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“Ainnn... Girl... “ D’amama was again sitting on her bed.  Dhatri opened her eyes.  D’amama smiled nervously.  Dhatri sat up.
 

“Ainn... ma bro is coming...” she said.  Dhatri was confused.  “Ainn.... Wanna go out, right?” D’amama reconfirmed.  Dhatri nodded furiously. 

“Ma.. Brother...! He will help...” D’amama opened her bag showing her the contents...

“New clothes..” she could find some old clothes of Dhatri’s size in her closet.  Dhatri, for the first time looked at her translucent hospital gown she was wearing.  She had only the transparent gown and nothing inside.  For the first time, she felt embarrassed and pulled up her sheet up to the neck.  D’amama squeezed her shoulder considerately. 

“Ainn... Girl.... Aainnn... I’mean .... ummm... have you seen a gun before?” D’amama asked apprehensively.

“Gun?” Dhatri looked up still more confused...

“A gun? Like this? .... To shoot people... Gun?” D’amama asked animatedly stretching her two fingers and folding the others and aiming at Dhatri.  Dhatri looked horror struck.

“Gun..?” She blurted...! “Shuuu...” D’amama pressed her finger on her lips. 

“Ainn... just in case....” she said in a hushed voice.  Dhatri looked away... Going back to her childhood... in the jungle... into the camp...

“Give me my prize...”. She was yelling and shouting, running behind Grumpy.  He had held the big chocolate above his head, teasing Dhatri....! She was wild in rage...!

“I hit the target... give me my prize...!” She pulled his hand and got a tight slap in return.  She wailed in pain and next moment pounced on Grumpy like a wild, cornered cat.  He tried to save himself in vain.. She had her claws out hitting him and biting him...!

“Stop... stop...!” he surrendered.  She had a victorious grin on her face... “Huff... Huff... “ she panted. 

“Hit the target again ... and get a bigger one...!” she was tempted again... He had inserted the heavy toy in her hand... this time the real one... She held it with both her hands and aimed.....

“Puff.... The bullet whizzed and hit the centre....” Dhatri jumped in excitement and the next moment Grumpy yelped in fright.  Dhatri had aimed her toy at Grumpy.

“My prize...” She demanded.  He raised his hand and surrendered giving her two chocolates.  Dhatri ran back, throwing the loaded gun on the ground, to her fellow friends to share the prize.  Grumpy kept looking at the centre of the target amazed.  She had proved her abilities in just two weeks of training in gun firing and never missed the target... ! The next was hitting the moving target.  The only hitch was, the gun was too heavy for her.  She must learn to handle it properly. 

Next few weeks, Grumpy was with her, training her, encouraging her... and of course hitting her when she missed the hit.  Papu mari was not at all happy with the training...! She wouldn’t approve a kid getting trained in killing people.  Dhatri,  oblivious to the real purpose of the training, was enjoying her success in hitting the target.  She had surpassed everyone in the camp including Grumpy, in hitting the target, every time getting her prize and sharing it with her friends...!   

“Aiinnn... Girl..!” D’amama tried to wake her up from her reminiscent state of mind.  Dhatri looked lost.  “Look... wen.. ma brother comes... we make brouhaha... you run... out... ok?” she leaned forward to whisper in Dhatri’s ear... Dhatri nodded.

“Tomorrow Evening.. ok?” D’amama went away and Dhatri waited from that moment for tat ‘tomorrow Evening...!’

A nurse came in with a tray of medicines.  Dhatri pulled the blanket over her head.  The nurse pulled the blanket making her sit on the bed.  Dhatri looked at her.

“Get ready...!” she said injecting a medicine and mending her hair tying in a tight bun.  She applied some solution to her spine and Dhatri shivered uncomfortably. 

“Where are you taking me?” she asked in what can be called as good English.  The nurse didn’t answer.  Dhatri had an urge to hop out of the bed and run for her life.  But three Papa-medics came in and strapped her to the bed.  She was removed from Block !!, 29.  Slowly she drifted to nothingness... no pain, no feeling, no consciousness...!

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“Is everything ok?” Rini opened her eyes in the ambulance and Ravi yelped...!

“You... you are asking us?” he asked aghast.  Rini winked at him.  He gaped. Aidy patted on Ravi’s shoulder, smiling...!

“She will soon pass out..!” she said grinning at Dharini.  Ravi gaped in horror...!

“Ravi... Don’t worry.. Arm and calf are the safest placed... lot of blood... but less injury..hehe..!” she smiled with contorted face in pain.  Ravi swallowed his scream.  Rini looked at Aidy...!

Ravi and Aidy were to accompany Rini to the hospital.  Aidy being the staff trained nurse and Ravi being a friend.  Vinit and Razzy had vanished somewhere without attaching any reason. Jim and Earl were to sit at Razzy's place till next day morning when Vinit and Razzy were supposed to return... Then the next phase would be chalked out...!

