Tom Hardy

Fun Fictional Celebrity Story

of

Tom Hardy

from the movie "Tinker, Tailor and Warrior"

Battle of the Omega

Everyone’s eyes were focused on Tom. 

He was the newly assigned team commander in the Omega Centauri Space Center. For decades, there have been numerous battles that occurred in that area of the universe. Earth’s alliances have been much defeated for decades already and this time, Tom Hardy was assigned there to make difference. He definitely had what was demanded of a team commander in Omega Centauri… Maybe even more than what was needed. After all, he has been subjected to training and real battle scenarios in Bode’s and Messier galaxies for a total of ten years. At a very young age, he reached team commander position because of the successful missions that he led. 

He was just starting to unpack his suitcase when his superior went in and greeted him. There were so many things that he had to do to earn his team’s respect. Some of his team members were older than he was. During training sessions, he never failed to impress everyone with his strategies and techniques. Everytime he ended his sessions, a pair of scrutinizing eyes followed him. One day, the inevitable happened. 

“Why do you keep on staring at me that way?” Tom asked as he approached the person concerned. 

The woman stopped wiping her sweat off and turned to face him.

“Don’t I have the right to criticize when I want to, Tom Hardy?” she retorted. Tom smiled and couldn’t help but admire the woman’s strong character. Admittedly, Tom wasn’t prepared for this kind of battle. 

“What’s there to criticize about me?” Tom asked teasingly. The woman just turned her back at Tom and rolled her eyes. 

“Just don’t be too confident, Mr. Hardy,” she said as she gathered her things and headed for the shower room. 

“Can I at least get the name of my top critic?” Tom asked as he picked up his things. 

“Only if you beat my record, Hardy,” she said as she walked to the shower room door.

Tom smiled to himself as he showered. 

“Commander, permission to speak?” a team member asked Tom as he dried off in the locker room. 

“Permission granted,” Tom said. 

“You have to beat her in the three sports she’s the best in—fire archery, laser track, and strategy battle flight. No one has beaten her yet so everyone just knows her by her last name Detruit.”

“Is that so?” Tom asked in disbelief. “Maybe I should check myself first then.”

“Hope what I said will help a bit, sir,” the team member said.

“Thank you, soldier,” Tom said.

Everyone met in the mess hall for dinner after spending the entire afternoon in theoretical studies and relaxation. Some spent relaxation hours pumping iron. Tom studied battle strategies and always tried to incorporate them into his training sessions. Dinner was roasted chicken, potatoes, pees, and a cup of fruits. Tom just wanted to spend some private time on his balcony. He brought out his guitar and started playing.

“Nice tunes, Hardy,” a familiar female voice said. Adjacent to his balcony was Detruit’s. 

“That’s your room?” Tom asked. “How convenient. You could even criticize my music now.”

“Nah, that’s not part of the things I criticize about you.” Detruit retorted. “Just forget my challenge for a while and keep playing. It’s really nice, Hardy.”

“Just call me Tom,” he said. “You sound like my grandmother when she was angry at me.”

Detruit laughed and spent the rest of the night listening to Tom play. After about two hours, she decided  to call it a night. Tom enjoyed the company of his one woman audience. It made him feel good to have someone keeping a close eye on what he was doing. At least he would always be on his feet whenever he trained and went on real battles. But it was really an amazing thing for Detruit to have had such unbeaten records in three of the most challenging training fields in the universe. Tom would have to consider training a bit harder in those fields just to get her name. 

“You leave first thing with your team tomorrow, Tom,” Tom’s superior said after the briefing. “Britinu is the planet where the Heliv’s intelligence is stationed. You have to retrieve what they already know and plan.”

“No one has ever tried this before, sir?” Tom asked.

“Several but none returned,” his superior answered. “You’re the best there is, Tom. Do whatever it takes.”

“Sir, I thank you for your confidence,” Tom started. “But when I get there, the lives of my team members come first before any data chip or memory card.”

“Be alive and be back, Tom,” the old man answered with a smile. “Your mother and father are very proud of you.”

Tom smiled and returned to his team. He told them the plan of penetration. He wanted to have a scouting group ahead and once everything’s cleared, the rest of the team would enter the picture. It was one of the biggest retrieval missions that Tom led. And he knew that this one would really help them know the enemy much better than before.

Heliv has long terrorized the planets of Omega Centauri. Every alien race has lost all hope of being freed from his venomous tentacles and jaws. As Tom and his team prepared for the mission, Detruit observed from a distance. She wanted to speak to Tom before their mission. She saw Tom differently. There was something about him that convinced her that he would definitely do it right once she told him about the mistake of all the team commanders before him.

Tom dismissed his team three hours earlier that day so that they would have time to prepare mentally and physically on their own before their mission. Detruit grabbed the chance to talk to Tom when he entered the space café. 

“Can I talk to you?” Detruit asked as she approached Tom. 

“Sure but I have to buy the coffee,” Tom seriously said. Detruit nodded and smiled casually as she watched Tom talk to the barista. She just hoped that he would be open-minded enough to accept what she had to say.