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The End Game (Part-2)

The glimpses of previous article,

 Arjun singh has been sent to rehab for the murder of his wife under the influence of controlled substance.  A serial killer was on the loose and until then , a brothel owner and a journalist had been killed. In the flight to Zurich, where the minister, Prakash Jadhav and his son, Rahul Jadhav were headed, a murder happens in a similar manner which created panic in the flight. Police officer Deshpandey  who got the tip from the serial killer itself was on the flight too.  A ring was found near the dead  body of the bodyguard of the minister and the minister claimed that it belong to Shyam, the cousin of Ravi, who came to fill his place in his absence.

As  the minister spoke the name of Shyam, a sudden relief was seen on the face of Deshpandey as he thought that he had finally got the killer. Lost in such thoughts, the minister shook him hard to bring him back to his normal senses. The minister was slightly frightened with this and told Deshpandey to do something about that. Deshpandey calmed him down and told him to go back and sit at his place as he knew what was to be done. He searched for Shyam as there was no sign of him, only to found him discussing  with the cabin crew on something. Deshpandey called him and told him that they need to talk and it was urgent. Shyam followed him to his seat and the inquiry began. Deshpandey told him that he was a police officer and something  has happened due to which he was being interrogated, though he didn't disclosed the fact that, that something was a murder. He asked about his family, job, village and events happened from childhood till date. Shyam very innocently answered everything. The manner in which Shyam spoke made Deshpandey believe that he was telling the truth and a thought came in his mind that Shyam might be innocent.

  Deshpandey was busy interrogating Shyam when for a second or so his focus diverted to the loud voice coming from the cabin crew arena. One crew member was shouting on other one saying," How can the airline staff be so careless and send a novice directly without training to the flight. I must complain about this. It increases our workload. How to make you to do the work, as you don't know a single thing about this." To this the person replied," It's just the matter of this flight only, I am filling in for your colleague only. I was told to come, so I came." Deshpandey ignored their further discussion and continued listening to what Shyam told. He asked him about the discussion he was doing with the cabin crew, to which he told that his ring was missing and so he was just telling the staff if they found one, then inform him. Deshpandey took out the ring and showed him. Seeing it Shyam became happy and asked where he found it. Deshpandey told him that he found it in the washroom. Shyam instantly spoke that he remembered, he went there and might have fallen there. Deshpandey told that he found it near the hands of the dead body of another bodyguard of the minister. Shyam was shocked as he listened dead body. His face turned pale and started begging infront of Deshpandey saying that the ring might have accidently fallen there and he didn't kill anyone. Deshpandey knew that he was not the killer, because Shyam seemed too innocent to kill someone too brutally and also as he saw the hands of Shyam, he found that they were smaller than the fingerprints on the neck of the dead body.

As he was interrogating with Shyam, one air hostess came running towards him. She was sweating and looked frightened as if she has seen a ghost. She told Deshpandey that she wanted him to see something. Deshpandey went behind him only to found another dead body in another toilet. Deshpandey was shocked as he saw who he was. Chaturvedi, the minister's lawyer was the new target of the serial killer. Shyam was trembling with fear as he saw a dead body infront of him. Deshpandey asked the air hostess how she came to know about that. She told that one of the fellow passenger complained that the door of the toilet was not opening and it was stuck, she told him to use another toilet and as she checked it was due to the resistance offered by something. As she gave a huge blow with her side body, the door opened and she saw the body. She asked the passengers not to use the toilet as it was unhygienic and locked it. She complained to Deshpandey that  two of the toilets were locked and the passengers were furious as too what was going on. They were angry with the airlines as they were not getting proper facilities. Deshpandey calmed her down and told that they can't tell anyone about the murder as all will panic and it will  create more bad publicity than this minor facilities problem. Deshpandey told her to be quiet and not to tell anything to anyone.

The minister had no idea what was going on and was having a good night sleep when Deshpandey approached him with Shyam. As soon as he saw Shyam, he became afraid which Deshpandey noticed and told the minister not to be afraid as Shyam was not the killer. The minister didn't believe a word and asked him as how can he be so sure. He sat next to minister, called Rahul also to sit near him and told in a slow voice such that only they four can hear. He started," Sir, I  need you to listen carefully to what I am saying.  Shyam is innocent and he has not killed your bodyguard Raju. And there has been another murder. Chaturvedi, your lawyer is no more. Someone killed him." The minister blurted out loudly," What? How ? When? This Shyam must have killed him. And why are you telling so quietly, apart from us no one is there in the business class." Deshpandey said," Keep your voice low, we don't want to create panic here. If any passerby heard anything, he might create a problem. Shyam has not killed him because he was with me the entire time. I was interrogating him. Listen sir, I don't know how the killer is targeting, but two of your members are dead and so you need to be alert and watchful. He may or may not target you, but just to be on a safe side. Shyam will take care of you and if you need anything, I am here only." The minister was lost in fear and asked Deshpandey to stay there only. Deshpandey told," Sir, I am not sure if he will target you or your son, but there are lot more other people around here, I need to take care of them. Don't worry Shyam is there , he will do his work properly."

As Deshpandey stood to leave , he saw the flight service guy came to serve some snacks. As Deshpandey turned and left, he asked the minister to eat something and take some rest.  But the minister didn't eat anything . Seeing the minister and his son sweating heavily, the guy offered him some fresh face tissue which they readily accepted. Both started wiping off sweat and fear from their face, but unfortunately they could only wipe out sweat. But how long? He told the flight service guy to give more of the tissue as he thought he might need more.  Angrily he told his son Raju, " Sue your private jet maintenance manager. Had it not gone for maintenance, none of this might have happened." Raju tried to become strong and told his father," Dad, Be strong, no one can dare to do anything to  us. Just chill and take rest."

