Chapter 167 - Dangerous Waters

"My reports have her coming here but never leaving. Where is she?" Eli asks coming to a stop a few feet away from him. Ted wants to beat the shit out of this psychotic bastard but he knows he's greatly outnumbered so he clenches his teeth in anger.

"I don't know who was watching her but he obviously slacked. She isn't here." Ted says glaring at Eli. Eli watches him with amusement as he slowly lifts his hand. The men instantly begin searching the entire building, tearing it apart as Ted watches them with seething rage. 

Ted tries to secretly call the police but when he looks down at the screen, he sees that he has no signal. Eli chuckles as he says "Everything's been blocked, Ted. Stop trying my patience and tell me where she is." 

Eli slowly loses his smile as his anger was becoming more and more apparent. Ted curses under his breath as he glares at Eli and starts to laugh. Eli frowns and watches Ted with rising anger. Ted looks back to Eli and says "You won't ever find her! She's long gone you sick bastard!"

Eli clenches his fist, causing his knuckles to crack as he seethes "Where. Is. She!??" Eli asks through gritted teeth. Ted lifts his hands in the hair and says "You can tear the whole place down! You won't ever find her, no one will. Hahaha!!"

Eli punches Ted so hard, Ted flies back and hits the computers behind him. Ted instantly sees stars as he tries to shake his head clear. Ted slowly looks up at Eli, finding him standing over him while glaring down at him in anger.

No wonders Nova was so scared of this bastard... He was truly a monster. Eli squats before him and says "I'm gonna give you once last chance to tell me before I have it beaten out of you." Ted glares at him as he says "I'm glad she got away from a bastard like you. You don't deserve her you sick freak." 

Eli watches Ted with ice-cold blue eyes as he slowly stands up and fixes his black suit. He sighs and says "Daniel" A man steps forward with a wicked look in his eyes as he grabs Ted and starts beating him. No matter how hard they beat him or how many times they snap his fingers, arms and even legs, he refuses to tell them anything. He'll take it to his grave! His cries of pain were heard for nearly two hours!

He may not be related to Nova but he had always thought of her as a sister. He'll be damned if he'll let this bastard hurt her again. "Enough. You'll kill him at this rate." Eli says stepping forward. Ted could hardly see out of his swollen eyes but he could still make out Eli's dark figure.

Eli sighs in irritation as he says "This is just wasting time. Give it to him." Ted fights to stay awake as an older man steps forward and pulls something out of a small black box. Ted tries to focus but when the old man stabs him in the leg, he quickly realizes they injected him with something. 

The old man stands up and says "It should take effect immediately." Eli nods and pulls a chair over to sit on. He looks down at Ted with disdain as he asks "Where is Nova?" Ted fights against the haziness as he struggles to understand what's happening. 

"Where is Nova, Ted?" Eli asks again with more demand. Ted fights against the urge to talk but he loses his grip and says "In another world." Eli frowns at him and asks "Focus Ted, where is Nova?" Ted laughs but quickly groans as he clutches his side saying "I told you, she's in another world. She has magical powers and is super kick-butt. Maybe I should have just told you in the beginning and let her kick your ass or maybe Bai Lei would just kill you." 

Ted continues to babble about magical animals and powers making everyone in the room frown. Eli turns to look at the old man asking "What the hell did you give him? I need him spilling the truth, not spouting nonsense!" 

The old man nervously frowns saying "I gave him the correct meds... I don't understand. Maybe Daniel beat him too much and knocked something loose?" Eli rubs his temples as he looks back at Ted asking "Fine fine, Nova is in another world. Where is this world?" 

Maybe he needs to speak 'dumb' in order to get what he wants. Ted's face twists up like he's fighting before saying "I don't know. It's a parallel world to our own." Eli feels his anger rising with his blood pressure as he asks "HOW DID SHE GET TO THIS WORLD? WHERE???"   

Ted fights again as he says "The cube, she went to the new world through the game cube." Everyone in the room freezes. Eli looks at the man before looking over to the large game cube. His mind starts racing as he looks back at Ted with suspicion. 

Eli narrows his eyes as he says "Tell me everything, Ted. From the beginning." Ted tries to fight against the urge to word vomit but he just can't fight against it as he spills everything in great detail with tears falling from his swollen eyes. Everyone looks on in disbelief before Eli says "Charles, get Yanny in here. I want all the computers in here and the large game cube in my house."   

"I want to know everything on these computers and if by some chance this is all true... I want a team assembled. We will go there ourselves and drag her ass back." Eli says with a cold glint in his blue eyes. Charles quickly pulls out his phone and says "On it" Before walking out of the room to make the call.

Eli ignores the crying Ted and slowly stands up. He walks over to the game cube with curiosity. If she really did get transported to another world... it would explain why she suddenly disappeared. He slowly smiles thinking about how smart she truly is. She was always the top of her class...