"Fear is the wisdom in face of danger, it is nothing to be ashamed of." ~ Arjun

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Subhadra POV

I woke up to find myself in a room with my hands tied. They were bleeding as the grip too tight and I couldn't stop my tears.

"Ahh..." I shrieked as I noticed someone's presence in the room.

"Who are you ? And what do you want ?" I asked him crying. He took a step forward and I could only his eyes. They were all red and dark despite the light falling on them.

"Why are you thinking so much ? Just sometime and everything will be clear to you Subhadra !" he said walking away. I couldn't help but cry.

Suddenly, I felt something near me and turned to find a skull and some bones there. The very sight of this made me tremble and I began feeling very insecure.

"Arjun ! Where are you my dear ?" I whispered as I saw him enter again and spray something on me making me unconscious again.
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Narrator POV

In Indraprasth, Arjun is walking on the corridor leading to his room. He enters his chamber to find someone sleeping on the bed. He smiles thinking of the person to be Subhadra.

He walks upto the bed and places his hand on the sleeping figure's head. Gently stroking her hair, Arjun now moves away to change his clothes.

The spy sees Arjun go and sighs in relief. ' It was a close call !' she thought and slept back. Meanwhile, Arjun was feeling restless.

'What is wrong with me ? Why am I feeling restless ? Why does it feel that someone very dear to me is in a lot of pain and trouble !' Arjun thought.

He came out of his private chamber to see her sleeping peacefully. "Subhadra is safe ! Maybe I should go and check out on everyone else too" he said leaving the room. The spy quickly got up and began searching the room for the scroll.

On the other hand, Arjun reaches the chamber of his eldest brother. He knocks at the door and soon the king of Indraprasth comes out of the chamber to see his anxious brother.

"What happened Arjun ? You look tensed !" he asked calmly.

"Brother, are you fine?" Arjun asked without disclosing anything. Yudishthir nodded and smiled. "Is everything fine at your end Arjun ?" he asked to which Arjun found himself nodding.

Arjun took leave and went to Bheem's chamber who was peacefully sleeping hugging his weapon. Arjun smiled and left to Panchali's chamber when he found Sahadev walking around the palace.

Sahadev - Brother ! What are you doing here ? All fine ?

Arjun shook his head. "Something is wrong Sahadev ! I feel someone is in trouble but who and where I don't know !" Arjun said.

Sahadev - I too felt the same. My intuitions are alerting me of something which I am not able to comprehend.

Arjun nods and tension fills his face. He is not able to get over this feeling and feels that his eyes are betraying him of the truth.

Sahadev - Brother ! I have checked on Panchali and Nakul. And was going to your chamber to check out on you and Subhadra.

Arjun - Subhadra is sleeping. She is fine and so is everyone here ! But I feel really insecure Sahadev. I am sure that someone is not safe here.

Sahadev - Brother, I don't know why but I feel Subhadra is not okay now. Are you sure that Subhadra is safe ?

Arjun is confused. "Why?" he asked.

Sahadev - Because I feel so !

Arjun - Come, let's go and check once again.

In Arjun's chamber:-

The spy is trying her level best to get her hands on the scroll but to no avail.

"This Princess Subhadra is really annoying ! She snatched away the scroll from me and he harmed her from behind. I was preoccupied with helping him to escape the palace along with her that I completely forgot about to take back the blueprint" she muttered to herself sitting in the bed.

"Now I have no idea where the scroll will be. I searched over the corridor but to no avail. Before Prince Arjun returns, I need to leave" she said turning towards the door to see Arjun and Sahadev looking at her.

'Did they hear everything? ' she thought to herself. She looked at their expressions and realised that they did hear everything. Sahadev held out his sword and pointed it towards her. Arjun was too numb to react.

Sahadev walked forward and in no time a fight broke out between the two. The spy was powerful and the fight did not seem to come to an end.

Sahadev succeeded in capturing her and tied her up with a rope. Arjun slowly walked upto the spy and sat facing her.

"What did you do with Subhadra ?" he asked in a tone filled with fear and tension.

"We did not want to harm her in any manner but she came in between our plan. She managed to find out that we were spies and that we were trying to get a blueprint of your palace. So, we couldn't do anything but hit her on her head" she said in a stern tone.

"Hit her on her head ?" Sahadev said looking at Arjun who was turning red.

"Where is she now ?" Sahadev questioned.

"What is going on here ?" the remaining members entered the chamber.

Sahadev explained what all happened to the remaining family while Arjun remained silent. He couldn't get himself to answer the questions of his family. All that was popping out in his mind were the words - " We couldn't do anything but hit her on her head !"

' Subhadra, is she fine? I am scared and worried ! ' he thought.

"Where is she now spy ?" the loud and angry voice of his elder brother Bheem brought him back to the present. The spy remained silent.

"With every passing second, you are in for more trouble..." Nakul shrieked.

"I don't know where she is. I simply helped him to carry off the princess away from the palace" she said shrugging her shoulders.

"Who is he here ? You don't know where she is but you will know the identity of him" Panchali said smiling.
She froze and everyone were eagerly waiting for her reply.

"Duryodhan" came the reply.
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