Author's note: Reader discretion advised. Any plot points will be repeated/referred to in subsequent chapters.
Chris was being held up by the two henchmen, he struggled against them, he could see their tormentor setting up the taser. The tormentor removed his gag "Well Chris! This will all stop for you and for our Jay here, if you simply tell us what we want to know!" Chris looked to Jackie, who was barely conscious, blood dripping from her mouth, and stomach. He took a deep breath. "We know nothing!" Jackie caught his eye, the strength behind her eyes, impressed him and he smiled. He always knew she was the strongest of all of them. "Well in that case," The tormenter engaged the taser and the two henchmen let go of him. When Chris stopped convulsing, the tormentor motioned for the two henchmen to pick him up again. The tormentor started to recharge the taser, he looked to Chris tilting his head noticing that something was not right, as Chris clutched his chest and fell to the ground. "Ah shit, I think he's having a heart attack! That's a shame I was just warming up!" Jackie was aggressively shaking in the chair trying to break free, her angry shouting muffled by the blood-soaked gag in her mouth. Chris stopped moving and lay lifeless on the floor. She watched as the tormentor leant down and took Chris's pulse. The tormentor looked up at her and smiling behind his black mask. "Oh well…. two down, one to go, eh Jay!" She struggled against her bindings in the chair, he slowly walked over to her "if you promise to be good, I'll untie you and let you mourn your friend!" He roughly grabbed her face, pushing at her throbbing jaw, knowing she would still be in pain from their last session. She reluctantly nodded, so he untied her bindings, "if you try to run, it will not be good for you!" He removed her gag and pulled her up to her feet, but she fell to the floor unable to stand by herself. She crawled over to Chris, his lifeless body on the floor, she could see in his eyes that he was already gone.
Tears streamed down her face, she leaned over him and kissed his forehead, her hands shaking as she closed his eyes. Placing her forehead against his she whispered. "I'm sorry!" She could hear the commotion around her, the panicked phone calls, their tormentors, had obviously not meant to kill him so quickly. She held him in her arms, the blood from her mouth, dripping down her chin the throbbing through her jaw unbearable. The tears would not stop flowing down her cheeks, she sobbed.
"Pick her up, we are moving location!" She heard the words, their meaning not landing with her, her focus on Chris. When two men grabbed her pulling her from Chris she screamed, a piercing scream that echoed through the warehouse. "Calm down!" The tormentor said, "now I have been good to you, letting you have a moment with him, don't make me regret it!" He placed her gag in her mouth, he could see the anger in her eyes, he admired her strength. "Take her two the van, I'll be out in a minute!" He watched Jackie being dragged out of the room, occasionally pushing them to take a few steps herself. He grabbed his tool kit, pulling out a large cleaver, and lent down next to Chris "I am sorry Chris, but this will buy us some time, to get her to a new location! I am not finished with her yet!" He pulled Chris's hand out, splaying the fingers out bringing the cleaver down.