F*cking cliché

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'Are we driving in circles?' I question because I'm trying to keep track of where we're going. 'Yes.' 'Why?'
'So you'll either lose your coordination or give up trying to remember how we drove.'

I mutter some swear words at him and cross my arms. All he does is laugh.

Eventually the road underneath us is bumpy and quiet.

Are we in the middle of nowhere?

Suddenly the car has come to a stop.

'What's happening?'
'Oh I'm just waiting for the others to come and take you.. you were very valuable you know, son of the boss. Great ransom material,' he states dryly. 'What?'
'Oh you believed me.. that's a shame.' 'So you're not giving me t..'
He cuts me off, 'No, I need to deal with you first. Maybe later I'll but money isn't really a problem to me.'

He takes me out of the car spins me around a couple times making me dizzy.

'I just ate.. can you not?'

He ignores me and drags me by my wrist into a building and into an elevator.. I hate elevators.

'Is there a r..railing I can hold?'

He snickers and I feel how he leads my hands to something cold.

'You're afraid of elevators.. what a joke. It fits you though.'
'Shut up,' I mutter under my breath.

'

'Welcome to one of my secret bases!' 'Levi you scared me I was busy with.. oh.. wait. Is this that one boy?'
'Yupp,' he answers with a popping p.

I free one hand out of his grip and try to get to my phone.

'Calum, that's not going to help you. The signal won't work.'
'But how did you call me then?' 'Magic?'

'Boss can you maybe remove his blindfold?' 'I like the formalities but he knows my name so.. it's fine.'
'Levi Remove the blindfold.' 'Why?'
'Because he..' 'Don't act like you know me.'

I feel myself getting dragged to yet another room.

'Give me your hands.'

With hesitation I slowly stretch my arms out in front of me.

I feel how he grabs my wrists and wraps something around them.

I feel myself being forced to stand on my tiptoes when he secures them to something above my head.

'Normally they reach the ground.'
'Fuck off.' 'Getting hostile?'

Finally the blindfold gets removed.
I blink a few times to get used to the amount of light.

I look around trying to take in every single detail about the room I'm in.

'I must say.. I was surprised to find out you escaped a few days ago.. thanks for breaking my lock.' 'No problem.'

He holds my chin firmly.

'Well.. how are you going to escape this time?'
'I don't know,' I mumble.

He tighten his grip and just stares me in the eyes.

'What a shame.'

He releases my chin and walks out the room.

He comes back a few minutes later with something in his hands and another person.

'Can you please let him stand normally? You wi..'
'For just someone you studied with you seem to care a lot.'
'That's what you told them Grayson? Really?' I raise my voice, 'You told them my last name didn't you?!'
'Hey, don't yell at my people.'

I feel his hands around my neck, making it hard for me to breath.

'Le.. Levi.'

'No Calum.. you're going to behave and not raise your voice or struggle.'
'I..' 'Shh.. you're only making it harder for yourself.'

I want to kick him but my attack gets blocked easily.

'Don't act so hostile.. otherwise I'll need to tame you.'

His words makes me nauseous.. or am I just nauseous because of the drive?

'Levi.'

He sighs and move his hands away.

'What is it?' He replies with an annoyed voice.
'I think I might need to vomit.' 'Goodluck.'
'You don't want me to throw up all over you do you?'
'Dammit Calum,' he releases me, 'Gray take him to the bathroom.'

Well I got myself out of that situation.

'So how did you end up on the bad side? Is it the money?' I ask as soon as we're alone.
'I think it pays almost the same.'
'Why did you choose this path for yourself.. you had so much potential.'

'Levi I can't deal with this mess!'

'Grayson I'm disappointed, you could have been so high up and..'

Suddenly I feel his hand hit my cheek making my head move to the right with the impact.

But I'm not letting him get away with it. I attack him back.. I always won from him in the past so.. it must be easy right?

Well it wasn't..

'Okay you two stop it!'

I use his shocked reaction to my advantage and deal the final blow.

I feel someone else pressing me against a wall.

'Don't attack my people will you?'
'He hit me first!'
'Does it matter when you're in my base?' I sigh and shake my head.
'Good come on,' he drags me to a mirror, 'Look what happens if you fight one of us.' 'Just let me go.'
'I will.. eventually. Come on follow.'

I walk after him we cross a room with a few other people and I try to remember their features.

He pushes my head back so I can't look at them.

'This is the reason you were blindfolded. If you cause anyone of them to get into problems I will personally blind you.'

I swallow quietly and keep my eyes away from them.

'Sit down.' 'Where?'

He rolls his eyes and pushes me down on a chair.

'Okay so.. this is going to hurt a lot. So you might want to bite down on this.'

He hands me a few wooden sticks you would see at the doctor's office.

'Hold on.. what are you going to do?'
'I will tell you after, make it easier for yourself and just put them in your mouth.' 'Excuse y..' 'Calum,' he says strictly.

He strict voice makes me obey.. just like that, like a dog.

He tilts my head backwards to expose more of my neck and presses some weird tube against it.

My eyes widen.

'Hpfhmn.'
'Calum relax, it isn't going to kill you.'
I start moving just to get him off.
'I'm going to tie you down if you don't relax.'

He rubs a spot in my neck making me feel weaker.. making me feel.. weird?

Then he pulls the trigger.

My eyes water up and I want to scream so bad. I kick him in the process.

'Sorry,' I mumble.
'Don't apologize to your enemy.'

'So what did you do?'
'I put a tracker in your neck. Oh and maybe I should tell you, we're the only one who can remove it,' he smirks, 'Otherwise you will die. It's wrapped around a lethal artery.'
'Why a tracker?'

'I'm getting tired of searching for you.'