F*cking cliché

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I wake up from some faint sounding voices.
Slowly and carefully I open my eyes.. the sunlight seems to be brighter than I remember.

'Welcome back Calum.'
'What.. happened?' I ask trying to ignore the headache forming in my head.
'You don't remember?'
'No.. of course I remember.. but what happened after?' I respond.
'We got him, that's what you want to know right?' She answers.

'Any.. idea what he wanted from me?'
'He doesn't talk, the only thing he says is that he'll only talk to you and you're recovering from a blow to your head so.. I guess he's not going to talk.'
'I'm fine,' I mumble.

I sit up and feel the place where I got hit throbbing.

'I'm just a bit.. dizzy.'

'Calum lay back down and rest.'
'But what if it's urgent?' I ask.
'I'm sure it isn't.'
'Felix.. he showed up here, that's basically a deathtrap for him. I'm sure he wouldn't do that for nothing.'
'You're kind of stupid do you know that?' He replies.
'Just let me talk to him before you say something like that,' I mutter.
'You're hurt!' 'I know.'

'Fine! I'll take you to him.'
'Thanks.'
'Calum you're a lot of things but smart isn't one of them.. remember that.'
'Thanks again,' I say with a fake smile.

He helps me up and my vision is filled with black spots.

'One sec.'
'I told you. You should've kept laying down.'

Eventually we reach a room, the door isn't locked which surprises me since Levi could just walk out.. right?

Felix opens the door and we walk in.

'Are you going to talk now fucker?'
'If you leave, I will oh and also.. if you hidden a microphone or camera somewhere I will slaughter him.'
'Like I said there aren't any in this room, the camera is broken as you can see.'

Felix leaves after that and lets me behind all alone in the room.

'How are you feeling Calum?'
'Like shit,' I answer harshly.
'Don't be mad you attacked me first.'
'You were the one who held a knife against my throat!'

'Calum sit down, I don't have the time to argue with you about this.'

I sit down.

'Are you handcuffed?' I ask. 'I was.'
'Why aren't you anymore?' I reply.
'I broke out of them.'

He throws them on the table.

'That's not what they're made for.'
'Sometimes things can be used in different ways,' he states with a smile.

'Talk Levi, if you don't have time to argue there isn't time to chitchat.'
'So aggressive.. it such a shame.'

'Levi, get to the point.'
'The building is going to collapse.'
'Hold on,' I stand up, 'what do you mean?' I reply.
'There's a bomb in the building Calum.' 'How did it get there?'
'This company has enemies.'
'How do you know that?' I ask.
'I brought it in,' he sighs, 'there's a mole inside the building. I wasn't supposed to look inside the bag but I did. I gave it to them and came to warn you after but.. that didn't go as planned.'

'I need to warn the others..'
'Calum they will know I looked in the bag.. they'll skin me alive.'
'That's not my problem,' I mutter.

He grabs my wrist as he pulls me close to him causing me to lean over the table.

'You aren't going to get close to the virus if I'm dead.'

'What am I supposed to do now?'
'Get both me as yourself out of here,' he replies. 'When will it blow?'
'I don't know.. we have time I guess.'