Chapter 22: Lesson not learnt – Part 2

Taylor’s car was closing in on us… I didn’t notice before but there were two more cars behind Taylor’s…

“What is he up to? What does he want?” I thought to myself.

Random thoughts were coming to my mind… drops of perspiration were forming on my forehead and then dripping down my temple to my cheeks and then further down… the sweat was going down but I couldn’t drown those thoughts… those thoughts were wreaking havoc in my mind… if I was alone it would have been a different scenario but the person whom I loved the most was beside me… and I knew that soon the lurking danger would come after her… the thought of that and also the flashbacks of the previous encounters with Taylor was getting the better of me…

“Faster Miroku, Faster, he will catch us …” Evie was much tensed.
“Don’t worry…”

That was all I could tell her… she still thought that only Taylor was following us… she didn’t notice the other two cars… at least she was less tensed than me… I pretty much had the idea of what would happen to us if we were to get caught by the following lot… I dreaded at the thought of it… more drops of sweat fell down and fresh drops formed…

I was going at 100kmph… my pursuers were going at more speed… I placed my foot on the accelerator and pressed it down and kept it in that way… we flashed past the buildings… everything was blurred around us… everything out of the car was distorted in shape, only Evie wasn’t… the street lamps seemed to be interconnected, their lights to be precise… the red, green, yellow and blue lights of the streets completely intermixed to give white light and at places everything went black… I saw the speedometer… the marker was pointing at 120 then 125… no I couldn’t go more…

“Have we lost them Miroku? I don’t see anyone behind us… we must have been faster than them…” Evie sounded calm but still had signs of tension.
“Didn’t I tell you not to worry?”
“Yeah…”

I slowed down but before doing that I looked into the looking glass once more… no car was behind us… I heaped a sigh of relief…

“Look ahead Miroku…”
“What the…”

The three cars were right in front of us… we were still going at a good speed… I removed my foot from the accelerator and placed it on the brake and pressed it down…

“We will die if we collide with those cars… it will be better if we are caught…at least we will have some chance of survival…” I reassured myself but didn’t utter a single word.

“Miroku, what will happen now? We will surely be caught…” Evie started crying.
“Evie, jump out of the car” I firmly told her.
“No, I won’t…” she firmly replied rubbing her tears.
“Do as I say… we are going at a lower speed now… if you jump you can escape…”
“I don’t want to… I will go with you… I promised I will always be with you so how can I break that promise now?”
“Please Evie… Taylor isn’t alone he has companions I can’t take the risk of taking you with me…”
“I don’t care… as long as you are with me I will go wherever fate leads us to… even if that means I have to suffer…”
“Don’t argue… do as I say…”
“I am staying put…”
“In that case I will protect you with my life… but if I die…”
“Don’t speak like that; don’t ever speak like that…”

Our car stopped and we were surrounded by at least six people… they had chains and rods in their hands… every single one of them had sinister look in their eyes and each of them grinned… the dog like devilish grin made me mad…I got down from the car…

“Where is Taylor?” I asked them.

“Here…” Taylor got down from his car.

“What is it that you want from me now?” I boldly shouted out those words.
“Revenge…” Taylor gave me a glare like that of a hungry dog.
“What for? You got what you deserved…”
“I will show you what I deserved… tonight I will show you…”

Saying that he looked towards my car and started laughing.

“So you have brought her along… don’t worry, I won’t do a thing to her… I have business with you and not that girl of yours…”

I was quite relieved after hearing that… all my concerns were only for Evie… I didn’t care for myself…

“Guys!” Taylor waved at those goons just as a master does to his dogs.

As soon as Taylor called for them they surrounded me and tied me with the chains they had… and after that there was relentless punching and kicking… they mercilessly beat me with their iron rods… I lost my consciousness…

When I woke up I saw that both my hands were tied to two pillars on both my sides… I couldn’t feel anything… my legs went numb… not only my legs but my full body… my shirt was torn at places and if one saw through it they could have noticed red marks all over my body… those were the wounds inflicted on me by those goons of Taylor… I was pretty much sure that more was in store for me… but I something was bothering me…

“Evie… where are you?” I suddenly gathered all my strength and shouted.
“She is here, don’t worry, I haven’t touched her… I promised you, didn’t I?” It was Taylor’s voice mixed with anger and satisfaction.

“Why don’t you leave us alone? What have we done to you?” It was Evie’s voice.
“You bitch…” Saying that Taylor thrashed Evie and she fell down…

“Taylor, what business do you have with me? I am here deal with me… leave her alone…”
“I will definitely deal with you…” Saying that he came towards me.

He had an iron rod in his hand but something was different about it… I didn’t know what but it wasn’t an ordinary rod…

Taylor brought down that rod upon my back… then I understood what was different about that rod… it was red hot… at the moment it made contact with my body I screamed… he pulled up the rod and with it a part of my shirt went away leaving my body bare against that hot iron…

“Today I will beat you so much that you won’t be able to play anymore… I will break every bone in your body…” Taylor was very angry.

“Please stop… please don’t hurt him like this… please Taylor, do whatever you wish to with me… but don’t beat him…” Evie came in between us and shielded my defenseless body by embracing it.
“Move away Evie… you will get hurt…” I tried to push her aside but didn’t have enough strength left in me.

“Damn you!” Taylor threw down that rod and brought out a chain, “here let me beat both of you…”

Taylor brought that down but I didn’t feel anything… Evie took the blow on herself… and left me and became unconscious…

“I will never forgive you for this, Taylor… Never…” I tried to free myself from my shackles.

Another blow… but I still tried to break free… I pulled the chains and tried to break it from its concrete bounds… Taylor mercilessly whipped me with that chain… but rather than screaming in pain I tried to break the chains… I knew that it was the only way… the unconscious body of Evie enraged me… it filled me with anger and the feeling of vengeance was getting the better of me… I didn’t feel the pain from Taylor’s whipping… I pulled the chains more and more and at last I succeeded in doing the impossible…

“Now let’s end this once and for all…” I said after breaking free.

I dual wielded the chains and started whirling it in the air… I could see that the fear in Taylor’s mind had shown itself in his face… I waited no more… I proceeded towards Taylor and Taylor started backing away… soon Taylor had his back against a wall… I didn’t hesitate before lashing one of the chains against one of his shoulders… then I brought down the other one… Taylor was almost finished… I could see that he was losing his consciousness… I threw down the chains… I caught his neck and pushed him against the wall… my force lifted him up… he was strangling…

“Stop!” it was Louis’s voice.

I went ahead with my plans of killing Taylor… he was choking… his face had gone pale… eyes had become red…

“Stop! Don’t do this…” the voice of Louis came closer.
“Today I will finish you off…” I didn’t look at Louis.
“I will stop you…”

Saying that Louis came from behind and struck me on my head... everything went black…………