The 10th Victim - Volume two - Strangers

Chapter two - Assistance

“You….I saw you dead.” Well yes that was what I saw. She was strangled when I came to get my watch. But right now she was standing right in front of me. Am I really in heaven? I turned to the doctor again. He was also smiling. The doctor signaled her to come in. she came and sat to the chair next to me.

 “I know that you two have met a while ago, you have kept her prisoner in your basement isn’t it?” we all know what happened there. You people do not need an explanation about that, right?

 “Can anyone tell me what is going on?”  I asked madly. The doctor looked at me seriously and spoke. When he started to answer I stopped him. “No, no. wait let me ask the questions. “ The doctor shrugged and smiled. He brought his right hand forward and welcomed me in a sarcastic manner.

 “Where am I?”

 “For now I will tell you that you are in a safe place. I cannot reveal any further detail until I get to know you more.” The doc answered firmly. The girl remained silent while sitting next to me. I realized poking him further will not get me any answers.

 “How is she alive? I saw her dead by my own eyes.” Well we all know how that happened right?

 “Really? , So tell me who could’ve bothered to kill her during the whole havoc inside.” So these people knew what was happening inside. Better play my cards right.

 “The Cyclops killer” I gave a steady answer. This was wrong in every way.

 “Well do you see this girl’s eye is missing?” I looked at her that instant, He was right. She was fine. The girl had beautiful black hair. That’s the most noticeable thing. The eyes were kind of blue. Guys I don’t know how to explain a beauty of a girl. I’m not a poet, Got it?

 “But she was strangled.” I answered back.

 “Yes, well you did not check her pulse to check whether she was dead. “ The pulse, Damn, How could I be so stupid?

 “That’s the risk we took. We couldn’t be sure that you will kill her by any chance. But if she is dead we knew that that you won’t bother again, anyway if you tried to do something. She was on alert to take you down.” I frowned at her. She didn’t show any response but keeping her head down.

 I remained silent for a while. Everything was so confusing right now. The doctor was waiting for the next question. Millions of them were whirling around my head I was thinking what to ask.

 “So you have no questions?”  Sarcasm, I started to hate him.

 “How did I came here?” out of a million questions in my mind that’s what popped into my head.

 “I’ll tell you briefly. First we thought you had died inside. Jonathan was one of us. He had a very strange way in picking people. We decided to do as he pleases; He loved to imitate other serial killers. If you saw his file you will find it out. Anyway, that’s why we used him to lure the Cyclops killer in. Which his weakness was he hated people copying him.”

 So Jonathan Campbell paid the price. In a way I felt sorry for him. I don’t know why.

 “The Cyclops killer is million times better than we expected. He managed to kill Jonathan within a few minutes and escape without even leaving a trace. Still we cannot figure out what had happened. We thought you were dead at the beginning until Selene told us that you managed to survive when we rescued her.”

 Let’s get things straight. I got confused what this doctor said. According to him it all happened like this. The doctor thought that Jonathan had killed me. But he played with me, to kill this girl. Which means that Jonathan didn’t knew about this girl. If he knew he would never tie her and let me give one hour to finish her. Furthermore when the girl realized that I was alive she tied a cord around her neck to show me that she was strangled. When I came out she was recued by the doctor.

 “She gave us the signal one you were gone. We decided to clear the area soon. But you have interfered again. So we had to tranquilize you and bring here. “

 There were more questions popping in my head. I opened my lips to ask the next one. Just then someone barged into the room. He was wearing a white coat just like the doctor wore.

 “Doctor, an update” The doctor stood up and walked to the attendant. There was some mumbling which I couldn’t hear. In a moment the assistant left. The Doctor came back.

 “Robert, I know about you from the homework of Jonathan. So you are also a person like him in a way isn’t it?” Ok, now where is this going? “Nevertheless, that is least of my concerns now. I know you have a load to ask me but save it. I can assure you that you will not be harmed until you stay under me. But in return I need a favor from you. If you co-operate, I will set you free once this task is done. “

 “What do you want from me?” Seriously, what did he need?

 “I have lost two of my best men right now. One is Jonathan who was killed by the Cyclops killer, the other is the guy who was attacked by your stone. He is still unconscious. Therefore even though he wakes up I don’t think that he will be able to act like before, therefore I need your assistance Robert. to catch this Cyclops killer. He had already killed seven”

 “Seven? Wait a minute. Jonathan said I was the tenth.”

 “Actually that was a story we spread through the media. Cyclops killer had only killed six, Jonathan was the seventh. We spread the news making it there are nine victims to send a message to The Cyclops killer that an impersonator is on the loose, I’ll give further details soon, and first of all I need your word.”

 The curiosity if this Cyclops killer started to run in my veins once again. I remembered how curious I was about the Cyclops killer while having a fight between life and death in that hellhole. A few conflicts inside my mind I decided to say yes. I just wanted to know what is really going on here. The doctor turned to me again.

 “Are you feeling hungry?” Just then my stomach gave a churn. I said yes. Well I had to be I think I didn’t eat anything in a couple of days. I had been running on the drugs these people gave me. The doctor gave a signal to the girl. She stood up. Pushed the wheelchair I was sitting on without even asking me to my room. There wasn’t much to describe about the place. Most were white walls. And I didn’t see much people, which made me more and more puzzled. The doctor had followed me until I came to my room. Then he told me something to the girl.

 “Selene, Asegurarse de que nuestro amigo come bien, Despues de que llevarlo a la sala de prensa por favor.”

 “Muy bien, Doctor” She replied. The doctor saw my surprised face.

 “She cannot speak English Robert. Selene only understands Spanish.” I gave a surprised look as he chuckled and walked away with her closing the door. After they left, my lips gave me a sarcastic smile.

 Selene,Make sure our friend eats well, after that, Please bring him to the briefing room That’s what the doctor said in spanish.

 El idiota cree que no hablan espanol.

                                                     Continued to chapter three: - Bait