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Chapter 13 - Episode 13 :– "WRATH IN THE JUNGLE"

EXT. DEEP JUNGLE – MORNING STORM

[WIDE PANEL]

Ganga stands at the edge of Bhola's cave. Lightning streaks behind her. Rain pours hard. Her body sparks violently—half-wet, half-glowing.

GANGA (coldly):

"Run. Hide. Or face me like the failed creatures you are."

[ACTION PANEL]

Khan steps forward, eyes narrow. Phantom ignites his shadow blades. Bhola cracks his knuckles, growling low.

BHOLA (angrily):

"I smell your blood again… Ganga."

LUCY:

"Positions! Don't let her touch water!"

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THE BATTLE IGNITES

Ganga hurls a bolt of electricity that tears a tree apart.

Phantom leaps in, his form flickering, blades clashing with her current.

Ganga doesn't move—her body absorbs the shadows and repels him back into Lucy.

Lucy fires from her pistols—but Ganga uses a drop of water to redirect the bullets, frying her gun.

Khan tries to strike with Shurya's strength—charging head-on.

SHURYA (in his mind):

"Let's go, brute to brute!"

Khan lands a blow on Ganga's ribs. She stumbles… only to grin and GRAB his arm, electrocuting it.

[SUBCONSCIOUS CHAMBER]

Thunder echoes inside. One of the empty chairs—Veer's chair—begins to tremble.

[CLOSE-UP PANEL]

A monstrous figure forms in the flickering light. Red eyes. Chains around his arms. His grin… twisted.

VEER (snarling):

"You called for power, didn't you, weakling?"

Khan's inner self is hurled back as Veer roars and breaks free from his chair.

VEER:

"I'll burn the world before I bow to anyone. Especially that witch outside."

Khan screams in the real world—

Khan's left eye turns crimson. His right arm cracks with dark energy. He screams—and Veer begins taking over his body.

PHANTOM (horrified):

"That's not Shurya… who the hell is that?!"

LUCY:

"His aura… it's darker. Wild!"

KHAN/VEER (in distorted voice):

"Let's dance, thunder girl."

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Veer charges with raw fury, swinging punches that break trees.

Ganga finally struggles—his punches shake the earth. She bleeds.

But Ganga retaliates, merging with water, becoming invisible, then reappears behind him, shocking Veer mid-air.

Ganga lands a near-fatal blow, throwing Veer-Khan across a mountain rock.

GANGA (panting):

"I'm not your average subject."

[FLASHBACK PANELS]

A younger Bhola watches Ganga drown a baby deer with glee in a test chamber. He screams, restrained by chains. Dr. Vikrant watches calmly.

DR. VIKRANT:

"Pain makes gods. Watch closely, Subject 5."

BACK TO PRESENT:

Lightning crackles in the sky. Rain begins to fall in small drops, glowing faintly with static. Bhola and Ganga stand face-to-face, surrounded by Khan, Lucy, and Phantom at a distance.

Bhola (growling, voice deep):

"Ganga… you killed my deer, my rabbits… even the stray dogs that trusted you. I forgave you every time. I thought maybe you were broken… but not evil."

*"…But today, I see what you've become. A monster. And for the first time—I will not forgive you."

Ganga (grinning, cold):

"Always the soft-hearted fool, Bhola. Still crying over animals?"

"You talk of family? Family doesn't cage me. Family doesn't lecture me."

"You want to protect others? Protect yourself first!"

Bhola's fists clench. The ground trembles. His eyes glow a deep golden hue.

Bhola (roaring):

"RAAAHHH!!"

Bones crack. Muscles ripple. He erupts into his full bear form — towering, wild, massive. His roar echoes across the jungle.

--

Bhola lunges forward like a charging beast, slamming Ganga into a tree. The impact cracks the bark. He doesn't stop — claws swinging, raw power overwhelming.

Ganga coughs blood, stunned. She tries to phase into water—

SFX: CRACK!

Bhola's claw lands first, sending her flying.

Khan (from afar):

"He's… winning?"

Phantom (watching closely):

"Don't speak too soon…"

--

Ganga's smile returns, lips stained red.

Ganga (whispers):

*"Your strength is wild, Bhola… but mine is calculated."

