The executor raised his sword and was about to thrust it through my belly when someone intervened.

"Hold on...not yet time!" said a voice not far from the scene. I looked in the direction of the stranger to see who he was.

"We will keep her!" continued the voice.

I did not take my eyes off the figure that had intervened to save my poor life. But who was he?

He walked slowly in our direction the whole time he was speaking. Soon, I was able to see his face. It was not something good to talk about. I could see the evil look and horrible scars on his face.

The other men gave way as he approached me with a stern face. He was no doubt, the leader of the evil pack. He made a stop right in front of me. He pulled my tiny hands and held them for a few minutes.

My heart was beating fast. I was more than terrified.

Was he going to kill me now or will he keep to his words to spare my life? I could not understand the purpose of holding my hands.

"Come, little one...come to me... don't be afraid," he said with a low evil voice.

"Please don't, don't kill me!" I cried at last.

My tears never stopped flowing as I begged for my life

He let go of one of my hands and moved back while keeping his eyes on me. Then he stopped and said, "I will not kill you but you will wish you are dead by the time I'm done with you...poor little girl!"

There came a flash of lightning and thunder immediately after he was done speaking.

I was further terrified.

"You will regret this Alpha Khan if you keep her alive," came a voice. It was one of the men with Alpha Khan. "She will come back for revenge! She will hunt us day and night until she avenges the blood of the people we murdered. Seize this opportunity and finish what we have started!" continued the man.

Alpha Khan turned in the direction of the man. "We must keep her alive, Marion! That's my order!" he told them with a harsh voice.

"Why Khan...why keep her alive?...the girl is a danger!" complained another one of his men.

"Because her father is alive!" shouted Khan at his men.

There was absolute silence among his men as they stare at their leader in disbelief. Perhaps, Khan was not being sincere with them.

"You saw when we gave him the beating of his life before I plunged my sword down his belly, how could you then allege that the girl's father is alive?" queried Marion.

"Let me have the Mother-ring of powers!" Khan stretched out one of his hands towards Marion amid the latter's query. Khan was in anticipation of the ring he requested for.

Marion was also known as the executor. He appeared to be elevated above others within the pack expect of course, Alpha Khan.

He dropped a ring on Khan's palm.

It made Alpha Khan temporarily satisfied until he took a closer look at the ring on his palm. Suddenly, the exciting look on his face changed drastically.

"You have been cheated, fools!" he hurled, "this is not the mother-ring of powers!"

Khan got very furious. He approached the Marion who had given him the fake ring and pulled him from below. The victim's legs were no longer touching the ground, he was simply suspended in the air by the almighty strength of Alpha Khan.

It was an intense moment nevertheless, he let go of his victim. The Marion's back landed hard on the ground. He groaned in pain.

Alpha Khan turned to the other men furiously. He has been provoked bitterly. His anger seemed untamed.

"Do any one of you still have something to say!" he asked.

None of his men replied to him lest they encounter the same fate as Marion whom Alpha Khan had decimated.

No one dared say a word. They all gazed at him in awe.

"Very good... that's what I thought," continued Alpha Khan, "Now, listen good, the man we fought tonight appeared to be dead but he wasn't! He escaped after you injured him...It's a shame that none of you could get a clean cut!"

"No, Khan!" interrupted Marion expressing shock, "I killed him!"

"You did... indeed, you did an unfinished task!" Khan smirked. "While we kill other members of his pack, I turned around and his supposedly dead body was nowhere to be found!" he paused and glanced at the face of his men and continued, "can anyone of you tell me what happened to him?"

"Alpha Milo, ( that was my father's name--Milo) was probably taken away by a member of his pack who survived to be buried," replied one of Khan's men.

The expression on Alpha Khan's face tells it all...he was not happy at the answer that was given to him. He turned angrily to stare at the man who had given him the possible answer to his question. "He is not dead, fool!" cursed Alpha Khan. "Alpha Milo, just like a cockroach has seven lives and you have just let his seventh life slipped away!" he shouted at the man.

All his men lowered their faces in fear, no one dared to look at him or tell him he was wrong. Such a careless attempt is sure to come with severe repercussions if anyone dares.

Afraid of the traumatic scene I was witnessing as a little girl, I squeaked into tears and was in great fear. I quickly reminded the savages that I was still in their tormenting custody. "Let me go home!" I cried with a shaky tearful voice.

It was then that Khan's attention was turned to me again. He turned towards my direction and take a brief walk. He stopped only a meter away from me.

"But, daddy's little girl, there is no home for you...It has been wonderfully and beautifully destroyed by me...So now, there is no more home for you," said Alpha Khan, mimicking the voice of a little girl. He was throwing a jab at me.

"I Just wanna go home...let me go!..let me go!" I never stopped protesting amid my endless tears. I was only a helpless little girl, left with no option of how to defend myself. Every passing second becomes gloomy. My fate was undecided.

"What do we do with the girl now?" asked one of his men.

"We keep her... stupid!" answered Khan. "As long as we have her with us, Alpha Milo will come back for her. In that way, we get a second chance to kill him and retrieve the mother-ring -of-powers!"

It was obvious I was never gonna go home again. I have become an orphan, a prisoner and a bet for my father if indeed he was still alive as claimed by Alpha Khan. Yet somehow, my hope stayed alive, my father was never gonna give up on me. I believe he will return for vengeance and to set me free. It was probably going to take days or so but not so long. I was taken to their pack.