Offered a chance

With Bandar being the second in-charge, things were running smoothly than ever. Bandar reported things over to Malik and many of them he did on his own.

Children running around the places, people cooking,talking,having fun, everything was happening. Seems like they all forgot about what they said about Bandar.

Suddenly, came a few people came from another tribe. From their clothes, it seemed like there were four different tribes. Three from each tribe.

Bandar sensed trouble and he quickly went over to Malik as soon as he could to tell him that we had visitors.

"Malik, he have visitors. They ate armed but I am not sure if they will attack us. Talk to them." Said Bandar.

Malik and Bandar came out of the hut and saw the men walking towards them. "Hello. We come in peace. We want to make an offer. May we talk in private please?" Asked one of the men.

"Before you enter, please tell me your tribe and your names first." Said Malik. " N-na-.What language are you speaking?" Asked another man.

"You mean names? What do you mean by language? Everyone speaks the same." Asked Malik in confusion. "We do not have this naamesss or whatever. We come from the Western tribe." Said the third man.

"Uh, okay. Please follow me. Bandar, you are with me." Said Malik. They went inside the meeting hut, which is also Malik's hut where he would eat,sleep and stay.

They sat down and looked at each other for a moment. It was getting a little awkward so Malik started talking first. "So what is this offer you are making with me?"

"Ah yes, I have formed an alliance that currently consists of 4 tribes. Together, we can become powerful and be stronger. We would never run out of food.

Please consider this offer. It is a very good offer. If you deny it, it is your loss." Said some other man.

"I will consider. You may leave now." Said Malik. A few of Malik's men escorted them out of the tribe.

"Something does not feel right. It seems to me, it is a trap. They might take advantage of our resources and betray us." Said Bandar.

"We will have to discuss with the others. It is not just our opinion. If a minority disagrees about this then we will have to consider that offer."

"If a majority disagrees, well then, good for us since we will not have to even think about it." Continued Malik.

Bandar had a very bad feeling about this. If they were to agree to this, they might lose all power,wealth,resources and food. They might now have a leader anymore.

Malik ordered one of his men to set a tribe meeting at 5 pm today.

Bandar went back to his hut, walking slowly. When he reached he went in and sat down and let out a short sigh.

[A few minutes later]

Malik, suddenly thought about that offer. If the majority voted to join the tribe team or whatever it was, everybody could lose things they worked for their whole lives.

He then realised and thought to himself, "Wait.... If I am their ruler, their thoughts would not matter. I still have the power to deny that offer, don't I?"

Malik started having second thoughts, the ones he could not think about before considering.

He quickly ran outside and into Bandar's hut. He suddenly barged in. Bandar who was drinking water, spit out the water and felt his heart reducing in size, going through his nerves till his foot.

Malik was gasping for breath. Bandar was still shocked till he finally had the courage to say,"Why did you do that? What in the palm trees is wrong with you?"

"So-sorry. Jus-just wait." Said Malik while waiting for oxygen to go in his lungs. Bandar handed him some water.

[1 minute later]

"Okay sorry. I came here because I want to discuss something with you." Said Malik while calming down.

"It is that important that you had almost lose your life and scare me to death barging like that? What is the problem now?" Said Bandar in a sarcastic way.

"I should not have considered that offer. I have realised my mistake now." Said Malik. Bandar let out a loud sigh. He did not know what to say as it was already too late.

"What should I do? If the majority votes to join them, I will be done. I will not have a job. Nor will I have control over my people." Continued Malik in a worried voice.

After a short silence Bandar said, " If they do vote to join that, whatever it is, you are still their leader and you make the decisions for them."

Bandar continued, " After the votes are in you can ask each one why they would or would not like to join that thing."

"I guess you are right. I thought of turning down the offer if the majority won, but would they be disappointed in me? Would they hate me for the rest of their lives?" Said Malik.

He continued, " What if they vite for someone else to be their leader. I could be equal to a normal person here just like all of you, if I was not the leader anymore. I think they would make Seeona their new leader. She is almost perfect. She knows cooking, fighting and other stuff.

But she does not have the abilities to be a leader. She is quite indecisive."

Bandar was just listening to Malik's 30 minutes long rant. He sat down,supporting his head with his hand and kept nodding. What else could he do? He understands that Malik is concerned, but this seemed crazy.

"I think we should go and eat something. Maybe have some water too and calm down." Said Bandar.

"You don't understand....." Said Malik in a fed up voice. Bandar stood up and grabbed Malik's hand and took his outside the hut saying, "But ranting is helping? No it is not. Eat something."

Malik did not want to admit he was hungry. But Bandar forced him.