THE WATCHMAN

A c***k in the wall

Another day meant another session of torture for Antonio de Castillo.

He was wheeled back into the same room and they began the process all over again, but no matter how many times they tried he just couldn't remember anything!

"I suggest we put a stop to this procedure". Tina Gyang said to Sergio Angel and Julio.

"And why would you suggest such a thing?" Sergio Angel said worriedly

"Because the procedures are getting us nowhere and we are just putting an innocent man through hell!" She retorted at him.

"Hahaha!" Sergio Angel laughed hysterically. "Did you just call Antonio de Castillo an innocent man? Don't you realize he used to be called The Angel de la Muerte?"He asked

"Why do you think he was given a name that means the Angel of Death?"

"We are talking about a man who is the reason behind the deaths of thousands of people good and bad. He is still dreaded by many up to this very moment!"

"So please pardon me if I laugh at your calling him an innocent man!" Sergio Angel said.

"But he has no recollection whatsoever of all these things at least we have proven that by tests and by the procedure".

"If he was lying about his memory loss, we would have known by now or he would have confessed out of the torture. So why continue with something we know will not work?" She asked

"Because I do not trust Antonio de Castillo. You do not know what that man is capable of and frankly, I enjoy seeing him suffer!" Sergio's Angel said in an icy tone.

" I don't know why you love to see this man suffer so much!" Tina Gyang said angrily. "He doesn't even know what he is capable of. He just thinks he's like every normal human being out there, and as long as he cannot remember, we are safe!" She said.

All this while Julio sat there watching Sergio Angel and Tina Gyang argue. He was also thinking about his next course of action. After some minutes on both of them exchanging words, Julio said...

" I agree with Tina!

Sergio Angel was shocked to hear this and turned towards Julio and asked. "Why would you even think of doing that?"

" Sergio do not forget that this is Antonio De Castillo we are talking about, yes, he has forgotten his past life and all efforts to get him to remember have proved futile".

"But I want to remind you that we don't leave solely in a natural world! There are forces and powers beyond our imaginations ruling this world and those powers could be used to give Antonio his memory back!

"We even know this from our past encounters with him!"

"You do not want Antonio adding such a bad memory of you to the thousands he already has about you do you?" Julio asked Sergio Angel

"I suggest we end this procedure and find a way to let him go!" Julio said.

"That will never happen! Sergio Angel retorted. We cannot let him out of our sight, no matter what. So whatever may happen, he will spend the rest of his life here till I get what I want!"

Unknown to them, the speaker from their room was on and Antonio could hear all that they were discussing. But he was too weak to move after the last failed procedure.

Also hidden from their knowledge, was the fact that Antonio had regained full mobility of this body He could now walk, move and do anything he wanted to Although he never attempted to do so because of the cameras all around.

He wanted everyone to believe that he was still paralyzed from the waist down.

Antonio instinctively began to take note of how many hallways they would pass when he was being conveyed to the different rooms. He counted the number of doors, the lights, the surveillance cameras, nothing missed his notice.

They were smart enough not to allow him to know the difference between day and night, but he assumed which was day and night, judging by the times Sergio Angel and his cohorts would arrive to watch his torture.

The next day he was wheeled back into the same room, this time Sergio Angel, Tina Gyang, and Julio were already seated and patiently waiting for the procedure to begin.

Antonio de Castillo assumed that Sergio Angel had won the argument as to whether he should be released or not. so he prepared his mind for another session of torture.

True to his thoughts the procedure began, he held tightly onto the chair as the current surged through his head and he tried to save as much strength as he could.

It seemed as if time slowed down as the torture continued for hours unending.

Finally, when they believed they had done enough and he couldn't take any more for the day, they decided to end the procedure.

A familiar look of disappointment was etched on everyone's faces as they shut down the systems and left the room.

Antonio waited for Sergio Angel, Tina Gyang, and Julio to leave the other room to wherever they always retired to, leaving with just two people.

One of the men came and began to unstrap the leather straps. He waited for the man to finish all and he called on the second man to come and assist him to put Antonio back in the wheelchair.

Antonio had no idea what he was going to do or how he was going to escape, he just knew he could not continue this way and he was going to try everything to free himself.

