Hello, amazing readers! Thanks for the reviews! Yes, I know I am evil. I personally love Malcolm but him as the bad guy...well, you could only imagine what I will do :D Ha anyhoo, Here is the next chapter. ENJOY! :)
Chapter 11
Anthony POV
The guy came up to Anthony, a knife in his hand.
"By the way, my name is Steve." He brought the knife down and pain erupted through his body.
Anthony eyes snapped open. When he saw the white ceiling,his eyes drifted close. He was alright. He was at home, in his room. It was maybe just now Saturday and he was nervous because of the dance...wait, white ceiling? Anthony opened his eyes again. He didn't have a white ceiling. He had a CREAM ceiling.
HE shot up on the bed he was sitting on and pain shot up his side. He instantly hugged it, wincing from the pain. He looked down and saw that he didn't have a shirt on, but a bandage with a blood stain wrapped around his middle. He still had his black pants on but he was barefoot. Anthony nervously looked around. He was in a white room with white carpet, white walls. he didn't see a door anywhere. The lights on the walls were really bright, making his head hurt.
'Penny would have a fit.' He thought to himself. He sat up straighter.
Penny.
Where is she? Was she hurt? Did they do something to her while he was out? He hated the way the Steve guy looked at her. And he diffidently didn't trust the twins, Travis and Connor. Why did they want them? Where was he? What the hell was going on?!
"It's about time you woke up." Anthony jumped at the amused voice, turning his whole body around, gritting his teeth at the slit pain it caused. When he turned he almost fell out of the bed he was sitting in. Sitting at a white round table, with a white coffee mug in hand, was a guy that looked exactly like him. Besides his hair, he was looking at a couple years older version of Anthony. He was in black dress pants and a blue button up shirt, sleeves rolled up, looking relaxed like having coffee with a long time friend.
Taking all this in, Anthony said the most intelligent thing, "What?"
Anthony's look-alike took a sip of his drink. "I said it was time you woke up. You've been out for three days. I was starting to wonder if I would have to deal with Steve for stabbing you. But now you're up; good news for him."
Anthony swung his legs over the bed, his bare-feet feeling the soft carpet.
"Where is she?" he demanded. The guy put down his cup.
"Oh, Penny? She's a feisty girl. Very determined and to loyal, if you asked me. She has had two chance to escape but it seems that she would not even try with out you next to her. Such a perfect girlfriend." He smirk at the glare Anthony gave him. "She is also very strong. She has dine very well at the...tests."
Anthony slowly stood. "What. Did. You. Do?" He grounded out each word.
He waved his hand in dismissal. "Oh, don't worry, she's fine. Just the basics. You know, fighting, running, hand-to-hand combat, ect. Just taking in information until we are ready." Anthony's stomach squeezed at the thought. What are they doing this for? He thought it was just for revenge to her dad. What is this guy up to?
"Stay the fuck away from her." Anthony growled.
The guys simply raised an eyebrow. "Interesting. You feel strongly for her too. She doesn't seem your type, you know. Being the Seaweed Brain she is, I didn't think you would fall for dumb people."
Anthony stalked forward, intending to punch this guy but Anthony bumped into glass. Anthony put a hand on his head, trying to block out the pain. He looked up and around. He put his hands on the glass. Glass cage;smart. The guy smirked.
"Wow, you must be really hurt if you haven't noticed the glass. People in our family are normally observant." Anthony froze. Did he say family?
"Family?"His voice cracked. He prayed to who ever was High and Holy that it wasn't true. "Who are you?"
"Why, you wouldn't recognize your own half-brother?"
"Half-brother?" Anthony was genuinely confused. He had a half-brother? This guy must be lying.
"Yes, half-brother. You see, mom was happily married to my father, had me and life was good. Then mother dearest did her first con; the switching of Mona Lissa, that they have yet to figure they have the fake to this day. Well, my dad found out and pack us up and we left her. We never heard from her again. That is, before she died."
Anthonys blood went cold. He knew he was telling the truth. It was in his eyes. He wasn't sure he wanted to hear this.
"She came by our house, saying that the CIA was after her, she needed to hide. I was young then but I knew what she meant when she said she was about to, 'Put the end to someone'.
"Dear dad told her to leave, never to come back. She was a fool to get into crime. Poor mother was so stressed, she killed him on spot, like that. I was so horror filled that I didn't even notice that she picked me up and took me to her car until we were zooming off. It was raining hard that night, and a CIA agent shot the car tier, hitting the car into the side of a building. She was instantly killed, I had many injuries. After the hospital, I was put in foster care. But once I turned eight-teen, I wanted to avenge our mother.
"So, I did some research. Found out about the crimes she did, how she did them, and started training myself. It was a slow proses but soon, I became the most wanted man in America. I found mothers old hide out and it was a gold mine. Perfect schemes that weren't finished and people she was paid to assassin. I took over her work, did everything she didn't get the chance t do. Then I found one thing that was perfect, but I needed two things. A smart mind, and a test rat.
"Finding the lab rat was harder than I thought. I thought so I could get revenge, I would capture the CIA agent that shot the car that killed mom. Agent 3 was hard to fool. I found out that he had been chasing my mom since he became an agent and that he was also getting started on my case. After little debate with myself, I tried to capture him. But, alas, it was harder than usual. I gave up and did some digging about his family. That's when I found out about Penny, his only child. I knew that by using her, I would be torturing him while getting what I want; who could pass that deal?
"So I started tracking down his family when Poseidon moved them to California. He thought he could hide her from me, but he was so wrong. I sent agents, to keep an eye on her." Anthony's half-brother stood up and walked to the glass, facing Anthony.
