CAPTURE>>Why don't we

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: FROM BAD TO WORSE

Inside the building it's cold and the walls look...metal? They lead me down a long corridor with nothing but metal doors at about 3 meter intervals from each other. They look like doors to a tiny...room of some sort? The guys that are holding me are mean and tough, jerking my body in every direction and not caring that I'm hurt from them beating me up. The side of my body that Zach hit with his car ached more than anything. I feel the tears coming but I don't let them escape, I don't want to show any weaknesses. The men throw me into a room that looks like an office. There's a large desk with files and things neatly placed on it. Behind that there is a shelf also with neatly stacked files and things. I take in my surroundings as the men roughly tie me up onto a hard wooden chair placed in front of the desk. I don't speak. Just then the door slams open. A tall, lean,pale woman wearing a plain black pantsuit walks in. Her dark hair is slicked back into a tight ponytail making her eyes pop out. She looks intimidating and scary. I don't allow myself to make eye contact

Woman: hello
She says in a strong English accent

I don't say a word. She walks up to me and stops right in front of my chair. She glares at me then her face softens. She taps her long black nails on her desk as if she is thinking about something then she focuses back on me

W: well, how nice of you to join us here. I see you're following in your brothers footsteps...lovely boy he was

I can't help myself at the mention of my brother and I jerk foward in the chair but the ropes hold my down firmly

B: what did you do to him!
W: oh you poor, clueless little girl
She smiles an evil grin
B: answer me!

Out of rage I thrust my tied ankles towards her and to my surprise they collide with her shins. She winces in pain and her expression is replaced with anger

W: how dare you kick me! I've been nothing but generous to you haven't I- oh...silly me I haven't introduced myself, my apologies. My name is Erica and I'm the boss of this operation you see running here
B: what exactly do you do here, kill people? Like you killed my brother?!
E: No. Here we help children become...better
B: how? What do you mean?
E: you'll find out soon enough
B: answer me bitch!

I freeze realizing that I had sworn but it was like something new had come over me, a new sense of rage that I had never felt before. She leans over until our eyes meet at the same lining. Her voice changes to a more serious tone

E: let's get something straight here. I'm not your friend so don't think you can speak to me any way you want. I could have you dead with the snap of my fingers, just like that. Do you understand?

At this moment our faces were uncomfortably close. Hatred takes over me and I spit in her face. At first she looks stunned but then her face angers.

E: ohhh bad decision, gentlemen!

I know something bad is going to happen now so I close my eyes to brace myself. I was right. One of her men stick a taser in the side of my stomach. Strong, electric jolts immediately spread through the rest of my body. I fall onto the floor still tied to the chair, twitching uncontrollably. The pain is so unbearable, I was trying to scream but a gurgling groan was all that came out and drool falls down my lip. Blinding lights arc in lines across my field of vision. I can't blink, can't close my eyelids to block it. Pain washes over my body, my skin feels as if it is melting right off my muscle and bone. The room starts spinning then everything goes black

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I wake up still strapped to the chair on the floor and my whole body throbbing in pain. I have stopped twitching but I can still hear the distant sound of crackling electricity in my ears. My vision has cleared up and I see Erica sitting behind the large desk watching me with her arms folded and her facial expression looking...satisfied? I feel so thirsty, it's probably from the electric shock and I've also been sweating and loosing a lot of blood. I really need something to drink, I have no energy and my body is giving up on me fast.