The road grew increasingly desolate. The leader handed two black cloths to the rear, instructing his associate, “Blindfold them.”
Hannah and Bryson were quickly masked from the world, enveloped in darkness.
They couldn’t see anything. The car finally came to a halt after what felt like an eternity.
The cloth covering Hannah’s eyes was yanked away, and she blinked against the harsh sunlight.
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“Quickly, get out of the car!” a man barked.
They were surrounded by crumbling buildings, a scene straight out of an abandoned wasteland.
Hannah and Bryson stepped towards the camp’s gate, but the man stopped them abruptly. “Hand over all your devices.”
Hannah, with her hands tied, raised them in defense. “I can’t hand them to you like this, now can I?”
The man eyed her skeptically and moved to search her.
Bryson’s expression turned steely, poised to make a move, but Hannah interrupted, she warned. “If you touch me, you’ll regret it.”
The man scoffed. “You’re already caught. Stop pretending.”
Hannah smirked. “Try me.”
Their standoff was interrupted by another man rushing from the camp.
“Felix, the boss wants them inside.”
Felix shot Hannah a disdainful look before relenting. “Bring them in.”
The camp’s interior was surprisingly lavish compared to the desolate exterior.
They were led through a maze of corridors until they reached a room.
A knock on the door heralded their arrival.
“Felix, the boss’s been waiting.” A man opened the door and told Felix.
Only upon stepping inside did Hannah take in the opulent surroundings of the entire room.
“Boss, they’re here,” the man announced.
A man in a burgundy suit reclined on a leather couch, his eyes opening slowly.
It was then that Hannah noticed his artificial left eye.
The one-eyed man, Herman Donn, looked at Hannah and then at Bryson standing next to her. “Who is he?”