Cayden's P.O.V

I sighed and rubbed my temples in worry. I've never worried myself over someone like this.

Damn girl! What have you done to me?

"She isn't a type who would run away from something that easily. I know her", Martin's voice kept repeating in my head over and over again.

I sighed again. This time it was a frustrated one. I ran my fingers through my hair, messing it further.

I knew that too damn it! I know that she's one hell of a brave woman. That is why I love her!

Whoa! What did I just say now?

Great! I've officially gone insane.

The door to my office flung open and a pale Martin entered, panting hard.

"We've tracked the car!"

"Where?", the word escaped my mouth hurriedly.

"It was found abandoned in a work site. The buffer looks like as if it hit something hard", Martin uttered, looking completely shaken.

I froze on my seat.

"And Emma?", I asked in a whisper as my heart pounded in agony with every passing second.

"She is missing", Martin choked out making a pang of pain rise in my chest. 

I felt my eyes turn dark with rage. My fists clenched in to a ball. And then,

RED!

That was all that I could see and feel.

This was the second time that I've let myself be consumed with so much anger. And both the times it was because of her!

"DAMN IT!", my fists struck my mahogany table with a crunch.

"Call a meeting. I ain't gonna lose anyone else who's special to me", I gritted out coldly making Martin hurry on his feet.

I punched the table again as I heard the door open. I thought it was Martin leaving and I raised my fist to throw another punch when I felt another presence inside the room.

I paused and snapped my head towards the intruder with a glare, only to meet the familiar face of Director Williams.

The glare turned in to pure shock when I heard his next words.

"I know where to find her"

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Emma's P.O.V

Cold.

It was freaking cold. I could feel myself shiver slightly. I tried hugging myself to make me feel warmer, but my arms wouldn't budge. To be more precise, I couldn't feel my hands at all.

Where am I?

That was the first question that popped in to my head.

I tried looking around, but black was all I could see. That is when it clicked that my eyes were indeed closed. I tried to open them but ended up with a failed attempt.

I gave up. I barely had strength in me to move a muscle, let alone hurt a fly.

I tried searching my mind for any memories, but unfortunately ended up grasping none. My mind was basically floating in a whirlpool of pure blackness. It was like I was in the midst of a black hole.

So I don't blame it for suddenly betraying me when I needed it the most.

"Do I even make sense?", I thought to myself when a bulb suddenly flashed at the back of my head making my world dawn with realization.

Am I dead?

But how?

The last thing I remember is-

I tried digging my memories again and that is when the events from the previous night came gushing in to my mind in full force making me mentally gasp.

Shit! I was kidnapped!

I tried opening an eye to peek a bit as my survival instincts started kicking in, but to my dismay, it remained glued and inseparable. I then felt a faint throbbing somewhere in my head too and that is when I realized that it must be the chloroform.

Shit! The chloroform has begun to work its charm. I inwardly began to curse at my fate.

Tell me how awesome can my life get anymore?

Fuck!

Something cold splashed on my face making me gasp for air as my eyelids automatically fluttered open in horror. I shook my now pounding head to clear the water from my eyes and then looked up only to find them widening further purely in horror and disgust as they took in the sight of a yellow toothed baldy grinning down at me evilly.

"Well well well, look who we've got here", the baldy sneered as his rugged breathe fanned my face making me scrunch in disgust.

"Miss. Brave and mighty who's now a helpless pussy", another voice sneered in reply making my head snap towards his direction.

Both of the men started laughing as I glared at them. My mouth was plastered so there was no use talking and wasting my energy.

I glared as I observed them closely. The other man was a vice versa of the yellow toothed baldy. He was tall and thin with a mysterious look in his eyes. Yet, I knew better. He wasn't the mega-mind that I had been searching for. His body language said it all.

I would have taken down both of these bastards in a blink if my hands and legs weren't tied.

"Look bro! She's glaring at us", the baldy smirked and laughed mockingly.

I gritted my teeth in anger. If only I could give this dick a peice of my mind-

"Fiesty, I like it", the other one smirked and winked at me displaying his toothless set of teeth.

My fists clenched in their own accord. Rage built within me, boiling and exploding like a volcano.

If only I could get my hands on these bastards now, they would be-

All my thoughts stopped midway as the mysterious one got down on one knee and stared in to my eyes with a serious look.

"You are still here because our boss wants you alive. So don't make us do anything", he whispered with a smirk as he unclenched my fists one by one.

Bloody bitch!

I snapped my hands from him in disgust and glared at him with all my might.

How dare he touch me with his dirty hands!

"I told you love. Restrain. Yourself", the bastard grabbed my hand again and gripped it harder as he stressed on each word, trying to make his point.

He then winked at me and stood straight.

"I'll go make the call. Don't touch her, remember!", the mysterious one said to the other with a flash of warning in his eyes.

"Alright! Alright!", the baldy raised his hands in surrender.

With that, the mysterious one left with his coat flapping between his ankles. Once the door shut behind him, the plump one sighed and then grinned at me.

"I'm watching you", he spat and gave me a watching sign as he walked towards a chair at a corner, whistling to himself.

I glared at him as he sat down and showed his yellow rotten teeth. I ignored him and looked around the room that I was in. It looked more like a dungeon.

There was a long metal table at the center and a set of tools on the floor beside it. The cold grey cemented floor had stains of red here and there, filling the whole space with a strong metallic ordour.

The smell made my eyes widen in horror. They were blood stains!

Oh my God! This was their torture room. The room in which Bella and the others were tortured in. I stared at the stains assuming that they belonged to Bella and the little boy since they were the previous missing victims.

Tears clung on to the corners of my eyes as dizziness overtook me. The insides of my stomach churned at the mere thought, making me gag in horror.

