Hidden Motives

Gone

That was a mistake. I shouldn't have played it. 

My mother was sitting on a chair with her hands tied behind her back. My father was in the room laughing.

 It was terrifying. He asked her questions and more questions, but she wasn't responding. He was getting angrier and angrier with her unresponsiveness.

"Tell me where Sierra is and I will spare you!" he yelled.

She just stared at him blankly.

"Tell me you idiot! Stop being a fool! I will find her and I will kill you both! If you want to be spared tell me!" he said furiously.

"No" she whispered.

"You useless piece of garbage! You will pay! Sierra will watch you die!" he said while pulling a gun from his side. 

"No! Sierra I love you!" my mother cried.

The sound of a gunshot was heard and the screen flashed before turning black.

Immediately I felt shocked. Fear and anger overcame me, but seconds later waves of sadness hit me hard. My mother was gone. He killed her. I was kidnapped and my mother was dead. The little light of hope I had went out. Hope was gone. My mother was gone. And Sierra was gone. My mother was connecting me to my past and I couldn't get answers now. 

The man watched me before requesting for the phone back. I handed it to him and he laughed. This man was pure evil just like my father.

I watched as he exited my cell leaving me alone once again.

My thoughts consumed me. I was being eaten alive by the power of my mind. Nothing mattered and I didn't really have any motives to live. Two days had passed and nothing. I was still as trapped as before and getting weaker each day. My father was going to find me and I was going to die. That would be it. He would get what he wanted from me and then kill me just like he did to my mother. I was scared and hopeless.

That same night as I was digging my own grave of thoughts a light flashed through the hole in the wall. "Zara" a voice whispered.

I instantly shot up from the matress and went over to the hole. I didn't have the energy to move the wire frame so I just looked up at the hole. "Who is it?" I asked.

"Zara I am here to save you. I am so sorry for acting like an asshole. I think it's my fault your even in this situation." the voice said. It was clearly a man.

"I am going to ask again. Who are you!?" I repeated.

"Zara it's Max for gods sake now be quiet and let me get you out of there!" he whispered aggressively.

"Oh my god! You know what, suddenly I am fine in this cell. I really don't want to speak to you so leave me alone! How did you even find me!" I said.

"Zara please! I need to help you! Everyone is worried sick and Maddox...well I need to tell you about him later...but Adyline is going crazy! So is Kailyn and even Dylan! I can't imagine what your parents must be feeling!" Max pleaded.

"Right" I thought. "He doesn't know about my secrets"

"Well then hurry up and get me out of here so I can see Adyline asshole" I voiced.

"I deserved that one" Max whispered.

I can't deny that him admitting it made me smile. 

He then said "I have a plan. There is only one man in there watching you and its that same idiot from the theaters. I should've killed him, but I didn't. Anyways, I know that the entrance to this warehouse is on the left closest to the water. I think he was planning on taking you somewhere on some type of ship because I can see that shipment preparations are being made. I don't have much time and I am playing a game with a criminal. But..but I am also a criminal so we are on even grounds. I..I promise I will explain it to you later. Just hold tight and I should be unlocking your cell soon."

As he said this his voice was shaky. He seemed a bit scared, but the worry in his voice was strong. He cared about me. This ice cold man really cared about me. But why? Either way my only goal now was to get out of here. I had to agree with him and let him make his attempt to save me. But, I needed him to survive.

"Ok, deal, but promise me you will survive. Don't get hurt and if you die I don't know what I would do. I'm scared Max." I voiced, fear obvious.

Max smiled and said "Don't worry about me. You will make it out alive even if I don't and I swear by that." As he said this he slipped away into darkness leaving me alone again. He was gone. Max Payne was gone. But this time he was gone on a mission. A mission to save me. Would he be successful? Would he be alive? Those questions kept me worried. I was worried for the life of the man who I had just met. I was worried for the life of the man who showed me he wasn't all bad.