Just Business
Orgrim peeked out of one of the closets in Ellipsis' house. He's been in here for at least four hours and was getting worried.
"Hello?"
Orgrim looked at the floor and walls, he rubs his side and slowly shuts the door hoping that they weren't still here. He looked at his side and tended to it as best he could, he didn't expect to see Bad Blood here but they were looking for Ellipsis or Ki'oli, he didn't know. He was spotted and he fought back as much as he could and soon had to hide in a closet, hiding behind the many coats and clothes. The closet opens slowly and Orgrim looks up to see Ki'oli looking down at him, he was wearing Ellipsis' armor and face mask.
"They attacked me, they were looking for you or Ellipsis."
"They have her, I going to go get her."
"You know where they are?"
Ki'oli didn't say a thing but helped Orgrim to his feet.
"You need to get your side healed, it's pretty deep."
"I can handle it. I need to speak to Inspector Polie." Orgrim said walking past Ki'oli.
"Why him?" Ki'oli asked following Orgrim outside.
"He knows more about these Bad Blood, he's been trying to bring them to justice for years. I guess he's trying to make amends for his brother."
Ki'oli shuts the house door and watched Orgrim walk over to his hover car.
"Brother?" Ki'oli wondered aloud, he hops onto his hover bike and starts it. "Is Gutas Inspector Polie's brother? So that's why he told me those things with that tone of voice." Ki'oli smiled.
As he drove off so did Orgrim to the Hall of Justice. Ki'oli on the other hand stopped at Futa's restaurant, he snuck inside and removed the mask. He looked at the Yautja wine and pours himself a glass. He sat down on a chair in the dark part of the kitchen waiting for Futa to come back from the other room. Futa walked in and looks at his pet birds in their cage, as they sang Futa could hear a strange nosie. He looks at the dark coroner and quickly turns on the light to see Ki'oli taking a sip of the fine red wine.
"Good evening, Mister Futa. You have better wine than you serve."
Futa was terrified and calm at the same time, he turns around.
"I'm calling the Guards."
Ki'oli quickly grabs a monitor and smiles.
"Want me to get them?"
Futa sighed and looked back at Ki'oli, he watched as Ki'oli stood up and walked over to the bird cage. He sat his wine glass in the sink and Futa cautiously got on the other side of the table.
"What do you want from me? Are you sure you have the right person?"
"You're a Bad Blood and I know you from some reliable sources. I've been by your home on Hua Street, I went into the room with the sleeping children." Ki'oli holds up a small bracelet, Futa instantly recognizes it. "And I have this for you to cook." Ki'oli placed a bloody bag onto the table, it was in the shape of a small body.
Futa quickly takes action as Ki'oli slowly walks to the other side of the table, tears ran down Futa's face as he opened the bag to find fresh and bloody meat. He didn't understand.
"It's a roast." Ki'oli said slyly. "All the way from Earth."
Futa looks at Ki'oli, his eyes red from crying, he quickly grabs a knife and slashes at Ki'oli but Ki'oli was faster dodging all of Futa's attacks. He quickly grabs Futa's hand and pressed it against a hot burner and Futa roars in pain dropping the knife. He grabs Ki'oli's face.
"Lunatic!" Futa yelled.
Futa pushes Ki'oli against a sink full of water almost as if he was trying to drown Ki'oli, Ki'oli stabs Futa on the leg with his tail. Futa roars and pushes Ki'oli to the ground, he was ready to strike Ki'oli till he saw Ki'oli's tail at the ready. Futa backs off limping a bit letting Ki'oli to get up.
"Where is my daughter? What did you do to her?"
"You're daughter is safe, Mister Futa. I'll give her back if you tell me the truth. Is Gutas really at G'iak Mountain?"
"If I tell you, I'm a dead Yautja."
"No you won't. I'll turn you over to Inspector Polie."
Futa thinks about it, he did drop out of the Bad Blood after the raid on the lab and has been making amends since then.
"Yes, his hideout is at the mountain. That where the shrine is. He does terrible things there." Futa looks at Ki'oli. "Where is my child?"
Ki'oli takes hold of a monitor and whispers into it, he sidesteps and lets Futa use it.
"Hello?" Asked a female voice on the end.
"Vioka?"
"Yes, Futa?"
"Look at the children. Look at the children."
"Why?"
"Just do it!" Futa growled.
A few seconds later Vioka speaks again.
"The children are fine Futa, they're sleeping. Is something wrong? Futa?"
Futa looks at Ki'oli and hangs up.
"You tricked me."
"I did not." Ki'oli's eye changed. "I spared your life for the sake of the children." Ki'oli's voice had a second voice behind it, an evil voice, the voice of the demon.
Futa was startled when he heard that, he watched Ki'oli set a plasma gun on the burner, he kept a smile on his face as he backed off. Futa was looking at the gun and Ki'oli, tears were streaming down his eyes. He quickly goes for the gun to have the tip of Ki'oli's tail implanted under his chin going into his skull. He looks at Ki'oli as blood came out of his mouth, Ki'oli tilts his head as he twists his tail breaking the insides of the skull, he then thrust the tip through the skull till it appeared from above. Ki'oli looks at his tail tip and pulls it out letting Futa's body drop to the ground with a loud thud, Ki'oli takes the gun and placed it in Futa's hand to make it look like a suicide. Ki'oli puts the mask back on and disappears into the night.
