Richard couldn't tell where they were, even when the blindfold had been removed and he had been dragged into a small office. He was dumped in the corner, not to far from the desk of a young lady who was charged with watching him. She was nice enough but Richard just wanted to go home, back to the circus, back to the safety of his parents arms...but that was impossible. Huddled in on himself he could hear the men in the next room arguing, he couldn't make out what was said but there was a lot of shouting and frequently men would rush out of the room clutching their arms or faces.<br/>"Don't worry hon, the boss man's just a little upset." The secretary said, as she noticed his reactions. Richard managed to nod before pulling his attention to the window that faced opposite him. He could see a dreary image of the city, tall buildings and rain. How did anyone live here? He pulled himself to his feet, wobbling a bit on his injured ankle, and moved towards the window. He peered out, not expecting to see anything in particular, but anything was better than the shouts and hollers coming from the office.<br/><br/>Suddenly the secretary was called in and Richard listened to the tap of her heels as she disappeared and soon reappeared. Her face grim as she approached him.<br/>"Don't worry sweetheart." Her nails dug into his shoulder as she steered him towards the door. Struggling, Richard was led into the room where the man with the black mask stood facing a set of windows. He dismissed the secretary with a wave of his hand, waiting until the door closed before he turned on the kid.<br/>"Who sent you? Hmm? What did you think you would find, kid?" Richard shrank away from the accusing finger but soon found his back against a wall. "I haven't got all night! So to make it easy I'll give you two choices; tell me what you were doing, or I'll have someone beat it out of you." Richard was shaking, he didn't know what this man was talking about -- he didn't know what he wanted. He could tell the man was getting irritated but he couldn't bring himself to answer.<br/>"Suit yourself." Two men entered the room. "You know what to do, don't kill him but do whatever needs to be done to get what we need." The men grinned as one hoisted Richard over his shoulder and began walking out with him kicking and fighting to be loosened.