Same place, same people...reverses roles.
Now, Ariel was the captor, staring down at the three men who were sitting in front of her with their hands tied behind the chair. Their heads fell to one side of their shoulders as they were still unconscious, but not for long.
Bison walked over with a very cold bucket of water and splashed it on them.
The men jolted and grunted in pain, immediately snapping their heads around to see their environment.
Hugo was the first to realize that they'd been kidnaped, he saw Bison standing in front of him and scowled. "Fucking bastard! You'll pay for this!" He shrugged to free his hands but didn't succeed.
Bison didn't respond; he only dropped the bucket, got the second one beside him, and poured it on top of Hugo's head, still maintaining a straight face.
Hugo coughed and shook his head to get the water out of his eyes and nose; he lowered his head for some time to let the water drop.
"If I were you, I wouldn't be concerned about who I am, I'd be concerned about safety, your life..." Bison said and stepped back.
Gregory and Wva were standing beside Ariel, they watched her watch the men. Her face was unreadable, but they could feel the simmering anger just below her surface.
Eva knew that this place was Ariel's nightmare; this same place was where she almost lost her life, and Eva had been part of that plan.
Gregory could read the women's expressions; Ariel was cold and vengeful, while Eva was guilty and unsure.
"Boss, this is that place..." Barrel whispered fearfully.
"You think I don't fucking know?! There's only one person who would know about this place, and I am going to kill her when I get out. Moon, this is she can play with us just because she wants her secret hidden," Hugo breathed angrily.
Josh was quiet; he was busy looking at all the armed men standing around the abandoned factory, fear was evident in his eyes, and one thing that made him almost piss his pants was the person standing in the dark corners of the factory; he saw a face he never believed he would ever see again.
Hugo suddenly tried to lift himself from the chair but ended up pulling himself to the floor face first.
He grunted and tried to get up but only succeeded in turning his face to the side, he coughed and shouted at no one in particular, "Who the fuck are you?! Who sent you!? You're going to pay with your fucking life! You've messed with the wrong -"
"Boss..." Barrel called quietly.
"Boss, I think it's her," He spoke while looking at Ariel's direction.
"Boss, it's her; it's the woman from three years ago, the one we dropped in the ocean," Josh reported with a shaky voice, fear gripping him.
He almost thought he was looking at a ghost. He couldn't do it; maybe this was a side effect of the sedation.
Hugo suddenly started hearing footsteps walking towards him on the dusty floor; he couldn't look up due to the restrictions holding him; he could only feel it when the person stopped in front of his fallen body.
"No way," Barrel muttered, turning his head toward Josh to check if he was seeing the same person.
Ariel signaled for one of the men to come and lift Hugo up, she needed to see his face while speaking to him.
Diego walked over and roughly pulled Hugo up with the chair.
"Argh!" Hugo screamed as the chains around his wrists dug painfully into his skin, cutting him.
"How does it feel, Hugo?" Ariel walked closer and asked in a calm voice.
Hugo immediately recognized that voice, he snapped his head up to her and widened his eyes in shock.
"You...how? How are you here?" He questioned, staring at Ariel from head to toe.
"It doesn't matter, Hugo, what matters right now is what you're going to do to me. I'm not here to bargain. You're under my control now. If you think I'm about to tell you to do something for me so that I can get you free, then you're heavily mistaken. You will do everything I want, and in the end, you still get to spend the rest of your miserable lives in prison," She informed darkly.
Hugo took a deep breath, "Tell me what you want, I'll do it. Do you want to get your revenge on Moon? I'll do it, I promise," His voice was pleading.
Ariel smiled, "Yes, I do want my revenge, and I'll already get it. Starting with you guys first." She said.
"Please, Ma'am, we're sorry, we were just paid to do it, please, we promise to leave the country,' Barrel begged.
"Ah, leave the country? To become a menace to other people? And, wasn't you who wanted to assault me back then? Did she also pay you to do that? Or was that just you being you?" She raised her brow at him.
Barrel lowered his face in shame, not answering.
"I thought so," Ariel spoke.
She looked behind her and saw Eva watching them, "Come, Eva," she called.
Eva gave Gregory a glance before walking toward Ariel.
"She sent you to kill her again, right?" Ariel held Eva's hand as she asked Hugo.
