Episode 4

Derek

Days had passed and I have heard not a single good news, being cuddled up at work wondering each day when I will find him. I have my men in every path I know of, searching for him.

I couldn’t let this slide, a betrayal is a betrayal no matter how close he was to me.

There were several things I could turn a blind eye to but being betrayed was one thing that I would never let slide.

Ring’ came the sound of my phone,

“Yes”

“We found him Boss, he came to visit his mother at the island” one of my men reported.

“Follow him until he gets come, I don’t want to go through the hassle of going to an island for an idiot like him, when the time is right, bring him to me”

“Yes boss”

I leaned back on my seat staring at the night sky, it was full of stars as always but nothing could stop my itching to get my hands dirty. Sitting right there waiting for my prey to fall into my trap was one of the wonderful games I have ever played in my life, I knew he would fall into it and I was damn right patient.

Seven hours had passed and my eyes were still wide open, I had watched the sky turn from the beautiful darkness of the night to the buzzing blue sky I sometimes detested.

Vring’ came my phone again and I knew it was time. I picked up with haste and uttered the first word.

“Do you have him?”

“Yes boss” he replied, his breathing was faster than usual which gave a heads up of the length they had to go to capture him, Ofcourse he wouldn’t go down without a fight, I expect my prey to feisty Atleast, it makes it more fun.

“I’m on my way”

I arrived sooner than I anticipated at the address and there he was, sitting on the chair with his hand and legs tied.

“Loose him” I demanded with a smirk on my face.

“But boss…”

The cold look on my face was enough for Ken to shiver, many times has he tried to question my judgement and I still wonder to this day why I left him leave.

The ropes were off his hand and the men left the room.

“I had forgotten what the devil looks like?” He commented, a hideous grin on his face.

“Would you have ever gotten tired of running?”

“If I have to avoid this face then yes” he slowly stood up to show his benevolence but I could see him shiver from his knees.

“Tell me Derek, how long have you been searching for me, a year, two years, did you ever stop to decide, oh, maybe I should leave him alone?”

A little laugh filled the room, I had never known him as one to make jokes after many years of knowing him.

“Why don’t you tell me the answer to that?” I bounced back.

He shook his head and then smiled,

“Well, we wouldn’t be here if you had the capability to forgive and forget, I am aware that this might be my last day but I won’t go down so easily”

“I expected a fight”

“Then a fight you will have”

I never understand why men who are weaker than their opponents still chose to fight them, I had pictured several scenarios of this fight in my head and not one did he turn out to be victorious but Ofcourse he was a sly fox seeing how he betrayed me and I left a little room for some surprises.

Watching him race towards me was like watching a deer jump in front of a moving car hoping not to get hit but couldn’t escape reality, he threw a punch at me which I caught almost immediately. His fist in my hand, his eyes weary of what I might do to him. He raised the other but I would say I would quicker.

Down he went with a trivial pain to his stomach, if he couldn’t handle a punch to his stomach then how would he handle the several things I had in stall for him.

“Why do you have to be weak and pathetic” I picked him up and slammed him down to the ground, his hands shaking like he had a seizure.

“You bastard” he muttered,

“You make this too easy”

A punch in the face knocked him out quicker than possible,

Grabbing the shoe laces of his shoe, I dragged him across the cold ground towards my car where I threw him in the boot.

“Take the men back home, I will handle the rest” I said and drove away.

I arrived at a secluded location, a cave hidden very well in a hiking spot. I wanted to kill him off but it wasn’t much fun killing a man when he was unconscious and tied.

With nothing else to do, I look around for something to get my mind off things while waiting for my prey to be awake.

Standing there by the edge of the cliff was a lady in a wedding dress, she seemed to have come to the final decision of ending her life.

I had tried to help her get to the afterlife faster but she refused my kind gestures so now I have to go back to my prey.

There he was struggling with the ropes behind his back,

“Let me help you” I played it cool and cut off the ropes with a knife. As most victims would, their first instinct is to run and that’s something I loved more than anything else. Watching my prey think they have a shot at escaping me.

But he was different, he knew me too well, he knew I enjoyed the pleasure of chasing, hunting, anything that made me feel superior so instead he provoked me with his words and tried to get away with it.

I hated when people think they are more important in my life, I hated the word FAMILY because it reminded me of my past.

Look at that fool walking away like I would let him, like his words had made me weak I wouldn’t dare to pull the trigger.

He staggered like a drunk idiot due to the several injuries I had inflicted on his body, how dare he turn his back on me.

Feeling pissed off, I pulled the trigger and that was when I heard a sound.

I could tell it was a woman, only women scream in high pitched tone and I could sense that she was near so I began searching for her among the trees, my footsteps were as light as ever until I found her, the same woman who had tried to jump off the cliff.

She was supposed to be dead or did she want to die by hands.

Either way, she met the wrong person.

“You” she stuttered,

Fear in her eyes, how I loved when I am looked upon in such manner, it made me feel mighty.

She seemed like the chatterbox and it would so much please me to tame her so I knocked her out, only for a few hours until I got to a secluded destination.

Two hours later,

Sitting on a chair waiting for her to open her eyes and realize where she was.

“Ouch, my head” she muttered.

Just like I said, a chatterbox.

When her eyes fell on me, she immediately held her breath, searching around her, trying to figure out where she was.

“Hello kitty”

My first official words to her, I tried not to sound scary and come off as calm but she was more scared of me than ever especially after what she saw.

“Please don’t kill me” she pleaded.

“We are going to play a game and one of us will live here alive”

She shook her head, she was smart to know the outcome of the game and choose to decline it but her choice was nothing valid to me and we were going to play it either ways.

After cutting loose the ropes on her hands and feet, I stood in front of her taking a sniff of her hair, she smelled like strawberries, a feminine scent of most ladies.

“I didn’t see anything”

Tears streaming down her eyes as she spoke, she couldn’t bare to look at me and it annoyed me, why couldn’t she show a little bit of gut.

“I don’t believe that”

“I swear that I won’t tell anyone”

“Still don’t believe that” I teased.

“Please just let me go”

“I am thinking about it”

I grabbed her arm and forced it open and then put a gun in her hand. Moving five feet away,

“Shoot me” I ordered. Her eyes open thinking she must have heard a joke. The truth is I never joke about these things.

“This is me giving you a chance to save your life.

Shoot me right here in heart and walk away with your life free but if you don’t do it then I will kill you and leave your body here to rot where no one will find you”

She raised the gun, slowly pointing it at me,

“Do it” I coerced her.

“Take a life”

It was hard to decipher what was going on in her head but what I knew was that I hated when she hesitated.

“Do it” I raised my voice, yelling angrily at her. She shivered.

My patience was running out, I had to blink for a second but when I opened my eyes, I saw the gun flying towards me. catching it immediately, I turned to see her running towards the door.

That is exactly what a prey should do, Run and make it fun for me.

I watched her escape through the door and it made my heart swell up.

“The hunt begins” I whispered.