Tyler walked forward carefully making sure his gun was leveled at Mark's face, so if the son of a bitch tried to make a shady move, the next thing his face would be plastered up against the wall. “Where the hell is Katerina?” Tyler asked.“Now, since you're the Mister bad guy, why don't you figure it out?” Mark arched a brow. Tyler flipped off the safety on his gun. “I'm not joking with you, Mark. I will blow you to smithers if you don't tell me where she is.”Mark's eyes hardened. “Go on then, do it” he dared. “Maybe then you'll find out where she is.” he let out a mock gasp. “Oh, wait…you can't! I'm the only one who knows where she is!” He let out a maniacal laughter, pissing Tyler off.This fool actually thought he was messing around.“Tyler, where are you? We need to find Katerina.” Giorgio's voice came through the earpiece but Tyler ignored him.Squeezing the trigger when he was certain his aim was correct, Tyler fired off a shot at Mark's knee.Mark let out a startled squeal, s
A couple of hours earlier….“Hey, get up!” There was a loud banging on the front door of her cell, waking Katerina from her deep sleep.She started, prying her eyes wide open. “What are you…”Before she even had the chance to comprehend what was going on, she heard a loud screech as they jerked the door wide open, and three bulky, heavy-looking mean guys stormed into her cell with handcuffs.“Stand up!” One with dreads barked at her like she was a dog, taking a menacing step towards her.Instantly, she raced up from her bed hugging the wall.Fuck, the weapon that she had crudely made was hidden behind those guys and there was no way she could get to it on time without them catching her.Her eyes darted over at the open doorway, wishing that she could somehow run past them and get to freedom but no such thing.“Don't even think about it!” He growled, flexing his fists and muscles.Saying that is just like telling a fish not to swim.Gritting her teeth, Katerina muttered a prayer under
The guy was surprised, his eyes bulging as the makeshift whip circled his throat, squeezing it. He started to choke, banging his hands on the back door of the van, trying to get help from his colleague. “Wa…wait, ple…please…”Katerina jumped down, aware that time was of the essence, and started to wrap her arms around him to finish what she'd started.She had never killed anyone before but she wasn't thinking about that now, her survival instinct running wild, plus the adrenaline pumping in and out of her body could be a little intoxicating.Just as the guy was growing lax in her hands, his trashing reducing as his eyes fluttered shut and slowly gave up the fight…the driver jumped on her back the force of his weight sending her crashing to the floor.Due to the divider that separated her from the other guys she never noticed how big he was and now being faced with him, she doubted that she would be able to beat him or even make it out of this alive, judging by the rage in his eyes.“
“You're gonna have to shoot me before I lower my weapon!” Katerina called out bravely, despite her heart beating like a drum.Analyzing the situation, she knew that it wasn't going to benefit her but after everything that she's been through, she made up her mind to either fight till her death or go down swinging.The fear of them breaking her spirit scared her more than actually dying.The other guy- presumably the one that barked at her- took a step further, leveling his gun at her chest.Katerina steadied her weapon, sucking in a quivering breath.Strangely, she wasn't so scared of the unknown.They both stood a couple of feet apart, the tension racketeering up a notch as each person waited for the other to strike.A single bead of sweat rolled down Katerina's face but even the effort to wipe it off seemed too much to ask for.“Okay, then. So be it.” The guy chuckled, flipping off the safety and-“Stand down, Duke.” A manly voice boomed out, startling Katerina's closed eyes.She rai
“Where are you taking me to?” Katerina asked after they'd been walking for a while.The new guy that just came in introduced himself to her as Lucas, Luke for short. “To the main site.”“Wait, um... isn't that like back to where I'm coming from?”Lucas sensed the drag in her tone. “Well, yes it is but there's someone there that I think you are going to want to meet.”For some reason, her chest was filled with dread. “Unless that someone is my husband, I don't think I will want to meet anybody.” “Sure you will!” Luke chirped. “He's the one who told us to rescue you.”For the life of her, Katerina couldn't envision anybody taking out their time to come rescue her… which meant one of two things, either this guy had no good intention to come get her or it was someone close to her.Katerina hesitated, thinking of the only person who would be that crazy and daring to do that.Mark.That asshole kidnapped her and kept her held in a dungeon for a while simply because he couldn't stand the th
Katerina blinked once, twice, and then for the third time not sure what her eyes were seeing.Was that?“Holy shit, Katerina! It is you!” Tyler screamed, racing through the open field to carry her into his arms.When she felt his arms wrap around her, that really cemented the doubts that she felt. Shock waves ran through her body but she made sure not to dwell on it, hugging him tightly.So tight, that she feared broke a few bones in the process. Overwhelmed with joy, she nearly bowled over moving back to catch a glimpse of him. “Tyler!”Her hands moved all over his face and to her shock, a tear dropped out of her eyes rolling down her cheek. “Hey, hey, hey. Don't cry, it's okay, I'm here now.” He soothed her, hugging her once again.Even though she was tired and hungry and probably smelling like blood and stale sweat, she held on to him as tight as possible, afraid that if she let go, it'd turn out to be a dream.As they broke off the hug for the second time, each person's eyes eati
There must be something in the air because it seemed like she was surrounded by bad luck. The moment Katerina stepped out of the van, she was blown off her feet by another explosion that was quite close to her.It took her several feet in the air, tossing her against a nearby tree. She fell with a huff, rolling around on the ground. There was a loud buzzing in her ears, either from the proximity to the blast or from the fall down several feet…she wasn't sure.Raising her head up, the outline of the clearing was blurry and things began to feel very dizzy.Her kids drooped and suddenly, the soft patch of earth that she was laying on seemed so soft that she involuntary closed her eyes.She must have passed out because the next thing she knew, Katerina was waking up to the sound of gunfire.And they sounded scarily close to where she was.Her survival instinct kicked in, and she jumped to her feet, her eyes scanning her environment.What she saw made her eyes widen in shock.The entire c
“Help!! Someone, help me! Please…” Katerina screamed, pumping at his chest like her life depended on it.Already, Tyler's chest had stopped moving and he was lying so still that it scared her.The fear that she would never get to see him move, smile or even piss her off anymore brought some kind of sadness that she couldn't even comprehend to her heart.In reality, it might have taken a couple of seconds or a minute for someone to get to her and help Tyler but to Katerina, it felt like an eternity passed.The big, burly brooding guy from before walked up to her, gently pushing her aside. “Hold on, ma'am. I need to check his vitals.”Katerina was reluctant to move but then again, she knew that there was nothing she could do to help him if she continued hogging up space so she grudgingly moved side. “Is he going to be okay?” He spared her a glance before focusing on Tyler once more. “I don't know, I'll have to check first.”She remembered then that Tyler had called him Heinze earlier.