*WARNING* This chapter also contains general torture.
Okay, so maybe heading over to the slums first thing in the morning was a bit of an understatement. Alaude decided to do a quick background check on this Ran Ichimura guy. Turns out Ran had a registered home in the area, but he would be stupid if he were using it when he played with his victims.
Meaning that more than likely there was a rundown building he was using, it was the slums after all. Whichever building it was, he probably fixed it up on the inside, and left the outside alone in order to give off the illusion that it was abandoned. Alaude shut his laptop down, leaving the living room. There was one more thing he had to take care of. However, that could wait until he reached his destination.
I cracked my eyes open. My vision was really blurry. Everything I looked at didn't want to come into focus, which made me rub at my eyes. They were both swollen from all the crying I did previously. I wanted to roll onto my back to try and get comfortable. Although, absolutely nothing could make me forget why my back was burning and sore. I carefully listened in order to figure out if Ran and the others were around.
To my relief, I didn't hear anything that indicated their presence. I used my legs and arms to shift myself into a sitting position. The new position proved to be slightly more comfortable. Out of curiosity I tried speaking out loud, but I was straining enough to only make a small noise. Every fiber of my being knew Ran was going to punish me for this. If for some reason he didn't then he would surely find a whole other reason to.
I began to wonder whether or not I might be able to crawl to the shower across the room. I was filthy and my back could stand to get washed before it got infected. I ignored the fact that hot water was ultimately going to be better for it. Cold shower, here I come. I scooted myself to the edge of the bed, letting my legs dangle down.
I mustered the strength to stand, but it was short lived. My legs buckled and folded right underneath me. I wanted to let my tears flow freely once more. It wasn't a good idea to risk my eyes swelling shut though. When I heard the basement door creak open I wanted to scramble back on the bed. It was obvious that I wouldn't make it in time.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing out of bed?" Cirillo demanded to know, "I should have shackled you down before we left."
Ran put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. I happened to noticed that Ran was carrying around a vial. The liquid contained in the vial was a dark, murky green. It looked as sickening as I felt. Ran saw that I was staring at the vial.
"Hmm, so you noticed? I went out of my way to get this special little gift. I hope that you'll be willing to use it." Ran smirked.
I tried moving away from him because that smirk meant trouble. Ran lifted his leg to kick me. He landed a direct blow to my head. I landed on my back of all things. My mouth shaped itself into a scream of pain, but no noise came out.
"What's this? I thought I told you not to lose your voice." Ran uncapped the vial, "This will teach you yet another lesson."
The murky liquid dripped out of the vial and onto my thigh. It literally felt like that part of my body was melting away. All I could do was thrash around on the ground. What the hell was this stuff anyways?
"You look like you're enjoying your dose of acid. I'm rather pleased."
Pleased, huh? Well Ran, you can go to hell, rotting until the end of time.
"Acid's fun and all, but we need a little more excitement." Marco said.
I heard a click, then a buzzing noise.
"A taser?" Cirillo sounded a little unsure about Marco's choice.
"Yeah, think about it. We've stung his flesh, torn his flesh, burned his flesh and now we can fry his flesh too. I engineered the taser to have the largest electric output possible for its size and model."
I couldn't even beg them to stop in my current state. That taser better end me, otherwise I'm going to break for good. A shot sounded and a bullet flew past Marco's hand. He became startled, dropping the taser to the ground.
"Stay on alert." Lotterio and Silvestro warned in unison.
"Stay on alert my ass. Who in their right mind is stupid enough to mess with us?" Cirillo growled.
"My standards consider you five to be the stupid ones. Hasn't anyone ever told you not to make a mess in someone else's territory?"
That voice sounds so familiar, but I can't tell why.
"Who are you?" It was Marco who was asking.
"A cop taking care of clean up."
"The bastard just called us trash!" Cirillo's temper was skyrocketing.
"You said it, not me." The familiar voice sounded unimpressed.
