Deadly Games

|11|: Hit the Trick

Tiara shuffled her chained feet on the concrete slab, her mouth was covered with duct tape and hands were tied up with handcuffs on the armrest of the chair, she was sitting on. She was knocked down by a sedative, she blinked and looked around herself. The room gave a chemical, synthetic smell.

The evidence foreplay was a trap, she looked at the ceiling and took deep breaths, analysing the situation. If her colleague are here, she must find a way to them, if not; then should get out of there.

The door was unlocked and a man in white pristine protective gear and jumpsuit, his face was concealed under the mask.
Hearing the unlocking of door, Tiara closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.

Seeing her unconscious, the man pulled out a syringe and bottle, inserted the sedative and brought her arm closer to inject it. Tiara blinked her eyes open and swiftly took a bend, carrying the chair on her back, she threw herself upon him and trapped him in her weight. She wrestled her wrists in the cuffs and rolled on the other side, seeing no available options.

The man walked to her and unwrapped the duct tape from her mouth.

"Why are you holding me hostage?" She staggered and slowly put the chair back on the place and sat down and said panting. She tried to intimidate him, so he knows exactly what kind of woman he is messing with.

"Because I can kill you with bare hands" The man's voice was steely and robotic, enhanced and manipulated.

"Then tell me, what is your motive, why'd you go after all these victims?" She questioned

He said coldly, "They had it coming"

Tiara observed his behavior, manner and profiled it in the serial killer angle. By everything she and her colleagues recorded about the killer, their entire case would fall flat, if this man is the killer. She she went for her gut feeling.

"You are not the killer, aren't you"

The man was rendered speechless, he shook his head and said, "What makes you think I am not the killer?"

"The killer would be smart enough to know his motive and not dumb enough to threaten me. You are the one who gave us the tips"

He started to laugh,"You know everything don't you. How, are you sleeping with the killer or what?"

"I would slap the taste out of your mouth, if you dare to say things like that" Tiara growled

"Oh come on, you are a smart woman you can figure out everything" The man moved few steps forward. "Tell me, it didn't cross your mind, that you were close to the killer?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"I gave you clues to you and your team"

She recalled the snippets of the investigation, the clue this man gave, before she got here, HIT UR HAT TRIHK - 'HRITHIK' MA'T'H'UR'

"But he...but he can't do this , he is locked in an asylum" she paused for a minute, "unless they are two people"

The man clicked his fingers and jumped in joy, "Finally, now you can figure the rest of it"

"Then why are you holding me captive, let me go" She insisted

"Don't you understand, if I let you go, you can't catch the killer"

She squinted her eyes and wanted to believe what he said, but why her.

"It's a good idea, but how can you be so sure, he would come here"

"If he wants to save his ass, he'll come here"

She still refused to believe him. "You are not telling me the entire story, the truth" She raised her eyebrow