Aarav abhi bhi computer screen ko dekh raha tha. Dr. Karan Mehta ka video khatam ho chuka tha, lekin uske dimaag me bahut saare sawaal ghoom rahe the.
"Agar Dr Mehta mar chuke hain… to phir yeh video kisne banaya?" Aarav ne dheere se kaha.
Room bilkul shaant tha.
Tabhi achanak lights thodi si blink hui.
Tik… Tik… Tik…
Wahi machine ki awaaz phir se sunayi di.
Aarav dheere dheere room ke andar aur aage badha. Wahan ek bada glass chamber tha jisme kuch wires aur machines connected thi.
Lag raha tha jaise kisi experiment ke liye use kiya gaya ho.
Aarav chamber ke paas gaya aur usne glass ko haath se touch kiya.
Usi waqt uske peeche se kisi ke chalne ki awaaz aayi.
Tap… Tap… Tap…
Aarav ka dil tez dhadakne laga.
Woh dheere se peeche muda.
Room ke kone me ek aadmi khada tha.
Andhera itna zyada tha ki uska chehra clearly dikh nahi raha tha.
Aarav ne himmat karke pucha,
"Tum kaun ho?"
Kuch seconds tak koi jawab nahi aaya.
Phir woh aadmi dheere dheere light ke paas aaya.
Jab uska chehra roshni me aaya, Aarav shock ho gaya.
Woh aadmi aur koi nahi balki Dr Karan Mehta the.
Aarav ne hairani se kaha,
"Yeh… yeh kaise possible hai? Sab log kehte hain ki aap mar chuke hain!"
Dr Mehta halka sa muskuraaye.
"Logon ko wahi sach bataya gaya jo unhe batana zaroori tha."
Aarav confused ho gaya.
"Matlab?"
Dr Mehta ne kaha,
"Matlab yeh ki meri maut ek jhoot thi."
Room me kuch seconds ke liye silence chha gaya.
Dr Mehta ne Aarav ko ek chair par baithne ko kaha.
Phir unhone sach batana shuru kiya.
"Jab maine brain control technology banayi, mujhe jaldi samajh aa gaya ki yeh bahut dangerous ho sakti hai."
"Government ke kuch log aur kuch powerful organizations is technology ko lena chahte the."
"Woh log isse duniya ko control karna chahte the."
Aarav dhyan se sab sun raha tha.
Dr Mehta ne aage kaha,
"Isliye maine apni maut ka drama kiya aur laboratory ko secretly chalaata raha."
"Main yahan chhup kar research ko safe rakh raha tha."
Aarav ne pucha,
"Lekin aapne mujhe email kyun bheja?"
Dr Mehta serious ho gaye.
"Kyuki ab waqt khatam ho raha hai."
"Un logon ko laboratory ka pata chal gaya hai."
Aarav ka chehra tension se bhar gaya.
"Kaun log?"
Dr Mehta jawab dene hi wale the ki achanak laboratory me ek loud alarm bajne laga.
WARNING! WARNING!
Computer screen par message aaya:
Unauthorized entry detected.
Dr Mehta turant khade ho gaye.
"Woh log aa gaye."
Bahar se gaadiyon ki awaaz aa rahi thi.
Footsteps bhi sunayi de rahe the.
Koi laboratory ke andar aa raha tha.
Aarav ne ghabra kar pucha,
"Ab hum kya karenge?"
Dr Mehta ne computer ki taraf dekha.
"Ab sirf ek hi option hai."
"Technology ko destroy karna."
Aarav shock ho gaya.
"Lekin phir aapki saari research khatam ho jayegi!"
Dr Mehta ne kaha,
"Kabhi kabhi duniya ko bachane ke liye sacrifice karna padta hai."
Unhone computer me ek code type karna shuru kiya.
Screen par ek countdown timer start ho gaya.
30 seconds.
Bahar footsteps aur loud ho gaye.
Lag raha tha ki attackers laboratory ke door tak pahunch chuke hain.
Aarav ka dil zor zor se dhadak raha tha.
Usne pucha,
"Dr Mehta… kya hum bach payenge?"
Dr Mehta ne uski taraf dekha.
Aur dheere se kaha,
"Shayad nahi."
Countdown chal raha tha.
10… 9… 8…
Door par zor zor se knock hone laga.
7… 6… 5…
Aarav aur Dr Mehta ek dusre ko dekh rahe the.
4… 3… 2…
Door tootne ki awaaz aayi.
1…
Aur usi moment poori laboratory ek tez roshni aur blast se hil gayi.
Lekin kahani yahin khatam nahi hui…
Kyuki us raat laboratory se koi ek insaan zinda bahar nikla tha.
Aur uske paas ab bhi experiment ka secret tha.
To be continued…