Days passed by, Skyler and Maya visited Chris in the hospital and stayed till the time of the night before they go back home.
Kendricks and some of the people in the SA visited Chris too but don't stay long as they were always busy in their secret base.
One afternoon when Skyler went to see Chris as it has become her daily routine, after she had finished talking to the doctor she headed straight to Chris ward.
Just as she opened the door and entered into the ward, she met some pairs of grey eyes staring at her. She was shocked and surprised to move closer to the owners of those grey eyes she thought she'd never see again.
" Hey babygirl " Chris said in a weak voice as he saw that Skyler was surprised to see him awake.
That voice she thought she would never get to hear it again.....
" Ch.... Chris " Skyler said with tears blinding her sight.
" Come here " Chris managed to talk again, it was as if his strength was leaving his body if he uttered a word.
Skyler quickly move towards his side, as she couldn't hug him because of the device fixed on his body she held his free hand tightly but with care.
" It's okay, don't cry I'm awake now " Chris said and Skyler nodded her head while wiping the tears away from her eyes with the back of her palm.
She took a sit beside the bed and kept on staring at Chris as though if she blinked then his eyes will be closed back as though he was never awake.
Seeing her staring at him like that he gave a small smile and used his thumb to rub on the back of her palm as if soothing her.
" I'm here now, I'm not going to disappear " he said.
" Are you feeling pains anywhere " she asked.
" Uh.... Yes my chest and down here " Chris said and placed his hand on the side of his stomach.
" It's okay, the doctor will be here soon to check on you " Skyler said.
" Okay..... How did you find me " Chris asked, he remembered that he had escaped Reed's men after they had tortured him after that he couldn't remember anything else.
" Really, you don't know , you knocked on my door before you passed out remember "
" I don't know, I don't remember knocking on your door. The only thing I remembered was that I was being kidnapped and then taken to a secret warehouse and then the people who kidnapped me started torturing me and their boss was the one asking me some questions which I didn't answer....."
" What kind of questions " Skyler interuppted him.
" Uh.... questions about you, they were trying to know about you from me. They were asking about your name and where you stay... "
" Why ? What did they want from me ? Did you say anything to them "
" No "
" This is not good, they are after me " Skyler said
" Anything else " Skyler asked.
" I don't remember anything else again..... " Chris trailed, he tried to remember so hard but it was as if his brain was blank.
THREE DAYS AGO....
Chris had just finished eating his breakfast and was preparing to go out when he heard a knock on the door. He didn't remember inviting anyone to his house.
Who could that be..... He asked himself.
Walking up to the door, he peeked through a small hole attached to the door to see who it was. He saw only a man wearing all black and black mask whose eyes was visible.
Chris didn't see the rest of the people who came with the man. Frowning he opened the door a little not letting him in.
" Sorry....do I know you " he asked.
" Yes.... Are you Christopher Sterling " the masked man asked.
" Yes.... Can I help... " before Chris could complete his words he was already hijacked by some other men he didn't see before.
" What the fuck are you doing, who the hell are you guys " Chris said in a panicked voice but the men continued to drag him out of his house.
As he saw that his kidnappers weren't answering him he decided to save himself. Chris being a skilled fighter used his leg to hit the man holding his left arm in his balls making the man yelp in pain.
He used his head to hit the man holding his right arm causing the man to bleed through his nose not expecting the sudden attack from him.
The masked man seeing Chris attacked his fellow men sent the rest of the people to capture Chris.
" Come on " Chris said and started beating up the men who were coming at him. The fight was happening on broad day light.
Not many people were passing by, so they wouldn't know what was going on around the area Chris lives. Chris punched and kicked all the men to the ground.
Just when he thought he could face the masked man one on one, he felt a sharp pain on his shoulder which caused him to stagger backward.
Chris touched his shoulder and saw that he was bleeding, he realized he had been shot with a silent pistol.
He raised his head to look at the masked man and saw him pointing him a tranquilizer, and then he was shot again at his neck causing him to finally lose balance and fall to the hard ground.
" Get up you morons " the masked man said to the other men who still laid on the ground writhing in pains.
The last thing Chris saw was two men picking him up from the ground before he passed out.
The next time he opened his eyes, he saw that he was tied to a chair in the middle of a room which had no window.
The place was a little dark even as it was in the time of the morning, Chris tried to move but the ropes they used in binding him was so tight.
Where am I...
What is this place.....
Chris then remembered that he was being kidnapped, but then had beat up his kidnappers and then he was shot...
When he remembered he was shot he wanted to touch his neck but he couldn't do that.
Just then the door opened and the same masked man entered with other five men. The masked man came to stand before him.
" I see you are awake " the masked man said.
Chris scoffed " You thought I was dead before " he said.
" Of course, I shot you twice "
" Probably you're not a good shooter " Chris mocked him
" Hmm " the man hummed and then touched his ear to say " Boss, his awake ".
" Who the hell are you people and why did you bring me here " Chris barked.
" You talk too much "
" Answer my fucking... " before Chris could complete his words, a tall and huge man entered the room.
The man wore suit, his black hair was combed neatly to the back, his thin brows was carved up which gave him a scary look.
He came to stand before Chris with his hands in his pocket, he has a smirk on his face and then he turned his face towards the masked man who stood behind him.
