INT. OPERATIONAL VAN – NIGHT (FLASHBACK)
The rain drums hard against the steel roof.
Inside, red lights flicker. Surveillance feeds glow.
One screen shows MAHI, walking toward the hospital's side entrance.
Another shows AHAAN, sprinting desperately through traffic.
MISHRI sits still, dressed in black, her gloved hand hovering near a silenced pistol on the console.
COMMANDER (V.O.):
> "Agent Ahaan has been compromised.
Operative 17, proceed with termination.
Do not fail."
She closes her eyes for half a second.
A flicker of something human… then gone.
MISHRI (quietly):
"…Confirmed."
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EXT. HOSPITAL BACKSIDE – NIGHT
Mahi walks alone, exhausted from a long shift.
She hums something under her breath. Completely unaware.
A figure steps out of the alley.
Mishri.
Cold. Steady. Finger on the trigger, hidden under her coat.
Her breath fogs in the night air.
She watches Mahi.
Every step she takes… closer to the crosshair.
MISHRI (to herself):
"She'll never love you the way I did, Ahaan."
Suddenly—
Ahaan crashes into her, grabbing her wrist and forcing her against the wall in one brutal motion.
AHAAN (whispers, furious):
"You were sent?!"
MISHRI (ice-cold):
"You couldn't do it.
So they called the one who would."
AHAAN:
"You were never supposed to be part of this."
MISHRI (bitter):
"I've always been part of this.
I just wasn't the one you chose."
He disarms her.
Her gun hits the ground with a dull thud.
Mahi, unaware, walks inside the hospital — safe…
for now.
AHAAN:
"If you ever go near her again…"
MISHRI (interrupts, calmly):
"You'll kill me?
No, you won't. Because I still know things about you, Agent."
Ahaan glares at her — burning. But walks away.
Fast. Determined. Towards Mahi.
Mishri watches him go —
Eyes full of rage.
And heartbreak.
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END OF FLASHBACK – BACK TO PRESENT (Night, Alone in the Department)
Mishri stands in the silence of the empty office.
She opens a file drawer and slips in a black folder labeled:
"OP54 – TERMINATION FAILED"
She locks the drawer.
And whispers to the air:
MISHRI:
"I never missed a shot.
Except the one that should've ended her."
She walks away — heels echoing in the dark hallway —
but her heart still bleeding silently.