The three of them #YourStoryIndia

Chapter-8

I get up all groggy. It's 8 a.m now. I'm still in the car and only Mathew is in the back seat with me. Suzy and the other two men seem to be missing. I can see we've stopped near a grocery store but there's no other shop anywhere near by. I look at Mathew. He's seems to be fast asleep. I see that my hands are still cuffed and then I remember Suzy's words.

If you ever try that again, I will kill you after we no longer need you.

I start to wonder what they were talking about last night. Should I believe that they're gonna take part in some race for which they need me? And why? But above all, I want to know how I got chosen by Bill.

I see the key in Mathew's hand. I have to escape now. If not for Mathew, Suzy is going to kill me anyway. I move next to Mathew. I'm so scared to try and escape again. But I have to. What will my mom be thinking if she finds out about all this? And what about my friends? No. I have to get out of here. After that, I'll tell the police. I decide to un-cuff myself again and drive off without them. But what about Mathew? I'll just leave that to fate.

I try taking the keys with my fingers slowly. His fist is not tightly clenched but he would be able to feel my touch. As soon as I touch his hand, he says "you have no idea what Suzy would have done to you if she saw you doing that"

His eyes are still closed but he's very much awake.

"I thought you were sleeping. Let Suzy kill me. I don't care about my life. She's gonna kill me in the end anyway" I say blankly.

He looks at me with a dark smile.

"Maybe. Maybe not. But consider yourself lucky. Suzy isn't this sympathetic always"

Sympathetic? She's not even close to that.

"Whatever. Look, I really don't know what you guys are talking about. I'm not lying" I say.

"Even if you are telling the truth, we can't let you go now. Once we've been assigned to a person, there's no going back"

"So what do I have to do?"

He comes a little closer to me.

"You'll have to be with us throughout the race. You'll have to help us get the golden flag"

I try to take this all in.

"And when is this going to take place?" I ask.

"Tomorrow. Apparently you were supposed to come meet us a couple of days back but you didn't turn up. We tried to find you but we couldn't. We didn't have any information about you at that point. Not even your name. We were just expecting a teenage person to come to us"

"Oh. So how'd you find me then?"

"That's a long story"

"Right. How old are you?"

"I'm 20"

"Are you and Suzy really together?"

"How does it matter? Why do you care anyway?"

"Just asking. The way you held me yesterday made me think you and Suzy aren't really going out"

"No we're not. We're just partners"

He comes a little more closer now.

"Are you with anyone?" he asks.

"No I'm not. I don't intend to be with anyone for now"

"Really?"

He comes really close to me. He raises his hand and touches my cheek. I move closer to him. It's like his touch is irresistible. I'm in a frenzy.

"You know, we're not really your enemies. You're gonna have to work with us" he says staring into my eyes.

"Well..." Is all I mange to say.

I have a tingling feeling in my stomach. Butterflies. He almost puts his lips on mine when,

WHOOSH!

The car door opens and we go back to our original positions.

"What were you doing?" Suzy asks.

"Nothing. We did nothing" he says.

"Sure you did nothing" she says grinning.

"Did you buy her some clothes?" He asks.

Suzy flings a packet to me and tells me to wear it now. She un-cuffs me. Mathew and Suzy get out of the car and I wear it. Something tells me Mathew was staring at me when I was wearing it.

"Okay let's get going big boys" Suzy tells the two drivers.

She cuffs me again.

"We'll be there in a few hours" Suzy says.

I drift off in my sleep for sometime.

"Wake up you pain in the butt" Suzy says.

"Wha.... Where are we?" I ask blankly.

"Get out of the car and you'll see" Mathew says.

I come outside. I look around me. There's a big building painted jet black. It looks like a club but I'm pretty sure it isn't. It's too huge to be a club or a bungalow. Around the building, many cars are parked.

"Where are we?" I ask.

"The agency" Mathew says.

"Don't y'all have a name for it?" I ask.

"Starutan's race agency" Suzy says.

We go inside and Suzy talks to a couple of people wearing black shirts and jeans. We enter the building. Everything inside the building is made of glass. Even the floor. We take an elevator and go to the 3rd floor. There, Suzy calls out the name 'Hickey', the guy who is supposedly to get the truth out of me.

"Ah there she is" a very short man says.

"Hickey, we need you to make her tell us where it is now" Suzy says.

"Then let's get to it!" Hickey says excitedly.

We go inside a room. It has nothing inside except for 6 chairs and a table.

"Shea, take a seat please" Hickey says.

I take a seat. He sits next to me.

"Look into my eyes now" he says.

I look into his eyes. There's something weird about it. I can't see the reflection of myself in it. It's strange. It's pitch black. How can it be? I go completely blank. I can't seem to move anymore. He's controlling me somehow.

"Tell me Shea, where is the briefcase?"

"I... I... It's... I don't know" I mutter.

Hickey removes his gaze and I can now feel like I'm in control of my own body again.

"She doesn't know.... What are we going to do?" Suzy asks Mathew worriedly.

"I can get you a fresh set of lasers" Hickey says.

"How? We need it now. Shea has to be a little familiar with it before we start the race" Mathew says.

"I have it with me now. You'll have to get fake documents regarding your participation but don't worry about the lasers" Hickey says.

"Thank you. Now what's the catch?" Suzy asks.

"I want a portion of the immortality serum if you win" Hickey says.

Immortality? Am I hearing right?