NINE: REPEAT

Just stopping through those plain cement walls made her skin crawl. She holds Daleth tight by the arm and looks around. Nothing has changed except the fact that she is not one of those behind the walls anymore.

     The halls are silent but then she hears voices coming from a room and she is sure Daleth can hear it too.

The voice of angry man comes loudest, "That stupid son of mine. Where is he? Boss is angry at how Daleth spoilt our plans." Amalya feels Daleth's body still beside her. She watches his face pale. He pulls his arm from her grip and pulls her along the room the noise is coming from.

She hides behind him.

"Excuse me, who exactly is your son?" Daleth asks. Dr. Dave not even making an attempt to make his voice low either.

Dr. Dave scowls "Oh, so finally you decided to listen to something I say."

Daleth ignores this comment. "I asked a question. Answer me!" Dr. Dave moves away from the pressure of Daleth's gaze.

"You" Dave lets out finally "You are my son, Daleth."

Daleth pales even more.

"What?" He lets go of Amalya's hand. Amalya is shocked even as she hasn't exactly seen this man. Maybe she isn't the only one who doesn't know where she came from.

Daleth walks towards the man unconsciously giving the people permission to see Amalya.

All were expecting Daleth to shout, but he didn't. He never wished that someone that hated him will be his father. How many times had this man made him feel like killing himself? And something told him that Kendrick knew about this all along.

Daleth stops a few feet from his father. He almost stops breathing when he sees the resemblance between them. How hadn't he suspected before? It is clearly obvious that they are related – The exact same colour eyes, strong build, exact same colour of hair, including the nose.

He glowers down at the man that is clearly trying to stop himself from looking scared of his own son.

"Look here" Daleth snaps "If you know what you've damaged, better fix it and I mean whatever you've done to make my life miserable."

"I've done nothing to you without your interest in mind," Dave says inwardly happy that he didn't choke on his words.

Daleth barks out a harsh laugh "Like trying to kill me? I will advise you to disown me before it's too late. At least I'm the one begging for it. You can keep Kendrick."

Then, Mañita comes with her annoying alto voice and her think Spanish accent.

"Now you two fellas don't need to fight over me," She says fluttering her lashes that are heavy with mascara.

"Boss wants us to bring in the bait." Daleth shows his confusion "What?" He turns in time to see the men surrounding Amalya and the frightened looks on her face.

So, she is the bait?

What does that even mean? He thought.

"Hey, where are you taking her to?" Dalleth asks bolting to the entrance.

A man pats him at his back and says "Slowdown, prince Charming. We can handle this one." And Daleth just stands there watching.