Unraveling Secrets Of The Devil

Chapter - Eight

We should somehow track down the database manager of Dr. Hazel. Then we’ll be able to get a clear picture of they are doing and get to that mastermind. I was pulled out of my thoughts when the car suddenly stopped. “ What’s wrong Mason?” I asked. “ I don’t know Chief, I’ll just check” we both got down and I was glancing around the surroundings. Mason opened the hood and started checking the engine. “ Chief....., I think....” I turned towards him and saw the drowsy look on his face. “ Mason? Are you okay?” I asked but he didn’t respond anything. He collapsed suddenly but I held onto him before he could fall on the road. “ Mason? Mason wake up” I tapped on his cheeks and shook him, but he was still unconscious. Suddenly I felt a sharp sting of pain at the back of my head. Before I could turn behind, my vision was blurred and I was surrounded by darkness.

I woke up to realise I was tied up. I was sitting on a chair with my hands and legs tied up to the legs of the chair . I turned around to see Stella and Mason in the same condition but still unconscious. I don’t remember what happened exactly, but I remember that I was going to Evelyn's house to talk with her parents . I had to know more about her. I blinked my eyes to clear my blur vision and glanced around to see where I was. I was in some sort of a garage. There were buckets, broken pieces of wood and cut ropes all over the place . I tried to escape myself from the restraints. I moved my body rapidly to free myself but of no use and on top of that I felt a sting of pain where the ropes were tied.

“Don’t try much darling, you’ll just end up hurting yourself. You can’t escape” A voice spoke behind me . I turned around but couldn’t see who it was . “Did you really think it was that easy to go against our boss ?” he asked . Boss? Who is this boss ? So it means this guy is not the mastermind behind all the things happening. “Speak up!” he shouted and I felt a sharp pain on the back of my head. “ AHH” I groaned in pain. “Who is this boss?” I asked . “The one you are going against and planning to pull down” he scowled. “The one behind all of this and the one who has ordered to kill you if you don’t sign this agreement and join our g**g” he said. “g**g ? So you have more people working for you other than the kidnapped ones?” I asked . “What did you think little punk? That we would do all this stuff with just a handful of intelligent people ? Did you really think we would risk them into doing everything ? We have a big g**g with a bigger hand behind all of this” he said in a creepy tone .

Stella stirred as she woke up . She got tensed as she realised that she was tied up . “Ah! Your lady has woken up Dexter. Heard that she is your assistant and you both do a great job together . What do you think Dexter ? Should I kill her to make you accept the offer or will you directly accept it and save both of your lives” I could literally hear him smirk. “What’s going on? Where are we?” Stella asked as she tried to unrestraint but in vain again . “No use young lady” he said . I reassured her by signalling with my eyes . She understood what was happening and kept quiet. I again felt a sharp pain in my head again. “Who the hell are you? Come and talk in front of me if you have guts” I yelled at him . “Oh! Overconfidence huh? Remember one thing Dexter , You can never reach our boss. You’ll fail!” with that he got me and Stella one last time and left .

I’ll not fail . I haven’t failed a single mission I’ve taken up till now and I’ll not fail this mission either . I have to escape from here with these two before he comes back . I really don’t know what they do with those people. Whatever they are doing is illegal and dangerous . They have kidnapped soo many people and even killed few mercilessly. Maybe they killed the ones who refused to work with them just like us ? What do they do with the others? They don’t kill them for sure . They use them. But for what? Who is this boss ? What does he do ? I have to find out and I will. I’ll not leave a single detail and I’m sure one day I’ll bring him down . Whoever you are behind all of this, you are definitely going to pay for whatever you are doing and for k********g us . You offered us a job but I’ll not even give you that chance. You will be put behind the bars with your execution date fixed. With so many thoughts running in my mind my headache started increasing. My mouth felt dry and I slowly started feeling drowsy.

I heard some noise of door banging open and people talking, but I couldn’t make them out clearly. I blinked my eyes while trying my level best to stay awake, but after few seconds everything went blank.

I woke up with a very bad headache. I slowly opened my eyes and realised that I was lying on a bed. I realized that I was in hospital as I looked at my IV cord. My throat felt very dry, so I tried to grab the water bottle but I couldn’t reach it. That’s when I saw a hand grabbing the water bottle and keeping it in my hands. I cleared my vision to see Sarah sitting next to me. “ How are you feeling Chief?” I just nodded and sat as I leaned back on my pillow. I drank some water and then felt like I could talk. “ I’m fine. How’s Stella and Mason? Are they alright?” “ Yes Chief. Stella is fit as though she could go for a race right now. Mason is fine but still on bed. His leg is broken so he needs rest to get better” “ Good.” I sighed with relief.

Before I could ask her any more questions, the doctor entered the room. “ Hello Mr. Lee. I’m Dr. Duncan Lexa. How are you feeling? Are you feeling any pain in your head?” he asked me “ No. I’m fine.” I replied. “ Ok. Take some rest. You can talk but not for long time. You need some good sleep since I can see that you’re not getting enough sleep from past few days. Take rest. If there is anything don’t hesitate to call me. Toodles” he smiled and left. “ He’s a funny guy” Sarah commented and we both laughed.

