Fight for me

Chapter Fourteen

The last thing I remember is starring into Rosa eyes, she was banging and screaming for help but as soon as I seen the SUV's pull up a wave of calm washed over me.

 It felt as though this was meant to happen, I wasn't afraid or angry, I only ached that Rosa had to witness them take me. I don't know how they found me, but I was glad Rosa was safe and on her way to a new life. A new life without worry, a life she never had to run from. I felt something hard hit my head and blackness taking over. 

I woke in a dream of Rosa and we were in my gym back in Australia, we were sparring and she had the cutest look of determination on her face 

"Fight me" she said as she gestured her hands for me to come at her and I smiled, she was the most precious thing to ever enter my life.

I ran at her and she dodged my attack, tripping me and making me fall to the floor. I turned onto my back and she jumped on top of me, grinding her fully clothed pelvis into my crotch, sending lighting bolts of lust through me. 

"Your distracted" she said with a smile 

"How could I not be?" I said grabbing her ass, she laughed 

"But you promised daddy" she said, her face turning grim, my brows furrowed 

"What do you mean angel?" I asked 

"You promised you'd come back to me" she said as a tear escaped her eye. 

The dream felt so real, I reached for her but she vanished. I jumped up looking around for her and found her in the corner of the room, she was wearing a beautiful white dress, that fell just above her knees 

"You promised" she called 

"I'm right here angel" I said and she started walking towards me. 

"Wake up daddy and fight for me, like I fought for us" she said still walking "WAKE UP" she screamed and my eyes shot open. 

Now, here I was, tied to a chair in chains. I had been awake for what felt like hours and no one had come in the entire time. The room I was in was small and the windows boarded up, allowing only the smallest ray's of sunlight to shine through. In front of me was a dark wooden door and to the left a long dresser that only came half way up the wall and that was it, the rest of the room was empty. 

I tried again to pull from my restraints but it was no use. I looked up as I heard the door open and in walked Nikolai 

"Brother" he greeted happily "Nice of you to join us" 

"Didn't really have a choice Nik" I replied 

"You had a choice brother" he said as he closed the door behind him and lent against the dresser "Tell me, how's my girl Rose doing?" He asked with a smile. 

I tensed at the mention of Rosa, but stayed silent 

"Aww come on" he said "She would have told me to f**k off by now" he chuckled. 

"Maybe you should" I said casually. 

He smiled at me "Meh, doesn't have the same effect" he shrugged "Anyway, enough about our girl. Your probably wondering what Christopher's plans are for you right? I mean, you've been in here for hours all alone and no one's come to kill you yet" 

"Doesn't it bother you that your still his little b***h boy?" I asked and his jaw tensed. 

He walked over and punched me in the face, my head flew to the side and I felt blood spill from my lips. 

I started to laugh "I guess this is the only way you'd be able to land a punch on me, with me strapped to a chair" 

He regained himself before saying "You'll have enough time with us to figure that out, brother" he smiled at me again "The boss has decided that we will keep you here indefinitely, just for fun really, oh, also his like suuuuper pissed that our girl shot him, so that should be a fun time for you" 

I spat the blood that was pooling in my mouth and eyed him "What happened to you Nik?" I asked "The last time I saw you, you at least had a shred of humanity left, now look at you, your nothing but scum doing some one else's dirty work" 

"You killed our uncle Dimitri!" He yelled "He was the only father figure I had in my life and you killed him with your bare hands" His cool composure cracking as he spoke. 

"You think he was a father? Do you not remember dad? He was ten times the man uncle was, he cared for you, he f*****g thought you how to ride a bike for f***s sake! What did uncle do? He taught you how to disrespect everyone and treat woman as nothing but f*****g c**k sleeves, I tried so hard to protect you from him and look at you, your nothing but a sadistic price of s**t following in his foot steps" I yelled, anger burning through me 

"I'm sadistic? Your one to f*****g talk. I seen the f*****g way your girl looked at me when I hurt her, I know you cause her pain all in the name of pleasure. So don't f*****g call me out you hypocrite" 

"At least my girl gave me consent first" I spat. 

