Ghatotkach felt the change wash over him as he took the form of his mother, the most beautiful woman in the world as he mumbled the words. The magic pulsing and shimmering, helping him disguise in the form of his mother.

"Go about doing Panchaali's duties the way she would." Karn instructed his voice deep, his face a mask of stone. "What would this achieve us tatshree?" Ghatotkach asked, he couldn't understand this plan, fury was burning under his skin making him want to kill the person who did this to his mother. "Seeing that Panchaali is fine, the one who did it will more than likely be shocked. They will do a mistake in their hurry, and that one mistake is what will lead us to that person who dared double cross us." Sehdev explained his voice reverberated the anger that he felt, that intense furry that burned under his skin making it impossible for him to think straight. He ran his fingers through her dark long curls trying to sooth the anger that was intensifying in him. With each passing moment the anger burning brighter in him, she calmed him usually but today seeing her in this condition did nothing to sate his wrath.

He watched as his brothers left getting to work, no one in the palace knew anything about the things that happened to Panchaali except for Ghatotkach and Pandavas. The plan was set, now all he had to do was wait.

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The slightest of the noise had Raman jumping as the man sneaked in the room, his hand tightening on the hilt of the dagger, he had been serving Gandhar raj for so long now and could do anything for him, killing Panchaali was no big deal. He couldn't believe his eyes when he had seen her walk down the corridors going about her work he failed to comprehend how he had survived. He was sure that the poison would have killed her, but no,she was alive and out there. He wanted her dead, he walked in deeper in her room and raised the dagger and brought it down with all his might on the human figure that lay in the bed covered by the blanket.

"Well well well, who is this I have got here?" Karn's maniacal voice rang throughout the room, the coldness and anger in it enough to make Raman freeze, his heart thudded in his chest wildly fear snaking through his body,slithering his thought process as he heard the cold voice of the king of Ang, if death ever had a voice it would be Karn's voice in this moment, the soft cold words were enough to send him in a fit of panic, his heart beating wildly in his chest as sweat beaded on his forehead, his body vibrating with fear.

"We trusted you." It was a statement, not a question. A statement by a very furious Gandivdhaari, he sounded way too calm, his calmness stroked a fear in Raman's heart that no amount of screaming could ever achieve, Arjun was a man of impulse, he attacked when provoked, but hearing him sound so dangerously calm was like watching a furious lion who played with it's prey before shredding him to pieces, Raman trembled as he gulped, Dhananjay's expression making him succumb to the terror.

He turned around to run away from the Pandavas,no one tried to stop him. Just as Raman reached the door he froze seeing Yudhisthir leaning against it. "Going somewhere?" He questioned, the ever so calm Dharmraj was anything but calm today. His dark orbs were ablaze with an anger that had Raman stumbling back. He turned around just to see the twin pandavas and Vrikodar standing on the lounge, one look at them and one might think that they were relaxed but Raman could see the rage that burned like a wild fire, their bodies were taut.

"What did she ever do to you?" Bheem questioned, his voice sounding dead, no emotion, no pain, just an empty vessel of anger, he felt helpless that he couldn't take her pain away, his heart that thrummed thinking that he can't ease her suffering. And it burned with anger knowing he was the reason for her suffering.

The twins glared at the man in front of them, they couldn't believe they had once trusted this monster. He had back stabbed them in the worst of ways, hurting the one person they loved so much, the one person who was the source of their joy was burning in agony because of him. They looked at him anger burning in his heart, their hearts at the thought of losing her, this man had given her so much pain, one of their trusted man.

"Why did you do it?" Sehdev gritted the words out, "Please." was all Raman could say as he trembled under the gaze of the six pandavas. "Let me go. Please." He begged as he joined his hands trembling, his eyes focused on the six men. Bheem gave out a laugh but there was no humour in it, "let you go?" He said in between his laugh, "let the man go who hurt our wife? Who broke our trust!" He growled, all signs of laughter gone. "You wanted to kill her? Guess what death is about to knock at your door." Nakul's words made the man tremble in fear, he tried to run away but Bheem's hand wrapped around his neck, making him chock and cry as he struggled to get free. "Sehdev!" Yudhisthir called as he held his hand out open, with a grim look Sehdev passed him the bottle, Karn and Arjun held him down as Nakul held the man's mouth open for Yudhisthir to pour the clear liquid down his throat.

Raman fought with all his might  trying to get free, his survival instincts kicked in trying to get free of the clutches of this man, he couldn't believe that he was being killed for a stupid good for nothing woman! A sl*t! He mentally growled thinking, an insolent woman because of whom he was about to die. He chocked on the clear liquid that the pandavas forced down his throat, they let him go as he fell on the ground chocking on the floor, the liquid burned down his throat as his eyes burned they turned red as he chocked on the liquid as it burned down at his throat.

"What? Li..li..liquid?" He chocked as he fell on his knees, his hands reaching to his throat as he scratched his throat, trying to get rid of it. The pain in his throat intensified, he felt like his whole body was in fire, he screamed on top of his throat, his screams bouncing off the walls.

"You know what this is? The poison that you gave Panchaali is nothing in comparison to what we have given you, this a slow poison that will kill you for hours together, all will be able to do is scream and beg for death but there is no getting rid of this pain, slowly one by one all your organs will be disintegrating all the while you are still alive, and all you can do is scream and shout." Sehdev explained his voice cold, eyes held nothing but anger. "You know the perk of being a best doctor? You just don't know how to fix a body the best manner but you also know how to make a person's death painful. And you dared to mess with my princess trust me your death won't be easy. It is my promise." Nakul whispered, his usual easy to go charm disappeared in thin air as he looked at the quivering on the ground, sweat beading his body as his breathing came in ragged pants, blood flowed from his mouth, ear, nose and the corner of Raman's eyes as he screamed and shouted in pain, agony pulsing through his body, he begged for death, this pain was worse than anything he had experienced before, it was like someone had cut all of his body open and had poured acid in it. His body pulsed with agony making him feel like he was dying slowly, but the death never really came, time had flown out of his senses, he could no longer make out what time it had been, how long it had been, he had no idea. All he knew that he was screaming  and begging for death but there was no end to this hell,no end to this pain, this agony that was making him wish death, what had he done . . .

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