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Chapter 40 Part 2

Angelo's P.O.V

Continuation....

8 hours earlier

I was at Brisbane headquarter of Australia post to pick up Jared's birthday gift. It was a life-size Baymax stuff toy that came all the way from Germany. I ordered it a week before his birthday, expecting that it would arrive before the day of the birthday. Unfortunately, there were some delays in the shipping and it won't be delivered to my address until the following week. Good things was I have a contact at the main headquarter and I was told that my parcel came about yesterday. Lachlan, the admin in the headquarter, and a friend of Grande family, told me that if I want to, I could pick it up at his office so that I could get it on time.

I was really relieve and excited at the same time. I thought that I would be empty handed on my little man's birthday. The perks of being a Grande somehow benefits me in serious times.

Sebastian opened the door of the car for me as I was struggling to get the massive and fluffy stuff toy inside the car. I was trying to push Baymax inside when suddenly, my phone rang in a different tone.

I froze and quickly fished out my phone in my pocket. The ringtone was different of all the ringtone in my phone because the customized sound was meant to be emergency. There was only one person other than Sebastian who knows how to trigger it, and that only person was Jared.

I promised Jared that I would never leave him again, and to prove it, I ordered Sebastian to assign me and Jared a 4 digits unique number that can only be use by me and Jared alone. I taught Jared how to use it and only to use it when he is in trouble. If our emergency alert was triggered, it only means that Jared was in trouble, or much worst, he is in danger.

I looked at Sebastian who by then was staring at me knowingly and alerted. I pressed the answer button and put the ear piece on my ear.

I took a deep breath and silently prayed that Jared is alright. "Jared?" I asked calmly.

There was a rustling sound on the other line before Jared's voice came out of the speaker. "Papa...please help me." He sobbed.

"What happened? Where are you?" There was a panic in my voice but I tried to remain calm while signaling Sebastian to track where the call was coming from.

"Mommy and bad guys took me from nana. Please help Papa. Please tell Daddy to help me." The boy whispered while sobbing.

"Take a deep breath honey." I told him. I actually heard the boy taking a deep breath and I smiled at that. "Okay, so where did they take you?" I asked.

"I saw big ships and I am here in a dark room." He answered.

"The seaport." Sebastian and I said at the same time. Sebastian was looking at the tracker when he said it, confirming the exact location of the call. "Good job, honey. I know where you are. Wait for me. Don't be afraid. Okay?" I cooed.

"Hurry up Papa, mommy is coming... I'm scared...." He was cut off by a rustling sound in the background on the other line followed by a screeching voice of a woman saying 'What are you doing you stupid child! Who are you talking to?' followed by a loud cry of a child. There were some laughing on the background too.

"Jared! Jared!" I was screaming on the phone, calling Jared's name. I could hear his faint crying on the background. My eyes started to tear up. I kept calling his name until a voice of a woman came out from the speaker.

"So it's you then." Said the voice.

"Chloe." I confirmed. "If you hurt Jared, I swear you'll regret being born in this world." I threatened. My hands were shaking from rage.

"Shut up fag! Jared is my son. I can do whatever I want to do with him. This is none of your fucking business!" she fumed out. "Oh actually, it is. I'll give Jared back in exchange for your pathetic disgusting faggot life." She said.

"Where are you?" I said, although I know where they were hiding.

"I'll send you the address. You should come alone. Or else, little Jared here will lose one part of his body." She laughed manically.

I supressed myself to swear. "You are crazy. How could you that to your son? Your own flesh and blood. I'm going to kill you if you hurt even a strand of hair in Jared." I spat, venom leaking in every word. I tried to sound deadly as I could.

"Blah. Blah. Blah. I don't care. He stop being my son when he chose you over me. Anyways, I have to go because I have to make some bonding with my son. Be here alone, or little Jared here will become a mutated kid." She then hang up on me.

"What do you want to do, sir?" Sebastian asked, ready and waiting for my order.