He stayed silent for a while, eyeing my chains "You know big brother, nobody asked you to take on my work load, I've had to prove over and over again that I'm perfectly capable of running this s**t on my own and all because you thought you were better then me, that I couldn't handle all the bad so you just went ahead and did it for me. Well guess what! I've already been the one assigned to finish you off when the time comes. Then Christopher will step down and let me lead" 

"That's what you think?" I asked, shocked he thought so little of me "I f*****g took on your work load to protect you from this life! This isn't what mum and dad would have wanted for us, you were there baby, they wanted to shield you from all this hate and I never wanted you to disappoint them. I f*****g loved you more then anyone and not a single soul here would give a f**k if you died right now" 

His whole body stood on edge before he flung himself at me "Your wrong" he screamed as he punched my face, over and over again, the pain magnifying each time as it mixed with the ache in my head from being knocked out. I felt the blood pooling in my mouth and the all to familiar feeling of being on the verge of unconsciousness. My vision became blurred as my body numbed, my pain easing more and more with each hit. 

"Your a f*****g liar and your f*****g wrong" Nikolai yelled at me before storming out the door, slamming it behind him. 

I thought about Rosa, I couldn't help but wonder what she was going through right now, she would never forgive herself for leaving me behind. My chest ached at the thought of her being in pain, I had to get back to her, no matter what, I couldn't give up. No matter how much it hurt, I made her a promise and would do anything to make sure it happened. 

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I was on my own again as the hours seamed to tick by. I found myself getting hungry and desperately needing to use the bathroom. I thought about calling out, assuming they had guards just outside my door, but my face ached from being hit so many times my brain couldn't force my mouth to open. Instead I sat there, willing sleep to take me and hoping my dreams were of Rosa. It wasn't long before I drifted off but it was dreamless and short lived. 

My head shot up to the sounds of Nikolai yelling out to me, I blinked a few times as I noticed Chris walking in with a cane and a limp. Pride swelled inside of me knowing my Rosa was the one to do that to him. He was carrying a large brief case with him and sat it on the dresser. 

"Ahhh, Dimitri finally" he greeted with a smile "Your one tricky son of a b***h to track down" he said chuckling "Your probably wondering how we got you right?" He said as he smirked at me. 

My uncle was very similar to my dad, only his skin was a lot tanner and his eyes almost as blue as the sky. When I stayed silent he frowned 

"Oh come on, aren't you the least bit interested?" He asked, but then started laughing "Why do I care? I'm going to tell you anyway because it's quite the funny story. Isn't it funny Nikolai?" He asked looking over to my brother who was starring at me 

"It definitely is uncle" he agreed 

"For two years we had been searching, unsuccessfully, for you and we had almost given up hope when one day out of the blue I received a picture from my beautiful wife, you wanna know what that picture was?" He asked, I could guess though "It was of you Dimitri and you had a pretty little thing cuddled up on your arm. I thought perfect! His in love, I can take them both and make you watch as I drain the life from her so I could make you feel the exact same pain you made me feel. But then... Wait for it... Plot twist, your little hunny is my wife's niece!" 

I froze, no it couldn't be, was.. was Rebecca the one to give us up? That seamed crazy, she loved Rosa so much that there was no way she would put her in danger 

"I know right? It's crazy, what are the odds. Anyway, the b***h made me swear not to hurt the girl and of course, happy wife happy life and all that, I agreed to her terms, but she didn't say anything about kidnapping her" he laughed nudging Nikolai "Then use both escaped and I had to rethink my plan. I didn't know were you had gone until Greg spotted the both of you and I sent all my men down to find use, but it wasn't until last night, when your beautiful little cunt of a girl called beck to say goodbye. I got one of my tech guys to trace the call and it pinged at the nearest cell tower. Nik over here called our guy in the Paris FBI agency and he told us the nearest abandoned air field America would most likely use and bam! Got you right in time, although I would have liked to have re-payed the favour to that girl of yours" he said gesturing to his leg. 

