THE LORDS OF JUSTICE

18 : BEFORE THE BATTLE

The hazy morning affected everyone's mood at the office of "NORMS Come Always For Emergencies" . Every working staff was scared to even acknowledge that they intended to have exchanged leave with others , but it was their bad luck , for even the part-timers were called on duty . Biswadev was restlessly wandering at the door of the office and Disha came running through the door , almost tripped twice and ran into the soul of the engineer .

"Oh ! I'm sorry . I wasn't looking ."

Biswadev , still looking at the door , said "No . I'm sorry , if you got hurt because of me ."

"What are you doing at the door ?"

"I'm waiting for the Death Lord . I'm so tensed about the shield's activation , I can't wait any longer . It's a difficult task , you know ?"

Then he finally looked at Disha's troubled look and questioned
"I thought you've already left . Isn't your work hour over ? Is something wrong madam ?"

"Wrong ! Yes , everything went wrong . Do you know where is Lord Bhargav?"
Disha said all these in just one breathe .

Biswadev eagerly wanted to know what exactly went wrong but he first answered "He is in his room as usual . But it's weird that he didn't leave the room since yesterday morning , even for once . Is everything okay with him ?"

Disha , looking upstairs , answered
"come with me , we need to consult with him ."

Then she ran upstairs and Biswadev had to follow suit .

Biswadev was startled to see the Fate Lord's room was lightened with only one candle , as he knew that the Fate Lord's room had never been darkened like the Death Lord's . And the candle's dimness told him that even the lights knew that the day was going to end badly . The Fate Lord , sitting on a couch was busy typing something on a tablet and he was muttering under his breath . Lord Bhargav's appearance wasn't that clear but Biswadev knew that the Lord had been typing like this since yesterday's morning , but he could not understand what kind of tab had that much battery life for that kind of continuous use .

Breaking the silence , Disha talked first , "my Lord , this type of continuous work can drain you much , you should rest a little ."

The Fate Lord seemed not to notice their presence before . Hearing the voice he looked at Disha and then at Biswadev . Biswadev was surprised to see that whatever typing thing the Lord was doing , that had actually affected the Lord's health . His face looked pale , his eyes seemed to be wandering around before he finally could focus on the two of them .

When the Lord talked , his voice was faded .

"Disha , I don't want much people to get involved into this , so it's better to have precautions . Leave that . Tell me , is there any news about Lord Anthraj ?"

And saying that he hopelessly looked at Disha .

"My Lord , when you know what happened , then why are you asking this ?"

"I know . Let not disturb him for a while . He is needed there too . We all are here , right ? Can't we handle this on our own ? "

"I'm waiting for your order , my Lord ."

"Hmm . Alert all the guards , tell them to double check all the entries and go to the War Lord for inforcement ."

Then looking at Biswadev he timidly said "Now that you know that the Death Lord isn't coming here to help , your plan has to be postponed for now . So give your attention to the technical workers and try to come up with a easy shield ."