"Go back home and check if everyone is safe. They took Jared at home for sure. Sonia will never give up Jared just like that. I'm sure they have hurt her. Let Daniel know the situation and don't let him follow us to the seaport." I said.

"Sir, this is dangerous. I should go with you." Sebastian argued, concerned painted don his face.

I gave him a reassuring smile. "I wasn't finish yet." He gave me a nod. "After making sure that everyone is safe, come back to me and rescue me and Jared. For now, I have to show them that I'm alone and won't raise any suspicions. That is an order." I said as I started to head to the train station. "I'll take the train, its much faster to get to the seaport."

I then heard the car drove off rapidly.

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I was escorted by two muscular guy as soon as I got off the train. They were covered in tattoos and smells like rotten fish. A gun were strapped on both of their hips as they smirked at me. They stirred me to a narrow blocks of massive containers around the port until we ended up in a building which I supposed was abandoned.

The guy with a clown tattoo on his right arm pushed me inside the building. "Move, you sissy." He said. The other guy just chuckled and took his gun out. He pointed the gun on my back and poke it for me to move forward.

The building was dark, the only thing that illuminates the place was the sunlight coming from the holes on the ceiling. The place smells like sea and rust.

As I walked to where they were supposed to take me, I could see fifteen more men standing and guarding the place with their rifles out. They looked at me and grinned. Some guys even licked their lips and that gave me a disgusting taste in my mouth right away.

"Where are you taking me? Where is Jared?" I asked to no one in particular. I wasn't worried about myself at all, I was more worried about Jared.

"Shut up you fag!" said the clown guy as he hit me with his gun on my back.

A gust of pain traveled on my back part as I stumbled down the floor. Both guys and the other guards laughed like someone just dropped the biggest joke in history.

"You are all digging your grave today." I muttered and smirked at them. They were surprised and were taken aback.

The clown guy on the other hand didn't seem to like it. "It's your grave that we just dug, you disgusting fag!" he said followed by a strong slap on my face, which made my lips bleed.

Everyone laughed frantically until they were cut off by Chloe's voice coming from the room 50 metres away from me.

"Now, now boys. That fag is our guest. At least bring them to the main room." Chloe's voiced echoed in the dark followed by screeching laugh from her and the others, mostly men's voice.

The clown guy looked at me in disgust and spat on me before pulling into the room.

I was thrown away on the floor as soon as we got in the room. There were couches and a small TV, and it smells like cigarettes.

I was literally kissing the floor as I was thrown really hard. My hands were tied on my back too. I couldn't move freely.

"Look how pathetic you are." Chloe said as I was being pick up by two guys.

I ignored Chloe's remark. "Where is Jared?" I asked to no one in particular. "Jared!" I called.

"Shut up!" a guy said followed by a strong blow in my stomach. The air sucked out of me as I struggled to breathe for a few seconds. "You are so irritating."

"Hey Dylan, chill. You'll have your time to enjoy hitting him later. For now, we should at least tie him up in our prepared torture pole." She smirked and excitedly skipped towards the corner of the room. "Ta-da!" she cheered, revealing a two pole standing with a chain tied up on its corner. "Tie him up and let's start the show!" she commanded.

I was dragged towards the pole as they tied both my hands with chain connected from it.

Somewhere the room, I heard Jared's voice calling for me. "Papa! Papa!" he said.

"Ugh! The annoying kid." Dylan said and sneered at me like a dog. "Let him go here so he can see how weak this faggot that he calls his Papa"

I looked at Chloe and saw some concern on her eyes as she looks on Jared's direction. Dylan was looking at her as well, waiting for her answer. After a while, the hint of concern in Chloe's eyes vanished and was replaced by anger. "Bring the little shit here!" she called.

Suddenly, I heard heavy little footsteps running towards my direction. In a matter of seconds, Jared came into view and went straight to hug my hips like his life depended on it. "Papa." He cried. "You are so bad mommy! I hate you!"

