Destiny

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 It was the ship of the bounty hunters. They traveled around the galaxy capturing those who had bounties on their head; it was their favorite thing to do. They were criminals for hire. They were from different planets. They formed this alliance when they were in an intergalactic prison and called themselves bounty hunters. They were six in total. Two of them were brothers and others were from a different planet.

   The two brothers were in the prison for killing a king of a planet. Their names were Dron and Tron. They were twins. One of the remaining four was lunatic. He was captured because he tried to blow up a Sun. The other three were thieves.

   They were looking at Adam trying to figure out why and how he ended up in space like this. His clothes looked odd to them.

  They were trying to wake up Adam but he didn’t wake up. He was hurt badly. His body was full of bruises. They provided him with medication but it was up to no good. Adam didn’t wake up.

   Adam was unconscious for three days. He woke up after three days. He was not able to remember who he was and where did he come from. He only remembered his name ‘Adam’. He was looking at them like idiots. Adam asked them he is hungry. They gave him food to eat.

 They were now thinking about what should do they do with him. He was up to no use. The lunatic said they should eat him. Dron looked at him with anger. Manic said we should take him in but Dron didn’t like the idea. Dron thought he can be anybody. He can be a spy. They finally thought they are going to sell him in “Bazar”.

   Bazar of thieves or better known as Bazar was a place where thieves brought their things to sell. It was located on the planet of Thieves. It was the most exotic place in the universe. The irony is there was no crime on the planet. It was run by Zangar. He was the oldest of the thieves and now the king of the planet. He ruled over them without any army or police.

    They reached Bazar and went to meet Zangar first. Zangar loved bounty hunters. They were always helpful to him and always stood by his side. Once when the rule of Zangar was in jeopardy, they were the ones who saved it.

   They went to his palace. His palace was full of girls. He welcomed them in his palace. They told him the reason for their visit. Zangar looked at Adam. He liked Adam as he has never seen anyone like him. Zangar told The Bounty hunters that he will buy him. They told him he is useless. Zangar said, ‘I need a gift for my beautiful daughter and he will be a perfect slave for her.’

   He told a girl to take Adam with her and dress him in some fine clothes. All the girls in his palace were slaves. They were all happy being his slaves. They were living like his queens. They had new dresses every day. Fine jewelry and everything a person can ask for.

   The girl took Adam with her and went through a corridor. She took him to a room. She unbuttoned his shirt and removed it. She went down and grabbed his belt. After some effort, she opened it removed his pant. Adam was feeling shy and tried to hide himself. The girl took him to the bathroom. She made him sit in a bathtub and poured water over him. She picked up a sponge all over his body. She gave him a bath and then brought him back to the room. She dried his body with a towel and then she dressed him in nice clothes. He was wearing a pant with a glittery robe on it. His dress looked nice on him.

   The girl brought him back to Zangar. They were now in the dining hall. Zangar told him to sit on the chair. Zangar told girls to bring food for them. The girls brought foods of different types. Adam and everyone enjoyed their food. They finished eating and went back to the court.

   Dron told Zangar that they are going to go now. Zangar asked him to stay with him a little longer as tomorrow is her daughter’s birthday and they all should attend the party. Tron agreed with Zangar and said to his brother, ‘we should stay and attend the party tomorrow.’ Dron opposed a lot but finally agreed to both of them.

   Tron was actually in love with Zangar’s daughter and Dron knew about it. This was the reason Dron wanted to leave early. He knew about his brother’s attention and if Tron does something stupid Zangar would kill them all. Zangar loved his daughter very much. Zangar respected The Bounty Hunters but if Tron did something stupid. Zangar would not hesitate to kill them all.

     Adam was sitting in the court silently. After the incident, he only spoke once when he woke up and The Bounty Hunters asked him about his whereabouts’. Since then he didn’t speak anything. He was lost in his thoughts trying to remember who he was and where did he come from.

   Zangar told everyone he has a special arrangement for them in the evening.

   In the evening Zangar took them to the fighting arena. It was the favorite game of the people of this planet. There was only one rule for the fight and it was to kill your opponent to get out. The disputes between the people on the planet were settled like this. Anyone was allowed to challenge anyone in the arena. There was no backing out of the challenge once it was accepted.

    Today it was a fight between two behemoths. Both of them were famous fighter of the galaxy and they were facing each other for the first time in this arena. There were different types of close combat weapons everywhere in the arena. Zangar signaled to start the match.

    The match started with the test of strength. They both ran at each other and grabbed each other from their shoulders. They were pushing each other. Both were equal in strength. One of them stepped aside and used the other one's force against him and threw him down on the ground.

   It was Eltango vs. The Beast. The Beast quickly got up and they again grabbed each other from shoulders. Again Eltango threw him on the ground using the same technique.  The Beast again got up quickly and he was very angry now.

    He started walking to the side and picked up a sword and turned towards El tango. El tango picked the axe which was hanging in a wall. They both attacked each other with their weapons. It was a fight worth watching. The Beast was attacking Eltango with all his might but he was easily saving himself from his each strike. This was making Beast angry. He was now fighting with anger and he was not using his brain at all. He was repeatedly attacking El tango. El tango thought this might slow him down but he was not slowing down.

   As he was getting angry, his attacks were getting more strong and fast. Beast was continuously striking with his sword and Eltango was stopping his attacks with his axes. Beast was striking again and again with more force and speed. El tango was down on his knee. Beast was striking at the same point again and again. Finally, the handle of the axe broke and the sword hit Eltango on the shoulder. El tango screamed with pain. Beast threw his sword and grabbed Eltango from his neck with both hands and raised him from the ground.

   The crowd was chanting Eltango’s name in the start but when Beast went insane with his madness, the crowd went crazy over it. They started chanting his name Beastie, Beastie, Beastie…

  Beast was holding Eltango high above the ground. He was looking above in his eyes and gave him a wicked smile. He was trying to choke him. El tango hit Beast with a knee on his face in an effort to save himself. El tango fell on the ground. Beast stood there holding his nose. His nose was bleeding.

   El tango was trying to get away from him. Beast removed his hand from the nose. He saw his blood. The color of blood made him angry. Beast was breathing heavily through his nostrils. He looked at Eltango who has moved away from him. El tango took the sword from the stand and he was standing there ready for Beast’s attack.

  Beast picked up his sword which he threw on the floor during fight. He ran towards Eltango and attacked him. He was ready for his attack. He stopped his sword with his own sword and kicked Beast in the stomach. Beast again attacked him but again received a kick in the stomach.

 Beast got very angry. He again threw his sword and went to one side. There were some big rocks on the ground. He picked one up and threw it towards El tango. El tango barely saved himself from the rock. Beast picked up another one and threw it towards El tango. El tango saved himself from the rock by jumping to his left side. Beast picked another one and threw it again. El tango quickly moved to one side.

    Beast’s strength was increasing with his rising temper. He was getting stronger and stronger. His veins were visible and he was groaning like a wild animal. He was looking around for some weapon to attack with. He saw a chain mace near him he picked it up and ran towards El tango. The ball at the end of the chain was massive. There were spikes on it. He went near Eltango and attacked him with the mace he tried to stop the attack with a sword but his sword got wrapped in the chain. Beast pulled the chain and the sword slipped from Eltango’s hand and fell on the floor.

   El tango was now at the mercy of the beast and Beast was looking at him with a wicked smile.