Kaito didn't know how much time had passed since he had been captured. It felt like years, but he knew it probably hadn't been that long. The torture and violation had become a nonstop cycle, and he was beginning to grow numb to it.
Recently, his thoughts had started to grow hazy, his mind going in and out even during the agonizing torture. His body no longer having the strength to support himself, he was forced to hang painfully by the chains shackled to his wrists, and though the room had felt frigid before, he now felt feverishly warm. He suspected that at least one of his injuries had become infected, but rather then worry, the thought brought a sort of vague hope with it. He knew that even though as an angel his body could take more of a beating then one might think, it was reaching its limit and that it would only be a matter of time now before he was released from this suffering.
It was only the thought of Renji that made a small part of him want to keep fighting. He wanted to see him again, kiss him again, even though he knew it was wrong, even though he knew now that Renji had probably never really loved him.
"Renji…" He couldn't help but whisper the angel's name despite the fact that he wasn't alone, and he blamed the fever for it.
"Has abandoned you", Vinny finished, replacing the whip to its rightful place, and scanning the wall for the weapon he wished to use next, "along with your God."
The angel was silent at this, and Vinny continued in a thoughtful tone, "you know… you're really not much of an angel anymore are you…?" Inspiration flashed in the devil's eyes at the words as he reached for a large saw-like tool. He looked it over for a moment appraisingly, running his fingers over the rather dull edge before deeming it worthy of its task and once again approaching the angel.
Kaito couldn't see the devil, but heard his slow footsteps come up behind him, and knew some new form of torture was about to begin. The terror he had once felt each time the devil came back with a new weapon had long since left him, and the dark haired angel merely felt mild curiosity tinged with only a very slight sense of dread.
Vinny's hand reached out, softly touching one of the angel's wings, stroking it gently, fingers running lightly through the soft feathers. "Such beautiful wings…", he murmured, and the angel felt a chill run through him at the strong sense of foreboding in the words. The fear was starting to come back as the devil examined the chains binding the angel's wings, making sure they were secure.
"But…", he felt Vinny relinquish his touch, "since you're not an angel anymore… I suppose you won't be needing them…"
Kaito cried out as the saw's teeth cut into the base of his wing. Blood splattered everywhere as Vinny continued to pull the blade back and forth, slowly working his way through flesh, muscle, and finally bone as the angel continued to scream in agony.
"Hmm… this is a lot harder then I thought it would be", the devil mused, stopping for a moment to wipe some of the blood off his face.
The angel's whole body shook, tears streaming down from eyes wide and blinded by the agony that coursed through him overriding all other senses. He couldn't think, couldn't hear Vinny's words, could barely even breathe.
A gasp for air was cut off by another scream as the devil started up again. Back and forth back and forth. The dullness of the saw made the process excruciatingly slow.
When at last the wing hung only by a slim strand of flesh, the devil put the saw aside, fisting his hand in the bloodied feathers he tore it off himself. Kaito heard the clank of chains and thump of his severed wing hitting the stone floor as the devil tossed it aside purposefully just within the angel's view.
Darkness was steadily creeping in on his vision, but the dark haired angel could still see the mangled blood drenched thing, and if he had eaten anything recently, knew he would've been sick.
"Are you ready for the other one?" Vinny asked, licking some of the blood off his hand as he took a moment to admire his handiwork.
A whimper was all he got in response from the angel, though the devil hadn't expected anything more.
"But first…", Vinny put down the bloody saw which made a slight clang against the stone table he had set it on, striding over to the coal pit, taking one of the heated metal rods he had used on the first day.
"We wouldn't want you bleeding to death", the devil explained, pressing the heated metal onto the bloody nub, eliciting a broken cry as he cauterized the wound.
Kaito could no longer feel fresh blood streaming down his back, so it must have worked, but knew he'd probably already lost a lot of it. He wondered hazily if the next time would be the end of him, even if not from the blood loss, the pain alone might be enough, for even now that it was done, the pain was still unbearable.
Yet another agonized scream was torn from his throat as Vinny started his work on the other wing. Chains rattled and clanked as the angel's body jerked violently against his restraints. Kaito dimly heard himself crying Renji's name, begging the other angel to save him even though he knew he couldn't… or wouldn't.
His abused throat soon became too hoarse to scream, and his cries turned into broken sobs as the saw started to make its way through the bone.
That was right, the angel managed to think through the pain, Renji wouldn't save him. He had been given a chance and he had refused. Vinny was right, the other angel had abandoned him. And it was all Renji's fault. He had taken Kaito from one of God's most elite angels to this sinful, broken disgrace. Everything that was happening to him was all Renji's doing. No. That wasn't true. Why was he thinking that? It wasn't Renji's fault. The devil was obviously lying to him. It was… Another blinding flash of agony tore through the angel, obliterating his train of thought and leaving him desperately choking and gasping for breath.
"It was him", Vinny whispered behind him as he continued to saw away, and the angel wondered if he'd been speaking any of those thoughts out loud or if the devil had somehow read his mind, but couldn't bring himself to care as he desperately tried to grasp back onto what he had been thinking before.
"He took everything from you, and he won't even be punished. He'll go back to Heaven soon enough, and who knows, he might even take you're place at the top", the devil continued relentlessly not allowing him the time to think.
The devil's voice sounded to the angel as if it were coming from far away even though he was right behind him, but the words still reached him. He felt a vague sense in the back of his mind that that wasn't right, but couldn't quite hold onto it. Kaito was confused. He couldn't think beyond the pain, couldn't remember what was true anymore and as Vinny continued to speak, despite himself, the angel actually started to believe his words. The tears he shed were no longer just of pain, but of anger as well. He wanted to see the other angel punished, wanted a way to get back at him for everything he had done to him. He had made him fall in love with him, and then he had thrown him away, sat by and done nothing as he was tortured and raped over and over again.
A choked sound escaped him as the other wing was torn off and tossed aside like a piece of trash. The last thing he thought before finally losing consciousness was that if he lived through this, he would kill the other angel.