Chloe stepped back a bit from Jared's words. She looked at him with hurt eyes but it quickly turned into disgust. "You little—"she went to slap Jared but I kicked her in the gut with much force as I could.

Chloe stumbled down sitting on the floor from my blow. "I told you, hurt Jared and I'll kill you." I warned.

Jared was still hanging tightly on my hips, his face buried on my tummy.

Chloe then stood up and swore like a sailor. "Does that supposed to scare me, fag?" she spat.

"You should be scared, Chloe." I said, as I turned my black eyes on her, Dylan and the other men watching me.

"What the hell?" Dylan said as he and the other guys stepped back.

Everyone was in their shocked state when a guy came into the room holding a mobile phone. He walk his way to Chloe and gave her the phone.

Chloe took the phone and muttered a 'hello', giving Dylan a knowing look. After a short while, Chloe called out everyone outside the room like they have some kind of a meeting.

They left Jared and I in the dim room.

Jared was still holding on me tightly and I could feel him shaking in fear. "Little one, look at me. Look at Papa." I said, as I smiled at him.

He looked at me with tears in his eyes. "Papa."

"Everything will be okay. I'm here now. Don't be scared." I reassured the kid. "How did you manage to call me? You did a good job calling me." I asked, trying to calm him down.

"I asked the bad guy if he has game on his phone. He gave his phone to me and said that I can play with it." He explained.

I was amazed at how clever Jared was. He hasn't started going to school but his reasoning skill was excellent.

I nodded and smile. "Good job, deary. Now, can you do me a favour?"

"Yes papa." He said as he wiped his tears from his eyes.

"Whatever happens, close your eyes. Do not open it until I said so. Or until you daddy is here. Okay?"

Jared looked at me confused but he nodded nonetheless.

We then heard heavy footsteps walking back to the room. Jared clasped into my hips once again as I glared towards the people looking at us with disgust.

Dylan stepped forward and grabbed Jared away from me forcefully. "Jared!" I shrieked as I watch Jared being taken away on the corner of the room crying. "Close your eyes." I said and took a deep breath.

That's when I felt the first blow in my stomach followed by many more to my chest and face. I was struggling to breathe every minute and I was coughing blood. I could feel my lips bleeding as I tasted the blood. Drops of blood were blinding my vision as well. My head was hurting so bad like I have the biggest migraine in the planet. I could hear the people around me laughing as they take their turn in punching me. The other guys spat on me too.

I could care less about myself if I die right there. All I was thinking about was Jared.

I was expecting another punch but it didn't come out. With all my strength left, I lifted my head to see what was going on. I was surprised to see Jared in front of me, his hands were spread across to block them.

'Get out of there you little shit!" Dylan yelled.

"Stop! You are bad!" Jared answered back.

"Whatever." Dylan muttered as he hit Jared. The kid flew on my side unconscious. His head was bleeding.

With my heavy eyes, I screamed. "Jared!" He wasn't moving. I struggled to get off the chain from my hand but to no luck.

Another punch was thrown at my gut once again. My feet gave up and I was hanging on the chain. I ignored the pain cursing through my body. "Jared" I called out once again.

Jared wasn't moving at all but I could see his belly rising up and down. That gave me a relief that he will be okay somehow.

Dylan was about to kick me in the face once again when a gun shot fired outside, echoing into the room. "What the hell is that?" he asked the men behind them. Their rifles and gun were drawn.

A moment later, Chloe came up to the room and looked at me. "It's his butler." She said.

I smiled. 'About time.' I thought.

"Don't worry guys, it's just only one person. I'm sure the other guy's outside has taken care of him already." Chloe said confidently.

Actually, by then, the gunshots were ceased and silence covered the place once again. Everyone looked relieved and rested their gun back on the straps.

I couldn't help myself to laugh really hard. "HAHAHAHAHAHA"

"This fag has gone crazy." Said the other guy in the door.

