Novel Title: Mission Core Author: Lalith Bhargav (Commercial title will reveal with publishers or producers only)

Planned series Mission, core 1 (completed, proofreading and copy writing was pending) Mission core 2 (story finalized, need to start) Mission core 3 (story finalized, need to start)

Mission core was the temporary title for this novel series, looking for publishers and producers for copywriter to protect rights. Mission core actual title has high commercial value so not raveling now. This was entirely developed based on real incidents. I included few chapter completely in this sample book and also introduction to other chapter, so that if anyone interested can contact me. If you are interested to know additional information and real incidents that inspired me, please visit this website www.missionreturn.com and provide your contact information so that I’ll reach you once book/movie available in market & theaters.

Author contact details: Lalith Bhargav [email protected] +91 90325 90229 www.lalithbhargav.net

1. Take off 2. Slipping wheels 3. Captain Bill 4. First call 5. Mr. President 6. Power of core 7. Scientist 8. Delivery boy 9. Nowhere to fly 10. I’m Rabbit 11. Ladybug 12. Execution 13. Reunion 14. A long tail

Take off Date – March – 16 - 2019 Time – 16:00 Place - San Jose international airport A beautiful woman around 27 years old reached the San Jose International airport in a taxi, she slowly opened the taxi door, stepped out from taxi. Taxi drivers also gets down and helped her to keep the luggage on luggage trolley which was placed near to his taxi. The woman gave some money to him and said thanks for his help. She moved into the airport with luggage trolley, when she entered into airport, two officers asked for her identity, she gave a friendly smile and hold her handbag and tried to open it hand bag slipped from her hand and fell down. Immediately she looked towards the officer and said sorry and took it back, first she showed her passport to one officer, second time she took flight tickets and showed to another officer. First officer looked at passport and gave back to her, second officer asked her so you are going to India. She smiled and replied “Yes officer, I’m waiting for this movement from long time finally today it’s happening”. Officer said “it’s not going to happen today”, she surprisingly looked at officer. The officer said “you will land there tomorrow” with smile and gave her ticket. She also smiled and moved into the airport with her luggage trolley. She placed luggage trolley at waiting area and went towards the airline desk for document verification and boarding pass. There are only very few passengers in the airport while she entered into the airport. There is one lady sitting at airline desk, that woman went towards her. Airport officer: Good morning, ma’am Woman: Good morning officer Airport officer: Can I have your passport and airline ticket? Woman: here is my ticket and passport The airport officer checked passport and ticket given by that woman. Airline person took verification documents for checking and conformation. Airline officer: so Miss Sophia, you are going to India! Sophia: Yes, I like to visit India now I am going for the first time. Airline officer: Ok ma’am. It takes two more hours to departure. You can go for security check and bring your luggage to weight checking. Sophia: one-minute officer. I kept my luggage at the waiting area, can I bring it? Airline officer: you can take luggage to conveyor, they will check and add extra charges if luggage exceeds limited weight. Sophia: Thank you officer

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Airline officer: please take your passport ticket and boarding pass, Have a Happy flight ma’am Sophia took documents and boarding pass from the airline officer and moved towards waiting area for luggage trolley. Sophia went to conveyor to check her luggage weight. One officer giving instructions at the conveyor. Sophia went towards him. Officer: Boarding pass please. Sophia: here it is! Officer: Thank you, Madam, is this your luggage? You want to add any extra items? Sophia: no officer, this is it. The officer gave boarding pass back to Sophia, checked the weight of the luggage. Officer: Ma’am, it’s in limit, you no need to pay extra charges. I’m sending it, if you want to take any documents you can take now or else you may face problem at screening time. Sophia: Ok officer, I just have boarding pass, passport, ticket and identity documents. Officer: that’s enough. Let me send this luggage to flight Officer entered boarding pass number on weighing machine, it generated a long slip. Officer cut the slip into two parts, he tagging one slip to luggage and second slip gave to Sophia. Officer: this slip will help you if you miss your luggage at any time during your journey. Sophia: Thank you officer, looks like you have less passengers today. Officer: Yes, madam. There are no flights from one hour and next 80 minutes. Sophia: Officer, can I leave now? Officer: Yes, madam you can go for screening. Sophia: Thank you officer. Sophia went towards the screening area, while she was moving, a passenger about 32 years old, 6 feet tall with perfect physic came for screening, he is very simple and having a small black color suitcase in his hand. Security officers stopped Sophia few steps away from screening, after screening of that man, he took his documents, boarding pass and went towards gate number 3. Sophia went for screening, lady officer came towards her. Lady Officer: Please show your identity and boarding pass. Sophia: here they are. Lady Officer gave instructions to Sophia for screening. After screening, the officer gave boarding pass and identification documents back to Sophia and pointed towards a sign having gate number 3, said “Please follow this sign it will take you to gate and wait there until the announcement of your fight”. Sophia said, “Thank you” and moved towards gate number 3.

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After Sophia reached gate number 3, relax in waiting seat. The person with a suitcase at screening came and sit behind her. When she looks at him, he gives a gentle smile towards her. She also gives a smile and turn around. Time- 17:20 Officials announced Pre-boarding Announcement, Good afternoon passengers. This is the preboarding announcement for flight B77 to India. We are now inviting those passengers with small children, and any passengers requiring special assistance, to begin boarding at this time. Please have your boarding pass and identification ready. Regular boarding will begin in approximately ten minutes time. Thank you. There is no one at gate 3 for boarding, Sophia moved towards the gate for boarding. She looks back towards the person, he is still sitting on his seat. After one more verification she entered into flight. When she enters into the flight, air hostess welcome her and asked Sophia for her seat number. After Sophia telling her seat number air hostess showed her seat. After few minutes, a woman nearly 40 years old with a girl aged 6 years and a boy aged 4 years coming through the gate while they coming into the flight to business class, children started shouting we are first, we came first. Woman with children gently told them to keep quit, Air hostess smiled and said “you are not first”, woman gave boarding pass to the air hostess for seeking help in identification of seats. The children asked, “We are second?” air hostess said, “Yeah, A woman can just before 5 minutes”. Children awfully said “5 minutes” Air hostess said, “You can move to business class, there is one more air hostess to help you”. The woman said “Thank you” and move into the flight. Suddenly they saw a man in middle of the flight sit in his seat, he looks a little weird, cool and he smiled by looking at kids. Kids looked at her mother, she hold their hand, went towards business class. His name Anand 28 years old. Children stopped shouting, went to business class. After boarding Announcement, twin sisters around 21 years old they look like from India enter into the flight and silently sit in their seats. Slowly one by one passengers are boarding the flight, after few minutes team of 64 members entered into the economy class. Inside Airport: A passenger around 32 years old completed document verification and kept his luggage at waiting seats, went into the washroom. He put his pant to hook, slowly someone took his pant and locked washroom doors and move out of the toilet and put ‘under maintenance, a sign to show another washroom direction’ as a notice board at outside to avoid other passengers. Person in washroom started shouting but no one able to hear his sounds. Another woman passenger was drinking coffee, while she is in queue for luggage weight checking, she got a call from hospital, they informed that her husband had an accident. She canceled ticket and went to hospital. One more passenger came to airport in a cab, he get down from cab and while trying taking luggage from luggage compartment. Cab suddenly moved to outside before he took luggage, passenger shouts towards the driver to stop, but he never stopped. The passenger went to catch him in another cab.

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A man around 46 years enter into the flight, he wear suit, with a small bag in his hand, came towards and sited left to Anand. Anand looked towards him and tried to start conversation, but that man takes out a magazine from his suit and started reading it. Airhostesses are busy with team of tourists. Anand looked at the magazine its name is “Doctors Choice”. Anand surprised by seeing the cover page it’s having the person’s picture on it. Anand look at his face and given a friendly smile, then the person look towards the Anand, showed no expression. Looks like he needs some privacy. Anand tries to read the cover page by bending towards it while the person reading the other pages in the book. Anand finds his name as “Robert”, Anand bends little bit more, trying to find his second name and slowly reads the spelling “A L...” Robert observes this and suddenly closes the magazine and look towards Anand seriously, by the sudden reaction of Robert, Anand slip from his seat and said sorry to Robert for his weird behavior and look around him, took a long breath. An air hostess named Lucy observing Anand movements, laughs at him. Anand looked at her, gives a friendly smile. Anand feeling very bore in flight. Pilot and co-pilot entered into flight and moved to cockpit for final checks. After 5 minutes’ passengers started boarding the flight, within 10 minutes enter flight filled with 365 passengers, 7 crew and 2 pilots. Airhostess giving instructions to the passengers and Officials decide to take off the flight early. Airport officials waiting for the last passenger, but he came for boarding pass, but not came for the screening. They gave announcement for him. This is the final boarding call for passenger Sachin booked on flight B77 to Mumbai City. Please proceed to gate 3 immediately. The final checks are being completed and the captain will order for the doors of the aircraft to close in approximately five minutes time. I repeat. This is the final boarding call for Sachin. Thank you. So they decided to call the waiting list, a famous person from India named ‘Ram’ went for the verification. The officer said, “Excuse me, sir, if you don’t mind, there is a patient in emergency condition need to take treatment in India. This is the last flight today, his family ready to pay all your expenses from now until you reach India”. Ram waited for a few seconds and said, “No problem, let them in” and went from the airport. The man who’s waiting in the waiting area entered into flight with his briefcase, moved towards his seat. Lucy signaled Anand to look at down, when Anand looks down his scarf was on the floor, he thought it may fell from his pocket when he bent to see the magazine cover. Anand bent to take his scarf, suddenly A wheel chair is passed by touching Anand’s hand, it hurts a little and leaves a small red mark on the index and middle fingers. He ouch for pain and looked at the person in that wheelchair, he is nearly 70 years old, looks he is very un-comfortable in the wheelchair, one of the ground staff who was helping the old man says “sorry sir” to Anand for his mistake while handling wheel chair. Anand: It is okay to say frankly, it was my mistake. I don't observe you are coming in this way and I interrupted your way. It was just a rash. Handler: does it hurt?

