Chapter 39

The prosecution stood up and went to the centre of the attorney table , looking at the defense , he signalled Kabir , there were no proofs .

"The proceeding may start.", The judge ordered.

"My Lord we are waiting for the proofs, defense is going to present in court today otherwise this man is already proved an inhuman criminal.", Smiling the prosecution sat .

The lawyer looked at Advait hopelessly.

"My Lord....", The lawyer looked at Vansh. " My client is innocent he is just framed into all this...",

He tried to take over the mess for some time.

"Proofs", the prosecution interupted ," We have already heard your story , this date was given you to bring proofs not the same story...", The judge looked at defense in frustration.

Pihu looked up, Vansh was still looking at her , but she don't have any answer , Kabir is sitting in front of her , she feels like shouting it to the whole world but she can't , she is just helpless.

Vansh looked at Pihu quietly , Something is gravely wrong he estimated from Advait's look but still he looked at Pihu if it was some lame joke again , if she just nodded , Riddhima is fine , his trembling hands tightened to control his restlessness , he didn't gave a heed to what was going on there , looking at the door , as if she would enter smiling and he could see her just once , is his sins so much that his last wish also don't have any chance , a tear rolled down his eyes.

A few more drops of tear rested on her cheeks as the fire became more wild slowly burning her skin , she tightened her fist , dying by burning was painful all together. She took a last look at the alarm but it still didn't on.

The drops her cheeks should have slowly evaporated in the heat but it didn't occurred , she felt they have turned cold and then the drops were not only on her cheeks but also on her forehead , her neck and on her burning skin , she looked up breathing heavily. And the alarm sirened......

The sprinklers were the first to activate and the water drops felled on her skin , she broke into a smile. Inhaling some of the life which was running out of her grip , finally the water poured,  poured down heavily to stop that fire while the mansion sirened up and the chaos ignited.

The servant and the man rushed into the room , which was filled with smoke , so much that they couldn't predict a step forward , taking up the laser in hand the servant went in. The man stood there shocked , she would be dead , what will he say to his boss.....

Running up to her as the smoke slowly faded , he looked she was unconscious , the screen was still burning while the servant were handling it with the extinguisher , he looked at the girl whose body laid there lifeless. He patted her cheeks but she was still. He stood up in horror , her body was burned at places , the smoke choked them down , all the servants poured in to take out the initiater and the man stood there breathless.

He held her wrist which still had few pulse left , if she dies before his boss return he has to die too. He opened her ropes hurriedly , which was now glued to her skin which had burned mercilessly , why she didn't shout , he held his head .

The servant rushed there to opened the unending ropes they have tied her up with , as her body was finally free from ropes , anytime it would be free of life too , the man held her up , lifting her up as her skin felt colder every passing second.

Running to the door , he stopped.

He turned to look at her lifeless face, when he felt this is not what it is , this is not at all what it looks to be..... her eyes slowly opened , no wonder there were still dizzy , her hands which were hanging lifeless till now held something to his head , in all this chaos he didn't felt that his gun was no more at his back , and the he felt a cold touch on his forehead.

His eyes tuned to look as her trembling hand pointing the gun to his forehead , he took a deep breath.

"Down.", She uttered. Leaving her to stand on her trembling legs the crowd freezed at there spot ...

She stood there holding the gun , with her eyes which were ready to make her sleep anytime , the man backed. She looked up as the blood dripped of her forehead , she didn't cared about her burned and broken skin now , holding the gun in her hand , she again felt the sharp pain in her forearm.

Holding it with the other hand she pointed it to the man , "Give it to me girl.", The man stepped towards her.

"It's not for games.", He stepped few more steps .

"Stop .....", She wispered as the gun trembled in her weak hands,

"Back off....", She wispered again, she didn't had the strength to shout but she knew what people understand more than words.

The man narrowed his eyes and smircked," So you will kill me.... Come-on this is not a joke give it back to me," he stepped forward.

She pulled the trigger and the gun fired .

The crowd stepped back at the unexpected move , trembling she held the wall still pointing the gun to the man while he held his shoulder which the bullet just pierced , he looked at her rage  .

Rushing upto her he grabbed her neck pinning her to the wall, her head thrashed to the surface and she closed her eyes in the choke, the gun was slowly slipping off her hands , she tried but his grip was so tight that she knew she would die in the next seconds. Holding the wall she looked up as her  eyes closed.

"My Lord , defence has nothing to say or prove , it's clearly evident that they are just trying to astray the Court and nothing else.", The prosecution walked upto Vansh as he stood there restless looking at the door.

"So Mister . Vansh why don't you accept your crime what's the point of killing Court's time.",

Vansh stood unaware.

"Mister. Vansh", the lawyer waved. His thoughts broke and he looked at him.

The lawyer raised an eyebrow while Vansh looked at the lawyer in confusion of he was asked to do.

"Great , this murderer don't even care about what all is going on here.... ".

Riddhima pushed him off her with all the strength she had , trembling to the wall, she caught some breath , the man looked up at her in rage, and before he could do that again , she held the gun on his forehead.

"I will shoot.", She spoke in broken words.

The man held his wounded shoulder and looked at her as she slowly paced to the door pointing the gun at him with those trembling hands.

She held the door and walked out in her clumsy step ,

"You will die before you reach him.", The man smirked.

She took a deep breath ,"You care about yourself...", She held the knob with her bleeding hands ,

"You don't even have a proof ", the man laughed.

She looked up helplessly . Latching the door she took a last look at the crowd inside. Resting her head against the door , she held her forearm which was paining brutally now , pressing the wound by her hand holding the gun , she looked at the stairs before her eyes...