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central hall of MODULE-14.
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    Muhammed slowly adjusted his scope towards the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The evening Delhi skyline restricted his view of the target building. But he only had to see the smoke rising up in the sky to confirm the success of their mission.
    He was waiting. The timer had been set for ten minutes and every passing minute was a test of his patience. It seemed like ages had passed by the time Muhammed heard a subdued blast at a distance.
    ''The bomb must have gone off. I can see the smoke. Proceed to plant the things in the Durbaar hall,'' he said. Hasib and Azar, disguised as the fire brigade crew, had got into a stolen water tanker and rushed on the streets of Delhi towards Rashtrapati Bhawan. They had a package wrapped in a brown paper to be placed in the Durbaar Hall. It was now time to hook the bait for the fish.
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    Wheeler Island had quite a few buildings on its southern side. Most of the northeastern area was unoccupied and was referred to as the 'woods'. Nearly all the houses were of the wooden chalet type, with great sweeping eaves and balconies running the full width of the front of the houses. These had served as the living quarters for the scientists that had worked on the earlier projects. A few were comparatively modern construction, with shingled walls, small double glazed windows and incomplete wrought iron grille-work, but most were very old and low, planked with rough adze-cut wood, and having the interlocking wall-beams projecting at the corners. The lab was centrally located in the southern building complex while MODULES 13 and 14 stretched across the southwestern part of the complex. The control tower was housed inside an old light house near the southeastern shore. This entire facility was surrounded by a 20 feet wall on the southern side and by an electrified fence on the north.
    MODULE 14's central hall was now occupied by soldiers who were the only remaining security of this island. With Abbaz making up some stories of a terrorist threat, the remaining three terrorists took positions behind the soldiers. Abbaz was so realistic while telling the new security arrangements that the engrossed soldiers never realised suppressed weapons being targeted on them. On Abbaz's signal, the bullets burst out of the barrels, tore through bodies and bones and skulls- a ruthless massacre happened. The three terrorists firing from behind had no expression of rage or ruthlessness on their faces. Their faces were stone cold and their hands steady as they handled their weapons with extreme proficiency. Before anyone could realise what was happening, Abbaz opened fire from the front. Sandwiched between the rain of bullets Cpl Gurmeet and his mates didn't have a chance to survive.  Walking in the pool of blood, Abbaz relished their small victory for a few seconds. But he knew that this was nothing compared to the victory they were going to achieve tonight.
    ''We have to secure the control tower now. As soon as we do that, get me Mr. Kapoor on the phone.''

Chapter 15
     
    Location- The Rashtrapati Bhawan
    Time - 20:32 hrs
    By the time David and his team reached Rashtrapati Bhawan, the translucent screen of smoke had cleared out, returning the visibility to normal. The medics still crowded the grounds treating the injured and picking up the dead. David glanced around, spent a few seconds to register in his mind the impact of the attack and signalled a few from his task force to help the medics take care of the wounded. He then made his way straight to the man in charge, Raghav, hoping to learn more about the situation. ''Any clue as to who was behind the blast?'' David asked after Raghav had saluted him.
    ''Absolutely nothing, Sir. They left nothing behind. We have secured a perimeter of 1 km radius and check posts are being put up as we speak. After we got the information from the IB, we made our move to search...''
    David gestured Raghav to stop momentarily at this point.