AN: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed so far! :) I am sorry that this chapter is ridiculously late :/ I hope you enjoy the chapter. Lots more action in this one :)
Family Ties 2: Forever
Chapter 14
When Alex woke, he found himself in a dark room tied to a chair. He tried to move but found that his forearms were duct taped to the arms of the chair. He was still wearing his uniform but had been stripped of his Kevlar vest and his weapons, and his watch. His ankles had also been taped to the chair legs and it was then he realised that he wasn't wearing his boots. There were three other chairs to the right of him where his unit mates sat, heads lolled forward in an unconscious state. He decided to test the strength of the tape; surely it couldn't be that strong.
Clearly it could as after several minutes of trying he had come no closer to escaping. There was a low groan as the soldier closest to him began to wake. He went through the same process as Alex had, checking out what he was missing, making an inventory of what he had and then proceeding to try to escape.
"Tiger, it's no use, they've wrapped it too tightly too many times." He whispered harshly. Slowly, the other two soldiers began to come round to consciousness and tested their bonds.
"Hello again, Alex," A dark Russian voice said, the man behind the voice could not be seen because of the dark room. "It's nice to see you, pity it couldn't be under better circumstances. I so desperately wanted to blow up you iccle family, such a sweet woman." He taunted.
Alex scowled at him and the man stepped into the small ounce of light in the room. The man was someone he recognised from a long time ago.
"I don't have a lot of time for you, but I suppose you already know that." He said coming closer to Alex and crouching down so that their eyes met. Alex could see the aging wrinkles round his dark blue eyes.
"Professor." He said, mocking his title, he looked him dead in the eye, something he could not have done before. He knew this man was dangerous. He knew this man knew how to fight.
"It's so nice that you remembered me." Professor Yermalov looked up over Alex head to someone behind him. "Release him." He ordered and the man stood behind him produced a knife and flicked it open. He began to cut away the tape that was binding his ankles to the chair. Before moving onto his wrists, the man gave him warning look. Alex returned the look and watched as his wrist were untied.
The second they were free Alex threw himself off the chair and got up quickly ignoring the rush of blood to his head making him feel dizzy. He shoved a palm forward but the tall man knew by instinct that the prisoner would try to escape and quickly blocked it, lashing a foot out and swiping Alex's feet from underneath him. He toppled to the floor. He was about to get up but he found a knife pointing dangerously close to his face. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and let the man pick him up off the floor and shove him forward. He felt the tip of the blade digging into his back so walked forward in the direction of the door.
"Jaguar!" He heard one of his unit mates shout.
"I'll be fine…" He mumbled, finding himself too far away to answer. Another guard had joined them and was holding Alex's arm tightly while the other guard took the other. They pushed him forward towards another door at the end of the corridor. The passageway was bright; Alex could see the dirty walls and dusty floor. He looked up at the man who'd pulled the knife on him. He knew him, but he was older now, just like he was. It was Klaus. He trained with him when he had been with Scorpia. He had a scar above his right eye from a knife but it looked old. The other man he didn't recognise, but he looked fresh, small and skinny. Maybe he wouldn't be very good at fighting.
With no warning, Alex pushed all of his weight to his left, shoving the new Scorpia agent into the wall who let go of his arm. He elbowed the man in the temple knocking him out. He found himself free and ran.