Moving away from the cries of the prisoners to the dead silence of the streets where William could hear his own heart race.

One injured boy in his arms and another terrified, clutching his jacket. An innocent pregnant girl hidden away somewhere while her parents and a dozen of people were sold and locked up waiting for the most horrible death imaginable.

His only friend and hope for saving them is probably dead along with the plans to clear his name of a crime he did not commit. All because he was born in a family of psychopaths.

"Did you find out parents and sister?" David asked William, still clinging on to his jacket.

"I think I know where your parents are but I need to get you both to safety first." William said.

"Eric needs to go to the hospital." David said.

It was true, Eric's condition was proving to be bad. Not only did he remain to be unconscious but his body was turning colder and his injured leg was turning blue.

"First we need to get you both some clothes and a cover story." William said as lay Eric in the back of his car.

"Cristy will help us!" David said. "She has our clothes too!"

"Cristy?" William said turning to him in surprise. "She kidnapped you!"

"That was just a ruse to get us to you. She said our escape would cause a diversion and she would find out parents and get them out too!" David explained.

William did not say anything till they were back at the hotel. Then he snuck them to their room to get dressed. All the while he was thinking about Cristy.

Sometimes she seemed like she wanted to help but the other times she looks like she is plotting against him. Should he confront her or single handedly carry out the original plan he had formed with the captain?

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"What a waste of flesh." Osborn was telling John as they all sat with the guests for dinner. He cut up his steak and put a large piece in his mouth.

There was a low buzz in the room apart from the clatter of dinnerware. The guests stayed for a three course meal.

"Any word from our investors?" John asked him quietly. Eyeing the people at the table.

"They are not happy, as you would expect. After Williams initiation fiasco....." Osborn said through a mouthful. He did not seem upset about anything. John however could not eat.

"Don't worry, the gas leak story was a good one, its got them pacified them for now." Osborn continued looking at John's worried face.

"It was not a story, Henry." John snapped at him.

"And the gas released for the first time ever, just happened to be in the middle of William's initiation?" Osborn asked raising an eyebrow. "Come on John, we have been doing this long enough to know, there are no coincidences!"

"I don't believe in coincidences either." John replied, but he wasn't looking at Osborn. His eyes moved to the silent figure who just arrived and was standing at the door.

It was Aaron. John excused himself and hurried to Aaron.

"Where is he?" John growled at Aaron.

"He is gone, I chased after him for a while but he managed to get away." Aaron replied, pretending to look tired.

"He is probably still under the effects of the drug." John said fiddling with his tie.

"No. Cristy revived him." Aaron said firmly. "I don't think he wanted to be here in the first place."

John turned to look at him for a moment and then turned away to face his guests.

"I suppose it's time to do the thing I have been avoiding to do for so long! Letting William go...."

"I can get rid of him for you if you like! It might be easier for everyone." Aaron suggested looking hopeful.

"No!" John said firmly. "I will clean up the mess I created. Once the guests leave, I need to have a family meeting."

"I'll tell Helen and Cristy." Aaron said nodding.

"William too!" John added. Aaron looked at him in surprise but did not argue. He silently watched as John rejoined the guests at the table, his fists clenched in his pocket.

What do I have to do to get rid of William permanently??

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Alice was waking up. She had just had the worst nightmare of her life.

After several hours stuck in a maze of horror, she was bound and gagged and locked in a cell. She had a brief interaction with her daughter before she lost consciousness.

She was forcefully woken up by a women who looked so beautiful that she had forgotten momentarily that she was in danger.

Bound to a table, the mysterious beauty cut her with a blade all over her hands and legs. When she was done she took a good look at Alice's tear stricken face and walked away calmly, not a blood spilt on her beautiful green dress.

Then came the boy who was dating her daughter. Aaron. 

Alice knew Aaron from the moment he started dating Dana. She never approved of him and often got into fights with Dana about it. When Aaron stopped coming over to the house, Alice assumed it was because they finally broke up.

But seeing his gleeful face as he pulled out a special tool made her cringe even before his torture started. She eventually lost consciousness from the pain.

When she woke up again, her arms were tied over her head and she was hanging in what looked like a cubical. Since the doors were open she could see Derrick lying on the table in front of her. She could see another man slowly cutting him and Derrick screaming in pain. But she couldn't move, she couldn't speak.

Suddenly the room began to fill with a thin whiteish gas. It was making the open wounds feel itchy, but her throat wasn't working she was almost paralysed, forced to watch the bloody scene in front of her.

The force of the knife going into her ex husband, Derrick, sent the blood splattering to the ceiling.

But it did not end there. The smoke was effecting her too! She was both in physical and emotional pain.

After watching her husband get brutally murdered and fearing she and the rest of her family was next she began to hallucinate. The dead figure of Derrick was replaced by that of her wife, Sophie, and her children Dana, David and even Eric.

Writhing and shrieking she suddenly felt muscles strain at her shoulders and then heard a crack sound.

She did not even feel the sensation of falling. The next thing she knew was that she was lying on the ground. Looking up, she could see the cubical she fell out of, next to hers were two more. One empty and the other has the unconscious form of Sophie, blood trickling out of her closed eye.

Alice screamed. Her throat seemed to be working suddenly and she screamed until something hit her hard on the head and she was out cold!

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