She lifts her hand — and the rain stops. Suddenly, it freezes midair, then flashes—

SFX: ZZZZRRRRRRTTT!!!

A surge of electricity explodes outward, blasting Bhola back.

Steam hisses from his fur. He growls, in pain.

Ganga now floats above ground, her body pulsing with blue electricity. Water around her dances with lightning.

Ganga (mocking):

"Welcome to my storm, little bear."

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Bhola tries to get up, breathing hard, half-burned. He looks toward Khan.

Bhola (low):

"…Don't let her hurt the others."

Khan and Phantom begin to step forward—ready to assist.

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INT. KHAN'S MIND – LOST MEMORIES RETURN

[MONTAGE PANELS]

5-year-old Khan in a glass chamber, crying. A young Dr. Vikrant comforts him.

Vikrant injects something into his brain. Whispers: "You're going to change the world, my child."

Khan laughing with Pathan, Phantom, and Bhola in the facility garden.

Vikrant's voice over:

"All of them were created… because of your brain. You were the seed. They are your branches."

--

The ground quakes. Suddenly, a roar—

BOOM!!

A boulder explodes nearby. Flames burst through the cracks as a figure emerges…

Khan's body jerks—his eyes roll back—

Voice within (Captain):

"It's happening… Veer is waking."

Veer's form erupts out of Khan—his muscles massive, body burning red-hot with energy.

His fists ignite—flames swirl around his arms like serpents.

He screams—half rage, half agony—and slams his fists into the earth.

SFX: CRACK—BOOM!

The impact splits a rock mountain nearby in half.

Phantom (alarmed):

"No… he's not ready yet—he's unstable!"

Lucy (stepping back):

"He's going to torch the whole jungle!"

Veer charges Ganga with a fiery roar. She lifts her arms to shock him—

SFX: FLAME MEETS LIGHTNING – SHHHZZZZKRRRRAAAHH!

The two collide in a brutal power struggle—fire against electricity.

Ganga tries to dodge but Veer grabs her by the arm, slams her into the ground, and rains fire punches that scorch the soil. She's overwhelmed, injured, barely conscious.

Veer (growling, eyes glowing):

"YOU. HURT. MY. BROTHER."

Veer Loses Control

But he doesn't stop.

Flames begin to engulf the jungle. Trees catch fire. Wildlife flees.

Phantom (shouting):

"He's not targeting Ganga anymore—he's burning everything!"

Lucy:

"We need to stop him now—before it's too late!".

Bhola transforms again—more beast than man—and leaps at Veer.

SFX: SLAM!

He pins Veer down, roaring in pain as the fire scorches him.

Bhola (gritting teeth):

"I'm sorry, brother… but I won't let you destroy this forest.

Phantom sends energy blasts to distract Veer.

Lucy throws smoke grenades.

Even Ganga—limping, burned—uses her last strength to shoot a freezing water current to suppress the fire.

Finally… Veer collapses. The flames vanish.

Khan falls unconscious—his body steaming.

---

As the smoke clears, Ganga tries to stand—

Bhola turns to her, eyes cold.

Bhola (softly, angrily):

"You brought this chaos. You hurt my family."

SFX: SLASH!

Bhola swings at Ganga, throwing her back.

[SCENE SHIFTS]

Phantom drags Khan's unconscious body as Bhola holds off Ganga in a brutal brawl.

LUCY:

"We need to regroup! She'll kill us all!"

Captain takes control just enough to throw a flash device.

BOOM! LIGHT BLAST — Ganga stumbles, blinded.

They escape deeper into the jungle, bruised but alive.

HIDDEN SAFEHOUSE IN THE JUNGLE – NIGHT

Khan wakes up, breathing heavily.

KHAN:

"She was… like me. Broken."

PHANTOM:

"She's not done."

BHOLA:

"She never will be. Until one of us is dead."

LUCY (serious):

"Then we need more answers. More allies."

KHAN (determined):

"Then let's go deeper. Into Vikrant's old facility ruins. The answers are there."

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A SHADOWED MONITOR ROOM

Dr. Vikrant watches them from surveillance screens. Beside him stands a sixth unknown subject—face hidden.

DR. VIKRANT (smiling):

"They're almost ready. Let them remember. Then I'll remind them… who created them."

TO BE CONTINUED..

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