Scribbled Stories (𝔼𝕂 𝕃𝔸𝔻𝕂𝕀 ⓑⓗⓔⓔⓖⓘ ⓑⓗⓐⓐⓖⓘ ⓢⓘ)

EPISODE 16 RECAP

lthough they lost the smuggler, Anmol got the license plate of the getaway car. He tells Team Leader Vicky that Reema was hurt but she won't say how badly, and this time he's snapped at for not properly taking care of his teammate.

Dang, he can't win either way.

The passenger with the water is still insisting on enough compensation to pay for his vacation, which lands all the team leaders in Manager Monty's office. He's claiming that the younger security officer was violent first, but the younger officer insists it's not true. Yash tells the guards to apologize until the passenger forgives them, or else the money for his compensation will come out of their paychecks.

Team Leader Vicky is in Customs dealing with the mule, who demands a lawyer and refuses to expose what's under his shirt. But they cut open the bandages anyway, revealing several packages of white powder (Team Leader Vicky: "You really should call a lawyer." Hee.).

Yash takes the guards to talk to the angry passenger, and though Kanchan's husband reluctantly apologizes, the younger guard protests that he was just doing his job in disallowing food and drinks to go through the checkpoint. Yash growls that he's not paid to argue, and his cold tone reminds Anokhi of her own humiliating lecture at his hands.

But before she can speak up, Shaurya says that they aren't paid to do nothing either, and that he's not willing to stand here and listen to Yash say such things. Yash coldly offers to just fire the guard, and just as it looks like the boy might crack, Kanchan's husband gets on his knees instead, offers the passenger a heartfelt apology, and promises to compensate him somehow.

Triumphant, Yash tells those watching to make a note that this is how you behave when you work here. Team Leader Vicky walks into the situation, sees his employee on the floor, and tells him to get up. He introduces himself to the passenger, then asks if he's the one who violated the Aviation Security Law by refusing to obey a security officer's orders.

The man yells that it was just water, but Team Leader Vicky says you can make a bomb with liquid, and that despite the man's insistence that he's a good citizen, they don't know that for sure. The man says that his wife has video proof that the younger officer grabbed him first.

Anokhi raises her hand and plays another video, which shows the passenger pouring his water over the officer's head then hitting him in the face with the bottle before grabbing his jacket.

The passenger backs down in the face of video proof that he assaulted the guard first, and Team Leader Vicky asks politely if he'd like to catch his plane or stay and face charges. As Anokhi leads them to their plane, even Manager Alok admits that sometimes, Anokhi does something very right.

Team Leader Vicky tells Yash not to get involved in his department's concerns again. Yash counters that a sentimental leader may be popular, but is a detriment to the company, referencing what he sees as Team Leader Vicky's wishy-washy handling of Shaurya.

His voice gets louder and louder as he tells Team Leader Vicky to do his job, insisting on an answer within a week or he'll go over his head. Shaurya witnesses their whole conversation, and when Team Leader Vicky sees him watching, he sighs heavily.

Kanchan goes to see her husband, and when he chides her for rushing to him in her condition, she says that she's just here to take him to lunch.

Awww, sweet.

When Anmol finds Reema leaving work early, he offers to take her to the hospital if she's badly hurt. He gets upset when she repeats that she's not weak and can take care of herself, and he informs her that he would be this concerned for any member of their team.

Reema asks if that includes letting a criminal go, and Anmol snaps that he's not a cop, so her safety is more important to him.

Reema disagrees, but Anmol says that that doesn't mean she's right.

He tells her to stop distinguishing between men and women, juniors and Seniors, because those things don't exist on their team. He says that if he hears her talk about gender discrimination again, they won't be able to remain on the same team.

Anokhi , who accidentally witnessed the entire conversation, scurries to hide when Reema turns to leave. After she's gone, Anokhi approaches Anmol, but we don't hear what she has to say.

That night, Anokhi tells a still-cranky Reema that she has some guests. Awww, it's her work friends (including a very grumpy Anmol), who decided to throw a housewarming party for her. Anokhi excuses herself and Reema submits to the party, though she gives Anmol a pointed look, and he can barely meet her eyes.

Anmol tells the party that he invited Team Leader Vicky, but he's running late.

On the other side of the house, Shaurya hears what sounds like a raucous party, but when he goes outside to escape the noise, he finds Anokhi sitting alone. She tells him that it's Reema's party and asks cheekily if he thought she threw one without inviting him, and his sheepish nod proves that that's exactly what he thought.

Shaurya invites Anokhi to go for a walk, since they're both out. While they walk, he takes sweet little glances at her and slowly reaches out to hold her hand. But she startles him by asking if her father's cooking was good, since she'd heard his business didn't do well. Shaurya says it was delicious to him, recalling how he and Yash used to eat there together.

Anokhi tells him that she never saw her father after she was nine years old, only talking to him on the phone occasionally. She admits that it's happy yet strange to hear about him from Shaurya, and this time he boldly takes her hand, making her turn to him in surprise.

He asks if this also makes her feel happy but strange, and she gives him this amazing look, as if she's feeling exactly that and is blown away that he knows. With his other hand, Shaurya brushes her hair off her face, then slowly steps closer, watching Anokhi carefully. When she closes her eyes and tips her face up to his, he leans in to kiss her.

A sound stops the kiss before it happens (gah, they're killing me!), and Shaurya realizes that it's the sound of someone being beaten. He tells Anokhi to call the police, then run as far away as she can. She's worried for him, so he gives her a smile and a quick kiss that promises he'll be okay, then he goes to intervene in the still-ongoing attack.

He finds the smugglers beating Team Leader Vicky to a pulp, and he ignores their warnings to mind his own business. The lackeys attack him, but Shaurya calmly sidesteps one and starts to crush the other's fist with his unnaturally strong right hand. The lead smuggler swings a 2×4 at Shaurya's legs, but his right leg takes the bulk of the force, and Shaurya barely even moves.

Team Leader Vicky watches and as Shaurya tosses the two lackeys around the alley. Shaurya doesn't realize who he's saved until he offers to help Team Leader Vicky to his feet, and when he freezes in surprise, it gives the lead smuggler an opening to sneak up behind him and get him in the neck with a taser.

Knocked unconscious, Shaurya slumps to the ground, his prosthetic arm smoking from the electric jolt.
As the smuggler gets away, Team Leader Vicky tries in vain to revive Shaurya, then he notices that Shaurya's cuff has been singed off by the prosthetic, revealing some of the strange metal.

Shaurya seems to revive a bit, though he's still terribly hurt. He doesn't seem entirely conscious, though images of holding Anokhi's hand and kissing her race through his mind as a single tear falls. A short distance away, Anokhi wait for the police, and she hears Team Leader Vicky's voice scream, "Shaurya Sabherwal. Shaurya Sabherwal!!"