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Anand: little no problem, who is this guy, what happen to him? Handler: he is having paralysis. Slowly his body parts stopped responding. Anand: it is hard for a human, why you bring him here looks like he is uncomfortable in this chair? Anand observed patient closely, he is old, week and even after treatment he need someone assistance to survive. Anand kept his hand on the patient's arm and gently smiled at him, it looks like he is telling get well soon with his smile and eyes. Air hostesses Lucy observing everything. Handler: His family found that in India there is best treatment available for him naturally, so they want to take him to India and continue his treatment there. Anand: Good to hear that, (Anand looked at patient and said) hey boy you will recover soon with natural treatment, so where is his family? Handler: Everyone waiting in the airport, There are no seats for them on this flight, they planned everything suddenly. Therefore, we arranged an emergency seat for this patient. Anand: So he have to wait for others in Airport in India? Handler: One of the passengers was a doctor, he gave his seat for this patient. When he reached India there are few relatives to help him for his treatment. That doctor and this patient's family will come in the next flight. Anand: Is it safe for him to travel? Handler: no problem, he is best compared with a few other passengers. Anand: Yes! I agree with that. Doesn’t he need any additional care in this journey? Handler: They gave medication for him, all tests are completed. He is perfectly alright for this journey, most of the time you are traveling at night so no need much care. Even air hostess will take care of him, they are also trained for this. Anand: Airhostess! They are busy with their work, how can his family leave him alone on the flight for 24 hours. What he does after landing with relatives? Did he wait for them in Delhi airport? Handler: They arranged few people in Delhi to receive him hope everything will happen as they thought, they will reach India in next flight, they are managing well. Anand: Poor guy, he need love and affection before any treatment, may I know his name? Handler: His name was Edwin, if you don’t mind, will you keep an eye on him until you reach India? Just inform to Airhostesses if you feel he need someone's attention. Air hostess also help to take care of him, if possible you can help. Anand: Why not, I will do my best until I’m here. Handler: Thank you, His seat number was ‘17H’ Anand: Never mind

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While Anand and handler having conversation, Lucy came to Anand. Lucy: Excuse me, sir flight going to take off now. We need to make him sit. Anand: sorry, you carry on. Handler: Can you help me to adjust Edwin to sit on his seat Anand: okay, you seek my help before take-off, then how much I need to do for him until flight landing (with a smile) Handler: If your comfort, you can help. Any problem never mind. Anand: nothing like that, I was just kidding. Anand and handler help Edwin to sit in his seat, the handler says “Thank you, sir, final announcement also completed, I’ll leave now”. Anand smiles, says “have a good evening” and went to sit in his seat. The handler gets down from flight. Final boarding announcement also completed. Lucy gave announcements for seatbelt, emergency exit and non-smoking flight. While the door is closing, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is Susan and I’m your chief flight attendant. On behalf of Captain Rock and the entire crew, welcome aboard United Airlines flight B77, non-stop service from San Jose to Delhi. Our flight time will be about 11 hours and 45 minutes. We will be flying at an altitude of 34,000 feet at a ground speed of 480 miles per hour per hour. At this time, make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position and that your seat belt is correctly fastened. Also, your portable electronic devices must be set to ‘airplane’ mode until an announcement is made upon arrival. Thank you.” Doors are closed all passengers once again checked everything, later pilot started his announcement intended to the flight attendants. “Flight attendants, doors on automatic, crosscheck and report. Thank you.” Susan checked the doors and informed to captain that everything was closed properly. Finally, flight started moving towards the runway. Most of the passengers this is their first flight experience, they are exited while flight moving towards the runway. The pilot again announced “We should depart in about two minutes, Flight attendants, prepare for take-off please.” Flight take-off with the heavy sound of the engine, it’s moving faster and faster. It’s a feeling of touching the clouds and children are shouting loudly, after takeoff completed smoothly. Flight attendants conduct cabin checks and listening for any unusual noise. Later checked on the lavatory for the smoke detector status. One attenders went for cockpit check.

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Pilots check everything in control panel and discussing with air traffic control to know information about other fights in their way, air traffic control gave green signal to start auto pilot, after sometime Pilot switched to auto pilot mode, pilots no need to control anything, everything will control by the preprogramed system, pilots just monitor and observe flight and environment conditions. Flight attenders walking between the passengers to make sure they're comfortable after takeoff, assisting passengers who need additional help, everyone was busy with their gadgets, with available WiFi in the flight. Children watching the animations in their screens, Lucy went to Edwin and trying give some syrup. Anand watching her and went towards Edwin to help Lucy. Edwin was un-comfortable after takeoff, Anand unbuckled his seat belt, for few minutes, Edwin unable to take the syrup properly, and Anand helps him by holding the spoon for some long time. Finally, Edwin took some time to take syrup. Lucy says “Thank you” to Anand, Anand “you’re welcome, don’t buckle him until it’s necessary, you can call me anytime”, Lucy, “what?” Anand “I mean while you are taking care of Edwin, I’ll help so just take my help”, Lucy replied “Oh! Ok sir, Thank you”, Anand said “My name is Anand, you can call me as Anand” Lucy smiled and said “This is Lucy” Anand with smile “Nice to meet you, Lucy” Lucy “Thank you. It's very nice to meet you as well Mr. Anand.” Anand went back to his seat. Robert was studying the case file from last 5 minutes, it contains few reports, scans and other doctor’s suggestions about a patient. He is browsing something and writing something on the paper, Anand started looking at the paper. It looks like medication for the patient and some information related to his treatment. Anand thinks he may be giving treatment from here, after 5 minutes he took a picture of the paper and forward it to someone through his mobile. Anand tried to browse files on his screen, he felt boring. He took some random magazine from try in front of him to read. It has a cover page of an athlete with perfect physique, Robert started watching Anand ad magazine in Anand’s hand, it was a Spanish magazine but Anand does not know Spanish. He acts like, he knows Spanish well and trying to respond according to images with his body moments. Lucy comes to Anand Lucy: Sir, read this magazine, it was a new release of the same magazine in the market. (Take out other Spanish magazine from the tray) Anand: Really! I will read it thank you. Lucy: So, I think you like this magazine Anand: Yes! Miss Lucy, this was my favorite magazine Lucy: That’s nice sir, which article you like most. Anand keeps a blank face, said, “How can we say best among best, I like all articles”. Lucy: that is interesting; hence, it became the popular gay magazine of the year. Doctor laughs suddenly, Lucy also smiles for Anand face expression. Anand silently kept that magazine in the tray. Robert: Miss Lucy, if you found any other person like him, I’ll offer my seat. They will enjoy together.

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Lucy: Thank you, sir, what about you Mr. Anand? Anand: I just picked a random magazine, I do not know Spanish and I am not gay. Robert: I am just kidding; I respect gay, it is not your problem. We need to blame was hormones Anand: Please stop it. Robert kept quit and Lucy went towards other passengers. Anand: Robert, What you do? Robert: I’m scientist, Doctor and Professor Anand: Oh, so doctor why you are going to India? Robert: Few doctors invited me to give seminar on the latest technology related to cancer treatment. Anand: So you are related to cancer right? Robert: No, I usually work with new equipment, after that my team will prepare its feedback and approve it for future use. Lucy came and offered a drink for Anand Anand: Please give me a glass of water and English magazine. Robert: Excuse me, Miss Lucy. Can I have a glass of wine? Lucy: Yes sir, just a minute. Lucy went inside to prepare a glass of wine and for English magazine. Robert silently laughs by looking at Anand for asking English magazine. Anand turned his head to the other side and look at other passengers. Lucy brought a glass of wine for Robert, Magazine and water bottle for Anand, Anand took water bottle and magazine without looking at Lucy. Robert take his glass of wine and says “small quantity of good quality wine keeps our body healthy and young, thank you for making me healthy today”. Lucy smiles and said “you are welcome, thank you for your health tip of the day, sir”, Doctor replied “You are welcome” and started drinking wine slowly. Anand feels inside “He is not a doctor, he is Romeo”. Lucy looks at Anand, he sit silently and looking at the magazine, Lucy asked “Mr. Anand, do you need anything?” Anand looked at Lucy and said “No Thanks miss Lucy” Lucy moved towards other passengers. Robert mobile gives a small beep sound, Robert look at his mobile and reading a message. Anand drink some water, close the bottle and keep it in bottle handle. After some time Anand felt hungry tries to call Lucy, but he found all air hostesses are busy in carrying food and drinks for passengers. He looks towards Lucy, and called other air hostesses. Lucy also watches Anand and kept some serious expression. Airhostess came near to Anand and says “Yes sir, how can I help you?”

