Silence.
Poora space khamosh tha.
Na hawa…
na koi awaaz…
Jaise waqt bhi ruk sa gaya ho.
Aur us khamoshi ke beech...
👉 ek halki si vibration.
Weak…
broken…
Par zinda.
***
Unknown Space
Darkness ke andar...
👉 ek chhota sa light fragment.
Woh stable nahi tha.
Kabhi glow karta...
Toh kabhi almost vanish ho jaata.
Aur us fragment ke andar...
👉 ek presence.
Confused.
Lost.
👉 "Main… kahan hoon…?"
Awaaz dheemi thi.
Jaise khud se hi baat kar raha ho.
👉 "Yeh… kya jagah hai…?"
Silence.
Phir...
👉 ek faint response.
👉 "Tum yahan ho… jahan sab khatam hota hai."
Fragment flicker.
👉 "Kaun…?"
Darkness mein ek aur presence.
Clear nahi…
Par feel ho raha tha.
👉 "Main wahi hoon… jisse tum bhagna chahte the."
Silence.
👉 "Observer…?"
Pause.
👉 "Nahi…
👉 "Main uska bhi baaki hissa hoon."
Fragment unstable ho gaya.
👉 "Mujhe… yaad nahi aa raha…"
👉 "Main… kaun hoon…?"
***
Reality... Industrial Zone
Subah ho chuki thi.
Sunlight dheere dheere broken buildings par gir rahi thi.
Kabir zameen par baitha tha.
Uski aankhon mein neend nahi…
👉 shock tha.
👉 "Woh… sach mein chala gaya…"
Meera chup thi.
Uski aankhein red.
Or usne dheere se kaha....
👉 "Nahi…"
👉 "Woh aise nahi ja sakta…"
Zoya thodi door khadi thi.
Uska face calm tha.
Par andar hi ander.....
👉 storm tha.
👉 "Woh gaya nahi hai…"
Kabir ne kaha....
👉 "Phir kahan hai?!"
Zoya ne jawab diya...
👉 "Between."
Silence.
Kabir ko kuch samajh nahi aaya..
Usne usse kaha....
👉 "Between matlab??"
Zoya ne answer diya....
👉 "Na yahan…"
👉 "na wahan…"
👉 "Ek aisi jagah jahan sirf fragments rehte hain."
Meera dheere se boli...
👉 "Toh hum use wapas laa sakte hain?"
Zoya ne seedha jawab nahi diya.
👉 "Shayad…"
👉 "Par uske liye humein pehle samajhna hoga…"
👉 "woh ab hai kya."
***
Back to Unknown Space
Fragment ab thoda stable ho gaya tha.
Par uske aas paas...
👉 aur bhi fragments.
Different.
Jaise alag alag memories.
Ek fragment..
👉 Aarav ka bachpan.
Dusra...
👉 Meera ki smile.
Teesra...
👉 Kabir ki awaaz.
Aur phir...
👉 darkness.
Aur us darkness ke andar...
👉 kuch aur.
👉 "Tum complete nahi ho…"
Awaaz wapas se aai.
👉 "Tum sirf pieces ho."
Fragment shake hua.
👉 "Main… Aarav hoon…"
Udhar se awaaz aai
👉 "Nahi…"
👉 "Tum Aarav the."
Silence.
👉 "Ab tum kuch aur ho."
***
Fragment Fusion Attempt
Achanak....
👉 fragments move karne lage.
Jaise woh ek dusre ko attract kar rahe ho.
Light aur dark mix hone laga.
Pain.
👉 "AAHH--!"
Fragment unstable.
Par phir bhi...
👉 woh merge hone ki koshish kar raha tha.
👉 "Mujhe… wapas jaana hai…"
👉 "Mujhe… yaad rakhna hai…"
Wahan se awaaz aai...
👉 "Yaad rakhoge… toh toot jaoge."
👉 "Chhod doge… toh ban jaoge."
Silence.
Aarav ne apna decision liya or kaha...
👉 "Main… bhoolunga nahi."
Suddenly...
👉 massive energy surge.
Fragments violently merge hone lage.
Light burst.
Aur phir...
👉 silence.
***
Reality.... Control Room (Later)
Kabir pacing.
👉 "Kuch toh karna padega!"
Meera...
👉 "Hum wait nahi kar sakte…"
Zoya....
👉 "Hum blindly act bhi nahi kar sakte…"
Kabir...
👉 "Toh phir kya karein?!"
Silence.
Zoya dheere se boli...
👉 "Signal…"
Kabir...
👉 "Kya?"
👉 "Weak… par consistent."
Kabir turant system check karta hai.
Uski aankhein wide.
👉 "Yeh… yeh impossible hai…"
Meera ne excited hote hue usse pucha...
👉 "Kya mila?!"
Kabir ne usse jawab dete hue kaha...
👉 "Yeh… Aarav ka signal hai…"
Silence.
👉 "Par…"
👉 "Yeh location show nahi kar raha…"
👉 "Yeh… multiple jagah se aa raha hai."
Zoya ne kaha...
👉 "Fragments…"
Ye sunte hi meera ka saans heavy ho gya.....or usne kaha..
👉 "Toh woh zinda hai…"
Zoya ne kaha...
👉 "Haan…"
👉 "Par complete nahi."
***
Unknown Space
Darkness phir se stable ho gayi.
Aur uske beech main...
👉 ek figure.
Par is baar...
👉 clear.
Par...
👉 thoda different.
Aankhein open.
Unme light bhi…
aur darkness bhi.
👉 "Main…"
Pause.
👉 "Aarav hoon…"
Aur phir...
👉 halki si smile.
👉 "Ya shayad…"
👉 "kuch aur."
Aur uske peeche...
👉 ek shadow move hui.
Slowly.
Jaise koi aur bhi wahan ho.
Aur uski awaaz aai...
👉 "Welcome back…"
👉 "Ab asli game shuru hota hai."
To Be Continued…