Chapter 125: Episode 125 — “The Vanishing Point”
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BLACK SQUAD
Episode 125 — "The Vanishing Point"
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SCENE 1 — MUMBAI CITY MALL — NIGHT
EXT. MUMBAI CITY MALL — NIGHT
A bustling mall lit up with neon signs. Crowds moving in and out. Laughter, music, and traffic in the background.
CAMERA PANS to a young woman, RIA MEHRA (22), speaking on the phone as she walks toward the parking basement.
RIA (on phone, nervously) I'm coming, just two minutes… yeah, yeah — stop freaking out.
As she reaches the elevator, a tall man in a SECURITY UNIFORM watches her closely. The elevator opens. She steps in — alone. The doors close.
CUT TO BLACK. A faint scream is heard.
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SCENE 2 — BLACK SQUAD HQ — MORNING
INT. BLACK SQUAD WAR ROOM — DAY
Team gathered around the table. ARJUN RATHORE, IMRAN WANI, ZAIN QAZI, and SACHIN DESHMUKH. ACP SULAIMAN QAZI's photo on the wall.
IMRAN (serious) Fourth disappearance in ten days. All young women. No bodies. No demands.
SACHIN And no CCTV footage. Mall security says systems were down. Every time.
ARJUN (clenched jaw) Coincidence my foot. Somebody's covering tracks.
ZAIN We hit that mall. Inside out.
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SCENE 3 — MALL SECURITY ROOM — AFTERNOON
INT. SECURITY ROOM — DAY
The team interrogates the head of mall security, SURAJ YADAV (50), visibly sweating.
ARJUN (leaning in) Four girls missing under your watch. And your cameras conveniently stop working? Explain.
SURAJ (nervous) S-sir… system glitches… not intentional…
IMRAN (coldly) We'll see about that.
Sachin taps on the server log — notices manually disabled logs during each disappearance.
SACHIN Glitch, huh? Manual override. Every time.
IMRAN (to Arjun) Somebody's in on this.
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SCENE 4 — BASEMENT PARKING — EVENING
INT. BASEMENT PARKING — EVENING
ZAIN and ARJUN split up to check the lower levels. Dim lighting. Shadows move.
ZAIN (whispering) I've got movement.
They find a hidden passage behind a maintenance board. Blood stains. Women's belongings.
ARJUN (grimly) Bastard was keeping them here.
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SCENE 5 — CHASE SEQUENCE
INT. MALL BACK CORRIDORS — NIGHT
A man in a security uniform bolts as he notices them.
ARJUN Stop!
The man runs. ZAIN chases. A tense foot chase through corridors, down escalators, into an underground storage room.
ZAIN (tackling him) Game's over!
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SCENE 6 — INTERROGATION ROOM — NIGHT
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM — NIGHT
The suspect, RAJU SHETTY (32), bloodied but defiant.
IMRAN (slamming file) Where are the girls?!
RAJU (smirking) Too late.
ARJUN (furious) You're not leaving here until you talk.
Sachin walks in with a recovered video from Raju's phone — footage of a hidden room beneath the mall.
SACHIN Found your playground, sicko.
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SCENE 7 — UNDERGROUND ROOM RAID
INT. UNDERGROUND ROOM — NIGHT
The team breaches the locked chamber. Dark, filthy room. Four young women tied, terrified. Ria among them.
IMRAN (softly) You're safe now.
One girl sobs. Arjun unties them. Emotional moment.
RIA (whispering) Thank you… thank you…
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SCENE 8 — HQ WRAP-UP
INT. BLACK SQUAD WAR ROOM — LATE NIGHT
The team debriefs. Arjun looks out the window.
ARJUN Some devils don't hide in the dark. They roam among us.
IMRAN (lighting a cigarette) And it's our job to hunt them down.
Phone rings. Another case.
CUT TO BLACK. END.
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