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Anand: can I have some fruits? Airhostesses: What kind of fruits sir? Anand: Please bring available fruits, there is no particular choice. Airhostesses: Ok sir, please give me some time I will bring fruits for you Anand: Take your own time. Airhostesses goes near to another passenger. Robert keeps his magazine in magazines tray, went to the washroom. Anand took that magazine, read articles about Robert. Anand found some interesting information about Robert “He is researcher, he works in finding medicines for various diseases, whenever a new virus or disease starts infection US and few other countries utilize their resources along with few special doctors, he is one of the person to start research in emergency situations. He effected eight times with the virus while finding medicine and vaccination for dangerous diseases, every time he succeeded finding medicine and saved himself. Now he is going to research on cancer, to kill cancer genetics in children while they are growing in their mother's womb. Researches strongly proved that, child have strong immune systems when growing in the womb and child having very powerful energy in the womb, Robert believes that it's good to make child free from cancer. By practicing few methods, we can avoid cancer before he steps into this world. Few troubles facing by doctors in India and Africa to use this technique for implementing this revolutionary method.” Anand observes Robert coming from the washroom, Anand keep magazine back in tray. Anand started humming a song, Robert came and sits in his seat. Airhostesses come after 12 minutes, gave two apples and an orange to Anand. Anand holds an apple and said “An apple a day keeps the doctor away, did two apples a day keeps two doctors away?” Robert observes Anand for a movement and started typing on his laptop nearly 150 WPM; it is making some noise around. One passenger having 60 years sited right side of Anand, observed Robert for a few seconds. He felt irritated with his laptop typing sounds, Old man looked for flight attender to express his discomfort, and every attender was busy. The old man stands and came towards Anand and make objections to the noise from Robert keyboard. But, Robert does not listen to that old man, he is focusing on typing. Anand stand up, said slowly in the old man's ear, “He is a doctor, trying to help some patient by giving advice and medication. If you are that patient what you do?” The old man looked at the Robert and his laptop, took one Apple from Anand and said, “I am hungry”. Anand gave him a water bottle and take out a magazine from his tray and gave it to the old man. He bites the apple and move towards his seat by looking at a Robert photo on the cover page. Robert asks “what you said to him?” Anand: you are a doctor, giving treatment to patients. After completing his work with laptop, you also can ask him any health issues he will treat you for free. Robert: For free! How can you say that? Anand: you disturbed his privacy right, do something as a return, just give some good tips, he will feel happy. If he read that magazine about you, he will never meet you again.

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Robert: why? Anand: who knows, you may carry the new virus with you (with smile) Robert: you are crazy (smiles). Someone have to do that Anand: yeah! Few people’s lives are tricky. We can’t predict their future. Anand kept headset, started listening some music, slowly went to sleep, he wakes up after two hours. It looks quite different, every passenger was in tension and three passengers standing in front of all seats. One passenger was lying down on the floor, blood was floating from his body, he is dead. The Captain and pilot sat in the front seats, Susan was doing first aid to Lucy’s left hand. Anand looked towards Robert, Robert said, “Surprise, at least you wake up now”. Anand: What happened? Robert: nothing, you slept and wake up again. Anand: I am asking about, what happened after I slept? Robert said, “When you slept, suddenly a passenger stand up and shouted “all of you keep calm” and showed his gun to all passengers. Lucy reacted spontaneously, kicked that person and got his gun. Unexpectedly, another person stands up and aims the gun towards Lucy, and shot her hand. Suddenly one Passenger used self-defense, so his aim missed, Lucy just hurt on left hand instead of death, Lucy released the gun and shouted loudly he takes down the attacker. The attacker has heavy bleeding. A woman fired that brave passenger in the head, he died. He is on the floor now” Anand looking at the dead body, he is the person from waiting area. Anand: Really, did Lucy kicked him? Robert: yes, you still sleeping. Woman attacker looked at you and laughed. Anand: there are cool songs in the player, you have to try it. What happened next? Robert said, “No need thanks, Even they used silencer. Another passenger stand up, move towards Lucy and took gun fell down on the floor, Lucy was bleeding, he took a device from his pocket, it’s kind of mobile and when he activated it all screen become blank maybe it’s a jammer to block signals from our flight, Lucy was unable to move and sit on the floor. All the passengers started shouting loudly, then one attacker shouted “stop everyone” and said “If anyone one stands from their seat, then they won’t able to stand again”. The woman stops Wi-Fi in the fight and collected all the electronic gadgets from passengers with the help of another attacker. The injured attacker went to the washroom. Anand: Did they collected all mobiles? Robert: Including yours, still you are sleeping. They switched off mobiles and removed the batteries, few mobile batteries are fixed they make those mobile into pieces. Anand: Oh! Next time I must by mobile with removable battery. Robert: sorry for that

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Anand: ok next what happened? Robert: Susan came with first aid kit, try-helping Lucy. After a few seconds, I asked for water look like that beard man was the leader, his name was Kasim. He signs with head by looking at the air hostess. She bought water for me.” Anand: Really, you asked for water at that time! You are very brave Robert: What should I do at that time, I need to have a tablet? Anand: Ok, you did a good thing, carry-on. Robert said, “They introduced themselves, woman attacker was Firdose, injured attacker was Munvar, another attacker was Saida. Saida knocked, the door of Pilate cabin. In that cabin there are two Pilates one was having 35 years age and other was 58 years age, they locked it from inside for safety of Pilate. There is no response from inside the cabin, Pilates are seeing all the attacker's activity from cameras and informing to the officials. Anand: Mr. Robert, It was not cabin they call it as a cockpit. Robert: Ok cockpit, Anand: How did you know they are watching through cameras? Robert: when they open doors, I saw displays showing passenger seats. Anand: cool next? Robert said, Suddenly that Saida stopped knocking the door of cockpit and took that dead body near to the cockpit door, pilots are watching everything through cameras, he also brings Lucy at the door and pointed a knife at her neck by looking towards camera at the cockpit door, shouted “because of your irresponsibility, she is going to die now.” He looked back to us and said “Rest in Pease”. In cockpit: Captain: Pilot, contact for emergency, someone doing nonsense with weapons in our flight Pilot: Captain, communication was down Captain: Try other channels, how those stupid’s entered into the flight? Pilot: Entire system was down, we can’t reach anyone, and can we stop them? Captain: Oh god! I don’t think so Pilot: do you think he is going to kill her? Captain: he bring that dead body to show he can kill anyone Pilot: it’s getting late Captain stand up from his chair, took a long breath, it looks like he gave up. Pilate asked him, “Captain, what are you going to do?

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Captain: I don’t want anyone to die because of us. Pilate: Good captain, you do not want to kill anyone because of us! Well, so you are going to hand over all our lives to them? Captain: so you have a great idea to protect all of us. I can’t wait to hear it. Pilate: I am going to land the Flight in nearest airport and alert airport authority about the situation in the plate. Captain: wow, great plan. I have 20 years’ experience in this airway. Now we are in middle of the sea. If you have to land, it takes at least 2-hours’ time, in my experience I don’t see any airports in the middle of this sea. So, you know an invisible Airport, which is going to protect all of us today. Pilate: I don’t mean it, I don’t want to risk all these people’s lives. Captain: I also don’t want to risk anyone’s lives, they have weapons; with those weapons, they can blast this flight, we have to do something before everything went out of our control. They also blocked our communication system we can’t contact anyone for help. My opinion was at least to save her life for now, also it’s our primary responsibility, we wait for better opportunity then we take the next step to save everyone from those hijackers. Pilate: ok captain, do as you like. Captain kept his hat on his seat and opens the door and come out of… what is that name, yeah, I got its cockpit, Saida grabbed captain, said, “You saved our lives today”, and smile by looking into the captain’s eyes. Saida went into the cockpit, he saw pilot was controlling the flight. Saida: Thank you for your dedication, you can leave now. We will handle everything from now. Pilot: Tell me what to do, I’ll handle everything. I’m responsible for this flight Saida: from now we are responsible for this flight, you can relax and sit with passengers Pilot: it won’t happen. Munvar entered into the cockpit and asked “Any problem?” Saida said “take him out of cockpit”. Munvar hold pilot hand and took him out of the cockpit, Saida wears captain hat from his chair and sit on the captain’s chair, and Munvar went back into the cockpit and sit in the pilot’s chair. Pilate tried to enter into the cockpit, then Firdose stopped him and said, “They will take care of this flight from now. You go and sit as a passenger or you also lay down like him” showed the dead body on the floor. Pilates silently move towards empty seats in the flight. Firdose closed cockpit door. Anand: hahaha… (Smiles little loud) Robert: stop it keep calm. Anand: Ok, Ok. You are a good baby sitter. Robert: does it look like fun to you? Anand: you are telling it as very interesting way everyone will listen to you