Hugo raised his head and stared at Eva, but he did not respond.
"Argh!" Hugo's head snapped to the side as Bison used a metal pipe he picked from the floor to hut his head.
"When you're spoken to, you respond. Understand?" He whispered behind him.
Hugo nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes. I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Blood trickled down the side of his face, running down his neck and staring at his shirt.
He was wincing in pain, trying to focus his now blurry vision on the two women in front of him.
The other guys were quiet, not wanting to say the wrong thing and get hit, too.
They all knew that this was their end; for Ariel to survive and come back for them meant that she had carefully mapped out her plan for a long time; there was no way they could outsmart her.
"Alright, let's try again," Ariel chuckled, still holding Eva's hand.
"Did she send you to kill her? I already know the answers, Hugo, it's just for record purposes; choose your answers wisely," She warned.
Hugo groaned, "Yes, she did -"
"Her name, Hugo, I need her name," Ariel cut him off.
"Moon, Moon Chaz sent me to kill your friend yesterday, she paid me and asked me to make sure she doesn't survive again," Hugo confessed.
"Is there something more you'd want to tell me?" She quietly asked.
"Yes," Barrel answered now.
"Go on," Ariel pointed at him.
"Your...your son...she asked us to kill your son tonight, we were supposed to kidnap him from school today, send you a video of us torturing him, and then send you one after we're done killing him," Barrel informed.
Eva gasped, her hands starting to shake, "How monstrous are you?!" She frowned in anger and disgust.
"It's alright, they can't do it anymore. They're right here, and they will remain here for as long as long as I want, no food, no water, no sunlight," Ariel chuckled darkly.
"She dared to mention my son to you, then I shall give her the war she's asking for," Her face was like the brewing weather about to release a storm onto the earth; Moon had never dreamed of what was about to come to her.
"Please, Ms. Chaz, spare us, we promise to change," Josh sniffed, openly crying.
"How disgusting, you apologize and beg for forgiveness just because you've been caught. Answer me this, Josh: if you weren't chained right now, would you have taken pity on my child?" She walked closer to him, staring at his face.
Josh went quiet, his eyes darting all over the place.
"Answer me!" Ariel shouted and kicked his chair back, sending him falling backward.
She left the cowardly crying man and went back to Hugo. "I can choose to kill you all here, but that won't be fun. You will remain here till the fun day arrives; you shall testify in front of everyone the dirty work you've done for your mistress. Don't worry, you'll have enough audience to entertain when the day comes," She eyes Hugo with hatred.
"Cover their heads, just like they did me. Collect their phones; even though I don't need them, I can't let them be with them either. Chain their seats together and chain their legs and hands with another chain; just make sure they're uncomfortable and miserable, just like I was," As Ariel spoke, a few bodyguards were already carrying out her order.
They dragged Josh up, placed him beside Barrel, and proceeded to take away all their items before chasing them as Ariel had instructed.
"No, please, Ma'am! Please, don't do this to us - ugh!" Josh was knocked out clean by Bison's metal pipe.
"I'm sorry, I just thought he was being loud," Bison bowed to Ariel.
"Me and you both," Ariel replied.
Eva never believed anything could make her smile in that place, but as she stared at Bison, she couldn't help giggling to herself, he had an air and an attitude.
Gregory saw it.
He saw Eva staring at Bison while laughing, and he felt...hurt. He couldn't describe it, but he didn't like it. He thought he was now the only opposite gender that could make her smile.
What had Bison done that was so funny? Knocking someone out? He could easily knock out the remaining guys if that was what entertained her.
Ugh! He sighed and focused on the situation.
Ariel made sure that their heads were covered before she instructed everyone to leave.
She was walking beside Bidon when one of the men ran up to her, "Ms. Chaz, I found this in a corner," He stretched out his hand to her.
Ariel gasped, her eyes were filled with realization as she stared at the dusty phone in the bodyguard's hand.
"Thank you...this is my phone from three years ago." She smiled as she took it from him.
Seems like Mother Nature was helping her out here, too. With that phone, she was going to check that video Moon sent her three years ago, with her level at the moment, one look at the videos would let her know if it was fake or not.
Even if it were fake, she would still get the evidence for the fun day.
It wasn't far, she was saving up a very big surprise for Moon.