The Legend of Arrow - A Modern day Ramayana FF - Page 5

The Legend of Arrow

By: Sayee

Last revised: 01-06-16

Disclaimer: Only the story idea is mine.

Ship: Ram/Sita, Lakshman/Urmila, Bharat/Mandvi, Shatrughan/Shrutkirti

"Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."
Rumi

"A bond between souls is ancient - older than the planet."
Dianna Hardy, The Witching Pen

"Together we shared a bond not even death would violate."
Dee Remy, There Once Was A Boy

Sita ran from the room to bring the medicine with Bharat behind her. Vashishtha paced here and there for a minute. Then realised 'Ram could do it'. He pulled a distraught Ram aside and made him sit cross legged on the bed beside Lakshman.

"Now listen to me carefully Ram" Vahsishtha implored. Ram looked at him with lost eyes.

"You can bring him back" Vashishtha said. Hope shimmered in Ram's eyes.

"How?" was all he asked.

"Atmayoni" said Vashishtha.

A look of recognition passed on Ram which changed to determination. He quickly kept both his hands on his knees. The famous Yoga posture, closed his eyes.

"brush aside everything you hear" Vashishtha said "except Lakshman's voice. Will your soul to follow it. Just Lakshman Ram. Just Lakshman."

Ram willed everything aside only Lakshman's cries of Dada he heard.

Lakshman held his head in his hands. He felt his head splitting in two.

"DADA" he shouted again.

"Lakshman" the serene voice of Ram reverberated around.

"Dada..." Lakshman called out looking here and there. His vision blurred,that's when he saw a faint light coming from ahead. As the light orb became bigger, Lakshman's pain lessened. He could see clearly. The white orb was none other than his Dada.

"Lakshman" Ram called him again.

"Dada" He felt a sense of joy which he never experienced before. Lakshman got up and walked towards Ram. He has been trying to break the cage but not even once had he succeeded. He tried again to bend the bars so that he can move, but the bars didn't even budge.

"Lakshman" Ram called out to him again. Lakshman looked up to see Ram standing outside the cage hands outstretched. Never in his lifetime had he made Ram wait this much for him. Rage over the cage clouded him. With all the strength he has he pulled the bars aside, making a gateway for himself. He quickly came out of the cage and started moving towards Ram. Ram just smiled & suddenly started walking backwards towards the light.

"Dada" Lakshman called out & started running towards him.

"DADA" he shouted.

"DADA" Lakshman shouted opening his eyes.

Sita barged back into the room with the 'kadha' in her hands and everybody else on her heels, to just see the backlash of it. Ram was on the floor supporting himself, breathing heavily, single trickle of blood flowed through his nose.

"Lak..sh..man..." Ram whispered, wiping the blood of his nose & pulled himself on the bed.

Lakshman scanned the room, he could see the girls, Bharat, Shatrughan everybody standing beside the door. Where was his Ram dada? he thought. That's when he felt a hand caressing his forehead.

"Dada" he whispered seeing him smiling.

Vashishtha signaled Sita to give the 'kadha' to Lakshman. Sita nodded and moved towards the bed, she hated to intrude in between them but still.

"Lakshman" she called out. Lakshman turned to look at her. For some reason he was at peace looking at her. But then all of a sudden the head splitting pain came again in full force.

"AAA..." he screamed again.

"Quick, hold him" Sita instructed Ram. Ram held Lakshman tightly. Sita gently tipped the contents of the glass into his mouth. Lakshman gulped everything in one flow.

His screams slowly subsided to jagged breaths. "It's ok. Lakshman." Ram gently soothed him and continued to move his hand in soothing circles on his head.

Lakshman made slight gagging noises "Kitna kadva hai ye..." He said making disgusted & scrunched up faces.

Laughter erupted around the room.

Next Day Morning

"Lakshman, thoda sa peelo" Ram pleaded to him.

Lakshman looked at the soup spoon as if it was poison. He gently pushed away Ram's hand which held the soup spoon near his mouth.

"Dada, nahi. aap jante haina mujhe ye.." He looked disgustingly at the soup "ye...ye nahi pasand"

Ram put on his stern face and said " ye peeni he padegi tumhe "

"dada please nahi" Lakshman pleaded

"That's my order, Lakshman" Ram said with finality in his voice.

Lakshman grudgingly took the soup.

Chamber Room

" We need to tell them the truth " Vishvamitra implored to Vashishtha.

" I agree with you Vishva. Without the truth, their own pure self, they are defenseless to them. " Vashishtha said.

"As soon as we can." Vishvamitra enquired.

Originally posted by: KrishnaPriyaa

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