Killing Him Softly: Satan's Lair
by tarskeewee08
(Evangeline's POV)
"Why did you do this to me? Why did you destroy my life?" I ask really wanting to know what I could have done to warrant this kind of cruelty.
"You did this to yourself. Inserting yourself in a situation you had nothing to do with. You were the one hell bent on freeing Christian Vega!" Laredo said rising from the bed looking at me. I held the king sized pillow close making sure to shield my nakedness.
"Neither I nor Chris deserved this. You're an evil man!" I shouted at him.
He laughed. "You didn't seem to mind the past six months you lay next to me begging for my attention." He sneered.
I looked at him disgusted. I felt as if he slapped me across the face. Holding the figurine in my hand I wondered how I could get close and crack his skull with it. He watched me and shook his head slowly.
"Evangeline…when I heard of your meddling I ordered you murdered, but fate intervened and saved your life. I was visiting my father Carlo Hesser one day when you breezed past me. I don't think you ever looked up but I couldn't keep my eyes off you. You were the most remarkably beautiful woman that I've ever seen."
I can't believe what he's saying. Is he serious? "I never met you…."
"Your arrogance and aloofness made me invisible to you. But I made up my mind right then and there to have you. You need to be grateful for my interest, if I wasn't you would be dead now."
I felt the hairs on my arm stand up and tears well my eyes. I can't believe this creature was able to have access to me. I remember some of the horrific nights alone on that ship crying for my family and crying for John, all because this animal decided to play god. I wanted him dead. I wanted to be the one to do it.
As if reading my mind he folded his arms and glared at me. "I want you to get dressed you have visitors."
I frown at him and remain silent. He walks over to the chaise lounge and watches me. Slowly I rise putting the figurine under the comforter. I'll put on clothes and plan my escape. I'll find away to get even. He watches me as I pick up my robe and underwear holding the pillow to me. His eyes reveal the truth. One of us would not survive this night.
Jake's jeep pulls up to the front of the Palace and he sees the limos already parked. Why had he allowed them to come? What was wrong with him? Inside he waged a private war, he didn't know what was real anymore. The only thing he was sure of is that Christina or Evangeline was in grave danger. It was up to him to save her.
Jumping from the jeep he raced inside the Palace which seemed deathly quiet. Turning he headed for the stairs and felt someone grab his arm. Looking over he saw it was Marcela and she put a finger to his lip silencing him. Taking his hand she led him down the opposite hall into a study.
Going into the study Jake snatched his hand away clearly aggravated. "What's going on Marcela?"
The young maid stared at him scared to death. She was unsure if she could trust him or not. But the screams coming from that suite earlier made her desperate. Laredo hadn't exited yet and she didn't know what was happening to the Princess behind those closed doors.
"Mister Jake…it's the princess she's in
trouble" Marcela says weakly.
Jake grabs her arms. "Where is
she? Do they have her?"
She looks up at him confused.
"They?"
"The doctors!" he snaps.
"No….but Laredo
has…."
Before she can say more a blaring alarm goes off outside and they both jump surprised.
Minutes Earlier
John scales down the fence with 35 other men coming in from all different sides. They aren't on the property for more than a minute before alarms are triggered that weren't there earlier.
He holds his assault rifle and heads to the edge of the Palace where the secret entrance should be. Coming up they run into several guards, he and Laois drop and start firing. They hear gunfire from behind them and John could swear a bullet swiped past his head.
Laois men cover them and fire back. John sees the guards falling and gets up running to the edge of the property. They round the corner and are greeted with more gunfire. Opening fire back John sees the side door ajar where some of the guards are coming out of. That was there way in.
(Evangeline's POV)
Pulling on my shirt disgusted that I had to dress in front of him I hear a blaring alarm go off. Laredo jumps up shocked and looks toward the window that John kidnapped me out of. He's temporarily distracted so I run for the door. Opening it I hear him screaming my name and coming after me. I don't dare look back and I run for the stairwell. I see Marcela and Christian run into the foyer and I open my mouth to scream but feel a crushing blow from the back of my head making everything go black.
Jake and Marcela run into the foyer. Unbeknownst to them Evangeline is at the foot of the stairs about to alert them to her impending danger, but Laredo reaches her and delivers a blow to the back of her head. He drags her into the shadows.
"What the hell is going on?" Marcela says loudly
over the blaring alarm.
"I added an alarm after the kidnapping."
Jake says grabbing his gun and checking his clip.
Marcela
grabs his arm. "No, it's my cousin…..I called him."
Jake
glares at her "You what!"
"I called him. The rebels are
here to help. You have to get them the code to Panther."
