CHAPTER 12

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Andrew opened the door of the Auction Room.

What greeted him was the sight of Screens and Chairs around the whole room.

It was in the form of a circle with a stage in the center of the room and also a cage full of the girls on the stage.

They were all unconscious.

Their injuries could be seen through their outfits.

Andrew's anger rose to see this but he controlled it as he knew if he let the anger control him as he did on the ground floor, he will not see what he has to see.

He used Dark Vision and although all the girls' bodies were not in his vision, he could see the ones hiding using the chairs and some even to his left and right screen.

"Welcome to the auction, before you take a step, I just wanted to say, the whole room is full of my men, and bombs are placed inside the cage, so watch your step," A cold voice came from the speakers in the room.

Andrew heard the voice and decided to not move.

"Not moving now, are you? Do you think you can come to do anything you want? There are consequences for everything and now even though I will be down on money as I can't sell these dolls but it's not a problem for me. Look one last time before they go up in smoke bastard. I will count from 3."

Andrew did not panic as he knew the voice which is David if he is not wrong will do what he says but he had a backup for this.

"Know this bastard, I made sure before I entered the bar to have a backup. Even if I die, the backup will work and everything about every one of you will be known to the whole world and then they will hunt you down for the shit you are, so are you sure you want to do this, David?"

All the ones hiding were shocked as they knew what and all problems they will face. Some felt their life being drained as Andrew talked.

Some who had family thought about how disgusted they would feel about what they had done.

David was also silent as he saw through the CCTV footage.

He gritted his teeth as he knew that he will be chased and hunted down if the information went out.

"What do you want?"

Andrew smirked behind his mask as he knew his bait worked.

"Let the girls go and I will make sure to not let the information go out."

"How can I trust you will do that even if I let the girls go?" questioned David.

"Bring me a laptop and I will do it. I will stay here but the girls have to be freed," said Andrew.

After a minute of silence, the cage door opened.

"Boys take the girls and leave them outside," order came from David.

All the ones who were hiding came out and went toward the gate. They were all wearing masks.

"You, walk to the room at the right,"

Andrew did not move.

David was losing his patience seeing Andrew not moving.

"I told you to come to the room, don't test my patience," David yelled through the mic.

"I will after I make sure they are all safe, who knows you might put them in a van and take them away," said Andrew coldly.

David gritted his teeth.

The guards and the corrupted officers with their masks passed Andrew as they looked at him coldly but there was also fear in their eyes.

They carried the girls to the elevator and Andrew turned back and was about to follow them.

"Stop" the voice did not come out from the speakers but came from his left.

He turned to see David. He was close to 6ft tall, bulky as his muscles could be seen through his shirt. He had blonde hair with a small scar close to his left ear.

Behind him came four more, one was his brother, one was holding a tablet and the other two were wearing black suits with a gun strapped near their waist.

One of the black suits was holding a laptop.

"If you make a move, I will order my boys to kill them," said David.

'They should have reached the elevator. I need to stall for a few minutes before I attack,' thought Andrew.

"Go, give him the laptop," said David to his bodyguard holding the laptop.

The bodyguard started to walk toward Andrew. He was holding the laptop in his left hand and had his other hand on his gun ready to take action if Andrew does something.

He went and placed the laptop in front of Andrew.

"Do it. Once I see it only then they will be free," coldly uttered David.

Andrew took the laptop in his hands and opened it.

He began to type in some commands but did it as slowly as possible.

Andrew could feel David losing his patience slowly as he started to ask whether I completed or not.

In a few minutes, Andrew heard some footsteps behind him.

He used Dark Vision and moved his eyes to the left to see who it was.

They were different, they were not the guards or the corrupted officers. There was a total of three of them and he could only feel one of them being the ones who went from here and the rest two are not the same ones.

Andrew could feel something had completely gone wrong.

'Was there another party? Did David piss off someone else? I made sure to check everything but I was sure I dug all their information, or could it be?' thought Andrew.

As they entered, Andrew used Blink and disappeared and reappeared behind David and his members.

David and the others were startled to see Andrew disappear.

They were always having the thought that Andrew used some kind of secret technique or a rope to do what he did. But now they knew that he had powers. Fear rose from the depths of their heart.

The next second those three entered even David and the others could feel something was wrong but they could not find out what it was.

Shots were fired by the two in an instant.

One of the masked men who were with them had a hole in his head, and the other two continued doing this.

Andrew used Blink and reached the room from where David and his gang entered.

David and his boys were riddled with bullet holes and their bodies slumped to the ground with blood flowing down from the bullet holes.

Andrew was about to enter when he heard one of the masked men speak.

"Andrew, stop,"

Andrew was shocked to hear his name to be uttered by the masked man who was talking.

