Chapter 9 : Never a Miss

As Darien slowly woke up he felt the bile rise up in his throat. He knew this time he wouldn't be able to stop it. He threw-up onto the floor and the front of himself, getting some on what was left of his top.

As Cassandra walked in Darien began to dry heave.

"Oh the poor baby." he heard her say.

"Fuck off." he said.

"Fuck on, you get better results. Fuck around, you get something like you." she replied in a sing-song voice.

"Don't you have something better to do other than act like a 10-year-old?" Darien asked painfully. His throat was sore from all the dry heaving.

"No, I actually just came to tell you that since you passed out last round, we're going to be continuing with heat."

Darien looked up at her. "Go screw a cow."

"Why Darien, I don't have sex with my torture victim's mother. My door doesn't swing that way." She said with a happy smile.

Darien growled in the back of his throat. "Why don't you un-chain me?" Darien said, trying to get her angry. "What are you a coward?"

Cassandra smiled knowing what he was trying to do. "I think that you need to be taught a lesson." She moved over to the table set up across the room and picked up just a lighter and walked back to him. She turned the lighter on.

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Bobby, Claire, and Alex pulled up in the van to where Chrysalis used to store their cryogenic freezers.

"Okay, other than Allianora's apartment, this is the last place." Alex and Bobby checked their guns, and Claire grabbed her medical bag just in case Darien was there. She also picked up a gun, turned the safety off, and loaded it.

"Okay let's do this." Alex said pushing open her door. As the three of them walked up to the building, Bobby broke off and went to go around back, leaving Claire and Alex to the front. The stopped for a moment to the side of the doors for Claire take her bag off of her shoulder and get out the handset Bobby had given them. As they turned it on they heard Bobby.

"Okay I'm in and this is most definitely the place. I went through 5 guards already." Then two shots were fired. "Make that 7. Okay guys, go get Darien. See you in a little bit." Claire and Alex ran to the front door. Claire shot the lock and Alex kicked the door in. They slowly made their way through the halls of the building, guns at the ready. Every few yards there was a door. One of the girls would kick it in, and the other would look in it. They came to a halt when they heard screaming. It was masculine, and close. So far they hadn't seen any guards, but as they followed the scream they rounded a corner and were suddenly under fire. They dove for cover, landing behind the left hand wall just as a line of bullets tore through it.

"Now what?" Alex asked breathless.

"You do what you do, so I can do what I do." Claire said passing her her gun and grabbing her medical bag tighter. Alex just smiled. Then stood up and walked confidently into the line of fire  when the bullets stopped and the  guards began to reload. Claire heard the clips drop and then 2 shots from Alex's guns.

"Clear." she said looking over at Claire who was already up and moving towards her. Claire got her first glance and was surprised at what she saw there were two guards both dead from a shot to the head.

"I'm a perfect shot." Alex responded to Claire's look of disbelief. All Claire could do was close her mouth and nod. Then she moved forward down the hall steping over the bodies and moving to the door they had been protecting. Alex held up 3 fingers and counted down.

3

2

1

Now!

Then Claire kicked the door once. Another kick and it flew open.

"Well, well this is an unpleasant surprise." Cassandra said from behind Darien who was awake and looked ready to pass out in pain.

Claire quickly looked him over. He needs to get out of here and back to the keep...or the hospital...she thought. Then Claire noticed the gun that was pointed at Darien's head.