Chapter 16
Beat Down...
The mute Titan gathered his things and headed out to the home where he had seen his look alike. Once there, Polybius took a position across the street in the forest. By climbing up a tree, he was able to successfully hide himself as he began his operation.
Meanwhile, inside the home, Montezuma, completely unaware of Polybius's observation, stepped out of the shower and dried off. Once he put on his clothing, he headed downstairs to the basement and turned on the light.
There, he found Cortés passed out in her little dog cage. He quietly walked up to her and observed her.
He noticed that even in her sleep, she did not look peaceful. She looked tormented and scared. Exactly how Montezuma wanted it. He couldn't help but smile at the thought of sacrificing her to the Sun God today. And while he had been forced to hold back during the torture, today, he wasn't going to hold back at all!
Turning on the furnace, the Aztec took a long metal rod and put part of it in. This heated up the metal on that end while leaving the other end cold. Taking it out, red hot and steaming, he looked over to the sleeping girl and smiled.
Pressing the hot metal against her exposed thigh, the Amazon woke up with a shriek of pain and terror. As he pressed down the blazing hot rod into her skin causing it to bubble. He pressed down for a solid two minutes before pulling away.
"Wakey, wakey." Montezuma said as he moved his head closer to the cage "I'm in a great mood today. So great in fact, that I don't feel like holding back as I have been."
Donna went wide-eyed as tears began to stream down her face again.
"Yes, I think today, I am really gonna go all-in on you Cortés." Montezuma started with an evil smile on his face "And maybe, if you're good, I'll sacrifice you to the Sun God today."
Donna shook her head, causing Montezuma to pull away from the cage.
"No!?" The Aztec asked, "I won't take no for an answer!"
Montezuma then pressed the hot metal rod down right next to the spot he had the previous one, causing Donna to once again cry in pain.
Hours went by and Polybius sat up in his tree watching the house. He didn't see anybody leave for work this morning, which was odd since it was a Tuesday. Not only that, but he hadn't seen any movement coming from inside the home.
As he sat in his tree, he couldn't help but pull out his cell phone. When he did, he saw that Robin had texted him.
'Polybius, where r u?' Robin texted.
'Stakeout.' Polybius replied.
'?' Robin questioned.
'I think I may have a break on the Montezuma case. I think I may have found where he lives.' Polybius texted back.
'What makes u think that?' Robin texted back.
'As I was walking around this area yesterday, I saw a guy in one of the houses that had a very uncanny resemblance to me. If what Wonder Woman said was true, then he may still look like me now.' Polybius explained over text.
'That's a bit of a stretch, don't u think?' Robin questioned.
'No.' Polybius texted back.
'Well, let us know if you find anything. I'm not going to stop u from ur work.' Robin replied.
Back at the tower, Robin looked up from his phone to see Cyborg and Beast Boy replaying that Star Quest Deluxe game. As per usual, Starfire was watching them, and cheering them on. Robin had been so thankful that they had bought two controllers so they could play together.
As Robin finished up his breakfast, he couldn't help himself and decided to join the duo with the third controller they had bought. Together, they continued to replay the game until Raven walked in.
"Has anybody seen Polybius?" Raven asked the group.
"Nope." Beast Boy responded for the group because Robin wasn't really paying attention to her "And even if he was here, he'd probably have headphones in."
"Why?" Raven asked confused.
"He doesn't like this lady's voice." Beast Boy said.
Raven thought about it for a moment. She couldn't help but find it strange considering what had happened last night.
"Nah, it wasn't the voice." Cyborg countered "It was the screen that made him sick."
That made sense to Raven. While she didn't know Polybius too well, she knew for a fact that he was an outdoorsman. It wouldn't be that far of a stretch to assume that he didn't have much experience with technology considering how much he had to be taught. He barely knew how to use the internet when they first met him.
"He's on a stakeout." Robin replied.
"He is?" Starfire asked.
"He said he thinks he's got a very good lead on Montezuma." Robin explained, "I personally think it's a bit of a stretch, but if it brings a break in this guy's case, then I'm all for it."
"What about Slade?" Starfire asked, "You haven't been as obsessive over him as you were the previous time."
The team all looked to Robin now to see what his answer was.
"Because I know we can take him down." Robin said, "We've done it before, and we can and will do it again!"
Meanwhile, hours later back at Montezuma's home, Donna had her hands tied to the ceiling. Her hair was a mess, and she was bleeding from several open wounds. Montezuma had just finished whipping her 'like the Spanish did when they made his people slaves.'
The Aztec couldn't help but smile as he put his whip down. He walked up to the helpless girl and calmly caressed her chin. Slowly lifting her face up to his. With the two being the same height, it was easy to bring her to his eye level.
"Are you having fun?" The Aztec asked with a sly grin on his face.
