Together Forever

On the fourteenth floor of the “Red Fusion Ad Agency”, the tension in the meeting room increased. Sweat beads were clearly lining the foreheads of all those sitting infront of her.

Were they scared to death?

Yes!!

Why would they not be scared, the person sitting infront of them was like the devil himself is sitting infront of them.

“Agle paanch second ke andar, iss room mein Maujood sabhi ko fire kardo.”

(” I WANT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO BE FIRED WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE SECONDS”)

She said to her PA Arpit.

“But Ma’am ye possible nahi....”

(“BUT MA’AM IT IS NOT POSSIB.....“)

Arpit opened his mouth to speak but stopped immediately after getting a death glare from her.

He took a deep breath, took out his handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the drops of sweat formed on his forehead.

The next thing he knew they were in the car, driving to the MAHAKAAL MANDIR located east of the RAJPRIYA river which stood in all its glory.

The car stopped, Arpit got out of the car and opened the backseat door for her.

She got out of the car , her face half- covered with a white scarf, her eyes and forehead only visible.

She signalled him to stay there and walked passed the car only to enter the temple.

The temple was very big with four huge gates, two gates facing the east and the other two facing the west. In this way the sunrise and sunset were clearly visible from the inside of the temple.

She walked pass the first gate and entered the verandah or the porch of the temple . It was huge, a big banyan tree planted in between the verandah .

She joined her hands and bowed down before the Mahadev murti( idol) and when she looked up the priest in the temple placed a small tika on her forehead.

“Toh aakhir kaar aap yahan aa hi gayin Rajkumari.”

(“FINALLY YOU CAME HERE RAJKUMARI.“)

He said looking at her, she bent down and took his blessings

He gave her the prasad( offering) and she got out of the main temple walking through the verandah.

She was distributing the prasad to the small poor children sitting and playing there as she had an habit of giving all her Prasad to them, not wanting to eat any.

She was about to exit the temple when a girl bumped into her and was about to fall when she held her hand and stopped her from falling down.The girl stood up straight , and that is when she noticed the girl properly.

Her clothes were torn from her shoulders, she had a cut on her lips through which blood had seeped out and dried there leaving a red mark. She had a bruise on her forehead . She had a dupatta (scarf) which barely covered her shoulders.

She was about to say something when few men wearing black suits came infront of them and one of them said to the girl, ” Kitna bhagogi hamse, dekho pakad liya na tumhe..” and all of them started laughing maniacally, she looked at them and then turned to the girl. She had fear in her eyes.

(” HOW MUCH WILL YOU RUN AWAY FROM US, SEE WE CAUGHT YOU.“)

She was still holding the girl’s wrist , the girl quickly started trying to get her wrist out of her hold. But After much struggle she was not able to withdrew her hands.

The girl said in her terrified voice, “Please, jaane dijiye hamein, warna ye log mujhe chhot pohonchayenge..“, she looked at the men standing infront of her and did some calculations in her mind.

(“PLEASE LEAVE MY HAND OTHERWISE THEY WILL HARM ME”)

She gave one firm glance to the men who had till now, surrounded her from all four sides.

“Inhe lagta hai ki tum kamzor ho, ki ye sab milkar tumhe daba sakte hain. Aaj ki aurton ki sabse badi problem hai, unhe lagta hai ki woh in mardon par depend karti hain..”

(” THEY THINK YOU ARE WEAK AND THEY CAN DOMINATE YOU.THE PROBLEM WITH TODAY’S WOMAN IS THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY DEPEND ON THE MALES.“)

Listening to her voice the girl immediately recognized her and tears ran down her face.

She quickly hugged her and with her breaking voice she said ” MY MOTHER IS WAITING FOR ME, PLEASE SAVE ME.”

After listening to her pleads she took a deep breath and broke the hug. She moved her behind herself and stood straight like a wall protecting the girl infront of those heavily built men.

One of them said, “Side hatt ja, tere inn sab se koi lena dena nahi hai.”

(“MOVE ASIDE WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.“)

“BUT I HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH YOU ALL,“she said in her husky voice.

One of them said looking at her “A WOMAN WILL FIGHT US”, and started laughing.

“YOU ALL ARE ALSO BORN TO WOMEN, REMEMBER”, she said.

All this time a crowd had gathered around them by listening to their words.

One of them felt offended and attacked her, she quickly bent down and placed a punch on his stomach, he fell to the ground groaning in pain.

The rest were startled for a moment but soon composed themselves and attacked her, one by one she fought all of them, dodging their attacks with ease, and within the next five minutes all of them were laying on the ground, all holding different parts of their body and groaning in pain.

The people gathered around her were surprised by her actions she stood like a lioness infront of them. Moments later a black mercedes was parked infront of the temple and a man wearing a black suit came out of the car. He walked up to her and the girl shivered with fear.

He came and stood infront of her and after staring her from head to toe he said, ” Toh ek raajkumari ek mamuli si ladki ko bachane ke liye inn chote logon se lad rahi hain..”

(” HMMM, A PRINCESS IS PROTECTING A GIRL AND FIGHTING WITH THESE LOW CLASS PEOPLE”)

He said pointing at them laying on the ground.

“WHETHER IT IS A CHILD, A WOMAN, A GIRL OR A MAN. IF HE/ SHE HAS ASKED MY HELP AND MY PROTECTION IT IS MY DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE LAYS HANDS ON THEM.”

She said with confidence.

“SEE LEAVE HER , MY BROTHER WAS JUST HAVING SOME FUN WITH HER, DO NOT WORRY I WILL PAY HER FOR THIS “,he said.

“THE AUDACITY OF A MAN LIKE YOU TO SAY SUCH A THING TO GIRL EVEN THOUGH YOU ALSO HAVE A SISTER REMEMBER” she said mocking him.

These words of her made his blood boil in anger and he said in a loud voice “HOW DARE YOU COMPARE MY SISTER WITH THIS LOW SOCIETY GIRL”, hearing this she darkly chuckled.

" NOW HURT, THINK ABOUT IT , SHE IS ALSO SOMONE’S SISTER, SOMEONE’S DAUGHTER, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THESE TYPE OF THINGS TO HER”.

Her constant argument made his anger and frustration reach its peak. Hearing to his harsh words about herself the girl started sobbing inconsolably.

She drifted her gaze from him to the girl and looked at the girl, her eyes speaking, “Hamare rehte koi tumhari parchayi tak ko bhi nahi chuu sakega.”

(“NO ONE CAN TOUCH YOUR SHADOW WHILE I AM STANDING HERE.“)

The girl felt safe. Suddenly few drops of blood fell on her hand.

She looked up and saw a sword targeted at her but stopped by the person standing infront of her. Blood coming out of her hand because of holding the sharp sword .

She turned the sword, rotated her body and stood facing the man. “WE DO NOT GIVE THE PERSON WHO IS ABOUT TO BURN THE WORLD A MATCHSTICK ADITYA SINGH RATHORE”, she roared like a lioness....

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