The Inseparable Princes

27. Twins in Trouble - 2

"Laksh, I think we should leave, if you are alright," said Shatrughna.

"Y-yeah. We should go," he replied, sort of dazed by the letter, and his back bleeding profusely too.

They climbed onto their horses and rode off to River Tamasa, where they had been called for the challenge.

Upon reaching the place, Shatrughna shouted furiously. "Hey, coward! Where are you? How dare you attack my brother?!"

"Oh, so you have come, huh!" said a voice tauntingly, an arrow approaching Shatrughna, before a weaponless Lakshmana caught it.

"Come in front of me and attack! Let me see how long you live in front me, if you attack my Shatru!" roared Lakshmana.

"Your Shatru? Oh man! You, the four brothers that you are, are absolutely unrealistic and nonsensical!" said the voice, laughing viciously.

"I don't really care, you fool! If you can come in front of me and attack, only then can I even call you a human!" scowled Lakshmana.

"Shh, Lakshman. Stop getting so angry. And I feel like there are more people here, than one," said Shatrughna, straining his ear to listen to any suspicious activity.

"Okay, Shatru, but we-"

"Bhaiya, watch!" he screamed, sticking his dagger into a man, who was about to attack Lakshmana from behind.

"Why don't you attack from in front of us, you cowards?!" screamed Shatrughna, enraged completely.

"We'll do that, I suppose!" said the voice, as around fifty soldiers walked up, completely armed with weapons of different types, to fight against two unarmed princes. Lakshmana and Shatrughna looked at each other, nodded in agreement, and turned away from each other to fight effectively, while protecting oneself and the other.

The soldiers split up and attacked both of them hazardously, but the one who had the last laugh would always be the twins. However, being unarmed, they were extremely wounded, and started to find it hard to fight the increasing number of soldiers, for if one soldier died, two more would be sent to fill the person's place.

"L-Lakshman, ar-aren't they too many people for a one on one fight?" asked Shatrughna, as he laughed sarcastically.

"No, Shatru! Cowards can never equal to people who can fight with their very own skill!" said Lakshmana, before they continued fighting. The princes, powerful as they are, were too hard for the enemy to beat, and they would've easily defeated about a hundred plus soldiers. The process of fighting, however, separated the twins, and they were quite a distance away from each other, compared to where they started.

"Aaaaaaaaahhh!" screamed Shatrughna suddenly, after he'd been attacked by an arrow, on his chest.

"SHATRU!" screamed Lakshmana, before he ran towards Shatrughna, who was nearly unconscious. "Shatru! Shatru, look here!" said Lakshmana, tapping his brother's cheek frantically. He knew that his twin was unconscious, but he obviously didn't want to accept it. However, this time there wasn't anyone to pacify Lakshmana's fiery rage.

"COME OUT RIGHT NOW!" he screamed, holding up a sword that was fallen on the ground, one that belonged to one of the soldiers, after putting the unconscious Shatrughna on his horse. "COME OUT, AND FIGHT ME!"

A man walked out to fight Adi Sesha. How foolish! The man was wearing a black Angarakha and had covered his face with a cloth of the same colour, only revealing his eyes. He had a spear, a bow on his shoulder paired with a quiver full of arrows on his back, and a sword-case with the sword in it. He had a few daggers too, while Lakshmana didn't have anything other than an ordinary sword, but it was paired with his infinite skill in the art of sword-fighting.