Lailah: The Milestone

The two brothers and the hyenas

   "I still don't get what the fuck is happening."

  Jim said pacing the aisle before the hut. He was distorted. His brain wasn't working the way it should. He didn't even know how twas supposed to work anymore. 

   Tzu was over the street under the oak tree opposite the hut. Jim wasn't ready to go over to him. He felt like he should be able to have all under his control but he didn't. 

    He stopped pacing for a while and began to walk quickly to the place where Tzu was seated. 

  He didn't know if the elder brother would have the response he wanted. 

  There was nothing to be scared of as he crossed the street. Carriages plied the route once in a fortnight. 

   He walked a little farther after crossing the road and got to Tzu who met him with,

    "The imbeciles still in act?"

    Jim walked to the side of Tzu and helped himself to the bark of the tree. One arm leaning. 

    "She's still barking like a dog."

   Jim started then added,

    "I'm not even here for that."

   He looked towards the hut. He already had an idea of what to do. 

   But he still need a reason. He needed a flare. He needed the fire and he knew he could get that from Tzu. The only person who loathed Lailah more than his faeces. 

    "Now you see what's beyond us? You would agree with me now. She's not sane. Believe me."

   Tzu started. His bag was on his lap but his eyes weren't on the hut. He feared he might got bewitched looking at it only. 

    "What's about her? What's so special that she thinks she can just get whatever she wanted."

    Jim argued. He kept his eyes glued to the hut. He just needed few more moments.

    "What is it that you still don't get. Is it the part of she being a Nymph or the part of her ego or her uncontrollable urge for sex?"

   Tzu said resignedly. He looked briefly at Jim. The face Jim was wearing wasn't a porous one. He knew that he wasn't still convinced. 

   But he added,

    "Now you'll agree with me that this is no place to live. We should leave in no time. And if you think of doing anytime in the name of justice, count me outta it. You can take all the glory for all I care. Well, if there is any glory to be taken against a hot Seductress. Damn!"

   Tzu was exhausted. He had nothing left to explain anymore. 

    Jim regained his balance. He took few steps away from Tzu and looked at him for a while. 

    His head tossed to a side. Then at once he turned his back on Tzu and began to stomped off, hurrying towards the hut.

   Tzu stood up and called at him,

     "Until you're made a mess or an experiment you won't get it."

   He said. He quit shouting and muttered to himself,

    "What a silhouette of his father. Wish I had his thriving courage."

   He opened his bag. He reached out for what to eat, he loved a pleasant spectacle. Especially the one made by a sibling. How compelling. 

    He watched Jim get to the hut. What he was seeing at that moment was an itsy-bitsy of his silhouette. 

   Jim had taken two to three of the horns which made the aisle to the hut of the Sorcerer. 

    He had two in his hands and the third was by his feet. He kept his eyes glued to the hut. 

   He was standing at the front. He was boiling. He could outmatch the rage of a wildfire. 

    The moans of Lailah kept coming and the Sorcerer kept cursing. From the third eye view, it seemed like the sorcerer was done with her but she hadn't had enough yet. 

   Twas none of his business. He should leave since that was happening but he wasn't satisfied. 

    At once, as though he got hit by a thunderbolt he ran to the corner of the house and began to hit the hard horns on the pillars and stalks of the hut. 

   He wanted to demolish it. That was the only way he would feel good. At least for the meantime. He hadn't gotten the revenge it. That was a prologue to the play he had drafted in his ken. 

     "Now, let's see who gets disgraced."

   He raged and cursed as he made the pillars shift as he aimed the horns at them. The hut was dancing to his will. The hut was gradually crashing. 

    He kept on trashing around the hut, shoving the best words that hopped on him,

    "And the dimwitted Sorcerer who had trade his wit for sex."

   He was at the back of the hut at that time. He didn't hear any noise from the hut anymore. But he didn't care. 

   He had gone too far to stop at that moment. He kept fueling the rage and feeding his ego. 

    "This is what you can't do, Tzu. Fucking brother. You only make complaints. No steps. You shy away from every thing. "

   He kept talking as though Tzu was there. He had moved to the third part of the hut. After that, he would go for the front and the door. 

   At the spot he was, behind him there seemed to be activity going but he didn't care. He was blinded by his rage and he didn't want any effort of any physician. 

     He finished with that part and rolled to the front. At that time he was exhausted. But he must finish what he had started. 

  Then at once, he made a last blow and the hut collapsed, swallowing everything that was in it. 

    He fell backwardly on his butt and cursed,

    "Rot in there, bitches."

    He felt relieved for the first time in a long while. He felt great and accomplished. Such feeling was remote. 

       "What a scene you made here."

   He heard Tzu said and walked past him. He didn't have any explanation for the crazy and inconsequential brother. 

    He watched Tzu walk towards the hut and trampled on the ruins. 

    "I might find something of interest."

   He muttered as he watched his step around the ruins. 

  Then after several pulling and shaking, he halted and looked towards Jim.

    "Foolish, they are not here."

   He called. Jim stood up and quizzed,

    "How! I made sure nothing went wrong."

   He ran towards the other part of the hut where he had heard the activity. 

    He looked up ahead to figure out if there were they. No trace. 

  But he could see two stray hounds walking towards them. 

   Hyenas.