YEAR: 2023. 

Khushi dropped anika to Citybee channel headquarters. Before waving her goodbye, She wished good luck with a smiley face but there was no smile in Anika's face. She tried to calm herself when she sat in front of the 12 seniors members of the company who were analysing her documentation without any hassles. She felt the hot liquid formation in her stomach but she heaved out and sat comfortably on her seat. 

"Have water, Ms Sheshadri..." - One of the senior members aged around fifty asked her. She denied it at first but she drank the whole glass when they did the cross-check with Archaeologist of India.

"Yes, Ms Sheshadri... Why you want to do this documentary?" - Another member from the senior committee asked her. 

"Actually sir, It's one of the deep secrets of one community identity so, Through this documentary, I want to recall the people about their previous generation and their identity..." - She said. 

"No... No... Ms Shashadri, I ask what you will be gaining after doing the documentary, If we permit, What the city bee brand will gain through this documentary?" - The same person asked her. 

"Actually sir, We are doing it for the cause..." - Anika asked. 

"There's no sir, Ma'am, in citybee, call me by my name..." - He said and pointed his finger on his name board. Anika understood, He really wanted to shut her up showing his position in the company. But It hurt anika's ego a lot and she seeks revenge. 

"Mr Singhania, Chief producer of citybee channel, I think you're forgetting that Journalism is the fourth pillar of our nation... I just kept that in my mind prepared the script..." - Anika replied to him. 

"Oh really, You are saying, Proving these shitty things will help our country?" - He threw her script on her face making her gasp in front of eleven other senior people. But she didn't loose her patience. She took that script from the floor. 

"Mr Singhania, She researched it for years, You can't disrespect like this... Sorry, Ms Sheshadri... Can you please brief it?" - Mrs Malhottra asked her, Gathering all her left out confidence she started. 

"Ten thousand years before, Our Country is exactly like this..."

"It connected South Africa's Madagascar, Australia, and India... Most of the people would have heard about it... If its exist now, India would contain 75% world population..." - Anika started. 

"That information nothing to do with your documentary" - Mr Singhania spelt. 

"You're wrong, Mr Singhania... But it's the base to my documentary..." - Anika said. 

"People who lived there had written about many things... including atom formation... which was recently invented before a hundred to two hundred years...and they invented sun and solar system very recently but how we started to worship navgrahas for years and years...how?" - Anika asked them. 

"What's your point with your documentary about vanaka's?" - Mr Singhania asked her. 

"I will come straight to the point..." - Anika took a deep breath. 

"In many Tamil literatures, they mentioned about Agathiyar, A famous saint... but in his literature and poems, he also said about vanaka's... the human with extraordinary powers..." - Anika said.

"They became a community and helped people all over the world with their powers and blessings... before ten thousand years..."  - Anika added. 

"In scientific terms, they control the people with their brain and it was genetic... they existed when they are building most of the famous temples in the world..." - Anika said. 

"But Mythologically, They are the blessed human where God blessed them with powers to save the earth from destruction... But in most of the books, they portrayed them as the immortal one and killer of the Manhood...Why they even kill when they are human too?"  - Anika asked. 

"But In most of the books, Literature, they portrayed them as a killer of the manhood and the cursed creature... And also they consider them as one type of negative energy..." - Mrs Malhottra asked her. 

"Yes, Mrs Malhottra, Even in the beginning of my research, i got the same result... But when i visited Tanjore temple, I found their symbol in the shiv's idol... It was the turning point of the research... I went to Srilanka and also Andaman Nicobar... to find about them... Whom they are actually, And yeah i got an answer for my every question... I found this sculpture..." - Anika showed them their picture. 

"They predicted everything from the destruction of Lemuria too, you don't believe they even told about the conflict of Hitler, colonization,  Tsunami, Earthquake with the perfect mentioning of the years... And they also said, They will born again to save this world from destruction... they mentioned vanaka's... And they also predicted The negative energy which they named as Tushara also born..."- Anika said. 

"Good story! continue..." - Mr Singhania. Even though anika got irritated, she didn't show them on her face. 

"Tushara..." - Everyone questioned her. 

"The real killer of manhood..." - Anika replied. 

"If vanaka's didn't stop him, According to their prediction, 27th September 2023 will be the last day for everyone..."  - Anika added. 

