Empire of Righteousness (When it Ends)

Chapter 228 : A Brother from another Mother

Arjuna doesn't know if he is flying or running.

Panchali

Panchali

Panchali

Please...be safe...

That's the only thing in his mind.

He cries in anger and pain the same time as he runs. He should have fallen at Ashwaththama's feet. Asked him to take his life instead. Why didn't he?

"PANCHALI!"

Arjuna jumps over Draupadi as she was laying on Kunti's lap on the same place.

"Arjuna..." Kunti gets concerned about Draupadi as Arjuna has jumped on her.

"Arjuna..." Draupadi whispers chocking.

Kunti, Nandini, Uttara all look at Arjuna shocked.

Arjuna is crying, hysterically to be precise.

"N...NO... NOTHING WILL HAPPEN..." Arjuna cups her face kissing all over before hiding her face in his chest.

"Arj..." Draupadi couldn't speak nor could match his strength today.

Arjuna has completely covered Draupadi's body as if shielding her from something. Shielding her body with his.

"What..." Kunti couldn't finish her sentence as she sees her other sons running as well.

"Maa...." Yudhisthira is in the same situation as Arjuna.

"What...what happened?" Kunti's heart thumps with fear.

Bheema kneels on the ground fisting his hands letting out a scream in pain as he cries hysterically.

Nakula, Sahadeva are also no good. Their bodies shaking as they cry.

"Mata... Ashwaththama launched... Brahmastra...at...." Yudhisthira falls as well crying and screaming in helplessness.

"NOTHING... NOTHING WILL HAPPEN..." Arjuna screams.

Draupadi couldn't process what's happening around her. And Arjuna isn't helping.

"Krishnaa...my Krishnaa...my Krishnaa..." Arjuna picks up her face from his chest and kisses her cheeks, her forehead, her nose, her lips.

Draupadi's own face, neck, garments are soak with Arjuna's tears and snivel.

"My Krishnaa...I will follow you...I will...Krishnaa...my Krishnaa...."

Draupadi barely hears what Yudhisthira is uttering amidst their cries and Arjuna's words like a possessed person.

"Wh..what..." Draupadi pieces the matter.

Her eyes met with Nakula first as she peeks from Arjuna's shoulder.

Nakula's eyes are red, his teeth gritted. His body trembling as his eyes bear her only. Sahadeva beside him is the same. Their eyes so helpless and filled with rage.

"Ashwaththama..." Draupadi tries to push Arjuna away but in vein.

Bheema is splattered on the floor as if any moment his soul will leave him.

Yudhisthira is kneeling crying and screaming all together burying his face in his palms.

Kunti has no emotion in her mind.

"Arjuna...Arjuna...leave..." Draupadi tries again.

"NO!" Arjuna cries, "No... Krishnaa... No... this isn't supposed to end...this way...no... You cannot leave ...me...You cannot..."