Chapter 216

216 The Need of Answers

Dr. Mord looked around, as if he was waiting for something-Charlie Company-to arrive. “Come out, Charlie,” he said with a laugh, but there were no words coming from his mouth.

Then he started to laugh hysterically again. “The rest of your friends are taking a long time to arrive,” he said, checking his watch for some reason, but there was nothing there. “They’ll be here in a couple of minutes though.” He started to laugh hysterically again. “That’s all the time I need.”

I was afraid, worried at their arrival.

I didn’t want to die. I was terrified of what Dr. Mord would do to them.

Then I felt a hand touch my shoulder.

It was Jones’ hand.

“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine,” he said, right by me with his face drenched with sweat, but still smiling. “We’re going to get you out of this.”

“You don’t understand,” I said, but my voice was barely there. “He wants me and my friends. You guys are not of his concern.” Jones sighed as he looked at me. “We will soon,” he said as he looked at me, trying to reassure me.

“But we’re going to get you out of here first,” he said, his voice shaking. “He wants us all to watch your friends die.” He looked over at Dr. Mord and then back at me, “Then we’re going to make sure that’s not the case.” As if he knew what he was going to do, he looked back at Dr. Mord.

.....

“I’m not sure that’s gonna happen,” I said, feeling the pain and hurt-with tears starting to form in my eyes, “you saw what he did to us.”

“Yeah,” Jones whispered, “but we’ll fight until the bitter end. We’ll stop him from hurting anybody else.”

“I sure hope so,” I said to him as Jones smiled, wiping his face with his shirt before looking back at Dr. Mord.

Then Dr. Mord smiled at us. “I can’t wait to watch all your friends die,” he said with a laugh before looking back at me again.

I was surprised by how calm his smile was on his face.

I was scared of the look in his eyes.

“This is so suspenseful, I love it!” Dr. Mord cheered with a crazed grin, “But it’s about to end,” he added with a laugh before looking at me and smiling again, “And then I’m going to make your friends die painfully. Oh the pain, oh the pain! It’s going to be so good,” he said with a laugh before looking back at Jones and then Hanover who looked like they were about to cry.

Then soon enough, FBI agents and September, Nikki and Tisiah rushed towards the room. But then they stopped, with shock blasted on their faces and fear and terror twitching their eyes. Petrified and horrified, they stared at Dr. Mord with fear in their eyes, and they knew it wasn’t over.

I stood up as the agents started to take cover behind their backs and began to aim their guns towards Dr. Mord.

“Don’t even try to shoot me because my guards here are way more advanced than the pawns guarding this base,” he said with a chuckle, and then he pointed at Fulton and said, “If you would kindly tell Charlie Company to come in.” Then Dr. Mord turned his attention back to us, and then to the agents as he smiled at us with a wicked smile that seemed to go on forever. “It’s so nice seeing your faces again.” He said with a smile.

Then I looked at him in fear as I felt my knees buckle.

“Come in, Charlie Com-”

“Only the three kids,” Dr. Mord ordered, “And no one else.”

The sound of someone pressing buttons came from the other side as I heard Fulton say, “Charlie Company to Base.” Nikki looked at me with worry, and all I could do was cry, which was embarrassing to myself, but I didn’t want to die either so I tried to put on a brave face and not look as terrified as I felt inside my head.

“I want September, Nikki and Tisiah to come inside now,” he ordered, as the three walked in slowly, their eyes wide and filled with fear as they looked back at me. They looked terrified of Dr. Mord and I felt guilty for being one of the reason they were in this situation in the first place. “Great...” he said with a smile, “I’ve been waiting for this moment.”

I looked at them all and then at the agents who looked like they were trying not to make eye contact with Dr. Mord. “Alright guards, bag these three and Connor and Malachi. Take them to the van,” he said, while looking at the guards.

Then guards started to run over towards us with evil smiles on their faces.

And I just knew it wasn’t going to end well for us. Suddenly, a big black bag came over my head and my visibility blurred, which made me panic even more as I couldn’t see anything-or anyone. My vision went dark as the bag got tighter around my face and I started to panic more and more.

What was happening?

What was happening?!

My vision blurred even more as the bag got tighter around my face.

I couldn’t breathe!

I started to cry as I tried to take in air but nothing was working as my lungs started to feel like they were being crushed by someone. Then, I knocked out.

