***
Ariana slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She was on the cold and wet floor.
She was drenched.
“Where am I?” She whispered.
“Who sent you?” A voice echoed.
She quickly turned around.
“Who are you?” She asked.
“Who sent you!!” He asked back.
“Where am I? What to do want from me?” She cried.
“You keep dodging my questions! Who sent you?! How did you know about the diamonds!”
“Let me see your face!” She screamed.
“Then,,, what??”
“I’ll tell you…”
****
Malcolm stopped in front of the laboratory and came down.
He was wearing his silver mask. He had two pistols on each hand.
“Wait,,, Who the hell are you?” The security man asked, coming closer.
Before he could take another step, Malcolm shot him down.
He looked at the CCTV and shot them all.
***
“Did…you hear that?” Mrs Agatha shook.
“That…wasn’t gun shots, right?” Tom stammered.
“No…No… I don’t wanna die” He cried.
Damian slowly stood up.
“Where’s Mary?” He asked.
“She just went to the bathroom” Agatha answered.
Just then, Malcolm entered.
“Wh…Who are you?” Damian stuttered.
“Please! Don’t kill us!” Tom laid down.
“I mean, Don’t kill me!” He corrected.
“Where’s she?!” Malcolm pointed the pistols at them.
“Who? Te…Tell us” Mrs Agatha said.
“Ariana…” Malcolm used an extremely deep voice.
“Ariana? No one is called Ariana here” Damian said.
****
Ariana arched her brows, as she watched the figure, find it way towards her, from the darkness.
Ariana saw an unknown person staring at her.
“Who are you?” She asked.
“I should be the one asking you that. Who are you!” He barked.
“Ariana. Ariana Bells” She muttered.
“You?”
The person scoffed.
“You’ll soon die. Do you know you’re drenched with fuel?”
Ariana smelt it and widened her eyes.
“Who sent you!” The person barked.
***
“Ma…Mary? You’re back?” Agatha asked.
“Yeah. Who’s playing loud games at work?! What with the loud gun shots. Who was playing that ga-
Mary paused, seeing her fellow workers on their knees, with arms up and a masked guy with 2 pistols, sitting down.
“You know what? I’ll find my way out. Wrong office” She chuckled, fearfully.
“Get back!”
“Oh! I’m here. I’m here”
“Where’s Ariana!!”
“Ariana what now?”
“Ariana!!! Where’s she?!”
“I…don’t know who she is…” Mary cried, getting on her knees.
“I swear!” She shook her head and raised both arms up, in surrender.
***
“If you tell me who you are. I’ll answer your questions” Ariana blurted.
The person held her chin.
“Oh really?”
“Yes…” Ariana nodded.
“I’m Larry. Larry Pat” He responded.
“Larry Pat? You’re the owner of tge finger print?? How? You don’t work here so how-
“Aiish!!! This is what I h@të! I work here,,, only on Tuesdays but it really sad and bad, no one knows me as an employer here! They don’t even know my name. They just know me as the trash guy,,, pathetic…huh?”
Ariana swallowed hard. She was thinking of how to escape. She could see the lighter in his pocket.
“Now,, Answer me…” He murmured, holding her chin tighter.
SOME MINUTES AGO BEFORE ARIANA’S KIDNAP**
Mrs Woods hung the call and Larry ran back to the lab.
He met the security man, almost entering the elevator.
“Sir? Where are you off to?” Larry asked, politely.
“Some weird girl just went up to the lab. She isn’t even an employee like us here. I don’t recognize her but the strange thing there is that, she is wearing Jung Hee’s ID card. You know Jung Hee right?”
Larry only nodded.
“Also,,, Jung Hee didn’t come to work today, so why is someone wearing her ID. Its quite odd”
“Oh yes. And that I wanna take her out and query her”
“No sir,,, There is no need” Larry held him.
“I will…take it from here” He further said, with a forced smile.
***
Larry ran into the laboratory and everyone paused, staring at him.
He just looked around and ran out.
“Who’s he?” Mrs Agatha asked.
Tom laughed.
“The trash guy” He replied.
Larry heard this, and clenched his fist in anger. His eyes were glassy already. He slowly walked away.
***
Larry stopped seeing a strange girl, asleep close to the vault.
“Why…Why is she here? Who is she?? And what’s happening??” He thought.
He bent down, looked at her pretty face for a while, and rounded his large arms around her nostrils and mouth.
