Episode - 3

"Arjun is speaking philosophy. He is talking about peace. He is saying that he can't fight his own blood. He can't kill his cousins and relatives. Doesn't he know that he is going to fight his relatives and so called blood when he prepares the army; when he allied with kings; When he made strategies; when he armored the battalions; when he bought weapons; when he marched; Very funny. I know why he is blabbering. On seeing the army, he is scared. Scared to the core about losing the war. He is not a philanthropist. He is not worried about peace and harmony. He doesn't care for his cousin and brothers dying in the war. He has absolutely no idea about global welfare. He speaks like a politician. He is scared of losing and he is finding an opportunity to stop it by means of false words. He is quoting reasons like America to hide the true intention of his action and stating something else to make him appeal noble. A true son of bitch. I need to enlighten him," said Koushik to himself.

'What?' asked Arjun.

'Wait,' said Koushik.

'What is happening? Is the war averted?' asked Rashtra to Sanjay sitting on the high seat.

"I miss you sweet heart. See you at dinner" Sanjay received a text message from his girlfriend.

My boss is asking for updates and my girl friend expects me to miss her at the same time, thought Sanjay. The only good is my boss doesn't see what I am doing, he laughed. He quickly replied, "Miss you too." With his mobile in hand, without moving head, he moved his eyeball to look at his boss. The blind man was sitting, believing whatever updates he was receiving and not much understanding of what the network engineer reporting him was going through.

'My king, Arjun is a very kind hearted person. He speaks with full of love for his cousins, your sons, and his family. I have never seen such a benevolent man like him. With full of tears, he is talking to Krish about quitting the war for peace and harmony of the entire family. He doesn't need throne, power and realm. He wants peace,' Sanjay summarized his view about the happenings.

'Arjun, what are you saying? What made you to think like this? This is not the way to behave in the battle field. This decision won't make you a martyr,' said Koushik disappointedly.

The statement from Koushik stunned Arjun. He thought that Koushik would agree to his deed because he spoke about peace and harmony. He thought of defending but decided to listen.

'You are not speaking like a man. You speak as though your balls dropped off. You are not behaving like yourself. Dude, stand for the war,' said Koushik.
'Krish, how can I fight my martial arts teacher Rona and grand-father Beeshm? I can destroy the enemies but they are the people to be worshiped,' defended Arjun and continued, 'I don't want the kingdom by killing my teacher and grand-father. Instead I would rather live my entire life by begging because I will see their blood in every currency note of this country. I don't want to fight.'

'Think Arjun… Think… Do you remember what they have done to you? The sons of Rashtra had cheated you. Did you forget everything they did to you and your brothers? Recollect everything. All the bad things they have done to you. You should really recollect everything. Let me show you,' said Koushik.

He took his video iPod and played a video. He gave it to Arjun to have a look. Arjun's eyes widened.

'It's a long video. The war would begin before I watch the video fully.'
'Arjun, let me pause this world for you,' Koushik said and paused the world. The flowing river, flying birds, blowing wind, raising tide, moving objects, breathing animals and human beings got paused. Arjun looked at Krish in awe.

'Play the video now,' Koushik instructed Arjun. Arjun felt as though he was taken back to the old days.

It all started when Duryo poked Arjun in facebook. Arjun got irritated because of repeated poking and yelled at him. Arjun challenged him with an IQ test. Duryo was very eager to beat Arjun but he knew that he could't match him. So he didn't take the challenge immediately.

Karn Sun, an intelligent chap, who had a very good IQ, wanted to take the test. But unfortunately he didn't have a facebook account. He tried hard but couldn't create one because of his ethnicity. He was a Chinese geek. Duryo and Karn Sun were internet friends. Duro pinged Karn and told him that he wanted to beat his cousin in IQ test. Duryo gave his username and password to Karn and asked him to take the test challenge. Karn was moved. He couldn't control his overwhelming emotions. He asked for his number and called Duryo. Duryo was moved because he had made an ISD call without minding about the phone bill. The words were not coming out of his mouth easily not because of emotions but because of lack of fluency in English. Though they didn't have a good conversation over phone, they realized their friendship and trust.

Insipte of having a username and password, Karn couldn't login because of "the great firewall of china" blocking the website. He got pissed off and replied that he couldn't access the website. Duryo thought for a moment. He didn't have much time because the IQ challenge would expire in two days and there was only four hours left. He installed open source desktop sharing software and asked Karn to do the same. Duryo share his desktop and asked him to take the test. Arjun's record was solving ten questions in 10 minutes. The Chinese chap was fast he completed nine questions correctly in less than three minutes. Duryo was inspired by his speed. He completed the tenth question in less than fifty seconds and about to click submit. The power went off in Duryo's place. He didn't have an UPS. The desktop switched off immediately and the when the power came back the time was up. Arjun took the revenge for poking by mocking at Duryo and writing on his wall about his inability to win him in the test.

Arjun was holding the iPod and looked in surprise. He couldn't believe that Karn solved the IQ in three and half minute. He thought that there was no one to beat him. He felt very sorry for being so egoistic. He paused the video.

'Krish, is this guy fighting on his side?'

Krish ran a quick search script and replied, 'yes. Scope it and zoom. You can see his humvee.'

Arjun's phone ringed. He picked it up.

'Hi Duryo.'

'What the fuck is happening?' asked Duryo.

'Don't get tensed. Krish has paused the world. It will be okay soon. Don't worry.'

'Fuck you.'

The call was cut. He received a message: "Last call cost 1.50 INR. Ur balance is 67.18INR. Subscribe to roaming package and cut your mobile bill while roaming."

'Fuck,' said Arjun.