The Secret Protector

Chapter 8

I saw that there was a metal wire with a weight attached to it on the other side. The wire was 5 feet above me. It was slowly moving downwards because the wire was thick at the end, so the weight was at such an equilibrium that the wire moved downwards slowly. That wire was plugged into an electrical socket. About an ampere of electricity was passing through it. It was enough to kill both of us. Twice the lethal amount. Well a painful death is what you get for being at the top of a villian's 'People I hate' list. Then the girl asked me an idiotic question. "Why did that man just imprison us here and go away without killing us?" I just gestured at her to look up but she seemed puzzled for a while. Fortunately, she understood. The wire moving towards us slowly but ominously was not creating an atmosphere conducive for thinking. Also there was some stick-like object in my T-Shirt which was REALLY bugging me. Wait a second.... It must be my stick! Of course! I could (hopefully) use it to detach the metal from the wall. Luckily both our hands were welded above our heads, so it was possible to reach the stick. "Damn that was a close one." I whispered in relief

As I reached out for the stick, I realised (to my horror) that my hand was half an inch too short! I couldn't believe it! I was so close! What could I do? Then I watched helplessly as the wire closed on to us. I realised that in 5 minutes, I was to be dead. Unless a miracle occured.
       Fortunately it did, as the guy who seemed to be in his thirties. Kicking the door open, I saw him as no less than a really destructive, pleasant surprise. He had many wounds but minor ones except for one near his hand. Man was I happy to see him. Then he said "How do I free you?" "
My stick is in my T-Shirt. Use it as a lever to detach the metal from the wall. It should work." "Ok. I'll ask why it is there later." Then he removed the stick and put it in between the metal and the wall. He put in all his effort but in vain. Now the wire was less than a foot away. "Can't you be any faster" Said the girl. "Why" "See that wire above us? It is moving towards us." I said. He seemed to have panicked so as he tried, I helped too. Crack! It finally happened! One of my hands was free. Then, with one hand free, freeing the other was easy. Then, just as we removed the girl's restraints, the wire touched her! But as soon as that happened, I hit her with a stick which got her away from the wire. She seemed to be all right. But she probably had a large bruise on her shoulder now. She seemed thankful though. Then we set out to find my teacher. The man who was with us said "I reckon that he is destroying the 3rd base. So that is where we go now." The man got into a car which seemed to be his. We drove to another building. This was a mall though. The police were there and everything was broken.  Without letting that stop us, we discreetly entered an empty shop. He pulled a lever and down we went. Sure enough 'Knife Man' was there. But he wasn't wearing ordinary clothes. Instead, spiky metal was covering his whole body. His eye seemed eerie as ever.
         He seemed extremely surprised to see us. Then he charged at us without second thought. Luckily his men were not with him. Then the thirty year old man kicked him, only to hurt his own foot. Subsequently, Knife Man attempted to punch me but I dodged him and the girl hit him with a stick which forced him to fall back. When he got up, he did not jump at us. Instead, guns grew out of his shoulder using the metal covering it. Then a knife grew out of his hands.    
Crap. He wasn't simply Knife Man. He was......