The story begins in 1996 when Colonel Sodhi, now 70, visits his sister and her family. However, even after over half a century, the nightmares of his intense battle and its aftermath often return to haunt him. Old Sodhi and young Amar begin to bond and Sodhi accompanies Amar to Burma (Myanmar) for an assignment from BBC to shoot a documentary on the students against the Military Junta for freedom and democracy. In Singapore, Sodhi visits the places which bring back the memories of him as a Lieutenant in the British Indian Army Lt. Sodhi meets a beautiful photographer Maya who inspires him to change. Sodhi falls in love with Maya who joins the Indian National Army. Old Sodhi lands in Burma with Amar, and is welcomed by an Indian girl Rani. They accidentally get caught in the student protest and firing by the Military Junta to suppress the student agitation. When the soldiers of the Military Junta get rough and violent with Amar and Rani, old Sodhi is suddenly transformed into the young Lt.Sodhi and kills the two Burmese soldiers to defend his group.Old Sodhi and his group's escape from the Burmese soldiers runs parallel to the attack by the British bombers on Lt.Sodhi's unit. In 1944, the Indian National Army, tired, hungry, cold, feverish, sick had reached Imphal to defend it against all the odds piled heavily against them. In a school set up by Rani's grandmother, Old Sodhi finds the photograph of Maya and realizes that Maya has been dead. Old Sodhi, finally redeems himself by helping his young group safely cross over from Burma into India, and keep his promise to Maya that he would one day return to Burma to find her and be with her when his body is blown by the Burmese soldiers to ashes and glory.

　　许多年前，太平山的孤儿院生活着一群无依无靠的孩子，他们相依为命，彼此培养出深厚的友情。多年后，早已进入社会王佩佩、陈嘉乐、陈慧心、林丽美、蔡志远和张振元重新聚首他们熟悉的孤儿院，但是最初的快乐并没有持续多久，因为将他们聚在一起的正是几起凶杀案。当年的十个伙伴中，先后有四人遭到残忍杀害，而作案手法竟然与他们小时候玩笑画出的画如出一辙。知情人惟有他们十人，真正的凶手就可能藏在剩下的六人中间。他们互相猜疑，全然忘记童年的情谊。　　疑云重重的孤儿院气氛凝重，而凶手似乎并未就此停下屠戮的步伐。真凶是谁？他的目的又是什么？

　　讲述阿方索X时代的历史故事。