This story will probably not feature every single one of the characters on the Expendables team, remember this story will focus on Billy/Barney/Lee/Yin as they're my favorites. I hope you're enjoying it :)

Chapter 2: Interrogation

The water had stopped, the rag remained. Billy struggled to breathe before the next wave, he hadn't heard the door open. Vilain grabbed the tip of the rag and pulled it off his face before hitting him with the wet fabric, it stung and was unexpected. Billy turned his face away but was thankful the water boarding had stopped, at least for now. The side of his face stung, but at least he could breathe. Someone unfastened his wrists, he immediately jolted and tried to sit up. Vilain pushed on his chest," I wouldn't do that," Billy shoved his hand away and head butted him, Vilain's nose gushed with blood. He pulled a baton off his guard's belt and hit Billy across the back, then punched him so hard his head almost dented the metal table as it hit.

"I warned you," Vilain gave the baton back to his guard, Billy's hand went to his forehead. His head spun and his ears rang but he had to get away, had to warn Barney in some way not to come for him that he'd find a way out and if not that was a risk of the job he'd known before he'd taken it. He pushed off the table with his elbow," Stop," Vilain was enraged, Billy only saw the flash of the blade before it sliced open the back of his hand. It then went to his cheek," You're going to pay for that," Vilain threatened," I was going to wait twenty-four hours before sending your crew another message and make them sweat a bit more," Billy's eyes widened," but since you're so disrespectful," he dragged the blade along Billy's cheek, leaving a small trail of blood behind before Billy pulled away from him," Tie his hands," he collected himself and stepped back," if he resists use the taser," the guards used zip ties on each of his wrists and connected them with a third in the middle in front of him. He didn't notice anything about the guards, he didn't want to, all he was concerned about was finding a way to kill Vilain or escape. A taser was held to his back, he heard it spark to let him know he should cooperate. His ankles were unfastened," Get up and follow me," Vilain turned his back, Billy seized the opportunity and lunged. He managed to kick Vilain in the back and was almost on top of him before the taser struck. Vilain had barely moved, he was dabbing at his nose with the cloth used in the water boarding and turned around. His kick caught Billy's jaw and his teeth clacked together.

"That was very stupid," his voice altered by the bloody rag over his nose. Billy spat in his direction, Vilain knelt next to him," In time you will learn to fear me, boy."

He was dragged into a much larger room, various instruments hung on the walls and it smelled of bleach,' This is their interrogation room,' his heart sank. He struggled against the men holding him, they let go and kicked him to the floor. A hook caught the middle zip tie holding his wrists together, it pulled him upright with his arms over his head. Sweat dripped down the arch of his back as he finally gave up on getting free. Vilain handed a videocamera to a tall man with a blonde mustache.

Barney opened the second box that had been dropped off and pulled out a USB drive, he plugged it into a spare laptop. There was only one file on it, he opened it and a video appeared on screen. Vilain appeared," By now I'm sure you've noticed gotten the tracker I cut out of his arm, I have something you want and you have something I want. I want the blueprints on that disk and you want to see him alive again," the screen flashed to an unconscious Billy laying on a bed," He's alive, for now," the video jumped to him being tasered and dragged down the hallway," He's strong," the screen showed Vilain using his taser again as Billy broke free and started fighting the guards," Which means he can withstand more than usual," the audio from the tape faded in as the image flickered, Billy growled and pulled at the straps as a man hit him over and over again with a bamboo cane.

Barney's fists were clenched, he could only watch helplessly as Billy writhed even after the blows had stopped. The tension was thick in the room," He's gonna kill him," Lee had completely packed his rucksack," We've got to find him, and soon."

The screen flickered to Vilain water boarding Billy, his hands groping for anything they could find. Then to him fighting the guards and busting Vilain's nose. Lee almost cheered for him. The next bit of footage was almost unbearable to watch, it flashed to Billy hung by his wrists by a hook and chain to the ceiling. The audio came back," I offer you a trade," Vilain held the bamboo cane in his hands," his life for the disk, hand-deliv…"

"No!" Billy shouted, interrupting him.

Valain kicked him in the ribs," Shut up, boy!" he regained his composure," If I don't get what I want, he will suffer. I'm sure we understand each other," he turned back to Billy and struck him with the bamboo, ripping the the front of his shirt open. Billy threw his head back and bit his lip to keep from screaming, but the thin razor-like cane tattered his shirt and left large bloody welts along his stomach and sides and eventually he broke.

"You have two hours to contact me at this IP address before I get started on his back," Vilain sneered and the screen changed to a white screen with a string of numbers on it.

