Chapter six:
Under the cover of darkness a red sedan pulls up into a parking lot all done casually.
The car is parked and turned off before three people climb out.
The leader gives the two signals that is gesturing his hand with his two fingers sticking up in one direction then the other.
The other two split up and move to surround their chosen spot.
The three notice that the target appears to still be awake and moving around getting a cup of tea.
The leader turns to one of the others and nods a go ahead.
The one slips through the slightly open window hen swiftly moves behind the target. He slams a rag over his mouth and nose.
The target drops his mug to struggle and try to talk but his words are muffled. He soon falls unconscious.
The other two help get the target outside then the one that knocked the target out take the target towards the car. The other two follow and one unlocks and opens the back seat door.
The target is thrown inside and the door closed behind him.
They pile into the car and drive off as if nothing happened. They head to their emergency location and get the target strapped up to keep him in place.
"I think that this should be your kill." The leader says to the one that knocked out the target.
The other smiles and nods.
They change into their outfits that they use for this.
Now it's time to wait until the target awakens.
The target groans a little later and slowly blinks his eyes open to half way sluggishly.
"You're awake."
The targets head snaps up so fast he seems dizzy for a moment. He takes a moment to rid himself of his dizziness before his brain can process who is there. His eyes widen. "No!" He struggles but the binds are much too secure. "Y-you." He says then swallows harshly though it seems a little forced as his mouth is a little dry. "Oh God no."
"Your God can't help you here." The leader hisses then gestures that the other can begin when ready. "He's all yours Rusty."
Rusty smiles at the Mad King before moving in closer to the man who looks pleadingly at him. "We're going to have so much fun!" He announces smiling in an almost smirk like way at the target. "Don't worry Joe. Well have tons of fun. Well. Us three really."
Joe attempts to struggle again this time causing his light brown hair to become messed up from tossing his head. He finally gives in and resigns to his horrible fate.
"Well then. Here we go." Rusty says excitedly and X-ray brings over the tools that make Joe swallow harshly when his eyes land upon them. He scans the items only to pick up a scalpel. "So Joe." He smirks in the others direction. "You like donuts huh?" He moves closer causing Joe to become all the more tense.
Joe trembles too scared to really answer.
"Well it isn't going to be the last thing you eat donut Joe." Rusty begins making some cuts of squares along Joes arms. He finally stops after having four squares cut. He moves on to use the scalpel to dig under the skin to cut the squares off of the body completely.
The squares aren't big but they leave Joes arm bloody in the end.
Joe whimpers and cries as Rusty does this until he is left whimpering softly when it's all over.
"Say ah!" Rusty says holding the four square pieces of skin in his hand; causing it to become bloody with the blood that drops from what he's holding.
Joe turns away closing his eyes tightly.
Rusty frowns. "You're supposed to open your mouth." He raises the scalpel. "Guess I'll have to do it myself." He slips the blade between Joes lips and begins to cut.
Blood falls from his mouth down his chin and even into his mouth as Joes lips are cut to allow his mouth to be more open.
Joe is left letting his jaw go slightly slack with whines of pain.
Rusty makes sure to make it look like Joe has a slight smile though is is cut into the skin. "There we go!" He raises the four pieces of skin and shoves them into Joes mouth. He grips the others chin and slams his mouth shut. "If I see any of them not be swallowed then you'll be punished by having all the skin removed from you arm." He growls in warning to ensure that the other knows that he means it.
Joe tries to chew despite wanting to throw up at this. He just would rather keep his torture to a minimum and getting no skin on his arm would be much too extreme for him.
"Attaboy." Rusty praises in a sickly sweet voice.
Joe tries to swallow just wanting this part to be over and he isn't sure if he can hold back from vomiting. He finally manages to force it down and he takes a shaky breath in slight relief about that being over.
"There you go." Rusty releases Joe. "Now we can move on to our next activity."
Joe trembles. "P-please." He whimpers. "Just finish me off." He pleads his head hanging in defeat.
Rusty chuckles. "Oh I don't think so." He says then he turns to where X-ray and the Mad King are observing from. "Say do we have salt?" He asks.
"Hm I think so." The Mad King says. "If we do it'd be on the cart."
Rusty heads to the cart and looks but doesn't find any. "Nope."
"There's a store nearby. I could grab some." X-ray offers. He pulls on his purple hoodie and jeans over his outfit. He pulls the hood over his head.
"Here!" The Mad King tosses X-ray a small bag of coins that X-ray catches.
"Thanks." X-ray dashes away with that.
Rusty turns back to Joe. "We can have a little fun while we wait." He puts the scalpel down onto the cart. "But not with this." His eyes scan over the objects on the cart. "Hm. Let's see. How about... This one!" He picks up one of the larger knives.
Joe shuts his eyes tightly just wishing that this will all be over soon.
Rusty slams the knife into Joes shoulder causing him to throw his head back in a scream. He twists the knife getting another sound of pain. He chuckles at this and slowly pulls it out wiggling it to get pained whimpers. He then does the same to the other shoulder.