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Robert: I was telling what happened on this flight while you are dreaming. Anand: Really! Then how you know what Pilates discussed in the cockpit? Robert: I guessed by seeing their expressions. Anand: You are also a face reader! See my face and tell me what am thinking about. Robert: Stupid Anand: Exactly, I was thinking you were such a stupid. You have good skills. Robert: I see, what Anand: Leave it, where is that injured attacker now? Robert: He is in the cockpit. Anand: Ok, you carry on Robert started, after sometime a four years little boy started crying. Firdose Asked Lisa (Flight attender) to bring that kid near to her. The kids' parents refuse to send that kid with Lisa, then Kasim came and forcefully took that kid and make him stand in front of Firdose. Firdose hold his hands, look into his eyes and asked, “Why you are crying?” He doesn’t stop crying. She again asked, “Why are you crying?” He does not respond to her question. Finally, she shouted, “Shut up”, then he stopped crying. She asked, “What’s your name?” Boy replied “Jack” Firdose again asked “Why you are crying?” Jack replied, “You are not good, you will kill us, I do not want to die” She said, “do not worry, we do not kill anyone. Don’t cry again, Just ask me if you want anything”, kid shacked his head in an acceptable way and slowly moved towards his parents. She has held his shoulder, and asked Lisa (Flight attender) for a chocolate. Lisa gave chocolate to Firdose. She took it and gave to that kid. Kid gave kiss to Firdose on the cheek. She seems to surprise with kid’s action. The kid slowly walks towards his family. Lucy injured badly, bleeding was heavy. Firdose looked at Susan and said “Bullet missed her hand, just hold her hand up and keep warm cloth on the wound.” Anand interrupted and said “Firdose was looking hot right, what you say?” Robert: Our lives also like “Jumping from the frying pan into the fire” Anand: What happened now? Robert: you are asking what happened after seeing all these things. What about our future, didn’t you think about it? Anand: well, baby sitter. What next? Robert: You wake up started the nonsense with me Anand: Are you sure, is this real hijack? Robert: What you mean?

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Anand: I mean sometimes these airlines people do trails to check the reaction of passengers during this kind of incidents in flight. Robert looked at Anand face and towards the hijackers and said “Please share your question with Lucy. She is the only one can answer you” Anand stand and moved towards Lucy. Kasim stopped and asked “to where you are going?” Anand replied “I asked her for fruits before 2 hours, now I am hungry. I need something.” Attacker smiled and said, “Listen all of you, now we have a guest in this fight, he is none other than Mr. Hungry. He is a good sleeper, when everyone holds their heart in hands with fear, he is the only one relaxing in his seat and from now he is our guest. It’s our responsibility to take care of him, respect him and provide everything what he want” Anand smiled and waved towards all the passengers. Kasim changed his expression to serious and said “Now our guest Mr. Hungry was feeling hungry, we have to give some food. If anyone have to die on this flight, we send our guest first to the space no, no beyond that. Ok sir, go and take whatever you want.” Anand confused with Kasim words and slowly moved towards Lucy, he took few fruits, Anand looked into her eyes and blinked his eyes as symbol for everything will be fine. She is becoming week, Anand kept few fruits back and took an apple and water bottle, he turned back and started going back to his seat, Anand looked at Kasim, he is looking seriously at Anand then Anand turned his head to the other side and sited silently in his chair. Robert silently laughs. Anand: why he is talking like that? Robert: He tried to remove your headset while you are sleeping, you said “go and do your work, dumb” Anand: Why you don’t tell it before? Robert: I do not remember until he recognized you as a guest Anand: you added your own fairy tale, but forget real things, because of you now I’m in danger. Robert: Excuse me, we all in the same situation. There is no exception to anyone. One day everyone will die, no need to worry about it. Anand: Oh! Come, I’ll make you as a guest Robert: Please leave me as passenger Anand: Did he really kill me? Robert: don’t you see that man on the floor? Anyway, you are very brave. Anand: yes, I’m brave only when I was hungry. Robert: When hungry? So, did your risks life? Anand: When you are hungry means, you need food.

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Robert: you must wait for some time. Anand: tell me how much time I have to wait. Robert: maybe one to two hours until someone rescue us. Anand: do you still think the world knows about our location? Robert: yes, we have great technology, up to my knowledge. Already rescue operations may started. Anand: so I need to wait for the rescue team for an apple, that to for two hours. Robert: Do not shout loud if they listen, they will kill us both. Anand: Do not worry, if anyone do mistake, he kills me first. I’ll be responsible for my death, I prefer you to come with me. Robert: I must have change seat, when I had the chance.

Slipping wheels Munvar came from the cockpit, went towards Kasim to ask help for flight landing. Munvar told “Kasim, we need pilots help to land this flight on our runway”. Firdose observed Munvar and heard his words with Kasim, she went to Munvar, asked “Munvar, What’s going on? We can’t allow anyone to cockpit” Munvar: Yes, I know, but it’s going out of control now Firdose: What's out of control? Munvar: It’s becoming hard, we can’t land this flight safely on that runway. We need Pilot’s help. Firdose: You did it many times before, what happen now? Munvar: All those are small planes, now we have many controls and it’s hard to land on our runway. We need assistance, else it may crash. Firdose: Crash! We can’t ask for their help, you know that. Munvar: I know that, it’s not time to think about it. Fuel also becoming empty. Firdose: don’t you have another option? Munvar: Do you want to die here? Firdose: no Munvar: Then I don’t have another option. Firdose: do whatever you want. (Firdose came back to her seat) Munvar looked towards Kasim (beard hijacker) Munvar: Kasim, we need pilots for landing Kasim: what happened? Munvar: This flight was very bigger than we expected, it was fast. We can’t control this while landing. Kasim: you are here to do that, why you are changing plan now? You put your life and pilots' lives in danger. They are pilots, once they enter into the cockpit, they will find where we are going.

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Munvar: I know that, our runway wasn’t preferred to land this flight. We think it’s better to leave it to the professionals. Kasim: Professionals! If that’s your final decision take them. Don’t speak any extra words with them. Munvar: Ok, Munvar went near to pilot and captain asked them “Pilots, Come to cockpit. We need your help for landing” Pilot: Why should we help you? (By looking at dead body) Munvar: you have to else, we all will die and you will be the responsible for that Captain: What’s your problem, you came to the cockpit and sending us out, again telling to enter into the cockpit. What you want? Munvar: listen now we need your help in landing this beast safely. Kasim: we are doing all this after prepared to die, it’s good hear same from you. Pilot looked at the captain, captain said “Just go and look at it.” Munvar looking into Pilate eyes, pilot stand and moved towards the cockpit. Munvar stand in front of the captain and waiting for his response, Captain Felt uncomfortable and not moved from his seat. Firdose signals Munvar to go into the cockpit. Munvar went inside the cockpit. When pilot entered into the cockpit Saida was sitting in pilot seat, bent towards the windows and searching for something on the ground. Pilot sits in Captain’s Chair and asked “what you are looking for?” and adjusted few controls. Munvar came and stand at back of the pilot. When pilot looked through the window, there is a thin forest on the ground. Munvar said “please, help us to find a small runway somewhere here” Pilot: A small runway! Here in this forest? Munvar: yes, it was somewhere here, do you have binoculars? Pilot: A runway, in this forest? Are you crazy? You can’t land this where ever you want. Munvar: no problem, that runway was sufficient to land

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Pilot: even it was sufficient, birds and animals around the runway will cause enough damage to blast this flight Munvar: nothing will happen, trust me Pilot: Trusting people like you will never happen, let me reduce altitude to 25,000 feet then you may see something. The pilot opened a bag, take out binoculars from it and gave to Munvar. Munvar said “You use it, I tried by looking at the ground from a long time” Pilot: how can I find it? Munvar: you can find it simply, nothing to worry about Pilot looked at the forest, when he started looking through binoculars he felt little worried and they are going to face a huge problem. After five minutes he gave up and kept binoculars on pilot seat. Munvar: what? Pilot: it’s hard, I can’t see anything on the ground you must find another way to find it, be hurry. Fuel is going to be empty. Munvar: did captain will help us? Pilot: Let me inform to him Pilot came out of the cockpit, went to captain, and informed to captain that “Captain, they are going to land flight in a forest” Captain: What, forest? Oh God! Pilot: Even altitude reduced to 25,000 we still don’t find runway, fuel also becoming empty Kasim looking towards the pilot and captain, Captain looked towards Kasim and moved into the cockpit. All passengers heard words from the pilot. Anand: Mr. Robert, we are landing in the forest Robert: forest means a large area dominated by trees and other animals. Anand: I know that Robert: you know that, then why you are exciting like you are going to meet Angelina Jolie.

