04:28 PM – Facility Outer Zone
Explosion pare dhulo aste aste settle heigala.
Broken wall ru bahar asiba pare
Srikant first instinct re pura area scan karila.
Kintu eithara environment alaga thila.
No visible enemy.
No movement.
No sound.
Too clean.
Suspicious Silence
Rudra Sen tablet re scan karuthila.
"Thermal… zero."
"Signal… zero."
Srikant slow kahila—
"That means one thing."
Rudra looked up—
"We're already inside the trap."
Wrong Step
Sasmita kichhi kahinathiba bele—
Srikant forward step neila.
Just one step.
CLICK.
Tiny mechanical sound.
Sabutharu chhota.
Kintu enough.
Rudra instantly shout karila—
"STOP!"
Trigger Activated
Ground re invisible pressure sensor activate heigala.
Next moment—
Side walls ru multiple panels open heigala.
Inside—
Compact auto-turrets.
Target locked.
Srikant.
Bullet Rain
TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!
Instant heavy fire.
Srikant reflex re roll karila.
Concrete shards udi gala.
Rudra drag kari tanku cover re neila.
"Smart trap…" se murmur karila.
"Motion-triggered… selective targeting."
Why Only Him?
Srikant notice karila—
Bullets only tanku follow karuchi.
Rudra aau Sasmita ku almost ignore karuchi.
"They're locked on me…" se kahila.
Rudra reply—
"Target priority system."
Sasmita Observing
Meanwhile—
Sasmita still.
Completely still.
Eyes moving.
Turrets direction track karuchi.
Fire pattern calculate karuchi.
Bullet intervals.
Rotation speed.
Blind angles.
The Realization
Suddenly se kahila—
"They're not random."
Srikant shouted—
"Not the time!"
Se calm voice re—
"Pattern repeat heuchi every 4.2 seconds."
Rudra instantly interested—
"Go on."
Risky Move
Sasmita forward chalila.
Srikant shout karila—
"Back!"
Kintu se ignore karila.
Exactly 4 seconds wait karila.
Then—
Sudden sprint.
Turrets fire karila—
But miss.
Just by milliseconds.
Precision Movement
"Now left!"
Srikant instinctively follow karila.
Bullet right side ru pass heigala.
"Stop!"
Se thami gala.
Turret rotation overshoot karila.
Rudra whisper—
"She's controlling the timing…"
Counter Plan
Sasmita kahila—
"3 turrets. 2 primary. 1 backup."
"Backup slow."
"Destroy that first."
Srikant aim karila.
But angle clear nuha.
Unexpected Method
Sasmita ground ru metal fragment uthila.
Exact timing re throw karila.
Turret sensor misdirect heigala.
Just 1 second.
Enough.
Srikant shot—
BOOM!
Backup turret destroy.
Chain Reaction
Balance break heigala.
Remaining turrets misalign heigala.
Rudra EMP device use karila.
System glitch.
Second turret down.
Last turret—
Srikant direct hit.
Silence.
Aftermath
Dust settle heigala.
System dead.
No more firing.
The Strange Calm
Srikant Sasmita ku dekhila.
"Tame aita kemiti…?"
Se answer dela—
"They were predictable."
Same line.
But this time—
More colder.
Subtle Change
Rudra notice karila—
Se fire time re blink bhi karinathila.
No fear response.
No adrenaline spike.
Pure calculation.
The Line That Hit
Srikant slowly kahila—
"Tume risk neuchha."
Sasmita straight answer dela—
"Risk nahi."
Pause.
"Outcome certainty."
Uneasy Silence
That line room ku heavy karidela.
Because—
Human certainty kabhi 100% nuhe.
Kintu se jaha kahila…
Seta absolute thila.
Final Scene
Distance re hidden camera feed ru
Sovereign watch karuthila.
Se soft kahila—
"Good…"
Beside him,
Meera Vashisht puchila—
"She's stabilizing?"
Sovereign head tilt karila—
"No."
Pause.
"She's crossing the line."