On Your Knees

Chapter 7

I groan at the throbbing pain that's consuming my head. My eyes flutter open and shut as I start to wake up. The smell of blood and dirt are the only things that fill my nose. Finally opening my eyes, I look around and take in my surroundings.

I was tied to chair in a dark, dirty cell. The cell was dimly light with the only light source coming from a barred window. The sounds of groaning in pain let me know that I wasn't the only prisoner. I let my head hang down as I tried to remember what happened the night before.

Oh yea, the man in my room.

"Hello!". My voice cracks and I clear my throat hoping it soothes the ache. "Hello!" I try again. The sound of boots near my cell makes my heart rate pick up. A tall man appears in front of the cell. "What?"

"Get the man who is responsible and have him come down here"

The man laughs and walks away muttering something I couldn't hear. "Hey!" I yell after him. After a while of yelling for him to come back, I stop and focus on my escape plan. However, the sound of the cell unlocking breaks me from my thoughts.

A tall man with dark brown hair walks through the cell door. He has to be around 6'2 and twice my weight. He walks up to the chair I'm tied to and stops right in front of me. I look up at his brown eyes.

"You're a prisoner to the Russian Mafia and yet here you are, sitting in a cell, demanding the presence of my boss" His Russian accent is prominent when he speaks. I give him a small smirk, "It's rude to keep people waiting".

He chuckles and squats down to meet me face-to-face. "Who are you?" I ask him. "Alexei Antonov, фейерверк" Alexei responds. "Don't call me that. We're aren't friends". (firecracker).

Alexei just chuckles at what I said. "So Amora, what business do you have spying on us in Russia?"

"Straight to the point I see. I'm sorry but that's classified information" I say holding eye contact. "So stubborn aren't you" Alexei says also holding eye contact.

"Why are you after me?" I question. Alexei stands up and walks away from me. He tells the guard outside something and then he turns back to look at me. "Sorry фейерверк, but that's classified information" He says rolling up his sleeves. (firecracker).

Cocky bastard.

"Real funny. Well if this isn't going anywhere, would you be a dear and untie me and point me to the nearest exit" I say giving him a cheeky grin.

"No can do Amora, you and I are going to have some fun right now". Before I can say anything else, Alexei's fist connects with my cheek.

My head gets thrown to the side and I spit out the blood that pooled in my mouth. His punch to my stomach makes me jerk forward and groan in pain. "That's the best you got stronzo?" I say showing him a bloody smile. Alexei gets the knife the guard brought him. "The show just started фейерверк, you should learn how to be patient" He smirks and walks forward with the knife. (firecracker).

When Alexei finished his attack, I was covered in blood and cuts. My breathing was uneven and I'm pretty sure I had a broken rib. I strain my ears for any possible noise. Realizing that everything is clear, I start to untie my restraints.

Once my hands are free, I begin undoing the ties around my ankles. I rub at my ankles before walking up to the cell door. I look both ways to check for any guards but there aren't any. I take the jagged end of the chair's leg and use it to break the lock. It takes a while but soon the lock is on the floor in pieces.

I take the stick with me just in case and start jogging away from my cell. I turn right and two guards turn and look at me. I charge at them not wasting anytime for them to alert more guards. I take down the closet guard and shoot him with his gun. The other guard runs at me and I move out of the way and shoot him in the back of the head.