~Marco~
My eyes flutter open. I find myself in a dimly lit room.
Where am I? How did I-
Memories of yesterday or was it the day after yesterday flash in my head
I remember Gina and her mom in the hospital. Gina! God no
I try to get up but then I'm tied to the chair
Why am I tied to the chair?
I look to my left and see a silhouette slouched on a chair.
This face looks familiar.
Then it clicks! The masked men who took us from the hospital. Finished off Gina
Removed our trackers. How the fuck did they know about it?
Sabrina.. they took Sabrina away. God Sabrina..what did they do to her?
I shake on my chair so violently but this rope is so tight. It feels like the person who did this has had practice
The door I didn't even know was there opened. I turn to look at the person rather woman who enters the door.
She looks familiar. She enters like she's the boss of this place.
Is that a smile? I swear to God when I'm free of these chains I'll fucking kill her
"Ajax" that's Aunt Aga's voice. I turn my head towards the person on my left. She moves her head a little and mumbles Ajax again
"Aunt Aga" I say firmly. That does it. She opens her eyes and looks around till her eyes settles on the woman
"What..where are we?" She licks her lips. She turns to her right and sees me.
When she sees all the ropes keeping me from going to her. She visibly pales.
"No." She says in fear and starts shaking violently. "Aunt!" I say harshly "calm down. We're gonna get out of here" I reassure even if I'm not sure.
The woman laughs. I look at her with anger. "who the fuck are you?" I say with so much anger
She shakes her head. "Mario that's no way-" I cut her off "it's fucking Marco to you" she blinks like she's bored of me
"You're lucky I'm in a good mood" she says whistling. She moves to what I think is a cupboard and turns on the switch beside it.
The room is brighter making me squint my eyes a little to adjust to the bright light
I look forward. There's a mirror. I look to my right, a table with different torture weapons.
I would know 'cause Ajax has one like that but this one is more..
She takes a chair and sits in front of us. "I just want to talk." She raises up her hands like a criminal caught
Only she's a criminal and isn't caught.
"Why do you do this?" Aunt Aga asks her. Something like sadness and pain flashes in her eyes so quickly
Once I blink it's gone.
She shrugs. "I just need you guys to pay for what you did"
I'm so confused right now. I bet it's visible on my face. She rolls her eyes "her-" she points at Aunt Aga " husband had everything to do with my dad's death."
Aunt Aga shakes her head. "I think you've got it all wrong honey. I don't know you at all." She scoffs
"Accardi ring any bells?" She says sarcastically. I look at Aunt Aga she blinks the frowns
"Alessio Accardi?" She asks. The woman smiles "I thought I was gonna torture it out of you" she says sweetly.
Aunt Aga smile drops. I speak up " Your dad died. We're sorry. We can send you some money and all that shit. Just release us" I say in one breath
She frowns and walks up to me. She raises up her hand and before it can register in my brain.
My head whips to the side with the force of a blow.
"Marco!" Aunt Aga screams. I look up at the bitch and roll my jaw.
That was one fucking punch.
"My father-" she begins with a darkness in her eyes. "Was taken away from me by your uncle Alessandro Di Lucca."
I gnash my teeth. "And you sit there telling me that you would send some money?"
"Well sorry I don't know your father. How am I even sure that my uncle killed your father?"
She walks up to a system and clicks on some things before a video shows. No audio.
I look at the screen and see some of our men with a younger version of my uncle Aless stand in front of a man on his knees alongside a woman and a little girl
Behind the family in the shadows is another girl hiding and watching
My uncle and the man exchange some words before my uncle shoots the man's daughter and let his men rape his wife and kills her next
Then he kills the man. My uncle's men all laugh with him before they leave the man.
The girl in the shadows come to light crying and kneels. She touches her mom and sister and cries more.
She holds her dad and shakes him. She shouts something and cries more before the video ends
I look at my Aunt. "Did you know about this?" I ask her. She shakes her head and sobs. She looks at the woman.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through this." I look at the screen again before looking at the woman
She looks deadly. Her eyes move to my aunt
"Sorry. Doesn't. Bring. Them. Back!" The woman shouts.
"Neither does killing us bring them back" she picks a gun from the table and shoots me in the shoulder
"Fuck!" I shout and look at it. "Marco!" My aunt says with fear in her eyes.
She straddles me. "My dad was the best man in the world. My family too. You're telling me that you haven't killed people just because they bombed your warehouse?"
She says and then I frown. She's beautiful up close but a devil.
"Get off me bitch." I say calmly. She puts her thumb inside the gunshot wound on my shoulder.
I hiss in pain "Marco! Please let him go. Please! I'm begging you." My aunt says frightened.
"He didn't mean it" she says
Suddenly the woman says "do you know Lady Shiva?" She tilts her head
"Who doesn't?" I say back. The woman gets off me. "Do you admire her?" She asks.
I love the way she does her job and doesn't give a fuck." Yes I do"
The woman laughs. "Do you know her story?" I shake my head. She smiles
"Well now you do" she says quietly
It dawns on me. "You're lady Shiva?" She looks at my Aunt Aga.
"I should kill you." She points at my Aunt. "I'm an orphan because of your family.I'm gonna enjoy watching life drain out of your eyes"
She moves towards the table of death. That's what I like calling it.
"Don't touch my aunt" I say. Since I know I'm talking to lady Shiva now. There's this fear I just can't shake off.
She drags the table towards us. She picks up the iron hammer.
"I think I'll keep you alive just to see the death of your husband and son. That way we can be equal" she smiles brightly.
Alessandro what have you done?