'This is going to be troublesome' thought Andrew.

He turned to see the masked men remove their masks.

He looked at the one who uttered his name and was shocked to see Barton.

Andrew stood still as he could not understand how Barton could find him and also know that it was him.

"How?" he questioned in disbelief. He thought it would be one of them.

"You think I will forget about you? Do you think I won't help you when you are going through this? Why did you not even contact me? You know I can help you, yet why?"

Though Barton knew what answers he will get he could not help but let it all out.

Andrew knew that Barton could help him but he knows what Barton will ask for.

"I know but I can't," said Andrew as he sighed.

Barton came at him and punched him in the face.

Andrew did not stop Barton as he stumbled back.

"You are the reason why I have a family, why the same family calls me every day asking for my wellbeing," said Barton to Andrew as he came near him.

Andrew sat down.

"My best friend, my brother betrayed me, killed my wife and daughter, and made it look like I killed them and he made the whole world believe I did, pinned the smuggling and the other members' death who were on the team on me, so you tell me, Barton, how can I believe or trust anyone at this moment," asked Andrew.

Barton gritted his teeth and pulled Andrew toward him through Andrew's collars.

"Do not ever, ever, compare me with that scumbag," Barton said with anger and pushed Andrew with force.

Andrew balanced himself and he knew he should not have said that but what can he do in the situation he is in. He had saved Damon numerous times yet he killed his family without a thought.

'That bastard Damon...' just thinking of his name is making Andrew's blood boil in full of wrath.

Due to him he is not able to trust anyone in this world.

Barton felt the anger radiating from Andrew and turned to him.

"I am sorry," Barton said as he knew the situation Andrew was in.

Andrew calmed down.

"It's not your fault, you are right, I shouldn't have said what I said, I take that back. But I can't take your help Barton, I would have to work for your organization if I did that. I can never take orders and I never will. After what I have been through, all I want is the death of them and after that just close my eyes and join them." said Andrew as the tears drop down from his eyes.

Barton could see a man riddled with sadness, guilt, anger, hatred, and wrath.

But what he saw more was those feeling eating him from the inside out.

"Do you possibly think this is what they want for you?" asked Barton.

As he asked, he signaled Natasha by stating her name.

Natasha who saw Barton give the signal went out of the room.

"Does it matter? They are not here, Barton. It's my fault," Andrew said as he cried.

"It's not your fault, it's the fault of the government, the CIA, the General, Damon, and the rest. You did what was right and you were going to expose them and I know you would have succeeded if it was not for Damon. You did not expect that. Now that you are out take your revenge but never say that you are going to die after that. They would never want that for you."

"And Yes, it does matter because that is what they want for you."

"She saw that the guilt was eating you when you came to know about what had happened."

Andrew was shocked when he heard that.

"How do you know this?"

Barton took his phone and showed something on it.

"2 letters were sent to Laura. One was addressed to us and the other to you. I know no one knows my address except you, your wife and 2 more. My wife gave the address to Emma and told her that if she ever needed any help she should reach out. When she saw the letter and the name on it, she read it."

Andrew was shaking as he took the phone from his hand and saw his wife's handwriting.

[My love,

I sent this letter to Laura in case anything goes wrong. If you are reading this that means I am not with you neither is Isabella. I know you think it's your fault but it is not. It is not your fault. You did what was right and I told you to do it. I know how lonely you would feel but you have to get through it. I am not going to say like stop with the revenge or anything as I know you will do it even if I ask you not to. But after your revenge is what I am afraid of. Because you will not have the next thing. And now I am going to give you that. I want you to live, I want you to make our family's dream come true. Explore the world like we wanted to, explore everything it has to offer. When you do, you will find an anchor that will hold you again.

Don't worry about your daughter, she will be with me right by my side. She and I will watch over you and all the places you visit. We will be there by your side on your journey. We will whisper our thoughts to you even if you can't see us. We will always be in your heart and mind. Our daughter is calling me, love.

Thank you for all the happiness, the love, and for Isabella. I want to write more but I don't know what to write. I keep remembering every small thing. The days we walked in the park, the days where you were there for me just to hear me curse at people who made my day bad, the day you said you liked me, the day we first had our clumsy kiss, the dates we had, the day when we got to know we were pregnant, the day where you proposed, the day we got married, the day we had Isabella, the day she talked and called us Papa and Mama, the day she crawled, the day she climbed. I want to write down all of them but I know you will remember them even if I don't say or write as they are a part of you. We will always be a part of you. Look in the mirror and you will see us within you.

With Love,

Emma.]

He felt a heart-wrenching pain when he thought about how his wife had to write something like this. He could not imagine how much pain it would have taken for her.

As he kept reading, he could not hold back and cried his heart out.

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