The Battle of the new moon night

After he became a mortal Vikram threw himself into preparing for his first battle with evil.

" Keekat is back but weak. Baldev intends to put a strong soul in him", said Agni.

" Mine", said Vicky. " Except now he can't. "

" Correct. But he should not find this out", said Agni. " For our plan to succeed he must believe that you are immortal. You get one blow to vanquish Keekat", he said.

" Okay", said Vicky.

" I read Padmanabh's book. Gautam used a special weapon which he gave to Aditya to slay the demon", said Riya. " Sushant also mentions that weapon in his memoir", she said. " What could it be"?

But nobody had an idea.

So the new moon night arrived.

Ramcharan, Vikram, Agni and Riya entered the blessed forest. They prayed Lord Shiva and moved in the direction of castle.

" This castle is somehow related to evil. So inspite of Lord Shiva it still exists", said Riya. Her eyes glowed with fire.

" I need you to investigate it properlly beautiful", said Vicky. " Probably you can find the reason why its haunted by devil"?

" Hmmm", said Riya. " Keekat is weak now. Even if you can't slay him you can render him dormant", she saod.

" There is nothing in books but in Dashavtar temple I and Shalini collected some old photographs. One of which shows a warrior fighting the monster with a Trishul", she said.

Vicky looked at them.

" You will not get this Trishul at the temple", he said.

" Why", asked Riya.

" Because its not the original idol. That.."

" It sunk in the Earth with Gunjan", said Agni.

They rushed back to the place where they dug out the idol.

" This is the Trishul we need", said Vicky.

He folded his hands in thanks and took the Trishul.

" Har har Mahadev", said everyone.

" Hide everyone", said Agni. " When the evil arrives with Keekat they will try to summon you Srikant. You know what to do"?

" Yes punditji", he said.

He handed the Trishul to Riya. " Give it to me only when I convey you mentally", he spoke in her mind. He was teaching her mind conversations.

" I will", she replied in his mind. He smiled.

They hid in bushes.

At the stroke of midnight the air turned chilly. Agni has asked Ramcharan to keep hidden . He had no powers and was a mortal. But Riya and Vicky constructed an invisible layer around him.

The Evil Arrived at the castle.

" We need to find out why this place is epicentre of evil" , Riya spoke to Vicky.

" Remember no movement until I say", he replied.

There was one man, a creepy shadow and a coffin carried by 4 men.

" Open it", said the evil.

They did.

They looked at a heavy stone creatiure with a giant two faced head, six hands, fangs and tail.

" So hideous", said Riya as Vicky smirked. Girls and their sense of vanity.

" Keekat", said Agni.

Then a vehicle with cobra mark arrived. Many guards came down wearing the masks.

" He brought an army", thought Ramcharan.

" THE SWORD", said evil creepily.

Place it here..As time comes it will gain power.

" But the sword now has no power punditji", said Riya mentally.

" He does not know that", answered Vicky.

" He will summon me and when this is going on get close to dad. Give him the conches and Padmas we got from Dashavtar. The protector will prevent the evil from interferring and we can tackle Keekat".

" Yes sir", she said.

The cobra boss kept the sword on a stone. The evil gave it power...

" Srikant Pundit; with the power of your blood I summon you", said the cobra boss.

A storm blew as Vicky fell in front of him.

" Aah no", he cried. " How"? He fell. " Aahh".

Such a good actor thought Riya. She moved to Ramcharan's invisible circle and quietly handed him the padmas and shankhas.

The cobra boss laughed...

" Enough of you parading Riya as your wife. Rubbing your ownership in our faces..She is mine.."

" What about your wife"?

It was a trick question. Vicky asked it to narrow his suspicion list.

" A king has many wives".

So he was married. Was he a king?

" Vicky stop thinking and concenterate", said Riya.

Four men held him now. His mind was still racing. Does he know about Tamas?

" You have a tendency to deny a rightful heir incapable prince", he smirked.

"INCAPABLE", bellowed the cobra boss. " BASED ON WHAT? MY BIRTH".

" Yeah", said Vicky. " You are not a legitimate heir".

" Just because I am not born to a wife but mistress", said cobra boss.

Vicky was confused. Tamas's mother was king's wife.

But he could not think more.

" You shall die Srikant Pundit", said the cobra boss as he raised the sword.

At that moment evil put half broken sword in the monster's ches as he woke up.

" Th blood feeds him. Give him blood", he said to cobra boss.

The monster stood up almost 12 feet tall and two feet wide.

The cobra boss rose the sword to kill Vicky.

And a powerful thunder threw the four men away.

" WHAT"the evil was in shock.

Vicky held the sword and crushed it to smithreenes using his hand . Blood flowed and accidentally sprinkled on the monster.

It roared in pleasure.

" He is a mortal already. Someone controls him not me", said the cobra boss.

" That would be me", said Riya as she emerged from shadows. She hit the cobra vehicle with a fireball as it exploded killing men in vicinity.

" How did he break our plan", said Baldev.

" Because you are so full of yourself Baldev", roared Vicky.

He held him by neck and threw him on the ground. Then kicked him. As he raised his gun a storm carried it away. Then a thunderstroke hit him as he cried in pain.

" STOP KEEKAT", said Agni emerging from shadows as Riya tackled the monster.

Vicky hit cobra boss again and again. He was about to find the identity as evil intervened throwing him away . He ran and disappeared.

The monster was about to get Riya when Vikram intervened.

" BACK OFF", he screamed. " TACKLE THE ARMY".

Ramcharan started blowing conch now as he handed one to Agni. Vicky intensified the sound as he created echoes and amplifiers. Riya brought the lotuses from water on evil's face. He was rendered useless.

VIKRAM ATTACKED KEEKAT. He used his elemental powers to raise his body and made him fall again and again .

" Don't go near him unless you give the final blow", said Agni. "It'll crush you".

Riya wiped out the entire cobra army. The fire she produced was fatal. The cobra boss watched her hiding from bushes.

" I need a plan Gunjan so that you trust me and come to me and I need powers.".

His henchmen were failures. And evil could betray him. He saw Vikram pulling out the sword with the speed of lightning from Keekat's body.

" Riya now", he said in her mind.

She produced the Trishul and gave him.

Suddenly Vikram was on the monster piercing the Trishul in his chest. He used a massive metal chakra to disintegrate him.

" NO", said the evil.

It disappeared. The army was finished and the cobra boss merely escaped with his life.

" We win Vicky", said Riya . She hugged him.

" Baldev escaped again punditji", said Vicky.

" He shall be a problem in future but Srikant . But let him go for now. Shiva has blessed you. Live your life. May Trimurti bless you",

The Battle of new moon was over. Srikant and Gunjan emerged victorious.