Abducted

Chapter 8 - Sacrifice

Walter's POV (One hour earlier)

Walter sat in his cell and watched as Mr. Diggle took care of the Arrow's injured shoulder. He knew the Arrow had to be in no small amount of pain from where Malcolm had dislocated his shoulder and was sure that he felt a bit better now that it had been popped back into place.

No one said much as the Arrow sat near Felicity, they all seemed to be consumed with their own thoughts, everyone contemplating the recent events.

It seemed like it was only five minutes after Malcolm left last that he came back through the door with two other men. As Malcolm walked to the center of the room with a bag he instructed the two other guys to come to his cell and bring Walter out. He was extremely worried about what was about to happen. He knew that with Malcolm running things this was not going to be good.

The men pulled Walter out of his cell, bound his hands and hung him from the chains that the Arrow had recently been hung from. Although it was uncomfortable to be standing there with his hands bound above his head thankfully they had not strung him up as high they had the Arrow and Walter was able to stand easily on the ground.

"Walter Steele." Malcolm stated as he slowly walked around Walter. "You were the first to find evidence of the Undertaking in the form of that small notebook of Moira's. If you had not discovered it, and pursued it, then you would not have been abducted on that first occasion. Thankfully for you though, someone was there to save you. Do you think anyone will stand up for you now?" Malcolm stated with a snarl.

Walter became even more worried at the mention of Moira's notebook. He finally understood why he was here, it was due to the knowledge that he had of the Undertaking even though he was not aware of it at the time. Walter now understood as well that the notebook was the whole reason he was abducted before - and he immediately realized that it was Malcolm that had him abducted.

Walter had spent a long time in that small cell thanks to that little notebook. He could still remember the day that he was rescued by the Arrow though. He had never had a chance to thank the man for rescuing him, he figured that now probably wasn't the best time, but hopefully he would get the chance soon.

Walter couldn't help but notice as the Arrow stood to his feet and walked to the front of his cell, the Arrow was carefully watching what was going on.

"I'll take his place." The Arrow growled. Walter felt extremely thankful and worried for the young man all at the same time.

"How noble." Malcolm replied. Walter watched, nervous, as Malcolm looked through the bag that was sitting on the table, pulling out a tazer. He was hoping that the man would not actually use it on him because he knew it would really hurt. Unfortunately he knew for sure that he wasn't going to get out of it as Malcolm replied, "I'll let him go in just a moment, he isn't getting away scotch free."

Malcolm then started to walk around Walter again and it took him completely by surprise when Malcolm thrust the tazer into his chest. Walter let out a scream and his body trembled and he could feel the burns forming on this chest from the contact of the tazer. Walter was still breathing hard from the shock when after a few short moments he suddenly felt the tazer make contact with his back as well, eliciting another scream of pain.

Finally, after what felt like forever but was really only a few minutes Walter was let down from the chains, unbound, and thrown back into his cell as Malcolm walked around saying, "If Walter had not pursued information about the notebook then he would not be here today. It is his curiosity that has caused him this pain."

Walter carefully brought himself to a sitting position as the two men walked towards the Arrow's cell. Walter was extremely worried about what Malcolm was going to do to the Arrow after the pain that was just inflicted upon him.