"Guards! Hold the gates! Prepare the escape boat for departure!"
The gates couldn't handle the weight of the crowd, with shouts like howls filling the air of the hall, igniting the fear within the guards's chests, they lost control of the gate....It started to crack, and the troops scattered!
"Guards! Escort the king to the boat, Fall back to the docks!"
The king threw away his fancy gowns and heavy jewelry, and dashed to the docks, escorted with glenn, one his top ranking officers, clearing his escape route ahead of him.
The passages went narrower and narrower, and the path ended with a steel plated door, the one and only way to the docks. The king shut the door in the face of the troops behind him.
"Glenn! The Door! Lock it quick!"
Glenn hesitated, but the heat of the situation only made him obey, and they managed to lock the door after a struggle, the troops lost their temper and insulted the king.
"These are my troops your highness! I can't leave them behind!" – Glenn shouted
"The Boat Glenn! Untie the damn Boat!" Interrupting Glenn's request
Just as soon as glenn turned his back and went past the king, A bullet pierced Glenn's chest, and the element of surprise caught him off guard and the king's eyes only grew wider....And out of the waters, rose a an armed man rushing towards the king....It was one of the rebels....
The King took his steps back to a wall, cluesless of the situation...
"Wait Wait....We can negotiate, we can talk ! There is still time" trying to please the rebel
The rebel interrupted aggressively, while tightening his grab on the king's throat
"Time?! Those people gave you months, years, and decades believing in your promises. They got fed up with your lies"...."You murdered those who spoke against you by the sword of justice"
With a grab so strong he was lifted inches off the ground, and thrown straight to a corner
The king slowly collected himself again, this time on his knees..
"Killed them?! I was protecting them.....Those people, the masses, will never see what I see, They will never understand my intentions, they are hard to please!"
"What do you mean?!" The rebel wondered,
"You judge on a king from what you hear from public! and you come here with no hesitation to take my life, believing you know my intentions by what you see...." Struggling to breath , he continued..
"If you could wear my gown and sit my throne for a day, you would understand....but you.....in the slums....what would you see....What possibly can you understand?!"
"It is not what I see, it is what I believe in" , while reaching his gun.
"Those bankers.....Bussiness men....Warlords....they wanted this to happen........This country will be the pie they share after i'm gone....One day...... people will realize that I was a hero for what I did to them..." , he continued
"And you come out of the blue claiming that you the right to kill me! Heheheh, what an irony", the king Laughing loudly while coughing blood.
"Any last words?!" The rebel holding the gun with a steady aim towards the king's heart....
"Ohhhh that strong will in your eyes in killing me.....I believe I wont get out of here alive, but hear me well.....things will never be the same again, and people will weep for my days..."
"I'll leave it to the people to decide their future" ,
"Hahahahahaha......thier future?!.....thier chaos?!......They will never know how........Ugh!"
The lonely boat was still tied to the docks, on waters mixed with the king's blood. The crowd celebrated thier victory, yet, no body knew who did it.
They called him a hero.....Wait?! Wasn't he a killer too?
*The story is out of pure imagination of the author, Rayan Al Ameri
You are telling a real story from our daily life, people judge each other and assume things depending on what they have heard or from the public point of view.
ReplyDeleteNo one really knows who you are and what are your intentions unless someone tries to leave these assumptions aside and starts trying to know the real story behind all this mess in the world, only then the whole picture will appear and everything will be revealed.
One more thing which is how we really see things, human in general see good and bad in people from different perspectives, depending on their feelings, where they came from, the life they lived, the experiences they went through and many other reasons. So we can say that good and evil is not how it is, it's actually how we see it.