Chapter 151 - 150 Teeny tiny petty shop

Shreya rubbed her hands behind his back trying to calm him down. After a few minutes, she pulled away and told him solemnly, "Charan, I know you are scared for me. But please trust me. I know what I am doing. Nothing will happen to me. I promise." She then looked at Hank and said, "Keep him safe!"

Shreya slipped out of his grips before he could have the chance to stop her again. Both the men were left to stare at her retreating figure feeling helpless.

Hank then guided Charan further into the field away from the road and Shreya. If they can't hide now, all the effort Shreya put in will be waste in the end. So for now, Hank decided to follow her orders.

Anyways with Shreya's skills, she will be able to hold them off for quite some time but if Charan was put into harm's way, she will lose her rational and that could be dangerous.

They laid low and waited. Seconds ticked by in the eerie silence. All you could hear were the wind blowing making the plants around dance to their rhythms.

Under different circ.u.mstances, Charan could have probably enjoyed this pureness and calmness. But now, it just increased his anxiety. His heart couldn't stay still no matter how much he tried to convince himself. It kept racing to Shreya.

After waiting for half an hour painstakingly, then both Hank and Charan went back to the road.

There was no sight of anything breathing or moving. Their car was in the same ditch they left it. But there was no trace of the car that hit them. The only trace left behind was the broken glasses from its windshield and blood dripped from when Hank had knocked out the people from the car before.

"Don't worry. The blood if from when I knocked them out!!" Hank clarified seeing Charan's widened eyes.

Then he guided him to the location Shreya had sent him. Even though she said it would take them half an hour to reach, because of their state of mind, their steps were swift while their eyes and ears were peeled. SO they reached the location in half the time Shreya had predicted.

It was actually a very small petty shop at the side of the road. Just as Hank kept staring at the shop confused as to whether or not they were at the right place, puny guy rushed out of the shop stumbling through some provisions kept on the floor.

He greeted them respectfully and led them behind the shop. It was a small worn-down dingy-looking place but a middle-aged woman who looked as puny as the guy at the shop greeted them with a warm smile.

"I need to make a call!!" Hank said getting straight to point.

The guy went to the shelf and pulled out a phone from under the piled up clothes and handed it to Hank.

Hank's hands flew over the phone and call connected to Zack. He kept it simple and brief as he said, "Shreya is in trouble. She still has the tracker on her. Sent me the location…"

He then looked at the guy and asked, "You have a vehicle??"

The guy did not answer but gestured them to follow him back. Hank followed with Charan hot on his trail.

The back of the house opened to a barn that looked like it is going to fall out at any moment. And at its center, there was a car covered fully by a beige cloth.

Hank thought as long as it would start, it was okay. But to his surprise when the guy pulled out the cloth a pristine looking Chevy was revealed. The guy then went to a shelf nearby and opened it to reveal a mini armory. It was filled with guns, ammunition, and knives.

"Thank you…" Hank said to the guys and the guy left them to it.

"You stay here… Back up is 30 minutes out. I have to go buy her some time till then…" Hank said holstering the guns of his choice.

"I am coming with you. I am not going to stay here and wait for a damn phone call when my girlfriend is held captive by some assholes." Charan replied sternly.

"I can't protect you there…" Hank said exasperated.

"You don't have to. I might not know my way around a gun but I do have training in hand to hand combat. I can handle myself. Four pairs of hands are better than two…" Charan argued.

Hank turned around and gave him a look. He did not say anything but suddenly his hands flew towards Charan balled up into a fist. Charan dodged it with ease. This went on for straight two minutes and Charan was punched only once in the gut. He successfully dodged every other blow from Hank.

"Okay fine. Keep it. This is safety. Pull the trigger only when absolutely necessary. The accuracy rate is high on this one. SO as long as you aim at a bigger target, you should be able to hit it!!" Hank said and got into the car.

Charan holstered the gun and followed suit.

"The car is fast…" The shop guy told them before bidding them goodbye.

Both of them reached the nearest point that could be reached by road and got down. She wasn't taken that far out. They were on the outskirts of the city covered by forest.

"How accurate is the location exactly??�� Charan asked looking at the thick cover of trees. It's late and it is going to be tough moving let alone searching in this.

"One-mile radius!!" Hank replied. But he could see why he would ask. It would be impossible for two guys to cover that much ground in the forest and find her in time.

Charan stayed calm though.

"You have a plan!!" Hank asked.

"Maybe… how about I act as bait. If I am too obvious, they will probably bring me to wherever Shreya is held. You can just follow me out!!" Charan asked still looking for an easy way of doing it. But there was none.

"I can't. Shreya will have my head!! There are too many variables…" Hank refused after giving it a thought.

"There is no other way. There is still a lot of time for the back up to come here and it's been too long since they got Shreya. The longer she is in there, the more risk she is in. The odds won't be in her favor no matter how skilled she is!!" Charan said moving forward without giving Hank any chance to argue.