Taken (TordEdd) [Book 2 of Wanted]

Chapter 19

The man pushed Edd forward, walking down the hall and to the prison room. "You did well in there," he said. "Carla would be proud of you, Henry." He ruffled the shorter man's hair, messing it up. 

It was all  a trick.

Henry was a man who looked a lot like Edd, surprisingly. With a few touches to his face and hair, he and Edd almost looked identical. He had put in colored eye contacts to match Edd's brown eyes. His skin was a bit darker then the brunette's, but it would've been hard to tell in the dark light he and Tord were in. Henry really had blonde hair, but it was dyed to match Edd's to keep the scheme up. They went inside the room, the mysterious man closing the door behind him. He helped Henry take off his green hoodie, giving him his uniform shirt. "That should have done it all."

"Shut up, Jack," Henry stated. "Let's just go see how the twerp is doing." He slipped on his shirt and turned, walking towards one of the cells. He grabbed the keys off a shelf, picking the right one, and putting it in the lock. He opened the cell and walked in, Jack close behind him. 

The true Edd was chained to ground. He had passed out from lack of water and his face was thin. He didn't get much food and, when he did, he didn't eat a lot of it. His stomach was getting bigger through the days as they passed and everyone knew by now that he was pregnant with Tord's second child. They approached the small brunette, Henry grinning.

"So," Jack started, examining Edd. "You really think he'll wake up now?"

Henry shrugged. "How the hell should I know? He may be passed out for the rest of his life. Hell, maybe he's dead."

"Go see," Jack said. "Carla won't be happy if he is."

Henry sighed and rolled his eyes, going over to Edd and kicking his leg harshly.

Edd yelped, startled. He opened his eyes, quickly looking around. He frowned at the sight of Henry and Jack. "What did you do to him?" he wondered.

Jack chuckled. "You two are basically done," he said, patting Henry's back. "Henry here made sure of it."

Edd shook his head. "No," he whispered. "Guys, come on, you didn't. Come on, no, please." He was in a state of shock. "I-I--" 

Henry slapped him, shutting him up. "Quiet," he growled. "You're skinny. You need to eat and drink something. If you don't, you'll die, and you'll never have your child." He pointed to Edd's stomach, smirking. "We all know, Edd. Everyone does now. Your belly is round and you're too skinny to be 'fat'."

Edd glared at Henry, spitting in his face. "Asshole," he growled.

Henry groaned, wiping his cheek. "Well, it's true," he said. "Your skinny and your stomach is round. That creates suspicion. I get it, you don't eat much, but you should eat whenever you can. Otherwise, you'll just starve here."

Edd scoffed. "Yeah, whatever. I don't care if I die, honestly. My family has gone through enough hell. They don't need me to add to it. I honestly don't know why Tord is here."

Henry smirked and crossed his arms. "We both know, Edd, even you, that you want Tord to save you. He's your knight in armor, isn't he? You want him to save you, loosen the chains around your wrists, and carry you out of here while the building explodes behind you. How ironic."

Edd stared at Henry, slightly shameful. He did want Tord to save him, and he did want this building to be set on fire. He sighed, thinking to himself. Should I be able to save myself? That did sound a bit selfish and, like he said, ironic in a way.

Henry laughed, patting Edd's shoulder. "Get used to it, Edd. You're gonna stay here forever, until you die. Tord's too blind to truly have noticed who I was when we were arguing. He's probably giving up and returning to his base right now, taking his army with him. He knows he has no chance against us. This is our base and we know it better then he does. We have the skills of our rooms and weapons, while his men just charged here like a herd of idiotic monkeys."

Edd shook his head. "You don't know Tord," he said simply. "He's the man who's taken over the world. You're the men trying to stop him. He did this by himself, with the help of his people. What Carla has said about him using mind control is false. What you did was a trick to his brain. It wasn't right. For all we know, he could be searching for Carla right now, ready to kill her for everything she's done. She's taken me away just to try and make him give up his army. He knows it's stupid. Why else would he really be here? He isn't here for just me, he's here to end Carla and her lead."

Henry and Jack both looked at each other, smirking. Jack opened his mouth to say something when a small, shocked voice filled the room.

"Mommy?!"