Emma's P.O.V.

One moment I was in a peaceful dreamless slumber and at the next, I was gasping for air as something cold hit my face. It felt like electrocuting a person who was at the verge of dying to bring him back to life.

I gasped again as another bucket of ice cold water splashed on me, drenching me from head to toe as my deeply slashed wounds stung horribly. My eyes were already wide open, yet my mind was still numb from the shock making me feel completely clueless on what was happening.

I felt someone pat my face hurriedly.

Huh?

My eyes slowly focused on baldy as realization dawned upon me gradually.

I quickly looked around for the mega-mind, but found no one in sight. The sound of a sigh met my ears. I looked towards my side only to see a visibly trembling baldy with relief evident in his eyes.

He took a huge roll of bandage and started wrapping it around my torso over my blue shirt tightly. I winced when the cloth dug deep in to my slashed wounds. The tanned skin belonging to baldy, now looked pale even under the yellow neon lights.

He pulled me up from the chair with a grunt. The corners of my lips quirked upwards in to a smug smirk making me realize that the duct tape and the ropes were gone.

Wrong move baldy.

I snickered. He looked up at the sound and glared at me with his jaw clenched. I smirked again.

What can he do? I am sure that I could lift him with one arm.

Okay, maybe I am over exaggerating a bit, but still lifting was definitely possible!

"Walk", he grunted and jabbed a gun at my back.

I started taking baby steps towards the door, just to tick him off. On the other hand, I had to drag the time till the IAE breaks in here if I want to live a tad bit longer. Unfortunately, one against a hundred or even more wouldn't be a good match in reality like the films portray it to be.

We were now walking through a dark corridor after climbing a couple of flight of stairs. Our footsteps echoed in meantime announcing our arrival to the rivals. I knew better, we were no longer in the basement. My guess was that we were rather in the third floor.

"Stop", the baldy jabbed the gun again silently daring me to move.

We were now infront of a huge teak door. The door opened on its own accord as if it was awaiting our arrival.

"Move", baldy grunted again, roughly pushing me forward.

My heartbeat slowly began to speed up its pace.

I was finally going to meet him.

"Please don't let it be of someone I know", I mentally prayed as I stepped in to the dark room.

I was first greeted by the sight of a huge wide glass window overlooking the streets below. By the look of the dark sky, it must be around 9 in the evening now.

I frantically looked around adjusting my vision around the dark room only to be greeted by a muscular silhouette leaning against the glass window at the corner of the room. By the look of it, he had his arms crossed over his chest, but that wasn't what intrigued me. It was his eyes.

I stared right in to the luminous blue orbs flashing at me in the dark. They held of clear amusement and interest. I glared right back at them. I won't die without giving a fight.

I watched the silhouette straighten up. He walked towards me with predator like steps. I stood right where I was, not even moving an inch back.

The silence was deafening.

He was now near me with his blue orbs peering at me coldly. The look in his eyes made chills run down the length of my spine. Yet, I still stared back, refusing to give up.

The staring competition continued for a while and then suddenly the blue orbs rolled back and a bark of laughter errupted, scaring me to the core. The laugh was not of humour, but of evil.

Pure malicious evil.

"A girl!", he laughed mockingly making anger seeth through me like lava.

The laughing continued for a minute followed by other sounds of laughter around me, indicating that there were more people in the room. Then the main one stopped and so did the others, ravelling the room in to complete silence again.

The blue orbs blinked at me with interest playing in them.

"This is going to be fun", he whispered in my ear with a hint of amusement, making me shiver slightly.

"Peter!", the cold voice lashed out, cutting the thick silence with authority.

"Yes Boss", an unfamiliar thick voice replied immediately from somewhere behind me.

"You know what to do", the mega-mind hissed with a nod.

I froze on the spot.

What were they planning to do?

I quickly took a fighting stance but soon put my guard down in surprise as I heard baldy's voice pleading for mercy while he was dragged away. The door to the room shut with a thud drowning baldy's pleas completely, rendering the whole room in to complete silence once again.

