The Rising Phoenix // Vani Fanfiction

#45. No Rest For The Wicked

Markaat punched Shakura hard.

"Na... kuch bhi nahi hai yeh. Zor se..." Shakura told Markaat as he pushed Markaat against the wall and kicked him on the gut. Markaat threw a punch with more force. Shakura staggered back but grin didn't go away. "Kya? Bas itna hi dam hai?"

Shakura flew at Markaat with his talons. The tree had its bark marked with talons cutting through it. The tree's sap leaked out. Shakura jumped up in the air and kicked Markaat in the chest.

"Aarghhh...." Markaat growled. He punched the ground in rage and got up. He dashed at Shakura and the two started fighting. He grabbed Shakura's throat. Shakura tried to attack him with his talons forcing Markaat to release him. Markaat ducked the talons and kicked Shakura away. Shakura fell back crashing against a tree. The tree moved with force Shakura crashed against it. Markaat proceeded to punch Shakura but Shakura ducked and elbowed Markaat in the jaw. A crack was heard.

"Yeh hota hai punch. Zor laga..." Shakura told Markaat.

"Pura zor laga hi raha hun..." Markaat shouted back in anger.

"Aise ladoge Veer se? Paanch minute mein hara ke maar dega."

Markaat grabbed Shakura's throat angrily. Shakura kicked him away. Markaat growled in anger. The stopwatch beeped. Markaat and Shakura stopped fighting. "60 minutes aur tujhe 10 baar zameen par gira chuka hun." Shakura told Markaat.

Markaat angrily punched the tree. The whole tree shook.

"Gussa kya kar raha hai? Yeh gussa kaafi nahi hai Veer se jeetne ke liye." Shakura commented.

"Ek baar phir se meri baazi palat di Veeranshu ne." Markaat growled. Markaat was seething in anger as one by one, everything he was throwing at Veer was being tackled by Veer. First Veer slipped though the cracks and Chandrakala's trap ended with Veer managing to gain control. Just when Markaat was thinking that Veer was getting more and more tired, Veer turned the tables around. By now, he had understood one thing. Bani was Veer's strongest ally and Bani's strongest ally was Veer. The two matched each other's strength and weakness, making them together a great team. Veer knew how to tackle situations. He had surrounded himself with everyone who come to his use.

"Markaat huzoor, Shukla ko unn Singhanias ne pakad ke rakha hai. Koi mansion ke aas paas bhi dikh raha hai toh who Singhanias unki halat buri karke dur chod aa rahe hai. Veer ke permission ke bina koi bhi cheel Singhania Mansion mein nahi dikhe aisa order jaari kar diya hai Veer ne. He's returning to his title as Cheel Rajkumar." One of the cheels reported to Markaat.

"Uss Adi-Naagin ne humare 14 cheelon ko maar diya hai." Another cheel pointed out to Markaat. Shakura put bandages around Markaat. Markaat was still working towards increasing his strength, endurance and speed.

A suparn's body is heavier than that of a cheel which makes it slower compared to a cheel. Not to mention, after the whole mess, Markaat was a little weaker. Almost all of his potential energy that he had accumulated during the 12,000 years of wait was diminishing. Nageshwari was cursed for 10,000 years. Aakesh chose not to take birth until he knew Nageshwari was freed from the cursed. Aakesh had himself poured himself with 10,000 years of energy. The only reason why he could even resist Markaat for that long. Veer was calculated. He knew how much he can endure and could make plans as he worked. That was his strength. He can make plans while working on them.

Markaat took a bath with all the sweating in the lake and cleaned himself. He sat down and meditated. Regardless of what he had become, his inner self still worked the old school. The way he was trained by Narayan. Meditate to control your mind, exercise to get stronger. Eat healthy to build fitness. 14 lapses around the island without a pause in the morning. In the afternoon, it was laps with weight. By the evening, he had to race with Shakura flying in his cheel form to build up speed. Morning, Evening and night with 2 hours of meditation to build his potential energy.