3 2- AWAKENING

She felt a slight pang in her head as her eyes felt some light on them. She wanted to open her eyes, but it felt like her eyes were heavy as a brick. She heard some voices too.

"Sir, your dinner is ready."

" Leave me alone, Linda. I don't want to be disturbed."

"Sir! Is the girl okay?"

"I don't know."

With that, She fell asleep again.

She woke up with the sound of water falling somewhere. She opened her eyes slowly. It wasn't so hard this time. Her head was hurting bad. She opened her eyes fully, and it took her a lot of time to get her eyes used to the light. She laid there quietly for a while, and it felt like every second was passing like a year.

"Where am I? " she thought.

She tried to get her head up but failed. It was heavy. Heavier than she can ever imagine. She tried to move her hand, and it caused pain in her whole arm. She brought her hands near her face and saw her skin was dried. Dry as if she was ancient, Wrinkled.

She rubbed her face. Gathered the courage she had and tried to sit up. Slowly and with a lot of struggle, she finally got up. Laid her head at the back of the bed. Took her a few minutes to set her banging head. Suddenly memories thrashed in her mind, and she looked around quickly, ignoring the pain.

She was in a big room. The biggest room she had ever seen. She was lying on a large bed. The room was decorated in black and greyish white combination, thick curtains, black carpet around the room, a giant mirror on one side, and a large cupboard fixed in the wall along with a big LCD tv. The curtains were moved, and the light was coming from behind them.

"Where am I?" She thought again.

The sound of water running down stopped, and it didn't go unnoticed by her. Her eyes widened with fear. As she turned her head back toward the bathroom.

"No !! No !!" She thought. Horrified. She tried to get up from the bed. The pain shoots in her whole body. She was getting weak.

"No ! I can't let it happen again."

She mounted the courage she had left and tried to stand on her feet. She stumbled and held the corner of the bed.

"I don't have time. I need to get out of here."

She heard the click of the door, and she stopped for a second.

Horror engulfed her, and she felt her legs turned into jellO

"Run !! Berry !! Run !!" Her mind yelled at her

She quickly looked at the exit door and hurried toward it. She nearly fell on the floor...

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He was tired, but the hot water bath relaxed him. His headache was getting better. He wore his boxers and put the towel around his neck. As soon as he left the washroom. He saw the girl trying to run toward the door. For a moment he stood there shocked seeing her like this.

"Hey !! Hey !! Stop" he called her. And hurried toward her

"Nnnnnnnn...o " she tried to shout, but her throat was dried, and she felt a cut in her throat.

He ran toward her and saw her panicked. He got her arm and turned her around.

"Lemme gghoo (let me go) " she nearly croaked.

"Listen! Calm down. It is alright."

"NOOO. Nooo," she tried to talk. Her throat was cut due to dryness. Her eyes got watery, and she started sobbing. "Ple..ase ..no"

"Calm down. It is alright. It is alright. I m not gonna hurt you."

She was struggling hard to get out of his grip. As she felt she could speak a bit clearer. She started shouting for help...

"Please. Someone, please !!!! Let me go. let me go ! " she was shouting and yelling loudly

"Stop struggling girl !! " He was holding her close to him.

She was getting hysteric. She was shouting and yelling and struggling with all her might. This was the first time he was facing difficulty in handling someone. She was yelling on top of her lungs, and slowly she started to give up. Her body was getting weak, and she hung in his arms. She fainted !!

He held her close to his chest. Wrapping his arms around her. He felt her heart beating fast. She has fainted. He stood there for a while. Then carried her in his arms. And walked to the bed. He laid her down and removed hair from her face. She looked so harmless, peaceful and afraid. Her face went all pale like the blood was sucked from it.

He Took out his phone and asked for Dr Brown. He turned back and had a deep look at her and slowly left the room.

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He was sitting on his chair in his Hotel room. He had a gun in his hand and was looking coldly at the man tied in front of him.

The room had 5 people, including him. Including a man tied to the chair in front of luke. Mathew, Blake and Levi standing behind him.

"Bark out! Bastard" Levi said in a sharp voice.

The man kept quiet.

"Now now mark. You know the rules. You know how the truth will be taken out from you. You surely don't want that, do you? " Blake said in a compromising tone

*ENOUGH !!!!!* Luke snapped in a loud voice.

Mark shivered on his voice. He felt his legs tremble. Yet he had to maintain himself. He knew what Luke was going to do to him

"Mathew!! Get the poker and clipper" Luke said with a smirk on his face. His eyes were full of hatred.

"I have nothing to do with it, Luke," Mark said in a tensed tone. His eyes show fear.

Mathew put a box in front of Luke. Luke put his gun aside and opened the box. He took out the clipper. It was the size of a cloth cutting scissor. He took another thing out, and it was a stick. A thick short stick with a little pointed arrow at its end.

"SO, mark! You like playing cat and mouse hmm? " Luke said calmly as he slowly walked toward the chair Mark was tied to.

"Luke, listen to me, please. I have nothing to do with this." Mark nearly begged

"You know the rules mark. Betrayal is not forgivable" Luke groaned.

"Luke, please. I beg you." Mark said helplessly

Luke got more close to him

"I like you begging Mark. Do it again" Luke said in a sarcastic tone.

"Luke! Have mercy. Please." Mark started to tremble as Luke opened the clipper.

"The truth! Mark. I want the truth !!" He waved the clipper in front of him.

"I told you I have nothing to do with it," Mark repeated his words.

Luke looked at his hand-tied to the chair. He adjusted the clipper on his index finger and looked at him again.

"The truth, Mark," he asked coldly

"I told you i........" *clipped*

The room filled with horrible deadly screams... Mark's finger was lying on the floor, and blood was spreading out of his finger. He was yelling and shouting with pain.

"You fucker !! " he groaned with pain. " you'll pay for this Luke. you'll FUCKING PAY FOR THIS"

Luke put another finger in the clipper and raised his eyebrow at him as if he was asking him for the truth again.

Mark looked at him with rage and said "I told u already I have.....

......" *Clipped*

Room was filled again with Mark's yelling and painful shouting. Luke took a towel from the side of the chair and cleaned the blood on his hands with it. Mark was moving his head from left to right again and again with pain.

"Hand me the poker Mathew!!"

Mark's eyes opened in horror. He looked at him in disbelief. His hand won't stop bleeding. Luke took the thing that he was calling poker in his hand and held it like he was gonna stab someone with it.

"This is gonna take your eye out. Last time asking The truth?"

"I... i ... i....."

Luke walked closer to him.

" Lord !! Lord crimson !! He gave me money. I have been working for him for the last 2 years. I gave him the information about your hotel. I gave him information about all your packages and location of your men too. Hhahhahahah " he started laughing painfully.

"You have no idea, Luke. What is the thing Lord has planned to do today? It might have been done by now."

"What? What is it? " Luke asked in a sharp voice. His eyes were cold as ever.

"Your mansion Luke. He is gonna look for PRECIOUS in it" mark said with an evil face.

*gunfire*

Mark was lying dead there. His head hung toward one side. And blood is spreading on the floor.

"Levi, take care of this"

As soon as he was about to get his gun, his mind quickly thought about what Mark said. * The mansion. "Oh shit !! The girl" *

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