"That is what happens when you mess with me love", I heard the cold voice breathe against my ear, freezing the pit of my stomach.

I disguised the fear in my eyes with a stoic one. I then snickered.

The baby blue eyes turned dark with rage, completely scaring the shit out of me. Yet, I still managed to cling onto my cool façade.

You can call me stupid for signing my death warrant a bit earlier, yet, I wouldn't trade this opportunity to humiliate this bastard for anything.

A cold hand gripped my arm making goosebumps arise in them. I winced slightly as the grip tightened.

That would surely leave a bruise behind. I mentally flinched at the thought.

"What's funny?", the voice then hissed in anger.

I looked in to his eyes directly and then glared. Before I knew it, my free hand flung forward and hit him square on the face. A look of surprise flashed across his eyes but soon turned in to rage. He caught my hand as it flung forward again for another shot and soon gripped it tighter. Both my hands were in his custody now.

"Don't touch me", I spat venomously as I simultaneously aimed a shot for his groin.

My knee came in contact with his fatal place making a silent groan errupt from his mouth. Unfortunately, he didn't buckle down clutching that place in pain like I expected. Instead, he twisted my hand and pulled me towards him in a way my back collided with his chest. He caught me in a headlock.

His breathe fanned against my ear.

"Tell. Me.", he whispered emphasising on each word as his hold tightened around me in warning.

I tried wriggling out of his grasp, but he was too strong for me.

Screw his muscles again and again!

His hold tightened further and was almost choking me.

"I don't like repeating myself Miss. Parker!", his voice roared in anger.

I coughed as I got choked further. I wriggled as a distraction and then simultaneously dug the heel of my hard soled rubber shoe in to his foot.

Unfortunately, it wasn't very effective as the four inch heels I have, yet it was a good distraction. 

Taking this as an advantage, I bit his hand with full force making him loosen his grip. I wriggled off his grasp and aimed his balls another kick, but unfortunately he was prepared for it this time.

He caught my leg mid way and pulled it making me loose my balance and fall on the tiled floor. He then pounced on me, crushing me with his massive weight making me groan in pain.

Damn! What does he eat for breakfast?? Elephants or something?!

I tried pushing him away, but like predicted it was impossible. My situation was similar to that of an ant crushed beneath a giant's foot.

I know. How embarrassing.

"You want to play? Then let's play", he snickered right in to my ears.

Seriously what is it with this guy and snickering in my ear?

The sound of a strangled gasp reached my ears and it didn't take me seconds to realize that it was from me.

This big fat bum was crushing me. I had to do something before I ran out of Oxygen. A bulb lit at the back of my mind making me grin in triumph.

I caught him by the collar and pulled him towards me catching him off guard.

"Oh handsome", I whispered in to his ear dragging my index finger along his straight cut jaw.

I felt his jaw tense and I pulled him even closer. Our lips were inches away and noses only a millimeter apart. I felt him inch closer and that is when I made the move.

I jammed the pocket knife in my hand in to his chest making him growl in pain and anger.

If you are wondering how I got my hands on a pocket knife, I had it hidden in my socks when I was entering the mansion to raid Cayden. It was hard to access it until now. Please all credit goes to baldy since it was him who untied me.

I then got on top of him and jabbed it right where I thought his heart was, but he unfortunately caught my hand mid way. His eyes were dark with anger. He pushed me down and got on top of me while the both of us struggled to pry the knife from each other.

I succeeded and managed to slash one of his biceps.

"Enough!", I heard him growl and the next thing I felt was a stinging sensation on my cheek.

Huh? What?

Confusion clouded within me for a second and then it hit me. It hit me like a fast moving truck.

He slapped me.

He fucking slapped me!

I gripped the knife tighter and plunged it through his collar bone making him howl in pain. He pulled me by my hair and smashed it on the floor beneath me making my head explode of stars. He smashed it again making me involuntarily groan in pain. I could literally feel birds flying in a circle around my head like in the cartoons.

"Tie her!", he ordered and got off me.