"You are so dead." I said, smirking at them.

Chloe slapped me so hard, making my lips burn from pain. I spat blood on the floor.

"Your butler is dead. And you will be next." She said.

"Excuse me. I'm here to pick up my Master." Sebastian suddenly spoke up in the dark corner.

Everyone drew their gun and pointed towards his silhouette. "Step out of the light!" Dylan commanded.

Sebastian slowly came into the view, his hand was raised up in the air to show that he is unarmed. "My, my. You made my master a mess." He said as he looked at me.

I suppressed a smile.

"I'm Sebastian di Angelo. I came here to get my master and his son." He said, looking at Chloe and Dylan.

Dylan laughed followed by the other guys. "This dude is crazy. You'll be dead before you know it." Dylan said, raising his gun.

Sebastian ignored Dylan and looked at me. "Sir, just say the words."

I looked at Jared's unconscious body on the floor. Once again, the rage inside me build up and I saw red. All I wanted was blood. I wanted them all dead.

Sebastian slowly bit his gloves out of his right hand revealing the tattoo on the back of his hand. It was a pentagram with enclosed in a circle. It was a seal of our contract. It was the seal of our pact.

With all the strength left in me, I spoke. "You were abide by our pact, Sebastian. You will serve me, you will protect me. You will see that everyone in this room that brought harm to me and Jared will be dead. Sebastian, I order you. KILL THEM ALL."

Sebastian smirked widely. "Certainly, master." He threw the first knife into one of the guy's neck that killed him straight away.

As soon as Sebastian made the first move, everything came into chaos. Gunshots were fired everywhere followed by a lifeless body falling down on the floor one-by-one.

Dylan and Chloe were watching in horror. Their men hasn't even scratched Sebastian by dozens and dozens of bullets shot from them. The once 20 men were down to 5.

I watched Sebastian took the life of those men. He doesn't used a gun nor any firearms when fighting. All he has was a dozen of kitchen knife on his pocket. Now, the knife doesn't kill his target. I watched him as he breaks his targets' neck, one by one. The loud crushing of bone can be heard echoing in the room.

"You are so dead." I muttered pertaining to Dylan and Chloe.

"What are you?" Dylan asked in terror.

"I'm going to kill you!" Chloe screamed as she hit me in the temple with a gun.

My vision blurred as volts of pain shots into my head. My head was hanging low. I was trying myself not to pass out. Not this time.

"How about the kid?" Dylan asked.

"He's useless. If I couldn't have him. No one will have him!" she said as she pointed her gun on Jared.

"No." I pleaded. I tried to get the chain off of me but it was really holding me tightly. I didn't have any other choice but to break my way out of the chain. I twisted my wrist until it broke off my arms and slid off the chain freely. As soon as my right hand freed from the chain, I threw my body to cover Jared.

I heard the click of the gun as I felt it being pointed on our direction. "Sebastian!" I yelled and waited for the gunshot that never came.

I looked at my back to see Chloe's hand bleeding with the knife implanted on her hand. The gun was thrown on the floor.

"Let's go Chloe!" Dylan yelled as he ran towards the exit.

Chloe looked at him in disapproval but followed him in the end. Not until she deliver that final blow that made a serious damage on me.

She kicked my head with her heeled shoes so hard that her heel cut through my head. I could feel the world around me spinning as the blood were flowing on my head like a tap water.

Behind my blurry vision, I could feel Jared gaining consciousness. He opened his eyes and looked at me. His eyes that once full of life quickly turned into nothing as soon as his sight landed on me. Jared's eyes were lifeless as he stares at me emotionless. The cut on his head was still pouring drops of blood.

"My little one." I whispered as my eyes starting to get heavy. "Be strong. I need to sleep now. Close your eyes little one. Papa loves you."

With that final remark, my eyes closed tightly as everything around me vanished. The next thing I know was that I was being pulled in to darkness until I could not feel anything at all.

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