The 10th Victim - Volume two - Strangers

Chapter one - White

I struggled so hard to open my eyes. All I could see was nothing but a white light. It was very hard for me to keep my eyes open. A few struggles later I managed to get used to the light. All I could see was four white walls surrounding me. I managed to sit on the bed with a huge effort. My whole body was numb and all I got was a lazy feeling to anything. The eyes were still trying to close. My head was clear enough to realize that I have been tranquilized. Things happened before started to come into my head slowly. But everything was incomplete. There were a lot of missing pieces. I struggled to put them back in pieces.

Like I said the room was completely white and hollow. I tried to get to the floor but the lazy feeling in my head didn’t let me move. I heard a faint creak to my right hand side. Then I saw that there as a door. Which was white again, didn’t notice it until it was opened. For a moment I wondered whether I am in heaven. Well what else do you expect me to believe? Everything around me is white, like you see in those movies. After the door was opened two people came in. well what do you know, they were wearing white too. No you people will think that these people are angels. Well no, there were no wings. But both of them were in total steroids. Very strong appearance, with them there was another person. He was wearing a white coat. Well you know a coat that doctors wear. Looked very old and he had a grey and white goatee. He had a file on his hand. Then he walked into the room and stopped in front of me.

“Hello Robert, How are you feeling?” Like hell was going to be my answer. But what I asked was something different.

“Where am I?”

“In a safe place, seems like you are doing OK, I know that you have a huge sequence of questions to ask me.” I smiled. Damn right I have.

“First of all I have to tell you that you are very lucky to be alive. Despite you threw a wrench to our plans.” Ok, now I am confused.

“A wrench? What are you saying?” Seriously what is he saying? Above all who are these people? I have never seen any of them in my life.

“Tell me Robert, What is the last thing you remember?” He asked in kind of a strict tone. I wasn’t afraid. Why should I be? I tried to remember like he asked. It was hard to recall. Everything was so blurry. I remembered I was at a forest in the darkness, then a jeep. Then everything was so mixed up, so confusing.

“A forest and a jeep” I said quietly. The doctor (I think) looked at me in a serious way and scribbled something on the file he brought. Then he started to talk. The two giants were staring at me like two baboons.

“Well, while we were on a serious mission to catch a notorious serial killer who was on the loose. You came to the middle and ruined everything.” The Cyclops killer, I started to remember everything. Things started to pour into my mind rapidly. But what is the meaning of this thing he’s saying about I threw a wrench? I almost got killed in there. I asked him directly.

“That’s a long story. Because of that we have to start all over again. The guy you threw a rock is now in a coma. It had struck against his head very hard. That was our best guy.”

Wonderful, I thought I was the only person who was going after the Cyclops killer. But there was someone else also behind his tail. A whole team I guess. Then another question struck in my mind.

“What about Jonathan?” The fake Cyclops killer, the doc gave a sigh. 

“I think you should come with me. I will explain everything to you; your face is filled with confusion.” Good guessing.

I tried to get off the bed. But my legs didn’t move. The doc noticed this quickly and signaled one of the guards to go out. He went and came in with a wheel chair. The other lifted me and placed me on it. Then pushed it from behind following the doc. He was already walking out of the room.

Following more white walls we came to a room. There was a book shelf, a couch and some stuff.  I was at the doc’s office. After the guards left I was alone with the doctor.

“Ok, let’s cut to the chase. First of all…………”

“Tell me where the hell I am.” I completed the sentence in my own words. The doctor froze. But he managed to adjust his mood using some effort.

“I cannot tell you what this place is. But what I can tell you is that the Cyclops killer was here and escaped. He has started the games again. We managed to develop a plan to catch him and you ruined it.”

Wow. I was completely speechless in front of him. Then a door behind me opened again. Someone came in. I turned my head and checked who it was. I was flabbergasted when I saw who that was.

It was the girl I tied into the basement. She gave me a smile. She was alive.

Continued to chapter two: - Assistance