THOMAS
"Where is she? Where the fuck is she?" Thomas barks at the men in the basement with him. He is asking for Kimberly. He just found out that she took Melina out of the house and handed her over to James.
Thomas wouldn't have caught on to Kimberly's plans if Melina hadn't told him Kimberly apologized and took her out. He didn't believe it for a minute. He knew immediately Kimberly was up to something.
Upon getting home, he realizes she used it to get Melina out of the house. And that's not all he discovered. He asked Richard to look through her phone and discovered she was the one who had told Rafael about Melina. Thomas can't believe she would betray him in this manner. He's enraged by what she did and wants to rip her head off her body right now.
"They found her boss. They're bringing her in," Leo informs him.
A few seconds later, two men walk into the basement with Kimberly. She barks at them to let her go, but they ignore her, throwing her in front of a seething Thomas.
"Thomas," Kimberly says softly, getting off the floor. "Why did you ask the men to bring me here?"
"You should be grateful my mother taught me well. I'd have fucked you up the second you opened that dirty mouth of yours."
"What is going on, Thomas? Why would you want to hurt me?"
His blood boils as he stares at her, pretending not to understand why. His hands itch to draw his gun and shoot her in the eyes for what she did. He's not surprised she delivered Melina to James. He is simply disappointed that she would betray and hurt him in this manner.
"You'd better start talking because what you have done is unforgivable, Kimberly. Tell me where she is, and I might spare your life if she's unharmed."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Thomas closes his eyes and tightens his fists. He tries to calm down because he's on the verge of beating the shit out of Kimberly if she doesn't stop acting like she has no idea where Melina is.
"I swear to God, Kimberly, if you don't tell me where she is, I'm going to let the men have their way with you, and we both know you're not going to survive."
Kimberly's eyes widen in terror. They're all monsters who would destroy her if they had their way with her body. She swallows hard before speaking.
"I don't know."
"Kimberly," Thomas growls, seeing red. He pushes her against a wall and wraps his hands around her neck. He feels like squeezing the life out of her for all the pain Melina went through because she told Rafael about her. And more, what she might go through again as James has her right now.
"Thomas," Kimberly manages to say as she drags her nails on Thomas' hand on her neck.
"Boss, she is the only one who knows where Melina is," Leo whispers in his ear, and Thomas lets go of her neck. Kimberly massages her neck as she coughs out her lungs.
"I'm giving you five seconds to speak the truth." Thomas waits impatiently for her to speak.
"I swear I don't know. I dropped her off in front of a warehouse, but James told me he was going to move her in case you found out I helped sneak her out."
"Then fucking call him and ask!" Thomas yells.
"H-he wil-ll," she stammers as she trembles against the wall, terrified of Thomas' wrath.
"Fucking speak well," he barks at her. She drops to the ground and buries her head in between her knees crying.
"Fuck!" Thomas moves away from Kimberly and paces the room, engulfed in fury. He knows he is the reason she's too shaken to speak, but he can't control his anger right now. Melina suffered greatly the last time she was abducted, and it's all Kimberly's fault. It is hard for him not to lose it in front of her. But he needs to find Melina, and she is his fastest way. Thomas stops pacing the room and takes a deep breath. He crouches to Kimberly on the floor.
"Kim," he softly says. Having to say her name so calmly makes his skin crawl with disgust. "What were you trying to say?" he asks, gently patting her hair. His nose flares up as he tries not to grab her head instead and smash it against the floor. He will never hit a woman, but Thomas badly wants to kill the bitch for what she did to Melina.
"He will suspect, you know, if I ask where he is holding her?"
"Tell him you are asking because you want to join in the fun of torturing her."
"Okay. Let me try." Kimberly retrieves her phone from her back pocket and calls James.
Thomas prays to God that James falls for it and gives Kimberly the new address where he's holding Melina. Even if James doesn't fall for it, he bets Richard can get James' current location once he picks up the phone. He's even a little grateful the bitch betrayed him. It is making it easier for him to find Melina, unlike the last time when it took him weeks.
MELINA
Melina paces the room she's been held, trying to figure out a way to escape. The room has no windows, and the door is heavily guarded. She's sure Thomas has noticed her absence and is looking for her, but she feels it won't hurt to try to flee before he arrives. She also hopes he won't have to because Rafael will ensure he never leaves. Her train of thought is disrupted when the door creaks open. Melina turns around to see James enter. She knew it wouldn't be long before he came looking for her. He gets off from torturing her. She's seen him hard every time he did. He's such a sicko.
"Hello Mel, how are you settling in?" James asks, walking toward her.
"Thomas is going to kill you once he finds me. You won't be able to escape like you did the last time, you coward," Melina says without a crack in her voice, despite being terrified of what James may have come to do to her.
