRA (Bina Zayn ki taraf dekhe, apni coffee peete hue): "Energy bachao, Zayn. Asli dushman woh nahi hai." Usne yeh kehte waqt ek pal ke liye Ravi aur YuKi, dono ki taraf dekha.
Arjun beizzati ka ghoont pee kar wapas laut gaya. Woh samajh gaya tha... khel ab uske haath se nikal chuka hai.
Tabaahi Ka Countdown
MONTAGE - ALAG-ALAG JAGAH
THE HANDLER'S OFFICE (UNKNOWN LOCATION):
Alisha ek secure line par report de rahi thi.
ALISHA:
"...Sirf Phoenix nahi, YuKi bhi yahan hai. Aur teen aur hain, unka abhi tak kuch pata nahi. Yeh hamare plan ka hissa nahi tha.
Alisha ki report ke baad, The Handler ke aalishan office mein pehli baar khamoshi toota tha. Hamesha shaant rehne wala uska chehra aaj ek aisa ghabrahat dikha raha tha jo usne saalon se mehsoos nahi kiya tha. Uske haath mein pakda mehenga crystal ka glass, uske kaanpte haathon se fisalte-fisalte bacha.
THE HANDLER (Aawaz mein pehli baar ghabrahat aur gusse ka mishran): "Phoenix... YuKi... Dono ek saath, ek hi jagah par? Uss Haveli ke dono zinda bache hue bhoot... Delhi mein? Kismat apna sabse bhayanak , sabse khuni khel khel raha hai.”
Woh apne desk par jhuka, uski saansein tez ho gaya.
THE HANDLER:
"Plan badal gaya hai, Alisha! Sab kuch badal gaya hai! Manali ab sirf Ravi ka imtihaan nahi... uss jalti hui Haveli ke har zinda aur murda raaz ka aakhri sanskaar hoga. Unmein se kisi ko bhi zinda nahi lautna chahiye. Na Shehzaada, na uske pehredaar, aur na hi woh Yuvraj. Is baar... raakh bhi nahi bachni chahiye."
Call cut gaya, par kamre mein dehshat ab bhi goonj rahi thi. Ek naya khiladi nahi, balki ek purana, dafan ho chuka azaab wapas aa gaya tha.
GWALIOR HAVELI
Maharani Divyangana ko khabar mili ki YuKi ne school join kar liya hai. Unke patthar jaise chehre par sadiyon baad ek halki si muskaan aayi.
DIVYANGANA: "Pehla mohra... bisaat par aa chuka hai. Jald hi Baadshah bhi aayega... aur phir hoga... Mahabharat."
Delhi ki sardi ek meethi thandak tha uss barfeeli jahannum ke saamne jahan Samraat ne apna takht banaya tha. Hazaaron feet upar, Hindukush ki baraf se dhaki chotiyon ke beech, ek purana, pathreela qila khada tha, jaise aasman mein ek khanjar gada ho. Yahan hawa itna patla aur thandi thi ki har saans sheeshe ke tukdon ki tarah seene mein chubhta tha.
Qile ke sabse andar ke kamre mein, jahan deewaron par purane hathiyaar aur jung ke naqshe tange the, Samraat ek vishaal, kaali-bhoori lakdi ki kursi par baitha tha. Uske saamne ek angaar ki bhatti jal raha tha, par uski aag ki garmi bhi Samraat ke chehre ki barf ko pighla nahi paa raha tha. Uska vishwas patra, Scorpio wala, uske kadmon mein ghutnon ke bal baitha tha, uska sir jhuka hua.
SAMRAAT: (Unke awaaz bhatti ke aag ke chatak se bhi zyada sookhe aur khatarnak the) "Toh... maidan mein anjaane khiladi bhi utar aaye hain. Phoenix... zinda hai. Aur Gwalior ka Yuvraj... woh bhi uss ladke ke itne kareeb pahunch gaya hai."
SCORPIO WALA: (Kaanpti awaaz mein)
"Samraat... humein iska bhanak nahi tha. Woh saaye ki tarah Dilli mein daakhil hue hain. Unke iraade..."
SAMRAAT: (Ek jhatke se uthkar SCORPIO WALA ka gala pakad leta hai, uski aankhon mein gussa nahi, ek bechaini ka toofan tha)
"IRAADE?! Unke iraadon ka pata lagana hi tumhara kaam tha , aur tumhare paas sirf khabar hai, unki niyat nahi?! Ek galti... aur sab kuch raakh ho jaayega!"
Usne SCORPIO WALE ADMI ko zameen par phenk diya. Woh bhatti ke paas gaya aur aag se ek garam salakh nikaale. Tabhi woh ruke aur palte.
SAMRAAT: "Uss ladki ka pata chala? Jisne Delhi mein mere shikaar ko... nahi, uss ladke ko bachaya tha?"
SCORPIO WALA: (Jaldi se sir utha kar) "Jii Samraat. Uss ladki ka naam Sia Sharma hai. Woh unhi ke school ka hai."
