Chapter 1 - Previous Life Part 1

Zero To Hero :- Beginning

Chapter 1 - Previous Life Part 1

Narrator -

When he woke up, he found himself surrounded by trees and bushes.

"Ahh! Where am I? Wait a sec! Why am I so tiny? Am I a middle-school kid now? And what the hell with this outfit? Is this a dream? I must be dreaming. Definitely dreaming. " The boy slapped himself very hard. "Ow! Ow! It hurts." "This is really not a dream, I guess. So...did I really end up in a boy's body? Holy shxt, man. what should I do?"

The boy started looking around "It looks like I'm in a jungle somehow. This jungle doesn't look familiar to me. Looks like it's an unknown place. I must find a way out from here"

...The boy started walking...he walks, walks, and walks... "Huh!??? It's been an hour since I've been walking . Where the hell is the way out? By the way, why am I here again? I'm sure I have passed this road before"

He's still having hard time getting out because this boy is bad at directions.

"And... what's this cave doing here? Perhaps, it could be a secret tunnel which can lead me to the forest exit. Lucky!!"

Narrator - he goes inside that dark cave hoping for a way out. After walking for a while, he found a room with a giant space where flame-torches were hanging around everywhere. He decided to rest there for a while.

"I'm thirsty, man. there's no water here too. Where the hell is the exit? If I go on like this, I'm sure going to passed out again."

Crack! Footsteps! (Sound)

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

Narrator - It was a giant green lion with two purple horns on his head.

"What?? A green lion? with horns? Are you kidding me? I can't fight it even if he was a normal lion! I must run from it"

Narrator - As soon as the boy started running away, the lion jumped on the boy instantly and grabbed him...lion raised his fangs and tries to attack his face.

The boy's started thinking hardly "What the hell is going on here? What is this creature doing here anyway? Where exactly am I? Last time I remember I was in a car when-"

FLASHBACK....

Umbrella Mansion, Kris Icefield House.

A luxurious bedroom with a custom-made bed designed by a french designer. A middle-aged man who is in his 30's..wakes up from the bed. Two housekeepers comes inside and help him changed into his morning get-up. A full glass of juice was served right after he changed.

Housekeeper 1 : "Sir, breakfast is ready."

Man : "Ok, I'll be there soon...you can go now."

Narrator :- This man you see is Kris Icefield. India's biggest wanted criminal and a mafia don. He has an empire of 1 million crores He deals with kidnappings, robbery, and act as a loanshark too. He never deals with drugs, human trafficking and any other nasty business which can question his human values.

(Scene - He's drinking his juice and then bathing, changing clothes to a formal grey suit and blue jeans...and then going downstairs to the dining table.)

"Hey, kids! Good Morning!"...on the dining table...there were several little kids waiting for kris there.

"Good Day, Brother Kris!" A 6-year old Rachel speaks.

"Sweetie, it's not good day, good morning" "Good... Morning" "Okay?"...Kris corrects her.

"Okay!" Rachel replies with a cute smile.

"Okay, kids! Let's start!"

All started praying in chorus on the dining table :-

"For food in a world where many walk in hunger;

For faith in a world where many walk in fear;

For friends in a world where many walk alone;

We give you our thanks, O Lord."

After the prayer...a silent moment for a second... they started eating their breakfast together.

Kris Icefield is an orphan from childhood..so he takes a liking to those who are in the same situation as his. So he adopted these 7 kids and made a vow to provide them every necessity they want which he couldn't afford back then.

(Conversation with kids for a while)

"So...kids, how was school yesterday? Anything good happen?"

Kargil - "Oh, yeah! Phil peed his pants yesterday in front of everyone. Haha!"

Kris - Phil...! How many times have I told you not to pee in your pants?

Phil - I wasn't meant to! But I couldn't control myself. Sorry, big brother! (Phil started crying)

Kris - Okay, don't cry! It's fine. Just promise me you won't do it again. Okay? (Kris tries to wipe his tears.)

Phile - Yes, promise.

Kris - And what about others? Anything new happened?

Yui (girl) - Usual. Same old routine.

Trevor - Yea, same for me too.

Nisha - Carole got a boyfriend yesterday.

Carole - What are you talking about? Don't lie!

Kris - Ohh! Seems interesting...who's that lucky boy? (Teasing Carole with a smirk on his face)

Carole - Kris Brother, not you too. He just rescued me from the bullies. That's all.

Kris - Oh! That's what happened! You should be friends with him. He seems a good guy to me.

Carole - Yea, I think so too.

Nisha - Good for you, Carole. Atleast you won't cry all the time now. Haha. (Teasing Carole)

Carole - Shut up! I didn't ask for your opinion.

Kris - Okay, you two. Stop fighting.

Carole - But she-

Kris - Carole, remember what I told you.

