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Caught by the Bad Guy
What have you done, Mastermind?
Kept in a butchery refrigerator, I woke up to a Russian man who was ready to teach me a lesson. On that movement, I feared for my life.
“I`ve been waiting for you to wake up.” He said, “I wanted you to see and feel the pain.”
“I`m sorry, sir. I`ll never do it again.”
“Yes, you`ll never do it again. I`ll make sure of that.”
“Please don’t hurt me. You don’t want to regret it.”
“Is that a threat?” asked as he drowned my head in the basin.
He took it out and asked, “Who are you?”
Coughing, “Mastermind... and I can be of service to you.” I said.
“Who do you work for?”
“I worked for many, and currently working for The Autocracy.” I said, “I`m not on their payroll so now I`m broke and free.”
He drowned me again. “Do I look like a fool? A mastermind caught robbing a supermarket?” This time he took too long. I was starting to suffocate. He took my head out and said, “You`ll
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