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Anand: I mean that, we are going to land on trees. Robert: he said there is a runway Anand: But they don’t find it till now. Fuel also becoming empty. Robert: So, what you want to say Anand: Do you know climbing trees? Robert: it doesn’t work. Anand: don’t worry Robert, this was the first flight landing on trees, we are going to make history. If everything was fine I will give interview on a live show. Robert: First we have to land safely, next you need to live until they leave us from here. Then think about the interview. Even though what you will say in interview? We are hijacked by four hijackers. They shot at air hostesses and killed one passenger, all this happened when you are sleeping? Don’t be always fun, that paralysis patient was better than you. At least he was quiet. Anand: Edwin. Robert: What? Anand: call him Edwin, that’s his name (by looking into Robert eyes) Robert: okay, Edwin was better than you. Anand: I can’t wait to see our landing Robert: I’m sure you are the worst stupid I’ve ever met Anand: Thank you Doctor, if they ask for any help. Tell them, I will help Robert: Oh! You are pilot. Anand: No, more than that. I played many games and landed flights in very dangerous situations worse than this, my experience may use for them. Robert: can I ask you one thing? Anand: Yeah, you can Robert: in your life, at any point of time did you think about your future and about others feelings?

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Anand: hmm, in my life about future? I never believe in the future. About others feeling? Feelings are emotions I don’t want emotions to control life. Robert: few people take wrong birth as humans like you, no problem good will rectify your mistake soon Anand: really, then how you want me to see? Like a Lion, bear, panda or.. Robert: roasted chicken Anand: you want to roast me? Robert: I think already your brain was roasted Anand: that’s bad, that’s really bad. You have to ask apologies from me Robert: never expect that especially from me Anand: you are cruel, crueler than those hijackers Robert: listen, keep quiet or keep that headphones and sleep silently. You know it was better until you slept, when you wake up you making it worse than those people. Anand: Hey... Robert: shut up Anand: I don’t Robert: I’ll kill you Anand: you can’t Robert: you are stupid Anand: I’m not Robert: please understand situation keep quiet for some time. Anand: After some time this flight will crash and we can’t talk to each other Robert: What you thinking about us? Romeo and Juliet. If there is an option to choose die or to stay with you. I’m happy to select die

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Anand: Romeo and Juliet! Will that work for us even, I wasn’t that kind of men. You are hard person. Robert: Why you are..? Oh god, did I make that much big mistake? Why you make me to travel with this man. Please take me from here Anand: he is doing all this to take you from here. Really, he is listening you Robert: don’t I have another option? Anand: why you are fearing like that, everything will going to be fine don’t worry Robert: Mr. Hungry, please leave me alone. If we land safely then we can talk Anand: really let me think what we will discuss on? Robert: Please keep quiet for a while Anand: your request accepted Mr. Baby sitter. Robert: Don’t call me like that Anand: Ok, sorry, baby sitter Robert did not speak anything, when captain entered into the cockpit, Saida and Munvar looking on ground. Captain laughs, asks them, “Did you drop anything?” Munvar shocked for a moment, he don’t see Captain is coming, Saida replied “We are looking for our runway to land” Captain: Good job, this is what you planned for with 369 passengers? Saida: Keep quiet and you also look for it Captain: we are at an altitude of 25,000 feet, you can’t find runway easily from this height Saida: how to find it now? Captain: you have to go little down and in forest finding runway between trees was almost impossible Saida: then we go little down Captain: In forest depending upon area, we have recommended altitudes to avoid damage caused by migrating birds. They usually travel at high altitudes, what’s the length of your runway?

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Captain: oh great, do you know the preferred runway length for this flight? Munvar: I don’t, but I think it’s enough right. Captain: more than enough to die Munvar: ok how much we need? Captain: we need 2,300 meters Munvar: it’s almost like that? Captain: what? 1,500 and 2,300 are not almost same Munvar: Listen cap, we don’t have much time. What you have to do is look for the runway on the ground, land this flight safely that’s it Pilot: you want to land this flight or land this flight safely? Munvar: you make it worse Captain: ok, tell me your control tower frequency? We can talk with them for more information Munvar: there is no such a thing with us Captain: Good, you perfectly closed every way for our survival, it’s looking like you are asking help for suicide? Pilot: it was very hard can we land on nearest airport? Munvar: shut your mouth and just do what we say. Pilot: What the hell you are talking, you are going to risk all our lives in this forest. Captain: let’s leave controls to us, we will try to reduce damage during landing Munvar: We can’t give you the controls. Pilot: We will land the flight and then hand over to you. Munvar: Listen, we have to do it ourselves Pilate: what if you can’t, we have only one chance, if you want to land it may lead to crash, better to leave it to us. Munvar: Let me think about it.

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Pilot: We do not have much time to conduct elections and decide what to do Munvar thinking about something. Pilate sits in his seat, still Saida doesn’t give the seat to captain in cockpit. Pilot looked at Saida and said “you are very brave”. Saida: what? Pilot: You decided to die first than others in this flight. Saida: What? Pilot: Pilates flies first, lands first and if something happens he face it first. Saida suddenly stands and move towards the cockpit door, when he tried to open door. Pilate shouted, “if you went out, who shows us the runway?” Saida came and stand behind the Pilate. Captain: so we are going to land here right? Pilates still looking for the runway in the forest, suddenly a warning alarm started in the cockpit, Munvar asked “What’s going on?”. Pilate said “Do not worry, it’s saying we are going to die after 30 minutes, I mean fuel tank is going to be empty after 30minutes, You guys played with the engines they consumed fuel heavily”. Munvar: We didn’t touch anything Pilate: I see, you need to look for the runway we don’t have time to argue. Saida: I think we need to go further Captain: Are you sure about the runway in this forest or your runway was filled with plans for green revolution? Pilate: I think someone hijacked your runway. Both Pilate and captain started laughing. Munvar went out of the cockpit and informed to Firdose “We are here”, Firdose looked at Kasim, gave a signal that they reached the destination. Kasim signals her to go into the cockpit. Firdose entered into the cockpit, Kasim looked at her and moved back to give her way, she stands behind the pilot's chair, she moved towards captain and looked into the forest and confirmed that they are in the correct way.

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After few seconds Firdose tells to Pilate “flight between the mountains and you will find runway after next 3 minutes” by showing two huge mountains in the forest. Captain looked at the mountains and said “it’s very small gap between those mountains, we cannot go in between them, wings can hit to one of them or rocks may fall on flight.” Firdose think for one second and said “We must go between them” Pilate said “If we try to do that then it will be like a crazy rat going into hungry cat’s mouth for food”. Firdose said “it’s not a cat, you are going to see more dangerous thing there, just go between those mountains” Captain silently sit in the chair and looked towards Pilate, Pilate give expression that there is no other way. Captain hold his controls, Pilates turned the flight towards those mountains. The gap between the mountains is bigger than the Pilates thought. Even its more danger to go between those mountains, Pilates decides to go as high as possible to avoid falling rocks from the mountain due to sound waves produced by flight. Captain reduced the speed of flight, slowly they are getting close to the mountains. By seeing the mountains on both sides, passengers are scared, they felt it looks like an arch to hell, something was moving on both sides of flight, engine sounds suddenly became heavy with echoes from the mountains, they crossed mountains safely. Captain is trying to slow down the flight, because they said runway was very small. Captain need to do that to stop the flight within runway limit, Pilot adjusting few controls to support low speed. While everyone waiting to see runway. Suddenly a small runway appears in front of them, Firdose said “We reached, land on it” and went out of the cockpit. Munvar and Saida also went from the cockpit, Pilate shocked and captain preparing controls to land flight on the runway. Plait asked “Cap, What you are doing?” Captain: Do you have any other option to follow Captain looked at the telephone in cockpit asked “does it work now?”, Pilot answered “it’s just a LAN communication, it works until we have the power” Captain said “Good let me to talk with Airhostesses” Captain: This is captain Lisa: Lisa speaking Captain Captain: Hi Lisa, it’s a bad day Lisa: Yes captain, we unable to control it. Sorry for that

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Captain: You tried, Forget about it. There is no mistake on your side. Listen, we are going land now runway was small, we slow down to possible speed and try to do smooth landing, but it was forest unexpected things may lead to crash landing. Prepare for anything Lisa: Ok Captain, I’ll announce landing instructions and safety measures to passengers Captain: Good Captain ended the call, Lisa gave landing instructions to passengers and everyone prepared for landing. Pilate: it’s most dangerous runway, we can’t land on it without any conformation and condition of that runway. Captain: None will help us, anyway we are here to do this. Pilate: To do, whatever terrorists instructed to us? Captain: To land flight safely on the ground. Pilate: I know someday I’ll die in a flight, seems that day arrived. Captain: Don’t be crazy pal, it looks small but it’s bigger than most of the runways we landed earlier. The difference is we do not have communication from them. Pilate: Captain, let’s talk with passengers. It may be our last landing, just cheer them Captain agreed with Pilate, Pilate toggled a switch, all the speakers in flight are connected to mic in cockpit. Pilate: Today our landing is going to be tough, prayer to your favorite god for smooth and safe landing Captain: No problem, we can land there. It will be regular landing. Pilate: how we are going to do that captain? We don’t do that before. Captain: No, I did that in simulation few months back. Pilate: good captain, how you did that? Captain: it’s a crash, but don’t worry, we are going to make it perfect now. I know what to do Pilate: That’s it, everyone prepare for landing listen to Flight attender instructions carefully and follow them.

