K.O Chapter 5

Chris looked at the imposing office building in front of him. He read the name, B.T. Inc. and gulped before entering. He walked through the lobby and up to the desk behind which a beautiful young woman sat typing on a keyboard.

"Can I help you?" she asked sweetly smiling. She looked up at him but didn't stop typing on the computer.

"Uh, yes I am looking to talk to B.T. please," he said. "I have a meeting with him today. I don't know if he put it on his schedule. He just kinda called me and told me to come over today."

The secretary checked her schedule for a moment. "Are you Mr. Chris Spooner?" she asked looking at him.

"That's me," said Chris smiling. After all, its not every day the head of a major corporation decides to see me. Let alone put it on his schedule. They usually just hire me from a distance and never have any direct contact with me.

The lady pointed down a hallway. "Just take that hallway all the way to the end. Take the Express Elevator. It will only go to the 26th floor right outside his office. Have a Nice Day!

Chris thanked her and bowed slightly before heading down the indicated hallway. He walked up to the elevator and pushed the button to open the door. He stepped in and pushed the button. He waited for a few moments for the door to open and then stepped out into a large room.

Chris glanced around at the large room he stepped into. It had many pictures of girls up on the walls. They were all wreathed in flowers as well as pink and blue neon lighting. He noticed, with a start, it was a very large number of pictures. The strange thing was… it was just the same 2 girls over and over again in various poses and states of undress. He stared at one picture and realized he knew the girl.

He pondered for a moment before walking over to the secretary in front of the only other door. Man I knew rich people could be eccentric but that's just crazy. At this point Chris began having serious doubts about the man he was about to meet.

He looked down at the secretary in front of the door. He stared at her for a moment. She bore a strong resemblance to the secretary in the lobby. The strange thing was though that she ALSO bore a strong resemblance to one of the girls in the pictures.

She barely glanced up at him. "Go right on in Mr. Spooner. He is expecting you."

"Thank you ma'am," Chris said bowing politely. He entered the next room and stopped amazed. He had never thought a room like this could be in an office building. He glanced around at the room that looked like a dojo practice hall.

He walked along the length of the room examining the wooden dummies and stone pillars that had large cuts on them. He noticed the dummies looked vaguely familiar.

"Insane," he said staring at one of them and noticing the pigtail made of rope that is attached to head of it.

"Greetings," said a voice behind one of the pillars. A figure stepped out from behind it and looked Chris up and down. "So you're the hitman I hired. I have never met you in person," the man stepped up to Chris and held out his hand.

Chris looked at the hand and then back up at the man. "I do not think I will shake your hand, sir, I frankly think you are a complete mad man. I mean look at these pictures! And these damned dummies!"

The man's eyes flashed with anger. "You think I'm crazy! I'M CRAZY! It is this CITY that is crazy and this WORLD! Not ME my good man defiantly not ME! I will NOT have a man who insults my honor in my employ!"

The man drew a katana and had it against Chris' throat before Chris could so much as blink. "Leave now or I shall kill you where you stand you filthy dog! Take the elevator down to the lobby and leave. Speak nothing of what you have done at my command or you will die a most painful death," The man snarled at him. He spun and sliced the head off a dummy before sheathing his katana, and stormed off through the lines of dummies toward a door at the far side of the room.

Chris watched him go for a moment then headed for the door back into the other room. He walked across the room and pushed the button to open the door. He stepped out of the elevator a few moments later and walked through the lobby toward the door. Just before exiting he heard a fierce argument behind him between a girl and the secretary.

"You will let me go in and see my brother!" shouted the girl waving her arms in the secretaries face.

"Your brother gave me distinct orders not to allow you in to see him," said the secretary coolly. "I suggest you leave before I call security."

The girl glared at her for a moment with an angry look in her eye. She looked on the verge of attacking the woman for a moment then turned and stormed haughtily off. She walked a few feet toward the door then with amazing speed she turned and charged down the corridor toward the elevator.

"Stop!" yelled the woman as she pushed a button hidden under the desk. Guards came streaming from a door behind the secretary's desk and charged after the girl.

Chris stared at the chase for a moment before he hurried from the building in fear of being accused of being involved with such a strange and possibly insane girl.

As Chris was about to turn the corner he heard shouting and as he turned to look back over his shoulder at the building just in time to see his ex-employer fall from the 26th story window and land on the pavement with a sickening crack.

Chris stared in shock at the body laying on the pavement then up to the smashed window where the girl he had seen in the lobby was staring down at the body and laughing a laugh so horrible it sent shivers down Chris' spine.

Not wanting to be there when the police arrived Chris ran down an alley and ran toward the one place he thought he might just be safe…