CHAPTER 6
Rizika stirred and slowly opened her eyes. Her head still throbbed though. She grunted and rubbed her forehead. She tried to move, but her body felt heavy.
[System: Awaken. Body checking…]
The moment she heard the high-pitched voice in her head, her grogginess instantly vanished, and she forced herself up. The instant movement made her wince as she felt a pain in her right thigh. Then, she just noticed that her right hand had a binding in her knuckles.
She looked around. She was on a bed. The brick walls were painted black, and a light bulb was the only thing that lit the whole room. She noticed the shackles at all sides of the bedpost, and there was a single chair from afar. Another metal chain was tied to its feet. There was a table from the far corner. A whip, belt, scalpel, hammer, different kinds of knives, a ball gag, rope, and other hostile apparatus were prepared on the surface. She clearly was in a torture chamber.
Wasn't she on Earth? She guessed people here were not ignorant of violence then. She thought Earth humans were kinder. But then she just remembered that the one who shot her doesn't feel like a human for what he'd done without questioning her first. That was another level of cruelty.
Then her eyes wandered to the far corner of the wall above. There was a camera. "Camera?" She uttered. Wait. How do I know that word, and what's it called? Maybe it's also from the glitch that the system provided her basic knowledge about Earth's things. Her brow furrowed again. Another term she discovered, 'gadget'.
She sighed and rumpled her hair back up that was covering her face. The chilly air was getting through her skin. She looked at her body. She just realized that her clothes were changed. She was wearing a black nightdress, and though it was long-sleeved, its thinness bothered her more. It could have been just a see-through. A folded blanket at the foot of the bed caught her attention. She instantly grabbed it and wrapped it around herself.
She wasn't used to exposing her skin to anyone. She was a general and always had armor on. And being stripped down like this was making her uncomfortable. Even at night, when she sleeps in her own room, she was in her pants and shirt, not the soft and flimsy material she was in right now.
[System: Body was still recovering.]
[System: Stamina: 75%]
[System: Mission Task: Damsel in distress: 10/100%]
She gathered her knees before her and heaved a deep breath. Her mission was to retrieve an item. Not to—
[System Mission: Tame the Mafia Boss]
She clenched her eyes shut and sucked another breath. "What the hell is a mafia boss?" Her teeth were grinding in rising frustration that was coming back.
[System: A Mafia boss is the head of a crime family. They had the highest position and the absolute ruler.]
Her jaw fell. She blinked. Then she laughed out loud. Her shoulders were even shaking from amusement at the ludicrousness of her situation. She threw her head back from laughing. Her hands propped behind her on the bed as she leaned backwards, and she stretched her long legs before her.
The camera in the corner of the room can record clear audio and video. A woman witnessing her through the camera screen shook her head. "This woman might be crazy."
The man sitting beside her stared at the screen also. "Maybe that's why whoever threw her in our estate thought she's a lost cause."
"Yeah. She might be beautiful but crazy. Tsk, tsk." The woman shook her head.
Rizika Flare was a general, and he's a crime boss. What a perfect match. A perfect mission could it be if it were in another circumstance or in another term. Tame sounds so innocent and vague.
She pulled the blanket away from her body and moved to the edge of the bed. She propped her legs down, and her feet touched the cold and dirty floor. Her long hair somehow covered her body from the chill atmosphere inside. She doesn't even have proper clothing to cover herself more. Her nightgown almost touched the floor.
She stood up and sauntered the table with different weapons. She picked up the bullwhip and tried it on the ground. A smashing noise echoed in the room.
How she missed her weapons. A smile tugged on her lips, and she stared back at the other items on the table. Can she use them to tame the mafia boss? They would be useful enough. Though she never engaged in any kind of dominance activity, there's a first time in everything.
It wasn't that new to her though, for she herself had punished criminals back in her realm. And now she would be punishing a crime boss. That couldn't be bad at all. After taming him, then maybe her main mission would get back in her system. It better should be.
Then the metal door clanked. Someone was coming in. She held the whip tightly in her hand as she made a cold, hard face and waited for whoever it was.
The door opened, and the sturdiest male figure she saw stood at the entrace. He almost reached the top edge of the door with his gigantic height and huge body frame. His grayish hair was silvery. His eyes met hers for the second time. And she now can see their colors. The vibrant blue that seemed to pierce her with the icy stare.
He was wearing a navy-blue dress shirt. It hugged his body perfectly. Every muscle was emphasized. A gun was tucked in the black leather holster. She never knew men could be so devilishly handsome in human form.