I finally looked over to see who the voice belonged to. Alaude? No way. Whenever Giotto's company was in the middle of dealing with a scandal or fraud he would always bring Alaude in to deal with the issues. I hadn't realized when he started looking at me, but our gazes locked.
"Daemon? This is where you've been this whole time?" He sounded concerned, which was out of character for him if I was remembering his personality correctly. His demeanor immediately changed when he turned back towards Ran's group, "You people are really asking for it now."
"And what's one lone cop going to do?" Ran was acting smug and confident.
"I actually have a full task force waiting outside to take you guys in. However, I can take all of you by myself. The only reason they're here is so I don't end up killing you guys, it's clearly outlined in the contract I signed. Other than that though, I have free rein to do whatever I want."
"Looks like we'll be using our toys on this cop instead." Ran glanced down at me, "You better stay put. Get in the way, and I'll be sure to kill you myself, understand?" I reluctantly nodded my head.
Marco picked his taser back up with his thumb pressed against the switch. Both of the twins held a whip in their hands. Ran had his stupid leather cat o' nine tails in his hand. Oddly enough, Cirillo didn't have a weapon on him. He looked like he wanted to fight Alaude with his bare hands, and...was the guy getting horny? There was a big tight bulge in his pants.
"Don't get me wrong, I have a thing for pretty boys. I just hate when they're scrawny and can't put up much of a fight." He didn't do a very good job of hiding the fact that he was talking about me, "You, on the other hand, look like you have a lot of fight in you. I absolutely love breaking dominate guys, makes me real hot and hard." Cirillo's face contorted with pleasure.
"So I've noticed, but putting your perverted fantasies aside, let's get on with the fight or else I'll become increasingly bored."
The five of them advanced toward Alaude. He didn't look intimidated in the slightest. Silvestro's whip wrapped around Alaude's right wrist. Simultaneously, Lotterio's whip wrapped around Alaude's left wrist. Silvestro tugged on his whip, forcing Alaude to drop his pistol. Ran was moving in to strike the cop with his cat o' nine tails. Alaude dodged Ran's attack, which pulled the twins forward. Their grip on Alaude became increasingly loose. He thrust his body forward in order to punch both twins in the abdomen.
They collapsed on top of each other. Two down and three more to go. Perhaps Alaude really could win against them. He might just turn out to be the rescue that I was wishing for. He lunged forward, targeting Marco next. Marco fumbled around with the switch on the taser. He couldn't seem to activate it in time. There was chance that it was malfunctioning from the first time he dropped it. When he was close enough, Alaude used an uppercut on Marco. As soon as his fist made contact there was a cracking sound. Marco cried out, gripping his jaw.
"Still not down for the count?" At this point, Alaude merely decided to trip Marco.
There was a loud thud when he hit the ground. Alaude turned himself around to face Cirillo and Ran. Unfortunately, Ran was given enough time to land a hit on Alaude. The cat o' nine tails latched onto his chest. Ran moved his wrist up then snapped it back down, dragging the cat o' nine tails down Alaude's body. It tore through his shirt, leaving bloody lines down his body. His coat didn't get destroyed only because it was unzipped. Currently the cat o' nine tails rested near Alaude's waist.
"Wouldn't it be a shame if I dragged my toy down any further?" Ran taunted.
"Don't forget that I want in on this too." Cirillo reminded his leader.
Cirillo walked behind Alaude. He reached a hand around to paw at the front of Alaude's pants. I wasn't sure how much longer I would be able to watch this. My earlier enthusiasm of busting out of here was quickly diminishing.
Author's Note: I'm really sorry that this chapter ended up being late (_) It wasn't my intention, but my to-do-list became overbearing. The worst part is that this chapter was nearly finished Wednesday, but there was no time to wrap it up and make edits. Due to the delay my new upload day is probably going to be Friday because normally I only need a week to write a chapter. Hopefully chapter five won't be late as well.