"How do we know he's still alive?" Hale said what most of them were thinking.

"What's the plan?" Barney turned and looked at his crew," I never wanted the kid to get hurt, this is his first job."

"I'm going to go get him," Lee put his bag on his back," so call this fucker and find out where Billy is."

"Everyone keep your cool," Yin typed in the address and hooked up his webcam," the feed has a line of code for video chat on it. He's probably going to use Billy as leverage, try to get a rise out of us and make us do somethi…."

"I'm going to fuckin' kill him is what I'm goin' to do!" Lee growled.

Billy's hands were numb, blood ran down his sides and soaked into the waistband of his tacticals. He'd done his best to keep from screaming, but had failed towards the end. A few times he thought he'd pass out but didn't, Vilain had been telling the truth, he was very good at this. The lashes on his body were painful but not deep enough to cause serious damage,' He's playing with me,' Billy realized,' he won't do anything drastic until they refuse to give in…if they refuse to give in,' he hoped they wouldn't,' my life isn't worth the thousands he'll take if they give him that disk,' Vilain slapped his cheek to rouse him from his thoughts.

"Rise and shine," he smiled," I thought you said you didn't have friends," he gestured to a large TV screen with Barney and the crew on it," I told you he was alive," Vilain turned towards the screen.

"Billy?" Lee's voice called to him," Can you hear me?"

Billy didn't want them to come, he didn't want them jeopardizing their mission so he didn't answer. He kept his head down, Vilain grabbed a handful of his hair and jerked his head back.

"Kid?" Barney's voice now, Billy winced.

"Answer them," Vilain whispered only to him.

"Let us know you're okay, Billy," he could see Lee readjust his beret, hear the concern in his voice.

Vilain let go of his hair," He's alive I assure you, now the rendezvous point…"

"Give your word he won't be hurt anymore and we'll give you…" Barney started.

"Don't," his voice was shaky," I'm not worth it…" Billy looked at the screen directly for the first time.

Vilain whipped the cane across his back, Billy's legs gave and his muscles tensed as they fought to take pressure off his wrists. He coughed but didn't scream, he could hear his team mates gasp and staggered to his feet,' Don't look,' he thought to himself,' If I look at them they'll dive into this trap,' the second lash across his lower back made him cry out a third and he couldn't stay standing.

"Stop it! We've agreed to your terms!" Barney yelled.

"He's gonna kill him," Lee mumbled under his breath, he wanted to look away; but if Billy could endure this the least he could do was respect him and not abandon him.

"I want to make sure you understand though, the longer you take getting this disk to me the more time we get to spend together," he reared his arm back and hit Billy with full force. A small whimpering sound like a puppy whose tail has been stepped on, Billy's head dropped. Just before he passed out Vilain pulled his head back by his bangs and pushed a needle into his neck, Billy's body jumped and he drew a sharp breath in before trying to stumble back away from Vilain.

"Where?" Gunner snarled," Where do you want us to bring this?" he picked up the disk case off the table and held it up.

"These coordinates," he held up a piece of paper, his fingers leaving bloody prints on the page," Write them down, my men will signal when they have the disk. Then I'll let him go."

"No, either let us bring the disk to you and get the kid or bring him to us," Barney shook his head.

"You don't trust me?" he backhanded the bamboo around Billy's side, Billy yelled and pulled at the zip ties until his wrists bled," I can't imagine why not," Vilain smiled.

"How do we know you won't kill him?" Lee asked.

"Fine, bring the disk to me. After all, this isn't my permanent base," he shrugged," but only one of you, if there are more even if you didn't give them permission to come…" he held up a bottle of alcohol and hit the neck against the table, he poured the liquid over Billy's head.

As the whiskey hit the breaks in his skin he felt like he was on fire, he screamed and tried to free himself. Even after his voice broke and he didn't have the energy to get a scream out of his lungs his body shook, almost convulsing. The chain holding him up slacked and he hit the floor, he curled onto his side and prayed his team wasn't watching. Tears forced themselves out of his eyes that he couldn't control, suddenly he wanted rescued, he wanted saved, someone to take him away from this place, this hell.

"I won't hesitate to kill him," Vilain dropped the bottle and it shattered onto the floor," The coordinates for my location should be logged in the tracker I got out of his arm?"

"Yeah," Barney clenched his teeth.

"Good, I trust you'll know where to go then," Vilain reached for the camera to turn it off.

"He'd better be alive…" Gunner threatened.

"Then you'd better hurry," the video clicked off.