In the Gates of Hell

I couldn't remember exactly how I got here, all I know is I woke up and there was a bright light hovering above me. It was shock and the putrid smell in the room that woke me up, it also smelled rotten as if something has died in here a long time ago. As I woke up I noticed that I was strapped on a chair, the chair had an arm rest for both arms, where my arms were strapped on on. I also noticed that my legs and feet are strapped on the legs of the chair. I tried to move but I was unable to. I was able to move my head freely and saw that the chair was bolted in to the ground. As I looked around I noticed that the whole place, room or whatever I'm in, was dark. The only light I can see is the one hovering above me. There was about 5 minutes of silence around the room and then out of Nowhere, A voice talked to me.

"Finally, you're awake", said by the voice as it echoed throughout the room. The voice sounded deep and unauthentic, like it was being filtered, so I wouldn't hear his or her real voice.

"Where the hell Am I?", I responded.

"That's not Important, what's Important is you"

"Me?"

"Yes, we know a lot of things about you. Your Missions, your name, your friends and so on. But sadly we don't know Everything. And that Everything is how you Operate, your base, your leader and your allies."

"So you Managed to figure out my Name and my teammates name, but failed to know the rest."

"Sorry if that disappoints you, but we ran into a few, complications. But don't worry just a tiny squeeze out of you and we'll get what we want."

"You sure about that?"

"Positive, I never failed an Interrogation before, besides, your "team mates" didn't even last 2 minutes before giving up."

After he or she said that I felt my blood curl throughout my veins, I am more than ready to strangle whoever this person is. I shouted and shook furiously on the chair trying to break free. I demanded for him or her to say it again, right infront of my face.

"Calm down, I'm only joking. They died like the animals they are, right there on the forrest we ambushed you, but you, you're lucky aren't you? Having the Privilege to be interrogated by me."

"Punching you in the Face is the real Privilege here asshole"

"A comedian how lovely, I hope your Humour saves you from the hell i'm gonna put you through, so let's start. What's your leader's name? and who are your allies."

"Go to Hell"

"Again Eric, What's their name? What's their name?"

"Fuck you!" I spat out.

"Don't make this any harder and just answer the question!"

"You can ask me all day and I'll just sit, cursing everytime I can"

"Okay...I just want to let you know it's gonna be fun doing this."

As soon as he uttered those words, I could feel electricity running throughout my body. I couldn't help but scream snd shake aggressively at the chair I was strapped on. Feeling every ounce of electric bolts entering my body. I don't how long exactly it happened, but it was short and painful.

"Impressed? It's state of the art Nanotech Injected in every nerve point in your body. It's designed to give you the feeling of being electrocuted, without using an outside source. The shock you felt? That came from your own body, your own Nervous system. And all I have to do is press this remote I'm holding, and I can do it all over again, right now it's set to medium, don't make me raise it any higher." He informed with a satisfied smirk.

"You really think you're tough aren't, well sorry honey, you're not the greatest monster i've encountered."

"Fail to answer my Question again and I'll show you what a monster I really am, so once again, what's their name?"

"I ain't telling you anything, you can just kill me right here, right now."

"Ok then, wish granted"

It went on for a few minutes, he'll ask me a question, I won't answer and he'll electrocute me. It was painful, but I have to be strong. I can't let them win, Otherwise everything me and my teammates worked are for nothing.

"You are one tough guy, Mr. Eric. I'll give you that. We'll take a 10 minute break and I'll try to see a more "effective method", one that is more suitable for you."

On the one hand I was happy that It was over, on the other, i knew it was only about to get worse. I've been through interrogations before, ones that were conducted by my team and I. And in an interrogation, there's always gonna be someone who you would want to only break, and not kill. I'm currently the one they are trying to break, they know I have something special, something necessary. This isn't just about who I know, or what I know, it's about what we have. I could only guess that the minutes he said passed by, and he spoke once again.

"How are you? Just kidding I don't care. My previous "method" isn't effective as I thought it would be so this time I'm gonna ask you a simple question, Who's Rose?"

"What?"

"You heard me, Who's Rose?"

"I don't know anyone named Rose"

"Oh really, that's not what she said."

"I'm not lying, I don't know anyone named Rose"

"Ok, so how about we let her talk"

He stopped talking and I was left feeling confused, I never knew anyone named Rose. I may not be close with everyone at the camp or anywhere else, but I can guarantee that I never knew anyone named Rose. I just sat there thinking of what kind Mind Games they're trying to do. As I said I interrogated people too, Vampires to be exact. In an Interrogation we use a technique in which we pretend that we have someone they love, know or care about. Photoshop and Digitally add them in any video or photo that we can, so we can pretend that we have them in custody. It's cruel, but it's effective in gaining information. Right now I'm experiencing karma, after doing it several times, it's now my turn.

He was gone for a while and I'm beginning to think that they're thinking of something else to use against me. and then I heard his mic turn on but he didn't spoke. I then heard several people talking, but I couldn't understand what they were saying and then a female voice spoke.