"But according to books, They only concentrated on spreading their jeans all over the world, Once they accomplish that, They will rule the whole world" - Mrs Malhottra replied.

"No, That was not their objective, In fact, In many southern states, There's the culture of marrying cousins, Which means, Brothers and sisters kids can marry... They introduced that because they don't want to loose their gene cycle to the outer circle... If they failed to do that, According to Vanaka's Law, They will end their life... They are very particular about their gene cycle..." - Anika said.

"Enough... CityBee won't support these type of foolishness..." - Mr Singhania said and stood up from his place.

"But it's not my foolishness..."  - Anika argued. 

"You're fired..." - He said in his next sentence. 

"What?" - Anika asked in shock.

"You're fired Ms Sheshadri... You're not the part of Citybee Anymore... You can leave..." - he said. Anika didn't fight but she left the place. 

After 3 hours.

Avinash reached the hospital leaving every meeting he had on the hold just to meet Khushi who visited Aru and left by then. He tried to call her but as usual, She didn't respond. Even though he ended the leftover thing in their relationship in a smooth way, He knew He broke her heart. Either it's happened smoothly or roughly, But the Heart is broken right.

"Di... How are you feeling now?" - Avinash asked her when Arushi opened her eyes after the deep sleep. She faintly smiled at him. But Her smile faded while recalling the event happened with her before two days. she was worried more about the fact that nobody was ready to believe her that it was her dad who rescued her.

"What happened suddenly?" - Avi asked her while taking the seat next to her.

"No, Nothing... If i say anything, You guys definitely say i am blabbering in depression. But I know... It was dad..." - Arushi said in a low tone, Tears crossed her cheeks. Seeing her crying Tears welled up in Jahaan's eyes.

"Di... Jahaan..." - Avi told her. Aru wiped off her tears and widened her arms for jahaan with a wide smile. Jahaan came to her and sat on her lap. For the past two days, Jahaan threw a tantrum that she didn't want to leave her Arushi alone in the hospital. So the doctors and the authorities had no other options but to listen to her words.

"Met Khushi?" - Avinash asked in a low tone.

"When she came?" - Aru asked him back. Jahaan gestured her that she came when she was asleep. Avinash's face slightly became low when jahaan said that.

"She knew about me" - Aru asked Avi in a confused tone.

"Yeah, She called me yesterday and today she came to Bangalore and asked for the hospital address..." - Avi said which made aru too suspicious. She knew about Khushi and they had a very limited conversation. And the sudden care towards her, she felt very suspicious. But the smile appeared in her face when she saw jahaan devouring the chocolate which was in her table.

"Don't eat this much chocolate... Come here..." - Aru called her, Holding the letter below the chocolates Jahaan came to her side. Aru made her sit in her lap where, on the other hand, Avinash got a call from his PA and rushed outside to take the call.

"Sir, We got information about Shivaay Singh Oberoi..." - His P.A told him. Avinash asked him to proceed.

"Sir, After rejecting the offer, He didn't take any offers from any other companies but did freelancing to some small scale companies for a short-term period. He moved into Bangalore before four years... I messaged you the address, Sir" - He said and while speaking his phone beeped with Some message.

"I think i got it..." - Avinash said and rested the phone. A huge lump formed in his throat when he found his address nearer to his residence. He tried to open his image but the image he had sent was corrupted.

"Resend the image" - Avinash sent the message and rushed to the parking lot. He had no idea, Whether it was his curiosity which driving him like this. But he really wanted to meet shivaay. That was the only thing which he had in his mind. Twisted the car key in the keyhole, He drove towards his address.

On the other hand, Arushi was confused with Khushi's sudden visit and her gift, Dark chocolates, confused her to an extent. Because only her father knew that she likes dark chocolates more than any normal chocolates. Her brain told her it was nothing but a coincidence, Her heart wasn't ready to believe. She stayed silent but when she saw jahaan holding an envelope in her left hand. Her hand automatically went towards that envelope and took it from her hand.

"What's this? Khushi gave this?" - Aru asked her, She nodded no.

