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Chapter 7: Chapter 5 - Into the Frying Pan?

September 6, 2017

2.20 am, Cancun, Mexico

Fire is rudely shaken by powerful forces, awakening him from unconsciousness. He finds himself stuffed in a cage only large enough to barely stand. Bars surround him as if to entrap a wild beast. Yet even in his weakened state, he is still keen on escape.

The metallic voice of Mad Scientist booms overhead, "Fire, are you with us now?" He further enquires, "Still in terrible agony?"

"I'm not that easy to kill!" Fire replies, struggling to stabilize his breath.

His breathing echoes across the charred walls. He is nauseous. His heart races wildly while his mind tries to figure out an escape. The disgusting after-scent of burnt rubbish assaults his nose. The room beyond his cage is poorly lit by the single bulb attached to the ceiling.

"Not yet but soon. This is nothing compared to what I have planned for you. Do you like turkey or chicken? No matter, after getting roasted you decide!" Mad Scientist rattles on. "Now that you are a bit more conscious I can tell you a little secret. The kidnapping was a trap set just for you."

Mad Scientist says, stopping briefly to cough and then continuing, "Right now you are on a live TV show so smile for the camera. Too bad you can not see how photogenic you are."

"How dare you?" Fire shouted, "How dare you endanger others to get to me?!"

"Blame yourself! I searched for you but you were unfindable. No hired hands wanted to track you down. And those who did all disappeared mysteriously." Mad Scientist says, "The only way to draw you out was by making an issue impossible for you to resist."

Fire digests the information then asks, "But why me?"

"Because I want my revenge." Mad Scientist says, pausing briefly... "And you are the single greatest threat to my goals! How many have you thwarted? How many have fallen because of you? You single-handedly pose the gravest of challenges that I must overcome to succeed!"

"But this operation was too well organized for an impatient man like you." Fire says.

"Haha! I will pretend that did not hurt." Mad Scientist says, "But you are right. This operation is a perk of assembling a powerful organization."

Fire asks doubtfully, "An organization?"

"Even you have not heard of it. Well, since you are going to die, no point hiding it." Mad Scientist brags, "We are Skull Reich!"

Fire's mind connects the dots, "Are you the cult with a tattoo of a snake, nazi emblem, and a skull?"

"That is our symbol! The cult was a cover-up. Oh oh oh! It feels so good to have out-smarted the mighty Fire!" Mad Scientist adds, "For decades we've existed. Working behind the scenes worldwide. We are very real and your capture is proof of our effectiveness."

"What are your demands?"

"Demands? We are not terrorists. We are futurists. Working together with the common goal of rebuilding this world."

"How would you do that?"

"Why ask? Well, you are now a part of it." Mad Scientist deliberates, "The gas you inhaled was an experimental serum. This facility is just one of the many where it is developed and tested."

"What is its purpose?"

"To solve the oldest human problem, time. Wastefully, all test subjects die within six hours." Mad Scientist says, "Oh don't worry, you will be dead soon but your team will suffice for science."

"You won't escape!" Fire shouts.

"Oh, you mean the FBI? We will be long gone before they arrive." Mad Scientist says, "But you have amused me for long enough, what are your final words?"

"You are insane!"

"Ha! Oh, how the simple-minded fail to comprehend. Call me delusional. But, would a crazy person have survived as I did? Most important, would a lunatic have captured you?" Mad Scientist says in between gleeful coughs, "I am not a psycho. I am a true genius!"

For the first time in a long time, Fire felt defeat. Death had finally caught up to him. He saw no escape. But his biggest regret was his broken word to the President and his team.

"Someone asked me to simply kill you with a bullet but it is so much sweeter that the man who calls himself fire be killed by it." Mad Scientist says, "Good-bye Fire!"

If only I was stronger… Fire thinks.

Suddenly, an intense heatwave then waves of pain strikes Fire. He shuts his eyes in agony. His screams grow mute. Head splitting headaches and cracking of bones force him to his knees. Blood tears of pain fall, quickly evaporating. Flesh cooks. Organs roast. Blood boils. Yet the inferno continues. Then, unknown to him, his eyelids flash open and his eyes glow crimson.


