FLASHBACK SEQUENCE: "3 ATTEMPTS. 3 FAILURES."
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ATTEMPT 1 – THE NEEDLE (HOSPITAL – NIGHT)
INT. ICU – DRUGS CABINET – NIGHT
Mishri, dressed as a visiting doctor, opens the medication locker.
She silently pulls out two vials — identical in color.
One is adrenaline.
The other… potassium chloride. Lethal.
She carefully swaps the labels.
Cold. Clinical.
CUT TO:
MAHI, exhausted after a 12-hour shift, walks in.
Mishri smiles gently.
MISHRI:
"I already prepped the dose for the patient in Bed 9. Just inject it."
MAHI:
(surprised)
"Oh — thanks."
Just as Mahi picks up the syringe —
AHAAN bursts into the ward.
Wearing civilian clothes. Slightly injured. Bleeding from his arm.
AHAAN:
"Dr. Mahi, I need help—now!"
Mahi drops the syringe instantly and rushes to him.
She never gives the fatal injection.
Mishri watches, jaw tight.
MISHRI (to herself):
"…Saved. Again."
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ATTEMPT 2 – THE STAIRCASE "ACCIDENT"
INT. HOSPITAL STAIRCASE – MIDNIGHT
Mahi climbs the narrow stairs with a stack of files in hand.
A shadow moves above her.
Mishri, in nurse scrubs, quietly unscrews the railing bolt at the top landing.
She plants water on the steps.
Slippery. Deadly.
Mahi reaches the top — foot just about to land where the water is—
Ahaan appears from the opposite corridor.
AHAAN (teasing):
"You always work this hard or just trying to impress someone?"
MAHI (laughing):
"Shut up."
She turns to face him — and misses the exact step that would've sent her tumbling down.
Mishri watches from above — again — her plan ruined.
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ATTEMPT 3 – THE CAR BOMB
EXT. PARKING LOT – EARLY MORNING
Mahi unlocks her car.
She opens the door, tosses her bag inside, and puts the key in the ignition.
The timer on the under-chassis bomb ticks:
00:07… 00:06…
Suddenly, a loud honk. Ahaan drives in and parks right beside her.
He jumps out.
AHAAN:
"You forgot your file, Dr. Genius."
She laughs, shuts off the ignition, and gets out to grab the folder.
Ahaan tosses it playfully onto her dashboard.
00:02… 00:01…
BOOM.
The car explodes.
Mahi screams as the impact knocks her backward into Ahaan's arms.
The parking lot bursts into flames.
Mahi looks at him in shock.
MAHI (shaking):
"Ahaan… if I had started that car…"
He hugs her tightly — eyes scanning the smoke, thinking:
AHAAN (to himself):
"That wasn't an accident."
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BACK TO PRESENT – INT. MISHRI'S APARTMENT – NIGHT
Mishri stands in front of a corkboard filled with:
Mahi's schedules
Photos
Blueprints
Failed plans.
She stares at it, breath heavy.
MISHRI (whispers, almost trembling):
"No matter how I plan it…
he always chooses her."
She rips one photo off — a picture of Ahaan and Mahi smiling together.
Her hands shake.
MISHRI (growling):
"I will not lose again."
She turns. The camera closes in on her bloodshot eyes.
This time — she's not coming with plans.
She's coming with war.