Tally Ho!!!

“I don’t know if I had told you earlier or not, but let me make it clear to you this time… Never ever… I repeat never ever tell anyone about my existence. It may have its DIRE consequences.”

“Isto é ridículo...”

Next Chapter...

(*It’s ridiculous…)

“You have no idea what you have done...”

Yuri is furiously talking to someone on phone. He has never looked so angry.

“I don’t care who you are... and I don’t want any interference in my...”

Yuri’s conversation is disrupted by the knock on his door. He goes towards the door and waits for another knock.

“... I’ll talk to you later...”

Yuri disconnects the phone. Soon, there’s another knock, and this time Yuri opens the door in a jiffy, only to find the hotel’s housekeeping staff. Yuri sends them away without letting them in. He then shuts the door, bolts it securely, and then go towards the window to check for any suspicious activity outside the hotel.

After being at the window for quite a few minutes, Yuri calls the hotel’s reception.

“A cup of coffee please... yes... Espresso...!”

“Here’s your coffee... now please tell me what is going on...”

Ira places the coffee cup in front of Elham, sits on the chair next to him, and is anxiously waiting for his response.

Elham takes a quick glance around the coffee shop, picks the cup... takes a few sips, and looks into Ira’s eyes...

“Nothing’s going on... I mean there’s nothing that I am aware of as of now...”

“... and what about that diary... those goons...”

“I have absolutely no idea about it Ira, trust me.”

Soon Humzaad appears in front of Elham and though he is smiling as usual, he speaks in a concerned tone.

“If you are done with the coffee, I think we should leave. It’s not safe here.”

Elham looks at Humzaad and tries to argue with him, but soon changes his mind.

“Yes... you are right. We should leave.”

“When did I ask you to leave...?”

Ira asks Elham with a puzzled look, while Elham gives an angry look to Humzaad.

“Don’t you think Elham its high time that you stop doing your antics... like talking to your own self or... what you say... thinking loudly”

“I was neither talking to my own self nor was I thinking loudly...”

“If you were not thinking loudly, then please tell me the new term that you have just coined Sir Elham!!!”

“Those were two different sentences Ira... First, I said Yes... you are right, then I said We should leave... That’s about it”

Ira is going crazy, while Humzaad is laughing his heart out at poor Elham. Finally, Elham decides to break the ice.

“OK... fine... there is indeed something that you should know... there is something that I need to tell you... but promise me one thing...”

“What???”

“You will not freak out...”

Before Ira can say anything, Elham holds her hand and walks towards his MG Hector; Humzaad follows them...

Elham drives to his place and throughout the way he doesn’t speak a word. Ira finds it weird, as Elham never stays quiet whenever they are together. She wonders what Elham has to tell her.

Soon, they reach home and Elham asks Ira to relax on his recliner. Elham stares at Humzaad, who is looking very relaxed and composed. Elham then removes the parchment he had received from that mystic and hands it to Ira.

“What do I do with this?”

“Nothing... just hold it... have a close look if you want... while I’ll get something to drink.”

Elham heads towards the kitchen and returns with two mugs of coffee. He passes one to Ira and starts sipping from his mug.

“You may find it weird or funny, but you have to believe me... it’s true...”

“But you have to tell me what it is before I can believe you Elham.”

“I can do great things now... you remember I had told you about my messenger bag...?”

“Yeah... that publicity stunt of yours... Right?”

“That wasn’t any publicity stunt... I was cornered by some goons... and my bag was stolen...”

“But it is right here....”

“It is here because I got it back... thrashed those goons... after being blessed with superpowers...”

“Superpowers???”

“Yes... Superpowers”

“Like Superman... It means you can fly... or you’ve been bitten by a spider and now you’ve become...”

“It’s not a joke... Read the parchment, you’ll come to know.”

Ira looks at the parchment and the moment she starts reading it, Humzaad enters in Elham.

When Ira completes the reading, she notices Elham hanging on the ceiling fan.

“Yahoo!!! I’m the superman of the universe...!”

“Stop doing this nonsense... If you don’t want to tell me it's fine...but stop bugging me.”

Ira walks away fumingly while Elham bursts into laughter. Soon Humzaad comes out of Elham and continues to laugh... Elham gives him a deadly stare.

“I wish I could kill you…!”

“I bet you can’t”

Humzaad winks at Elham then comes near him and makes him sit on the chair.

“I don’t know if I had told you earlier or not, but let me make it clear to you this time… Never ever… I repeat never ever tell anyone about my existence. It may have its DIRE consequences.”

Humzaad then vanishes, while a confused Elham stares at his coffee mug… he then picks up his phone and sends a message to Ira.

I’m sorry Ira… I really am… maybe someday… sometime…

I’ll be able to explain to you all this. Trust me I never intend to hurt you…

if you’ve forgiven me then please come out for coffee…

The moment Elham sends this message, Humzaad appears.

“Instead of pacifying Ira, I would have checked on Yuri and his diary. I would have tried to find out who the attackers were and their connection with Yuri and his diary… don’t you think it has got something to do with the upcoming Peace Summit...? Try putting two and two together, you’ll smell the fish. I need you to pay attention and stay focused on this Peace Summit…”

Elham thinks for a moment and springs into action. He picks Yuri’s diary and walks towards the door, then tells Humzaad,

“I want you to come with me”

Humzaad winks at Elham and enters into his body. At the same juncture, Ira comes out of her room and assumes that Elham is asking her to accompany him. Though she is still angry, she decides to go with Elham.

“Where are we going?”

“It's not ‘we’, it's me. I am going out for some work.”

“What about your apology & the coffee that you messaged...?”

“…Will see you in the evening… and we’ll have dinner at your favourite restaurant…”

“What the hell is wrong with you…?”

“Nothing’s wrong with me baby…”

‘BABY???”

Ira is surprised as Elham never addressed her as ‘Baby’ ever.

“See you in the evening Baby… Tally Ho!”

Elham tries to explain, but Humzaad doesn’t allow him to. He goes straight to his MG Hector and races away, leaving behind a perplexed Ira.

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