[Abandoned]Roughly 6 months after the super squad defeated Ken, Hope, who's still grieving Landon's loss, is sent to college in London. She now finds herself in a new love triangle and suddenly fighting vicious battles with enemies who were supposed...
A/N: Thalapathy in Tamil literally means General. It is a term of endearment for Tamil actor Vijay. Also I have changed one of the previous casting chapters into a chapter detailing my male OC. With the place I'm deciding to take my OC, I felt that making the OC a blank slate and not really casting any actor would be for the best(Also the age gap between the actor for SK and Hope's actress was jarring). Also, Thank You for everybody who supported me through this break. I'm back earlier than I promised.
There was an awkward silence in the room. SK was still thinking about why the girls were having stoic faces when he just pointed out Josie using an out-of-context word.
"Is Hope like your nickname or something?" SK supplied the answer.
"Yes. Exactly. That's it." Hope borderline yelled because she was very relieved.
"There is an embarrassing secret behind her nickname which if I revealed anything about it, Hope will kill me. Also, don't use that nickname anywhere else." Josie elaborately lied to cover their asses.
"That's it?" SK chuckled and continued, "Fine. Andrea. I'll keep the secret of your nickname. What are friends for?" Then he frowned a little. "We are friends, right?"
"Yes, we are!" The girls smiled widely with their teeth showing.
"So, have you girls decided on a movie?" SK asked them.
"I suggested John Wick 10 but Josie was not up to it"
"Those movies always have one guy killing 10 people by shooting guns point blank. It is all a gun-shooting fest. I'll never understand how 10 of those movies got made." Josie complained.
"So, Josie, what movie do you suggest?" SK asked again.
"Let's watch the new movie nominated for 14 Oscars..."
"I'm gonna stop you right there! No, just no. I want entertainment not getting preached!" Hope interrupted Josie and protested.
Both the girls now started to verbally abuse each other's preferences.
"Ok. Stop!" SK raised his hands as he yelled, which made both of them stop their quarrel.
"Can we see my favourite Tamil movie re-releasing here for its 25th anniversary? Please." SK made puppy dog eyes.
"Will it be anything like RRR?" Hope asked him.
"Well, it would not be that grand or epic, but still it has all emotions with songs in a perfect mix like that one," SK replied.
"Fine. I'm in. Josie?" Hope looked at Josie, who just nodded.
"Ok. So, first off take lots of paper, ribbons and some flowers. I'll take care of the tickets," The human informed.
"Why do we need paper, ribbons and flowers?" Hope asked.
"You'll know soon enough." With that, SK was off to change his clothes.
After changing their clothes, the girls and the boy found themselves in front of the Regal Cinema theatre. The sight in front of their eyes absolutely baffled Hope and Josie.
People were bursting crackers and there was a huge cut-out of someone with a humongous garland at the top.
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The ticket counters were overflowing with people fighting for tickets.
"Girls, everything's ready, right?"
Hope showed the stuffed papers and ribbons in her bag while Josie showed the flowers in her bag, which made SK smile.
The tickets cost a fortune. All 3 tickets together cost 30 pounds, which turned out to be 6000 bucks in Indian Rupee but anything for his Thalapathy!
After finding their seats, the trinity settled down.
"Girls, I need one final help."
The siphon and the tribrid could not believe what was happening in front of their eyes with the hooting, cheering and dancing and the movie had not even started. It was all so surreal.
"Uh... What?" Hope asked.
"Andrea, I need you to tear the paper and ribbons into small pieces. Josie, tear the flowers into separate petals"
Both of them went to the task as SK rubbed both his palms together in excitement. He had seen the movie a million times, but he still felt so gleeful, like he was about to watch the movie for the first time.
And then the movie started.
The cinema hall was like a football stadium, with people roaring every 10 minutes. There were loud sounds of laughter, howling, hooting and the constant sound "Thalapathyyy!!!"
While Hope felt like her ears were about to bleed, she really enjoyed the experience. Looking at so many other people celebrating a movie really made her happy too...
SK was having the time of his life. The introduction scene of his star and the title card of the film saying "Ghilli" had him go completely bonkers. He was just throwing the torn-up papers, ribbons, and flowers up in the air in euphoria the entire time.
Josie, meanwhile, had no clue of what was going on. All the people were screaming at the top of their lungs and she could not hear any dialogue because it was all so loud. Luckily, there were subtitles so she just about understood what the characters were saying.
In one of the scenes where the villain killed one of the heroine's brothers brutally, Hope held on to SK's left hand using her right hand. SK felt a little tingle at the touch but decided not to break it.
In limbo,
"There he is!" Inadu pointed at Landon, which made the God and Katherine stop their tantrums and walk swiftly in Landon's direction.
Landon had just managed to send Elijah off to Hope. Since Inadu can brainwash a person into doing whatever she wants by showing their deepest and darkest secrets, he had to be very very careful with her.
"So, what did you do?" Katherine held him by the collar as she questioned him.
"We will, We will rock you." Landon was just singing the lyrics loud now. Not allowing Inadu to brainwash him was the priority. He had no time to think about it as he had to distract them and escape from the place.
"Katherine, leave him," Ken ordered, which she duly obeyed.
"So, what did you do?" Ken asked calmly, but there was a sinister undertone to his voice.
Landon just showed his defiance with an intense stare as he continued singing.
"He sent a message to the tribrid," Inadu announced as she touched the former phoenix's shoulder.
"How did you?" Landon couldn't complete his entire question. He was a ferryman. It was really surprising how Inadu managed to read his mind just like that. Based on his knowledge, Inadu could actually do this only by possessing a person but she had not possessed him. Also her magic was not supposed to work on godly beings like himself.
"I can bring out your deeper innermost thoughts. Did you think a little singing could fool me?" The Hollow taunted as she now looked at Katherine and added "He sent your sweet ex, Katherine."
"Stefan?"
"No. The Original one." Inadu returned.
"Elijah!" Katherine said in realisation.
"What do we do with him?" Katherine asked Ken, gesturing towards Landon.
"I'm going to take away his curse." Ken announced as he kept his hands on either side of Landon's temples.
Landon screamed in agony as he felt like his head was being sliced open with a thousand swords.
A/N: This was a wish fulfillment sort of chapter for me. Sorry if you did not understand the scene in the cinema. I intended to show how movies are like a celebration here in India. Plus, I think this was my first attempt at a hand holding scene in a romantic context. Any feedback would be most welcome.