"I
have to get to Evangeline!" he snaps heading for the
stairs.
"Jake! Please! We have to get to Panther!" she
shouts after him.
Jake runs up the stairs two at a time and sees the door to the suite and the end of the hall open. He races that way with his gun up.
John enters the Palace after shooting three guards surprised by their advances. He'd never killed so many men in his life and was repulsed by it. But his need to find her drove him forward. He went into Satan's lair determined to face the devil and save his angel.
Jake rushed
into the room and saw they were gone. Marcela was on his heels now.
He turned and looked at her "Where did he take her?"
Her eyes
got big. "The doctors! He had to have taken her to the basement"
Jake pushed her aside and ran from the room coming out into the
hall he headed for the far stairwell to the back.
(Evangeline POV)
Opening my eyes my head pounds and I yell out in pain. I focus my vision and try to see what is going on. Oh god I'm tied down. I'm tied down on a gurney again. Turning my head I see Laredo talking to a doctor and two guards. He's yelling about the breech and getting the rebels out of his Palace. The guards nod and race out. He tells the doctor to administer enough of the drug to wipe out my memory altogether. They can reprogram me later on the ship.
"NO!" I scream and all the men turn and look at me.
Another doctor in the room comes over from the left and touches
my arm. He tells me to be quiet in Greek"
Laredo smiles and
winks at me.
"No! God please help me!" I shout. The doctor
talking to Laredo pats him on the back and tells him he will handle
it.
I look at the doctor on my left desperate for compassion.
"Please…please let me go!" I whimper.
He smiles and shakes his head no.
John comes into the main foyer with Laois close behind. Marcela sees them from the top of the stairs and screams at them "Up here quick! Laredo has her in the basement. We may already be too late."
John takes off and runs up the stairs desperate to get to Evangeline. I hear more gunfire from the rebels and Montego's guards. I hear the loud blare of the alarm, but none of them are as loud as the pounding sound of my heart. Coming up the stairs I see the pretty young woman and her face is streaked with tears. Oh god where is my Vangie? "Where is she!" I shout over all the noise.
She takes off to the stairwell and we head after her.
(Evangeline's POV)
Laredo turns to leave as the doctor is filling up the needle. The other doctor is popping my arm to get the vein up. Then the door kicks in and I see Christian. He looks at me and then Laredo. I try to struggle but the doctor holds me back. "NO!" I scream.
The doctor who has the needle races to my side and shoves the needle into my arm roughly and I feel the hot liquid come into my veins. Crying I look up into the doctors face as I see his head explode from gunfire then everything goes black again.
Jake comes in and sees the experiment about to begin on Evangeline. Laredo looks at him shocked and he raises the gun to kill the bastard as he hears Evangeline scream. Turning he sees the doctor inserting a needle in her arm. Firing he shoots the doctor in the head. He then shoots the other doctor who falls dead over her.
Laredo grabs his arm and tries to get the gun from him. Christian glared at him and struggled for the gun, then he heard his name being called. His real name.
"Christian!" John shouts seeing him and Laredo fighting over the gun. He sees Evangeline blacked out on the table. Christian looks at him surprised and somewhat relieved to see a familiar face and the gun goes off.
Christian takes the shot in the stomach and looks at John shocked. He remembers everything in that moment and a sense of profound sadness grips him as he falls over. Holding his stomach he tries to keep his life from slipping out of him. He didn't want to die.
Laredo shook Christian off
him and raised the gun smiling aiming at John. Before Laois or anyone
could respond John opened fire with his assault rifle and blew him
into shreds.
He kept firing long after Laredo was dead.
Laois grabbed his arm trying to stop him but John kept firing blowing up vials and beakers containing all kinds of poison to torture innocent people. The gun clicked empty and John kept pulling the trigger firing nothing.
Laois shakes him out of it and John comes too and sees the scene. Dropping the gun he runs to Evangeline who still has the needle sticking out of her arm. He gently removes it and grabs her. She's out cold. Chris on the floor is bleeding heavily and rises, looking up at them from the floor he wheezes "Is she alive!"
John looks down and shakes his head yes.
"Thank
god" he says weakly.
Laois goes to him and sees the wound is
fatal. "We have to get you some help."
Christian shakes his
head sadly. "Just get her out of here. I don't want her coming
too and seeing me like this."
Laois looks at the man he saw as violent assassin and realized he was as much of a victim as his brothers were. Chris sweating more now grimaced in pain. "The code to Panther is 73437" then he slipped into unconsciousness.
John picks Evangeline up off the table crying and walks out of the room not sure if Chris is dead or alive but desperate to find someone way to help her and keep her from slipping away from again.