By the time I shook my head clear, I was already tied to a wooden chair. The lights flickered on and the sudden brightness made me close my eyes and slowly adjust to it. I opened them again to see doubles of everything in front of me. I shook my head and the vision slowly cleared.

Standing before me was a young handsome devil who was in his early thirties. Yet, he wasn't as handsome as Cayden though.

Wait what?!

I mentally facepalmed myself.

He had tattoos all over his pale white skin. He had muscles at all the right places and had a big frame. His head was shaved off completely, yet it didn't look ugly on him. He triggered a memory somewhere in my mind.

He looked vaguely familiar.

My eyes widened in realization. He was one of the top billionaires in the world like Cayden.

"Victor knight", the words rolled out of my tongue in a whisper.

I looked up at him in disbelief.

So this is how he gets all the money?

Son of a-

He threw a chair infront of me and sat on it and smiled smugly.

"That is me", he pointed towards himself with a smirk.

His muscles flexed making more blood ooze out from the wounds. From the wounds that I caused.

My lips etched in to a truimphant smirk at the mere thought. Looking at my satisfied expression his smirk deflated and turned in to a menacing glare. If looks could kill, I would have already been dead by now.

"Tell me", he hissed in anger.

"Tell you what?", I spat on the floor and smiled at him smugly as my eyes portrayed innocence.

His jaw visibly clenched and a nerve popped out from his forehead.

"Why.did.you.laugh?", he gritted out as his fists clenched dangerously.

I knew that I was standing at the borderline limit of his patience so I better answer him before I got another gash on my back. I don't know for how long I could drag this before I finally ended up dead.

Where was Director Williams for God's sake?

"Tell me!", he barked at me like a dog.

I pretended to sigh and yawn as if I was bored.

"I was just wondering whether you were the mega mind or the giga one", I told him with a smirk.

His eyes bored in to mine intently as I stared back at him right in the eye. He then shook his head and chuckled.

"I am the ultimate one", he whispered and then barked out an evil laugh sending chills down my spine.

He stopped laughing and his eyebrows furrowed in to a frown.

"Why did you doubt that?", he asked curiously.

It was my turn to laugh. I threw my head back and laughed a cold humourless one.

"You had men around you and you had to tie me up to defend yourself against a girl", I shrugged and told him smugly as I stressed on the word 'girl' mockingly.

His eyes turned darker. He dragged his chair closer to mine and leaned forward so that our faces were inches apart.

"Do you know why I asked them not to touch you? Because when I heard that it was a girl, I wanted you for myself. After all the battle had always been between you, me and someone else. Don't worry, you will be released soon when we are left alone", he winked and grinned at me, showing his pearls like white teeth.

I froze for a second.

He was talking about Cayden!

"Someone else? Who?", I quickly asked as I pretended to be confused.

His eyes bored in to mine for I don't know how long. I continued staring back at him in utter confusion.

"So you don't know huh?", he asked me while rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

"Who?", I asked again.

"Well some dragon tattooed men have been targeting my men and I have not found anything about them so far", he finished off with his voice dragging with doubt.

I feigned a gasp.

"So the dragon tattooed men are another group? But- but- I thought they belonged to your group!", I exclaimed and widened my eyes feigning shock.

The guy seemed to be almost buying it, but a flicker of unsurity passed his eyes.

"I wanted to force you to spill who it was. Don't worry, when we are alone I'll make sure whether this is a small pretense of yours or not", he leaned forward and whispered in to my ear making me swallow hard for real.

"All men, OUT!", he clapped his hands and ordered while throwing me a wink.

My heart rocketed between my ribs as I watched the others moving towards the door.

Where was Cayden when I needed him?

Everyone started walking towards the door, but before anyone could reach it, the door flung open and a guy entered the room.

"Boss! They are here!", the guy choked out as if he had seen his boss for the first time.

Everyone visibly froze, including Victor.

I couldn't help but grin like a Cheshire cat. Victor looked at me in shock. I smirked and wiggled my eyebrows at him, letting a smug smile play on my lips.

