This piece of fiction will focus on Billy and an OC, I will not do what most authors make the mistake of. The two of them will not immediately fall in love or have some mushy stuff going on. I am however, changing the entire direction of the storyline to something a bit more sinister.
This story will include torture scenes, violence, cursing (obviously), and possible death of one or more characters. If you have any suggestions please leave them in the reviews or inbox me. Thanks and I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I've enjoyed writing it.
Chapter 1: Kid-napped
It almost didn't register, one second he'd been fighting with his team and the next he was waking up in a strange room. His head hurt, in fact his entire body was sore; but his head was undoubtably the most noticeable. Billy rolled to his side and fell off of the small bed in the room onto the floor, it was flat concrete and quite unforgiving. He tried to retrace his steps, to remember how he'd gotten here,' Maybe I'm on their new base,' the Expendables didn't exactly have luxury rooms. He got to his feet and rubbed his forehead, his hand came back with speckles of dried blood on it,' They usually have the medics take care of this,' he thought puzzled,' Maybe someone is hurt,' the thought panicked him and he went to the door.
His fingers grasped the handle and turned it, he pushed slightly. Nothing. He pulled. Nothing. He used some force, thinking it must be stuck," Barney?" he called out. No answer, just footsteps coming towards him. He breathed a sigh of relief,' I must be disoriented and weak from hunger,' he sat back on the bed. The door opened and light flooded the small room," Man am I glad to…" he smiled and went to shake his friend's hand.
Instead of grasping his hand, the figure raised theirs with lightning speed. A baton cracked across Billy's face, sending him to the floor. A trickle of blood fell down the side of his face as two men pulled his hands behind his back and picked him up, his vision began to adjust to the light as he was dragged out of the room. Vilain stood in front of him," Where is the chip?" he annunciated each word as they slowly rolled from his tongue.
"Wh-what chip?" Billy glanced around him, this was a base after all; but not a friendly one.
Vilain licked his lips and let his tongue rest on them for a moment," Once more," he cracked his knuckles and stretched," Where is the chip?"
"I don't know what you're talking…" his head jerked sideways as Vilain hit him.
"You will tell me where it is," he grabbed Billy's jaw and forced him to look at his eyes," Take him," he let go and pointed down the hall.
Barney paced as he waited for the computer to finish loading," When did you notice he was gone?" he turned to his team.
"Right before we got here," Lee sat, cleaning his blades.
"Didn't you put a tracker in his arm?" Yin asked.
"Yeah, the computer's trying to find him," Barney glanced at the screen.
"I swear if he's off to see some girl I'll strangle him with his wolf strap," Gunner laughed.
"He is new…" Hale offered," Maybe he needed some time alone?"
"He knows the rules," Barney sighed," He knows better, he might be a kid but he's good at his job and takes this serious. I'm hoping he's just off on his own for some R and R, but we all know that's not likely with Vilain's men that close to us."
Billy struggled against the men holding him, he was able to get an arm free and punched the other one so hard he fell unconscious onto the ground. Two more took his place, however, and one raised his baton to strike him," No," Vilain grabbed his arm," Don't leave any more marks on him yet," he pulled a taser from his pocket and sent a current through Billy's chest," There, he shouldn't be a problem now."
Billy had been tased before, it didn't mean it didn't hurt any less though. His legs went numb and and he couldn't fight anymore. There was very little chance of him actually escaping all of these men and being able to navigate his way out of this place. The men holding him dragged him backwards into another room, Vilain following with his arms clasped behind his back. Billy fought panic as the door closed, his vest unzipped and pulled off leaving a button-down and a t-shirt that was tucked into his cargo pants.
"Long sleeve has to go," Vilain walked towards him, he pulled a knife from his belt and ran its blade along Billy's neck. He tucked it in the underside of the collar and slit down the sleeve, taking his time as he did the second," If you were smart," he leaned in as he whispered into Billy's ear," You'd have cut your own throat when you had the chance," Vilain walked around behind him, he grabbed a handful of the fabric at the base of Billy's neck and jerked. The shirt ripped from his body and tossed onto the floor, the men pulled him backwards and he felt the edge of a table against his thigh. He kicked backwards, pushing it away from him and dragged one of the men to the floor with him. Shock ran through him again as Vilain used his taser again, he lost control of his limbs and collapsed onto the floor," There's a good boy," Vilain snarled," Up," he motioned.