I was at a loss of what to say, our enemy was the last person I would have suspected and Rosa didn't have a clue. I had to warn her, to protect her, I had to get out of here. I pulled on my restraints again, praying they would break this time, when they didn't Chris started to laugh as he picked up his cane and held it like a bat, he swung and cracked me in the arm with it. White hot pain shot through me, and he hit me again. I grunted this time as my arm started to throb. He hit me a third time before saying 

"This is going to be fun" he said reaching for the brief case he had sat on the dresser and opened it up. It was too high for me to see what was in it, but I didn't need to see, because I already knew. It would be filled with all sorts of implements designed for torture, needles, knife's, a hammer, nails, a taser, brass knuckles and so much more. 

I soon realised what his intentions were for me and my body tensed. Anger washed over me, but it wasn't directed at them, it was at myself. How could I have let this happen? It was all my fault, I knew better then to let Rosa interact with her old life. We would still be living happily here in Paris if it wasn't for my stupid mistake. I watched as Chris traced his fingers over the brief case, deciding which to use first. Finally he settled on a pair of pliers, I groaned inwardly, mentally preparing myself for what was to come. 

"I think these will work perfectly" he said with a smile as he eyed the pliers in his hand. He looked up at me and spoke "You remember your first time using these don't you Dimitri? I felt so proud as I watched you break all of that rats fingers" 

My jaw tensed up tight at the memory. Chris had instructed me that the man sitting in front of us was an informant for the authorities and that he must die, slowly. I used every utensil in my brief case to break him, before finally putting him out of his misery. 

Chris started to walk around to my back and I heard him drop to the floor. I started pulling again on my restraints, instinctively trying to flee the pain that was about to come 

"Nikolai, hold him still" he instructed my brother, who's gaze had never left me. He slowly walked over and held my arms tight against the chair, stilling my movements. I felt as the cool metal slid onto my index finger and I drew in a harsh breath, holding it in. The pain was instant and sharp, I grunted as I awkwardly drew in breath from my nose, not wanting to open my mouth and give them the satisfaction of hearing my pain. Then came the next finger, it was almost debilitating as the pain shot through my entire body. I looked up to see Nikolai, his face scrunched up, his emotions conflicting and I couldn't tell what he was thinking. 

The next finger he chose was my thumb, I closed my eyes and tried thinking of Rosa, she told me to fight, she made me promise to come back to her. I couldn't give up, I wouldn't. My breathing hitched as I felt the pain from my now broken thumb shoot through me. I was breathing hard, shallow breaths as I squinted my eyes shut tight. He continued to break my remaining two fingers until stopping. He walked back in front of me and Nikolai let go of my arms. 

"I'll make you scream before the days up Dimitri, so you can fight it all you want, but it will happen" he spat before pulling out a small shucking knife and stabbing it into my thigh. I grunted out a breath, breathing heavily as I shot daggers at him with my eyes. He flicked the handle of the knife that was sticking out of my leg and I jumped from the pain. 

"I like that there, we might keep it" he said. 

He limped back over to his brief case and pulled out his next instrument of torture. It was the needles, they were long and thick and f*****g sharp. I knew from experience how sharp they were when I accidentally pricked myself with one and it went straight through my finger, stopping just under my nail bed. He moved behind me again and Nikolai restrained my arms, I felt as he jabbed every last one up and down my arm as if practising how to sow. In one side and up out the other. I could feel my blood dripping from my arm and down to my hands, the pain so excruciating I almost couldn't hold back my scream. 

My body shook and I could feel shock taking over. I went numb and vaguely heard Christopher saying something behind me before I felt a hard blow to my face, effectively waking me from my numb state. 

