"Its okay Ren, I know we'll survive this together, just trust in dad he'll rescue us."

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"Elle."
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"Sis? What do they want?"

"I- I don't know bro. But I need you to stay stro-"

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"Elle."

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"No! No!"

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"Elle."
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"Hello Davidson! How're you my old friend."
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"Elle."
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"Dad! Dad! Help!"

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"Elle."
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"Dad! Help us Dad!"

"Shut the fuck up."

"Ren!- Let go of me fucker!"
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"Elle."
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"Let go of me you fucker!"

"You know Davidson, your daughters a bitch. She's way too feisty for my liking. Maybe I should teach her a few lessons."
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"Elle."

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"Ren-"

"Ren... be a good boy no- a strong man in the future. Don't let these things hinder you in the future. I want you to live free and not bothered by what's happening right now. And I want you to tell the girl who'll you'll be marrying in the future that if she cheated on you I'll haunt her."

"I'm sleepy-"

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"Elle."

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*************

The noise of the water dripping from somewhere assaulted my hearing as I woke up in this dark place, followed by a sudden throb on my head. I can also feel something cold and wet traveling from my head down to my neck as it fall unto the floor.

Blood.

The guy just batted his gun on my head that it made me unconscious.

I couldn't even feel the ground underneath me as if realizing I'm being hanged up to something and both my hands and feet were tied, and a tape on my mouth preventing me to utter a single sound. I couldn't see anything since it was dark, and that dripping noise was irritating my ears now.

I waited maybe an hour before a sound of clanking and turning resonated the room and footsteps shuffling around. The lights immediately beamed making my eyes shut in pain because of the brightness. I slowly opened them and found two bulky men, all of their heads were bald and shiny as my golden doorknob. The other person stood in between them was wearing all white tux and a white hat while puffing a cancer stick in between his lips.

"Greetings son of Echelon."

He chimed with his thick voice before puffing his smoke, making a cirlce as he exhale. I glared.

Echelon was my great great great grandfathers name who founded our mafia group, and basically, named our group after him which rose to fame and being a top and wanted mafia group in America since it has too many eyes and connection around the globe. Even in the government and public officials, our group has it all reported and monitored.

"Maybe, you already know what I want?"

This group has been our family enemy for decades now, but it seems like they're like zombies and kept reappearing even if every generations in our family had ended them but until now, there's still alive and going all out war with us.

One of the guy with big bulky muscles and a shiny bald head neared me and removed the tape from my mouth, cringing from the sudden pluck of the tape.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I asked blankly.

My eyes narrowed at him as I looked at him. He puffed his smoke once again and removed his white hat from his head and it revealed his strong green eyes and golden brown curls that tends to stick out everywhere but he looked good at it.

This not the time to check on him Ren.

"You dont know? Or your just denying it. But don't worry, I'll make you spit it out later when they're prepared. For now, let's have a nice conversation, son of Echelon."

He smiled, a sinister one sending shivers throughout my spine. I have a bad feeling about this man.

The other bulky man removed me from being hanged in the ceiling but didn't remove the ropes tied on my hands and feet as they lowered me on the rusty and wet ground. I kneeled in front of them and looked up when I sense the man in white standing in front of me.

But the least I could expect was a sinister grin but I was wrong as his strong feet landed on my cheek and I was thrown to the other side of the room in no time. I heard his feet came to me and pulled my hair harshly that he might rip it from my head.

"Listen brat. If you don't give me what I want, you'll be a dead meat."

I laugh at him, not minding the pain in my jaw from his kick.

"Just like I said. I. Don't. Know."

And again, he drag me by my hair and lounge it right through the wall multiple times. I was crying for myself, not beause of pity and pain but because of the relief I was feeling.

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I could die now, and those memories of mine won't be hunting me anymore. And there's no other one around here that will endure pain in front of me.

Yes...

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Minutes of inflicting pain to me, the guy finally stop since my mouth wouldn't spit anything. Honestly, I don't even know what they want.

Doofus

"You wouldn't tell anything huh? Fine then."

He pushed my head from his grip and gestured something to his men. The other guy said something on his radio and nodded to his boss. The two walked out of the room leaving the door open. Their boss looked at me.

"You asked for it. I bet you'll speak the truth this time."

The two men went back in and my world seem to shatter as my eyes begun watering on their own. Here I am thinking I could die in peace without anything that'll haunt me, No one has to be sacrificed but I was wrong. All wrong.

"Please let us go."

Their cries and wails echoed throughout the room making me froze.

"Mom, Dad, I'm scared."

The six year old girl cried while being held by the ropes and tried to reach for her mommy and daddy who seems to be loss to their own virus world, not knowing what to do too, since all of them was blindfolded.

No, don't tell me.

"Now, if you don't give me the code to that secret room I'll blow each of their heads right now." He said as he pointed each of them with his silver gun.

Code? What code? I don't know what they're talking about.

"I'm begging you. I don't know any code that you're trying to ask." I pleaded through shaky voice.

"Oh really?"

He started pointing out his gun at each of their heads as he sing meanie meanie miny moo, their cries going louder than before.

"Answer now! Son of Echelon!"

He yelled. His demonic voice resonated throughout the room making me and the hostages flinch in fear.

"Please sir. They're just innocent family. Please I'm begging you."

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"No!" I yelled even if my voice was hoarse.

The fathers body crumpled to the floor, cold and dead as blood begun pooling underneath his body. The wife and the kid begun crying too as they heard the sound of the gun and a body fall to the floor.

"Dad!"

"Henry... dear God!"

The wife and kid wailed making my chest constrict in pain. No, not again. Please, I don't want to bear any more guilt rising over me.

You've let your dear sister die in front of you, your so useless.

No...... no I'm not...

Yes you are...

"Son of Echelon! I'm waiting for your answers! Give me the code to the secret room!" He yelled again as he started singing again.

No...

Kris... I need you... where are you?

"I told you. I don't know. Please, I'm begging you."

"Uh-uh, wrong answer." He smirk and another loud bang resonated through the room.

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The womans body fall to the floor with a loud thud, immediately, blood begun pooling underneath her as she lay dead together with her husband.

"No! Please, just please stop killing innocent people!!!"

I yelled as I scrambled from the bulky mans grip but he won't budge. I was a crying mess, so as the little girl who's left kneeling before the man.

I need to save her. I won't make the same mistake ever again.

The man let out a demonic laugh as I cried on my spot watching the two dead, bleeding bodies of a mother and a father who's got nothing to do with this situation. An innocent family.

The other bulky man whose been standing behind him moved up and whispered something to him making the man in white scowl in anger.

"Guess your still clueless Echelon." He called and pointed the gun to the girl and that's when I went ballistic.

The guy who held me cut all of my rope and I quickly scrambled over to the girl to prevent her from being hit by the bullet.

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Blood begun dripping from my hands, but it wasn't mine.

Her body slowly fell to the ground and I manage to caught it before it hit the rusty floor, and when I looked at her dead eyes, It felt like history just repeated itself.

"Looks like your daddy has come to pick you up. I'll retreat for now but next time, I'll make sure I have the code."

The three of them went out of the room leaving me crying silent tears as I looked at the little girls dead eyes. They have the same color that had me thinking it was my sister.

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You've let your dear sister die in front of you, your so useless.

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I hugged the little girls cold body as I kept chanting words of profanities under my breath.

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I'm useless. I've let innocent people die in front of me without doing anything. I let them die. I'm useless. So useless.

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"Ren...... I'm here."