Chapter 21: Lead Pipe
"Wow, you've made a good impression on those kids, Miss Lawson." The elderly man said as we watched the screen. I glared at him, moving my arms and legs to try to loosen the tight rope the kept me sitting straight against the chair.
"Why don't you just give up already? You can't get out of it." Cathryn said, her words practically purring. I glared at her.
"I will never give up." She laughed.
"Really? Then why does our records say otherwise?" She smiled. "You know, from Aaron to Patrick and now those teenagers." The screen went blank and I swallowed hard. "In their eyes...you've given up. Well, in that boy's eyes...what's his name again? Oh, yes, Roy. Well, in his eyes...you're just a thief."
"Then again, that does suit her well, don't you agree?" I looked over to the shadows to see Sportsmaster and Cheshire. "If only my daughter was as...time bound as you."
"Though we're lucky she isn't as feisty as that little firecracker." I glared at Cheshire.
"Can I help you two?" The man asked.
"Yes, just a few weapons are needed for our little trip East. It seems the Justice League has a lot on their plate at the moment, mentally dealing with her and physically dealing with the Injustice League, so we've decided to go out and pay them a visit for old times sake." My heart pounded harder in my chest. Visit them? As in kill them? That couldn't be good at all.
"Down the hall and the first right. Take whatever you want. My treat." The man said. Cathryn laughed.
"Should I tell her?" Cathryn asked. He smiled and nodded. "We'll let you go on one condition." My heart beating fast as Cathryn whispered in my ear. I could feel my heart stop as she said a single word that made my whole body freeze. I couldn't do what she said, I couldn't. But I couldn't let myself die either. She untied the handkerchief that was in my mouth. "Got it?" She asked. I was frozen in place as I tried to answer. She grabbed my neck and my throat began to burn. "Answer me." She said in a spine-chilling voice.
"Y-yes." I said through my collapsing lungs. She let go of my neck and I gasped, taking in the dust filled air as I coughed. My body began to heat up as I replayed Cathryn's words. I heard the old man laugh and I looked over to my left to see him smiling at me as he held a lead pipe.
"Why don't we set a few rules.." He said walking over to me and pulling out a pocket knife, placing it at my throat. I leaned back, getting my neck as far away from the knife as he gagged me again. "First of all, we should probably tell you that...you're not going anywhere." I glared at him. Of course that bastard would lie to me. Why wouldn't he? "Second, you are not to talk at all to any of them. Third, I own you now, my dear. Don't piss me off. And Forth..." He laughed. "Well, you'll find out the rest on the battlefield.
My eyes widened as he stood up. Battlefield? I looked up as his hands swung behind his back and I practically gasped, coughing into the tight handkerchief. I cringed as the lead pipe hit my head hard, my eyes shutting tight as I blacked out. I was not prepared for what was about to come next.