Trials and Tribulations

Chapter 10

Emily slowly opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry and her head ached more than it ever has. The ground was cold and hard below her, she knew where she was.

She rubber her eyes with her balled fists and things became more clear. Emily saw that she was in only her underwear and bra but even more disturbingly she was covered in bruises. Her feet were raw on the bottoms and her wrists were too.

She tried to sit up but her arms were far too weak. She grunted and struggled and tried to sit.
Suddenly Emily's eyes shot open wide.

"Where are the chains?" She thought to herself. Emily realized there were no restraints on her ankles or wrists. She smiled with relief and started crawling towards the door.

"Not so fast baby" A husky voice startled her.

Her heart sank as footsteps made their way over to her. The man crouched down and came into Emily's view.

She started crying at the sight of him.
She couldn't control it.
She lay there helpless and battered with tears rolling down her face.

He smiled softly at her and rolled his head side to side, analyzing her.

Emily used her hand to reach as far as she could and try to pull herself but it was no use.

The man chuckled.

"oh man you try too hard sometimes" He spoke as he scooped Emily up bridal style.

She winced at his rough hands grabbing her and making her fresh bruises and cuts hurt worse. He carried her through the room and to the door. They went down a short dark hallway and into a different room. This one was smaller and had a boarded up window. The man sat Emily down in a chair in the center of the room. He strapped down all of her limbs.

"Got something for ya" The man remarked after making sure she was fully tied down.

He exited the room swiftly and came back pushing a cart that had a computer with a big monitor. He was smiling the whole way. He pushed it until it was right in front of Emily and he plugged it in. Instantly the screen flashed on and he clicked some buttons before pressing on a link. The link opened up to show security camera footage from inside and outside the bureau headquarter. Emily gasped as she saw each of her team members being tracked.

"Please. you can't hurt them" Emily pleaded, her chest full of dread.

The man laughed.

"First we're going to watch them attempt to play my game" He said.

Hot tears flooded Emily's eyes unexpectedly.

"Don't you touch them" she said through gritted teeth.

The man smiled.

"You be calm now" was all he said.

She tried not to show him how angry she was. He turned his attention to the screen.

"Oh look! wonder where they're going?" He exclaimed, almost exited as we watched the team all get into their black RVs.

Emily couldn't help it when a few tears fell from her eyes.

"why are you doing this?" Emily pleaded.
"what do you want?" she added.

The man didn't answer. He stayed in place with his eyes glued to the screen. Emily thrashed forward but the chair was nailed to the floor so all it did was strain her wrists and ankles. The man continued to pay no mind as Emily.

"I'm not going to hurt them, but that's not saying they won't hurt themselves" He finally turned to emily and spoke.

"What is all of this even about?" Emily asked, genuinely curious.

"Don't you get it? it's about you" He swept a few stray hairs from her sweaty forehead.

Emily jerked her head to the side. He just shook his own head and shrugged.

"Fuck you" Emily growled.

The man just glanced at her calmly. Slowly he got to his feet and turned so he was facing Emily. His eyes bore into hers as he throws his arm back forcefully then forward u til it connects with the side of a Emily's face. She let's out a pained moan.

When Emily awoke she hadn't even known she fell asleep. She was in the same exact position as before. Emily let out a cry of pain immediately. With the initial adrenaline and shock gone, she was left to suffer with her abused body. She was sore all over from being beat. Scrapes and bruises covered her skin. Her neck was stiff and the wounds on her ankles and wrists were bleeding again. She was exhausted and barely had the energy to lift her head and face the bright lights.

Emily panicked when she realized she had no idea how much time had passed. She knew she could be very close to death.

Sorry this chapter kinda sucks. School has been occupying most of my time. Expect the next one to be a great one though (-;