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Robert and Sophie both looked up as they heard the metal door open and shut. They both stood u. Two men, both tall and muscular, wheeled in a large screen T.V, with Ben Hanson trailing behind. He gave a sickening calm smile at both of them.
"Thank you," he said to the guards as they left the room.
"Hello, Robert, Sophie. I have a little surprise for you." He leaned in closer, his expression getting smugger by the minute. "Alexandria has come for you."
A picture came up on the T.V, a shot of Alexandria running from Ben, her eyes wide and scared, her arms and legs pumping to get away. To Robert, if felt he was being stabbed, it hurt so much to see her like that.
"So have some other people," Ben continued. He picked up a remote control and flipped through some pictures. They were crystal-clear photos of Vittoria, Bryan and Greg. Sophie gasped. All those people…were risking their lives to save them!
Ben Hanson's eyes narrowed. "Now I can't say their attempts were in vain. They bashed up some other Illuminati members pretty good. But you do know that it will not come without consequences."
"This handsome young lad," a photo of Greg popped up on the screen. "Earth."
"Vittoria Vetra," Vittoria's worried expression filled the monitor. "Water."
"Bryan Adams, Vittoria's husband" Bryan's picture opened up. "Air."
"And finally, Alexandria Langdon." The same heart-trending photo came up next. "Fire."
"You mean—"
"In true Illuminati fashion, each will go in the way said above. Of course, you two will go in a special way…"
"So Alexandria…"
Ben Hanson's expression never changed. "The almighty power of Fire will take her life. We captured her in the cemetery, her and that boy-Greg-running from us. Here's what she looked like an hour ago,"
Next came was a picture of Alexandria trapped in a small room, her eyes closed. "We had to her some medication to finally contain her." Ben tilted her head. "My team just happens to have her medical records…and it seems she's deadly allergic to some man-made ingredient in the solution."
Sophie's hands flew to her mouth. "What? She's allergic?"
"In her body, it will act like a slow-acting poison that will finally hurt her in about a couple hours. Only I have the antidote."
"So let's look at some live video feed of Alexandria, shall we?" He clicked a button. The video showed…nothing. But out of the corner of the camera, a flash of brown hair went past. It shows Alexandria kicking and breaking the window open and jumping free.
Ben Hanson's eyes bulged and he swore. He took out his cell phone and barked some orders.
Robert couldn't help but smirk. Nothing could contain Alexandria.
"HELP! PLEASE!" Greg shouted, pounding his fists against the top of the coffin. He felt light-headed. People's voices began to echo even more, and the clanging of shovels became more prominent. "NO, no!"
All of a sudden, he and the box was dropped deep, deep down. A thud of dirt pounded on the top of it. "HEY!"
The voices soon left, and Greg was left all alone. He pushed and kicked and hit the ceiling of the coffin, but to no avail. He shouted, and felt even more light-headed than before. He was losing oxygen really fast. His eyes closed and his last shout caught in his throat…
Alexandria fell to the floor after jumping out of the window. She was in the church next to the cemetery that she and Greg and ran to.
Greg! Alex's heart pounded hard. She had to find where he was! Quietly, she slipped out into the hallway, which held old-and definitely expensive—artwork that seemed to frown down at her as she slid across the walls, trying to be as quiet as possible.
All of a sudden, a crushing pain took over Alexandria's stomach. She fell to her knees, hands clutching just below her abdomen.
What the…Alexandria thought as she gasped for air. It felt like a tiny bomb went off in her stomach. But as soon as it came, the pain vanished. Alexandria waited a couple more minutes before she got up on shaky knees and went on her way.
What the heck was that all about?
"So, after one more injection, Alexandria could die." Ben looked pleased with himself as he once again as he sat in front of Robert's and Sophie's cells. "Of course, you could choose what way you wanted her to die. Painful…by the power of fire. Or slowly…by the injection."
"You're a horrid man! Vous devrez payer pour cela!" Sophie shouted at Ben, her hands clutching the bars.
Robert's eyes flashed. "Where is Alexandria now?"
A tiny muscle in Ben Hanson's jaw shook. For once, he looked a little nervous. "You don't need to know!" he snapped. He stormed out of the room.
Sophie closed her eyes for a moment after he left. "Robert…she's away. I don't know quite where she is, but she's away from Ben."
Robert clutched her hands through the metal bars. "Sophie, I'm so sorry! We'll get out of here, I promise you."
Sophie's eyes were wet. "I know, my love. I know."
He kissed her hand.
Alexandria was so close to the door and pushed it open a crack. There was a strong-looking and big guard on the other side. Crap. Alex knew that she had to get out, but with that man on the other side of the door…she almost didn't have a chance. Suddenly, she had an idea and grabbed one of the paintings. Slowly, softly, she opened the door and raised the painting with trembling arms and brought it back down with a sickening crack! On his head. The guard tumbled down the stairs, moaning. As he went unconscious, Alex grabbed the pistol and slipped it in her pocket. She couldn't go unarmed.
Not with everything at stake.
