Venom and the Mafia Lord

The beginning

Pain is all I could feel as I laid there in a dark alley. Blood stained my face from my broken nose and split lip. My ribs and left arm were broken but that was nothing compared to the snake venom eating away at my insides. My body was in agonising pain but that's not what hurt the most. He betrayed me, his own flesh and blood for money.

My uncle Michael Owens Is a scientist who majors in animal genetics. He is the Ceo of Owens' animal genetic science association. He and my late father were the best of friends..or so I throught. He confessed to everything before injecting my with that snake poison. I should be dead by now but fate decided to let me suffer for longer than necessary.

He explained to me how I was going to die, I passed all the stages expect death. I've had two seizes and a brain splitting headache yet I'm still here laying in the depths of Italy wait for my heart to give up but it just keeps working. Give up already!

I look up at the crescent moon that dimly illuminates my creepy surroundings with my tear struck eyes. If I'm going to die at least I would have been looking at the beauty of the starry night sky. I focus on the moon trying to ignore the excruciating pain my body is in but that's easier said than done.

Zzzzzzz

I hear something vibrating but that's probably my imagination playing tricks on me. I ignore concatenating on the stary sky.

Zzzzzz

It's sounds again. I turn to were the sound is coming from and there it is my phone. It's been here all along and I hadn't even thought about it. I can call for help. I try to move but as soon as my arm flinched pain shot from every muscle in my shoulder to my fingure tips.

I decide to ignore the pain and grab my phone. I have to call for help, what's a little pain if it's worth surviving this cruel death. I slowly but surely reach my arm out and grab my phone.

Addison my bestfriend since pre-school is the one calling. I answer the call and she starts bombarding with so many questions. I clear my throat and she stops speaking. Paying no heed to the burning sensation and dryness of it I croak ''Help..me'' She quickly registers that something isn't right and asks me what's wrong but I don't have the energy to explain everything so I ask her if she can come get me. ''Yes, tell me where you are'' she urges but honestly I don't know where I am. ''I don't know'' I breathe out ''If..I turn..on my..location..settings..can you...find..me?'' I ask and she quickly says yes. I turn on my phone's location settings and listen to what she's saying. ''Whatever happened to you, it going to be okay. I'll be there is a few minutes and we can go to the hospital'' she says but I disagree.

Uncle Michael probably thinks I'm dead by now so if I go to the hospital he'll find me and finish the job. That's if I can be saved at all. ''No..no hospital'' I say. I know she's confused and will probably ask why but I know she won't take me there if I don't want to go. ''Jade you're going to have to explain what happened to you because right now you are freaking me out'' ''I.. will.. but right now...ahhhh''

A shrill scream tears through me as pain shoots in my ribs and a 'pop' sound comes from there. ''Jade? Jade are you okay tell me what happened!'' Addison says panicked. I sob into the speaker as I try to explain my pain to her ''It hurts'' I say ''It- it hurts''

''I'm almost there'' she says and sure enough I can here a car in the distance. I turn to direction of the sound and and I see my friend's black jeep at the opening of the alley. ''I'm there but there's no sign of life here. Tell me exactly where you are'' she says. ''I..I'm in the alley, I can see you'' I say turning on the flash light on my phone. ''Is that you with the light?'' she whispers. ''Yes''

She rushes to me and shock is evident on her features as she looks at my bruised and blood struck face. ''Oh my god, Jade'' she says tears streaming from her eyes. ''I'm ok but we have to go, it's not safe here'' I whisper. '' Can you stand?'' she enquires. I can't even move, reaching for my phone took great effort.

''No, does... your car.... fit...the.. path way?'' I ask and she nods rush back to her car. She doesn't take long pulling up to where I am. She carries me into the passenger seat after lowering it to a sleeping position. Luckily I don't weigh anymore than a bag of rice for her since she's a body builder.

We drive in silence of a bit until she decides to break it. ''I have to take you to a hospital'' she says. ''No, no hospital, I..I'll tell you... what happened..later'' I say. ''Ok, so you want to go home then, your uncle called me earlier looking for you'' she informs. Fear and rage build up in me at the mere mention of him. ''No, Can I crush at your place?'' I ask. She looks uncertain but agrees anyways.

Addison has an apartment in town. She stays alone so I have nothing to worry about. We arrive to her apartment ten minutes later and she carries me to the elevator and thank God it's late and no-one is around anymore. We enter her living room and she lays me on a grey couch.

She disappears into the bathroom for a few minutes and returns with a towel and steaming water. She cleans my face, carefully wiping of the blood and cleaning my wounds. She's almost done when we hear a popping sound and I scream in agony. The another side of my ribcage mirrors the pain I felt earlier.

When the pain dies down a little and I stop screaming. Addison asks me if I'm ok and I nod not knowing what to answer her. I know she's trying to help but 'are you okay' is something you ask some with a headache not someone who's at the jaws of death.

''Water'' I whisper and she's quick to grab a glass for me and helping me drink it. ''Thanks'' I say my throat no longer hurts as much. ''I'm going to fix the guest bedroom for you'' Addison says and I nod. I can never thank her enough for helping me. I'd be writhing in pain in a dark alldy right now if it weren't for her. I'm still in pain but not on the rough tar..at least.

I'm burning up. Bids of sweat are rolling from my forehead and I feel the fabric of my clothes getting moist. I start shaking profusely and I can hear the popping sound from earlier but this time it feels like all my broken ribs are relocating. My broken arm also pops and when I look at it, it's back in place.

When I'm done screaming and groaning in pain, I see a shocked Addison kneeling beside me. ''What the hell was that?'' she asks but I'm just as shocked and clueless as she is. ''I don't know. Can you check my ribs?'' I request and she quickly rips my stained top.

''Oh my God! Jade something is seriously wrong with your body'' she exclaims. I smile weakly and raise an eyebrow ''Really now?'' I croak, she's always telling me to work out and everytime my answer is no. I have an hourglass structure, a flat tummy, all curves in the right place I don't need to workout. She chuckles and says ''No, I mean something is going on...'' she takes her phone, snaps a photo and shows it to me.

A glowing substance in my veins around my ribs. I almost pass out with shock. Actually I should have passed out hours ago maybe I wouldn't be in so much pain. I look at the photo of my ribs which don't look broken but the pain is there.

''What happened to you and since when do you glow!?'' Addison asks taking the towel she was using to clean my face. She dubs the towel on my forehead wiping of the sweat before striping me and starting to clean the rest of my body. Fatigue starts to envelop me so I promise her that I'll tell her tomorrow.

She helps me to the guest bedroom and she's helping me lay comfortably when

A knock sounds on the front door and my uncle's voice yells ''Addison, open up!''

Fear settles in the pit of my stomach when I hear the voice of the man who is trying to kill me.