🪖 Chapter 46: The Message They Never Expected
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Location: The Island – Outer Field
The sound of marching echoed across the battlefield.
Enemy soldiers began surrounding the teachers. The island rumbled with chaos.
And then — confusion.
From the sky, a song began to play.
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"God Bless You" – Theme from GBU
A movie song. Not a war anthem. Not even a military tone.
Something about it felt… out of place.
Beautiful. Powerful. Emotional.
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Siddharth blinked in confusion.
Shiva looked up, frowning.
> "Is this… a song?"
"Here? Now?"
Even Akash, who usually joked, stood frozen.
But then slowly — his eyes widened.
> "Macha… that's the GBU theme song."
And he started to vibe automatically.
Sid turned to the old man.
> "You know what this means, right?"
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Before they could respond —
Old man Krishnan stepped forward, his voice soft.
> "That's it. That's what I was trying to remember."
His voice trembled with memory.
> "When the Supreme Head came to our base years ago… this song always played when he arrived."
> "But he's dead… isn't he?"
Suddenly — the clouds above split.
🎧 Helicopters approached.
Not enemy ones. But three choppers, marked with the national flag.
They hovered low, winds ripping across the trees.
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💥 One helicopter descended… with cinematic grace.
Its door opened slowly.
And a man stepped out.
His boots touched the soil like thunder.
His eyes — burning with silent purpose.
Krishnan whispered, almost in disbelief:
> "That's… his helicopter."
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📍Scene Cut: Black Site – Interrogation Room
Viren stared at the feed.
The new troops had landed. Orderly. Powerful. Well-trained.
> "Impossible…" he muttered.
"How could they have mobilized a squad this fast?"
He turned to Abdul.
> "Tell me the truth. HOW did they get there so soon?"
Abdul simply looked at him.
And smiled.
> "You really are a fool, Viren."
"And you prove it more and more every day."
Viren clenched his jaw.
> "Answer me!"
Abdul calmly walked toward a cabinet… and pulled out an old file.
> "Because you underestimated three men."
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📽️ Flashback Begins
Inside the island bunker — days ago…
Siddharth, Akash, Shiva, and Krishnan sat around a table.
Akash, teary-eyed, whispered:
> "Looks like we're not making it back, macha…"
"This thing always itches my back."
He slowly took something from his waist — a small, old military pager.
Sid asked, "What's that?"
> "This… I found it during one of our recon days, in Captain Rana's weapons room. I liked how vintage it looked."
He placed it on the table.
Everyone stared.
Krishnan leaned closer.
His eyes widened.
> "I've seen this before… in Captain Rana's hand."
> "This isn't just a pager."
> "It's part of a secret backup communication system… one only Rana and I knew about."
Then Sid said:
> "This — is our last hope."
And sent all things happening here as message
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Back to Present…
📡 The signal they had sent from the pager —
crafted long ago by Rana and Abdul —
was coded to bypass all enemy jammers.
It wasn't just communication.
> It was a call to a forgotten network.
And someone — somewhere — had heard it.
> Abdul had caught the signal.
And he saw the message.
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🎙️ Narrator Voice:
In a world of satellites and supercomputers…
> It was the humble pager… that broke the silence.
A signal of faith.
A symbol of trust.
Sent from death's doorstep —
> And received by a man who never forgot what they stood for.