"Go! Go! Go!", he ordered his men urging them to go and face the IAE.

Everyone left except for the messenger.

"How?", he snapped at me with a hint of confusion.

I leaned forward till the ropes let me and smirked at him.

"That is for me to know and you to find out", I told and blew him a mocking kiss in the air.

"YOU!!!", he growled and pulled my hair by its roots.

Both of us were glaring at each other when a faint coughing interrupted us. Both of our heads snapped towards the source to see that it was the messenger.

"I thought I asked you to leave!", Victor roared at him in fury.

I expected the guy to flee from his spot, but to my surprise he smirked instead. I stared at him in confusion. The guy took out a revolver and pointed it straight at Victor and that is when it dawned upon me.

Cayden had set spies among them!

I couldn't help but grin at him in joy.

Victor straightened up in anger but the door flung open once again only for Cayden to step in with his weapon held high.

"Have been looking for me Victor?", Cayden questioned with a smirk.

Victor looked at me questioningly. I smirked and nodded at him, confirming his suspicion.

"Meet Mr. Martinez, the billionaire, who you have been searching for all along", I sneered.

"You knew him, but you lied. Bitch!", he growled and raised his hands to slap me.

Before he could even lay a finger on me, a gun shot resonated among the walls of the room, making him growl in pain. I looked back at Cayden to watch him blow the smoke off his gun mockingly. I grinned back at him and then turned to see where the bullet had landed. It had landed right on Victor's bicep.

Another shot resonated again, making the bullet land on Victor's leg. Then another and another and another. Victor's legs were drenched with blood. He was now on the floor growling like a wounded lion.

"I ain't going to let you die that easily. You are going to suffer for what you did to those poor innocent souls. For what you did to my poor sister. And you are going to suffer for laying a finger on her. You are going to suffer so much that you will start regretting the day you were born", Cayden hissed while trampling Victor's face and shot him again.

I've never seen Cayden more angrier. Seeing him like this freaks the shit out of me. I feel for Victor.

"Nick, take him. Make sure he's alive!", Cayden ordered hurrying the messenger boy on his feet.

We both watched Nick and a few others carry Victor out of the room.

"That was intelligent of you to set spies", I told him with an awestruck impressed look in my eyes.

"It was very intelligent of you to insert a tracking chip inside you", Cayden said and looked at me with eyes filled with warmth. The anger was long gone and had been replaced with an unreadable emotion.

I grinned back at him cheekily.

"Where's Martin and-"

"Outside. Taking care of the others", he replied immediately, cutting me off.

I got uneasy a bit. He was staring at me as I was some precious jewel. I was then suddenly engulfed in a warm tight hug.

"Don't ever do that again", he breathed in to my hair.

"Do what?", I asked with my voice muffled against his shoulder.

"Get kidnapped", he replied softly, still not letting me go.

I pushed him away and glared at him.

"It wasn't my fault!", I pouted in anger.

He chuckled and then caressed my face, silencing me with his index finger on my lips.

"I know. I was just worried"

And then he hugged me again.

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Hello everyone,

Long time no see 😅
How are you guys doing? I sincerely pray that everyone's fine over there 😊

Okaaaaay <swallows hard>
Let's come to the topic yeah?

I'mextremelysorryforthedelayandincoveniencethatIcaused.

Did I make sense? 😅

Well let me repeat-
I'm extremely sorry for the delay and inconvenience that I caused. And let's not forget the promises that I broke 😓

Well to be honest it wasn't exactly my fault either. You know when life happens things can get messed up unexpectedly. I just needed a break. That's all.

Yet, I do agree that I owe you guys an apology. So yeah, I apologize for the very long wait from the bottom of my heart 🙈

Sighs*

Apologies apart-

How did you find this chapter?

The image of the person posted above was solely used to help you imagine the features of Victor Knight.
I seriously don't know his actual name though. If any of you know, let me know 😊

Anyways,

Who did you expect the villain to be???

How did you find the fight?

And most of all, did you find my villain a badass or a soppy character? 😅

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Love,

Ranna