As he was been carried to the wheelchair, He suddenly stood on both feet, to the shock of the two men carrying him. In on swift move, he elbowed one of the men on his neck, destroying his windpipe in the process, the other man he gave a chokehold and then snapped his neck.

The first man was scrambling on the floor, crawling toward the table when he could press the alarm button but Antonio got to him before he could reach his destination.

Though he was already gasping for air and would probably die from blood filling up his lungs, Antonio picked him up and sat him on the chair in which Antonio was always placed for experiments and procedures.

Antonio went to the computer and switched on the machine and the procedure began to take place on the man. Antonio increased the voltage and the man began to jerk to his death.

Antonio could see the man's memories flashing on the screen, yet he knew his own never even had even One Flash.

Antonio began to wonder what was wrong with him...

He took off his clothes and put on the clothes of the second man, he took the man's key card and lab coat so he could blend in.

He took a sneak peek out of the door, checking both sides, before exiting the room and hastily walking down the corridor while searching for any of the exits.

On getting to the end of the corridor,r he saw a door that had the inscription "Exit" above it.

He walk straight to the door and entered and was met with a long stairway, both above and below him

He began to go down the flights of steps, he ran down the steps as fast as he could.

While he was running down the steps, the alarms suddenly sounded. His escape attempt had been discovered but he could not turn around now.

He continued to run down the steps as fast as he could then suddenly, one of the doors leading to the steps opened up.

"There he is!" A voice shouted.

Immediately, different men with guns flooded the steps and started chasing after him.

As he kept going down the steps he noticed the doors below him opened and more men started to run up the stairs in a bid to catch him. He was sandwiched between the two crowds.

Antonio quickly took the next exit door which led him back into a corridor. He ran straight to the next door he could find but it was locked!

He kept trying doors until one of them opened and he entered and hid behind one of the shelves.

Not long after, two men stormed into the room with assault rifles, searching through for him.

Antonio waited for them to get closer before attacking the first one with a needle he had found, and then shooting the second one with the assault rifle in his partner's hand.

He did everything instinctively, which made him wonder where he got the skills from and why he was so good at murder.

"Was this why Sergio Angel was so scared of him?"

"But, I'm not a bad person!" He thought to himself.

"I just want to be free!"

The gunshots from the rifle attracted the attention of the other agents to the room he was in and they began to flood around the door.

Antonio knew that no matter the amount of skill he had, there was no way he was overpowering that number of men to get out through that door.

He noticed there was a window across the room, even though Antonio had no idea what floor they were on, he know it was his only chance without getting out.

At that moment, there was an explosion, blasting off the door. Antonio got up from his squatting position and ran as fast as he could towards the window and jumped out of the window to an uncertain fate.

While Antonio was still in the air he realized he was still a great distance from the ground. Luckily for him, he landed on a few branches of one of the trees which cushioned his fall until he reached the ground.

The men chasing after him could not believe their eyes as they beheld this bravery of Antonio. Jumping from about the fifth Storey of the building to the floor.

Antonio himself couldn't believe that he had survived such a high jump. He immediately got up to run, but a sharp pain in his lower abdomen caused him to fall back to the ground.

Antonio looked at his stomach and saw that one of the smaller branches had pierced deep into his stomach and he was in great pain.

He managed to get on his feet and began to run as fast as his legs could take him. His chasers got on their bikes and also had trained hunter dogs to aid in their chase.

Antonio continued running in between the trees, not knowing where he was going. To make things worse for him, the blood dripping from his stomach helped to keep his chasers on his trail, and they were gaining on him.

The stab to his abdomen was causing him great discomfort and he was almost at a walking pace now.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his right foot! He screamed out of pain and fell to the ground writing in pain. He looked down at his leg to find out that he had stepped into a large animal trap.

Antonio struggled to open up the teeth of the rap but he didn't have any strength left in him because he had lost so much blood.

As began to lose consciousness, he could hear the barking of dogs from a distance and the sound was getting closer.

Just before he finally passed out he saw a human figure, with a double-barrel shotgun and a dog beside, walk up to him. He tried as hard as he could to see who it was but couldn't.

Antonio was still screaming in pain, suddenly the person flipped the gun and knocked Antonio out with the backside of the shotgun.