Fire was spreading everywhere. The leaves of the trees were turning into ashes and flying in the air. Blood was spread everywhere on the ground.
Heaps of corpses were lying there. The earth was drenched in blood.The smell of blood was spread everywhere.
At some distance from the corpses, some people were standing in blue uniforms with weapons. Their number would be between thirty to forty.
A man was standing in front of them, who was wearing a white uniform and he was saying something to those people.
"This isn't the time! The enemy could arrive any moment—drop everything and retreat!"
There was an unspoken strictness in the eyes of that man, such firmness in his voice that everyone would follow his orders blindly.
After this, that man turned and moved forward. The men standing near him also started following him.
At some distance from them, a boy was lying on the ground. His whole body was red with blood. So red that no one could tell by looking at him whether the pupils of his eyes were black or red.
His clothes were stained as if someone had dipped them in blood and taken them out. Four swords were stuck in his body.
Whoever saw him would have thought he was dead - but his light, trembling breaths were still struggling for life.
The boy's eyes were closed, he wanted to absorb the pain of all his wounds by closing his eyes, but unfortunately he could not escape this pain.
Behind his closed eyes, blurred scenes of memories started playing.
The boy was groaning.
His body had become completely stiff. At the same time, tears came out of the boy's eyes and started moving towards the ears.
After meeting the blood, those tears had become tears of blood instead of tears.
At some distance from him, those men had moved ahead. Only one man was left, who was passing by that boy. The rest were waiting for him.
The man was about to cross the boy and move ahead when he felt the boy's body moving.
Due to this feeling, he stopped and went to the boy. At that very moment, the boy slowly opened his eyes.
The man's eyes met the boy's. His eyes were filled with immense pain.
Seeing the boy's condition, the man smiled crookedly. His eyes went to the boy's neck, where the boy was wearing a locket with a shiny blue stone.
Tightening his grip on his sword, the man directly thrust it into the boy's neck.
Then suddenly the boy puts his hand on his neck and sits up screaming. He was panting heavily.
As soon as he got up, he held his head. There was an unbearable pain in his head.
Every breath was the burden of some remaining life. The body drenched in sweat was feeling heavy with every heartbeat.
At this moment, he was sitting on the floor inside a dark room. It was difficult to make out whether his clothes were black or white. There were many iron rods on the outside of the room. This clearly indicated that this was a prison.
Away from all this, the boy was lost in his own thoughts. He was trying to control his breathing as time passed.
Just then, someone put a hand on his shoulder and he turned back. A face emerged from the deep darkness. It was a boy who seemed to be of the same age as the boy sitting on the floor.
On seeing that boy, the boy sitting on the floor heaved a long sigh.
The boy said in a low voice, "You alright?"
The boy sitting on the floor only nodded his head in affirmative.
The condition of that boy also did not seem to be good.
His face had turned pale, as if he was very ill. He was wearing a torn white shirt, which had turned black due to dirt. He looks at the boy from top to bottom once.
He sits down and says, "What is your name?"
But the boy does not answer. He hides his head between his legs.
The boy puts his hand on his shoulder and says again with hope in his eyes, "I told you my name, Gareth... now it's your turn."
But the boy does not answer. Disappointment is clearly visible in Gareth's eyes.
With this disappointment in his eyes, Gareth gets up to leave from there.
He gets up and starts to leave, at the same time he stops and looks back in the hope of an answer, but this time too his hope is dashed by disappointment and he moves forward.
Then the boy sitting on the ground broke his silence and said in a low voice, "Lynn!!"
On hearing this, Gareth's steps stop and he turns and looks back.
Lynn was looking at him with half-open eyes.
"Well, at least you can talk!!"
Gareth said with a smile.
Lynn gave a small smile too.
At this time, both of them were imprisoned in a room of a big jail.
It was night time and this was the part of the jail where there was no light.
There were four buildings outside, which were standing in front of each other in the shape of a square.
There was a small door in the corner of every building which was tied with iron wires. Electricity was running in the wires.
Soldiers were guarding everywhere. The security of the jail seemed to be more than necessary. Some high-ranking soldiers were on rounds, who were checking the soldiers every few minutes. It did not seem ordinary at all.
Along with tight security, there was something spread everywhere, and that was peace which a criminal can tear apart from the inside.
Just then, breaking that peace, there is a knock near the door of a building.
All the high-ranking soldiers become alert and two of them go near the door.
Here inside, in the dark area of the jail, a high-ranking soldier was sitting on a chair and smoking a cigar. Just then a soldier came to him and said,
" Sir! Why such tight security today? Is something big going to happen?"
Hearing his question, the high ranking soldier removed the cigar from his mouth and looked at the soldier with cold eyes.
Here, two high ranking soldiers reached near the door. One of them looked outside while looking through the electric wires.
There, beside the bullock cart, a man dressed in ordinary farmer's clothes was standing with a woman in a red sari with her face covered.
The man said, " Sir!! We have brought grains!! The big government has sent us."
Hearing the man's words, the high ranking man looked at the woman who was standing with her eyes down.
Finding the soldier looking at the woman, the man immediately said, " Sir! She is my wife!! We have married her today after eloping with her from her home.... I request you with folded hands, don't tell anyone, otherwise her family will burn us alive."
The soldier ignored his words and said, "Give me your certificate!!"
Meanwhile, in the dark area of the jail, the high-ranking soldier was still staring at the soldier with cold eyes.
"Nothing special!!... Such security is always maintained!!"
The high-ranking soldier had just finished speaking, when the common soldier said, "No sir!! I noticed, the security has been increased in the last few weeks as compared to other times!!"
The high-ranking soldier made a fist of his hands and said, "Mind your own business!!"
Hearing this, the common soldier lowered his eyes.
Then the high-ranking soldier saw that his cigar was over. Before he could do anything, the common soldier extended a cigar towards him.
He lit the cigar and said while taking a puff, "Our jail is the safest and strongest jail in Ashtoria."
The soldier said in an eager voice, "Really?"
"Hmm!"
Suddenly that soldier changed the expression on his face and said, "I don't think so!!"
The high ranking soldier is shocked by the way the common soldier is speaking and says, "What do you mean!!"
Here the man and the woman come inside with the bullock cart after showing their certificate and the man starts dropping the grain sacks down. And the woman was looking around with her eyes raised.
"Come on, come on, empty the place quickly and get out of here!!, we don't have time to waste!!"
A soldier shouted at the man.
Then the woman came and stood in front of the soldier.
"What's the hurry?"
She removed the cloth covered with the sari. The soldier was shocked to see her face.
Here inside the building, the soldier was silent even after hearing the question of the high ranking soldier. His face was steady and his eyes also seemed to be controlled by him.
Then he laughed a little and said "Ha ha sir!!, what kind of joke are you making!!, come on close your ears."
He could not understand what the soldier was saying, at that moment a big explosion occurred in every building. The explosion was so strong that the lower walls of the prison broke and fell down.
Lynn and Gareth also get shocked.
"I told you, sir... I don't think so!"
That high ranking soldier immediately stands up. Flames erupted in his hands, crackling with rage.
Seeing this, that common soldier laughs loudly and moves towards him.
That woman outside looked towards the open sky and said, "I told you... what's the rush?"
All the soldiers standing near her took out their weapons. The high ranking soldiers also ran in all directions.
There was still one soldier standing in front of that woman. Slowly, a blue cloth starts covering her body and her face changes from that of a young woman to that of an eighteen year old girl.
Her sari had disappeared. The soldier was staring at her with his mouth open.