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Greetings everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I am also doing well by the grace of Allah. Although I feel that this week will be busy for me on Steemit because after seeing the Steem Engagement Challenge announcement post last night, I felt that I could easily participate in 3 or 4 of them and I will definitely do so. I want to grow my Steem power so I want to write good content in these contests and get votes from big curators.

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Anyway, let’s talk about this contest for now. I think this is my first post in this community. In this contest, we had to complete the given story so I tried to proceed with the story according to my mind. I know that I am not an experienced writer but still, I hope you will like my little effort. So, without any delay let’s get started.

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Terence's mind was also getting strange from the inside. Leaving Veenu and going back to duty, his life was threatened just thinking about it, but duty is duty. He was a paracommando, so there was an additional responsibility on his shoulders.

He was trying to keep Veenu happy so he could spend these few days with her in love and peace, but he was seeing that Veenu's eyes were filled with tears time and again. She kept silently wiping her tears, but Terence could understand her feelings.

Ten of the fifteen days of his leave had already passed. Terrence remembered how he thought about Veenu day in and day out during duty, and even after coming here, he could not sleep properly.

He stayed awake all night, looking at Veenu and stroking her hair. He didn't know how many months after going back from here he would not be able to see her again or if he would ever be able to see her or not.

There was pandemonium in his heart as he felt he would become the target of a bullet in the forest in the next search operation.

He silently wiped his eyes. He was a commando, but he was also a husband, and he loved his wife more than himself.

Terence was enjoying his time off on leave until he woke up on the eleventh day with a strange feeling in his gut that he couldn’t shake off. He was constantly checking his phone and scanning the news for updates on the situation in the forest. His partner Veenu noticed his restlessness and tried to comfort him, but nothing helped.

One night, Terence heard a noise outside and went to investigate but found nothing. Veenu tried to assure him that it was just an animal or the wind, but Terence knew better. As days passed, Terence’s unease only grew stronger.

On the thirteenth day, Terence got a call from his commanding officer to report back to duty immediately. He knew what this meant, the situation in the forest had escalated. He said goodbye to Veenu and left, promising her that he’d come back no matter what.

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As he made his way back to base, a sense of dread washed over him. He knew that this mission was different from any other he’d been on. They didn’t find anything in the woods for the first few days. Just trees and silence. But on day four, everything changed. Suddenly, bullets and grenades rained down on them from hidden enemies.

Terence’s thoughts drifted to Veenu as he longed to see her again. With renewed vigor, he fought harder than ever before, taking down militant after militant but suddenly a fiery agony pierced his heart.

Terence collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest as blood pooled around him, soaking his uniform. He knew this was it. He was going to die here in this godforsaken forest miles away from Veenu.

As his vision faded, Terence saw a figure approaching. It was one of the militants, a young man with a cold look in his eyes. Terence reached for his gun but his strength was failing.

The militant knelt beside him and whispered something in his ear. Terence couldn’t make out the words but he felt the man’s breath on his cheek. Then everything went black.

When Terence came to consciousness, he was in a hospital bed and tried to move but found himself strapped down. A nurse entered and saw that he was awake and quickly fetched the doctor.

The doctor told Terence that he had been in a coma for two weeks and had been found in the forest barely alive and badly injured.

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I know this story is incomplete, but if you want to proceed with it in the comments, you can. 😄

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^{I would like to invite @paholags, @damithudaya and @patjewell 😁 to join this contest, if they have not already taken part in it.}

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^{Author: @waqarahmadshah | Achievement 1}