Inspector Polie enters Snake-Eater's home, he caught Snake-Eater by surprised, he was getting ready to leave for Earth.
"Great Elder Gysu." Polie said with a slight bow. "It's Gutas, we might know where he is."
Snake-Eater looks at Polie and nods.
"You do, that's good. Your brother was a great ally and he was a close friend of mine. You know what he is planning don't you?"
"Ritual of Madness."
Snake-Eater sits down in his fine leather chair motioning Polie to sit as well.
"What is the Ritual of Madness?"
"The Ritual of Madness is offering a living person to the Mad God Takan Ki'ale. It calls for the person to be female, the removing of the female's flesh and breasts, eating her flesh and drinking her blood. Draining her of part of her life and giving her total pain and agony that the only way to end her suffering is for... I don't think it'll make any sense Elder, it's dumb that they believe this."
"You never know Polie, many strange things have been happening lately, I know from personal experience and I think what you'll say might make sense. Please continue."
"Well, there are a few outcomes, the female dies on the alter by blood loss or the slitting of her throat, the Takan statue comes to life and eats her whole, or... she becomes possessed with Takan Ki'ale himself."
Snake-Eater is interested in this.
"Possessed? How does she and what happens if she becomes possessed?"
"They force her to drink the blood of Takan Ki'ale out of a tainted and cursed Yautja skull of Takan Ki'ale. They'll leave her on the alter and light the room full of red candles chanting the curse of Takan Ki'ale, the blood of Takan Ki'ale takes affect immediately, if she lives she might get possessed. To put the explanation of being possessed in two simple words are: Chaos and death. The Mad God Takan Ki'ale is known for bringing chaos and death, if he leaves the heavens and is able to walk in this dimension is terrible news!"
"If this does happen, is there a way to stop him?"
"Yes. The lover of the female possessed by Takan must kill her."
"Sounds like some Ooman fairy tales I heard on my travels."
"This is no fairy tale, it's the truth. It does sound odd but there are some other methods but they sound like fairy tails. But here's the thing, no blade can kill her, but I don't know how they expect her to die if no blade can kill her."
Snake-Eater leans forward in his chair, the High Elite walk around the room keeping Snake-Eater safe.
"Now tell me Polie, how do you know all this?"
Polie is caught by surprised, he looks at the High Elites. They were watching him closely as was Snake-Eater.
"Well?"
"..." Polie hangs his head. "Gutas... He used to do the Ritual of Madness when we were younger, but none of the females were ever possessed. I did not take part in any of it, he read to me how the Bad Blood did the ritual, to the very detail he told me. Rape, torture, killing. Since he has Ellipsis, a strong female of young age, he has all he needs to do the ritual. He's been waiting for years now, the attack on Joka's lab was to collect data on the Yautja in this area, information of the new Council Elders and of the experiments." Poile paused and sighs. "That's why I'm at the status I am now, I want to bring justice to those that oppose the Council and crimes to the people of the city and surrounding area. To find Gutas and his kin, and bring them to justice!"
"Inspector Polie, come quick!" Shouted a Elite Guard from outside.
Polie hurries outside along with Snake-Eater, there Orgrim was sitting on a bench getting his wound tended but it wasn't going that well.
"Inspector Polie, my sister. They took her didn't they?"
"Orgrim, why are you here?"
"They attacked me. Do they have my sister? Please tell me!"
"I'm afraid so."
"I told her not to hang around with the wrong crowd."
"She never did." Snake-Eater said. "She followed her heart."
Polie placed a hand on Orgrim's right shoulder.
"We'll get her back. We need to tend to your wound."
"It's fine."
Snake-Eater walked over and moved Orgrim's hand, the wound was deep, organs can be seen. He looks at Orgrim and then the wound.
"It's a serious injury. Come here, let me tend to it."
"Elder, please." Orgrim lowered his head and followed Snake-Eater into another room.
Snake-Eater grabs a bag, the contents could not be seen by either Polie, the High Elites or Orgrim. Snake-Eater pulled out some tools and some strange plants.
"When I was at Earth a few years back, I meet a unique being there. Her name was Hitachi, she saved my life and in turn saved hers. We are close friends and we fought Bad Blood on Earth, much like I did with Outsider all those years ago."
"Was Hitachi an Ooman?" Asked Orgrim letting Snake-Eater clean out the wound.
"No."
Snake-Eater mixes the pants into mush and places them in the wound, he then sows the wound together. Orgrim or the High Elites can't believe that Snake-Eater was doing this.
"Don't worry young ones, I've always tend to others even though I shouldn't. I wouldn't have turn out this way if it weren't for my cousin Outsider and my dear friend Hitachi."
Polie looks out into the night, the night was perfect for the Ritual of Madness to begin.