I sat with Reid at the kitchen table eating my toast and eggs he prepared for me. I thought of lastnight. The dream. Of the village. The boy in my dream. 'Who was that boy?' I look over at Reid, 'could it be...that, that boy was...Reid?" I remember him saying something about him being the only person in that village who survived. So could it be? Those couples in the work shop were actually killed? If so then if the boy was Reid then that couple were his..."Parents," I said out loud without meaning too. "What are you mumbling about?" he wondered while reading the news paper of the day.
"Your parents were killed that day weren't they?"
Reid's mask stares at me putting the paper down, "Is there a reason your asking this?" he spoke softly I could tell he was trying to avoid this subject.
"That night,"I began. I don't hate him as much anymore knowing he rescued me from Victor with  one of his hands being injured while fighting him off me, "that night after being attacked by Victor and went unconscious for awhile-"
"For awhile?" Reid says while getting up from his chair walking over to me sitting next to me, "more like you were out for 2 days."
I gasp, "2...days you say?" Reid nodded, 'Was he worried about me not waking up?' I look at my bandaged arm, 'Is Victor the spirit he fears?' I remember reading that he fears a spirit here in the notebook. I decided to work on talking about one thing at a time. Also wanted to know why he rescued me. Right now it is about his parents. "Anyways while I was unconscious," Reid nodded, "I had a dream. That dream seemed to be about what happened...to your village. If so I saw everything from Victor killing and one other guy with his ax who I don't know his name-"
"Marcus is his name," Reid answered.
"Is? You mean he is still alive?" Reid nodded, "does he think you're dead?"
Reid shook his head,"No he knows I am still alive. He knows what happened to his brother."
I gasp, 'His brother?' "Marcus is his brother?" Reid nodded, "your the one who killed Victor right?"
Reid nodded, "I wanted to make him suffer the way he made the people he slaughtered suffer. He is the only one I killed with my own hands rather then feed him directly to the tiger. After I chopped off his head with that bloody sword of his that he is so famous in using on my people I fed his body to the tiger."
I nodded, "I see you are giving me answers now since before you told me that you won't answer questions that I ask?" Reid stayed silent, "listen I still don't know what reasons you have with my father and for kidnapping me. You probably think I hate you its why you don't give me answers. You don't answer questions by someone you think hates you. I understand now why you don't answer them and in return you hate me or least it seems like you do."
"Do you think that I would of saved you that night if I truly hated you?" I was shocked at his voice it was not as cold towards me I mean he hasn't been cold to me ever since he saved me from Victor it took till today to realize it, "If I truly hated you I would of let him kill you which he was planning to do."
I look at him with shock, "You never hated me?"
"How should I hate someone I barely know? I hate your father not you."
"Then why make me suffer?" or used too he hasn't whipped me in a long time 'Is there a reason behind that?' I wondered about my father and him. I remember my mother telling me that my father was a bully in highschool but he got better after marrying her. Well until he decided to leave us, "Reid please. Please tell me? I know you said you have your reasons what reasons?"
Reid stayed quiet for a minute probably thinking it over. He sighed, "Its a long story," he whispered so soft I could barely hear him. "Before I tell you this I want you to finish your story about your dream."
I nodded with a smile he was finally going to give me answers. "Well before the killers showed up I saw the village alive like there were people walking around it was also peaceful and children were playing. Was that what the village was like before that day?" Reid nodded. 'I wonder what emotion he is hiding?' I could tell there is something. Usually when he is quiet I notice something is off. "I saw a boy about 9 or 10. He was shopping for food with his parents. Later on in the dream I saw smoke in the sky. It took me a bit to notice your forest was on fire. There were screams in the forest too thats how I noticed the forest was on fire. It was him doing it wasn't it the fire?" Reid nodded, "Anyways in the dream two men showed up with a car. One guy who was Victor with that same sword you have hiding in that closet and other one with the ax which you told me was Marcus. People were running from them cause they know that they were killers. First of has this all happened that day?" Reid nodded I gasp, "so I basically dreamt your past then," I whisper, "that boy I saw in my dream and running with his parents to a work shop to hide from Victor and Marcus that was-"
"Me," he simply said, "we hid in a work shop."
I breathed with in deeply as I look over at him his mask face was facing the ground, "Reid I saw what happened to your parents. I saw but why did I see that is beyond me?"
"Victor," he spoke softly.
"What you mean? Are you saying that the spirit is behind this?"
"You asked me ones about my dreams. Ghosts and spirits when they want to make you suffer they will be able to if they know how for example Victor who destroyed my village and in return I killed him for revenge so in return he tries to make me suffer in my dreams. What you dreamt about yesterday  I dream it too and," he put his face in his hand. I was shocked by this. 'Is he alright?' should I give him comfort? Not sure if he will accept though. I remember him holding my hand yesterday as I woke up. 'Maybe I should try doing the same now?' I held in a breath as I slowly grabbed his other hand which was resting on the table. I watch as Reid's mask turned to where my hand was grabbing his own.
"Go on its ok?" I said softly.
Reid's mask turns to me, "Why do I even tell you this in the first place. Like you said I don't tell someone something this personal who hates me."
I gasp at this, 'Does he not like it knowing that I hated him?' I did hate him yes more then anything but after yesterday hearing how he hurt his hand by trying to get Victor away from me my feelings felt different. Like maybe I never actually hated him sure I hated what he had done to me and made me suffer so many times but hating actually him? Right now I don't know what I feel for him but I know it wasn't hate, "I don't hate you Reid. How can I now after you rescued me?" I couldn't tell what he is feeling at the moment nor what emotions he is hiding behind the mask, "I mean what I don't get is why you haven't whipped me in a long time."
