🔱Mahayudh: War For Balance🔱

29. Bliss

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'Pranam Dev!' the four of them greeted him. Vayu Dev's eyes gazed them, a smile adoring his lips with a frown on his forehead and eyes moist. His eyes travelled down to Mrityunjay's and Umika's feet who were standing together.

'Maa! Prabhu!'  his inner self screamed desperately while he still had his lips sealed. It was getting difficult for him to stand any longer without touching their feet. It was getting difficult for him to not to take the form of a child and run upto his Mata who would then take him in her motherly embrace like she always used to do. And it was difficult for him to stand their like strangers with his Prabhu when he is the source of his existence.

'Kalyan ho.' he said in a low tone. And then he turned to his son. A wide smile spread across his face as he called 'Maruti!!' And Maruti ran into his father's embrace. Vayu dev stroked his head and back with such fatherly love that Umika began feeling suffocated. But she calmed down as she felt a hand on her head and turned to find Mheem smiling at her.

Once Vayu Dev and Hanuman ji parted, Vayu Dev walked upto all of them. They noticed his features more closely. The radiance of his face did not resemble that on Agni Dev's face. Agni Dev had fierce divine glow while Vayu Dev had a soothingly strong radiance which was as brilliant as Agni Dev's radiance. 

'Aap sb ne jo kiya hai........dhanyawad uske liye bohot chota shabad hai......' (What you people have done.........Thank you is really small phrase for it......) Vayu Dev's voice was filled with emotions. '.......mai keval aap logon ko itna spasht kr skta hoon ki yadi aap log yahan tk aa gaye, toh ant mein dharm ko vijay bhi avashya prapt karayeinge.' (..........I just want to clear this to you that if you people can reach till this point, then you'll win victory for dharm in the end  as well) the words of Lord of winds gave a flight to their determination.

Hanuman ji introduced each one of them to Vayu Dev. Vayu Dev's eyes fell on Umika's locket and he gazed at it with fresh tears brimming in his eyes.

 'Anuj.' Vayu Dev whispered while gazing at the spark in the stone of the locket. And within a blink of eyes Vayu Dev disappeared leaving them all shocked. A wind whispered in ears of all of them. 'Mai Agni ke saath milkar aapki safalta ke liye tapp karunga.'  (I'll do penance for your success along with Agni) They all looked at the locket and found that with the yellowish spot on the stone, now there was whitish one as well.

They decided to rest in the cave itself today and leave tomorrow. 

Night

Mheem, Khyati and Mrityunjay were inside the cave resting, Hanuman ji had gone to fetch them all something to eat while Umika was sitting outside the cave, on the edge of the cliff with her legs hanging down from the cliff.

Mrityunjay came out of the cave and squinted his eyes a little due to the snowy winds that were running wildly outside. He looked ahead and could make out Umika's form in the darkness.

He walked upto her and found her gazing into nothingness. 

'Mheem ne mujhe bataya ki aapne aaj ek divya astra ko avahan diya.' (Mheem told me that today you summoned a divine weapon) Umika heard his voice and came out of her trance to find him sitting beside her. She saw appreciation on his face and smiled a little before turning back to look into nothingness.