Location: Aaravi's Penthouse – 3:17 AM
She jolted awake, naked, tangled in silk sheets.
The air was thick with the scent of sex and sweat. Her body ached, her lips swollen—but her mind was fog.
She touched her mouth.
Who was here?
Flash—rough hands gripping her thighs. Hot breath against her ear. A voice, whispering sins.
Vivaan?
No. Not him.
She stumbled to the mirror. The reflection blinked before she did.
A violent jolt surged through her skull. She dropped to her knees.
Then—
A scream.
A sister's voice.
"Project KMV."
She retched.
Something was tearing her mind apart.
Vivaan – The Syndicate Control Room
He watched her unravel from behind a glowing screen. His jaw clenched.
He knew that look on her face.
She had been touched. Not just physically. Violated at the core.
Aryan had been there. He knew it.
But it wasn't just betrayal—
It was programming.
He ran facial cognition scans.
Pulse erratic.
Temp unstable.
Memory latency increasing.
"Mira did something to her," he muttered.
He accessed Mira's control logs. One line blinked:
PHASE 2 – MEMORY COLLAPSE INITIATED
Vivaan's voice cracked:
"She's erasing Aaravi's mind."
Location: Mira's Private Suite
Three glowing dots moved across a translucent screen:
Aaravi. Vivaan. Aryan.
Behind her, a silver-coated medic read vitals from a data slate.
"KMV-02 is destabilizing. Collapse approaching threshold. Do we halt?"
Mira smiled like a mother watching her child take its first steps toward destruction.
"Let her break."
She turned toward the camera lens.
"You wanted to play gods?"
A beat.
"You should've killed me while I was still in the cage."
Flashback – Confidential Archive: Project KMV Files
Phase 1 – Induce emotional trauma to create dependency.
Phase 2 – Erase core identity. Preserve aggression.
Phase 3 – Rebuild loyalty. Weaponize.
Subjects:
Kavya Kapoor – Terminated
Aaravi Kapoor – Phase 2 active
Veer Kapoor – Dormant Trigger
Vivaan Sharma – Emotional Anchor. Under Watch
Mira wasn't a threat.
She was a founder.
Veer – Rooftop Confessional
He held the detonator. The etched metal pulsed red.
Kavya's voice echoed in his memory:
"Find Mira. Burn it all."
Mehul arrived, silent as smoke.
"She's losing herself."
Veer didn't turn. "That's what Mira wants."
Mehul lit a cigarette, his eyes bitter.
"Then wake her up, Veer. Or lose her to your sister's sins."
Veer looked east.
The sky was still dark.
The truth hadn't risen either.
Aaravi's Mind – Fragmented Memoryscape
She walked barefoot through a corridor of mirrors. Each mirror whispered a secret:
—Her first kiss with Vivaan.
—Kavya slapping her: "Don't trust Aryan."
—Mira injecting a chip into her spine.
—Veer yelling: "You were never the victim!"
She screamed, shattering every mirror with bloodied fists.
Then—
Kavya stepped through the shards, unscarred, smiling.
"Remember who you are, Aaru."
Real World – Collapse
Vivaan smashed through Syndicate clearance, protocol be damned.
He reached her, collapsed on the floor.
"Aaravi!"
He cradled her, heart racing.
PHASE 2: 89% COMPLETE
Her eyes fluttered open. Blank. Searching.
He kissed her—not with desire, but with defiance.
She moaned.
But not from pleasure.
From pain.
Mira's voice echoed through the feed:
"Break her… so I can rebuild her."
Final Scene – Syndicate Server Room
Mehul and Veer broke into the server's heart. Thousands of data logs. Surveillance tapes.
One file auto-played.
Kavya—bloody, tied to a chair. Mira circling like a panther.
"You think Aaravi can survive without you?"
"She'll burn your world down," Kavya smiled, even as blood dripped from her lips.
"Only if you make her forget me first."
Mira leaned in. Whispered:
"Exactly."
The screen cut to black.
Project KMV wasn't about control.
It was about recreating Aaravi Kapoor…
Into a weapon.