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Raimundo gave a low groan as he felt a sharp pain in his side. He grunted as the familiar handcuffs that bound his wrists dig deeper into his flesh, eyes shadowed with fatigue. He'd been awake nearly the entire night, courtesy of one of curtis' unfortunately painful surprise beatings. He couldn't stand, due to the severity and pain from his injuries. Curtis had used everything from his bare fists to swords and metal rods in his attempts to force raimundo into revealing the key of di yu's hiding spot. So far, raimundo didn't utter a word that would lead the father and son duo to the location of the powerful mystical item, but raimundo wasn't sure how much more he could take. The pain caused due to his injuries was unbearable, and being forced to endure it for hours with out food or sleep was taking its toll on raimundo's mind, and body. He closed his eyes expectantly as he heard the familiar sound of his cell door opening and closing. He felt a kick in his stomach and groaned as he figured out his intruder was in fact, not Curtis.
"Get up, now." Raimundo began to rise, cautious not to touch any of his wounds. Chase scowled and grabbed the top of raimundo's head, harshly forcing him to lean against the wall. Raimundo glared at chase as the latter returned the action with impatience.
"I have been quite patient with you in gaining the information I seek…" Raimundo scoffed.
"Where is the key of di yu?" Raimundo remained silent, avoiding chase's glare. "If you don't tell me where it is, then you'll endure quite a bit more pain than you have to." Raimundo's face didn't change, eyes refusing to glance at chase. Chase scowled and delivered another kick in raimundo's stomach, the force of it causing raimundo's head to slam against the wall behind him, sending him into a dazed state. Chase then bent over and casually chained raimundo's hands to a vent beneath him, afterwards chaining raimundo's feet to the wall. He bent on one knee and glared at raimundo's dazed eyes.
"I tried to be lenient." Chase scowled and drew his spear as raimundo braced himself for the strikes. Chase brought the spear across raimundo's chest, slicing the teen's shirt into shreds and leaving angry red marks on his chest. The teens torso had several scars, no doubt reminders of the last cosmic clash showdown, and a few more that appeared as if he'd been bitten or stun by a large animal. Chase scowled, afterwards standing and approaching the fireplace that lay in a corner of the room, placing an item in it before sitting on a chair near it. Raimundo winced, glancing at a wide cut that adorned his side, and closing his eyes before leaning his head back against the wall and taking quiet pants of breath, His thoughts wandering to different aspects of the situation until they eventually rested on the xiaolin temple. He wondered how they were coping with the absence of their leader, if master fung had given the order for his rescue, and if Hannibal or one of their many foes besides jack had decided to attack the temple. He gave a small, quiet sigh as he felt the wind brush against his bare chest, as if attempting to ease the pain of its master. Unfortunately for raimundo, while he was deep in his thoughts, he hadn't noticed chase had approached him. Until he heard a footstep near him and broke out of his thoughts. He looked up at chase and mentally groaned as he noticed that the armored warrior held what appeared to be a heated metal rod. Chase bent to raimundo's level again, cold golden eyes glaring into raimundo's weary green ones with a look of anger and impatience.
"You have a choice. Tell me the location of the key of di yu, or be forever marked my property." Raimundo remained silent, eyes fearfully glancing at the heated metal rod that chase held. Chase scowled and lifted the bar to raimundo's chest, not uttering a word as the heated rod touched raimundo's flesh. Raimundo bit his lip to refrain from screaming, deciding not to give chase the satisfaction. Now he knew why he was chained to the floor, he was sure he would be writhing had he not been. He could feel the heated metal burning his flesh away. He tried to think of anything but the pain, eyes shutting tightly. But chase's foot connected with his head soon afterwards. Raimundo opened his eyes weakly as a reflex as chase scowled.
"Do not try to ignore it. Remember, you did this to yourself." Raimundo frowned, knowing in a way, that chase was right. The only way for this to stop would be telling chase where the key was, but raimundo had no desire to endanger the lives of his friends, as well as the lives of the other inhabitants of earth. The branding persisted for hours. Raimundo thought that he would pass out from the pain within the first three minutes of chase's torture, but chase informed him that he put a special drug in his water just to make sure that didn't happen. Raimundo had been level minded enough to hear chase mention that he purposely avoided anesthetics and sedatives just to make the experience more painful for raimundo. Within the first five minutes, raimundo lost the energy to struggle against the chains that bound him, and the energy to bite his lip as his substitute for screaming, his fatigue from not sleeping the previous night growing ever present in his eyes. He lay on the cold floor, quiet as a mouse as chase continued to burn him. The pain was unbearable, and raimundo thought that he would die through every second of the torture chase inflicted. His eyes blankly stared into space as he lay, unable to prevent chase from torturing him, unable to scream in pain, and unable to move. After about five hours, chase stopped, much to raimundo's relief. But the throbbing pain that engulfed raimundo's chest remained, and a strange symbol that raimundo made out to be an insignia seemed to be what chase branded on his chest. The armored warrior frowned and unchained raimundo, uttering few words before beginning to exit the cell.
"You are a foolish boy." Chase spoke, not bothering to acknowledge raimundo as he turned his back and headed for raimundo's cell door. Raimundo closed his eyes and clenched his teeth tightly before his pained form saw an open polo. He weakly lifted the shirt and placed his arms through the sleeves, cautious not to touch any of the open cuts that adorned his arm. The pain he was in was excruciating, but he figured that if he went to sleep, he could at least exterminate his fatigue. Unfortunately for him, chase wouldn't allow that to happen.
"Father, I believe our prisoner requires more interrogation, perhaps a whip may change his train of thought."
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