"Do you miss that?" he wondered with a hiss.
I shook my head, "No of course I don't miss something like that. It was cruel what you did," I managed to speak out which was more like telling him with fear in my throat. I mean it was like scolding Reid and I feared that he would lash out about being scolded by the person he kidnapped.
"Back then when I made you suffer I wasn't thinking about you I was thinking about your father and it made me angry. It was like I was whipping him instead of you. "
I nodded understanding what he is trying to say, "You understand now don't you I don't hate you," I gripped his hand.
His men came into the kitchen. One of them holding a guy on his shoulder. Reid took his hand away from me and his other hand away from his face. I could tell he was trying to straighten up and be the boss. "What is going on?" he wondered getting up. Walking over to his men. I follow him looking at the guy.
"We found this guy next to the van."
Reid nodded, "Tie his hands and put him on ground at my feet," he ordered. The men did as they were told. He was dropped to the ground hard. His hands tied behind his back. Reid grabs the guy's hair, "What were you doing on my property?" the man looked my way he studied me for sec. Reid kicked him in the chest. The man groaned in pain laying on the ground, "Tell me now! What were you doing?" the man looks up at Reid while on the ground. One of them showed him a camera that he took off the guy. He looked at the camera, "So you were trying to take sneat pictures on my property!" he shouts angrily. I stood there quiet watching the scene playing infront of me. "Well first of all you don't need this blasted camera anymore," he hissed hotly. I watched him drop the guy's camera on the ground the man tries grabbing for it with his foot. Reid stumps on the foot which I knew was going to happen. He cries in pain as he heard his bone starting to break under Reid's boot. Reid takes his foot off. Stumping hard on the camera it broke in half. I watch the man whimpering about his camera. I tilted my head to look at the camera guy. Before when I came here the first time when someone is whimpering next to Reid's feet I would of been freaking out for him and feeling sorry for him also almost throwing up from the shrieking begging while in the tiger's cage. Now in the present time looking at this guy I thought how pathetic he was. I don't know why that thought came to me or why I decided to say, "Pathetic," I whisper loudly.
Reid looks over at me, "What are you saying over there Dan?"
I stare at the man in horror not that they can see I am horrified as I said this, "He is pathetic," the man whimpers while looking up. I walk over to him, "I know exactly why you came over here," I said with a bit of sting to it, "you wanted to see what's behind that mask of his?" I pointed at Reid keeping my eyes on the guy, "I just know it," the guy whimpers, "And I bet a dollar that you are camera partners with that guy," I look over at Reid he was staying silent his masked face is turned to me. His men's mask faces were turned to me too. I look back down at the guy. For some reason I hated someone upsetting Reid. "Do you think you could get away with it!" I shouted at the camera guy, "your partner got caught by the way."
"I suspected that," the guy groans, "he was missing at our office."
I look over at Reid, "This guy worked with that guy you caught if you recall?" Reid nodded. I look back at the man, "I would like to see your cellphone," I ordered. 'Why am I giving orders like that?' "Now!" the man whimpered, "Oh I forgot your hands are tied." I walk near the man who had his eyes on me, "Very well I will take it from you," I knelt down next to him trying reach for his pocket. The camera guy kicks me in the side. I groaned with pain. 'Did I hear Reid gasp?' Reid walks up to the guy and kicks him hard in the face. The man fell on the floor groaning probably wishing he can clutch his face. I breathed out from my side hurting. I watch on the floor as Reid is reaching into the man's pocket and takes his phone. I was surprised when he hands it to me.
"Take the guy to the basement," Reid ordered his men while looking down at me, "you know what to do." his men nodded with one of his men flinging the guy over his shoulder. Â The man whimpered wondering what they were going to do to him. I got up from the floor standing up next to Reid. I look down at the guy's phone. After his men opened the door to the downstairs Reid turned to me. I was clutching my side. "let me see?" he told me. I lifted up my shirt. His cold hand touching my skin. I shivered not from the cold though. "its forming into a bruise," he lets go. He takes something from his pocket a healing cream. 'Interesting that he carries that with him.' He taps some on his finger, "this will help the swelling go down," he strokes it on my injury. I felt a shiver go down my spine. "I got surprised that you called that guy pathetic I thought you were going to tell me to let him go?"
I nodded looking at the dark wooden floor, "I was surprised at myself too," he let go of my skin putting the cream back in his pocket, "its just for some reason I don't like somebody upsetting you," I look up at him. I didn't know what he was hiding behind the mask after I said that or if he was shocked. He seemed speechless though, "You ok Reid?"
He nodded, "Just I am...surprised at this that you would say that."
I nodded, "I am shocked at myself for telling this to you," I said with surprise in my voice.
He walks over to me leaning next to my ear, I gasp with shock as he says, "In truth be told I don't like anyone else but me hurting you or making you suffer," he looks at my face. Breathing heavily. I nodded with shock clearly on my face. Reid looks down at the cellphone, "Why did you want his cellphone so badly that you injured yourself by trying to get it?"
I put the cell phone in his hand closing his fingers around it, "That guy won't be the last trying to sneak pictures of you. I bet a few of them are on his contact list. I thought you might like to check it out?"
Reid looks down at the cellphone in his hand. It was a iphone, "Thanks," he says which shocked me more then him telling me that he won't let anyone else hurt me. He put the cellphone in his pocket, "plus I do need a new phone as well."
"It is a nice one," I smiled then my smile dropped when something popped in my mind, "Why are these guys after your face? Is there a scar or something?"
Reid looks down on the floor, "Do you really want to see?"
I thought I didn't understand him correctly, "Are you saying you going to show me if I say yes?"
He nodded, "What harm can it do by you seeing."
I was shocked to no end, 'He...he wants to show...show me?'