***

Where was I?

What happened to me?

I woke up, feeling a light sway of what could be some sort of moving object. It wasn’t a van-no-that would be quite concerned. It was as if it was on the sea, just moving-oh no. Am I on a boat?! I woke up, finding myself a room that was quite dark. Gray walls, a marbled floor, and a window by the side that seemed to be bulletproof glass. We were on the sea as the waves swept through the air.

I was scared, worried-afraid for my life. What do I do?

But then I heard the door open as I saw Dr. Mord walk inside of the room. Was this the time I was going to die like he predicted or threatened or promised or whatever you’d call it? But then when I read his eyes, he was subtle, like a normal man. It was as if he was normal. Why was that so?

Hopefully, this normal-ness allows him to let me go or something.

He sat down inside of the chair, and he stared at me. “Hello,” he said with a smile. “I hope you’re doing well.”

“I hope so as well,” I responded with a sarcastic tone I already regretted, but then I continued speaking, “Why am I here?”

“Oh come on now,” Dr. Mord laughed with a sly grin on his face as he crossed his legs, “I would’ve thought that you would have guessed why you are here. But I might as well tell you. I want you to describe how you got to my sister. That day you killed her.”

I was silent...unsure of what to say or where to start, but then I opened my mouth to speak-and found it hard to get a word in edge-wise.

“I would love it if you started telling me how you got to her,” Dr. Mord said with an evil grin on his face.

I nodded while looking at him, not sure where to start. I could still remember chasing her through the halls a few months ago. “We were chasing her after our men surrounded Charlie, the base from Camaguey. Yeah, she was cornered once we caught her. She was crazy-like you,” I said to him, as I felt my heart racing for the second time in as many minutes. “She was like a caged lion.” I said as my mind began to wander, recalling the scene before me in my mind.

“Her eyes were...red and mad. Fire burning in her eyes, lions roaring in her breath,” I mumbled silently, “I remember that day like it was yesterday.”

“Good,” he said, “And then?” Dr. Mord asked, his eyes widening as I stopped talking, “I’m sorry, what do you mean?”

“Continue on, there’s more,” he said. “I know there is.”

I nodded. “She broke my wand, and we had a very challenging fight with her. Super challenging, it was as if-it was impossible to beat her. But then the rest came to the rescue, and then-she exploded.”

Dr. Mord’s eyes widened, confused and unsure as if he was confused of what I was exactly meaning by that. “Exploded...” he asked with a perturbed face, “What do you mean?”

I blinked, unsure of what to say next, as he watched me closely with a raised brow in response to my hesitation. “Exploded, unless you can’t comprehend that,” I said back to him, although a bit too feisty for my liking, “It was a fireball-a very big fireball that took us all by surprise and knocked us off our feet.” I said with a confused expression on my face and feeling like I needed to stop talking now-it was getting hard for me to continue on.

“Heh,” he said. It was as if he was accepting the fact, but I was almost sure he wasn’t. “That doesn’t make sense.”

“It did at the time,” I responded as I shrugged my shoulders while frowning as I thought about the memory again and again in my mind, trying to recall every detail of what happened that day. “She didn’t want to get caught, what better way than to-”

I felt a ringing pain on my cheek as Dr. Mord’s hands slapped against my face, causing me to cry out in pain and shock. “Don’t try to play innocent!” he shouted, “I know your type of people! You’re trying to pretend you don’t know anything when you know everything!”

“I told you everything! You refuse to believe it!” I screamed at him, as if I was completely someone else. I never knew myself to be this angry or this hot tempered at all. I never knew myself to be this reckless or this foolish... “I know what happened that day!”

“I know that. But you’re telling me lies,” he said, while looking at me like he didn’t believe me in the slightest. “You’re lying!” he said again as he hit me again. This time with the back of his hand in my cheek so hard that it almost knocked me unconscious.

“You know what...maybe this can convince you,” Dr. Mord said. He suddenly pressed something and a part of the wall slid to a view of seeing Nikki on chains. She was in the air, chains holding her from up top and chains maintaining her at the bottom.

I felt my eyes widen in horror and disbelief as I looked back at Dr. Mord with fear in my eyes. “What is this?” I hissed as he chuckled as he looked at me. “A person very important to you, Connor Drails,” he said as he smiled at me.