I do not own Ratchet and Clank (I wish I did) This is for entertainment purposes only.
This chapter is dedicated to my friend Jerod2447, I thought it was right up your alley brother. Check out some of his fics I recommend Ravage, it is an awesome story. Theme song for this ch is Dance of death by Iron Maiden, I don't know why but I think it fits. Anyways Enjoy!
Six walked back and got his chair from the fireplace, he drug it back to where Ratchet was tied up. Six sat in the chair backwards with his arms resting on the back of it.
"You know brother, you and I are much more alike than you would care to admit"
Ratchet looked into Six's eyes.
"We are nothing alike Six, just turn yourself in, I could lessen your sentence if you do that"
Six shifted his position in the chair.
"But you are wrong brother. We both kill bad people, you just hide behind the title of hero while doing it. And I do it in the shadows, after proving their guilt of course"
Ratchet growled "If you are so hell bent on killing bad people, prove to me that they are all deserving of the death penalty, and I might consider helping you"
Six smiled wide "I will be right back, I am going hunting" Six leaves the house and Ratchet hears his starship take off. Ratchet struggled against the plasma cuffs, but it was no use. He sat there for about two hours until he heard Six's ship land outside. Six came through the door carrying an unconscious Blarg over his shoulder.
"What are you doing Six?"
Six slammed the blarg on the kitchen table and tied him down with rope. He walked over to Ratchet holding a few pieces of paper.
"I get all of my marks from the police, I have a friend who hacked into their system and got their records. Every person I have killed has either been a murderer, or a rapist. Here take a look"
Six sets the papers down on the chair and he turned it around so Ratchet could read them. The blarg is a wanted murderer and rapist that has eluded capture for two years.
Six got a serious expression on his face. "This guy is responsible for tearing several families apart! Is that proof enough!?"
Ratchet sighed "What about the other murders, do you have records on them?"
Six heard the blarg wake up "I do, I will show you after I finish with him. Rapists get slow deaths"
Ratchet struggled against his cuffs "Six, wait!"
Six turned around with a raised brow "What?"
Ratchet shifted his position "Killing those who deserve it is one thing, but torture is wrong, even you should know that!"
"Do you think his victims got the luxury of a quick death? No, they were slow and painful, so that is what he gets as punishment for his crimes" he said in a cold tone. Six turned around and approached his victim. The blarg was conscious on the table, but he was confused and didn't know where he was.
"W-where am I?" the blarg said
Six laughed maliciously "Why you are in the last stop before hell Bruce"
Bruce turned his head and his eyes met Six's. "who, are you?"
Six smiled, showing off his sharpened teeth. "I am Six. And you, you are guilty of murder and rape, I am going to punish you for your crimes"
Six pulled out a Kriss style dagger and he jammed it into Bruce's hand, pinning it to the wooden table. Bruce screamed out in pain, Six just smiled and took it in.
"this is nothing compared to the torture you put your victims through. Before I am done with you, you will be begging me to kill you. But I won't, I will make sure you suffer"
The blarg thrashed around on the table, but it was pointless, Six made sure he wouldn't escape.
"Do you have any idea who I am, what I am capable of?"
Six smiled like a kit in a candy store. "I know exactly who you are, scum!"
Six drew his daggers twin and jammed it in Bruce's shoulder. Six twisted his blade around and yanked it out, blood splattered all over Six's face and body. Bruce screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Mary Cassidy, your first victim. She had three kids and a husband. You took her from her family!"
Six jammed the dagger into the side of Bruce's knee, he twisted it around and just like the shoulder he yanked it out. Bruce screamed out in pain again and he shed a few tears.
Six chuckled "Aw, the little baby crying?" Six mocked "Venessa Shultz, your second victim. She had a son, he is now growing up in an orphanage because of you!"
Six made a long deep cut on the side of Bruce's face. Bruce was not holding back on his tears and cries for mercy. "Why are you doing this?!"