Ek pal ke liye kamre mein maut jaisa sannaata chha gaya. Phir... Samraat ke honthon par ek dheemi, ajeeb muskaan phail gaya, jo dheere-dheere ek thandi, darawni hansi mein badal gaya.
SAMRAAT: (Haste hue)
"Hah... Hahaha... Khoob. Aur ek protector aa gayi bachane. Pehle Phoenix... ab yeh anjaan ladki. Khel ab aur bhi pecheeda ho raha hai. Ab maza aayega. Dekhte hain... kaun kiska hifazat karta hai... aur kaun kiska qurbani deta hai."
Woh palta, uski aankhon mein ek gehra, strategic iraada chamak raha tha.
SAMRAAT: "Manali... sab wahin jaa rahe hain. Yeh koi ittefaq nahi. Yeh ranbhoomi hai jise kismat ne chuna hai. Par is ranbhoomi ke niyam main likhunga. Apne sabse behtareen saayon ko Manali bhej do. Unki nazar har kisi par honi chahiye—Arjun Rathore, uska naya dost Alisha, Gwalior ka Yuvraj, aur... Phoenix par bhi. Pata lagao, yeh anjaan pehredaar kiski taraf hai."
Unhone SCORPIO WALE ke taraf dekha, uske nigahein khanjar ki tarah aatma mein utar raha tha.
Ranbhoomi mein utarne ki tayari karo......
Usk awaaz qile ka pathreeli deewaron se takra kar goonj utha, jaise ek Baadshah ne apni an-dekhi sena ko jung ka farmaan suna diya ho.
MADHYA PRADESH - BHAIRAV'S JUNGLE AKHADA
Jungle ke dil mein, jahan sheher ka kanoon nahi, sirf zinda rehne ki jung chalta tha, Bhairav khada tha , wohi shikaari jisne sher ka bhi shikar apne haaton se kiya tha . Uska jism pathar ka bana tha, jise waqt aur zakhmon ne taraasha tha. Uske saamne, uske 'pralay-sena' khada tha—sau se bhi zyada aise yoddha jinka aankhon mein na darr tha, na rehem, sirf apne aaka ke liye an-dekhi bhakti.
Ek sahayak ne uske haath mein ek tablet diya, jispar Red Dragon ke khooni taandav ka khabar tha. Bhairav ne uss Dragon ke nishaan ko dekha. Uske patthar jaise chehre par sadiyon baad, ek ajeeb si, darawni muskaan aaya.
BHAIRAV: (Uska awaaz jungle ke sheron ki dahaad se bhi zyada bhaari tha) "Aag... aag lag chuka hai. Bisaat par naye shikaari utar aaye hain. Jung ke baadal har taraf se ghir rahe hain."
Woh palta aur apni sena ko dekha. Uska aankhon mein ek aisa aag jala jo poore jungle ko raakh kar sakta tha.
BHAIRAV: (Dahaadte hue) "BARSON SE HUM IS ANDHERE MEIN APNE ZAKHMON KO SEHLA RAHE HAIN! US PARIVAAR NE HUMSE HUMARA SAB KUCH CHEEN LIYA! HUMARA GHAR, HUMARA SAMMAAN, HUMARI PEHCHAAN! PAR AB NAHI! AB HISAB KA WAQT AA GAYA HAI!"
Usne apni kulhadi uthaya aur hawa mein lehraaya.
BHAIRAV: "Humein naye shikaariyon se lena-dena nahi. Humara maqsad ek hai! Humara dushman ek hai! Hum Delhi jaayenge. Unke mehal ki deewaron ko unke hi khoon se rangege. Unke takht ko unke hi chita ke aag se jalayenge! Yeh inteqaam nahi... yeh pralay hoga! Aur is pralay ka aaghaaz... Manali ki barf par hoga!"
Jungle uski sena ki dahaad se kaanp utha. Ek bhoola hua toofan, ab sheher ki taraf badh raha tha.
RAVI'S ROOM – RAAT
Ravi apne kamre mein, andhere mein baitha tha. Uske saamne ek heavily encrypted, military-grade laptop khula tha. Uski ungliyan keyboard par ek toofan ki tarah chal rahi thi. Woh un paancho naye chehron ke baare mein jaankari nikaalne ki koshish kar raha tha.
Ghanton ki mehnat ke baad, nateeja wahi tha jo use dar tha.
RAVI (Inner Monologue, screen ko ghoorte hue): "Phoenix... koi digital footprint nahi. Ek bhoot. Adira, Zayn, Maya... inke records aise hain jaise abhi-abhi banaye gaye ho... bilkul saaf, bilkul jhoothe. Aur YuKi... iska file ek aisa aag ki deewar ke peeche band hai jise todne ka matlab hai international agencies ke server par dastak dena."
Ghanton ki koshish ke baad nateeja sifar tha. In logon ka wajood digitally tha hi nahi. Jaise woh hawa se paida hue ho.