"Eric, is that you, is that....really you?", at first I didn't catch on.I didn't recognize who that was, until after a while I did. It was Elizabeth, and her Full name was Elizabeth, a women I met back in Boston, but how, how did they find her? It was Impossible I did everything to make sure she's undetected. My own team and my own family didn't even know she existed. She talked for a while, trying to get me to remember her. But while she was talking, they took the Microphone from her and once again he spoke.

"Confused? I know. You're probably guessing how we did it. Well it was simple really, most of your tricks are lousy. And plus we didn't even have to use force she surrendered willingly once we knocked down her door."

"You expect me to believe that, do you really think I haven't done this before"

"Mr.Eric I suggest that you take this seriously, she's expecting you to save her, it would be a pity if you let her down."

"You think I'm a fool? What makes you think I believe that you have her?"

"Mr. Eric, we're not like you, we don't pretend. When we say something we actually do it and don't kid me, you love her, otherwise you wouldn't have hid her. Other than the fact that she's also human, she's someone you love, deeply."

"You're a bunch of cowards aren't you? Using someone else to get what you want."

"Enough talk, answer my question and I guarantee that we'll set her free, so Mr. Eric who are your leaders?"

"Let her go and I'll tell you."

"Again Mr. Eric, who are your leaders?"

"Let.Her.Go."

"Who Mr. Eric, who?"

"I said Let her Go."

"Once again, who Eric, who?"

"Let her go!"

"Seems you made your choice, fine then, her blood is on your hands"

As soon as he stopped, I could hear a faint sound of a Chainsaw on the background of the Microphone, by the sound of it, they moved the microphone and next to that was the sound of the sickest and most gruesome scream I have ever heard. I begged them to stop and let her go, but they pretented I wasn't there, as if I wasn't screaming at the top of my Lungs. It stopped, and there was eerie silence that followed. I could feel something worse was about to happen, but i didn't know what. And then I heard something open, something metallic and then I heard a loud thud, that was soon followed by what appears to be a sound of something rolling. I could hear it from my left side, it stopped, but I was too afraid to turn my head and see what it was, but I built enough courage to do so and in the end, saw something that was truly terrifying. It was a head, a woman's head and it didn't take much of a time for me to figure out who it was. It was her, Liz. her face was staring right at me, as if she was telling me why I let it happen to her. I tried to scream but I couldn't, all I did was stare at it. She was lovely, kind and gentle. We met only a few times,but those were cherished, every last second of it.

" I told you, Mr. Eric, we're not like you. We don't pretend when we say something we do it. You didn't recognize her because she didn't tell you her second name, if i'm correct you've only met a few times. Can't say I'm unimpressed, hiding all those years without being detected, one hell of an accomplishment.", the interrogator said.

I couldn't respond, I just closed my eyes and let tears flow through my cheeks. I could, yes I could, I remember the first time I saw her. I was outside a Hotel, sitting by a bench she came up to me and asked me if I was okay, I guess I looked kind of down at the moment, can't blame her it was just after an Intense Mission and we were waiting for further instructions. We talked for a while about different things and in that moment I forgot everything that was going. The mission, the state of the world, everything. She invited me to go to her place, I wish I could but I declined. I didn't want to risk getting my cover blown. But I took her address and told her I would come by anytime. I tried to forget her, but I couldn't. I may love her but our cause is what I should pick first. Time did come that we had to go back to Boston, I made excuses to go and see her. I did and she was shocked to see me, she just didn't expect that I would really come and see her, but Nevertheless, she invited me in. It took a while but after visiting her for a while she finally told me she was human, she told me that she said it to me 'cause she knows that even though I'm a Vampire, I'm still kind, and not like the others. It was a relief when I told her that I'm human as well. She asked me how is it possible that I've stayed hidden. I didn't really told her why, I just told her I had friends way up. She explained to me how long she remained, hidden it was because of her dad, who was dead by that time. After The Vampires took over, they went door to door and checked who was a vampire or not. Between the two of them her father was the only one who took Remedium because he had Cancer, he was part of UniHealth, one who was in the upper positions. He used his power and position to hide her daughter, eventually the H.D.U. "found out" he was hiding someone and charged him with treason. They placed him on death row and was punished with a firing squad, even though they didn't figure out who he was hiding. His charges was then changed to aiding the resistance which was accountable with treason.

I asked her if the H.D.U. bothered checking up on her, she said they did. They tested her to see if she had Remedium in her system, luckily her father had everything prepared. The doctors who tested her were friends with her dad and faked her test, after that the H.D.U pretty much left her alone. I'm a fool claiming to love her but not knowing everything about her, especially at a time like this. But I do, I do love her and I'm sure of that.

"Don't be so upset, there are plenty of fish in the ocean you'll find one soon enough, so let's go back to where we were, or do you want someone else to die Eric?"

I didn't respond and just looked down on the floor, ignoring every word he said while drowning in my own sorrow.

"Silent treatment huh? Don't worry, eventually I will break you and get everything I need. But I must confess you're a Challenge, I never interrogated someone like you before and to be honest I kind of, like it. After all these years of doing my Job so easy, a challenger arose to come and test my limits. But anyways we'll do it again tomorrow. Sleep well Mr. Eric you're gonna need it."