Carole - Yes. "Pointless fights won't lead to anywhere. Silence is the best answer for that"

Kris - Good Girl!

Carolle - Hey, Kris. I need to tell you something.

Kris - What, Carole?

Carole - Something's wrong with Hina. She became quiet all of a sudden since yesterday. (Carole is whispering in Kris ears)

Carole - "You should talk to her after breakfast."

Kris - Our talkative Hina? Really?

Carole - Mmh!

Kris - Okay, I'll talk to her.

(All finished eating breakfast. Except Yui and Trevor, all kids went back to their rooms.)

Kris sat on a sofa reading newspaper for a while. Meanwhile, he remembered about Hina. Then, He immediately went upstairs in her room to check on her.

'Knock' 'Knock' (Sound)

Kris - "Hey, it's me. Kris.

Hina immediately opens the door and hugs him.

Hina - "You came, brother. I was waiting for you."

Kris - Waiting for me? How did you know I was coming?

Hina - Carole told me you will come by later. So I waited.

Kris - I see. So, what's wrong with you? Hina?

Kris - Why do you seem down?

Hina - The thing is...last night...someone-...(Hina hesitate to talk in fear)

After seeing Hina trembling in fear, Kris tries to calm her down.

Kris - Hina, don't worry! I'm here for you. Go on.

Hina - Actually last night, someone came into my room and started touching me everywhere..I didn't know what he was doing but it was gross and frightening.

After hearing Hina's story, Kris became furious and shocked at the same time.

Kris - Who was it!? Tell me, Hina! What does he look like?

Hina - Honestly, I don't know either. It was too dark and most of the times, I closed my eyes in fear.

Kris - Think harder. You must've seen atleast something.

Hina - Oh, right! He had a tattoo on his left hand. Although it was dark, the door was opened a little bit. So I was able to see his hand atleast.

Kris - What type of tattoo.

It looked like it was a snake.

Kris - Okay, anything else.

Hina - No! I was too scared even to open my eyes properly.

Kris - It's alright, honey. I'll catch that culprit and punish him, okay?

Kris comes downstairs and Hina remains in her room for a while.

Then, a Rolls-Royce Phantom car stopped by the mansion. A bald man with a snake tattoo on his wrist comes out of the drivers seat and enters the mansion.

"Bos-..I mean, Sir! Car is ready."

"Okay, I'll be there soon."

As soon as the driver turns around, kris notices the tattoo and shouts at him.

Kris - "Driver, Stop right there!"

Kris checks his tattoo again for confirmation.

Trevor and Yui are watching what Kris is doing. Kris notices that.

Kris - come with me outside for a sec.

Kris barely manages to control his anger and takes him to his private golf course to talk out the matter

"So, it was you. Huh!?" Kris speaks in rage.

Driver - I don't know what are you talking about, Sir!

Kris - You'll know soon.

Kris - Men, capture him and bring him to the our warehouse.

Driver - But what did I do, Sir?

Driver - Sir, you've been mistaken. I didn't do anything.

Driver - Sir! Sir!!!

Later, Daniel : his adopted brother showed up there wearing a red suit with white shirt, black jeans with black shoes and black gloves on both of his hands.

Daniel - Hey, Kris. What's happening? Why is he being captured?

Kris - "All of you can go now!" (Kris orders all his men to leave)

Kris - You don't know what he has done. He tried to molest Hina last night in her room. That piece of shit gonna pay for this!

Daniel - What!? Seriously? Our Hina??

Kris - Yes. She told me all about it.

Daniel - Ohh, I see. But how did you know he was the one molested her? Did Hina told you that?

Kris - No. Hina just told me about the snake tattoo he had on his left hand. That's how I catched him.

Daniel - Oh, I see. Must be pretty rough for Hina.

Kris - Yea, it was. She was so scared.

Kris - "Atlast, I can rest easy for hina." Kris sighs while thinking.

Daniel - I'll check on her afterwards see if she's okay. At the same time, I'll cheer her up too.

Kris - Yea, she needs it.

Kris goes back inside the mansion with Daniel.

Trevor - "Hey, Daniel brother! where have you been?"

Trevor - "Why didn't you had breakfast with us this time?"

Daniel - Oh...uh...I was actually running an errand for Kris brother. So I left early in the morning for that.

Trevor - You always make excuses! You're a liar!

Kris - Trevor, Daniel is telling the truth. I had him do some paperwork for me. That's why, he missed the breakfast with us.

Trevor - Okay, brother Kris. I'll let him off the hook this time.

Kris - Good Boy! (Kris Pats him)

Kris - Okay, kids. We need to go now. We have a conference meeting today. We don't want to get late...see you later!

Trevor and Yui - Bye! Bye! Brother Kris! Brother Daniel!

Kris - Bye! Bye!