The yellow lit surrounding blurred and spinned making me feel nauseous.

Nauseous.

That was how I was feeling right now. Correction, add a lot of horrification to it, and that is what exactly I was going through right now.

I stared at the whiplash on the table as images of the little boy being whipped as he screamed and cried, played infront of my eyes. Images of Bella being sexually harassed and tortured, shocked and stunned me to the core, rendering me completely dumbfounded.

I felt something wet drop on my lips. I unconsciously licked it to be greeted by a salt taste. I touched my cheeks with my tied fists to realize that I was crying. I quickly rubbed them clean before the baldy could see. I would rather die than show any weakness infront of these bastards.

I couldn't explore the blood stenched room anymore. Horrible images of torture formed in my mind making it unbearable for me. I looked down instead and tried working on my bounds secretly.

Just as I figured out a way to unbound my hands, I heard footsteps coming towards my direction making me freeze in mid-action.

I looked up to see that it was baldy. He was coming towards me with his eyes shining in amusement. He crouched down to my level and played with my hair.

I glared at him as my eyes flashed in warning, daring him to touch me.
He continued playing with my hair as if daring me to move. Just as I was about to stuff my fist in that disgusting unshaved face of his, he spoke up.

"I don't think I can wait anymore. I can't wait to watch you scream in pain", he whispered as his foul breathe fanned my ear.

I jerked aside and gave him a disgusted look.

He glared at me for a while and then shook his head and chuckled to himself as his bold head reflected the yellow neon light of the basement.

"Well too bad. You are going to have this-", he paused and pointed himself from head to toe.

"to torture you", he then continued and sneered at me, showing his rotten yellow teeth.

Yeah right! As if I would let him touch me.

I looked in to his eyes and then rolled my eyes in a very exaggerated way. His jaw clenched and his face took the colour of a tomato.

Clearly that pissed him off. I couldn't help but let my lips tug upwards forming a smug smile. Too bad they were plastered or I could have enjoyed seeing his reaction when he takes a look at my face.

He dragged me along the floor by the roots of my hair towards the metal table.

Son of a bitch!

Wait till I get my hands on him! He will be the ragged doll instead!

He lifted me and surprisingly threw me on the metal table with great difficulty.

So baldy isn't that bold like he pretends to be.

Aha! That makes things easier for me.

A grin stretched on my face but soon dropped when I saw the whiplash in his hand.

Oh- oh!

Before I could move,

WHOOSH!

Fuck!

Pain exploded within me as the lash hit my back, breaking and shattering my spine in the process, or that is how I felt it.

WHOOSH!

The lash struck again making beads of tears clung on to my eyes balls dearly for life. It struck the same skin as before, cutting in to the wound deeper and making it to sting when the fabric of my navy blue shirt touched it.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

I bit back a cry as pain exploded in my chest making the tears in my eyes leak from their sockets. The burning sensation in my chest made it unbearable for me to bear, making me want to scream and wail in pain.
Thanks to some far worse unforgettable experiences from my past when I was working with the IAE, I was able to keep my mouth shut.

I couldn't move my hands nor did I try to. I knew that I was already drenched in blood. The IAE better hurry or I might loose all the blood and die here.

I winced expecting the next lash to strike, but before anything could happen, I heard the door open and then footsteps reached my ears.

"What!", I heard the mysterious man's voice exclaim.

"You idiot! You really have a death wish don't you! The boss is here", the man hissed in anger.

I heard the baldy curse.

So I was finally going to meet the mega-mind. Too bad, I was already slipping into unconsciousness.

"Go check whether she's awake", I heard the man hiss again hurriedly.

I quickly shut my already droopy eyes. I heard footsteps arrive around the table and then a string of colourful curses.

"She-i-s-g-gone", I heard baldy stutter.

I heard the mysterious man lose his composure for the first time.

Seems like their boss is a super scary guy.

"What's taking so long", I then heard a cold malicious voice hiss with authority making the whole room freeze at a minus thirty degree.

Goosebumps rose at the back of my neck and chills were the last thing that I felt before I slipped in to complete unconsciousness which unfortunately didn't last long.

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Hey lovelies,

Here's the third chapter for today as promised. How did you find it huh??

Good?? 😉

Damn! I just wish I could slash that baldy in to pieces. No kidding! 😤

Remember? That bastard was the very same guy who tortured Bella 😤

And seems like the mega-mind is here too. Who do you think the mega-mind is??? 😱😱😱

And what do you think will happen to Emma? 😢

Will the IAE make it on time??? Or will they be too late? 😬

Too many questions, I guess.

Stick with me and get ready to read the next chapter in a few days. Where's the fun if I don't keep you all hanging for a few days right?? 😉

But no worries, I won't take long to update this time. I won't betray you twice 🙈

And since this is the fortieth chapter, you all know that this will be one of the special chapters.

And here comes the dedication part!

I would like to dedicate this chapter to-
(Drum rolls please!)

FireandIce_24

She is one of those wonderful human beings I met through Wattpad. We just clicked together from the very first day and I don't regret getting to know her. She has been one of those people who had been commenting continuously for each and every chapter and had been motivating me without any hesitation. To be honest, I kind of miss her and her attitude as a friend. For some unknown reason, she has disappeared from Wattpad. I sincerely pray that she's doing great.

Eventhough I don't know when she will come online on Wattpad, I sincerely want to dedicate this chapter for her for she deserves it.

Thank you for the never ending support that you have always showered me with Akku!! I will never forget them. I hope that you will be able to finish the rest of this book one day and tell me what you think about it.

And guys, she has an amazing work of hers too. Don't hesitate to go check it out in her profile 😊

And that all said and done, meet you all in the next chappie!!

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Till next time,

Love,

Ranna