Once that is done X-ray returns causing the two to turn to him.
"I got a small bag of salt." X-ray holds if up in view.
"Great!" Rusty is given the bag and he uses the knife to open it.
X-ray strips off the clothes that were covering his outfit. He and the Mad King watch having a good idea of what Rusty is planning.
Rusty moves closer putting the knife down then grabs a handful of salt. He then grins at Joe only to throw it at his open mouth wounds.
As the salt comes into contact with the wound Joe let's out a scream of pain from the harsh sting.
Rusty chuckles only grab some more salt and he puts it onto each stab wound on Joes shoulders.
Joe let's out more cries of pain at this and is left harshly whimpering from it.
Finally Rusty puts some salt on the square wounds from where he had carved Joes skin off.
Joe hollers in pain and trembles as his body wants to shut down. His vision is darkening slightly and he hopes that he falls unconscious and that this ends.
Rusty frowns and puts the salt down onto the cart only to grab a needle. "I don't think so." He hisses as he notices that Joe is starting to fade towards unconsciousness. He puts the needle into his chest and injects the liquid inside before removing the needle and puts it down on the cart.
Joe shivers and he becomes more awake to his surprise. "Wh-what?" He questions in a stutter as another shiver passes through him.
"A little something we use to make sure that our fun can last a bit longer." Rusty explains. "Now. Let's see you talk after this." He moves closer grabbing a knife and he forces Joes mouth open only to grab his tongue. "Don't you dare bite down. Or I will do more damage than this." He hisses then grabs Joes tongue.
Joe shivers in fright.
With some difficulty Rusty cuts off Joes tongue taking it out of his mouth.
Joe tries to scream but his mouth is too full of blood. He can feel it dripping down making the amount of blood on his face thicker now.
Rusty puts the tongue on the ground for now deciding to deal with it later. He didn't really care what happened to it. He smirks dangerously at Joe. "Now you can't talk." He says in a slightly low tone. "We must continue. We don't have all day after all." He brings the knife towards Joe only to trail it along what is left of Joes cheek leaving a shallow cut. "So I hope that you are ready for what is to come next."
Joe shuts his eyes tightly not wanting to know what is coming next.
Rusty looks over the tools that he has here and finally his eyes land upon a certain tool. He smirks widely and picks it up making Joe pale to a snowy pale upon seeing it. He chuckles. "I think this will work just fine." He moves closer to Joe again as Joe tries to lean back not really wanting to endure any more but his body sill feels heavy and weak. "After all. We need to restart our decorations."
"That's true. Plus we can expand this place." X-ray agrees and glances around. "We can get so much more here and put up decorations again."
The Mad King chuckles. "Quite so." He agrees.
"Well then." Rusty brings the machete to the top middle of Joes chest. "Let's harvest shall we?" He slices Joe open.
Joe screams almost passing out. He watches in horror and disgust as his organs are pulled out. He closes his eyes and he falls into the unconsciousness following death now.
"Some of these look like they'll work fine." Rusty mentions looking over the state of the organs. "But not all."
"That's okay." The Mad King steps forward. "We can do with what we can."
Rusty, who had turned when the Mad King spoke, nods in agreement. "Right."
...
"Wow this new app is amazing!" One teenage boy says staring at his iPhone. He looks like an average student.
"I know. It's like totally sick." Another teen who has baggy clothes responds. He puts out the joint he had been smoking like a cigarette.
"Let's catch them all!" The other says in enthusiasm. "Quick! There's one not far from here! Let's go!" He takes the lead with his friend following. "Take this turn... Go here... Almost there..." He says as he tries to keep track of the one he wants. "And down here... Then aha! Just ahead!" He jogs slightly then slows as he finds the Pokemon. "Got it!" He clicks it then freezes. "Oh sweet Arceus." His face pales.
"Like what man?" His friend asks as he is moving to catch up to him.
"Is... Is that... A d-dead body!?"
His friend catches up and takes a look for himself. "Whoa man. It like is a dead body."
"R-right where the Pokemon is... I-it's on the d-dead body." The other wobbles on his feet looking like he could be sick.
"We should like call the police. Maybe rob the guy first for like his cash." His friend suggests.
"A-are you crazy! Look at h-his head!" The other says trying to keep a grip on himself. "There's t-that crown!"
Indeed there is a crown that resembles the Mad Kings crown on the bodies head and it appears to be made of card board.
"I don't want to even k-know what happened to this guy." The other continues. "S-so lets just call the cops."
"Okay man." His friend agrees and pulls out his own phone to do so.
It doesn't take very long for cops to be all over the scene.
Things were gruesome especially once they flipped Joes body.
"What do you think?" A cop turns to the lead.
"I think it's a message." The lead says turning to the other cop. "That they will not stop what they do. Almost in a challenge to catch them if we can. That this will continue if they are not stopped."
"So..." The other cop begins. "We must find them as fast as possible." He somewhat asks.
"Precisely."