Soon Arjun descended down the stairs and looked at his wife who is screaming profanities at his parents...

He understood that her mental condition is not well and she is not in her right senses.

Before he could reach her, she screamed at him to stop in his trails and not to take another step towards her while showing her palm to him.

He stopped....

She didn't even dare to see 'that' man for more than 2 seconds.

" who gave you out

Ha ?

Tell me ,

Who gave you out my location?

Don't tell me that you knew it from before?

Were you planning all this from long ago? It must be...

It's all there in your genes...

Running in your veins....

Playing with lives....

Tell me where are my kids.

Leave Rahul and Anu otherwise you will see the " she screamed loudly shaking in anger and the whole palace echoed with her words.

The next second

She was lying on the floor unconscious and Arjun ran towards her and picked her up in his arms.

He took her to his room while barking loudly to get a doctor for her...

Anita and Veer were silent spectators..

Anita is worried while Veer is thinking about lakshmi's words. He knew that she was not lying while she was asking for her children.

He knew it.

He can read people like a book....

He called his men and ordered them to gather information about Lakshmi within 20 mins.

He sent her car plate number ( in which has arrived ) to his men for tracing out previous locations.

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In dimly lit majestic room,

with all the curtains closed making it more darker than before.

A man sitting on his chair in front of his table filled with weapons is thinking about what is lakshmi involved in....

Veer is unable to find out the person who helped Lakshmi to stay in dark....

Maybe they wouldn't have known that she is alive if she wouldn't have barged into their lives back...

But he is sure of one thing....

She is not the same anymore

she is dangerous....

As the tapes of her dealing with the royal gaurds are playing in front of him on a screen....

His thoughts were disturbed by a knock on the door . A royal gaurd entered and kept his head low while guiding his PA inside his royal highness study.

Veer looked at his PA coldly as his PA laid down a brown file infront of him.

" Sir,

According to the information we have obtained , her highness was living with 7 kids and has returned back to india 9 months back.

We have found a footage of her highness attacking men while escaping previous night in the streets near her stay. " PA informed while Veer was going through the file which had recent details of his daughter in law during her stay in India.

After a deadly silence of 5mins, the only words he spoke were....

" find those kids " while looking at the first sheet of a boy named 'Aryan Atharva Ibraheem Singh rajput' and shut the file.....

The doctor has informed previously that he had kept her on a sedative for time period....he knew that he needs to get those kids back to avoid another panic attack...

Even though veer knew that it wasn't because of kids and it was because of his son...but he didn't want her to get triggered with this pent up tension of missing kids.

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Arjun is standing infront of an abandoned building with his team of men. After his father has informed him that what lakshmi has been saying was truth...

He felt the need to find them back for his wife who is laying unconscious in his palace.

A team of special forces is standing behind their leader of Black Eagles after a long time, waiting for their leader's order.

As soon as their boss took out his gun from the belt holster and started moving towards the entrance, they took their positions in different spots while guarding him and keeping an eye on the surrounding....

After one of the gaurd broke open the door, Arjun entered inside the demolished building and indicated viraj to take cover . He heard sounds from up stairs and he slowly ascended the stairs while few of his men stayed back in the ground floor which has broken bricks, scrapped out walls......

Soon Arjun heard metal clinking sounds from behind one specific door and he stopped on his trails in the corridors. He indicated viraj and while Viraj nodded back at his boss.

Viraj held on to the door knob and tried to turn it but it was locked. He looked at his boss and then stood infront of the door. He can't shoot the lock knowing that it might hurt the hostages inside. He kicked it with all his force and kept his gun in position . Arjun entered inside and soon 3 men attacked from front.

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The atmosphere is quite now...

after those continous firing...

The whole room is filled with blood and bodies... But not a single scratch on Arjun and Viraj .

Arjun went towards another door which was already open. He aimed his gun and moved inside the room. As soon as he spotted partially conscious kids laid in one far corner of the room with their hands tied back, he asked viraj to check on them and take them back safely to their vehicle.

The kids were just gazing at Arjun who is inspecting the place without looking at the kids , while viraj untied ropes from their small legs and hands.

Not a single word spoken.

While viraj was handling the kids out of the room , Arjun was gazing at the dead bodies silently...

' This is not done..

something is not right here...' He thought...

He felt suspicious of everything... especially those goons...

He was about to leave but stopped on his tracks hearing a screeching sound from the adjacent room...

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As soon as lakshmi opened her eyes, she looked around again to find herself in a room.

She grunted her teeth harshly knowing that she fainted again...

She tried to control herself as this anger of her might make her health unstable again.....

'I have to tackle this situation calmly'

she thought , but she knew that while seeing their faces, she can't keep up her cool.

She stood up and glanced at the room. " Different room again " she murmured.

The sun was setting down

And she closed her eyes in anguish....

She wants to hurt everyone and anyone that comes in front of her... She is angry..

Very angry...

Almost angry on everything in her life..

The pent up frustration and anger is surfacing....even on things which are not related to this family...

But she will surely take up her anger on them...

She entered the hall and looked around at her in laws sitting on the couch and talking .

As soon as Anita and Veer noticed a presence in the hall, they stood up looking at her rage filled eyes.

Not that they are scared of her

but they are scared for her

and cared for her health knowing how weak she is...

Before she could open her huge mouth and scream at them again, she heard voices calling her....

She looked around to see her kids who are running towards her .

Tears rolled down her eyes automatically...

She knelt down and hugged all of them one after another.....

She looked at Ibbu holding noor in his arms and she called him to come to her. She took noor in her arms and kissed Ibbu's forehead while hugging him from side. Soon the kids again tackled her down due to their weight while hugging their mom tightly...

A smiled a little while sniffing back her snot....

Lakshmi's heart quenched knowing that they were scared...

