TWENTY-SEVEN

Luis got to the hotel room covered in police tape and passed the barrier as the cops went to hold him back, he didn't understand a word they said, but with a flash of his badge, they cleared off.

He went to the scene of the crime and was about to go into the room when he saw something on the wall...gunshot residue.

If there was combusted gun powder on the wall, then...

He saw a bullet hole in the ceiling...

He then said,"Get me a stool, chair or something."

No one did anything till he pulled a woman then said,"Hey, I said get me a chair...chairo? You know, the... nevermind."

He left the woman who was speaking an alien language, then walked into the living room and picked a chair one of the officers was slacking on.

After stepping on it, he used a pair of tweezers he had...borrowed from that very officer to reach into the hole and pull the bullet out.

He squinted his eyes then placed it into a ziplock bag then shoved it into the first woman's chest, she probably knew what he meant, especially after she left.

He was taken to the police headquarters and looked at the identification of the gun, an 13 pound 12 guage, chambered revolver but wondered why someone would use such a bulky and basically useless gun in a gun fight, in a room, unless...

He remembered there was the confirmed presence of chloroform in the air around the bed and not a trace of blood, anywhere, the bullet was in the ceiling which meant it shot upwards...

What kind of idiot knocks someone out with a loaded gun?

He asked for the gun's origin to be traced and yet again, no one understood him, he then yelled,"Does any of you idiots know the slightest bit of English?!"

"These idiots have a higher average IQ than the whole of your country, you know."

Luis looked back to see a serious looking Asian man with black hair tidily combed backwards and gelled, the man WAS good looking, especially in his cargo shorts and jacket.

He walked closer to Luis then asked,"Now, who the f*ck are you and what the h*ll do you want in my country?"

Luis tilted his head then smirked,"Quite orotund, aren't we?"

The man kept his laser point gaze and Luis wanted nothing more to punch him, but knowing be could potentially be the only Anglophone idiot in the dump.

He then said,"I happened to find out that, in YOUR COUNTRY a kidnapping has taken place and I have an illegal MMA fighter, from YOUR COUNTRY as main suspect, which places him under your jurisdiction, so if you kick me out, I will do it under my own terms because this is quite personal..."

The man looked at him, scoffed then said,"Quite feisty, aren't we?"

Luis raised his left hand, showing his ring, then put all his fingers down with the exception of his middle one then the man also raised his ring wielding hand and said,"You're an idiot."

Luis smirked slightly then frowned again and walked away then said,"Keep up, Oriental chink."

The man really didn't like him...

***

The world went blank for Amane as he heard the words,"No... you'll get your own soon..."

The men eagerly started removing their clothes and cutting across as Scarlet Sapphira struggled, Chienembe then told them to take their time as... they would all have a turn and Amane was forced to watch.

One of the men lay on her and out of nowhere, Amane called Scarlet Sapphira by her first name, then the man immediately yelled in pain as Scarlet Sapphira somehow used the barbed wire to stab clean through his third leg.

One of the men began slapping her continuously as Amane struggled, till Scarlet Sapphira let out a blood curdling scream, and Amane was made to watch it for the entire four hours or her torture...

Scarlet Sapphira was brought back before Amane, motionless and broken, in more ways than one...

Amane's father finally let him go, after four hours or holding his head, then cuffed his sleeves and said,"I'm going to visit your mother in Ethiopia and don't worry, I'll send your kisses."

Amane didn't make a movement, all his concentration was on Scarlet Sapphira, his entire reason for living...

Several minutes of silence went by and despite his blood in a pool over the floor, he hadn't stopped thinking about her once.

He quietly called her, but she remained motionless.

He called again as she slightly shivered, but there was still no response, after calling her for several minutes, he gave up...till her foot began tapping, then she slowly lifted her shivering head and managed a weak smile.

He then said,"Scarlet Sapphira, I'm so sorry for all this, I brought you here..."

She tried to speak, but no words came out, so she tapped her foot, saying,"I decided to come, because this is nothing compared to the pain of spending so long away from you."

He then whispered,"I don't know how we're going to get out of here, but we will...I promise you."

Scarlet Sapphira drew a circle with her finger and drew a line towards himself at a slight angle, the he looked in that direction then saw something.

He looked at her, smiled then said,"That's why I love you..."

"I love you too..."