Episode 3

(Scorpion gang headquarters, farthest outpost. Twenty eight minutes before incident.)

"Daddy..... where are we?" Hila opened her eyes as consciousness regained her. Adjacent to the chair she was firmly tied to was her father- Mr Mo, owned one of the biggest companies in China. Sadly, he wasn't a good judge of character and decided to marry a snake some months later after Hila's mother died of childbirth.

They then had a daughter- Zi Wen Mo, and every single day of her life was meant to make Hila's life hell on earth. Sometimes she would fail miserably and end up embarrassing herself but her mother would always find a way to blame it all on Hila, making her father's favor towards her lessen.

"Dad, I know what you're gonna say and there's no need to because I understand.....now I need you to breathe and relax. We're gonna get

through this and soon everything is gonna be alright." Giving him a reassuring smile, she looked at him, a swollen face with a broken bleeding nose, tattered clothes stained with blood, wounds on his body, ooh! almost forgot the broken leg! Her heart was breaking, piece by piece. She wanted someone to hold her and tell her that everything was going to be okay, someone to give her a shoulder to cry on. However, in this situation, she was the babysitter to an emotional father whose heart got broken twice.

"Father and daughter comforting each other. Boohoo," a sickly familiar voice echoed through the room as a woman, dressed like a middle-aged homosexual Kardashian agent approached the tied duo. She then held Qiao Mo's face and spit, and added saying , " Makes me sick!"

"What are you doing? You are my wife and Qiao's stepmother. Wh......why this? We are...." BANG!..... A gunshot!

At that moment, her world fell apart. She replayed from the way her stepmother went behind him, took out the gun from her purse and shot his brains out. The blood splattering on her face. She didn't want to believe it. She wanted to wake up from this horrible nightmare. The last person she cared about was gone. She wanted to scream and shout and let all the tears out as normal daughters do when their normal fathers die, normally but she had to push all the pain and anger down, she couldn't give her stepmother the satisfaction of watching her mourn. She had to hold on and be strong, stronger than she'd ever been.

"You killed your husband, my father. Now please kill me too so that my eyes can stop being burnt by your face. I mean look at you, so much make-up. Were you preparing to audition for 'The Joker'? or maybe it's the villain from 'Alice in Wonderland'? Don't even think of interrupting me Miss Drizella, alright, I'm done talking. You can shoot me now," Qiao said as she closed her eyes and smiled, " well c'mon, give it to me!"

"Do you really think I'm gonna kill you so fast? You've not even said good bye yet. Tsk! I've waited for this for a long time, your father dead and my daughter taking everything that was once yours. Its so sweet when you get everything you deserve with such ease." her stepmother said as she gave her a huge blow on the head making her unconscious. "See, I can do that because you have no one, boys, take her to the track. This is gonna be fun!"

She was then carried shoulder high and placed inside a car, hands tied to the steering wheel and brakes 'disabled'.

Soon enough Qiao regained consciousness, scrutinized where she was and prayed for a second chance. She didn't want to die without avenging her father. Then she remembered she had a baby. An innocent life inside her. She knew there was a slim chance of survival but she knew the baby wouldn't make it. She then took a deep breath and said," I have no last words, I know I'll die so I wont make a big deal out of it. Now press that button that'll make this car automatically turn it on, drive me to my death and I'll be on my way to see dad. Its not like you'll ever see him again." With a smile, she replied, "I really don't care at all. COUNTDOWN! " The gang members around them shouted, "3! 2! 1! GO!" The engine roared as the car took off leaving a cloud of dust behind. It kept accelerating and soon it was high in the air, Qiao closed her eyes and whispered, " please, please save me."

She woke up and found her hands still tied to the wheel, she bit the ropes off and tried opening the door but it was stuck. She then heard drops, looking at the front, the oil was leaking and the car would explode with her inside. She tried all the doors but they wouldn't budge. She then broke the windscreen and jumped seconds before the whole car went "KABOOM!!!" She was in the middle of a vast forest and decided to hike her way to a hospital.

Half a day later, she saw a camp and decided to run towards it, bad people or not. "Ple....please....he...help...me.." she stammered and fainted when she saw a vaguely familiar face....

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