When I finally came to, I was surrounded by darkness except for a little light coming from a window somewhere. I tried to get up but my hands and feet were tied to a wooden chair. As my eyes started to adjust to the darkness, I looked around and saw my team also tied up in chairs as well, but they were still unconscious. I tried to yell out to them, but I found that there was a gag in my mouth preventing any noise from escaping. I tried as much as I could to get out of the ropes that held me, but it was all in vain. As I settled down a little I thought to myself, "Where are we?" As I looked around, we were in a small, cold, dark, and damp cellar with nothing in it whatsoever except us and a very small window near the ceiling that let in the tiniest amount of light into the room. I didn't have the slightest clue of where we were; the only thing I knew for sure was that X was behind it.

I heard some slight groaning to my left and I looked and saw Jack start to come to also. He had a slightly dazed look at first but that soon turned into a surprised look. He also tried really hard to get out, but he couldn't either. It took about ten minutes before the others started to come to. First Billy came to, then Jess, then Steve. Each one of them tried the same thing as me and Jack, but no one could even come close to getting out of the ropes. After a while, everyone gave up except Steve. He tried and tried and tried and still got the same results, but he wouldn't give up. After about twenty minutes, we heard some noise upstairs, and a couple seconds afterwards, an African-American person wearing a black shirt and dark blue jeans walked down the stairs. I immediately recognized him as X, but I just remembered that I forgot to explain to everyone else who or what he looked like. As soon as I saw X, I started to shake the chair angrily to try and get out of the ropes that held me tightly.

"Who are you and what do you want with us!" yelled Jack. As soon as he said that, I realized that I was the only one with a gag in my mouth; for what reason, I don't know.

"I'm the one who asks the questions here!" X shouted. "Now where did you guys hide the codes?" X asked loudly.

"We don't need to tell you!" Billy shouted back at him.

"You do if you want your leader to live." X said as he pulled out his black Desert Eagle and aimed it straight at my head. I suddenly felt a sting of fear course through my body as I stared at the gun that could end my life in a flash. I tried to say to them not to tell him, but the gag was still in my mouth so I couldn't say anything. All of the others stared at X with wide eyes as he held the gun close to my forehead. When they finally looked at me, I shook my head signaling for them not to tell him. I was hoping that they wouldn't tell him even if it meant I was going to die. Now I knew why I was the only one with a gag, so I couldn't persuade them not to tell him, but how he knew that I was the leader, I don't know.

"Tell me now or I'll kill him!" X shouted. I shook my head again faster this time hoping that they wouldn't say anything. "Ok, here's your last chance. If you don't tell me where the codes are now, then I'm going to blow his head off." They still said nothing thankfully. Fear really started to take its toll on me as he started to count down, "5...4...3...2...1.." He started to pull the trigger slowly, but right before he could, there was a shout.

"Stop!" Steve said. "I'll tell you! But just please don't kill Blaze!"

As soon as he said that, X lowered the gun and said, "Finally. I didn't think you guys would last that long. Now tell me."

"Don't do it Steve." Jess whispered softly.

"I know what I'm doing. I've got an idea." He whispered back.

"I'll tell you only if you let us go first." Steve said.

"Now why would I do that if I could just easily go back to your place and get them myself?" X asked.

"Well you won't be able to get them yourself anyways." Steve replied with a smirk on his tan-colored face.

"Why not?" X asked.

"Because it's in a voice activated safe." Steve replied with his smirk still apparent on his face.

"And how do I know that you're not just lying just so you can get out?" X asked.

"Well you're just going to have to trust me then." Steve replied smugly.

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