Chapter 5 - King of Darkness

"Wake him up!" The deep chilling voice echoed in the old warehouse as the man sat on his dark throne looking no less than a king.

His rageful eyes were boring holes in his next prey who was tied up in a chair. His men threw icy cold water on his unconscious body and as result, he woke up in a jolt while wincing in pain all over his body.

He was in a bloodied condition hinting that his men had already brutally beaten him. But the king will make him bleed more until every drop of blood is out of his body, after all, red was his favourite colour.

"Please let go of me." The person spoke somehow, his eyes were showing how much he was afraid of him!

"Give me a good reason, why should I let you go?" He asked smiling sinisterly while looking at the torture weapons thinking deeply about which one he should use first.

"I have a family." The person replied, triggering his anger.

He instantly picked up a small knife and shoved it into his cheek earning an ear-piercing scream from him.

"Don't show your fucking fake love for your family. You are using your family to escape from me. But today, you are here because you raped your daughters and you have abused your family." He roared at his face and punched the knife and it deeply pierced his face and he screamed in agony.

"You don't deserve to live but I will keep you alive because I want to see you live a pathetic life when I will be done torturing you. I will make sure, you will never be able to move an inch in the future even though you will be breathing." He laughed sinisterly and picked up his favourite equipment which gives him the most satisfaction and his prey the most painful moment.

Seeing a saw in his hand, the person's eyes went wide, he started shaking his head indicating him to stop. But he isn't gonna stop.

He never did and never will!

Then slowly he cut both his legs and hands, the warehouse filled with his screams and his screams were very pleasant to him.

"Take him to the hospital and make sure he is alive otherwise you all will be dead." He ordered his men.

He then turned around to see the man still conscious and screaming.

"Never forget who I am!" He gave him an evil smile.

"Rudra Singh Rathore!"

"This name will make sure, you don't even think of doing anything evil ever." He said giving him a last glance and went away from there.

He went towards the parking lot where his driver was waiting for him and he indicated to him to start the car with the motion of his fingers. The driver bowed down in front of him and quickly went inside the car following his order.

He was about to get inside too but stopped hearing an ear-piercing scream. Not just any scream but a girl's scream.

How dare someone step foot inside his property without his permission? Moreover, the warehouse was in an isolated place and no one knows the address then how the fuck someone can come there?

He didn't have time to think about anything else so he quickly wore his black face mask while taking out his gun. He started following the voice and he reached the gate.

He understood that the voice was coming from the woods which surrounded the property.

"Leave me, you bastard." He heard that painful scream and he quickly followed the sound and reached that place.

"Leave her!" He gritted his teeth, aiming his gun towards the three men who were about to rape a minor girl.

Her heart felt relieved when she understood that someone came to save her.

"Please, save me!" She somehow whispered, trying to look at the person with the light provided by the moon, otherwise, the whole place was filled with darkness.

"Fuck off, motherfu–" One of the drunkard men was about to say but before he could complete his last words, he loaded all the bullets in their bodies and the girl shivered more terribly hearing the gunshots.

"I want to go home!" She cried pathetically, looking at that person whose face was covered and he was just blankly staring at her up and down and she started feeling that he is also like those men.

His eyes stared at her half-torn school uniform and the few bruises on her hands and legs. He felt anger bubbling inside his body and he started thrashing those men though they were already dead.

He kept mercilessly punching them, messing up with their bodies and she couldn't see any more of his cruelty and ended up vomiting.

"Please stop." She whispered, begging him and he finally stopped and looked at her.

His hands got bruised as he beat them mercilessly but he didn't give a fuck about it as his main concern was the girl who wasn't in a good condition. He started unbuttoning his coat and she moved back in fear thinking he was also about to do something bad but her thoughts changed when he came near her to wrap his coat around her body.

"Can you walk?" He asked in a gentle tone and he wondered in his mind when was the last time he behaved gently with someone!

"My ankle hurts." She cried and he nodded understanding her, taking her in his arms properly as it was his first time picking up someone.

He started walking slowly and she started looking around feeling scared of the unknown place and also of him as he had a gun and he killed those pathetic men in front of her. It was hard for her to decide if he was a good person or a bad person but she decided to ignore that question for that moment.

He came out of the woods and walked towards his car, while she was staring at his angelic face.

"Stop staring at me!" He murmured looking ahead and she bit her tongue in embarrassment and looked down.

"Master." The driver called him worried as he was carrying an injured girl.

"Quickly take us to the town." He ordered him and he gently put her in the backseat and he also sat beside her.

"What happened?" He asked after some time while the car started moving.

"I was coming back from school and those men kidnapped me and they took me here after making me unconscious, they were about to–" She couldn't say further due to her crying.

She was thankful to God that he sent him at the right time to help her otherwise she can't even imagine what those pathetic men would have done to her.

"Thank you for saving me!" She gave him a light smile and he just kept staring at her.

"BTW, I am Neha, who are you?" She forwarded her hands towards him for a handshake but a few seconds passed, and he didn't say anything or shook his hand with her!

She felt awkward so she took her hand back and gave him her innocent bright smile.

"How old are you?" He asked after some time.

"Fifteen, what about you?" She asked but this time also he didn't answer.

She became quiet after that and started thinking that she wouldn't step out of her house again. What if someone tries to harm her again?

But wait, she has a solution.

"Are you scared?" He asked, because of her sudden quietness.

"People like them might come again, I will never go outside again, ever." She said, making up her mind.

"If you don't go outside, it doesn't mean that they can't get inside." His words scared her more.

"Will you please keep me safe? Become my bodyguard, I will give you my pocket money every day, just keep me safe please!" She requested him cutely and he felt like laughing as she was thinking that he was a bodyguard.

If she knows his true identity then she will leave the country in fear.

"I have work to do and why should I save you? Learn to protect yourself." He told her, and closed his eyes, trying to rest his mind.

"Your loss, I was giving such a good offer." She pouted sadly and turned her head in the opposite direction, closing her eyes too.

Within a few minutes, she fell asleep in tiredness but she could hear someone talking.

"I promise, I will always keep you safe!" That's the only thing she could hear and she smiled peacefully.

Rudra opened his eyes with a jerk as the alarm started ringing, indicating it was time for his workout. He went to the bathroom and washed his face while thinking about why he was remembering the incident from seven years ago!

The telephone started ringing from his bedroom bringing him back from his thoughts and he went inside to pick it up.

"Boss, she is safe!" His most trustworthy man informed him.

"Everything should happen according to the plan!" He smirked thinking about what was going to happen next!