36 – THE JET IS UNDER ATTACK

Alex had never imagined himself as a member of the mafia, talk more as their leader, and he wasn’t about to start now.

He shook his head and tapped his uninjured feet on the marble floors.

“Matthias said you have a video to show me about some experiment. What was he talking about?”

Abuela Zeya did not look pleased.

“Actually, I do.”

She retrieved her phone from the lounge chair and scrolled through it until she came across what she was looking for, then she paused and handed the phone to Alex.

“See for yourself.”

Two seconds into the video, Alex already felt goosebumps rise on his skin. It looked like a scene from a horror movie — all dark, shadowy and filthy.

In the video, a stark naked woman was shackled to a dirty hospital bed in what looked like an abandoned hospital.

Everywhere was dirty, filthy even. Cobwebs hung from the high ceiling, smudges of dirt could be seen on the bed, walls and floor, and a dirty linen cloth that was once white but now had a nasty, brownish colour, se