“ So, how did we end up here?” I asked her as our laughter subsided. “ Chief, do you remember you had asked all of us to keep tracking devices?” “ Yes.” “ So, actually Ansh got a call from Evelyn’s mom saying that her husband fainted and she had to take him to hospital immediately. Once everything with her husband was settled she got worried that you might be waiting at her home and it may seem like she escaped or something, so she called him to inform. That’s when Sameer got a doubt. If she wasn’t at home then what took you so long? That’s when we called you, but neither you nor Mason received. We got worried and checked your location and came searching for you. Luckily our work and tension was reduced when we found Stella also”

“ Oh. Were we alone?”

“ No Chief, we caught hold of a guy there. We saw him hitting you and we arrested him” It must be him, the one who was taunting me. I guess it was the sedatives which made me feel tired and sleepy. “ Ok Chief, you take rest now. I’ll come and check on you later” I nodded with a smile and went back to sleep.

I was so tired and sleep deprived from past few days that I slept for six hours straight. The clock on the right wall showed 9:00 pm as I slowly opened my eyes. I felt someone’s presence on my left side. I blinked my eyes to clear the blur vision and saw someone smiling at me. Stella! I grinned by seeing her and sat up while learning on my pillow behind for support. “So, how are you feeling Chief?” she still had the same cheerful expression, as if she doesn’t remember whatever happened from past few hours. “Better than afternoon, but a light headache is still there” I replied as I observed the bandage around her forehead.

“What happened to your head?” I asked with a worried look. “Those rogues hit on my head behind while kidnaping me. It was paining initially but now it isn’t hurting much. Here’s your special dinner Chief” she placed the parcel on the overbed table. I eagerly opened the sealed box as my stomach growled with hunger. “Porridge? Seriously?” I stared at her with disappointment. She giggled by looking at my expression and continued “What else can you expect as a patient’s food? Since it's recommended by the doc we can’t deny it. You can have the fresh orange juice for a change in taste” I was relieved when I found the juice along with tissues and spoon in the bag.

I ate my dinner quickly as I was damn hungry. Stella cleaned up the mess as the door opened. I saw Luna entering along with Mason on the wheelchair, pushed by Sarah. “Hello Chief! How are you?” Luna asked as she stood next to me. “I’m good. How about you Mason? Looks like it’s a bit serious” I said by looking at his broken leg. “Nah Chief, it’s just a matter of few days and after that I’ll be back on work” he replied with a smile.

“What about that kidnapper? Did he reveal anything?” I asked while remembering about our case. “No Chief. Even after getting beaten up he isn’t telling anything. We just got to know that his name is Jack. Sameer and Ansh are still with him to make him spill out something about his boss” Sarah informed. “We must hurry up since he has already tried to threaten us. He has complete information about our team and he may attack us once again. We have to be extra careful and make this Jack reveal about his boss” everyone nodded as I spoke.

“Chief, what if we put him under truth serum and interrogate by keeping it confidential? Like, I know it’s against the rules but we need info about the boss before he harms anyone else in our team” Stella said and everyone stared at me for my reply. “I can understand your concern Stella but we can’t go against the rules just because our case is kind of complicated. And moreover, if the head gets to know, then our jobs will be at risk” I said as everyone agreed with my point. I was so furious that I wanted to strangle that bastard until he revealed about his boss.

“I’ll personally interrogate him in the morning. Let’s see how he'll resist tomorrow” I said as I thought about how to trick him to spill the beans. “But you should take rest now Chief, you shouldn’t be worrying much about this case” Stella said as others nodded. “Yeh I know, but I won’t be working full time on the case until I recover. For tomorrow, I’ll just interrogate him and take rest later” everyone agreed without posing any questions. We casually spoke for a while without realising how quickly time passed. It was 10:30 pm when everyone left. I just stared at the plain ceiling above until I dozed off.

I woke up as the sunlight through the windows brushed my face. I sat up by stretching my arms and legs. It had been so long since I slept for so long continuously. As I was just staring outside the windows Sarah entered the room with a serious look. “Chief, there’s a bad news. Jack died in the prison yesterday night” she informed. “What? But how?” I was so surprised that I just wanted this to be a nightmare and not reality. “According to the post mortem reports, he was poisoned. He was given with a slow poison which had a specific time set for its effects to work. The chemical mainly affects the central nervous system and leads to instant death without any chance of survival”

“This has to be the work of his boss. He would have expected him being caught and hence he took this precaution. That bastard!” I said as my head started hurting again. “Chief, you shouldn’t be stressing yourself too much suddenly. You just relax for now and have your breakfast. Let’s discuss about the case once others also arrive” Sarah said and I nodded with a sigh. But I couldn’t stop worrying. How is it that he is always a step ahead of us each and every time! He is definitely keeling an eye on all of us. We have to be very careful from now on and shouldn’t trust anyone other than our team.