"Then who gave this?" - Aru asked and opened the letter. Her eyes went wide, For a second, she couldn't able to think anything. Her heart started to beat fast and her memory lane took her to the place when her mom and her brother came to their house for the first time when Aru was eight years old. Anika bought milk chocolate for her and gave it to her. Aru couldn't figure it out whether it was because of her insecurities that her father going away from her or It was because of the anger which she had for her mother. She threw those chocolates away.

"I love dark chocolates and that's not my type of chocolates.." - Arushi cared to give the explanation when her father glared at her. But that incident brought tears in her mom's eyes when she finally got to meet her after six years. thinking that incident, Tears formed in her eyes and fell above the name 'Anika Seshadri' in the letter. Without wasting a minute, She immediately called her office and in turn, She got very shocking information.

Where on the other hand, Avinash reached Shivaay's residence and found it locked with the digital locker. He could have come to meet him some other time, But some instinct asked him to go inside the house even though he was not around. He tried the pin with some number combination. It was wrong.

"Only two more chances" The voice overcame from the machine. Along with the voice over, His phone beeped with his P.A message. He finally sent the image of Shivaay Singh Oberoi. But Avinash's hand started to shiver, His heartbeat raced when he opened his chat.

His heartbeat skipped for a while when he saw her father's image in his chat. He was confused, More than that, He couldn't able to gather anything which was riding in his mind from saving his company to saving his sister. And the cherry on the top, His face matches with his dad's image. He wiped all the confusion in his face and decided to seek the answers.

He tried his father's birthday number combination to open the door. But it went vein. His mind went crazy, Soon his mind reminded his first-ever conversation with his dad When he came to his maternal grandparent's house to take his mom and him back. Even though he didn't want to leave his grandparents house, He convinced to go as his mother wanted it. He got ready for the new challenges. But he knew nobody from his mother's side weren't happy.

"What are you doing Avi?"- shivaay asked him when it tried to open the number lock suitcase.

"Forgot the password..." - Avi said without facing him. He had no idea, Why he couldn't able match his father's eyeline. But he wasn't looking at him.

"don't try! otherwise, It will get locked permanently..." - shivaay said and made his way towards him. He licked his lips in anxiety.

"Hmm... Number lock..." - He said while taking his seat opposite to him. Then too, Avinash didn't turn his head and saw him face to face. He couldn't able to figure it out whether it's because of the shyness or the fear. But he refused to raise his head and face him.

"But My books are there inside..." - Avi said in a low tone.

"School books?" - Shivaay asked him.

"No, Comics..." - Avi replied to him in a very low tone.

"Then we must open it... But i don't know it's password... what shall we do?" - Shivaay asked him.

"I forgot..." - Avi said caressing the suitcase.

"My mom always use one trick to make me remember what i forgot? shall i share that secret with you?" - Shivaay asked This time their eyelids matched.

"What?" - He asked.

"Close you eyes... And recall the whole day, The day when you set the password for your suitcase, From the moment you wake up in the morning to the moment when you finally fell asleep in the night... Every moment... Recall it once..." - Shivaay asked while purposefully making him closing his eyes.

"If you set the password, It definitely would have registered in your brain somewhere... You just have to recall it, Avi... Think..." - He asked him.

"It's 0202..." - Avi exclaimed with a smile.

"I told you, Know... Why we have to search for answers when we already have the one?" - Shivaay said with a smile, Avi opened the suitcase with a smile. Now, in reality, Avi did the same while looking at the digital lock which had only one left out chance in it.

"Why we have to search for answers when we already have the one?" - He whispered while pressing 2902, which was their parents death anniversary date. He had no idea whether he had to press enter or not. But his heart urged him to do it, And his brain asked him to listen logically. Merely listening to his heart, He pressed the enter button, the door opened. It was shocking, Not surprising for Avinash.

Having lacks of questions in his head, He moved inside. As soon as, He entered the lights switched on as shivaay fixed sensors in his house. But that light not only enlighted the room but it also took him to the reality when he saw a 3-feet image of his parents in the drawing-room. Avi was taken back in shock. His legs gave up when he saw the cosy images of his parents hanging in the wall. And he was pretty sure that they weren't taken before thirty years.

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(A/N: I know it's twisty... And also some parts are unbelievable. But the information about the lost island was true... And people like vanaka's really existed in many of the literature... SuperHuman, Who can control people with their brain... That's the inspiration for my story...

Read it as entertainment...

Enjoy guys!)