Fight!

A day before the competition something unexpected happened. Another tribe had attacked them causing destruction and the cancellation of the competition.

Both the tribes attacked fiercely and Bandar too helped. It started at 3 am in the morning and many lives were taken. This caused a lot of destruction, sadness and chaos.

As all of them retreated after fighting for 3 hours Malik called a meeting that was compulsory for everybody including children .

"Many lives were lost. This attack was never expected and many lives including children were taken away by these cruel people." Said Malik

One Said loudly " My baby who was only 4 years old died because of this stupid fight. How can u be so calm ? You are so heartless, you should have protected us."

Malik heard that and said " I am extremely sorry for your baby, I really am. Nobody is calm when such a thing happens."

Bandar screamed from the crowd and said " We should all prepare ourselves. We will take revenge for the lives lost and all the destruction they did to us." Malik smiled when he said that.

"Today we prepare, tomorrow we fight." Said Malik.

Everyone agreed and started preparing . They made new weapons and a few small huts . They worked tirelessly. There were 2 pregnant women who were taken care of in the huts and everyone was given food and breaks time to time.

In the evening, a man came from the enemy tribe alone. Everyone stood in front of the man ready to attack anytime .

"We are extremely sorry for the destruction and lives. Please accept our condolences and end this." Said the man. Malik got angry. "No, we never will. You came and destroyed everything and now you are coming here to tell me that you are sorry? Want to end this stupid fight? . We won't retreat and we will beat you and your tribe until we get satisfaction. " Said Malik in a very loud,angry voice.

He was so angry that everyone could see his veins popping out of his hands.

"Show us the way to you tribe right now."

The man got scared and did as he was told by Malik.

They soon reached the tribe and the man from the enemy tribe announced " They have come here. Everybody come here."

They all came in front and saw the people. Out of everyone in the crowd there was a woman who stood out the most. She was standing in the middle.

She had long black hair with a crown decorated with many colourful flowers. She wore a different type of clothes than the others. It was a very different material and no one, even Malik knew what it was. She also had pointed eyes almost like a cat

"Who is the ruler of this tribe?" Shouted Malik. "It's me, what do you want ?" Said the woman in the middle.

"I think the question should be what you want from us. You attacked us for no reason. You better explain right now or else we will attack." Said Malik angrily.

"Maybe we should talk somewhere else." Said the lovely lady standing in the middle. "No, if you won't explain everything in front of my people we won't listen to anything." Said Malik.

"My people have been running low on resources. They were sent in all directions to find other resources from others. But I didn't think they would have attacked, since we sent them in peace for more resources." Said the ruler.

"How will you repay us? We lost so many lives, including children who were younger than 7 years old. All the destruction, can you pay for that?" Said Malik.

One from the enemy tribe came affront and whispered something in the woman ruler's ear. He went away and she said "We can give anything you like. We will repay for everything, whatever you ask I will give."

"Do you think this is funny? A joke? You can't repay for lives lost. We will fight until we win." Said Malik in a sturn voice. And he ordered his men to retreat.

Once they reached back to their camp Bandar ran towards Malik. "We need to talk. Privately." Said Bandar.

Malik took him to the battle practice grounds where no one was there under a tree.

"What happened? Is something wrong?" Asked Malik. Bandar replied "Should we be fighting them? What if we loose more people and end up dying, they seem more powerful than us."

"That's why we are fighting them. It did not seem as if they were low on resources, they were lying to us thinking we would forgive them and they could get away with everything." Said Malik while Bandar was looking at him innocently.

"I mean, I did see a lot of things like coal, iron, wood and all. They didn't seem to be low on anything." Said Bandar. "I know. Let's go and prepare ourselves. Call a meeting at the Sacred Temple of Thali." Requested Malik.