Randomness oneshot / short story

Stockholm Syndrome

An offering for Big Sis Nabi_Subedar about her OC, Nabi x Eli from Identity V.  

(Gang AU) 

Warnings: There's some mild depressing talk. Some mild gore too! Proceed with caution.

Let's get this started!

PS: I hope this turns out well :3 

"Got the target," the man mumbled as he pulled a limp body into the safe house. He finally managed to snatch up a certain person to use as a hostage against their enemy.

"Bill? Why are you back so late?" A blindfolded boy walked down the stairs, yawning as he had been waiting for his partner to return even though it was way past midnight.

"Why are you awake Clark? I told you to sleep first." 'Bill' grumbled as dragged the limp body toward the basement. 

"Did you kill someone?" 'Clark' screeched as he finally noticed what his partner was dragging across the floor.

"For God's sake no!" 'Bill' sighed. "Never in a million years."

"Then, who's that?" 'Clark' gestured to the limp body, noting that she was still breathing. The brunette was unconscious and her long hair fell over her face as 'Bill' dragged her across the room. 

"Her black turtleneck is getting dirtied by the dust on the floor." 'Clark' pointed out.

"I don't care. She's our guarantee." 'Bill' finally decided to lift her up bridal style instead of continuing to drag her along.

"Who is she to him that he'll even listen to our demands?" 'Clark' asked curiously. The cold mercenary never really shown any weakness to anyone, so it was near impossible to find a way to get him to surrender. 

Naib Subedar was a mercenary for hire and 'Bill' wanted his revenge after the mercenary killed his beloved under orders. Although the client had already mysteriously disappeared, 'Bill' wanted revenge against the one who personally killed her. 

Using Clark's abilities as a seer, they finally found their person of interest. Even so, they couldn't execute Bill's revenge due to how alert Naib was to his surroundings. It was as if Naib was always two steps ahead, knowing whenever an attempt to kill him was around.

"You'll be surprised, 'Clark'." 'Bill' gestured for 'Clark' to follow him to the basement. 'Clark' complied, curious about this mysterious girl. "This is Nabi Subedar, twin to Naib Subedar."

'Clark' merely tilted his head in surprise. 

'No wonder she looks like him.'

'Bill' and 'Clark' proceeded down into the basement, where the jail cell was. 'Clark' entered the jail cell, pulling the chains from the back. 'Bill' put a metal collar on the neck of Nabi, then proceeded to cuff her hands behind her back. Meanwhile, 'Clark connected the chain to the collar, restricting her from going too far as the chain was attached to the wall.

"'Bill', you know I'm not too fond of hurting anyone right?" 'Clark' frowned.

"Don't worry, 'Clark'." 'Bill' assured while placing a gag and a blindfold on Nabi. "You just need to watch over her. I'll be leaving for a while to talk things over with the precious mercenary. I'll stay away from here just in case he traces my call and when the deal is sealed, I'll come over to get her."

"Right..." 'Clark' looked away. He knew he should not encourage his partner's  crave for vengeance but Tracy was a dear friend of his too. What Naib did was wrong and as much as he wanted revenge, he couldn't bring himself to hurt people for it. That was why he left most of it to 'Bill' and helped in the minimum way possible.