After 20 Years

Shadows of Loyalty: Akshar, the Prince of Ruthless

Prologue:

When Akshar is 21 years old. At night. At "Broken Four leaf" village. He was sitting on a rock inside an unknown area in the middle of the road where the border ends. He held a man's hand whose body was shivering sitting on the ground. The man's other hand was smashed brutally and his whole body had bruises which were slowly covering his head's blood. Akshar hasn't a single scratch on his body. He broke that man's hand's middle finger which made the man shout loudly. But Akshar was smiling. A woman was lying down under a tree whose body was ruthlessly beaten up. Some bones were coming out from her skin. She was crying without sound and looking at Akshar.

(Akshar looks at the man.) Isn't the weather beautiful? How are you feeling?

Have mercy!

You two made me tired. Come on! That's not fair.

Have mercy.

You might want to know who am I. Right? Ask. Go on!

Who are you?

Me? Akshar! Commander of Curtain City. Some call me Prince also. I don't know why they call Prince of ruthless. They might have gone crazy.

Please! Have mercy on me.

(Smiles.) Yeah?

What did we do? (Akshar broke his other finger which made him scream.)

Don't try to be the nice person in front of me. I don't get manipulated by strangers.

I am sorry. Please have mercy.

What? (Clearing his voice.) Are you really saying it? I mean after fighting 9 hours with you two, you are saying to leave you. That's not fair. Look at the flood dripping over your body, isn't that amazing?

We are sorry. (Akshar breaks another finger.)

Sorry is a deep word, man. Just because it's used frequently doesn't mean it is not worth it. When the boys were begging on your feet, where was that mercy? Where was that sympathy before taking out their flesh while they were alive?

(Crying)

This suits you guys best. Crying. (Looking at the woman.) Hey! Woman! You guys are awesome. I mean being a woman as a cannibal, you first ate the people of this village. And this man helps you to bring strangers inside this village. Wow! Two of you killed thousands of boys. (The woman was growling even in the paralyzed situation which made Akshar laugh.) Now answer where you kept those people's bodies when this man was killed. (Looked at the man.)

Buried inside the soil.

Yeah. (Breaks another finger of that man.)

(Screams.)

You know, If I start digging everywhere then I will find bodies instead of soil. Isn't that amazing? There isn't a single space on the ground where you didn't bury bodies.

Please! Kill us. (Akshar breaks another finger.) Why are you doing this if you had the order to kill us?

Amazing. Right? You think if we are bound to die then why not torture and kill people first? Just like that. I am like this. I love torturing you guys to make you remember what you have done to innocent souls. What did you think? I am a commander and I won't touch women. Nah! (Laughs.) For me, a criminal is a criminal. If there is no difference in the crime category then why is it on who did this? A human did this. I have a question. Why are you targeting only boys?

Because she said our ancestors said we should respect women but didn't say anything about boys.

Just like boys do to girls. You uneducated fellow. (Look at the girl.) The ancestors said to respect humans. Respect each other as humans, you idiot.