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The next day, at 5 am everyone had gathered around on the grounds. Bandar would always come earlier than the others.

All of them in unison said "Good morning, O'ruler." Bandar replied "Good morning everybody. Though I am not your ruler, only the one in charge and hence you can call me Bandar."

They all nodded at this . After, Bandar took outa chart as large as a tree.

He lay down the chart on the hard,rocky ground. " Come here where you can see this chart. This will be our plan. Now, let me explain it."

"The north of the enemy tribe, we will send 5 of you. South, another 5 of you.

East, 5 of you and West again another 5 of you. This means, that in total we are sending 20 people.

There are around 59 people in the enemy tribe. But we are only 42.- "So what about the other 22 people then?Are you not sending us?"

Bandar got cut off by some stupid question. He immediately asked " Who was that?" The man even raised his hand.

"Are you okay? Did you get enough sleep last night or are you going to faint?"

Everyone was silent. The man in question did not move a muscle. "Didn't I say I would explain everything? Are you a child in primary school asking me such questions?

Can't you wait till I explain everything or are just going to keep blabbering your stupid questions." Said Bandar angrily while looking at the man.

"So the other 22 people will stay back at the start of the fight. After a while, when everyone is tired, 20 more people would go in and start fighting .

Once they are defeated, one of you will go east and the other would go west. Both of you will start searching for Malik." Explained Bandar.

Everyone nodded in understanding. "One more thing. Make sure you get the enemy's ruler. I want her to be hostage, here till she pays back for everything." Bandar said to the others.

Bandar signaled them to memorize this map and he went back to his hut. When he reached the entrance of his hut, he whistled over to his assistant, Aaron,to come near him.

Bandar commanded Aaron,"Set up a meeting for 10 am today. I want everyone except the warriors. They need practice so do not disturb them."

"Yes O'ruler. I will inform them right away and not disturb the warriors." Assured Aaron.

"Also, please call me Bandar and not O' ruler. It is very awkward." Said Bandar, with a blush coating his cheeks.

"Yes....Bandar. I will go now." Said Aaron and went away. Bandar walked into his hut and sat on the floor leaning his back against the headrest of the bed.

He had stayed awake till 4 am, staring at a table, wandering in his own head. All of a sudden, someone came inside his hut calling out to him.

Bandar got startled and jumped up from the floor, into a defensive position.

"Oh sorry, I did not mean to startle you." Said the person.

"It's ok, what do you need?Are you okay or experiencing some pain? Please, come sit down."

"No I am fine. I just wanted to ask you something. May I?" Requested the person.

"Yes, you may. You can ask me anything." Answered Bandar.

"What if O'ruler dies? Who would take his place? Will he come back?" Asked the person in curiosity.

"Please do not tell anyone this. I am his wife and I am bearing his child." Said the woman with a lower voice.

Bandar was shocked. It was said that Malik never was interested in love. He had once said that love was stupid.

Bandar was speechless. He was not able to say a word as his brain just couldn't process what had just happened.

"Are you okay?" Asked the woman. Suddenly Bandar shook his head and his soul came back to his body.

"Oh....yeah, but how can you be his wife and have his child if he has no interest in love?" Asked Bandar.

"It was a long time ago. When he first saw me, and when I saw him. It was like love at first sight.

We had to keep everything a secret because, well you know. Rulers are not allowed to have wives or children as they are 'distractions'.

It is said that when they are in love they cannot think straight and take our word over theirs.

So I beg you, please do not tell anybody." Begged the lady.

"Your secret is safe with me, but why did you tell me? Do you think Malik would approved of you telling me?" Asked Bandar.

"Right now, his life is on the line. He wouldn't care if the whole world knew he had a wife." Said the woman.

It was almost 10 am. Bandar had to go. "I have to go now for a meeting I have set for all of you. Come on, let's go."

There was only a ten-second walk till the stage. He reached and went up on the stage. The crowd had no reaction. They all looked as if they did not want to be here.

"Everyone, thank you for coming. I have something important to tell all of you. The plan has been made and the warriors have been told.

We will get our ruler back the day after tomorrow. The warriors have practiced very, very hard.

We only need your prayers and best wishes to make sure everyone will come back alive including our ruler.

The warriors will write letters to their family, in case something bad happens to them. I will not let any of you down.

We will bring back O'ruler and we will continue with him. Please keep hope, and everybody will return safely." Said Bandar.

A person from the crowd abruptly said, "How are you sure all of them would come alive?"

Bandar softly sighed and said "There is no guarantee all of them would come back alive. But I will try my best and teach them everything.

I will not let them die. I am not making any promises but I will try." Said Bandar.

Everybody started to clap and Shouted Bandar's name. They were jumping around and cheering for him.

Bandar was very happy. He bowed deeply, waved to the audience and came off the stage and back to his hut.