🌅 Opening
Subah.
Fortress me pehli baar sab normal routine follow kar rahe hain.
Manish watchtower par duty.
Ranveer training.
Ananya herbs aur crops check kar rahi hai.
Ira surroundings observe kar rahi hai.
Karan wooden table par map bana raha hai.
📢 Manish:
"Yaar... finally lag raha hai ki hum zinda bhi reh sakte hain."
🏰 Panel 1 – Fortress Rules
Karan sabko bulata hai.
Wooden board par likhta hai:
FORTRESS RULES
Koi bhi akela jungle nahi jayega.
Night ke baad gate nahi khulega.
Har din watch duty change hogi.
Food sab me equally divide hoga.
Agar alarm baje... sab apni position lenge.
📢 Ranveer:
"Rules weak log follow karte hain."
📢 Karan:
"Aur jo rules nahi follow karte...
wo jaldi mar jaate hain."
Ranveer chup.
🌾 Panel 2 – New Life
Montage:
Crops aur grow ho rahe hain.
Water storage fill ho raha hai.
Spears ban rahe hain.
Manish bachcho ki tarah scarecrow bana raha hai.
📢 Manish:
"Naam rakha hai...
Security Uncle."
Sab hans padte hain 😂
💙 Panel 3 – Karan & Ananya
Ananya wall ke upar khadi sunset dekh rahi hoti hai.
📢 Karan:
"Sab theek hai?"
📢 Ananya:
"Nahi."
📢 Karan:
"Kya hua?"
📢 Ananya:
"Ye peace...
bahut ajeeb lag rahi hai."
📢 Karan:
"Kyun?"
📢 Ananya:
"Kyuki is duniya me storm hamesha silence ke baad aata hai."
🧠 Panel 4 – Arjun's Secret
Arjun akela baitha hota hai.
Pocket se ek chhota metal chip nikalta hai.
Us par likha hai:
ASTRA ACCESS
Woh kisi ko nahi dikhata.
📢 Arjun (thinking):
"Agar inhe sach pata chal gaya...
to ye mujh par kabhi trust nahi karenge."
😈 Panel 5 – Rishi
Underground.
Rishi ek huge holographic map dekh raha hai.
Fortress ek blue dot ki tarah blink kar raha hai.
Dusri taraf...
10 red dots.
📢 Rishi:
"Collectors move kar chuke hain."
Smile.
📢 Rishi:
"Game shuru."
🏹 Panel 6 – The Spy
Shaam.
Watchtower.
Manish bored baitha hai.
Achanak bushes me movement.
📢 SFX:
Rustle...
📢 Manish:
"Kaun hai?!"
Koi jawab nahi.
Woh neeche utarta hai.
Sirf ek arrow pada hota hai.
Arrow ke saath ek folded paper.
📜 Panel 7 – The Message
Karan paper kholta hai.
Us par sirf itna likha hai:
"Return Subject K-17."
Neeche ek symbol.
Wahi symbol jo Arjun ke haath par hai.
Dead silence.
😨 Panel 8
Sab Arjun ki taraf dekhte hain.
Arjun ka chehra safed pad jata hai.
📢 Arjun:
"...They found me."
💀 Final Panel
Door pahadi ke upar...
5 masked figures fortress ko dekh rahe hain.
Leader bolta hai:
"3 days."
"Then we attack."
Sab masks ke andar se blue eyes glow karti hain.
⚡ END OF CHAPTER 21 –