Chapter 24

In the suite, Mok's ears picked up the sound of a thud and perhaps, someone whispering.

"Did you hear that?" he asked his employees.

"I didn't hear anything," Sleazy replied and his siblings nodded.

Mok knew that he heard something behind the tapestry on the wall and he decided to pull it aside.

Behind it was a door and it was ajar. Mok pushed the door open, but halfway through, it was blocked by something on the other side.

Mok peeked his head through the opening and he looked to see a pair of legs. Skinny as he was, Mok squeezed through the crack and looked up the legs to see the face and his heart stopped.

"Angel!" he almost cried out and came down to his knees.

He shook Angel's shoulders and she moaned. "She's alive!" he said and lifted her up in his arms.

The door swung open and Toad saw Angel, "Holy—" "Quiet!" Mok ordered as he rushed Angel into the suite and onto the bed.

"Get some water and washcloths," he told his employees and they left the room.

Mok turned Angel over to see her back, discovering multiple bruises; some were black and blue, while some others were turning yellow. He also saw cuts that may require stitches.

"Oh, I shouldn't have let you leave, but why are you here?" Mok asked her, but she didn't seem to hear.

Toad came back with a bowl of water and a washcloth and Mok turned to Cindy. "Take pictures of these," he ordered, pointing to the bruises and open cuts.

Cindy took the camera and began to photograph Angel's back and her stomach as her ribs were showing.

"Do you mind if I cuss?" Cindy asked when she finished, anger was raging in her eyes.

"No, but keep your voice down," Mok said to her.

Cindy took a pillow, pressed it against her face and yelled all sorts of profanity into it, but her brothers could not make out the words.

"Whoa Cindy, calm down," Toad said to his sister, but she stared up at him with an annoyed face.

Then, Angel began to moan and started to flutter her eyes open. Her vision was blurry, but she could make out Mok's white hair wig.

"Mok…?" Angel said in a weak voice.

"Shhh," he replied, taking the damp washcloth and began to wipe her forehead.

"Are you really here?" she asked and touched his face. Tears filled her eyes and she threw her arms around him.

"Angel, it's all right, you're safe," Mok assured, but Angel shook her head.

"This place...is hell...no one is...safe here..." she said, tears streaming down her face.

"That's why we are getting you and the other women out of here," he replied, taking her in his arms. "But I'm going to need your help," he added.

Angel looked at him, her eyes were full of uncertainty. "What can I do to help?" she asked.

"I need you to take us where the other women are being held and help us find Legrand," Mok replied and Angel's eyes grew wide.

"I'll take you to the girl's wing, but you're going to have find another way up to Legrand's pent-house because the one way I know leads to a tapestry in her office," Angel explained.

"Why are there tapestries in every room? I mean if there are hundreds of them," Zip asked her.

"I think they are to hide the 'secret' door that the girls use to enter in the suites. I've only been here for about..." Angel began to think, but she grabbed her stomach as a loud groan emerged from belly. "I'm so hungry...I can't even think," she said.

"Lucky for me, I came prepared," Zip said and handed her an unwrapped nut bar.

Angel gobbled it down, but almost chocked on it. "That won't last for long and you need to see a doctor," Mok said.

Angel got up from the bed and led them to the tapestry and pulled it aside to reveal the hidden door. She led into the dark hallway and down the spiral staircase, but pointed up.

"Legrand's pent house is all the way up there, but like I said, you'll need to find another-" Angel stopped talking when she heard someone coming down the hall that led to the girls' wing.

"C'mon you stupid bitch!" Andro's voice shouted and a woman's cry followed.

Angel ran down the hallway. "Angel, stop!" Mok called after her and his employees followed close behind her.

Angel stopped to see Andro licking a young teenage girl's ear, who was crying as she was being violated.

"Stop it!" Angel shouted and charged at the muscular bodyguard. She was able to push him off the girl, but he grabbed her by her scalp.

"You have a lot of guts!" Andro said and threw her to the ground. "You know, I never got to finish you," he said and unbuckled his belt.

"Hey!" someone shouted and in a flash, Toad body slammed himself at Andro and they crashed to the ground.

"Who the hell are you?!" Andro demanded, but Toad clamped his mouth shut.

Mok came into view and helped Angel to her feet and they attended to the teenage girl. "Are you all right?" he asked, but the girl continued to cry.