Donna didn't respond as she just stared at him between strands of hair, her eyelids only half-open.
"Oh now don't tell me you're getting tired!" Montezuma said, "A cold shower will wake up in a jiffy."
Walking over to the garden hose in his basement, he hooked it up to the sink that was also down there.
"You're just in luck." Montezuma said, "I've got that soap that really burns with open wounds."
Donna grounded when he said that.
"Oh come on now!" Montezuma said, "At least you're getting clean!"
After blasting her down with the garden hose and giving her a sort of shower, the Aztec then went to the lone basement window and took off the cover. He then approached her again and moved her hair out of her face.
"Would you look at that?" Montezuma said pointing to the window "Sunlight. It's been right there this whole time, and you've been so close to it. So close to your freedom. But you Spaniards, especially you Cortés, are never going to get your freedom. You don't deserve it. Not after everything you did. But look at me! I can go outside whenever!"
Back outside, Polybius was starting to wonder if he had been seeing things. There was no movement inside the home at all, all day. His mind was a fan of playing tricks on him and maybe this was just another one. Maybe he had just seen Darkbius one last time before-
Polybius was suddenly cut off of these thoughts when he saw the front door swing open. Much to his surprise, a man who looked almost exactly like him walked out of his home. The mute Titan watched as he walked around his home to his basement window and looked in. he knocked on it a few times, said some things Polybius couldn't make out. And then went back inside.
There was no way Polybius was going to walk away from this.
Once back inside his home, Montezuma began making his way towards the basement. It was getting late and the sun was going down. This was usually the time he made sacrifices and was wondering if tonight he was going to give Cortés to the Sun God.
"May I sacrifice her?" Montezuma asked in his home.
"Go ahead and prepare her." The voice of the Sun God bellowed through the home "But don't start."
"Yes!" Montezuma said happily as he quickly rushed downstairs.
Back outside, Polybius slowly climbed down the tree he had been hiding in all day. He began to ponder how exactly he was going to take down Montezuma.
He had a sneaking suspicion that, based on how Montezuma looked through that window, he wasn't alone.
In Polybius's mind, the hopes of Wonder Woman's younger sister Donna still being alive were long gone. However, Polybius did think it was possible that Montezuma may have other people in his home at this time. Whether that was another sacrifice or other New Aztecs he had been talking about was a question only time would answer.
Walking across the street and up to the property line of the home, Polybius devised a plan in his head as to how he was going to take down Montezuma. Knowing full well that his arsenal of tools he had at his disposal were not going to be enough, and firing the flare gun or explosives off in a home that small had too much of a risk of getting himself hurt as well. And knowing his other weapons would more than likely have little to no effect on the Aztec, Polybius resolved to use his powers to defeat him.
Pulling out his cell phone real quick, Polybius opened up his messenger app and texted Robin.
'I think I may have him.' Polybius texted.
'Where r u?' Robin questioned.
Polybius then texted the address to the leader while also stating that he was going to go forward with his investigation.
'We're on our way.' Robin texted back.
'Don't rush. If the past has taught us anything about Montezuma, it is that most leads are fake dead ends.' Polybius shot back before putting his phone away.
Meanwhile, back inside, Montezuma tied down Donna to the pool table and stood looking over her.
"Finally." Montezuma said, "Today is the day you shall be sent to the Sun God for your punishment!"
"Now hold up." The Sun God said real quick.
"What!?" Montezuma asked, being the only one who could hear their voice.
"There is one more thing I want you to do to her." The Sun God said quite devilishly.
Back outside, Polybius found the backyard door to be unlocked and opened. And while Polybius was technically trespassing, he had excuses he could use to avoid criminal charges.
Moving silently around the house, Polybius heard a voice come from the basement.
"It would be such a shame to send you off without spoiling you first." The unmistakable voice of Montezuma commented.
Quietly and swiftly moving through the house, Polybius quickly made his way over to the basement. And what he saw ignited a fire of rage inside him that had never burned like it was now.
Donna looked up at Montezuma in tears as he knew exactly what he was about to do. She tried to fight against her restraints, but she was too weak to. Montezuma smiled as he grabbed hold of his fully erect penis.
However, before anything could happen, Polybius sprung into action. Quickly blindsiding the man, Polybius grabbed hold of him and slammed him into the wall.
"Oof!" Montezuma said as he slammed into the wall.
Donna's eyes locked onto Polybius and Montezuma. She watched as the man dressed in black unleashed an unholy rage upon her tormentor.
After slamming him into the wall, Polybius was quick to then punch the Aztec in his face. This caused his head to get pinned between the mute's fist and the wall, cracking his skull in multiple places.
The mute Titan then grabbed Montezuma by the shoulders and threw him to the ground. Then using four of his back tentacles, Polybius unleashed began beating the man with his tentacles, hitting him harder than he ever could with his fist. After doing this for a solid thirty seconds, Polybius then took the man by the feet and threw him across the room and into the wall above the sink.
