55 Chapter 55: Get I (2/2)
I fight back my tears and run a bath. I remove my blood-stained clothes and toss them on the floor. The warm water burns my injury but I pay it no mind. I scrub as hard as I can to get rid of the filth, as her words spiral through my mind.
'You're a dirty girl, Zero. You know what happens to dirty girls don't you?'
”No. I am not that girl anymore, I am Kazmaria Hernandez. I am not your puppet...not anymore.”
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”¿Cuántos hombres tenemos en las calles?”
(How many men do we have on the streets?)
”Right now i'd say about 250. Some of em are working from here to see if they can gather any kind of footage of what happened to her.”
”Mhm, did you call Yoyo?”
”Yessir.”
”And?”
”He has his men down south looking around and a few helicopters.”
”Good,”
I light up a cigarette,
”Call Carlos and tell him that i'm expanding the control room and he can gather as many men as he needs.”
”Right away sir, anything else?”
”When you have the time, tell the boys that they have two days to find something, two days until I start taking lives.”
”Y-yessir. I'll let them know right away.”
”Good, now leave.”
The lanky man hurries out of my office and i'm left alone with my thoughts.
'What I wouldn't do just to see your smile again, to hold you in my arms, to taste your sweet lips, to smell your delicious scent...to tell you that I love you.'
”Te encontraremos Kaz, lo prometo.”
(We'll find you Kaz, I promise.)
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”Hey, you done in there?”
'A woman? She doesn't sound like the two from earlier.'
”Ok uh, yeah you can come in.”
A short woman walks into the room holding clothes over her arm and a pair of boots in the other.
”Put these on and let me know when you're done. I can't leave the room but i'll turn around.”
”Ok?”
'Something about this outfit is making me anxious.'
I pull on the shirt, then my pants, then lace up my boots,
”I'm done.”
”Great, now if you'll please stay sill while I apply the finishing touches.”
”Sure?”
She paints my face and drapes me in heavy solid jewelry.
”Ok, wait here until sir comes to retrieve you.”
She leaves the room and I look at myself in the mirror. The blue and gold face paint is placed delicately around my eyes, mouth, four head, and chin. Large dangling earrings sweep my shoulder and a cloak is laid across the bed.
I thought my time here was gonna get somewhat better, but these people are insane. They have no idea how many lives were lost the last time I was in this.
”Damn, you clean up nice, Negative.”
'Kai...'
”Why am I dressed up like this?”
He licks his lips,
”Don't play dumb with me. You know exactly why, now chop chop. Your audience is waiting.”