DIANA
The huge figure reached out to a switch beside him and flipped it on. A white bright light shone from the ceiling, making the lab visible and bright.
I veered my eyes towards the unidentified man and scanned his profile repeatedly, he looked very familiar. I must have seen him somewhere but I don’t recall where.
“Don’t you remember me?” he said with a beaming smile on his face. Flashbacks from the past suddenly hit me, reminding me of who he was.
Fuck! I know this man!
“Remember me now?” he flashed a smile at me and advanced towards me slowly.
I reversed my steps back, terrified to see this evil man once again. The same man hired by some goons to kidnap me. I remember it like it was yesterday.
He sat comfortably at the driver’s seat and alighted the windows glass to see me clearly. He was putting on a blue shirt inside the car, trying to cajole and persuade me into entering the car with him.
I was so lucky to have escaped that treacherous incident. What the fuck is he doing here? And how did track me? How does he know my movement? What does he want?
My body froze like that of a statue.
He smirked and proceeded to approach me, at that moment my body became mobile again, I continued to reverse my steps backwards.
My mind couldn’t comprehend or phantom what I was seeing, how is it possible? I opened my mouth to scream but no sound come out.
“Diana calm down, I can see you are tensed. I’m not here to hurt you I just want to talk to you about something. I promise I have nothing on me, not a gun or a knife.
Please just listen to me, I have to warn you about something” he said
I attempted to calm the intensive fear that had a hold of me.
Unfortunately I wasn’t buying it, this same man almost kidnapped me without a gun or knife, how do I know he isn’t here to do it again?
He emptied his pockets and raised his hands up “Look Diana, I have nothing on me I promise. I’m sorry for trying to kidnap you, I was only doing my job but I’m done with that life now. I have nothing against you. Please just hear me out”
I stared at him, mortified. Should I believe him? What does he want to tell me? Why would a kidnapper want to pass an information to me? What’s his reason for helping me?
The questions continued to sprout up inside me, I was beyond stupefied.
“What do you want from me? If you weren’t going to harm me then why did you tell me to come alone?” I raised a brow at him.
“Because what I need to tell you is confidential, the walls have ears and if anyone else hears this it won’t be good. You’ll be in the centre of danger” His eyes boring into me. Why does he sound so caring?
“Since when did you start protecting me from danger, the last time I checked, you were the organizer of an attempted kidnap, you tried to kidnap me before but now you want to save me? from what exactly?” I scowled at him, my orbs boiling furiously. Like a flashback, I saw my self running through those dark empty streets to seek safety.
“I was never the organizer, I’m sorry about all that, Diana. I’m a different person now I promise”
“For fuck sake why am I still listening to you, I should have called the police on you the minute I set my eyes on you….” I picked up my phone and searched for the cop’s numbers.
“I want to speak to you about Branden” he said and I paused. Branden’s name alone was enough to take my attention.
Once again I froze and stared at me in bewilderment, curiously waiting for the information he had about Branden.
“Like I said I just want to speak to you about Branden, I’m not here to harm you” he reassured calmly.
“Speak I’m listening” I dug the phone in my pocket and paid rapid attention to him.
“Branden isn’t who he says he is, he is a very dangerous man. I’m sure you won’t believe me but please hear me out…”
“There’s absolutely nothing to hear out, you have no meaningful thing to say to me. Is that really why you called me out of my graduation? Just so you could rubbish Branden’s name in my face….. How dare you?! who are you to speak ill of him. You are the criminal here not him, if you know what’s good for you I suggest you leave here and quit whatever stupid plan you are plotting” I hissed and stormed out of lab angrily.
My veins throbbing heavily, I marched into the hallway with my eyes burning furiously. How dare he call me up and speak ill about Branden after trying to kidnap me.
“Ma’am? What happened in there? Who’s there?” my bodyguard asked.
“One fucking criminal who tried to harm me in the past” I replied.
My bodyguard paused, his face quite unreadable, he stared at me for some seconds before running back into the lab.
Fuck! I hope he doesn’t kill him because of me, I rushed back to the lab to see my bodyguard’s confused features.
I veered my eyes round the lab and met no one else, what the fuck?! Where did he go? Was I hallucinating?
“But there is no one here ma” My bodyguard glared at me in confusion.
I opened my mouth to speak but no words came out.
In an instant my phone rang, I dug my hands into my pocket and picked it up.
Branden? Hurriedly I accepted the call.
“Diana? Where are you? Leave that school! Now!” He yelled fearfully over the phone.
“What? Why? What happened? Is everything alright?” I matched up to his fearfulness and rushed out of the lab with my bodyguard.
My instincts tell me it has something to do with the kidnapper, shit! I hope he isn’t planing something.
“Hurry up Diana….. Run!” he obliged.
I began to palpitate, my heart heaved and my pulse rate grew immensely.
“Shit! fuck!” the words left my lips unconsciously. I hope he didn’t plant a bomb in the school building.
My legs quickened as the thoughts continued to purge me causing fear to sprout up more.
I turned back to see my bodyguard with his gun pointed towards the darkness we had raced out from. I never expected my graduation to be this dreadful. I just hope I survive today.