🏹 Chapter 13
🌑 [Opening Panel] Jungle mein sannata hai. Sirf aag ke chatakne ki awaaz aa rahi hai. Karan, Manish aur Ananya bilkul statue bane khade hain. Ped mein wo teer (arrow) ab bhi thar-thara raha hai.
📢 Karan (Narration): "Humein laga tha hum hi is stone-world ke king hain... par lagta hai asli maalik koi aur hai."
[Panel 1] Andhere mein dher saari chamakti aankhein dikhti hain. 📢 SFX: ...shhh... Manish (phusphusate hue): "Bhai... ye log bhoot-pret hain ya mera vehem?"
[Panel 2 – Vanshkaal Tribe Entry] Achanak, pedon se 10-12 log neeche koodte hain. Shakal par mitti aur haddiyon ke mask, haath mein kamaan. Ekdum khatarnak vibe.
📢 Karan (Narration): "Vanshkaal Tribe—jungle ke asli baap."
[Panel 3 – Ira's Entry] Ek ladki aage aati hai. Aankhon mein gussa aur chehre par safed raakh (ash) ke nishaan. Uska nishana seedha Karan par hai. 👉 Ira: "Tum log... jungle ke kaayde tod rahe ho." Karan (be-khauf): "Hum toh bas zinda rehne ki koshish kar rahe hain."
[Panel 4 – Ideology Clash] Ira teer ko aur kheenchti hai. Ira: "Zinda rehna? Tum log 'phir se' wahi sab bana rahe ho. Is jungle ko apne kabze mein lena chahte ho." Ananya (shanti se): "Kabza nahi... hum toh bas milkar rehna chahte hain."
[Panel 5 – The Dark Truth] Ira ki aankhon mein dard dikhta hai. Ira: "Tum jaise logon ki wajah se hi purani duniya raakh bani thi. Wahi galti dobara mat karo."
[Panel 6 – Action Starts] Ek hunter aag par laat maarta hai, har taraf dhuaan hi dhuaan. Dusra seedha Manish ki gardan pakadne daudta hai. Manish: "Oye! Abe... ye mera kidnapping arc hai kya?! Chhod mujhe!"
[Panel 7 – Karan vs Archers] Karan apne naye lohe ke bhaale (spear) se teeron ko hawa mein uda deta hai. Uske haath ki nasein (veins) firse blue chamakne lagti hain.
📢 SFX: TZZZZ... Ira (Shocked): "...Ye blue power... ye toh wahi hai."
[Panel 8 – Shockwave] Karan apna bhaala zameen par de maarta hai. Ek zor ka jhatka lagta hai aur har taraf dhool aur patte udne lagte hain. Vanshkaal ke shikari peeche hat jaate hain.
[Panel 9 – THE VOICE] Sab kuch ek dum se ruk jata hai. Ek gehri aur thandi awaaz jungle mein goonjti hai.
📢 Awaaz: "Bas bohot hua. Ruk jao."
[Panel 10 – RISHI'S ENTRY] Andhere se ek aadmi nikalta hai. Lambe baal, shaant chehra, lekin aura aisa ki koi hila bhi nahi. 🔥 RISHI APPEARANCE Ira apna dhanush neeche kar leti hai, jaise koi student teacher ke saamne khada ho.
[Panel 11] Ira (sar jhukate hue): "Rishi..." (Matlab: Ye banda in shikariyon ka bhi baap hai!)
[Panel 12 – Face to Face] Rishi seedha Karan ke paas aata hai. Dono ki aankhon mein wahi ajeeb blue reflection hai. Rishi (halki smile): "3000 saal lag gaye... par chalo, finally tum jaag gaye." Karan (shocked): "Tum... tum mujhe kaise jaante ho?"
[Panel 13 – The Big Reveal] Rishi: "Sirf tumhe hi nahi... tumhare andar jo 'Power' chhupi hai, use bhi jaanta hoon."
[Panel 14 – The Whisper] Rishi dheere se jhuk kar Karan ke kaan mein bolta hai: Rishi: "Wo blue light... koi ittefaq nahi tha Karan. Use bheja gaya tha."
[Final Panel – Cliffhanger] Karan ka chehra sunn pad jata hai. Poori tribe ghutno par hai.
📢 Narration: "Jungle ka asli khel... toh ab shuru hua hai."
⚡ END OF CHAPTER 13 ⚡