They were never scared before to such an extent...

" Mumma is here na

Now don't worry..

I'm there na

I'm there.. I'm there...

I will not leave you anymore

Sorry sorry " she kept on mumbling with heaviness in her throat... It's becoming hard for her.....

She has to be strong for them....

After all they are still little kids who didn't see the world yet....

" di " lakshmi heard and looked up to see Anu with her one side of head bruised.

Anu kneeled down looking at Lakshmi and lakshmi hugged her too knowing that she was manhandled...

Anu was scared when she was those bad people, she was for kids and her for herself....and now she felt her solace return as soon as she came back to lakshmi...

Lakshmi is her strength...without her, she wouldn't be able to live in this world....

That is the value lakshmi has in anu's life...

Lakshmi stood up and looked at Rahul who is standing there looking down at the ground.

'I failed'

This is the only thought that has been going on and on in his brain... He promised to keep everyone safe but he couldn't....

He felt hands circling him and he came out of his daze to looks at his sister who is softly patting his back while hugging him tightly.

" does it pain? " she asked remembering her daughter's words on phone...

He laid down himself for her kids... This thought itself bought warmthness in her heart but she was hurt seeing his severely bruised face...

They were all consoling each other and long forgotten the others who are standing and witnessing their moment of reconcilement .

All the while Arjun was staring at his wife....how she is smiling and crying at the same time....but he didn't like her hugging Rahul....even though he he knew that it is not something he needs to take care of.... But what bugged him was Rahul's presence in this moment....

He understood that rahul has been in contact with lakshmi....

But...

'Why didn't he tell me?'.... The thought of his best friend and sworn brother hiding such a grave matter arose multiple suspicions with anger in him....

" Mumma

Who are they? " Neelu asked while tugging her mom's Kurthi harshly for the n'th time as her mom kept on talking with Anu and Rahul.

Lakshmi realized that she was still in their palace and looked at a set of people who are standing and looking at their direction...

She asked her daughter to leave her Kurthi and went towards her in laws.

She stared at them in their eyes one by one as if challenging them silently.....

But as soon as Neelu's eyes fell on a man whom she found similar to the man who used to sit near temple, she ran towards him and looked at him while craning up her little neck .

Arjun looked down while feeling a presence and for a second he couldn't believe his eyes seeing his little girl...

" oye

U man on temple? " she asked in her baby voice while Veer and Anita recognized the little girl... They have only seen her once directly but from afar...

Arjun nodded his head and soon lakshmi pulled back her daughter while glaring at Arjun to dare to take another step towards her kids.

" go and stand with your brothers " Lakshmi said trying to control her anger while talking to her daughter and Neelu ran back to brothers seeing her mother's reaction....she is scared of her mother now.....

" how dare you lay finger on my kids!

How dare you hurt Rahul and Anu.

If you dare then face me directly!

Don't involve my family in this " she said glaring at him....

" are those our grandchildren ? " Veer asked looking skeptically at those 5 kids specifically....

Lakshmi looked at him puzzled....

'Are these people playing with me?

If they didn't know who they are....

then why will they kidnap?'.......she came out of her daze as soon as she saw Arjun moving towards her.

" stop

stop this game,

I'm leaving.

Don't... I mean it...

Don't do this again.

Don't even think of approaching us " she threatened them while seething in anger as they are still pretending to be good on surface....

She turned around but stopped as soon as she heard him...

" those are my kids? " Arjun asked looking at those kids. His legs wobbled at the mere thought of it...

Lakshmi snapped towards him quickly and growled " MINE " and turned away.

She went towards her kids but they stepped back as soon as they saw their mother's red eyes... They were scared looking at her screaming....

They have never seen their mother like this....

Lakshmi was shocked.

She was hurt while looking at her kids stepping back from her....

She looked at Rahul and he nodded while asking the kids to follow him.

But Utkarsh didn't move from his stand. " Mumma who are they? " he asked not afraid of his mother's outburst. Lakshmi grunted while trying to control her anger. Her kids are already scared of her and she can't risk it again. She took in a deep breath and controlled herself...

" you don't need to know about them" lakshmi said trying to make him understand and he nodded looking at his mother. But Neelu wants to know it and she ain't going to get down without knowing who they are...

" Mumma Who are they? " Neelu asked again and now everyone is looking at Lakshmi waiting for an answer.

She knew that they would have to know it one or the other day but she didn't expect that it day would come so soon..

She sighed in frustration and controlled herself. This is not at all what she wanted.... She didn't want these people in her kids life.....

Who was that monster in her life?

What were his contributions again?

Did he do any? Not that she remembers any....

" he is your sperm donor and you are his by product " lakshmi said looking blankly at her kids.

The boys understood what their mother meant and pulled back Neelu while mumbling in her ear something.

Arjun was shocked.

All words would be less to comprehend his situation right now...

First his wife....now his kids.....

He couldn't get his eyes of the woman who is standing in middle of him and his children. He glanced back at his children and saw them looking at him with the same calculative eyes....

The whole family of Rajputs stood like pillars while glancing to and fro except Veer who sat back and looked at everyone calmly....

" papa ? " Neelu murmured but enough for everyone to hear.

Lakshmi snapped her head back angrily at her daughter and was about to move towards her but Arjun already bet her to it and walked faster towards his daughter with a lot of heaviness in his heart and hugged her tightly in his large arms.

'I have kids...

I have children...

mine and my little wife's....

My kids....

our kids....'

His heart swelled up with love and he couldn't move his eyes away from them...

Arjun placed a lingering kiss on Ibbu's head and hugged all the boys while they returned back by hugging their newly found father....

How much ever strong those kids are

by the end of the day,

they are still kids

who yearn for the love of both

mother and a father.....

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