"I can see you have grown a backbone since we last met; I like that. I always hated that you were so easy to scare. I prefer this version of you," he smirks.
"If you come close to me, I'll harm you. Stay away from me." Melina might not have completed her training with Thomas, but they've helped her gain a lot of confidence in herself. She won't allow James to hurt her without a fight.
"Harm me?" he asks, releasing a dark laugh. "And how're you going to do that, Mel?" He backs her into the closest wall and cages her against it with his body. Her back hurts as it hits the wall roughly.
"Move away from me." Melina presses her hands to his chest and tries to push him away, but it doesn't work as he's stronger than her.
"Not happening, honey. I couldn't have a taste of you the last time because that fucker came in and ruined everything, but not today. I'm going to fuck you until your body only knows my dick," he declares, pressing his lips against hers but failing to kiss her as she bites his lip.
"You fucking bit my lip." He touches his bleeding lip and looks at the blood in his hand in shock.
"Try it again, and you'll see what I can do."
"You know, the more you play hard to get, the more I want you." He licks the blood that stains his lip and stares at Melina with lust swimming in his eyes. "I can bet your cunt taste as amazing as your blood."
Eww, that's disgusting. Is James sick or something? What I'm saying? It's so obvious he's a sick bastard.
He presses Melina harder against the wall and moves his lips to her neck. He bites into her shoulder blade and runs his teeth up her neck. Melina hits his back and pushes his shoulder to get him off her as he begins to draw blood from her neck.
Is he a vampire? What is his obsession with blood today?
Melina decides to change her strategy because she sees it isn't working. She does something she would never do in her life. In desperate situations, disgusting ideas come to mind. She bites his ear, and she bites hard. She makes sure to take some skin with her.
James screams and moves away from her. "Fuck! Did you just bite my ear?" he asks, shocked as he holds his bleeding ear.
Melina spits out a piece of his skin from his ear on the floor, along with his blood. She doesn't care that her teeth are probably coated with his blood right now, and the taste of it on her tongue makes her want to throw up. She keeps her cool. As she said earlier, she will not let him hurt her again without a fight.
"I told you to stay away from me." She smiles, showing off her teeth filled with his blood. She spits a little more and removes as much of his blood as possible from her mouth. She is close to throwing up her guts right now as the taste continues to linger in her mouth.
James returns to her, enraged, and slaps her across the face. "You stupid bitch, I can't believe you fucking bit my ear."
"You deserve so much worse." Melina glares at him. She feels an ache on her lips, so she touches them. She winces as she feels a cut there.
"Let's see about that." James kicks the back of her legs, tackling her to the ground. The walls echo the impact her head makes as it hits the floor. Blood rushes to her ear as a shooting pain settles behind her head. Melina sees blood on her hand after touching the back of her head. She has no time to think about it before James starts beating the crap out of her. He straddles her and punches the living daylights out of her. Melina shields her body with her hands as he hits her, but she doesn't have to for long.
James stops hitting her and starts ripping her clothes off. Melina tries to bite his hand as he moves his hands to her shirt, but he slaps her before she can. Her cheek burns, and tears well up in her eyes as a result of the pain, but Melina forces them back. Now is not the time to cry. She blinks her tears away, clearing her vision. Her heart sinks as James succeeds and rips her shirt open.
"Beautiful, fucking beautiful," James says, licking his lips as he gazes at her breasts.
Melina doesn't stop fighting and thrashes her body against the floor as James struggles to pull her jeans down. James slaps her again, halting her movement. He takes advantage of the situation by yanking her jeans off her body. Panic rises in her, feeling her porcelain skin touch the cold floor.
"Finally, I can have this fucking pussy that always belonged to me," James says as he rips off her underwear.
"No!" Melina screams as her core is exposed. Tears fill her eyes, but she forces them back. I can't give up-no, I refuse to give up.
As James works on his fly, Melina looks around the room for anything to help her. She sees an object in the room that might give her a chance against him. Melina picks up the thing and smashes it hard against his head, not thinking too deeply about whether it will cause as much damage as she desires. She hit him with the bucket they gave her to use if she needed to go.
James is taken by surprise and stops his advances on her. Melina quickly uses it to her advantage and pushes him off her. She stands up from the ground, holding the bucket like a weapon. She ignores the blood dripping from the injury behind her head and her exposed lower body. She will attend to her wounds and clothing later.
"Did you just hit me with that thing?" James asks, shocked. He holds the side of his head that she bet is aching right now.
"Come close to me again, and you will find out." Melina's heart is racing and blood is rushing to her ears.
James glares at her and lets out a deep throat growl, but she doesn't wither from her stance. Melina holds the bucket higher and remains on full alert. I will fight to my last breath today. I have had enough of his abuse.