Star World

twenty three

Violet POV

I woke up with immense head pain. Once I opened my eyes I was extremely confused. I looked around and realized that I was in a pitch-black room. I was tied to a chair and I couldn't move. Then, it hit me. I was in the alley and someone knocked me out. I have no fucking idea where I am and it's creepy as hell.

There's a rag or towel type thing tied around my head, so I can't even speak. I listened intently to the outside so I could hear anything about where I am or what's going on. I heard mostly silence until I heard him. "What's up with the extra security today?" It was Preston. I'd recognize that voice any where.

I started jolting around to free myself from the ropes and I tried to scream but it was muffled. I couldn't hear him say anything else due to me moving around loudly. I suddenly fell on the floor, tipping the chair over with a loud bang. Was Preston part of this? What does he mean by security? Where the fuck am I?

The door swung open and a scary-looking man with a huge gun approached me. "What are you doing bitch?" He asked me, then let out a laugh. "You can't escape, but nice try." He said to me, turning around and walking back out, not even pulling me off the ground, leaving me in a chair, sideways, on the hard ground.

I sat in silence for about ten minutes, questions soaring through my head. If Preston has something to do with this I won't even know what to think. The last time I saw him he seemed like he truly cares about me, maybe everything actually was a lie. Why would he do this to me? What did I do wrong? The door suddenly swung open and a man I had never seen before walked in.

He picked up my chair for me to sit upwards. "Hm, you're the girl there's been so much fuss about." He said to me, looking me up and down creepily, which gave me the chills. He took the towel off of my mouth so I could speak. "Where am I? Who are you?" I asked the man urgently. "Like you don't know where you are? Funny one, you are." He said to me, walking around me in a circle.

A second man walked in and set down a tray that seemed to have doctor tools on it. A scalpel along with other things I didn't recognize. The man nodded to the other, then left the room. "So, Violet Blake, I'm going to ask you a few questions." The original man told me. I nodded, tears forming in my eyes. "You answer me truthfully, everything will be okay. You lie, or don't answer, well you won't be too happy with the outcome." He told me, picking up the scalpel and dragging it along my cheek slowly.

"W-what do you want from me?" I asked him, tears streaming freely down my face. "Answers." He responded. "To start off, how did you meet Damon?" He asked me. "I don't know anyone named Damon," I told him truthfully. "Wrong!" He said, then before I could speak, he punched me straight in the face, hard. I immediately felt blood streaming out of my nose.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I yelled, sobs starting to shake my body uncontrollably. "Because, sweetheart, you chose the wrong man to work for." He said, shrugging. "I don't work for anyone! I have my own business! I think you have me confused with someone else." I told him. "Violet Blake. From Arizona, 23, lives with Scarlet King, also 23 and from Arizona," He started, smirking at me.

"We were going to get her as well, but you were too easy. Came right to us. It was like fate." He said, causing me to cry even harder. I was screaming at this point, begging for this to be a nightmare. "Let's carry on. What does Damon do in that building huh? Star World is it? Trafficking? Drugs? Money?" He asked me. "I-I don't know. Do you mean X?" I asked him, confused.

Maybe this is because of whatever X does in the basement of Star World. I actually forgot about him, with all the shit going on lately. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain on my cheek and looked up. He had cut my cheek with the scalpel. "I don't know anything! X bought the building of Star World for us to run it! He's just an investor and in exchange, he uses the basement, no questions asked! I don't know what he does and I don't know his real name!" I yelled, watching blood stream down onto my body.