Madhur stared at an unconscious Satanik,he could hear the approaching footsteps of the tribal men.. They were getting closer and louder.. Madhur's breathing was uneven..

He felt frustrated. He was always the weakling in the family. His husband would always be there to protect him. But today, he had to do it. He closed his eyes and focused on calming his breath. A minute later he opened his eyes with determination..

He grabbed Satanik's sword and before getting up a placed a kiss on his cheek.. Just than a person was about to attack him from above, in the blink of an eye , Madhur left a deep gash on the person's chest, killing him on the spot..

Two men approached him,one of them was running and Madhur swiftly targeted his abdomen and killed him, the other person was on a horse, Madhur took the support of the horse's neck and kicked the man off..

The horse didn't stop and ran ahead by the time, the person on the ground was dead.. Madhur stared at the blood in his hands.. He had never experienced this.. Back than in his kingdom, he never touched any weapon and was afraid of blood..But today is fear vanished..

" Grab the other prince, I will handle that one!" Madhur heard the tribe head, Ehimay yell.. His attention shifted to Satanik, Aran, the left hand of Ehimay and his younger brother, prepared his stance to grab Satanik and take him back to the forest on his horse.. Two men blocked Madhur's view..

He was enraged, he kicked one of them and beheaded the other.. Before he could run, the man grabbed his leg.. He aimed his dagger towards Aran's neck which pierced him.. He fell from the horse yelling in pain.. Madhur grabbed his sword, and pierced it in the fallen man's eye..

It was slightly raining at this point.. The clear water was now mixed with blood.. It seemed no less than a battlefield.. How many people did Madhur kill in such less time? 10? 20? No.. There were 24 dead bodies lying around him..

His breathing was hard, he took his sword's support to stand.. He heard more battle cries.. Why couldn't they just stop? Why couldn't they talk this out?

Ehimay-" Tired already?"
Madhur-" Definitely not.."

Ehimay-" Huh! Do you really think in this condition you can compete with me? I won't spare you! Not after what you did to my younger brother! (Clicks tongue) You aren't a pro at this aren't you? Well I thank you for having a bad aim! My brother is still alive but I would definitely clap for your effort !"

Madhur turned around, he was surrounded and Satanik was nowhere to be seen.. His eyes were red with anger, he turned around and attacked Ehimay.. Being completely versed in hand combat Ehimay grabbed Madhur's arm and twisted it..

Madhur screamed but avoiding the pain, he used the sword and there was a deep cut on Ehimay's stomach.. He stared down in disbelief, by the time three tribal men charged at Madhur one of them being Aran, he skillfully injured the other two but Aran successfully took Madhur's sword..

Madhur gritted his teeth and heard someone behind him, he turned around and received a hard blow on his stomach.. It slowed his actions.. His hand slipped to his abdomen as he felt pain throb through his body.. His knees felt weak and he sunk to the ground..

His forehead was sweaty.. He noticed a dead solider and decided to grab his sword.. His actions were completely slowed down now and Aran summoned a gadha he swinged it and banged it right on Madhur's head(backside)...

Madhur's eyes were blur.. "Satanik" was the last Person he muttered before falling unconscious.. Ehimay smirked and ordered his soliders to drag him back to his village area in the forest..

Time skip...

Satanik slowly opened his eyes...He noticed his hands and legs were tied with a metallic material? He looked around, the tribal people surrounded him and he saw huge fire burning few meters in front of him..

His eyes widened when he saw Madhur chained in fron of him.. He got up furiously but the chains pulled him back.. Madhur's head hung down since he was unconscious.. Satanik saw that Madhur's kurta was completely drenched in blood and so was his hair..

Ehimay-" Oh well finally you are awake!"

Satanik gritted his teeth...

Ehimay-" Oh well not to mention your husband gave us a great fight but all heros must die one day.. "

Saying so he removed his sword at aimed it at Madhur's neck.. Satanik felt numb.. His eyes widened with shock and he struggled to get out of the chains.. He remembered Shikhandi's advice to go back to his parents once Madhur was back .... But now.. It was all for naught?

It was no less than a curse to see his lover and child die in front of him.. He felt a tear roll down his cheek.. Satanik didn't cry since he entered his teenage and had so many secrets hidden in him.

He started sobbing uncontrollably, all different emotions hit him like a train.. His father's differentiation, his mother's unconditional love and the lover's support and the happiness of having a child?

Behind this beautiful face of Aryavarta there were dark secrets embedded in him who no one knew except for Madhur...

Just before Ehimay could behead Madhur a spear hit Aran in his chest making him fall..Ehimay turned around he was shocked to see his most trained tribal men fall at arrows hit them in vital parts..

