9 chapter seven

Antonia's  pov

    The pandemonium at my house grew even stronger

On the night of the engagement party when they discovered me missing,they had all thought I went out with Kathy. But after a week;no phone calls,no texts,they realized something was up

  Roseline had just returned from the police station,she had to file a report

   "Any progress mom?" She asked as she entered the living room

   "Nothing's up,your dad has being trying to track her down,all efforts wasted"

   All activities had being put on hold to find me;her wedding,my parents silver anniversary,even my birthday

   Kathy was informed also and made all efforts to track me down,but these people had tactics which were completely off the roof

   She walked in and hour later,she had lost so much weight for a week and could barely walk properly

   "Hi Freda" she greeted my mom,"any update?"

  "There's nothing Kathy. Its like she just vanished without a trace, I'm so confused"

   "I've had this strange guy follow me all around town,I don't even know him" Kathy said

    My mom who needed even the tiniest ray of hope immediately turned listening with rapt attention

   "What does he look like, I mean you do remember his face right?" She said in between words

   Just then two police officers walked in,they seemed worn out from a futile search

   "We have no lead on the case" they said after some formal greeting. "We suspect the kidnapper may return hence we'll be placing the whole family on surveillance" he paused briefly before asking, "is there any member of the family who's out of the country?"

   "Yes,that'll be my husband,but he'll be back later today"

   "That's fine,you should report any suspicious movement around the house to the authority"

   Just then she remembered what Kathy had told her,she arrested the event over again

   "We'll also keep an eye on her"

    After some words of condolence,both men left

    There was some kind of newly discovered gloom in the house,one that had never existed

    An hour later Kathy picked her bags up,she had to get home

   "Freda,I'll get going now,please call me once you get any update"

    "Yes,and please I'll need this to stay within the family,no outsider should get wind of this matter. And please be careful"

     "You can trust me with that" she finally left

     Freda slumped lazily on the long sofa,she had never felt so empty before,though she never had much attention for me,she blames herself for everything that happened recently

Tyson

   I woke up to the aroma of pancakes and syrup,I had a strong headache and could barely think straight

   The environment was horribly familiar,the usual perfume I wore,the massive bed with flowers scenting sheets. On closer inspection I realized I was in my room

   I knew something was amiss. My memories seemed to have a hard time coming back and when they finally did,I spurted loudly

   "Tonia" I broke into a cold sweat as I could clearly see now

   "Tonia's not here,Tyson you've gotta get some rest" a male voice said before me

   It was Maurice,I had known him since we were 5,I had no problem recruiting him to come work with me

   "What the he'll happened" I asked taking the thick sheets off my body. I felt my body heat up. I knew I had a fever

   "Alexander,that's what happened"

    "You sure know how to tell a story to a recovering patient" I said hysterically

   "You should eat and get some rest first" he said completely ignoring me and my request and pointing at the tray containing my breakfast

   "That's the last thing I need right now"

   "Bro,that's actually the first thing you need,those drugs had a pretty nasty effect on you"

   "What drugs" I asked confused

   "The tranquilizers Alex's men had you shot with,they shot down all your defences,you'll probably need to eat a truck load of food to recover"

   "Were is Tonia? How did I get here?" I didn't care about my recovery

   "Tonia's being kidnapped,the men on standby had you brought here"

   I stood up abruptly taking the sheets off,this time throwing them completely

   "So Tonia was kidnapped all you fucking think about is getting me sucked up in this sheets?"

   "...." He was in total lack of words

   "How long has it being since she was kidnapped?"

   "A week or so"

   "I week?? I repeated after him

   "Yeah"

    "Fuck you Maurice,organize the squad,we are having a meeting in 10 minutes" I was heading to the door.

  "Were do you think you're going to?" He asked

   "To find Tonia" I said

    "At least have something to eat" he said with care

    "You should eat it yourself,you deserve it" I said and banged the door loudly as I walked out

   "Oh.....OK" he stuffed a large piece of pancakes into his mouth

   Ten minutes later I walked into the large room reserved for meetings. It had high end furniture but had the usual dark feeling any mafia group should have

   "We all know who Alexander is and what he wants. He'll stop at nothing till he gets what he wants. And now he has Tonia,she's off very high importance to me...and the squad. I'm gonna cut the whole speech crap. We are ending this charade with Alex,getting Tonia back"

    "And how exactly do we plan on doing that?" Taurus a member of the squad asked

   "That's not gonna be easy,but we need someone on the inside,that way we could easily work" I said smartly

   "Have you got anybody in mind?" He asked again

   "Leave that to me,everyone be on the lookout,we need to start working. Christine,I need you to track that lair down,I suspect it'll be an underground arena so it'll be pretty difficult to find "

   "Yes,I'll get to it immediately" Christine said as she got up to leave

   "The rest of you be on standby,Wait for my signal to move,I'll notify y'all if anything comes up,for now you can all leave"

   They left,one after the other,until just Maurice and I were left in the room. I pulled a chair and sat down while Maurice sat on the metallic table.