Deshpandey was lost in his thoughts of who might the killer be and what he was missing. He was confused whether all the murders were random or were they connected. What can be the connection? His mind was going to explode with millions of questions roaming around and he was feeling uncomfortable when suddenly his mind clicked a thought. Where was the hint? Just as the note with the airline number, there can be another clue. He ran towards both the dead bodies, as he searched the bodyguard's body before, he knew the clue might be near the lawyer's body. He went near the body of the lawyer and started searching for the clue. The inner pocket of the suit had a piece of paper with something written on it. The alphabets of the words were jumbled and he needed to create proper sequence in order to know the clue.  He started arranging the alphabets and few moments later what he read made him numb as if he was striked by lightening. It read,' MINISTER IS NEXT '.

Deshpandey ran towards the business class only to found both minister and his son missing. He saw the tissue lying on the floor, took it and smelled it. It was chloroform. He closed his eyes and started focusing on the events which happened in order to get the clue what would have happened. With the tissue in his hand, he tried to remember the face of the flight service guy who came to give snacks. He got a blurred image in his brain. He focuses more in order to think if anything has been left. Instances of the crew member scolding the new untrained person who was sent by the airlines to fill a place for the regular guy came. He thought more on the fact and moments later opened his eyes. He has got the killer. He directly went to the crew member's  arena and asked about the new person. He was told that he has gone a long time ago to give snacks but had not returned. He called the air hostess who knew about the murders and asked her about any secret place where anybody can be taken without anyone noticing. She told that there was a passage which leads to the cargo. As it is behind the business class, anybody from the business class can be easily taken without anyone noticing. Deshpandey and the air hostess made a dash towards the cargo.

"Wakey, Wakey!! minister", the man told as minister came to his senses. Seeing himself and his son all tied up he became scared. He scanned the area, all the cargo surrounding him.  He asked the person," Who are you? and what do you want."

Man: "I am the last person you will see alive." And laughs

Minister (trembling with fear):" Is anyone there? Help me!! please"

 Man: " Shout as loud as you can, but nobody is going to come."

Minister:" What do you want? Why you want to kill us?"

Man:" I want you and your son's life. You have done a lot of sins and its payback time."

Rahul wakes and as he scans the area goes in a state of shock. He became so much frightened that he was unable to speak anything. He just tried to normalize himself.

Minister:" I can give you money, I have a lot of money."

Man (giggling): "You can't buy death Minister. And anyway your death has already come to your doorstep, you just need to open the door "

Rahul: "Means?"

Man:" Oh! you awake, great it is. By the way it means that you have poison in your body which will 
start working soon. My single touch will cause you as much pain as car running over your chest."

Rahul: " What had we done to deserve such cruelty? Please don't do this"

Man:" What had you done? You have done an awful lot of things . Okay let me give you a hint. One and half year ago a girl died because of you. That was my sister. Not going in details, just  the case in which you proved my sister was a slut and  a prostitute. "

Rahul:" How is this possible. You can't be his brother . Dad made sure each of her family member were taken care of."

Man: " But guess what your dad didn't do his homework properly. The goons only killed the ones staying in the house. I was staying in another city and my parents and I had some disputes due to which we were not in contact from a long time. I came to know about this later. Thank god for that, otherwise this day might not had came. Now no more time pass, let's end this. We will start with you."

Rahul: "No, no, please don't do this. I am sorry."

Man:" Tell this all to the devil in the hell."

Minister: "No please don't kill my son. Kill me instead, I killed your family."

Man:" Everyone will pay for their own sins."

The man grabs his necks and started pressing it hard. Rahul was trembling just like a fish when it is taken out of water. The minister couldn't see all this and became unconscious with the shock. Within moments, Rahul's soul left his body. The man looked at the minister and tried to wake him up. The minister was not able to see his son's dead body infront of him. He whispered," I am sorry my son, I couldn't save you." The man replied," You could have saved him if you had given him proper upbringing. The man he was deserved to die like this. Now minister get ready to pay for your sins."

As he started pressing the minister's neck, Deshpandey came there, he saw at a distant a man trying to asphyxiate the minister. He shouted," Stop it right now or else you will face circumstances." The man replied without turning," I don't leave my business unfinished." Deshpandey removed his gun, turned off the safety and aimed at the man. The air hostess stopped him saying that if he missed, the entire plane can go down. Deshpandey kept the gun back and ran towards the man. He pushed the man aside and checked the minister's heartbeat. He was no more. He immediately went to the man and said," You are under arrest." The man calmly spoke," Calm down, I am ready to surrender, My work is finished." Deshpandey instantly asked," Who is behind all this? Why did you killed so many people?" The man replied," Because I was told to do so." Deshpandey asked," By whom?". The man replied," I don't know, I was just contacted with messages and it came everytime from different private number. I did it because I wanted to punish the killers of my sister. Infact I was ordered to surrender after killing them."

"How did he contacted you? How did he knew all this about all of them? Why you killed all of them? How did you plan all this" Deshpandey was continuously shooting questions. The man replied," I have some of your answers but rest you need to find it  yourself, if there is an answer. It's a long story. I have no problem sharing it."

Who is the person who made the plan? Why did he make the person kill all of them? Was the revenge was of the person who killed all or was it of the person who made him kill all of them. How was he related to all those who had been killed? Many questions and no clue where the answers are. The answers are there . Tune in to the final part as the whole story unveils and probably you might get to know what ' The End Game' is.............


                          To be continued........................................ 

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