Satanik was fred, he wasn't mentally stable at the moment so rather than fighting he decided to mend Madhur..

The question who had helped them??

Satanik tore his kurta and wrapped it around Madhur's head.. Just than he heard a horse neigh, the sound was similar... He turned around and saw Shikhandi, there were blood stains on his body and he had a spear in his hand...

Shikhandi was furious.. How could someone dare to touch his favorite nephews? He eyed at Ehimay,who had fallen on his knees and was begging for forgiveness.. Shikhandi showed no mercy and killed him.. Dhrishtadyumn was trying to calm Satanik, Shikhandi checked Madhur's pulse and they all retired to Panchal kingdom..

Few hours later...

It was morning.. The fight at started early.. Shikhandi promised to pay money to the Vaidya's family who unfortunately died.. They called another one of their personal vaidya to check on Madhur.. Dhrishtadyumna saw Satanik bite his nails..

He placed his hand on his shoulder and said everything would be alright.. The vaidya came out and wasn't looking worried he looked suprised..

Shikhandi-" Vaidya.. Is he okay? Is the child okay?"
Vaidya-" Yes kumar.. It's suprising even after all that fight and blows the baby is alright.. But kumar Madhur nearly escaped death, he might suffer from headaches and dizziness due to the wound but he shall soon be fine..But-"

Dhrishtadyumna-" I see! It's maybe because of Lord kubera's blessing that the child is okay! So vaidya ji in the end despite how much injures Madhur might suffer, the baby is going to be alright? Am I right?"

Satanik looked with hopeful eyes..

Vaidya-" Kumar in a way you are correct.. But if Madhur goes through any more damage and doesn't survive how do you expect the child to develop and see this world... You must take care of him.. "

Shikhandi and nodded and asked one of the guards to leave the vaidya.. Satanik understood what the Vaidya said, he knew Madhur's body has it's own limitations... He sunk to the ground.. Only if his parents were here..

Shikhandi-" You heard him Satanik.. It's better if you go back your parents.. I wouldn't mind keeping you both here but .. Indraprastha has better security and I am sure, No one will dare to harm any of you if you are with your parents.. "

Satanik-" But... Do you think they will accept us?"

Dhrishtadyumna-" Yes. I am sure they will.. Me and jhest will help you."

Satanik looked at Shikhandi who gave him a assuring nod.. He eyed Madhur's room.. Maybe this was the best option for them.. It toke Madhur almost a month to recover.. Once he was strong enough they decided to go to Indraprastha..

Flashback ends..

Satanik-" That's what happened.."
Yudhisthir-"I see.."

Shikhandi-" Yudhisthir even if you are against them,there might be a feeling in your heart to let them in again? Afterall they are your children.. If you keep thinking about the society, living will get hard.."

Yudhisthir-" Hm.. What do you all think?"

Arjun-" Jhest,you are the oldest of us.. You shall take the final decision.. Though I feel now we should let the kids live with us.."

Sahadev-" I agree.."

Yudhisthir looked at Bheem,who nodded, Nakul was looking out of the window, he looked at Yudhisthir and slowly nodded..

Draupadi-" Arya Yudhisthir... Please.."

Her eyes were moist.. Yudhisthir didn't want Draupadi to go through the pain of not being able to see her child.. Even if his son was different.. In the end.. He was still their blood, abandoning them? No.. They wouldn't do that anymore..

Yudhisthir-" Well. Everyone has agreed..( smiles) Satanik my boy, welcome back!"

Sahadev had a faint smile on his face.. Prativindhya immediately hugged his brother.

Prativindhya-" You know, you missed alot here.. So much happened.."
Madhur-" Yes we are aware.. Any news from Indraprastha would spread like wildfire so we know most of things which happened in our absence. "

Prativindhya-" Aw I wish you were here earlier, you would have met my boy!"
Satanik-" I bet he didn't inherit your looks though.."

The upapandavas laughed, Satanik was a year younger to Prativindhya so they were very very close.. Draupadi talked with Madhur and introduced her daughter- in -laws to him.. Madhur very easily blended with them..

Nakul was staring out of the window.. While everyone talked with Satanik, Madhur came to him.. Madhur didn't understand how to address him.. He took a deep breath and spoke..

Madhur-" Father.."

Nakul's eyes widened and he turned around..

Madhur-" I promise you won't receive any hate because of us.."

Nakul's eyes softened, he ruffled Madhur's curly hair and pulled him close to him and started talking.. Draupadi saw them and smiled...

[ Satanik is officially back! Next is the Anga arc!]
(AN- This mini Indraprastha arc took place 3 months after Vatsala went to Anga. Due to a typo error in chapter 55 it shows 4 months.)