  "You should get to Michael now,let him know what's going on and tell him he's going in"

   "That'll be too risky at a time like this;we've got to use someone else" he said worried

   "We don't have a choice,He's all we've got yunno"

   "Fine,if you say so,I'll get him now and fill you up later" he said and exited the room.

   I sat there for moments,I thought really hard,memories flashed before me again,I remembered the day my father died and my sworn vengeance. I hadn't always being like this. I could barely even recognize myself and now I had Antonia dragged into it

   I fell asleep as I sat there deep in thought,I barely even realized 3 hours had gone by

Antonia

   Felicity finally finished her interrogation. She was mad as hell

   "Get someone else to get that shit out of that hole in her face or else I'm real it gonna kill her this time" she ranted on and on as she walked into the creepy office

   He smirked slightly then moved to her,he pulled  her to the long sofa and sat beside her

   "You'd get past it,I'm positive by tomorrow she'll speak,let's give her some time" he said and laid down resting his head on her legs. She didn't flinch one but but rather let her fingers slip through his thick hair

   "How long have I being gone?" She paused to scan the office quickly. "You even redecorated without me." Finally she smiled and looked at him. "I missed you so fucking much,subjecting me to that squad is a misery, but making me live in that shit hole of a school with high schoolers is a curse"

   He did not respond but only held her chin slightly caressing it with his slender fingers

   "You know what I call you!" He asked her smiling

   She didn't respond but only shrugged with her usual air of arrogance

   "My Harley Quinn,just even better and sophisticated"

   He let his other hand caress her thighs,she felt shivers run down her spine,that sensation was irresistible

   He slowly moved his hands underneath her jacket. She was used to this mans advances but she wasn't up for it today

   She immediately held his hands stopping him from delving further

   "I said I missed you but you didn't respond,that's somewhat typical,so please don't get sexual"

   He was used to her behavior,so used to it that it made him happy seeing her that way. He smiled lightly before sitting up

   "How's the camp over there. I presume they are taking it well" he said sarcastically

   "There's a great uproar about his unconscious state but still very calm, that's the most disgusting part"

    The smile on his face froze immediately

   "Anybody working for them?" He asked with a now hostile tone,he was agitated but she didn't fret one bit

   They seem to be working on their own,no insider,at least non I know of"

   Now he was angry,he stood up,nodded slightly then moved back to his chair,he sat down and started playing with a puzzle

   "You should come around more often,your presence makes it less suffocating" he stopped then looked at her again. "You can get sone rest inside,i'll have someone watch her"

   She nodded and made for the room

   "Maniac" she said under her breath

In the lair

   It has being 8 hours since Felicity left,and finally someone walked in

   "You're needed at the office" he said to the other huge man

   That voice was highly familiar,I tried hard to discern who it was

   He noticed the reluctance of the other man to leave as he kept staring at me

   "I'll watch her,you should head there now,he seems to be in a rage"

   He finally left then the other guy turned;it was Micheal

  "Please pinch me and tell me I'm dreaming"

   "You are unfortunately awake"

   "Can I not have any more surprises,what the hell are you doing here"

   "Woah,you are way off the roof,since when do you speak vulgar" he seemed even more shocked than me

   "I don't know,perhaps since the day I woke up in this shit hole;but you,what are you doing here?"

   "That's secondary,for now let's get you out of here. I'm gonna tell you the whole plan,thankfully you know some karate ,so you're gonna have to use it now"

   We went over the entire plan before the man from before returned and Micheal left,the plan was to be initiated soon

   Or so I thought.

   The room was silent as planned,everything was falling into place;well almost everything. Then he walked in

   His aura was domineering,he barely spoke,his voice enigmatic and his steps majestic. I knew something had gone wrong. This wasn't part of the plan

   He sat there watching me silently,unlike the rest he wore a manic smile,he seemed as though he was neither  gonna speak nor leave

   I thought to myself;who are you,ruining my fucking emancipation plan my merely sitting there. I had to think fast or else this episode will be nasty