Beyond the Beats

Chapter 107. Undefeated

⚠️ Long chapter ahead ⚠️

"Bhoomi, don't worry. The officials know their job. If they accept Tera's accusations, they will be ruining their image," Vibhan told me.

"Hamster, no need to panic. No one will take your trophy from you," Tejas tried to convince me, but I kept remembering how Tera was behaving during our finals.

"She is a former two-times champion. There's no way she is kidding about this. I want to see myself what's going on," I said.

Varun agreed. "Yes, Di, you should go and talk to Tera herself. She is continuously blaming you for getting advantage because you are a part of The Conquerors too. She is saying that the judges and authorities wanted to create drama to attract more public."

"That's so absurd," Joy commented angrily.

"Tera is just jealous, nothing else," Hriaan said. "Still, we should go and see before she escalates the matter. Our crew finals can get affected because of this unnecessary drama."

Tejas looked at me seriously. "Hamster, no matter what happens, you won't take any stress, okay? You are the champion. No one can take that title away from you."

I was anxious, but I nodded. I kept calm as I didn't want to worry my friends. My whole crew supported me, and all of us left the club. When we reached the dance arena, a huge crowd was formed around the stage, all eyes turning towards us as we moved forward.

Murmurs increased, and I saw Tera arguing with the judges as other dancers, who were having their finals, stood by the side, worried about the current situation. Tera had interrupted their battles, demanding the judges and officials to review our final battle once more. Other b-girls, who were our competitors were also there, some of them supporting Tera.

"Tera, why are you blaming them?" I asked her after getting on the stage. "We played fairly."

She pointed at me. "You don't speak, newcomer. You also know that it's not possible that you won against me when it is your first time here. Right now also, you came here with your crew. It is because of your crew's name that you got special treatment."

"Excuse me?" I argued. "I have my team's support, but how can you behave like you battled against all of us? You being a former champion, I respect you, but why can't you believe that someone else could win too? Would you have acted like this if some other b-girl had won?"

Tera glanced at other b-girls. "Of course, not, because I defeated half of them this year, and the rest were runner-ups last year. As for Ayzere, she is not here. I also got to know you are familiar with her, so she must have taken pity on you and let you win. This is not the first time I am facing this problem."

"What do you mean?"

"Last year, there was a b-girl, Payton, who was also a newcomer like you, but she didn't win against me. She was better than you, and yet, I defeated her. There was a little drama between other dancers who got eliminated by less-skilled opponents. I didn't think I would face the same situation myself."

Hriaan intervened. "Excuse me, Miss Former Champion, but this newcomer has defeated you. Grow a backbone and just accept your defeat. You are embarrassing yourself."

Tera glared at him. "I am not talking to you. You are not a b-girl, so shut up. And, you Bhoomi, are you again going to hide behind your crew? You really think you deserve that win?"

"She does!" Rehman yelled.

"Our Boomer- I mean Bhoomi has won, so stop throwing tantrums," Akshay defended me aggressively. "As a dancer, it doesn't suit you."