"So, while they were getting settled and summer was ending, I needed a smart mind and an accomplice. That's when I found out about you. My only family member by blood and one that was just as smart, maybe smarter, than me. I was thrilled and when I found that you lived near Penny and was going to the same school, I was ecstatic. Things couldn't have been better. I waited patiently and then the night came for the perfect time, Steve and his crew got you, and now you're here. At your new home. With your own brother, Malcolm."
Anthony sat on the bed, digesting all of this. His heart wouldn't slow down, his mind on high-pro-drive, and his stomach in tight knots; he was struggling to keep his composure and not throw-up.
His mother was an evil criminal. His brother, Malcolm stepped in for her. He had this evil scheme that was in his clutches and he was going to use Penny as a lab rat. He wanted Anthony to help him; to become this evil piece of scum and possibly kill Penny with him and do God knows what else.
Anthony wanted to run his head into the wall, hoping he would wake up from this nightmare, or die from the impact. Either would do.
'No,' he thought."I have to get Penny out of here."
"What is the plan?" He asked. Malcolm smirked.
"Oh, little brother, I am not that stupid. First, you have to promise me to join us, then you have to go through some train and have a final test of trust, and lastly I will tell you our plans. Now, will you join me?"
Anthony took a deep breath. He already had a plan. He knew what to do.
"Okay," We'll get out of here Penny. "I'll do it."
Penny's POV
Penny put her hands on her knees and resisted the urge to vomit, trying to slow down her heart that was going 100 MPH.
Penny doesn't know how long she has been at this hell-hole but it felt like three or four days. Ever since she had talked to Malcolm, Travis, one of the twins, have been running tests on her.
The first day, he locked her up in a room with a gun, a dagger, and a sword. Then, a door would open, letting in a tiger. It looked hungry. Penny saw Travis through a window, watching her arms crossed. Penny took the gun and shot it, killing it instantly. Then the door opened again, letting in a lioness and it did not look happy. She tried to shoot the gun again but apparently it only had one bullet. So she took the sword and fought with that. After a while, she killed, her bones acing with effort. That happened two more times. She almost died more than once. She had enough scratches, bruises and even a bit mark on her arm to last a life time.
The next day, they made her run all daylong. She ran different courses, through mazes, and just in a circle for hours. Whenever she tried to stop or refuse, Travis would poke her with a stick, electrocuting her. So she would continue until she felt like she would barf all her insides.
That would lead to today. Travis made her run for an hour or two, until her legs were jelly. When he told her to stop, she fell onto her knees, gasping for breath, feeling like she wanted to die. He left her alone. Penny looked at the open door. She has been given many opportunities to run, but she didn't take them. Not yet. First, she didn't want to go anywhere with out Anthony. She hasn't seen him yet and she was worried like no tomorrow. And anther reason was she had no idea where she was or how to get out. She heard Travis and Connor talking once when they were guiding her from one room to another. Apparently this facility was underground a house. Whose house, no idea. How did they get it underground? She had no idea. But she wasn't going to leave with out Anthony.
Travis and Connor came back after a couple of minutes.
"Okay, now we are going to do some hand to hand combat,"Connor started.
"Before we do the final test." Penny looked down at her cloths. She got changed into some running shorts and a white shirt. She had cuts and bruises on her arms, including the bite on her arms from the wolf, and possibly some cuts on her face.
"But, I don't know how to fight..." She said quietly.
They smirked. "That's why we're here." They said at the same time. Penny thought it was creepy how they did that.
"Let's get started." Penny said weakly. She stood up and got into a fighting stance.
"If you start like that you won't be able to see everything." Travis stated, standing in front of her, in his own stance.
"I can see everything just fin-" before she was finished, she was on her back on the ground, the breath knocked out of her. Connor leaned his hands on his knee's, looming over her. He smirked.
"You didn't see that though, did ya?" Penny growled.
"I didn't see you!" He rolled his eyes and stood up straight, motioning her to get up.
After many hours of training, she was able to have a decent fight, though she lost them all. Travis and Connor were really just mischievous and weird. Yes, they had an evil side but they didn't show it during the 'lesson'.
She fell to the ground, exhausted. She was bond to have some new bruises.
"One more time." Travis said. "Fight Connor one more time." Penny let out a breath and stood up.
She got into the fighting stance that Travis showed her. Without warning, Connor through a punch. Penny ducked in the nick of time. She threw a punch at in stomach, making him go "oof," but didn't faze him other than that. He caught her side in a punch, making her step back. Before he could take anther shot, he did a left hook and a round house kick to his jaw, making him fall. He laid there for a moment, looking at the ceiling.
"Ouch," was all he said. Travis helped him up and Connor rubbed his jaw, looking bruised.
"Better." Travis stated. "Let's go back to your cell." Penny nodded.
They led her to the cell, then Connor said.
"Oh, Anthony woke up yesterday. Just thought I should let you know." They were about to close the glass door when Penny said,
"Wait!" They turned.
"Will I be able to see him soon? Is he okay?"
"He's fine." Connor said.
"Here, drink this." Travis gave her some clear liquid in a glass cup. Penny took the drink and they left.
Penny looked at the drink. She sat on her surprisingly soft bed and drank the liquid. It had a weird bitter taste. She put down the glass and laid down. She suddenly felt really tired. But there was this burning in her chest, like her heart was on fire. She felt like she needed to hurt something or someone. Take her energy out on something, making sure it doesn't come off. She had a thought of strangling Malcolm to death. What was this? She never has these thoughts? Maybe she should just do it to herself so she didn't hurt anyone. But she was to tired to think about it.
Her last thought before she drifted off was that the twins didn't tell her if Anthony was alright or not.
Yeah, weird way to end the chapter but I hope you guys liked it. I will hopefully update tomorrow. R&R PLEASE! :)