Six punched Bruce in the face "Because you deserve it, you destroy people's lives, you tear families apart, scum like you have no place in this world. You deserve to die a painful slow death!". Six made a long cut down Bruce's arm, starting at his shoulder and ending on his wrist. Bruce's eyes were raining rivers of tears and he was screaming bloody murder. Six walked to a table that was covered in torture devices. He returned with a device that resembled a baby rattle with holes in it.
Six smiled and showed the device to Bruce "Do you know what this is?" Bruce's face showed fear of what was going to come next. He shook his head no, he was paralyzed with fear. Six just laughed at his reaction.
"This is called the lead sprinkler, I would either put lead, boiling water, or boiling oil into this part" he pointed to the ball with holes in it on the device "and I would sprinkle the contents all over your body, it is a genius torture device really"
Six placed a bit of lead into the device and he set it into the fireplace. Ten minutes had passed and Six pulled the lead sprinkler out of the fire. He approached Bruce with the device. Bruce was crying out for mercy, but no mercy would be shown to him, he was going to die slowly and painfully and he knew it too.
"Celty McCollins, and her son Jacob, your third and fourth victims. Celty ran an orphanage, it was filled with children that were orphaned by people like you. She and her son did not deserve to die, they were the kindest people someone would ever care to know. This is for them!". Six was starting to get slightly emotional, saying their names.
As Six was torturing Bruce Ratchet was thinking about that name. Celty McCollins, he knew that name. He had heard about her murder a couple of years ago. She was the one who ran the orphanage that Ratchet grew up in. She was the one who never gave up on him during his rough childhood. She was the one who comforted him during those long nights where he would cry himself to sleep, because of the other kids bullying him. At that moment Ratchet lost all sympathy for Bruce. Ratchet turned towards Six, a cold look on his face.
"Six?" he said in a cold tone
Six turned around and set the lead sprinkler on the table next to Bruce's head, and he walked over to Ratchet. "What is it brother?"
Ratchet sighed "Is it true, is he the one who killed Celty?"
Six nodded coldly "I know she is the one who raised you"
Ratchet got misty eyes "I don't care about him anymore...make him suffer, as much as possible" he said in an emotionless tone.
Six nodded, and walked back to Bruce. Six picked up the lead sprinkler and he sprinkled molten lead all over Bruce's torso, legs, arms and face. Bruce screamed until he blew his voice out. Bruce kept trying to scream, but all that would come out was a faint squeaking noise. The lead stuck to his skin and hardened. Blisters formed around the lead droplets. Six walked back to his torture table and retrieved a device that looked similar to a small bench vice turned on its side with the crank handle on the top.
"Do you know what this little device is called? Oh I forgot, you can't speak. I will tell you anyways. It is called a thumbscrew, I put your fingers in these holes and I turn this crank like so". He turned the screw, and the vice closed on the holes. "It will crush your fingers, very painful, and fun".
Six placed Bruce's fingers into the holes and crushes each one of them, on both hands. Bruce thrashed about on the table and Six loved it. "My brother grew up in that orphanage, he was raised by Celty. This is for him!" Six yanked his dagger out of Bruce's hand and crushed each one of his fingers again on the bottom of the grip.
After about four more hours of torture, Six finally got bored and drove his dagger into Bruce's heart and killed him. Six walked back over to Ratchet and sat down in his chair.
"Now, do you understand why I do what I do?"
Ratchet nodded "I couldn't understand why you did this at first, but after tonight I think I understand. I will not participate in these killings, but I will help. I could throw a few cases toward you, and I can keep the police off of your back"
Six smiled "I wish you would do this with me, but you seem to have made up your mind. Thank you for agreeing to help though"
Ratchet still had a cold look in his eyes "I should thank you Six, I have been looking for this guy ever since I heard about Celty's death"
Six unlocked Ratchet's hands from the plasma cuffs. "Keep in touch brother"
Okay, I know this was a very dark chapter, but I just had to. My mind is very dark and I am proud of it. Let me know what you thought of this chapter. Also a shout out to Jerod2447, you are rubbing off on me brother. I love you guys (Evil Ratchet Out!)