Love has no time line

SAVING BAMA

The Portuguese arrived in Sri Lanka in the year 1505 and established trade relations with the Kotte Kingdom. Initially they needed spices but later they gained controlled over some part of the country. "Where are we?" Asked Bama. "I don't know, wait let me check. You go hide there" Anannya pointed at a small forest nearby a village .

Anannya went to steal some clothes that were suitable for the era. "How do I wear this? " asked Bama because in his era men did not cover their chest.

Anannya carefully assembled and dressed Bama. Bama blushed and felt shy at the action.
"I think we are in the era of Vijayaba Kollaya which happened in the times of the Kingdom of Kotte. King Vijayabahu the 6th had three sons who planned to kill him and divide the kingdom between themselves." Anannya explained about the current era they were stuck at to Bama.
Their grumbling stomach indicated that they were hungry. "Let's go get some food." They thought of stealing some food but little did they know the village they had chosen was about to be attacked  by the   Portuguese.
Bama saw the horses and soldiers coming from a distance.
"Why are they so pale?" asked Bama . "What? Pale? Oh, they are not Sri Lankans, they are the Portuguese. In the year 1592, the Portuguese placed a client ruler on the throne of the Kingdom of Kandy, but he died soon after in suspicious circumstances and they were forced to withdraw. Seeking to subdue the last major kingdom in Sri Lanka, the Portuguese launched a full military invasion of Kandy in the Campaign of Danture of 1594.  The war became a stalemate, with further Portuguese attempts to conquer Kandy repeatedly repulsed. The guerilla method of Sri lankan Kandyan made them fail the battle." Anyway, Anannya stopped explaining and turned. Ohh god, she realized that they were coming to capture the village. She ran but Bama did not want to hide. Women were dragged, children were beaten as well. There was fire everywhere Bama put down Portuguese soldiers as much as he could. He strangled two soldiers  with his hand.
"Bama stop," Anannya cried .
Bama did not listen; he continued fighting along with the other boys in the current era.
He sent kids and women to Anannya's side and asked her to keep them safe. As if she knew anything to do.

Anannya did her best. It waa too late and she was now involved in history. There was a Portuguese soldier coming towards them. Anannya was dragged by her hair. Just then a handsome boy around his 20s jumped so high and shot at the soldier's neck with his elbow. The soldier fell dead in an instant. "Are you alright?" the boy asked with a broad smile . "Yes" Anannya said while tucking her hair behind her ear shy.

Someone held Anannya's hand and it was Bama who pulled her towards him and kept her near the kids and women. And he gave his small knife to her . "I'm going back,"  he said.

"You need help here?" asked the handsome boy again. Bama was distracted when he saw the boy was talking with Anannya . "Oh god," Anannya cried . Bama got caught. He was dragged down with his hair pulled along with the other  prisoners the Portuguese took away.

That night Anannya didn't even think of going home .She wanted to save Bama. She asked for help from a bunch of boys who fought. They all refused until the handsome boy came and ordered everyone to help her. He was the gang leader. There were two girls and three boys in their gang.

"I'm Darme," said the boy . "I'm...I'm..." She could not think of a name in that era so she went with her real name "Anannya."
"We will help you to save your friend," said Darme.
"Thank you." Ananya said while taking the porridge he just handed her over.

She could have only two spoonfuls. Darme covered her with a cloth. They were planning to save Bama. Everyone had their role. The two girls and Anannya had to distract the soldiers. The boys would break in. And in the signal they all run and hide.

Plan seemed to be going smoothly. They all went to the Portuguese headquarters. Where they held prisoners.  Anannya was nervous. They managed to distract the soldiers. They threw stones at the guards.  The confused soldiers went on looking from where they were getting hit.

Meanwhile the boys used this as a chance to enter the prison. The guards inside the prison were sleeping. Darme was a good  thief. He slowly took the key from the guard carefully so as not to wake him up .

Meanwhile the girls got caught. They didn't have much time. The girl Fathima. The muslim orphan of the gang was a good fighter. She fought with the soldiers and disarmed them.  She managed to give two small cuts in their stomachs. The soldiers fainted. Fathima saw Anannya's    confused face. " oh the knife is poisoned with  snake poison. This is the last thing my wapa gave me before the Portuguese killed my whole family." She replied.

Meanwhile, the boys were silently searching for Bama. He was beaten up. He had wounds everywhere. They could release Bama and some other village boys. They helped them to walk since everyone was weak .
They slowly entered  the forest nearby.