Chapter 3

Alex awoke again, this time in even more pain than the last. She saw Erik sitting in front of her. She didn't want to see him she was beyond pissed that he was working with Amanda but mostly she was sad. Sad that he could even betray her like this.

"What do you want?" She croaked.

"I want to talk." He said.

"Talk. You want to talk Erik ok then explain to my why you never came back, why you are with Amanda. Erik when I heard you died I cried for days. Jesus I went to your damn funeral! I had to go through seeing my dad die right in front of my eyes and thinking my mother was dead too but wasn't. I was sold into slavery Erik! Do you know what it feels like to be raped daily for years with no one's shoulder to cry on? It sucks." Alex was now crying.

Erik was speechless. He had no idea that any of this happened to her.

"Alex I left because father thought that I was a bad brother. He forced me to leave. You see Alex I wanted to come back but I couldn't. When I heard about the invasion I was devastated if only I was a better brother if only I didn't leave I could have saved you. I have to know Alex who saved you that night." Erik had so many other questions but they weren't as important this one he needed to know.

"A women named Nikita. She was a part of the old Division. I don't know if you have heard about it. She was on the mission that night to kill me, mama and papa but she disobeyed those rules and got me out. She gave me to one of papa's men who had escaped and he sold me into slavery. When I got out Nikita found me and got me clean. And now she is like a mother to me." Alex told him.

"I was told that Nikita killed our father." Erik asked his sister.

"She did. And I was mad at her for a long time but over time I got over it."

"Alex how can you forgive her she took away everything from you and left you with nothing."

"You don't know anything about Nikita! She got me clean and gave me something to live for. She became more of a family than mama, and papa and, and you!"

Erik couldn't stand Alex talking about the women who killed their family like she was some savior. He was so mad at her for being ok with Nikita's actions. He stared at his sister remembering the day he found out she was killed.

Flashback

February 5th 2005, 1 day after the Udinov assassination.

Erik Udinov was sitting in his house in Philadelphia Pennsylvania watching TV. When he saw his family's name on the screen he turned it up.

"…were killed by foreign terrorists yesterday. None of the Udinov's bodies were discovered since the house was burned to ashes by the terrorists. There will be a ceremony held for the Udinov's as the world copes with the sudden loss of the owner of Zetrov and his family. It is rumored the Nikolai's right hand man Sergei Semak will run Zetrov."

With that Erik shut off the TV and started to sob. His family was gone and he didn't get to apologize for everything he did wrong. He didn't get to see Alexandra again like he promised her. He broke that promise and he would never get to fulfill it.

He would take revenge on the killer of his family if it was the last thing he did.

End of Flashback

When he came back to reality he noticed that Alex had slipped back into unconsciousness due to her injuries. As much as Erik was mad at Alex he didn't want her to die for real so when he left the room he ordered someone to check her wounds and make sure she didn't die.

…

When Alex came around again she was hanging by chains round her arms and her feet were barley touching the ground and they had a wire wrapped around them. Two guards were just leaving and Amanda was entering the room.

"Alex." She exclaimed "You're finally awake. Did my last round of torturing affect you that much?"

Alex didn't answer her she just glared at the older women.

"Ok then be that way. If you're not going to talk then I will just have to make you." Amanda said. She made her way over to the switch which was connected to the wire on Alex's feet and turned it to MAX.

1000volts of electricity surged through Alex's already fatigued body. She tried to hold in a scream but the pain was too much.

Amanda was satisfied when she heard Alex scream. When she was tired of hearing Alex scream she turned the electricity off.

Alex was relieved when Amanda shut off the electricity; it gave her time to take a much needed breath as she prepared for Amanda's next way of torturing her.

"Now are you going to be a good little captive and do as you told?" Amanda asked the beaten up girl in front of her.

"Go to hell."

"If you're not going to cooperate then I'll just have to kill you."

"Go ahead kill me its better than having you have control of my father's business."

"As you wish." Amanda said. Before she walked out of the room she knocked Alex out.

…

Nikita, Michael and Sean arrived at the area where Alex was. It was an old run down building that looked completely abandoned, a perfect place for Amanda to hid Alex.

"Ok let's split up and look for Alex. Be aware Amanda is in the building." Nikita said.

The two boys nodded and the three of them split up.

Sean took the first floor. He took out his gun and searched all three rooms and found nothing.

Disappointed he turned on his comm and contacted Nikita and Michael, "Nothing on the first floor guys."

Michael who had searched the second floor came out with nothing either. "Nothing on the second floor either, how about the third floor Nikita is she up there?" Michael said into his comm.

Nikita had one more room on the third floor and was praying she would find something. She opened the door to nothing, her heart sank. It was a trap. Then a voice filled the air.

"You really thought I would just leave the coordinates of my hideout out in the open for you to find." Amanda's voice said. "You should have known it was a trap the whole time! Now you're going to pay for your mistake. 40 seconds after this audio ends the warehouse will blow up. And if you are successful on getting out then you will be able to find Alex. I'm finished with her."

"Guys get out of here it's gonna blow up in less than 40 seconds!" Nikita exclaimed into her comm and ran to the nearest exit.

Nikita ran down the stairs to the second floor. She couldn't find the stairs leading to the first floor so she found the nearest window and jumped out, just as the warehouse blew up.