Chapter 22: Danica - Bad Blood !!

****** Phoenix Company******

Huge glossy building that almost merged with the blue sky and was invisible when viewed from a distance.

' PHOENIX COMPANY' -- written in gold letters at top of the building and it shone brightly as gold rays of sun touched them.

Atmosphere of company was vibrant and everyone were busy in their work.

Mr. William was sitting comfortably on his chair inside his cabin. Outside his cabin, two guards were standing , They were kept for Mr. William's safety. Nobody was allowed to enter except Mr. William's manager.

Now something strange happened.

Every employee and staff member received a message at the same time. Even the guards who were standing outside Mr. William's cabin received a notification.

The message was :

BONUS DAY !

YOU CAN TAKE A DAY OFF TODAY. IT'S A TREAT FROM YOUR BOSS.

Now , the atmosphere was hubbubed. Everyone had a smile on their face and left the company. Even guards left the company.

Now Mr. William was all alone in the company. He had no idea about this.

Mr. William telephoned his manager.

" Mr. Fang please come in my cabin" he said.

There was no reply.

He repeats the same thing twice, but still there was no response from his manager.

" What's wrong ?" Mr. William mumbled.

He then hurriedly comes out of his cabin. As he steps out, he was perplexed as he finds his two guards missing.

" What the hell ! where are that two guards? " he said

He than heads towards the office area and finds no one.

He then moves towards canteen area and finds no one.

Now , He realized that he was all alone in the company.

" W...what's happening? " he was now afraid.

[Where are all? why there is no one ?] he thinks .

He then hurriedly moves towards the entrance of his company. He wanted to run away.

All of sudden doors closed and he was now stuck in his company. He tries hard to open the door but fails.

He then heard sound of heels.

[ Is there anyone else?] he thought.

" Leaving so soon ?" Said a voice,

He turned back and saw Danica standing behind him. She gave a evil smile and said "Are you liking my hospitality? "

" What are you doing here?" he asked angrily.

" What nonsense is this ?" He adds

He was afraid of her but tried hard to hide it.

Danica laughs briefly.

" It's not nonsense. I am giving you what you deserve. You deserve this shit" She said in low and grave voice.

Mr. William now gets impatient and was about to hit her.

Danica holds his hand with which he was about hit and twisted it in opposite direction, almost breaking it.

He falls down holding his broken arm and cries out of pain.

" Huh...you will hit me ? How dare you !" she said with gritting teeth

She than uncoiled a rope that she was holding in other hand.

" Today you will see, What it is like to have a Near Death Experience ?" she said while uncoiling the rope.

His eyes widened as he heard that.

" w...what" He stuttered.

She then tied a rope around his neck and knotted the rope tightly almost making it difficult to breath.

He started gasping. His fingers tried to pull that rope away from his neck, But failed.

She takes other end of the rope and coils around her hand. Looking down at him , she smiles .

" Are you liking it?" she asked.

He was panting badly.

" This is going to be fun" she said .

She now drags him using that rope. As she drags him, The knot gets more tight. Now he felt as if he was about to die. He tries to breathe harder but fails.

Danica's face was full of fury and rage. Rage blinded her and now she was running out of empathy.

She dragged him through stairs, The edge of stairs now pierced badly through his skin.

His painful cries satisfied her ears. She wanted to hear more of it. So, she takes stairs again and arrives at third floor.

All the stairs , from first to third floor were stained with William's blood.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you so soon. Slow death is more fun" she said with stern look, as if she was running out of emotions.

Now the pain was unbearable for Mr. William.

She than drags him to a secluded room. There was no light in that room, A small light bulb flickered in that room.

She now drags him inside and keeps her heels on his chest.

Looking down at him she says "You messed with wrong person. That's your first mistake. You hired guards to attack my people. That was your second big mistake."

She now stretches the rope and pulls his neck up. His face was all red and neck area was bleeding due to tight clutch of rope.

" And third big mistake is you tried to harm the person that is so close to me" she said gritting her teeth.

"s..s.." he wanted to say something but failed.

She makes him sit on a chair and unties the knot of the rope.

Mr. William's neck was finally free from the clutch of that rope. He pants heavily and coughs.

He tries to lean back in chair but the deep cuts on his back added more pain.

" Ahhh...." he cried

Danica ties his hands and legs using that rope.

She takes out a knife from her purse.

" Umm.... What should i do?" she says in low voice as she strolled her finger through edge of knife.

She lowers her head , bringing her face close to his.

Strolling the edge of knife through his cheeks, She said "Should I slay your neck or remove your eyes first?"

Mr. William was already in the pain, When he heard this, His eyes widened. He was now scared of her.

"Please let me go" he pleads.

Danica smirked.

" I'm liking it" she said and laughed briefly.

She points the edge of knife towards his eyes.

William now stuttered badly.

" N..NO PLEASE" he pleads

" W...What do you want?" He asked staggeringly

Danica pulls knife away and says " Now that's good question"

" Take out your cellphone and call your so-called best friend 'DGP' and tell him to release Alfred" Danica circled around him while speaking .

" H...How did you know ?" He asked staggeringly

She unties the rope from his one hand and keeps knife at his neck.

" Hurry up " she whispered in his ear "call your friend"

" I am calling" he stutters

He hurriedly dails a number and calls his friend.

Danica clutches him more tightly using knife.

" Hello" William said in quavering voice

" Release Mr. Alfred brown" he adds

" What !!" said the heavy voice on the other side of phone

" Just do it!" William says raising his voice.

He then hung up the call.

Danica now released his neck.

"Good for you" she said

She then puts on her black sunglasses and was about to leave, but stops abruptly.

" Oh I forgot something!!" she said

" I want you to remember this incident. So, here is a gift" she adds

He stuttered more when she approached him

She then hits him with the knife on his shoulder abruptly giving a deep cut. Now, blood stained the knife.

Mr. William cries out of pain.

She smirked and wiped that stains of blood on his shirt.

She left the room.

"HEY ! UNTIE ME!" Mr. William says loudly as she left.

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POLICE STATION

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Alfred was moving here and there in stress.

Meanwhile a cop opens the locker and says " Your are being released"

Alfred wasn't surprised to see that because he knew Danica was going to fulfill her promise.

He smirked at the cop and put on his coat expressively.

He steps out of the police station and finds Danica's car already waiting for him. She lowered the window and winked at him lowering her sunglasses.

He smiles at her and hurriedly hops in the car.

" Did they torture you?" she asked

"No" he said

"Thanks to you ! My saviour" he smiled and said

Danica laughed briefly

"You owe me this" she said

" Our team members might be worried" she added

Now they headed toward the CR Company

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CR Company

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No one was able to focus on their work.

Everyone were worried.

Nina , Paul and others were so worried that they were waiting for Danica outside the building.

"I hope Mr. William is still alive" Mr. Lee said

Everyone gave him a serious stare as he said that

"Are you consoling us or scaring us?" Nina asked

"Danica won't kill him, you know Paul picked the second chit---" Sean said

"I don't care even if William dies" Paul said inserting his hands in the pocket

Everyone looked at each other as he said that.

Meanwhile, Danica's car arrived. Everyone gathered and were gazing at the car.

Danica setps out of the car.

Everyone were happy to see Danica, but soon their smile fades away as they didn't see Alfred.

"OH ! Mr. Alfred" said one of the employee

Alfred now came out of the car and stood beside the Danica.

Everyone smiled and were relieved to see them.

"Oh ! Why they always give me power couple vibe? " Mr. Lee mumbled and covered his arm.