CHAPTER 5: CREEPED OUT

"B..boss! you're here" the first man stuttered, but the man being spoken to seems to have his eyes somewhere else.

"Good morning boss!" the other man greeted, "chains, what were those for??" the mysterious man asked looking at the chains on the floor, I heard the man that had untied me curse silently.

I've been fighting to see who this 'boss' was, to see his face at least, maybe it could turn out to be someone I knew, but I couldn't, the flash light was focused on me, and it somehow blurred the faces of the two men behind it.

"Uhh... t..the chains were for..." "You had her chained up??" he asked in a demanding but calm voice, his voice echoed in the room, but he didn't even appear to be trying; he did it so effortlessly.

"Talk you bloody fool!" the other man shouted at his colleague, "you were the one that had her abducted! and then you knocked her out and then had her chained up! I told you that you would be sorry!" he continued.

I get what he was trying to do, to save himself from whatever punishment his boss may mete to them.

I awkwardly kept sitting there as I speculated on the intense drama going on here, I couldn't move, I subconsciously held my breath, the atmosphere was tensed, and there was this dead silence too. At this moment, I could feel something was about to happen, but what would it be?

In one swift move, the mysterious boss caught hold of the already trembling man's arm and then... snap! "argghhh!!" the man cried out in agony, he had twisted his left arm, but just when I thought he was about to let go of him, he made for the right arm and twisted it at the shoulder, I could swear I heard some bone crackings, he broke it!

By now, the man couldn't find his voice again, after his voice had gone off repeatedly all over the empty room, he finally went quiet, well almost, what was left were faint whimpering; that was all we could hear, I could tell he was going through excruciating pains, I now felt pity for him.

But despite how much pains he had inflicted on the erring man, he still didn't let him go, he pinned him to the wall, still holding on to the already broken shoulder.

"You had one job to do, one simple job, yet you couldn't do it properly, I gave a clear instruction to bring her but you had to do it your way instead, you had her kidnapped and chained up like a dog" the mysterious boss said in a calm voice, almost in a whisper, I could sense the satisfaction in his voice.

"I'm so sorry boss! I'm so very sorry, I regret my actions and I promise you it won't happen again, ever! please give me another chance! please sir!" the man pleaded, the pain and remorse in his voice was evident, there was no doubt that he was indeed sorry.

"Of course you are, of course you're sorry, I would be disappointed if you weren't, you should be. But the thing is, I don't work with the disabled, I don't recruit the handicap, because as far as I'm concerned, you would never be able to use your hands again, that way, you won't ever do anything wrong.

You're lucky to be leaving here alive, now get the hell out of here! I don't ever want to see your face again. Leo?!" "yes boss!" the other man replied, "make sure he disappears for good" "yes boss! Hey! move your ass!" Leo barked at the man who seems to have resigned to his fate, Leo dragged him out of the room.

Now I was left alone with this cold dangerous man, there was this aura he had, it felt strangely familiar.

He took few towards me, and I froze, even though I had been unchained with nothing keeping me bound, I still sat like I still had those chains on, I didn't even breath anymore. I don't know anything about this man but, from what I've seen so far, he wasn't the sort of man I should have anything to do with, he was cold and heartless and dangerous.

He bend slightly over me so that our faces were just a few inches away, I felt the pattering of his breath on my face, but I didn't dare to look him in the eye, infact I had my eyes shut.

After a few seconds, his face was still there, 'what exactly was he doing??' I tried to take a sneak peek at his face, just the instance I opened my eyes to look, I shut them immediately, I couldn't bring myself to look at him.

But then, that split moment of fluttering my eyes open and close were enough to behold the face of this cold man and I was shaken to my bones.

'What did I just see??! Hell no! This didn't make sense! How possible...'

"Sekani" he breathed my name and I froze again, 'he knows my name??' there were too much information to take in at once, how can this cold dangerous man have the face of my mystic prince?? Just to be sure, I will look again.

I slowly opened my eyes again and lo, it was indeed him! how come??!

I found myself staring deep into a pair of familiar icy blue eyes, there was no doubt, it was him, but how come??

"I found you... finally" he said and I furrowed my brows in puzzlement. What does he mean by that? I had a thousand and onequestions in my head and I wanted answers desperately.

But then, just before I make a fool of myself, I decided that I won't tell him about my nightmares with him, I won't let him know that I've seen his face before; in my dreams. I needed to find out who he was and what he wanted with me.

"W..who are you?" I asked finally speaking for the first time since he got here.

"That's a relief, for a moment I thought you were dumb. My identity should be the least of your worries right now, first thing first, we get you out of here" he said, then he strengthened up.

"Come" he said, offering me his hand but I didn't move an inch, not because I knew what I was doing, but because I was contemplating on what to do.

"I'm not going anywhere with you till you tell me who are" I sounded, but behind that strong voice, was fear.

By now, Leo had returned, "I've taken care of him boss" he said, but his boss made no comment.

"Bring her" he said curtly and left, then Leo helped me up, I didn't resist, I just walked along with him as we went through what seemed to be a tunnel and then finally came out through a battered gate. Obviously I couldn't remember walking through this place because I was unconscious when I was brought here.

"What does your boss want with me? what's he going to do with me??" I asked in a low tone, we were approaching the car I was abducted in and I hoped to find answers before we got to it.

"I'm going to answer you honestly, and this once. I don't know, nobody knows, but one thing is clear, he doesn't want to hurt you and no one of us is permitted to, your lucky."

Okay, if he thought that was supposed to make me feel better, then he was joking.

Looking at the armed men surrounding us right now, I found it hard to believe what he was saying, I haven't even seen a real gun in my life! but right now I have almost a dozen of them surrounding me and you call this being lucky??

Finally, we arrived at the car and he opened the back door and helped me into it and then closed the door, he went to sit with the driver and soon we got rolling.

After about 10 minutes into our ride, I broke the silence, "where are we going?? where are you taking me?? you can at least tell me this much, right?" I asked, but got no reply.

I was irritated by his negligence but I probed further, "where is he? I mean your boss, did he..." "can you knock it off?!" he yelled back at me and I shook a little.

I leaned back on my seat, "was just trying to..." "whatever it is you're trying isn't going to work on me okay?! And I would appreciate it if you save your question for whoever is interested in answering them, okay? In normal circumstance, I mean under a different circumstance, I would have been showing you how to shut it, but luckily for you, you're the bosses pet!"

'A pet? what does that mean??'