Falling into the sink, Polybius then grabbed a nearby golf club as Montezuma pulled himself out of the sink. However, while on his hands and knees, Polybius came up behind him and began beating him with the lob wedge golf club. First hitting him in the head, causing him to fall on his face, and putting his hands over his head to protect them.
After hitting Montezuma with the club a dozen times, Polybius then grabbed the man by the back of his shirt and lifted him up to his knees. Polybius then proceeded to drop the club, and punch Montezuma in the face three times.
To follow this up, Polybius then picked up the big man and threw him across the room again, this time sending him sliding down a counter that had most of the torture tools he had been using on Donna. This caused all fo the tools to fall over, some of them hurting him in the process as well. From here, he rolled over onto the ground.
Polybius then followed him as Montezuma began to crawl away. The mute was moving at a slower pace than Montezuma at first, but right before Polybius left Donna's line of sight, he sped up.
All Donna then heard was three sounds that came from Montezuma, each sound accompanied by a small blood splatter that landed on the table, but not her.
"Oof!"
"Ack!"
"Ugh!"
And then this was followed by a loud crash. Looking back over to her right, she saw that Polybius had thrown Montezuma through the nine-inch thick wall, solid concrete wall. Donna was a little shocked when she saw this.
Laying on top of the rubble was a barely alive Montezuma. His breathing was heavily labored and there was a lot of blood pouring out of his broken body.
The next thing Donna saw was a man, who looked a lot like Montezuma quickly rushed to her side. He didn't say a word as he quickly freed her. He helped her sit up and took off his jacket. He quickly wrapped it around her broken body as she brought her knees into her chest. She watched as he then pulled out a notebook, wrote something down and handed it to her.
'My name is Polybius. I am a Teen Titan and I have been working with your sister Diana to bring this guy down. You are safe now.' Is what the note read.
"S- Safe?" Donna asked, scared.
Polybius nodded.
Donna couldn't help but smile as she burst into tears. She quickly latched onto the mute Titan, embracing him in a hug. The mute Titan was quick to return this hug and as she began to ball her eyes out in relief, he pulled out his phone and began texting Robin.
'Bring clothing and med supplies. Time now!' Polybius texted Robin.
However, Robin wouldn't see this text until later as only a moment after putting his phone away, he heard Starfire call out his name.
"Polybius!?" Starfire called out.
The sound of Donna's crying lead the team to the basement, where they found her in Polybius's arms.
"Down here!" He heard Raven call-out at the top of the stairs.
Once down in the basement, the Titans saw everything. All of the torture devices scattered around the room, Polybius and Donna embracing each other, the shattered wall.
"Polybius!" Robin shouted, as the team quickly rushed into the basement "Where's Montezuma."
Polybius pointed behind him where the shattered wall was.
"But Polybius." Starfire said, "There's no one there."
Polybius then looked behind him to see that once again, there was no trace of Montezuma anywhere. This caused the mute Titan's jaw to drop as there was no way he should have been able to get up and walk away like that. He wasn't even conscious!
The mute Titan looked back at Robin and the look on his face said it all.
"I see…" Robin said.
Starfire was quick to rush to Donna's side.
"Hello!" Starfire greeted warmly "Are you in need of immediate medical assistance?"
Polybius nodded his head and answered for her, as his jacket was covering up most of her injuries.
"Then I shall fetch the first kit of aids from Cyborg's trunk!" Starfire said before quickly flying off.
"Dude." Beast Boy spoke up "What happened?"
Polybius didn't respond as he comforted the broken girl. Beast Boy, Cyborg, and Robin began looking around to piece together what had happened. Meanwhile Raven began using her powers to heal Donna.
And when Starfire returned with the medical kit from Cyborg's vehicle, the true extent of Donna's injuries were revealed.
"We need to get her back to the tower and in the medical bay." Raven quickly said after lifting up the jacket and seeing the full extent of visible damage.
"How bad is it?" Robin asked, concern high in his voice.
"BAD!" Raven replied.
"Then you, Starfire and Polybius head back to the tower. Cyborg, Beast Boy and I will stay here and see if we can find anything as to what happened to Montezuma."
Then, without another word, Raven then quickly enveloped Donna, Polybius, Starfire and herself in her dark magic and quickly teleported them to the medical bay of Titans tower. Once there, the trio got to work.
"Please don't leave." Donna begged Polybius as he tried to break away from her.
Polybius used his notebook to write down that he wasn't leaving, and that she was going to get all of the help she needed. But in order for him to help her, he needed to leave arm's reach of her.
Donna understood this and let go of the mute Titan, and the trio quickly set to work.
And now Donna has been saved! Yay!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and have a good rest of your day!