" Is he the one " the man spoke in his deep baritone voice.
" Yes boss " the masked man replied.
" Remember me " the man asked Chris.
Chris noticed that the man had two coloured eyes, his right eye was brown and his left eye was dark brown with a scar which ran across his brow down to his lips.
" No, who the hell are you " Chris said confused, he hadn't seen this man before.
" My name is Reed Shane and this is my warehouse, I won't tell you what I do but I just need to ask you a few questions and I just need the truth from you after that I'll let you go " Reed said.
Chris laughed as if Reed had said something funny " You will let me go ? And you sent your men to kidnapp me at my house, they shot me and bind me in this chair and you want to ask me some questions. Tell me, is this how to ask someone a question "
" You wouldn't have been shot if you had just followed them obediently " Reed said.
" Oh really, so I should just follow some random strangers to God knows where " Chris said and looked around the room.
" What is the name of the young lady who always follow you around and where does she stay " Reed asked.
" Who ? I don't know who you're talking about " Chris said. There was only one person who always follow him around and that was Skyler.
Could it be Skyler they are asking about....
" If I'm not mistaken, there's only one lady who always accompany you and no one else, I don't know her name or where she stays but I know you both work together for my old friend Kendricks Easton "
Hearing Kendricks name, Chris frowned.
Old friend ? Was he lying ?
How come he didn't know about it ?
" Kendricks sent her to kill me but she failed but did this to my left eye so I want her to also have the same scar as she did to me so you better speak up now before I lose my patience with you " Reed said.
They are after Skyler.... I can't let them know her name or where she stays No.... Never.
What does Skyler have to do with this ?
Was she the one who gave Reed the scar on his left eye ?
" I don't know who you're talking about " Chris said.
" Still lying " Reed clicked his tongue in annoyance and then flicked his fingers.
Before Chris knows what was going on, he had received a hard punch on his face.
" Fuck, I said I don't know " he said and he received another punch.
And another...
And another...
" Wait " Reed said and the masked man stopped punching Chris face which was already bleeding, he had his head down breathing heavily.
" Another chance for you to talk " Reed said.
" I don't.....I don't know who you're talking about " Chris said with harsh breath.
Reed pinched the space between his brows, he then stretched his hand for someone to give him an iron rod. Walking closer to Chris " You don't know right " he said and then attached the rod to Chris chest.
" Ahhhhh " Chris screamed in pains as he was been electrocuted.
When Reed was satisfied, he stopped but then Chris already passed out on the chair for the third time.
" Idiot, tell me when he's awake " Reed said and walked out of the room leaving his men to deal with Chris.
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Chris woke up due to water been splashed on his face harshly. He was still tied to a chair with his hands bind behind him.
This time Reed sat on a chair opposite him " Now, let's continue from where we stopped shall we ? " he said.
Chris managed to let out a low chuckle as he was so weak now, he could barely keep his eyes opened.
" You think after electrocuting me I'll say anything, you're mistaken Reed " he said to receive a punch on his face from the masked man.
" Punch me all you want I won't say a thing " Chris said.
His clothes was stained with his blood from his shoulders where he was shot. Reed then stood up from the chair and stood before Chris.
Chris stared at him wondering what he wants to do this time cause he's never going to say anything. He gave Reed a smile for him to go on.
Suddenly Reed started punching Chris with his fist. His hands were clad with hard gloves which he used in punching Chris face.
He then used his leg to kick Chris chest causing him to lose balance and fall backward with the chair. He stepped on Chris chest " Still don't want to talk hmm ? " he said kicked Chris chest so hard breaking his ribs.
" Ahhh " Chris screamed because of the pains form his broken ribs.
" Boss, you'll kill him before we get answers " the masked man said.
Reed finally stopped his torture on Chris and stepped back " Make sure he doesn't die " he said and walked out.
They pulled Chris back to his sitting position and left him all alone in the room. Chris who was in terrible pains now raised his head to look around the place to see that he was alone.
He used raised his leg up to see a small knife, while the men carried him up he had used his teeth to take the small knife attached to the waist of the man standing in front of him and had hid it under his foot.
He kicked the knife a little forward, taking a deep breath.
He pushed himself forward and fell with the chair, he groaned in pains, he pushed himself forward and turned to his side to hold the knife with his hands.
Then he started cutting the ropes with his eyes at the door. After he successfully cut the rope, his hands were free.
His hands ache badly and he touched his chest where Reed had stepped on " Ahh...Shit " he groaned.
He managed to stand up, he used his leg to break the chair leg, using it as a weapon to protect himself.
He got to the door and opened it to see the hallway empty, surprisingly there was no guards guarding the room he was placed in. Chris got out while looking around for any secret camera.
He walked down the hallway and curved to see a door, before he could take another step he heard footsteps coming his direction and he hid himself.
Just as the person coming towards him branched to where he hid himself, he used the stick to hit the person's face so hard making the person staggered backward in confusion.
But he moved so quickly and stabbed the man with the stick in his hand on his neck while using his palm to cover the man mouth so he wouldn't make a sound.
When he saw that the man closed his eyes and died. He pulled out the stick from the man neck and headed towards the door.
He was surprised to see that it was the way out of the warehouse, without wasting any more time he dashed out and ran for his life without Reed aware of his successful escape.