The Warrior

Part 2

Rahul was momentarily distracted by the shouts that emanated from the rapidly growing crowd in the parking lot. He ran towards the college campus...

Sameer's leg swept out in a wide, graceful art, connecting with Rahul's ankles, throwing him off balance. Without even realizing what exactly was happening, Rahul found himself flat on his back, sucking in deep breaths of air that seemed devoid of oxygen, wincing as the metal rod hit him hard on his back. The subsequent tunnel vision that threatened to take away his sight cleared with just enough time to roll away from a kick to the ribs.

Ashish ran towards Vikram who was busy playing the dart...

"they will almost kill Rahul..."

Vikram was good looking and the biggest enemy of Veer...they both hated each other... Vikram didn't look at Ashish who looked tense...

"who?" Vikram asked

"who else??..." replied Ashish

Vikram turned around and smiled at Ashish...

Sameer slammed his fist into Rahul's shoulder... and hit him on his head...

Veer had this unusual smile before thrashing someone..."Sameer...what are you doing??"

Sameer looked at Veer who closely observed Rahul lying on the ground...with blood on his forehead and mouth... "oh no...what did you do Sameer...???"

"look at the blood from his face...Sameer, now he will compliant to the principal who will report to police and he will complaint to your Mother who will cry..."

Sameer surprisingly looked at Veer...

Veer picked up the hockey stick and started beating Rahul from behind... "hit him with a hockey stick...in this way there won't be any blood, and principal won't call the police...and your Mother won't cry..."

Veer hit him hard on his legs "and you can break as many bones as you want..." surprised the whole crowd who gaped for an instance thinking Veer might spare him...

One after another Veer brutally hit Rahul with the hockey stick...

"wait Veer...all of you are beating my friend who is all alone" Vikram stood in front of Veer...

Veer's knitted forehead made it very clear to Vikram that he would not leave Rahul and would definitely not listen to him...

"i can leave Rahul...if you come in his place..." Veer smirked at Vikram who knew Veer was insubordinately stubborn...

both were about to fight when a professor approached them... "stop it both of you"

"This has become your daily routine...i don't want any more fights in the college premises...now get lost both of you...and Veer stop being so rebellious..." Principal angrily watched the two boys who had no regrets on their faces and wanted to kill each other...

Veer angrily looked at Vikram "consider yourself lucky...that the professor saved you, next time don't you dare come in my way..."

both crossed their paths without looking at each other...

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Veer came out of the shower... his strong body had small scars as he had regular fights in the last so many months... Veer's weakness was that he was very hot-tempered, unruly and ruffian.

He very often gets into fights for injustice and very rarely anyone saw a smile on his lips... he wore his shirt and was ready to leave to fulfill his punishment... the principal of the college punished these two gangs who always caught up fighting...all the boys got different punishments... Veer's punishment was to get the vegetables for the hostel...he had to go with the kitchen cook and help him carry vegetables...

Arjun came with his basketball "going somewhere?."

Veer didn't bother to look at him...

"Veer I am asking you?" Arjun throw the ball towards him...

without even looking at the ball Veer hold the ball and threw it back on him "yes...and don't ask me where"

without saying another word Veer left the room...

It was afternoon but Kasauli always has a pleasant weather... The college gates were mostly opened until 9:pm for the students to practice after classes...mostly students stayed in the hostel... girls hostel was little far from the boys...

This punishment was not new for Veer...he was used to go with Santram to the vegetable market and carry the vegetables to load them in the van...

Santram liked Veer...he knew Veer had a heart of gold... "Veer beta, you shouldn't get involved into these fights...you belong to a good family...you must stay away from all this...look at you hands..."

Santram saw Veer's bruised hands... "how will you carry these bags...???"

Veer didn't say anything and carried all the bags so easily ... Santram knew Veer was very strong physically but he didn't had any place for emotions in his life...

They were walking towards the van when they saw a man harassing a girl...in front of so many people but none of them came forward to stop him...

"leave me...please..." the girl cried out...

Veer turned around to see a miserable girl pleading a man who was laughing at her weakness to leave her dupatta... he gave the bags to Santram... "i will be back..."

Santram saw the dangerous frown on Veer's forehead "have you taken the right to hit everyone???" but Veer didn't listen to him ....

Santram walked towards the Van...he had seen these incidents many times...he knew Veer always fought for the right... as he was loading the bags he could hear the violent sounds of smashing and screaming... "Veer is breaking another set of bones..." for Santram it was a thrash of waves...

Veer punched and kicked him so brutally that he couldn't get up... everybody in the market praised Veer... while he angrily stared at the half dead man...

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