“Hey.. don’t worry.  She will be alright...!” she tried to pacify Ravi.  He shook his head.  Aidy turned her face to Rini...

“Why did we allow him to accompany us?” she asked in fake frustration... Rini grinned. Ravi flared up.

“What do you mean allow me? I am the only one from her family, ok!” he went overboard in rage...

“Oh yeah? Really? Family member! Haan?” Rini raised her eyebrows winking...! He looked away flushing...!

“I mean.. it was in our plan, right?” he asked coming back to his senses.  Aidy checked Rini’s pulse. 

“Its time!” she said and the Ambulance pulled over at the emergency entrance to take Dharini who was seriously injured, to the casualty ward...!

“Ok.  I will try to arrange you on the same floor... Ray.. be with her, ok?” Aidy hopped out and Rini was carried into the emergency ward, unconscious, losing blood heavily....!

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Dr. Scott Humphrey  walked in and the man behind the mahogany table rose from his seat. 

“Reports?” Dr. Humphrey demanded sternly.  The man staggered rummaging into his drawer.  He pulled out a fat diary.  Dr. Humphrey picked it up and stared at the man.

“Yes... Right!” he picked a few files piled separately and handed it over to Dr. Humphrey.  He flipped through them and turned to leave. 

“Be ready for the audit..!” He ordered and walked out of the cabin.  His strides depicted his power and confidence.  He stopped at the Nurses' Bay and glanced at the duty charts... ! He turned to the laundry chute to find the hatch open.  A house keeper came in running to shut it....! Dr. Turned again glancing at the surrounding.  Everything seemed to be perfect.  He glanced at he files.... Turned to the elevator....!

The administrator followed him to his chamber.  Dr, Humphrey stopped him at the door.  “Get the girl ready...!” he said dismissing him. 

He opened her file and the Diary to look into her records.  “Perfect!” he appreciated looking into the file.  She was filed under drug abuse, into the rehabilitation ...! He gazed at the diary...! Her electroencephalogram, her MRI, pathology reports... were all handwritten....! He glanced smirking to himself....! No record existed about Dhatri in the database of the hospital...! There were several such persons hidden from the records or under different identities....! The Lab Rats...!

Electroconvulsive ... ECT... ! He breathed out...! Within few minutes Dhatri was to be given a shock treatment for her chemical imbalances in her brain....! The smirk grew into a smile...

“Interesting...!” he exclaimed looking at the written notes in the diary.  “2010, Nobel for Medicine goes to... Dr. Scott Humphrey....!” his heart took a Somersault....! Twice he was nominated and someone else took it away from him. 

Andrew Fire in 2006 for turning off specific genes in animal cell... called RNA interference..

“Huhh... Silencing cell from marching ahead to death.... Defying death?” he scoffed disdainfully disregarding the research done by Andrew... He was nominated for his research in Molecular and Genetic Medicine in killing cancerous cells, considering it as in primitive stage with inadequate data...!

He had set up this huge Rat Laboratory for clinical trials in revenge to gather huge data....!

The second time was in 2008 when  Thomas Sudof was awarded the Nobel, for his research and discoveries of machine regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells   Dr. Scott had given up his guided research, after that...! He focused on his charitable hospitals professing free medical help.  The pharmaceutical companies came forward with huge donations in the form of bio-medical equipments and medicines...! Doctor gained accolades from all walks of life...! His Rat Lab was running safely under cover...!

But of late, there were a few failures and the otherwise peaceful town Lincoln stirred with the news about the hospital’s negligence and unethical practices...! Dr. Scott had gone on back foot immediately cleaning up his records and silencing his research activities... 

But when he heard about Dhatri’s abilities through Dr. Bridge... one of the delegates at the conference, he couldn’t resist....! He himself went there uninvited under the pretext of meeting Dr. Bridge and got the first hand experience.  He kept an eye on the girl showed by Dr. Bridge and caught her alone behind the stage for a brief moment... He slit his wrist with the blade and Dhatri couldn’t resist her powers....!  He had to try this with someone else and Bridge came curiously forward slitting his palm...! Dhatri again had lost her resistance to her powers...! She was carried to the washroom to pour cold water... and from there, safely to the Rat Lab...!

Dr. Scott clenched his fists in anger...! This new audit summons was a new headache hindering his trails on her....

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“Ready...!” A nurse came from behind.  Dr. Scott turned.... “hum...!” he marched into the procedure room...!

“Bring her in...!” he ordered checking the equipment.  The nurse gaped horror struck..!

“She was in here...!” She said in a ghostly voice and Dr. Turned to look around.

“Where is she?” he asked in a icy cold voice.  Dhatri had disappeared... despite being  immobilized... strapped... tied ... drugged... unconscious...!

“Where is she?” He asked with raised voice and the nurse broke into action...! Dhatri seemed to have vanished in thin air....! Warning signals relayed all over the hospital...! Dhatri had disappeared....!!  

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...To be continued the 100th episode.... Will do it by midnight...India time...!