Daniel - Bye! Bye!

Kris and Daniel sits in the car and the car leaves.

(.........)

Kris - Hey, how many times have I told you not to miss the breakfast time with us!

It's the only time we spend together and talk with each other...or else we are busy with our mafia business all day. I lie to them because I didn't want them to hate you. You get it?

Daniel - I know! I know! But I was running an errand for you, man. Take it easy!

Kris - What errand?

Daniel - Check this chick out! (Daniel showed a photo on his phone. A girl was tied up with a tape around her mouth)

Kris - Daniel, I told you. No girls are allowed in our kidnapping business. We only kidnap rich men and kids of rich people. That's all.

Daniel - Hey, hear me out! Will ya?

Daniel - This girl is the daughter of the Deputy Commissioner of Customs. The one who confiscated all our smuggled diamonds.

Daniel - Now that we have kidnapped her, we can blackmail him to return our goods to us.

Kris - I see. Alright, we'll do that then. But this is the last time we ever gonna kidnap a girl, okay?

Daniel - Bro, You still haven't gotten over her yet. (Kris makes a sad expression looking down...)

Daniel - Bro, Elaine is-

Kris - "Don't! I don't want to hear it again." After a moment of silence, Kris asked "So, where are we going?"

Daniel - To one of our warehouse. She's in there.

Kris - You mean that warehouse where we sent George?

Daniel - No! This is the other one.

Kris - Ohk, send me her picture on my old phone... I'll text him right away.

Kris send her picture to the commissioner's phone...

Text on the phone - 'if you want your girl in one piece, then fulfill our demands. I'll fill you in the details on the phone call later. Stay put.'

Kris throws away his phone outside of the car after texting him.

Kris and Daniel reached the warehouse.

Kris - Arrange me a burner phone. (Kris requests daniel while he's getting out of the car)

Daniel - Yes, bro! (Daniel talking to his men for the phone)

Kris - "Ohk, let's check on her." Kris walks towards to the warehouse.

Kris - Open the door.

Subordinate - Yes, Sir!

Subordinate opens the door of the warehouse. It was a highschool girl inside there. She was unconscious and She was tied up on the chair with a rope and her mouth was covered with a tape.

Kris - Hey! What the hell were you thinking?

Why her mouth is covered with a tape... it'll make her difficult to breathe... remove the tape immediately!

Subordinate - But Sir, what if she calls for help...

Kris - Do you know where we are... we're up in the mountains...nobody comes near this area... it's off-limits for people. Now, do what I say!

Subordinate - Okay, sir!

Daniel shows up there...

Daniel - Hey, bro! Here's your burner phone.

Kris - Okay, you! What's your name again? (Kris points out the question to that subordinate)

Subordinate - Walter, sir! My name's Walter!

Kris - Okay, Walter! Keep a watch on her and feed her on time. I'll come back later.

Subordinate - Tsk! (In a low tone)

Kris leaves the warehouse and makes a phone call to the commissioner.

"Custom Commissioner Office" - Many police officers are present there with a phone tracking device...just waiting for the phone call.

Phone Ringing...Beep Beep... Commissioner picks up the phone.

Kris - Officer, It's Kris Speaking.

Telephone is on speaker. An officer signals him to talk to him normally. And other officers started working on tracing the phone call.

Commisioner - You bastard! What do you want? Why did you kidnap my daughter?

Kris - Officer...don't play dumb with me. I know you confiscated our smuggled goods two days ago. I just want my goods back. then, your daughter is free to go.

Commissioner - Wait a sec! I'll check the entry records!

Kris - Officer, don't play games with me.

Commissioner - What do you mean?

Kris - Hey, Chase! How have you been?

....a moment of silence and a shocking expression...on officers faces.

Kris - Chase! I know you're there. Speak up, man.

An officer with a badge of DCP comes forward and signals the other officers to stop tracing the phone.

Chase - Hello!

Kris - How many times have I told you not to get in my way? Although you're a DCP now, you still can't catch me!

Kris - Hey, Custom Officer!

Commissioner - Yes!!

Kris - Tell all these officers including Chase to get the fxxx out of there! Or else, you know what I'll do! (Kris with an intimidating face)

Commissioner - Sir, Please! Get out of here now! Otherwise, he'll do something to my daughter. (Custom Officer begs DCP with a scared face)

Chase orders all his team members to leave out from there.

Commissioner - Okay! I did what you said. Now, please tell me...what should I do next?

Kris - Okay Listen! Right now, it's 4:00 pm! So in one hour, I want you to arrange 6 bags and 3 scorpio cars-

Kris explaining the officer what he has to do in detail.

Kris - Then, I'll tell you what to do next after you reach there.

--Phone cut--

Commissioner immediately leaves for home. The cops follows him as per Chase orders.

