Spending hours in a closed trunk without the ability to speak was scary, indeed. Levy has been shivering. What would happen if he could shout? Would someone notice him? Should he think about the situation at all? Maybe the kidnapper was right. Maybe the only way to keep his sanity was sleeping. But, oh god, how should he fall asleep in a situation like that? So the boy started to count. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - lighters. Not sheep, lighters. He has been thinking about smoking a cigarette. I would take approximately 8 minutes for him. 4 hours is around 30 cigarettes. I cigarette is 480 seconds. After 30 cigarettes, the man would open the trunk. Or not? Maybe he lied. No, no no! Let's start the second cigarette. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5....

At 18 cigarettes, the car stopped. Levi could here people talking to each other. They arrived at a gas station and tanked the Rover. At 20 cigarettes, they left. At 32 and half cigarettes the car stopped. At 33 the man opened the trunk and Levis eyes were blinded by the light. Not sunlight, it was the light of the lamps, four of them altogether. 

"It's a bit too light here" said the man, with a stoic expression. Was that the kidnapper? He didn't have a mask. Instead, the boy could see his face. His mouth was a bit on the thin side and his eyes looked small compared to his forehead but he had plenty of hair and a charming face and didn't look angry at all. He looked like someone doing a daily routine.

Levi coughed a few times when the tape on his mouth had been removed. He could not look away from that face.

"Here we are. I will untie you first and we will treat your arm afterwards. I have the proper equipment here. Don't try anything funny or you will regret it. There is no way to escape, just that you know. Now, try to stand up." the man instructed. "Do you need to throw up?"

The boy shook his head, still scared as hell. What the fuck was this place. All he could comprehend was that the huge metal door was closed.

"I asked you to reply with words before, right?" Levi fell a chill. He remembered the first time the man reminded him of that. "Ye-yes, I can stand...i think" he answered quietly, and tried to put his weight on his feet, very much in panic. His legs fell asleep so he stumbled and fell. "I - I..."

"Try again" the man said. He seemed cold but not angry. "It's perfectly normal that you are not well. There will be no problem until you follow my instructions."

So Levi tried again. Success. As soon as Levi was on his feet, the man grabbed his healthy arm and started to drag him somewhere, seemingly towards a smaller door, which the boy just noticed. It was on the other side of the room, in the corner. The man had keys to open the door. Levi's heart has been jumping like crazy. What's with all those doors everywhere?

"W-where are you taking me...Sir?" it seemed like a good idea to add Sir at the end of the sentence. He simply needed to know what's gonna happen next. This situation was fucked up. What is they just chop him up without any notice in advance?

"You don't worry about that and just follow" replied the kidnapper, without any explanation at all. "I didn't tell you to ask your questions, yet. Shut up."

Did that mean that he would get to ask them later? Levi had no idea what else to do, so he complied. He had been dragged up a few stairs and through a corridor with some guards. They seemed like people in mafia movies but at least didn't have masks on them. 

"Get inside" the kidnapper led Levi inside a not so intimidating looking room with a few chairs and a bed and something that looked like and X-ray machine. He pushed the boy down on the bed. "Sit quietly" the man said. "Not a word. There will be a woman coming and she will take a look at your arm. After untied, do not try to harm her or run to the door. Nothing good will come out that. You will just miss the opportunity to get your arm treated and end up a fucking cripple."

So this was some type of medical room? It seemed to be so. Now, that was confusing. Would they really treat him? But why? What is this place?

The kidnapper just sat on one of the chairs and kept his eyes on the boy. It felt like the grim reaper watching over him. 'Don't think, don't think, don't think' Levi kept repeating in his head. Also, he needed to keep himself from asking questions so he just climbed to the end of the bed, next to the wall, and hid his face in between his thighs. The man didn't seem to mind. After a few minutes, a women really arrived. 

"A new one?" she furrowed her eyebrows. "We didn't have a newbie in a long time."

"Indeed" the man answered. "Get to work, I can't use a damaged product."

"Alright, alright. I see there's something with his arm. Why is it not untied yet?"

"Didn't want to move it too much. Could make it worse, as far as I know." Great, so Levi got to know that they didn't untie his hands out of fucking concern for him. So who were these people and what did they want from him. It would have been great if he had the courage to ask but the man told him not to, and he was scary, oh, so very scary. 

"Dear, could you come closer?" the woman said, smiling. "I need to cut those ropes."

"Ye-yes." Levi said. He was still trembling, as he felt the kidnapper's eyes on himself, but managed to turn around. After a few moments the boy could feel the blood returning. It hurt so much that he let out a loud moan. 

"Don't worry sweetie, I will cure that for you. Let's see, I will help you wash your broken hand first. After that, let's get to the X-Ray" the woman explained. On closer look, there was a table with water on it. Levi suddenly remembered how the man cleaned him with a hosepipe before. But he didn't seem to move now. And there was light. And Levi wasn't tied up. 

The woman washed the panicked boy's hand of the dried blood, used the X-Ray machine on it and after that, she put the broken limb into a cast. "He needs lots of rest" turned the woman to the kidnapper. "And should see a psychologist. They all should see a psychologist."

What did 'they all' mean? Levi wondered. He looked at his arm. The blood disappeared and it was all white now. He was still dirty at all other places. He felt dirty under his skin and in his brain, too. 

"And the boy needs a bath and some food immediately." added the woman. The man nodded. "I planned to take him to his room and explain the situation to him."

"Good" the doctor nodded. "Then, see you next week, dear" she smiled at Levi and left the room.  Did they plan to keep him alive until next week? That was somewhat reassuring. From these last words and the cast on his arm it seemed he won't be killed today. 

The man maid Levi follow him again, but this time he didn't drag the boy, who momentarily gave up on fighting. There were too many guards and cameras everywhere. The place seemed like a fortress. They got to an another corridor, unknown to Levi, yet. It was on the second floor and all the rooms had numbers as in a hotel. But they also were made out of thick wood and had ridiculously many and very secure looking locks on them. 

"You will stay here" the man said. "You will be good and not cause a scene. There is food and a bathroom. Try to get clean. Eat something. Don't even think about harming yourself or the furniture, someone will immeadiately spot it trough the cameras and you will be in deep shit. Am I understood?" the kidnapper asked.

After a few seconds of waiting Levi said "Yes." The man pushed him into room no. 5. The boy landed on his knees and the hurt in his legs made him wince. "Great, I will be back in an hour. Think about the three questions you want to ask the most. I don't have so much free time to deal with you so you better decide on them or you won't get to ask anything at all." after that he closed the door. One click, two clicks, three, four...it was indeed a strong lock, alright. At least until the man came back it would keep everything else out. He was safe until he heard the clicks again...

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A new chapter after a long time. What do you guys think? I seriously plan on updating this frequently from now on. :) There was no so much new information in this chapter but the next one should make it more clear what kinda place was Levy taken to.