She blinked when the door shut behind him. She held her head high even though he looked at her with predatory coldness. She won't be intimidated just by his looks.
The cold air in the room instantly turned hot, though.
Vextral saw those purple eyes again. He wouldn't like to admit it, but those eyes appeared in his dream last night. And he wasn't just imagining the rage in them. He was clearly seeing it now. She wasn't afraid. Or she could just be a damn great actress. Her peach hair glowed under the white light. It was so long that they reached her hips. And he noticed that the woman was quite taller than the ones he met before.
The thin dress she was wearing left anyone with wild imaginations. It didn't cover her enough as the flimsy fabric only made her more sensual. Her shapely, rounded breasts were covered by her hair but it was obvious how gifted she was. Or how great it was made by the plastic surgeons.
Her intricate face was one of the most beautiful he's ever seen. And she had a tiny mole below her left eye, near to the side of her face. How otherworldly attractive.
But a beauty like her wouldn't be lurking in his estate without a purpose. Before, anyone who intrude his territory, he would have them killed on the spot. But this time, he was curious. He was curious what made her think that she can get to him without being killed. Or maybe she already got him somehow without even uttering a single word with each other, and just by looking from afar.
He noticed the bullwhip in her hands. That made the side of his lips quirked up a little. He approached her in just a few strides and he thought she would retreat. But she didn't. She remained on her ground. Her head tilted upwards to meet his gaze.
"How brave." He commented in a low, playful tone. "Or how stupid." He felt her swallowed hard as her mouth opened and exhaled a puff of air. He looked down at her. He had entered her personal space and he knew it was a risky move for whatever tricks she might had but he didn't mind at all. She could try and he would have another reason to punish her. "Who sent you?" It was a question that whenever he asked, should be answered directly.
Rizika can almost see the electricity in his blue eyes. It was like the man was a walking voltage. She wanted to retreat as her neck was already hurting in looking up to him. But she doesn't want to appear weak.
[System: Mission Task: Damsel in distress: 10/100%]
[System: Mission Task: Smile at the boss: 00/100%]
[System: Mission Task: Conversation with the boss: 00/100%]
She wanted to squeeze her eyes shut as the system bombarded her with other tasks.
I'm brave. The system is the stupid one. How she wanted to spat that out.
Who sent her? It was her kingdom. But should she tell him that? No. What if he was the one who stole the artifact that's why the portal made her appear near his place? Or it could be that he owned the forest as well.
[System Mission: Tame the Mafia Boss]
[System: Mission Task: Make the Mafia boss smile: 00/100%]
[System: Mission Task: Make the Mafia boss calm: 00/100%]
[System: Rewards would be given randomly when a task was started]
Rizika heaved a deep breath and finally retreated from the staring contest with him. She put the whip back on the table with a loud thud. And she lightly touched the back of her head and stretched her neck from side to side. She can feel the tensed muscle loosened.
And what the heck was with all the missions?! She should be tamed first, not him! Make him smile? How would she even do that? She long had known that she had a dead sense of humor, as her knights told her whenever she tried even when she was drunk. And lastly, calm him down? She wasn't even calm herself!
She was lost for words again. Every damn task was stupid, hell! The mission itself was completely worthless! A chuckle escaped out from her throat as she paced back and forth. The man completely forgotten. A hand was on her waist while the other was on her forehead, keeping the hair out of her face.
Vextral stared strangely at the woman. She got him off-guard as she looked frantic in front of him and she did a maniacal laugh. Did the doctor mix something in her medicine? Or was she a mad woman from the start? There's a possibility. Maybe that was why she doesn't appear to be scared of him. Her sense of danger was clouded as well as her brain functions.
But again, it could all just be an act to distract him. To make him intrigue.
She quieted down and halted at last. She looked at him again with squinting eyes and stalked closer to him. His arms were folded across his chest and she stopped just a few inches before her breasts could touch his arms. Her hair was the only barrier in front of them.
Her head was pushed upwards. "How do you like to be tamed?" She asked with fiery determination in her purple eyes.
That was the most unexpected question he heard from all the people he captured and got locked up.
Her question echoed on his mind. Oh, she was a damning beauty. But how dare she asked him that. Tame? Does she want to tame me? His lips couldn't hold back the smile and it was now his turn to laugh.
Without turning his eyes away from the woman, he raised a hand to the side where the camera can see it. He opened his palm and closed them into a fist. It was a signal for whoever was watching them, they had to turn off the video footage of the cell, so no one outside could see whatever happens next.