Billy felt the cold metal beneath his back through the thin fabric of his t-shirt, it was almost soaked in sweat but the room felt cold. His wrists and ankles were being strapped down," Now, where is the chip?" Vilain remained calm.
"I told you…" he stared at the ceiling," I don't know."
"Every one of you has a tracking chip in your body," Billy realized he was asking where the tracking device was, not the computer chip with the blueprints on it, it must have shown," I'm not to the blueprints yet, boy," he pulled his gloves off," I can't have your team coming in here and interrupting me though," he ran his fingers along Billy's neck," here? No?" he continued down to his forearm," Here?" Billy didn't look at him, he tried to buy time every second Vilain wasted was a second Barney could use to find him," Well, where is it then?" he didn't answer, but was suddenly very aware of his forearm" Okay then," he snapped his fingers to one of the men.
A thin cane struck his stomach and left a whelp just below his navel, small droplets of blood seeped through his skin but it didn't fully break. His body tried to curl and defend itself, he grit his teeth and yelled as another whelp appeared not even an inch from the first. The blows continued, he screamed but did not beg. It would have been pointless anyway, Vilain wasn't going to listen. They finally stopped, he closed his eyes and prayed he'd pass out. A blade pressed against his forearm right above where Barney had injected the tracker, he jumped as it dug into him. He squirmed to no avail, he knew they'd find it if he didn't bleed to death in the process.
"I knew where the tracker was," Vilain held it between his fingers so Billy could see it," I wanted to know how strong you were, how difficult it would be to get information out of you," he rolled the chip between his fingers," Billy waited for him to break it in half," I want those blueprints…I will get them."
"You think they told me where they were?" Billy said through clenched teeth," They prepared for this type of thing," he leaned his head back.
"You had to have seen them," Vilain snarled.
"All I care about is the paycheck, but even if I knew I wouldn't tell you."
"Truth is, Kid, I want them to find you," he smiled," if you don't have the blueprints on you and they're not hidden away somewhere that means one of your team mates has them, in which case I'll show them a tortured and very bloody you and they'll give me what I want," he smiled," because they'll think they can save you," he motioned for someone to come to him. He took a small blowtorch from the man's hand, Billy let his face go blank. He felt Vilain move away from his head, then searing pain as his forearm was cauterized. He couldn't hold the screams, he clenched his eyes closed and tried to block out what was happening," I can't have you bleeding out yet," Vilain turned off the torch and put it on a shelf," Now where is that disk?"
"You're not gonna find it," he gasped and groaned as the pain lessened.
"No, but if I can find their base and destroy it I won't need to worry about it anymore. Where is their base?"
Billy's abs stung with every breath, he tried to ignore it and focus on his words. He smiled defiantly," Do you honestly think you're getting anything out of me?"
"Fine, have it your way."
A rag covered his face, he guessed what came next and took a few deep breaths. Water soaked the cloth, he fought the restraints even though he knew it was pointless. He gasped for air when he could and choked, coughing and trying to turn his head to get the water out of his face. After what seemed like an eternity it stopped, the rag was removed and Vilain's face was next to his," Ready to talk now?" he coughed and gasped for air.
"F-fuck you," he glared back.
"Keep it up," he told his men as he stood," I'll be back."
"I found him," Barney began writing down coordinates," Get your gear."
"Where is he?" Lee began packing supplies into his rucksack.
"That can't be right…" Barney stopped.
"What?"
"Says he's outside of our…"
"This just got air-dropped near us," Gunner walked in with a box," I checked it for explosives, didn't find any."
Lee opened the box, inside was a bloody plastic bag," Fuckin' hell," he cursed.
"What is it?" Yin and the others moved in.
"It's his tracker," Barney hung his head," looks like they cut it out."
"There's a note," Lee opened the small envelope attached to the back of the baggy," You can stop looking for him now, I'll be in touch soon," he read aloud," It's from Vilain."
