DARK MYSTERIES(COMPLETED)

Chapter 16

  Esther groaned in pain as she came to consciousness. “What happened?”
One moment she was driving towards home after visiting her son to give him his birthday present. The next,she was here.Here in question was a spacious room with lots of boxes around her, the only other object occupying the room was a dim bulb which glowed above her head producing the sole source of illumination in the otherwise dark room.  She tried to move and discovered to her horror that she was confined to a chair  and bound with ropes, which restricted her movements. She drew her head back and let out a huge sigh of frustration. 
‘ How did this happen?!’ She screamed internally.
She racked her brain as she started to remember slowly:
She was on her way home from her son’s school when  her car suddenly broke down. It was beginning to be a thing of nature now for the annoying vehicle.It was already dark and she didn’t need this kind of stress right now. She grumbled and alighted from the car to open the bonnet. She was still contemplating on what the problem was when she heard a calm voice behind her.
“Having trouble there, ma’am?”
Startled, she turned around. It was a guy  in a long trench coat staring at her with a calm expression and a gentle smile on his face. She breathed a sigh of relief and put her hand over her chest.
“Sorry if I startled you.” He chuckled.
“No problem.” She replied.
“Is there any thing wrong?” He queried.
“Well, it’s this car.” She grumbled. “ It just broke down all of a sudden. I don’t know why it keeps doing that?!”
She turned to attend to her car, missing the growing eerie look on his face.
“Such a pity.” He said as he began walking calmly towards her.
“ And at this time of the night. You never know..” He paused as he reached her.Her back was still turned to him. He reached into his coat.
“..Who could be lurking around.” He finished in a deadly tone.
The tone of his voice stunned her and she turned around, just for him to spray her in the face with sleeping gas. She coughed and struggled before she collapsed and everything went black….

“That little son of a..” She mumbled in annoyance as she remembered everything.
She was interrupted by another moan. A moan of pain. She paused in shock as she assumed she was the only one in the room. She craned her head towards the sound and saw a silouhette of another figure tied in a chair just like her at the dark side of the room. She squinted her eyes and deduced that he was clearly a guy.  Then again, the voice gave him away.
“Hello?” She said and she noticed him tense and move his head forward to study her.
‘Probably just waking up.’ She mused
“ Mrs Johnson?” The figure gasped in surprise as he recognized her  face revealed by the bulb. A look of surprise came to her face.
“Yes.” she replied as she sounded cautious. She wasn’t about to take any chances again. “ Who are you?”
“It’s me, Ma'am. It’s Jake.” He replied.
“JACOB?!!” She cried out in shock. “ What happened? What are you doing here? ”
“I can’t really remember.” He replied. “ It’s all a blur.”
Before anyone could say anything further,  The door opened and someone entered the room. He switched off the light and moved to another side of the room to switch on another bulb. This time it was brighter and light reflected around the whole room. He had his back turned to them before he turned around to reveal…
“OH MY GOD!!”  Esther cried out in recognition “ LUKE?!”
“Well, well, well.” He laughed. “I’m so flattered you still remember me. How long has it been, Esther? I6 years? Wow. It’s been a long time.”
“Luke!!” She cried out as she struggled against the chair. “What is the meaning of this?!! What is going on here?!!”
“Oh don’t bother yourself struggling.” He waved his hand dismissively.“ It’s a waste of time. What is going on is that you and young Jacob over there are the center of attraction for a wonderful reunion between me and..”
He winked at her. “ ..Your boy.”
“Luke!” She growled in a warning tone. “ I may not know what is happening or what you are up to or even why I am here, but I swear if you are planning anything against my son…”
“Oh.” He pouted in mocking fashion as he held her chin and stared into her eyes.
“ The love of a mother. How touching. It makes me want to cry… Not really.” He laughed.
She scowled at him but said nothing.
“By the way.” He continued as he released her and walked in a circle around the captives.
“This invitation is all thanks to these two people.” He gestured to the door.
The door opened and a young man stepped in. Esther gasped as she recognized him as the man who sprayed her earlier.
“YOU!!”  She cried in anger.
“ Have you met?.. oh wait, of course you have.” Luke laughed as he walked to the man and slung his arm around his shoulder and faced then faced them with a proud smile on his face. “ Lady and Gentleman.Meet my son,Chris. A real chip off the old block.”
“And I should care because?” Jake retorted in annoyance. He was confused and pissed off now by this situation he was and it didn’t look like they were going further.
“ Because, Jacob..” Luke said as he left his son and went to stand at the back of Jake, resting his hands on Jake’s shoulders . “ You might want to see the other person who made this meeting possible.”
He gestured to the door and another person entered the room. This time a girl. A deadly smile made it’s way to her lips as she sauntered towards Jake. Jake’s eyes widened in horror as he took in the sight of the girl who stood in front of him.  She was….
“ ANGELA?!!” He cried out in shock.
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“I should have known he was going to strike sooner than expected!” Daniel cried out in frustration as he walked along with Annabelle along the bushy path on the way to the warehouse.
“I should have seen the signs.” He continued. “ No disturbance, no encounters for the past weeks. It was too good to be true.”
“ I can’t believe he stooped so low to involve Jake and your mother” Annabelle hissed. “ Then again he was always  a heartless beast who…”
“..Wouldn’t stop until he had what he wanted.” Daniel finished. He was wearing a leader jacket that housed  a  lot of wooden stakes and  garlic spray. He carried a crossbow that was filled with sharpened arrows made of wood. He was well prepared as he knew things were going to get bloody. Annabelle on the other hand went unarmed. They reached an opening which revealed the full view of the warehouse and they could see a few lights on.
“You ready?”  She looked at him questioningly
He glanced back at her and nodded. “ Let’s do this."
“Wait.” They were startled as a low voice called out from behind them. They turned around and to their surprise, they saw none other than Tomiwa. She had her arms crossed and there was an angry expression on her face.
“Tomiwa?” Daniel was surprised. “ What are you doing here?”
“Was about to ask  you the same thing?” She replied. The frown not leaving her face.
“ So Jake escorts me to my hostel and we say our goodnight and bla bla bla. Then he goes. I enter my room only to remember that he left something with me. I try to call him and he doesn’t pick , which is weird. Jake picks on the first dial. I decide to run to his hostel only to hear from one of your guys I met outside that he is not around and you were also not available. Shocking. I decide to take another route to my hostel and what do I see? Daniel and Annabelle walking through the woods like Hansel and Gretel. So what I want to know is..” She paused and stepped towards them.
“ What the hell is going on?” She concluded.