" So let us meet exactly after a month. We will begin our journey from here..." said Meiko in a tone resembling a leader....
" Yes leader!!.." replied Hakai and Indra...
Indra and Hakai departed the cave , although they agreed to the mission..the fact they were being used as a guinea pig was hard to digest... although they thought their will was unwavering but being already told their faith filled their heart with fear....but this fear was about to become the motivation to survive...just like a deer runs with all its might to escape a lion's grab.. similarly their instincts were kicked on for survival....
" So what should we do now huhhh?" sighed Indra...
" I have my plans, so I will be going now" said Hakai as he left in a opposite direction....
" Oh really! Now I am all alone, Where should I go now?" said Indra to himself..
"Yaare Yaare, I wanted you to meet someone..." said Kai standing beside a tree
"Mr. Kai!! I thought you were gone...at least I am not alone right now...ufffff" said Indra ..
"Here take this address , and visit him.." said Kai stretching out a piece of paper...
"Who is he?" asked Indra...
"Someone who might help you, I am going now..." said Kai and left immediately...
"Someone who can help me huhhh...Let us see"sighed Indra....
Indra took the address and went towards the busy area of the village...he was not in hurry...he wanted to absorb the moment, absorb the smiles of people, their anger sadness, everything he could feel in the crowd....somewhere inside his heart was fear of losing everything once again and thrown back to that eternal silence.....
He passed through various gullies until it lead to an open field...nearby was a small hut.. Indra saw someone sitting on the ground at a distance...he was an old man wearing a very simple clothing and medium white hairs...
" So you have come.." said the old man as he continued to look straight his weak eyes lost in the greenery of the place....
"Uhhh.Do you know me Sir?..!!" asked Indra politely...
"Why not leave the introduction for later kid and show me your martial arts?" the old man slowly stood up straight and faced Indra..his body seemed too weak and thin as if it would be blown by the air..but his eyes clearly invited Indra for a duel....
"What do you mean sir!?...I cannot go against an elderly and show off my martial arts..."
"Do not worry about me, you can unleash your strongest move and still cannot beat me..." said the old man....
Indra felt a presence of predator as he looked in the old man's eyes....his eyes could not believe it but his spirit recognised that fearsome presence....
" Is this some prank on me...this is so sudden...I cannot do it.
..."said Indra....
" I guess then I will have to strike first..." said the old man...
The old man brought his hands forward opened his legs and with a deep breath he moved forward...Indra was confident he could block his move...he locked his eyes on the old man as he moved towards him.. but..he was suddenly in front of him just two steps away..then Indra was punched in his abdomen...he thought the punch would be bearable...but...he felt a rock hard pressure..and in a moment he was in the air then in that open field he bounced like a ball until he collides with a nearby tree breaking the long tree in half....
"See what you did kid..broke my precious tree in half...I thought you could at least handle that.." said the old man....
"ONE SURPRISE AFTER ANOTHER...!!
I WAS NOT READY AT ALL, NOW GET READY, NOW I AM SERIOUS TOO...!!" shouted Indra in anger and excitement...
Indra too ran forward then gained his speed almost invisible to a common person's eyes as he reached near the old man, his hand was grabbed and he was thrown again up in the air.....
Indra was shocked...the old man didn't even seemed to apply much force...
This time Indra gained his balance and landed swiftly, and made a good distance from the old man....
There was a silence... both glaring each other then they both moved...and then begin the duel with pure hand to hand combat...as their fist stroke each other, a loud noise travelled the whole village resembling that to of the explosives.....
The air around their fist heated up changing its direction...the small shock waves left the small patches on the ground....
In the whole fight Indra was thrown and tossed in the air...he felt as if he was being played by the old man just like a lion plays with its prey before killing it....
It was evening and now , Indra was tired...but the old man seemed fine breathing normally....
"Hey kid! You will die if you remain like this...I don't even know how you defeated a King's chapter and then survived from Amora...but you are definitely going to die the next time...You only have a month don't you...." said the old man calmly looking at the reddish Sun going beneath the horizon....
"Who... ar..e yo..u sir? And...what do..you want...from me..." asked Indra breathing heavily...
"I don't want anything from you...this entire month you are under me...you are in no position to ask questions...just follow my orders...You will eat when I want...You will sleep when I tell you...and you will survive even if I tell you to die....." said the old man as he walked towards the hut.....
Indra was silent..what could be even say...he was refused to ask any questions...but he knew he was defeated...he too looked towards the Sun and smiled...
"Okay then...I guess this month is gonna be a hell for me..Ouch!..it already pains so much..."...