"Well, it seams that wasn't enough for you. Oooh, I have an idea" he said before standing and grabbing out the taser. He turned it on and tested it out, watching as the bolt of electricity lit the end. 

He positioned the tip just above my arm he had used as a pin cushion and shocked me. My entire body convulsed and I felt as the metal needles and the knife started to cauterise my skin. He pulled the taser away, the after shocks ripping through me and I felt my bladder release, I pissed myself and heard both of them laugh. I didn't give a f**k though, my entire body felt as though some one had poured gasoline on me and lit the match. 

I felt myself falling and darkness taking over, I welcomed the darkness, there was no pain here and i dreamt of Rosa, she was wearing white again and we were laying in bed cuddling, I traced every inch of her delicate body as she moaned sleepily into me. It was perfect, what I wouldn't give to be back their with her. 

I woke when I felt ice cold water hitting my face and gasped in a breath of air 

"And his back folks" Chris smiled. "Don't worry, we gave you a little time to recover, didn't want to wear you out on your first day" 

"f**k you" I spat 

"Finally he speaks" he said as he flicked the knife in my leg "You know, on second thought. I don't like this here anymore" he said before ripping it back and cutting through my thigh. I was breathing so hard trying not to let my pain out but it was too excruciating, I opened my mouth and let out a cry of pure pain, my lungs vibrating from the volume of it. 

"That's it" Christopher beamed as he stabbed the knife back in to my thigh, only much higher this time. I could feel the blood pour from my leg as I closed my eyes and dropped my head. 

"I'll let you rest, but a few of my men need some target practice so they will be coming in to keep you company every now and again" he said, but I vaguely registered. 

I was in too much pain, the excruciating feel of my numb, aching fingers and the needles still in my arm mixed with the pain that was radiating from my leg and I almost gave up. They left the room and I let sleep take me. Every now and then two or three men would come in and use me as a punching bag, but my body was too numb to acknowledge their efforts. 

I couldn't tell you how long I sat there for, hours? Days? Weeks? Time stood still and all I could do was pray for some sort of miracle. I was chained so tight that escape was futile, even if I did manage to get free there would be no way my damaged body would allow me to fight my way through. I thought about giving up but Rosa's face would appear in my mind begging me not to. I vaguely acknowledged the door opening again and prepared for what was to come. 

"You look like s**t brother" I heard Nikolai's voice. 

I dragged my heavy head up to look at him with my one good eye. 

"Really? I feel great"  

He chuckled, but his face seamed to fall "Tell me about dad" he said, I furrowed my brow 

"Why?" I asked. 

He was silent for a while, thinking about something "Rose told me a story about him, one that you had told her, and I don't remember it. I don't have any memories of him, actually" I studied him and seen a flicker of sadness cross his face but was soon replaced with a mask of indifference, one he wore so well. 

"What do you want to know?" I asked, but started to cough as i felt fluid settle in the back of my throat

"What was he like?" He asked. 

I thought about our dad "He was strong and stubborn, but kind. He and mum used to bake bread and sweets for the elderly man next door who's wife died. He would stay over there for hours just so the man wasn't lonely. He loved music, he would always play old records and dance around with us, but above all else he loved mum more then anything. He would bring her flowers every week and told her he loved her every day and when he had some spare money he would take us all down to the cinema and let us choose a movie" 

He started nodding his head, I could see his mask slipping and for a second i caught a glimpse of the old Nikolai, the one I used to know and love. But it was only a glimpse and the mask was back. 

"Well, lucky he's not around to see us now hey" he chuckled. "All the boys are asleep, so you should be able to get some rest tonight. Big day tomorrow" he said before walking out the door. 

