My Endeavor

Chapter 20: "Empty"

I get thrown back into that cell like I'm some kind of garbage bag. I collect myself and walk towards the awful mattress on the floor. I was so tired I could care less I just wanted to rest. I crouch down and lay on it; I look to the corner and see Nik passed out, he looks like garbage... beat down garbage. I'm starting to realize that I'm just a curse to people I care about they just end up getting hurt... or dead.

I sigh deeply as I lay on my back; I keep thinking about that physical check-up, I feel the doctor was hiding something from me. I still don't know why I had my blood drawn if I'm just mainly being sold out for my body. Probably is just protocol, or he probably smelled the puke off me and wants to make sure I don't have some sort of virus, we'll see he did say he would contact them with the results... I guess I'll have to wait. My eyelids begin to feel heavy and I slowly fall asleep.

2 Days Later...

At the Warehouse.

"NOTHING!, still NOTHING!" rage flows through Luca's veins, he slides his arm and knocks everything from the desk to the ground. "It's been almost four days since they were taken and we have nothing!" he yells at his brother Gio and the rest of the men that are sitting across from the desk.

"You need to relax Luca" Gio get's up and slams his fist on the desk. "Throwing a hissy fit isn't going to help the situation."

"Relax?! You want me to fucking relax when some sick fucks kidnapped my woman and there's a small chance she could be dead!" says Luca while he leans over the desk and stares directly at Gio

"You don't know that!" Gio yells back not breaking eye contact with Luca.

"Alright, maybe she's not dead. But Yakovich's are women traffickers! What makes you think they haven't sold her off to some sick fuck to be beaten up and raped every fucking night!" Luca's patience is running thin and he just wants to choke his brother to death. I can't believe he's taking this so lightly he whispers to himself.

"He does have a point," Rocco says from the other side of the room, he was lounging on the couch next to the window with his arms crossed. Everyone gives him a look. "I mean, they are women traffickers but she's also a very valuable asset at their disposal. They are using her get to you guys, they know that by taking her Luca will go Beserk and you have to deal with it, boss. They are trying to distract us from the real issue... they are cooking up something right under our noses"

"So they are using Vicky to get to them... I just don't get what Nik plays in all this, he was also taken." Alberto speaks up.

"They probably want to torture him till he spills info, he is one of our best tech guys, they know he has valuable information on The Marinos. But It will rain on hell before he talks... they must be giving him hell." Leo speaks up, smoking his cigarette.

Luca scoffs and turns to face the bookshelf, not saying a word. Gio goes around the desk and wraps an arm over his brother's shoulder.

"We'll find her brother... but we need to be patient and not act recklessly" Gio gives his a brother a tight reassuring grip.

"I hate this brother... I feel I'm going insane. I feel a vast emptiness. I haven't slept in days. I just want her home... I don't care if I have to blow up the whole world."

Rocco's phone rings. And he mumbles in the background.

"I know brother." Gio get's quickly interrupted by Rocco.

"Boss they got the guy, they are bringing him to the basement now," Rocco says as he hangs up the phone.

Luca roughly turns and Gio grabs him by the arm.