Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Sikharpur days (Bandits attack-3)

Her feet were floating in the air. As the children had decided, Parvati was getting ready to explore the surrounding jungles. Bandits could have been anywhere. Some of them must have spread to survey the location, some might have weapons. It was a very dangerous situation for the children but they have Parvati,their very own spirit friend who is invisible to others. 
" I am going, wish me luck!" Parvati said in a motivated voice. They had planned in detail about all the steps to be taken and Parvati was central to it all.
"Yes Paravti, go and see how many of them are present. Only obseve and come back, we don't want to startle them!." Dhanush said in a concerned voice.
" Parvati, please be careful and come back soon." Lata cheered her.
"We are waiting here, so take your time." Sambhu added. Lochan was waving his hand as Parvati went out. She smiled and waved back, it was like an adventure.

Parvati was moving swiftly through the jungle, passing through trees and other obstacles. Thanks to her training, she could control her emotions and focus to change her energy between spiritual form and physical form, with physical form only for handling the things and stuffs.
It was not long before she encountered her first Bandit. She named him Bandit 1.
Bandit 1 was dark and big person with lot of body hair, wearing a pagadi (turban like) and holding a big machete. Parvati even being invisible, had a big fright and hide behind a tree just in case. He looked like a leader or sub leader with his menacing look. He was sitting on a rock probably waiting for his subordinate to come back.
A little further than the place, Parvati encounter Bandit 2, a thin young lad, with a long knife placed on sides. He was cautiously moving towards the village, looking around for other villagers. He was one of the spies who was given the task of gathering information. Their we no further Bandits on that side of forest.

Parvati moved further, towards the farm and found Bandit 3 & 4 , keeping a stake out in between the trees. They were both tall, muscular and were holding sword with them. They also had small knives on the side. Parvati could sense the danger these men possess, for they were focused and completely observing the villagers in the field like a wild animal.
She could feel the urgency to alert the villagers but no one could see her. So, she decided to complete the rounds and check for any other bandit hidden or not and report the same to the children as soon as possible.
She went back to the hideput as further down the place, they had discovered the camp of those bandits. They had only seen one bandit, Bandit 5 and another one, Bandit 6 she found out near the streams, collecting water. They were of average built and probably were left behind to watch their belongings and also act as back up.

Parvati couldn't find any more, so she decided to went back. The children were waiting for her anxiously. 
" Parvati, welcome back, how was it?" Dhanush asked nervously.
" I found out 6 Bandits in total, 2 were looking out near the fields with swords. they were dangerous and probably want to block the villagers to return or capture them."

"Another two were at the outskirts of the village," Parvati added, " with one looking like their leader. He had a big weapon in his hands. The camp had two."

"Alright, I get the idea. We have six bandits and may be more but not in the jungles. The two near the fields will be Sambhu and Lochan's responsiblity. Bring Sheru Kaka near the field by any means and then other villagers might help in capturing the Bandits." Dhanush said.
"Parvati, show us the location now, and we will bring Sheru uncle there. The bandits will probably attack by the evening when they get together with other bandits." 

" Parvati, me and Lata will follow the Bandits near the camp. They must have their weapons there and we will try to stall them as much as possible. " Dhanush planned the course of action as he was their leader. " Lata, you should hide as it's dangerous,"
" No, I will help too. It's my village and my father is in danger too." Lata protested.
"Don't worry, I will protect Lata." Parvati said confidently, " Now Sambhu and Lochan, lets go and I will show their location." 

Parvati, Sambhu and Lochan went away.

---- to be continued.----

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