After reaching home, he prepares 6 bags and 3 scorpio cars. After loading the bags in the cars, he leaves for someplace along with the cars.

The cops follows him from behind without getting noticed.

After reaching the eastern-express highway petrol station, his cars take a halt there.

3 delivery men comes out of the van parked near the petrol station...and takes out those bags from the commissioner's cars and loads them in their van.

Cops watched their movements and follow their van as soon as they leave. They soon reaches to a warehouse and tries to take out the bags from the van. Cops captures them from behind and interrogates them...

Officer in charge - Tell me! Where's your boss? Spit it out!

The delivery man - We don't know what you're talking about...we were just delivering the goods as per orders.

Officer in charge - Who ordered you? Where's he?

The delivery man - We just got a phone call...and they transfer the money through phone only...and send us to pick up the goods from that petrol station and deliver it here. We're just deliverymen. We don't know anything about it.

Subordinate - Sir, he's telling the truth. I've checked their ID's. They are really just deliverymens.

Subordinate 2 - Sir!! Come here and take a look at it.

Subordinate checking the bag... calls the in charge officer...

Officer in charge - What the hell? It's newspapers. Only newspapers? Where's the gold.

One of the cops informs DCP Chase about the matter.

Chase - I knew it. (Chase looks unamazed)

Kris on the phone...

Kris - Okay, Listen! Right now, it's 4:00 pm. So, in one hour...I want you to prepare 6 bags and 3 scorpio cars. But you don't need to fill it with my gold. Kept all those bags empty.

Commissioner - What? What do you mean empty?

Kris - Listen carefully! My men will come later in a white scorpio car as a custom officer in disguise. You just need to tell your security guards to let them in without asking any questions. Afterwards, they'll load all my gold into their bags and leave from there in that car.

--Present--

One of the cops informs DCP Chase about the matter.

Chase - I knew it. (Chase looks unamazed)

Chase - Officer, don't worry. I already told the remaining team members to chase them.

You and your team can return to the headquarters now.

Officer - Yes, Sir!

All of the officers near the petrol station heads towards the headquarters.

---Phone Ringing-- Beep! Beep!

*Click*

Chase - Hey, did you find out about their hideout?

Phone from the officer in charge of the team for chasing the white scorpio car.

Officer in charge 2 - Sir, the thing is-

Chase - Did you find anything or not?

Officer - Yes, we did reach to a warehouse but-

Chase - But what?

Officer - These bags are also filled with newspapers.

Chase - What?? If both cars don't have gold, then where the hell did the gold go???

Officer - And sir, these men are also just deliverymens. They don't know anything about gold or the boss's hideout.

Chase - Okay, you can come back to headquarters now.

Chase thinking...

If Kris didn't use those cars to load out the gold...then, where the hell did the gold go?

Chase - Wait a sec! Is there a cctv camera near the petrol station?

Chase - Ohk, Stop! Zoom it on the tires of those scorpio cars...

Chase - As expected, he fooled me again.

--Flashback--

Kris - Okay, Listen! Right now, it's 4:00 pm. So, in one hour...I want you to prepare 6 bags and 3 scorpio cars. But you don't need to fill it with my gold. Filled it with newspapers.

Commissioner - What? What do you mean newspapers?

Kris - don't ask questions! Just do what I say! My men will come later in a white scorpio car as a custom officer in disguise. You just need to tell your security guards to let them in without asking any questions. Afterwards, they'll take the bags filled with newspapers and leaves in the opposite direction....

Commissioner - What about the other 6 bags I had which is filled with gold?

Kris - Empty them!

Commissioner - What? I don't know what you're talking about.

Kris - Just listen, damn it! My men is hiding in your room. They're hiding in your closet for a while now. They'll make preparations for the gold. You just sit back and watch.

Those men started working on the cars...they modified the dicky/trunk and the seats of the car...so that a space would be created for the gold to be fit in.

After working on it for half an hour, they started loading the gold in the space created in the seats and also in the trunk.

In one hour, the car was ready to hit the road. Then, commissioner leaves for the petrol station..

--Present--

Chase makes a phone call to commissioner.

"The number you're calling is currently switched off. Please try again later-"

Chase - Damn You, Kris!!!!

Near the warehouse where Kris is present, there's a guesthouse. He's playing chess with his secretary Morris.

Kris - Checkmate!

Morris - Oh no! I lose again.

Kris - You know what? This chess game is somewhat like our real life situations...'if you want to win, always think ahead of others'. Victory will be yours in the end. Haha!

Morris - Yea, you're right! Boss.

Kris - Oh no! Look what time it is! It's already 8 pm... Commissioner will soon be here.

Let's go check on that girl!

Kris heads towards the warehouse with his men with a great mood.

After reaching there, he experienced a horrified scene there...which made him pretty shocked.

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