The police station felt cold.
Silent. Controlled.
They were separated.
Different rooms.
Different questions.
Meher sat alone.
The small chip hidden tightly in her hand.
"Name?" the officer asked.
"Meher," she replied calmly.
"Why did you access restricted data?"
She looked up.
"Because it was the truth."
The officer frowned.
"That's not an answer."
Meher stayed silent.
In another room—
Aarav was being questioned.
"You hacked private systems," the officer said.
Aarav replied—
"We exposed corruption."
"Or created it?" the officer shot back.
Silence.
Reyaan sat in a third room.
Watching.
Thinking.
"They're building a case," he muttered.
Back with Meher—
Her phone was placed on the table.
Confiscated.
The officer leaned forward.
"You're in serious trouble."
Meher looked at him—
Calm.
"Or maybe," she said,
"You're looking at the wrong people."
The officer paused.
At that moment—
A loud voice echoed in the hallway.
"Stop this interrogation!"
The door opened.
A senior officer walked in.
"Release them," he ordered.
Everyone froze.
"Sir?" the officer asked.
"Orders from above," he said.
Silence.
Meher's eyes narrowed.
Above?
Within minutes—
They were out.
Free.
Outside the station—
Aarav, Reyaan, Rishan… and Meher stood together again.
"This doesn't make sense," Aarav said.
Reyaan looked serious.
"It does."
Meher asked—
"How?"
Reyaan replied quietly—
"Someone powerful… doesn't want us stopped yet."
Silence.
Meher's grip tightened around the hidden chip.
"Then we use that," she said.
Outside—
The storm paused.
But the game—
Had reached its most dangerous level.