When Natasha regained consciousness, she found herself lying on the cold ground in a dark storage room. Both her hands and feet were tied, and although she tried her best to break free, all her efforts were futile because whoever tied her down made sure she would not be able to loosen the rope herself.
Natasha wondered how long she had been locked in this room before she woke up. She also wondered how long she would have to remain here before she would be taken out of this room. Natasha couldn't even scream because her mouth was taped.
After sitting in the same spot for over an hour, the door finally opened and a burly man walked into the room.
It didn't take Natasha long to identify him as a Big Joe henchman, just the way he had introduced himself to them when he escorted the thugs to kidnap her earlier today.
"So you're finally awake?" He asked after peeling the tape from Natasha's mouth.
"Where is this place and where is Big Joe? I need to speak to him right away.Just let me go." Natasha yelled furiously as soon as she was able to talk to him.
"Woah..Wish....Calm down already, if things proceed according to plan you might be able to return home on time or..." the man paused and took a cigarette from the pocket of his jacket and lit it up in his mouth. "...let's just say things will be really difficult for both you and your son." He added.
"Slade what's all that ruckus about?" A voice called out as it approached the storage room.
Immediately Slade heard the voice, he put out the cigarette and quickly swapped from his casual posture into a more professional one.
In a gray suit, a tall, bald man stood in front of the room, tattooed on the left side of his face and visible scars running from his forehead to the center of his bald head.
Natasha wasn't aware of the identity of this man because this was obviously the first time she would be seeing him. However, she was a hundred percent sure that he wasn't Big Joe.
"Slade, I asked you what the cause of the ruckus was, didn't I?" The man asked again as he stepped into the room.
"I'm sorry boss, I was just trying to calm our guest down and make her feel at home." Slade deeply apologized.
"Hmm," the boss nodded before taking a glance at where Natasha was tied up.
"My...My...My...You truly are such a beauty. No wonder that Big idiot is totally obsessed with you."
The boss walked over to Natasha and caressed her on the cheeks. He then shifted his gaze back to Slade.
His fingers were in Natasha's long blonde hair as he said, "Slade, this is not the way to treat a guest, especially a lady of paramount importance to my Big Plan."
"Forgive us boss, we will make amends right this moment later." Slade signaled the guards by the door to release Natasha from the ropes.
"Haaa, doesn't that feel a lot better now?"
"Who are you people?" Natasha questioned as she looked around the room. Previously, she had met Big Joe a couple times, but she had never seen any of these men and this was not Big Joe's style.
"Where are my manners? I should have introduced myself earlier. I'm Viper. I like to make friends and you my dear are going to become my new best friend."
'But I don't want to be friends with you.' Natasha bluntly rejected him.
"Oooh! It is clear that you are also bold and brave, but in this friendship you do not have a choice. Besides, I am more interested in your son than you." Viper said to Natasha. "What was his name again?" He asked.
"Kyle" Slade answered.
"Kyle, I heard he is very talented and most importantly I like to be friends with talented people." Viper gave a creepy smile to Natasha.
"Don't you dare bring my son into this" Natasha warned.
"You're mistaken Ma'am, I didn't do anything. It was all you. You brought him into this world and into this mess too. If only your beauty didn't attract Big Joe, then I wouldn't have to use you as bait." Viper remarked.
"What has that got to do with you? Why can't you just leave us alone?"
"No I can't do that because right now you're my golden ticket. I needed a scapegoat and Kyle proved to be the best man for the job. If your son is talented enough he might still be alive at the moment but if he isn't then Big Joe must have smashed him like a paste already. Either way he must have served his purpose."
"You sick bastards, Why does human life seem like toys to you all? Don't you have a conscience?" Natasha was enraged when she heard how she was being used to manipulate Kyle.
"There is no room for such trial emotions as conscience. As a result, it's very important to have a lot of friends that are disposable." Viper smirked.
Natasha spat on Viper space. "If my son survives that I'm confident he will, then you will be the one getting disposed of, creep."
Viper slapped Natasha's face, which caused her to fall back to the ground.
"I hope he does too, that would make the job a lot easier."
"Ummm Boss, you have an important guest waiting for you upstairs." Slade informed.
"Who the hell is it?" Viper shifted his gaze to Slade
"It's Mr. Bruce, sir."
"Oh! Tell the boys I'll be there in a minute." Viper instructed.
"You don't have to bother, I already came down here myself." Bruce announced his arrival.
Viper hurriedly approached to greet him. " Mr. Bruce , it's always a pleasure to see you but you didn't have to come down to this filthy room which doesn't match your standard to meet me."
I have done a lot of filthy things compared to the situation in this room, so please don't flatter me. However, I hope you are making progress or I might just have to do a nasty thing to you." Bruce replied.
"Of course, everything is progressing smoothly and I think we might succeed this time around." Viper said.
Bruce spotted Natasha sitting on the floor in one corner of the room. "And who do we have here?" He asked as he approached her
"You don't have to worry about her, she is just a bait we are using." Viper answered again.
When Natasha raised her face to look at the person standing in front of her, Bruce was also captivated by her beauty.
"What a beautiful woman you have here. Have you been hiding her from me all this time?" Bruce asked as he gave Natasha a sleazy look.
"How can I do such a thing when I know how much you value such a beautiful work of art? She was brought here today and I'm also just meeting her." Vyper responded in an effort to avoid any misunderstandings.
"I like her, she will be coming along with me. Is there going to be a problem?" Bruce raised his eyebrow as he asked.
"Not at all, in fact she is no longer of any use to me and if it pleases you, then keep her all to yourself."
Bruce laughed and approached Viper. "This is the very reason why I like you. Viper. You know how to cover up your shortcomings brilliantly." He hugged Viper for a brief second.
"You know where to find me if anything comes up and Viper don't you dare fail me because I'm currently in desperate times." Brucr said and walked out of the room.
While the bodyguards that had escorted him picked up Natasha and dragged her along with them as they left.
"That rich and crazy son of a bitch. I should just rip him apart one day. Who the hell does he think he is walking around my place? Iike he owns the fucking building." Viper complained ad he glared at the entrance.
"How come you didn't inform me he was on his way to this room sooner? He yelled at Slade.
"I'm sorry, but I only delivered the message the boys upstairs told me." Slade explained.
"Those fucking bastards, kill them." Viper order
Slade nodded in response. "Yes boss."
"Any updates from our spy? It should have already begun by now." Viper asked.
"Not yet, I don't want to give him a call in order not to blow his cover but we should be receiving his call anytime soon." Slade gave Viper a bit of assurance.
"Fine, I need booze." Viper headed to his office in disappointment.
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