Chapter 2
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Alex awoke with a groan. His arms were chained to a wall which was dyed red from dried blood. Bile rose from his stomach. He had never seen so much blood. He doubted the person - or people - whose blood it was were still alive. Alex swiftly scanned the room. The floors were wooden and hidden in blood and dirt. The walls were a plain white creating a sharp contrast to the crimson blood. There was a lone door at the far end.
"What the hell did they do to me?" Alex thought "I knew something was going to happen. This is all MI6's fault!" Alex struggled against the chains and tried to slip his wrists through the shackles. He was still exhausted. He tried to make sure that nothing was broken because if there was then he would be completely useless. His head jerked up as he heard a door open. A young man entered. He looked around 26 years old with short black hair and serious brown eyes. A malicious smirk was on his face as he came in and closed the door. Alex took this time to study him. He was quite tanned, well-built but slim and looked quite frankly not like a criminal should look like. "Of course," Alex thought with a scathing tone, "He might spend his time in between killing people on the beach tanning or at the Gym". Alex jolted himself back to reality as the stranger began to talk.
"Glad to see you're awake, Mr Rider. My name is Connor Dereks and I will be your torturer this evening," the man said this with a grin. Most grins would make a person look friendlier but this made him look even more dangerous. Have you ever saw a movie where a bad guy grins and suddenly looks quite friendly. No? That's because it doesn't happen.
"Sorry I must have forgotten I scheduled torture today. Thank you for reminding me about it but I am afraid I am going to have to reschedule to a later date." Alex replied with a charming smile. The man just smiled again and grabbed a knife from a nearby table that Alex hadn't noticed before as it was hidden to his side. Alex paled as Connor advanced towards him with a smirk. Connor raised the knife slowly. He ran the knife gently across Alex's face before lowering it to cut open Alex's shirt leaving a thin trail of blood where the knife had pierced the skin.
"I hope you are going to pay for that. School uniform is quite expensive." Alex murmured. Connor lifted the knife and held the point to Alex's throat. Alex kicked out hitting Connor in the shin. The smile slid off Connor's face and a snarl flashed momentarily over his face before a more ominous smile appeared.
"I'm going to enjoy this!" Connor whispered as he raised the knife again making slashes across Alex's chest. The knife penetrated the skin across his chest and briefly slid over the vulnerable scarring from his bullet wound. Alex bit his lip trying to hold back a whimper. He continually made slashes across Alex's body until Alex screamed and then he paused for a moment. Alex was leaning heavily against the wall, blood dripping from his chest and his lip where he had bit too hard. A boyish grin appeared on Connor's face and his face lit up when Alex finally screamed.
"You were foolish to betray Scorpia, Rider. Scorpia never forgives. Scorpia never forgets," Connor commented. Alex roared at him, blood covering his chest, "Go to hell!"
Connor reached the knife further forward only to casually swipe it across Alex's once white shirt. Connor went back to the table and grabbed a short whip. He thrashed the whip across Alex's chest. Alex cried out in pain as the whip sliced across his cuts persistently. Alex finally passed out. Connor set the whip on the table and unchained Alex letting his body fall uselessly to the floor. A large mark of blood was made where Alex's chest had landed. Blood continued to flow from Alex forming a small puddle on the floor which was gradually getting larger. Connor came over and kicked Alex in the chest. Alex whimpered subconsciously as he was assaulted with even more pain.