I let my head hang and sleep take me. My body to exhausted to dream. I don't know how long I was out for but I woke to gun shots. My head shot up, but my vision blurred. My mouth was so dry from dehydration and my brain foggy, I couldn't be sure if I was hallucinating or not. My heavy head started to bob as I tried to hold it up but failed. I let it hang as I heard the door slam open 

"f**k" I heard a woman's voice mumble and tried desperately to look up. I caught a glimpse of... Rosa "Rosa? What..what are you doing here?" I tried to blink but my eyes stayed shut 

"Shhh, Dimitri. You need to listen" she said as I felt her fumble around with the chains holding me down "We don't have much time, I need you to pull yourself together, were getting out of here" 

My brain barely registering her words as I felt my arms release, my body sagged as she caught me from falling and hoisted her arm under mine, lifting me up on weak legs 

"You can do this, fight God damn it" i heard her say. I looked up, opening my eyes, but it wasn't Rosa 

"Natasha?" I asked confused 

"Come on brother" she said pulling me forward, I stumbled on weak legs but tried with everything I had to move with her. 

I closed my eyes again and seen Rosa's face 'fight daddy, come back to me' she cried and my body ignited. I willed my legs to move and pushed through the pain. I took step after step, hearing gun shots and screams of pain all around me. We walked down some stairs and out through the front door, I felt a shooting pain pierce my back and I screamed out, almost falling to the ground. I stumbled forward and Nat pushed me inside a car. I vaguely heard a slam as my brain filled with more darkness and I was out. 

I was sure I was dreaming, my sister was all the way back in America, there's no way she could have been here. I was dreaming. My dream turned in to one filled with Rosa, I felt at peace here with her. She was laying on my chest, tracing along my jaw line. 

"I miss you daddy" she said, starring at my lips 

"I miss you too baby girl" I said giving her a weak smile. 

She started to frown "Your not coming to find me are you?" She asked 

"I don't think so angel" I said. 

She started to tear up "But you promised you would, you promised you'd fight for us" she said as a tear escaped her eye. 

I felt my heart clench "I'm so sorry baby. I... I don't think I can take much more" I said. 

She sighed "I forgive you daddy, but can you promise me one last thing before you go?" 

"Anything angel" 

"Just one last time, when you wake up, fight just once more. Please, for me" 

I gave her a weak smile "Anything for you" I said and her face filled with a smile 

"Thank you daddy, now it's time to sleep" she said before placing her head down and drifting off. 

My eye lids became heavy as I stroked her beautiful long hair and it wasn't long before I fell into a deep, dreamless sleep. 

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I could vaguely hear a humming noise as I felt my eyes start to flutter open, it took time for me to adjust to the bright white of the room. Where was I? I scanned around the room and noticed a short blonde woman standing at the end of my bed, she was reading intently at I binder she held in her hands. I blinked a few more times willing my brain to adjust, I looked around some more and noticed a small machine next to me, humming along as it pumped liquid down a tube. I followed it and noticed it was strapped into my arm with bandages. 

"Oh" I heard the woman say "Your awake" she said as she smiled at me "I'm Sally, your safe and in hospital. You gave us quite the scare though, I for sure thought you were a goner when you were admitted" she giggled. I frowned at her and she stopped "Sorry, let me just call the doctor's and I'll be back in shortly" she said before walking out. 

I looked down at my body, my right arm was covered in bandages and three IV tubes were connected to my inner elbow. My hand seamed to be held together with bolts and screws that were keeping my broken fingers straight. My chest was dressed in a hospital gown that fell just above my knees. It was warm and my legs were covered in a sheet, I pulled my gown up with my left hand and found my thigh was also covered in bandages. It was then I noticed my ring was missing, panic filled me. No, I couldn't have lost it. I shot up on my one good elbow, pain shooting through my left side and I buckled back into the bed. I struggled to pull my gown out of the way to see what caused it and confusion hit me as I studied the small square bandaged taped to the side of my back. 

"You were shot" I heard the nurse say as she walked back in. I quickly pulled my gown back down as it was showing a large chunk of my bare ass. 

She giggled "Oh don't worry, I've seen it all before. So.." she started to say as she sat down on the chair next to my bed "Your probably wondering what happened right?" 