Usne laptop band kar diya. Pehli baar, use ehsaas hua ki woh ek aisi jung mein akela hai jahan uske dushman uski soch se bhi zyada taqatwar aur anjaan hain. Yeh school ke dushmani nahi the. Yeh uske ateet ke bhoot the, jo zinda hokar uske saamne aa khade hue the.
RAVI (Inner Monologue, uska awaaz uske dimaag mein ek toofan ki tarah goonja): "Ek taraf Phoenix, mera anjaan pehredaar. Doosri taraf YuKi, jiske wajood se sadiyon purani dushmani ki mehak aata hai. Teesri taraf The Handler ke mohre. Aur chauthi taraf Rathore ka ghamand. Yeh school nahi... yeh ek shatranj ki bisaat hai. Jahaan har koi Baadshah banna chahta hai."
Uske honthon par ek halka, na ke barabar, muskaan aaya. Ek aisa muskaan jismein darr nahi, chunauti tha.
"Par woh sab bhool gaye... ki is khel mein jab puraane Baadshah laut-te hain, toh mohre nahi, saltanatein tabah hote hain. Yeh ab dosti ya dushmani ki ladai nahi... yeh zameer, zanjeer aur shamsheer ki jung hai."
Usne aage rakhe Manali trip ke form ko uthaya. Us par sign kiya. Uski aankhon mein ab shaanti nahi, ek aag tha. Ek aisi aag jo Manali ki barf ko bhi pighla kar bhasm kar degi.
RAVI (Inner Monologue): "Manali... ab sirf ek safar nahi, is kahani ka aakhri maidaan banega. Ek aisa maidaan... jahan is baar sirf dushman nahi... har raaz, har dhokha, har saazish... sab kuch jal kar raakh ho jaayega."
Uske zehen mein lafz, sholon ki tarah naachne lage:
“Barf ki chaadar par jab lahu ka rang chadhega,Har naqaab pighlega, har raaz agan mein jalega,Woh samajhte hain ki yeh anjaam ki shuruaat hai,Par uss din Manali mein... mera asli qayamat barsega.”
Kuch Suspense Bhare Sawaal
Red Dragon: Dost Ya Naya Qayamat?
Aakhir yeh 6 Dragon hain kaun? Unka Boss, "The Lord of Flame", parde ke peeche chhipa kaun sa chehra hai? Kya uska connection Ravi ke ateet se hai?
Unka brutal 'safaaya' abhiyaan kya Rathore samrajya par aakar rukega, ya unke nishaane par koi aur hai?
Classroom Mein Naye Shikaari
Phoenix (Aarav): Uska woh "purana hisaab" kya hai jise chukaane woh Ravi ke saamne aa khada hua hai? Woh Ravi ka pehredaar hai, ya uski maut ka farmaan?
YuKi: Woh kaun sa "Yuvraj" hai jiska naam sunkar Principal Malhotra ki rooh kaanp gayi? Uske wajood se uthti sadiyon puraani dushmani ki aag Ravi ko kaise jalayegi?
The Trio (Zayn, Adira, Maya): Yeh "Kingbreaker" jodi kisne bheji hai? Kya yeh The Handler ke naye mohre hain, ya bisaat par koi teesra, anjaan khiladi aa chuka hai?
Manali: Jannat Ya Jahannum?
Manali ki barf... aakhir kis-kis ke lahu se laal hogi? Kya yeh safar Ravi ki zindagi ka aakhri safar hoga ya uske 'Baadshah' banne ki shuruaat?
Samraat ke saaye, Bhairav ki pralay-sena, aur The Handler ke jaal... is trikone mein kaun kiska shikaar karega?
Uljhe Hue Rishte, Gehre Raaz
Arjun un ladkiyon ka raaz kaise dafan karega jinhe Red Dragon ne azaad kar diya? Agar yeh sach saamne aaya, toh Rathore parivaar ka kya hoga?
Alisha ke "ajeeb-o-gareeb sawaal" aur Ravi ke "dard bhare bhaav" ke peeche ka woh kaun sa gehra raaz hai jo Sia ko tod raha hai?
Kya Sia apne mission aur dil ke beech phans kar Arjun ke dhokhe ka shikaar ho jaayegi?
Aur Sabse Bada Sawaal
Jab itne saare toofan ek saath takrayenge, toh Ravi inke beech akela kaise tikega? Kya woh waqai sab kuch jalakar raakh kar dega, ya is aag mein woh khud jal jaayega?
Dushman samajh rahe the ki ek toofan guzar gaya... par woh yeh nahi jaante the ki yeh toofan ki aankh thi, jahan sabse zyada shaanti hoti hai. Asli tabahi toh ab aane waali thi.
Ek parda gira hai, kahani abhi khatm nahi hui,Yeh toh bas angdaai thi, asli jung abhi baaki hai.
Jiska chehra masoom, uske saaye mein hai kaal chhipa,Ab har saans par dehshat hogi, har mod par ek naya inteqaam likha.