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Pilate toggled the connection switch to cut mic connection with passengers. Captain: Why you turned it off? Pilate: cap, you make it worse by sharing your simulation experience with them, you scared everyone including me. Captain: really! Never mind Pilate: Whatever, I understood that we are not going to land safely. Captain: leave it to me. Anand looked at Robert and said “Did you hear that?” Robert doesn’t respond to Anand’s words. Anand came close to Robert and said “This is a great day isn’t it”. Robert suddenly turned towards him with serious looks, Anand became silent. Captain toggles switch again and said “we will do safe landing. Take a long breath and wait for some fun” Captain toggled the switch once again to cut the connection. Captain: hey, I never see this type of runway before. Hope to see you after landing cheers. Pilate keeps silent and keep looking towards the captain. Anand: Did you hear that? Robert: yes, he said take a last breath, I expected that before. Anand: Well, looks like you already died, he said take a long breath. What else you expected about the future. Robert: keep calm and pray to favorite god for a safe landing. Anand: I don’t have any favorite god to pray, we must pray to these people to save our lives. Robert: then think about your family, they might thinking about you Anand silently started thinking about something. Pilates prepared everything and they are getting close to the runway. The flight was slowed down for landing. Everyone feels that they are stopped on air, suddenly flight touched ground hardly and moved along the runway it becoming hard to control the speed through the wheels, wheels are slipping. Captain and Pilate are hardly pulling a gear to control speed of flight,

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the captain announced a small crash is going to happen in a code language to make crew prepare for anything they need to face. They move out of runway for 100 meters and stopped, nose of the flight and wings are hit to plants, Pilates are safe without any injuries. The flight also safe from blasting, Passengers are worried and shouting, captain and pilot checking controls and fuel leakage indications everything was good, Pilate announced everything went perfect no need to worry. Saida opened door and whistle by looking at few hijackers on the ground, they bought a ladder made of wood covered with leaves, its look like a regular step ladder used in airports. One person come into the flight and ask few questions to Saida. For one question Saida took him out of the flight and discussed with him on the ladder, Saida came into flight and told Munvar to bring Pilates to down and keep all the passengers inside in the Flight. Munvar took Pilates from the flight. Saida, Kasim and Firdose went out of the flight. One person came into fight, he was tall, nearly 6’3 feet, eyes are red in color and says “I am Hasif, you all are here for a purpose, and we have a deal with your governments. Keep calm until we decide what to do with you or this will be your last journey.” Suddenly everyone heard the sounds of moving tree branches, the runway was filled with grass, plants, boughs and tree branches, it’s hard to find it as a runway, and Anand hear sound of someone moving on top of the flight. Few people on top of flight, they are covering flight with some green cloth and branches to hide the flight's identity when anyone tries to look for it through drones or satellite. Few people started crying, Hasif shouted with irritation of their sounds. We will kill you someday, don’t bring it closer with your stupid acts like him, he showed the dead body of passenger. Another two persons came into the flight and took that dead body to the ground. Anand suddenly stand up and went close towards Hasif and asked him, “Sir, I have to go the washroom. Can I?” Hasif and all other passengers looked at him weirdly and tell him “you go”. Hasif went out of flight. Few passengers discussing among themselves with fear, few seated quietly in their seats. Anand came and sit in this seat, Robert asked “is everything fine”, Anand asked “What?”, Robert said “seems you went for an emergency work”, Anand said “I didn’t expect that in washroom it shocked me” and started watching through the window, Robert don’t understand Anand words, he saw few temporary camps around the runway, new camp is also preparing at the right side of the flight.

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A van with few persons, weapons and food comes to the camp. Anand says “It looks like a military camp not a hijacker camp”. Doctor says “whatever it may be, both have weapons to kill’. Anand smiles and started sleeping.

United States of America: Date: March – 16 – 2019 Time: 23:30 Radio: Flight B77 from the San Jose international airport to India vanished from radar we are unable to communicate with pilots. The flight communication system was down. San Jose Air Traffic control: From when you lost their connection? Radio: From 20 minutes, we contacted all possible air traffic controls and informed to Delhi airport and you. San Jose ATC: Thank you, please help us in rescue operations with available data Radio: I’ll forward all available data from B77 Radio channel was muted on the other side San Jose ATC, contacted analysts and Airport staff started analysis with all the data from B77. They think that fight may be sunk in the Arabian Sea. Airport authority contacting possible airports to find its details, they found nothing regarding flight. Finally, they decided to handover all details to security intelligence and naval vessels Paul was a manager in Airport, he was 52 years old. Manager Paul checked all the reports and passenger list, told analysts to forward this information to security intelligence as a part of emergency response. Luis was officer in the San Jose international airport, he handles emergency situations. Luis called to security intelligence to forward all the details regarding the flight to start an immediate search to reduce critical consequences. Brain was Security Intelligence officer, deals emergency situations very efficiently. Luis: This is Luis from San Jose international airport Brain: This is Brain from Security intelligence.

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Luis: Hi Brain, B77 was flight from San Jose to India take-off 10 hours ago was missing from Radar Brain: Copy that, do you find any cause or primary report regarding that incident? Luis: No! There is no response from the flight. All physical standards of flight are excellent. Primary analysis says it may be sunk in the Arabian Sea Brain: Ok, Mr. Luis how many passengers are in? Luis: there are 369 Passengers, let me forwarded all the details regarding flight and passengers. Brain: Thank you let me check, Your Information was received. An intelligence team working on this, meanwhile try to communicate with Pilates. We will inform to naval bases Luis: Thank you, we will try to communicate with them Brain started meeting with flight investigation, security and network specialists and passed all the information to them, they are discussing observing all the reports carefully. Few are drawing something on the board and pointing on a world map on a display. After 15 minutes all gave up and they thought 80% possibility as the flight may sink in the Arabian Sea. Brain follow up with few emergency instructions. Brain informed to naval teams for giving support in searching for flight. Security Intelligence decided to get additional help from Secretary of state’s Mr. Michel to get his permission to contact with other countries' officials in Asia. Already few naval ships and air crafts were searching for it, if there is chance Brain wants to involve more vessels. Brain called for the Secretary of State’s office Brain: I’m Brain from Security Intelligence, can I speak to Secretary of States, and this is emergency. Secretary Michel: Yes Brain, tell me. Brain: Mr. Secretary Flight from San Jose to India was missing, 45 minutes ago Secretary Michel: Oh! What happened? Brain: Primary analysis results are it may be sunk in the Arabian Sea, Secretary Michel: Send nearest submarines and ships to its last position, next forward the information to nearest airports.