"I hate him when he does that," she replied.

"It's okay, we're going to get you out," Cindy said.

Angel led them to the sliding door and pushed it open. The other girls were surprised to see Angel, but were astonished to see Mok and his employees.

"Oh my God!" "That's Mok!" "Why is he here?!" some the girls exclaimed, but Angel shooched them and turned on the light.

Mok entered in the wing and nausea hit his stomach when he saw the cramped space that was meant to be the girls' living quarters.

"Everyone, we're here to get you out, but we need your cooperation," Mok said to them and some nodded.

Cindy came in and held up the camera. "First, I want to photograph those who had been beaten by Ms. Legrand recently," she commanded and a few stood up.

One girl featured a fresh bruise on her left cheek. "She did this to me last night," the girl said and Cindy took a picture.

The others featured whip lashes on their backs, some of them still oozed blood. Cindy took many pictures of the abuse that had been inflicted upon the girls.

"I know this might scare you, but all of you will be examined at the hospital," Mok said to them, but some scurried into a corner. "I know all of you are afraid, but the police and the doctors will help you. And I promise you, Ms. Legrand and her minions will face a judge and I hope all of them will get the maximum sentence."

Then, some of the girls began to cry and fell to their knees. "Rosie was right," Helga said to Angel, "We are being rescued. If only she lived long enough to see it." Angel hugged her friend, who started to sob.

"Right now," Mok replied over the crying girls, "I need someone to show me the way to Ms. Legrand's pent-house. Angel told me that there is another way besides the spiral staircase that I saw."

No one came forward, but then, Kenna stood up and walked up to him. Mok was shocked to see the bruises on her face. "Who did this to you?" he asked.

"I deserved it," Kenna replied, "I have added more misery to these girls than what they've been through. Anyway, I can show you," she said.

Most of the girls, including Angel held back gasps of surprise. They had never Kenna this way before.

"There is one elevator that goes all the way up to the pent-house, but it's in the docking area. We have to be sneaky when we go out that way," Kenna explained and was prepared to led them, when Angel stood in her way.

"If this is a trick," she said in a threatening tone, "I will kill-" Kenna held up a hand.

"This isn't a trick, I'll show them. And I want to say I'm sorry and that Rosie didn't deserve to die," she said and adds, "To answer your questions. I did cry when I came here and the reason I am here is because my ex-husband sold me for drugs."

"Your ex?" Angel asked and Kenna nodded.

"I divorced him after he nearly beat me to death when he was high, but after that, he took away my freedom when he showed me to the drug dealers," she explained and placed her arms around Angel.

Everyone looked at her as Angel returned the hug. "I'm so sorry, I turned out to be like my ex after one year of living here," Kenna said. "Please, I want to get of here. Let me show them the way."

"One moment," Angel replied and walks up to Mok. "What if Rhonda will kick you out or even kill you? And then, this whole mission would be-" "Shhh," Mok placed a finger on her lips.

"I'm doing this for you and if I do get kicked out, I swear I will come back, with friends," he said and leans into her ear, " I should've told you this when we were in the grand piano room of my airship. I love you, Angel."

Angel's heart stopped when he spoke those words and without thinking, she embraced him. Mok returned the hug, but he had to let her go. "Give me 30 minutes and I'll be back, I promise," he said and turns to Toad and Zip. "You two, come with me, just for assurance. And Cindy, lend me the camera."

"What for?" Cindy asked and Mok featured a grin and he held up the tape recorder.

"Just to give Legrand a little scare," he replied.

"What about him?" Zip asked, pointing to Andro.

"Sleazy?" Mok replied to the other sibling, "You know what to do?" Sleazy chuckled, turning to face the muscular man, and cracked his knuckles.

Mok, Toad, and Zip followed Kenna out of the girls wing and through the dark hallways. "We're going have to go through the presidential suite and take the emergency exit stairs," she said and led them up the spiral staircase.

Once they got into the presidential suite, Toad went up to the front door. "It's clear," he said and Kenna led them to the end of the hallway and into the emergency stairway. They went all the way down and into the loading dock.

Kenna led them to a set of elevator doors and pressed a button. "It'll take you all the way up, but this is far as I dare go," she said and adds, "I hope you break her to pieces."

"Thank you, this means a lot," Mok replied and the elevator doors open and he and his two bodyguards entered in.