16. Chapter 15
Kodi
I squeeze my eyes tight, my head pounding as I wake up and I shiver, my body freezing and fogginess takes over, along with confusion.
My last memory not coming to me and I slowly open my eyes before I look around the dull dark space and I suck in a breath as fear takes over seeing I’m in a large cage, like a prison cell.
Oh crap, crap, crap, this isn’t good, this really isn’t good.
I try to keep my breathing steady as I slowly look over my body and see I’m in my black bra and panties, my skin exposed, and I begin to shake as the confusion builds.
What happened?
I don’t understand wh…
“You couldn’t make it easy for me, could you?
You couldn’t just do as you were told and get into the car,” a voice says quietly to my right, stopping my thoughts, and I slowly look, already recognizing it and seeing how dire my situation really is, before locking eyes with Masters, who lounges back in a chair, and everything comes back, seeing the anger in his eyes that have darkened as he looks over my exposed body.
Benny begging me to find a job in the state.
The domestic abuse call.
His demanding I get in the car.
The two Chargers he had with him.
Me shooting them, killing them.
Him tasering me…
He’s officially lost it, and he has no idea who he is dealing with, and not because Knuckles has been training me, no, he’s a dead man walking and doesn’t even realize it. Heck, never mind him kidnapping me and taking my clothes off, tasering me has ensured he’ll be tortured.
“Y-You’re going to d-die,” I say as I slowly sit up, my body aching, but I try to ignore the pain, not willing to show this man any weakness.
Masters smirks and gloats, “No one knows I have you, and you’ve been missing for five hours, so somehow, sweetheart, I’m going to be just fine.”
I swallow, my mouth completely dry.
“Knuckles will figure it out,” I warn as I remember my brother's words before we got the domestic call, but Masters just chuckles as he slowly stands, and I tense, seeing not only that he's shirtless, but he’s also holding a shock wand.
Oh, double crap, this is going to hurt.
“Maybe so, but you’ll be mine by that point,” he informs me with glee, and I lock my jaw, stopping myself from retorting, knowing I need to play this safe.
I can’t anger him, I need to think with my head, even though I really want to laugh at him.
I watch as he slowly rounds the cage, and not once do I let him out of my sight as I remember all the self-defense classes Knuckles taught me.
I’ve just got to survive until he realizes I’ve been taken because, despite him not messaging me, despite him not fighting for us, I know I mean something to him, and he’ll find me as soon as Dad and Benny inform him I haven’t come back from a call.
They want that conversation I managed to get out of, so I know they’d be waiting for me.
“Did you know Stockholm syndrome is a real thing, Kodi?” crazy asks, but I don’t reply as I watch him unbolt the cage, removing the padlock, and I try to think of my next move.
I know it’s a thing, I’ve seen several cases, but it’s not going to happen to me, because not only do I have someone who owns my heart, but I won’t be here long enough for him to try and get into my head.
I won’t let Masters ruin me.
He slowly opens the cage door with a glint in his eyes, and I watch and wait for the perfect moment, and as soon as he walks inside, leaving the door open, I know what I need to try, and I make my move.
Ignoring the way my legs feel like jelly, ignoring the need to throw up, I quickly charge towards an unsuspecting Masters who clearly didn’t think I would try to escape when he’s got hold of that wand, and I bend at the waist before tackling him, ensuring I smash into him hard.
He grunts at the impact as we go down, and I swallow the gasp at the pain that shoots in my shoulder, and I move quickly as I lean up, then punch him in the face hard, dazing him and I take my chances, not taking it for granted.
I scramble up without a second thought and rush out of the cage, but before I can make it two steps, I feel something grab hold of my ankle and then yank on it hard.
I lose my footing and fall with a gasp, my knees hitting the concrete floor with a thud that makes my eyes water.
I try not to think about the pain as I twist onto my back and kick my legs hard, hitting Masters in the nose.
He shouts as I feel a crunch beneath my foot, and I go to kick him again, but he moves the wand with his right hand and smacks it onto my stomach, zapping me instantly as a thousand electric volts rush through me, and I scream in pain as I fall onto my back, gasping, before my body jolts as he hits me again with the wand, and I choke out in pain.
“I think it’s about time you realized who you belong to, Kodi,” Masters breathes as I roll onto my side and he presses the wand onto my skin again, and I scream as he keeps it there, shocking me, and I pass out.
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“Wakey, wakey, Kodi…” A voice whispers before I feel a shock on my stomach and I scream as my body jolts before my blurry eyes connect with his gleeful expression before he shocks me again, and I can’t help the screams that erupt as my body jolts.
“That wasn’t very nice, punching me now was it, baby?” he says softly, and I jolt as he shocks me again before suddenly a sharp shooting pain hits my thigh, and I scream again as I look to see a knife stabbed into my flesh before he pulls it back out, then drags it along my other thigh.
I go to move my arms, to fight back, to use the techniques Knuckles taught me, but instead I look sharply and see I’m handcuffed to a metal pole in the ground when I try to move them, the cuffs rattling against the metal.
Oh shit.
Masters chuckles, “I think we’re going to have some fun for a few days before I sink my cock into that virgin pussy that is mine.”
“Over my dead body, I belong to Knuckles, he already has what was never yours,” I sneer and kick out, my foot making contact with his knee hard, and he grunts before he lunges forward and stabs the knife into my thigh again, and I scream and try to kick out, but it makes him angrier.
“You will end things with that fucking scum, you will be mine,” he grunts as he stabs the knife into my side, and I lunge forward and spit in his face, shocking him.
I choke, “Never!” and he growls as he moves forward, and without thinking, I slam my head forward, connecting with his already broken nose.
Throbbing instantly echoes as he shouts, “Fucking bitch!” and grabs his nose, but I don’t stop, needing to knock him out.
“Masters?!” I hear a noise near the door as I ram my foot forward, instantly connecting with his jaw, and he shouts yet again.
“Masters!” the voice repeats, “You want us to knock her out?”
“No, she’s fucking mine!” Masters grunts as I kick him again, this time hitting him in his junk, causing him to shout in outrage as he falls onto his side.
I yank the cuffs, not caring if I make myself bleed, needing to get out of here while he’s down but suddenly, my whole body jolts again as someone shocks me, but instead of removing the wand, the person keeps it against my side where he stabbed me, thousands of volts rushing through me.
“I’ve got it,” I vaguely hear, but the shock doesn’t stop, if anything it intensifies, my heart suddenly starts palpitating, which scares me.
Bile rises, and I can’t stop it even if I tried, as I throw up and shake as dizziness hits, the need to pass out is high, and I welcome it. Laughter is the last thing I hear as everything goes black, and I mumble, “Liam…”