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Brain: Yes, sir, as per our emergency instructions. Naval teams started searching for it. If you gave us permission, we will discuss with secretary of defense and involve more fighter planes for searching at its last position, one of our warship will reach within 18 minutes, and agents processing the information to nearest Airports. Secretary Michel: That’s good, I’ll discuss with Secretary Brown and surrounding countries. Ask me anything you needed from our side. Secretary Michel ended the call, he informed the other officers to contact Asia countries asking their help in finding that flight. Secretary Michel called to secretary to defense Mr. Brown. Secretary Brown: Hello Mr. Secretary Michel. Secretary Michel: Hello Secretary Brown, we got a problem. Secretary Brown: what happened? Michel: one of our flight from San Jose to India was missing. Brown: Missing! What about intelligence report? Did they start searching for it? Michel: Yes, we need fighter planes and more ships. Our officers asking help from nearest countries. Brown: Did our president know about this? Michel: No, Let me inform to the President also and appoint officers to investigate on the incident Brown: Secretary Michel, it’s getting late, we need to find out. Michel: I will inform to president now. Brown: Meanwhile, I will contact naval commanders. Secretary Michel called to the secretary Brown

Captain Bill Brain called for Secretary of states Brain: Secretary Michel, All embassies in Asia alerted security will increase soon. Missing location was at Oman, they are going to help us. India also sent few ships to its last position and two jets for searching, Indian navy looking for it at 35 miles from Oman ground. Pakistan told they not have sufficient resources all are busy in giving protection to their officials from the internal war, but they allow our searching planes and ships to search in Arabian Sea 10 nautical miles away to their land. Secretary Michel: We expected same answer from Pakistan. Did you check all the reports of the flight and Pilates? If they have any problem they may land somewhere else at the nearest airport and did they informed anything to last air traffic control. Intelligence: All reports are clear, sir, we contacted all nearest airports in Asia and air traffic controls there is no useful information from them, they don’t receive any data regarding the missing flight. We are looking for passenger list for few clues. Secretary Michel: Secretary of defense have to give us permission to include more ships and flights for searching. Prepare a list of ships at that location and contact secretary Brown, meanwhile I will try to inform Mr. President. Arrange few officials to communicate with India they may have any information regarding this! Intelligence: Yes, sir, I will contact you soon. Intelligence ended the call After call from Secretary Michel, Secretary Brown decided to contact secretary of navy to bring available resources in searching. Brown informed to secretary navy to bring available and useful ships for searching. Secretary Brown called Secretary Michel Brown: Secretary Michel, we assigned few commanders they will contact intelligence for more information and proceed to action. Secretary Michel: Well, intelligence also alerted all embassies in Asia to collect required information. Secretary Michel ended the call,

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Commander Stephen was a naval commander, few ships are under his commands at Arabian Sea Commander Stephen called to Intelligence Intelligence: Hello US Intelligence, who’s this? US Navy: Hello, this is Commander Stephen from US Navy. We are searching for missing flight B77 at Omen, Intelligence: Ok sir, One minute, sir, let me connect you to Mr. Brain. He will give you more information. Brain: Hello Brain speaking Commander Stephen: Hello Brain, this is Commander Stephen. We started moving towards coordinates from reports. Do you have any additional information to share? Brain: Commander, we prepared a list of ships around your location for help in finding the missed flight. Commander Stephen: Mr. Brain, you can pass it secretary of the navy also, please help us to reach the exact destination, we have 3 ships moving, 4 jets on air and 12 jets ready to fly. Intelligence: I sent you the details you can follow it for reference. Commander Stephen: Thank you Mr. Brain. Commander Ended call, Brain sent list of US military ships of Arabian Sea to Secretary of the Navy. US secretary of navy: shift command of these ships to Commander Stephen, inform him they are ready to move. Until search complete make intelligence to direct contact with Commander Stephen. Give all rights to Commander. US naval officer: Okay Mr. Secretary. Intelligence forwarded all the required material to the navy officials. Captain Bill was captain of another ship, he received the command shifting message and reports related to flight B77. Captain Bill ordered the crew to move the ship towards Oman. He seriously looking at records of flight from intelligence. He checked few other previous reports.

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Captain Bill decided to share some information with Commander Stephen using sea communication channel regarding the intelligence documents. Captain Bill: Commander Stephan, This is Captain Bill, We are now under your command. We received few reports from intelligence. Commander Stephan: Good Captain, Please join with in searching mission us at Oman Captain Bill: Okay commander, I have few reports to share with you regarding this kind of reports previously Commander: Did you find anything? Captain: Yes Commander, the final status are not good. Please check files to you. Commander: I’ll check, please forward Intelligence started emergency meeting they received all the passengers’ data and started knowing about everyone. Few are looking at CCTV footage from San Jose airport investigating on anonymous activity. Commander Stephen called to captain Bill Commander: Captain, are you thinking the same! Captain: Yes, maybe we are wasting time on this. I mean we need to search in other places also Commander: We can’t just search in the sea, we have to do something else Captain: Commander, What about other ships they are coming to join with us? Commander: I’ll hold at their location I need to discuss with secretary of the navy, meanwhile we send all jets to cover the maximum area. I’ll discuss everything with secretary defense that we are in the wrong way. Captain: Roger that, Commander! Commander: hope it will end soon. Communication channel went offline. Commander Stephen called to Secretary Brown Commander: this is Commander Stephen, can I talk to Secretary Brown, Secretary: Commander, This is Brown. How’s your searching going on?

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Commander: sky search results were clear Mr. Secretary. Looking for deep search with vessels and we have few things to share with you Secretary Brown: what is that, Commander? Commander: as per flight data, we can say that it may not sink under the sea. Secretary Brown: well commander, what you exactly want to say Commander: we may killing time by searching for it in sea, Captain Bill analyzed all the previous report with his crew. All reports are clear that those flights are not found anywhere, may be hijacked or blasted into pieces. Secretary Brown: We can’t push intelligence analysis, we can’t search in any other country now. Better prepare for everything and hold other ships Commander: Yes secretary, we will search for it with available vessels. Secretary: ok, we will communicate with Indian officials soon, Commander don’t let us down Commander: Never Secretary By commander’s words secretary Brown decided to discuss with the president and think about future plans. Secretary Brown called for the president of the United States of America. Secretary Brown: Hello can I talk to the president? Agent: Sir President was busy in press meet right now Secretary Brown: It’s Important, I have to talk with him Agent: One minute sir. I will try to reach him. The agent went to meting areas, the President was busy in a meeting, and he signaled vice president to indicate that the president got an important call. Vice president came out of meeting area Vice president: What happened, who’s on call? Agent: Secretary Brown wants to talk with Mr. President. Vice President: let me talk The vice president took the call

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Vice president: hello secretary! Secretary Brown: President, We got a problem Vice President: I am vice president, Secretary Brown: Flight to India was missing Vice president: Let discuss with Ministry of external affairs, I’ll be back prepare everything and search in all possible ways. Of course you know more about it. Why you are looking for president. Secretary Brown: Okay Vice President we are on it. Please inform the president that our navy professionals thinking that the flight may not sink in the sea, they are requesting us to search in other possible ways as soon as possible. Vice president: Other possible ways! What you mean by that? Secretary Brown: I mean It may be hijacked Vice president: Hijack? Ok prepare every possible thing to do what we can for finding it. Secretary Brown: Ok, vice president Vice president: Give me some time I’ll inform to the president. Secretary Michel: Thank you Vice president Vice president ended the call Ministry of Defense calls to Secretary of external affairs Mr. John Phillip and describe everything. External affairs came into action. Ministry of External affairs started analysis on other countries' activities and preparing a report to find who may hijack that flight. Secretary of John Phillip got call from the vice president Vice president: Secretary, what happened to the flight? Secretary John: We are looking for it, as a countermove all Embassies are alerted, searching already started around the Arabian Sea by US vessels and Indian vessels. When we discuss with the Indian government, they conformed flight was not entered in India, they also don’t receive landing information of that flight. Vice president: Is there any other things you are expecting about this missing? Secretary John: intelligence checking passenger list to find out any terrorist existence in flight

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Vice President: Take CIA help, we need to solve this missing as soon as possible Secretary John: We are working on it vice president, officers are also investigating in multiple directions. Vice president: Please update me everything. President still in the meeting, I will inform him once he completes it. Secretary John ended the call, Brain went into investigation room, few intelligence agents went into airport to look they may find any additional information. Brain: Hi guys any additional information? Analysis Team: yeah, we are investigating on hijack possibilities Brain: yeah, good, already secretary of defense thinking that it may be hijacked Analysis team: we are also looking for passenger details Brain: You can take CIA help on that they want to discuss with you Brain arranged a video call with CIA, CIA Agent Smith was on call Agent Smith: Hello Guys, how about your investigation? Analysis team: hi Smith, we are looking for passenger details to find, is anyone responsible for missing Agent Smith: you can use the CIA database to get passenger details. Other agents also do field investigation on passengers. Analysis team: we will send all our reports to CIA and use CIA’s database to collect passenger’s information Agent Smith: let me give access to your computers. Done please check it once and confirm it The analysis team tested database with one passenger information, they got every information about him like Name, Address, mobile numbers, email accounts, social network details, Birth location, Education information, job information, bank accounts, credit card transactions, visited locations, family members, relatives, judicial information, political background and almost everything about that passenger. Analysis team: Thank you Mr. Smith it’s valuable to us, everything was perfect.