"Where's my ring?" I asked interrupting her 

"Your ring?" She asked confused 

"Yes, my wedding ring, where is it?" 

"Oh, I wasn't aware you were married. Any personal belongings you had on arrival are in a lock box in your bedside table" she said tapping the table next to her. I let out a breath of relief, thank God I hadn't lost it 

"Can you get it for me?" i asked 

"Oh, yeah sure" she said as she opened the bottom draw and unlocked the safe, pulling out my ring she placed it on my finger for me.

"Thank you" i said.

No worries" She smiled "Now, when you came in you were in pretty bad shape. You had multiple 3rd degree burns up your right arm and a large one on your left thigh. All 5 of your fingers were broken, also on your right hand, and you had a large gash splitting your thigh. You had a bullet lodged in your back that just barely missed your kidney and you had 3 broken ribs, a fractured nose and jaw, a pretty serious concussion and you were dehydrated, you'd also lost a lot of blood. You were in such bad shape that the doctors decided to put you in an induced coma until some of your more severe injury's had healed a little" she said "Your very lucky to still be with us" 

I didn't say anything, I couldn't. My mind wouldn't let me process what was going on, that was too much to absorb 

"I know that was a lot to take in, we would usually wait a day or two after you've woken up a bit, but your sister insisted that you would want to know what was going on straight away" 

"My sister?" I asked confused, images flashed into my mind of Nat rescuing me, but I didn't think they were real, just tricks my mind was playing on me. 

"Yeah, your sister was the one who brought you in. Oh that reminds me, she wrote you a letter" she said as she rummaged through one of the draws on my bed side table "Here it is" she said as she placed it on my lap, it was heavy "She wrote it just before she left, said there was some urgent business she had to take care of" 

I eyed the envelope, not at all sure what to expect. I turned my vision towards my closed window 

"What day is it?" I asked 

"It's Friday today" 

"Friday? H..how long was i out for?" I asked 

"Almost three weeks now" she said

"What?" I yelled "I have to go" I started pulling at the tubes attached to my arm, but pain shot through my hand and up my side. 

The nurse jumped from her seat "No no no no, stop" she called. She ran around the bed and placed light force on my arm to settle me "Sir you can't do that, you can't leave yet. Your hand still has at least another week of healing and then some intense physical therapy" she said urgently 

"f**k that" I said angrily "I need to go, I need to find my wife" 

"I'm so sorry sir, but we can't allow you to do that. Your sister thought you might react like this, please, read her letter. I'll be back later when the doctors are here, but for now, please try to remain calm" she said before walking out the room. 

I threw my head back into the pillow, three f*****g weeks. Rosa would be worried sick, I couldn't stay here any longer, I had to find her. I looked down at the envelope in my lap and thought Nat might have written where I could find her. I picked it up with my one good hand and tried awkwardly to open it. The heavy object inside was a burner phone and I quickly tossed it aside as I opened the letter. 

'Dimitri, First of all, your an absolute dickhead for getting caught again. I should ring your f*****g neck for being so careless. Also I accept your apology for having to save your ass again and your probably wondering how I found you. Once rose was on the plane I called her to inform her of her new life, but she wouldn't hear it, she kept sobbing into the phone about how they had found you and that I needed to help you, I used the last of my resources to gather a few good men and we flew to your last location, but we had no idea where to find you. It wasn't until the next day that I received a call from Nikolai telling me your location, how many men they had and the best time to attack. At first I thought it was a trap, but what other choice did we have? Turns out he was telling the truth, he told me where the key to your restraints were and what room to find you in. If not for him, we never would have found you. 

I've been sitting here for a few days now, debating what to do. I'm not even sure your going to pull through. Rose has called me everyday to ask about you, but most of the time I can't answer her. Looking at you right now, how badly they have hurt you. I never want that to happen again, and I know rose is a good person, but, for both of your safety I have decided to keep her new identity a secret. The two of you together has just lead to two much drama and I...' 

I couldn't read anymore, my entire world had just stopped.