2. Wake Me Up Inside
Alex groaned as he woke up; he really hated being unconscious. The dull ache that surrounded your entire body, the bile that was in the back of your throat, and unclear to where you are and how you got there. A feeling Alex was very familiar with, perhaps too familiar with. He allowed his memory float back to the events surrounding his kidnapping whenever that was. The men dressed in black with silver scorpions on their outfits. So it was SCORPIA who kidnapped him. He had killed those assassins and as he was explaining his actions to Tom they'd been shot by tranquilizer darts. He hoped Tom had been left behind.
He checked his pockets and all his weapons and gadgets had been taken away, and so had his belt. His shoe laces were gone, his keys, his earring which was actually a small explosive. His belt containing two guns and a pair of knives had gone. The knives strapped to his ankles and left wrist was gone. The phone had been taken. He was alone and weapon-less in SCORPIA territory. Ah well he'd just have to use physical force to get out of here. But first he'd have to figure out what SCORPIA wanted because if they just wanted him dead they wouldn't have brought him here.
Alex quickly assessed the room he was being held in. It had once been white but now was stained with blood, old and new. The smell made Alex gag and he dreaded why he was in a place so obviously used for torture. He was perfectly well aware that torture was a job threat. But that didn't mean he was looking forward to this prospect. The walls were fairly new and blended into each other, and the ceiling and floor. The only anomaly in the place was an old oak door which was locked and barred. Alex knew it was impossible to get out so wasn't going to waste precious energy doing so. Leaning against the wall beside the door he waited.