Chapter 8: Chapter 6 - Prison Break?

September 6, 2017

2 am, Cancun, Mexico

Moist darkness permeates the dungeon. The hanging lightbulbs cast shadows onto the sleeping face of Wave. Her eyelids struggle then open slowly.

"That's almost as bad as getting roofied," Wave says groggily, trying to find her bearings.

"We are underground," Shade says. Her hood and equipment have been taken revealing her brown left eye and light blue right eye.

"I'm fine, thanks for asking," Wave retorts as she attempts to stand, finally noticing the handcuffs on her wrists but she persists and rises up. Her vision adjusts to the dim lighting in the dungeon.

Wave and Shade have been tossed into a communal holding cell with prison bars as doors. Sharing the snug jail are 5 other inmates, all women. 2 faces look identical, standing apart from the rest. Mariah and Serena Ali, the President's granddaughters. Shade looks beyond the bars.

"The guards said you are Americans." Mariah says.

"Have you come to rescue us?" Serena asks.

"More or less." Wave responds, "Call me Wave."

The girls collectively sigh in relief.

"Thank God!" Mariah says.

"She hasn't answered any of our questions." Serena says, pointing at Shade.

"She tends to do that." Wave says.

"4 guards." Shade says.

"With guns and knives!" Mariah states.

"And we have to save these people too." Serena advocates.

Wave looks at the other 3 women in the group. Well, 2 women and 1 young girl that looked no older than 16. Their clothes are in disarray, as if burdened by a journey of over a 1000 miles. Their eyes hold dried tears and hopelessness.

"You save us too?" One of them asks.

"Of course we will, Maria." Mariah comforts.

"We aren't leaving anyone behind." Serena says.

Wave sighs as she studies them and the wider situation.

"We can't promise anything." Wave says waving her handcuffs, "We're currently captured too you know."

"But more help is on the way, right?" Mariah asks.

"I hope they make it in time because the guards said they are moving us soon." Serena adds.

The other migrant woman speaks in fast-paced Spanish.

"She says that the guards said that you and the other lady have been cursed by the Mad Scientist." Mariah says, "Marked for death within 6 hours."

Wave turns to the other woman saying, "Tell her that we've escaped far worse before."

The woman responds in more Spanish.

"Vanessa says that the guards had told her that her husband was also cursed by the Mad Scientist and…" Mariah pauses, "Ever since she heard his screams, she hasn't heard from him."

Wave studies Vanessa, seeing the horror in her eyes.

"What exactly is going on here?" Wave asks.

"I try explain." Maria says, "Sorry, English not good. I learn from American movies."

Wave nods.

Maria begins narrating her story with a thick Latina accent, "We migrants. I 40 years. I from El Salvador. I escape with my son, Alejandro, because husband killed by gangs."

Maria points to Vanessa, "She 30 years from Venezuela. She escape with husband for better life in America because gangs threaten them."

"I am Isabela. I am 15. I am from Honduras. I learned English through school and movies." Isabela says while holding back tears, "I escaped with my parents but they were killed during the ambush."

"Ambush?" Wave asks.

"Yes. We join caravan going to America but gangs surround us." Maria continues while quivering, "Use big guns to kill who try escape. Bring us here."

"I'm so sorry." Wave says.

"After we got here, they split us into men and women." Isabela continues, "Everyday the guards took one of us randomly. All we heard afterward were screams."

Vanessa speaks very quickly in Spanish which is translated by Mariah, "She said one of the guards attempted to rape her but he got killed off instead by another type of guard who said no touching the merchandise."

"That's why you have to save everyone here." Serena says.

"How many people are here?" Wave asks.

"About 24 women." Serena responds, "The men should be about the same, maybe more."

"Alright… Does anyone have the time?" Wave asks.

"It's about 5 minutes after 2." Mariah responds, looking down at her watch.

"Perfect time for a prison break." Wave says.


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