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Agent Smith: Whatever you are visiting in our database will be recorded guys, great power come with great responsibilities, use it wisely. One more thing our team arranged satellite signal trackers for all mobiles of passengers, if any of their mobile got signal we will get their location in seconds. Analysis team: We will, let us share our reports Agent Smith: yeah, I’m waiting for that Agent smith ended his call, and started drinking his coffee. Brain went to attend few calls after few seconds he received few files from intelligence. Agent smith forwarded it to two more agents and started observing every point carefully and noting few things on a paper. He looking at passengers’ information. Smith created a communication channel with the field officers Sampson, Comey, William and called them Smith: Hi guys, where you are, you got work to do Sampson: I’m at home, smith again a new channel? Smith: yes, what you doing at Starbucks? Don’t lie to me, I can see you. This time you are working with Comey and William Comey: Hi guys, what you want me to do? Smith: Williams? William: I was in a pursuit Smith: Again! Leave it to cops listen to me. William: I stopped now, tell me Smith: We have instructions from vice president to help intelligence for investigation on missing flight this morning. Everyone thinks that it may be hijacked. Sampson: hijack! What the hell Smith: you have to visit each passenger house individually and start the investigation with their family members, don’t tell them about flight missing. I already divided and mapped into your device. Just investigate and collect information. William: I thought you would give some action work to us this time

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Smith: William, some action work waiting for you just complete this and meet me in our office Smith disconnected his mic, Comey: Ok guys, let’s start, it will be a boring day for me William: me too, he can send cops to do this Sampson: There may be a reason for assigning to us. Really, it’s boring for me also All field agents are following GPS to meet passenger’s family members. Smith discusses himself “now, I’ll check foreign passenger information in that flight”. One person from the analysis team came out of investigation room and went to meet brain. Brain: Hi, how’s CIA help, did you find anything? Analyst: yes Brain, CIA help was good, we have a bad news Brain: What? Officer pointed monitor and told to take a look at it, when brain looked at monitor Indian national media broadcasting about that flight as, it was a hijack by terrorists. Brain: really, Analyst: We checked all national channels from India, they are reporting this as a hijack by terrorists from the past 15 minutes. Brain: anything else you want to share Analyst: that’s it for now Brain: ok, let me share this with secretary of states. Brain in call with secretary of states, he described about CIA help and Indian national media broadcast. Secretary Michel: from 15 minutes? How did they know about it and why don’t they share it with us? Brain: We contacted few Indian officials to discuss on this, but they don’t inform anything, in this broadcast, also none of the officials have talked about this. Seems only media got that information.

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Secretary Michel: don’t they know information about media broadcast in their country, so the flight was hijacked, let me share this information with the secretary of defense and transfer this to the pentagon. You keep investigating passengers with the help of the CIA, if it’s a hijack they may be travelling as passengers. Brain called to Secretary Phillip Secretary Phillip: What the hell is going on, how did they know it? Officer: maybe they have information regarding it Secretary Phillip: Connect to vice president arrange a call with Indian ministers, we must hurry. The officer called to vice president Vice president: hello Secretary Phillip: hello vice president, we got information that the flight was hijacked by terrorists. Vice President: By terrorists, can we able to track anything from flight? Brain: At present we can’t do that, the CIA arranged everything to collect every possible signal from the flight and passenger mobiles. Secretary Phillip: For flight identity, we are trying that from 3 hours, but there no response from it, vice president. Vice President: good keep tracing, we may find some useful information and how you got the information related to hijack? Secretary Phillip: From national media of India, they are broadcasting that news. Vice president: broadcasting! Without sending any information to us, what they are thinking about us. Will they going to handle by their own? Secretary Phillip: I think official news not yet released Vice president: check with Indian Government what are going to do, Let me inform to Mr. President, we must bring everyone back. Vice president ended the call, the president was very busy with spending time with media and addressing US citizens. Present he is giving interview to media, one person interrupted

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meeting and says “President you have an important call from the secretary of states”. President turn towards the media and says “Give me some time” and moved away from interview area. President: Hello Secretary Michel Secretary Michel: Hello president, we have an important situation to deal with President: Will you describe? Secretary Michel: A flight from the San Jose to India was missing, as initial step few naval ships started looking for it in the sea, we also sent out vessels and jets to search for it, but Finally we found Indian media broadcasting it as hijack by terrorists. President: what’s your plan? Any information regarding passengers? Secretary Michel: we are trying to communicate with the Indian government, hope we will get some information and Primary report says it was just missing, but we need to find and conform regarding hijack none of the official from India discussed about it. There is no information regarding passengers. President: handle everything carefully, this is very sensitive matter find the reason behind this hijack. It’s our responsibility to protect every passenger find how they hijacked. Can I inform this to the media any objections you have? Secretary Michel: you can say about its information sir, we need to conform hijack President: good luck in finding it. I will wait for the second report. The president ended the call and came back to the interview. President: Sorry, I have call from our Secretary of states Mr. Michel. Flight B77 from San Jose to India was missed at Arabian Sea. Press: Mr. President, what you think about missing of the flight? President: Primary report says it was just missing, our secretaries reacted sharply and included additional fighter Flights and ships for searching for flight. Everyone contributing their time and knowledge to find it. Press: what are the steps you are going to take in finding out the flight? President: We just have information about the missing of the flight and we are searching for it, few countries broadcasting it as hijack, we don’t receive any confirmation related to hijack. Our

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secretary of sates contacted the nearest countries at the missing location to help us in finding out. That’s it for now. Officials will inform more after getting secondary report. Press: President, if it was hijack what you are going to do for the protection of passengers President: We do anything to bring back passengers if it was hijacked. We don’t leave anyone behind it, that’s it for now thank you. The president went into the white house.

First call Hijackers will call to the US airport and discuss their demands, they want to talk with President, and they also send pictures of killed passenger. Airport manager informed to Intelligence team. Investigation team started collecting information related to dead passenger. They also call to India and ask them to connect call with person who know details about the core. 1) What Intelligence planning to face this? 2) How Indian government reacted with this situation? 3) Did India and US working together to save passengers?

Mr. President Intelligence collected all the demands and forwarded to President of the United States of America. Immediately President declared emergency situation, all secretaries informed to keep in touch with white house. They need to take decisions at any time, field investigators found valuable information related to hijackers. 1) Why president of the United States declares emergency situations? 2) Who are those hijackers?

Power of core Indian ministers arranged four solders, who know about core. They studied entire case and demands of hijackers. Solders started communicating with hijackers. Indian government sent few cops for helping solders. 1) Who are those solders? 2) Are they capable to handle world’s dangerous energy?

Scientist President of the United States decided to talk with scientists who invented core and how this information leaked to hijackers? He also wanted to know about what’s India’s contribution in project core. Scientist pass all information to President and describes history of Project core. After listening with scientist President and Secretaries found that they are in big trouble. Secretary of defense initiates Mission Core to protect it. 1) What scientist told to all people in the meeting room? 2) Why everyone in meeting room shocked, almost they thought it may be the world’s end? 3) Why the secretary of defense ordered to assemble top ranked seals?

Delivery boy Hijackers call to India, they ask new demands, Indian solders agreed to complete them, the hijackers planned everything to take it in a new way from India. They have a delivery boy, within 4 hours it was delivered to hijackers from India. Solders and Indian government surprised for this fast transportation system of hijackers. 1) Which demands of the hijackers, India is going to complete without giving any information to the United States of America? 2) How’s Delivery done, this is how every time hijackers are smuggling into India? 3) How many people are in the delivery network from India what they can do in future?

Nowhere to fly Robert and Anand prepared a plan so that they are freely moving in hijacker’s camp, while other passengers are not allowed to step out from flight. They checked all the possibilities to escape, Robert realized that they can’t fly back in that flight. 1) If they can’t fly from there, then how 350 people will rescue by any team? 2) What’s that alternative plan?

I’m Rabbit One hijacker listen discussion between Robert and Anand about rescuing all the passengers in hijacker camp, he try to kill Robert and Anand in unexpected way they receive help and escape from the hijacker. Rabbit was one of the best anonymous helper to US government from many years. The FBI decided to contact Rabbit and ask his help to find more valuable information about hijackers. 1) How Robert and Anand got help in hijacker’s camp? 2) How can FBI trust anonymous help in such situation?

3) Does rabbit have advanced technology than the FBI?

Ladybug United Sates is scanning entire Asia to find missing flight. NASA continuously sending live reports and comparing few places images. Rabbit received all call records from FBI, he found some crazy information. They used Ladybug to find exact location of the flight. 1) Rabbit & NASA did they both capable to find hijackers location? 2) If they find who find that? How they find it? 3) Delivered item from India, does it helpful to hijackers to stop USA?

Execution Anand told to Lucy to take care of children and old passengers, he suggested everyone to do simple exercises for body relaxation and active they may leave as soon as possible. Hijackers decided to kill every passenger and send that as winning message to this world. 1) What Anand predicted to happen? 2) Did execution completed successfully?

Reunion Few solders reunited to kill all those hijackers and give a message to everyone that. Don’t mess with The United States of America. 1) Who are the reunion soldiers? 2) How they planned to kill all hijackers?

A long tail Solders got a long tail of hijackers with powerful ammunition, solders try to escape from them instead of killing. 1) Did they able to cut tail? 2) What message they finally gave to this world? 3) What happened to the passengers?

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