Rambling

The stick came crashing down and the world went black for Jahid and his body came crashing down. He tried to slow his fall using his hands. It postponed the inevitable for barely a second before his hands gave way and his face was planted into the ground. He was crushed, defeated.

Yadi swung the stick around triumphantly around his head a few times. By downing Jahid, he managed to reinforce the claim of the land of Dirt for himself. He looked around. Already, several faces had popped up on the horizon. Yadi trudged to the border, determined to stake his claim on the land.

"This land is mine and does not belongs to my enemy, Jahid. Whoever attempts to take this land or assist Jahid will be considered my enemy as well" proclaimed Yadi. No one moved.

"Good" thought Yadi "I will be left in peace"

Before he knew it, a group of children crowded at the edge of the Dirt border. He was about to chase them away before he realized that they weren't on his land. "Damn!"

They whispered softly and Yadi ignored them. Soon, the whispers turned into chattering and the chattering turned into full-blown shouting. Yadi couldn't understand everything but he knew that the children wanted to help Jahid, who was still unconscious.

Yaid turned to the adults whom he presumed to be their parents. "If anyone crosses the border I shall club them" he warned. He hoped the parents would restrain their children. The parents remained oblivious and took no action.

Yadi was on full alert, he didn't want any interference.

The children seemed to have stopped their chattering and were massing together. Yadi tensed. The group surged forward towards Dirt and Jahid. Yadi yelled "Go away!" but the group kept on coming.

He raised his club. The stick came crashing down and a child fell. The rest stood in stunned silence for a heartbeat. Then they burst into pitiful cries and implored for intervention from their parents. The parents came marching over demanding Yadi apologize and make up for his 'unjust' act.

Yadi was stunned. How could he suddenly be in the wrong? The children had encroached on his land with malicious intent and yet he was being blamed.

Not knowing what to do, he brought the stick up and it came crashing down again and again.