Chapter 36: The Rat That Killed the Cat
Location: Enemy Command Ship – Open Waters
The command room was soaked in red light. A siren pulsed. A screen blinked one message on repeat:
> "MISSION FAILED. ZERO SURVIVORS."
General Kassim, the enemy head, stood silent. Then—without warning—he hurled the tablet across the room. It shattered against the steel wall.
> "Twenty-four elite soldiers. Gone. For what?!" he roared. "Where's Viren? Bring that bastard on screen. Now!"
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Location: Military Hospital – Classified Wing
Viren sat in a dimly lit room, IV line in his arm, wounds fresh but healing. The screen flickered on. General Kassim's face, twisted with rage, stared back.
> "You told me the island was finished. Abandoned. You said the last resistance was crushed!" Kassim barked. "Now my men are dead—killed like dogs!"
Viren remained calm, eyes fixed on the monitor.
> "I gave intel based on ground reports. Rana and his team were wiped. No activity detected for days. But…" He tapped a file at his side. "I received something new."
The screen switched to a document:
> Names: Siddharth | Shiva | Akash Occupation: Teachers Status: Missing – Last known location matches black site radius
Kassim blinked.
> "Teachers?"
> "Yes. Civilians," Viren replied. "But not ordinary ones. They entered by mistake… and survived. That's no accident."
Kassim growled.
> "Don't feed me bedtime stories. You want me to believe three schoolteachers butchered trained killers?"
Viren leaned forward.
> "This isn't your country, General. This is Bharat." "We teach bravery with lullabies here. Even rats know how to kill cats when cornered." "What your men walked into wasn't chaos. It was a warzone wrapped in silence. And those three? They're not fighting for orders… they're fighting for the soul of their land ."
Kassim paused.
> "You're telling me this was… coincidence?"
Viren smirked, tired but defiant.
> "No. I'm telling you—this was fate. And if you don't take it seriously... the next rat might come for the lion himself."
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Narrator Voice:
The enemy lost soldiers. But they gained something far more dangerous—fear.
And as the storm gathered at sea, three teachers stood unknowingly at the edge of history.
Their war was just beginning. And somewhere, in the shadows of strategy and blood… Even fate held its breath.