Chapter Four: You Lied
While on the way to Arjit, Kadaj remembered something.
"I think Rufus owes us an apology." Kadaj told his brothers
They all agreed and shifted the direction of their motorcycles towards Rufus' office. Their motorcycles rode through dust and stone.
On the entrance, they found Rude and Reno guarding the door.
"Move aside, bitch!" Kadaj ordered Reno, the red-haired guy.
"Make me." He replied proudly, twirling a lead pipe between his palms.
Asuka put together her swords and pinned Reno to the door. The blades shined furiously against the setting sun's light as if ready to cut Reno's head off at will.
"Move it or you lose you head…" Asuka threatened.
Rude tried to help Reno but Azalea strangled him with her Kougananki, making it hard for him to move. Akime, then, punched them both at the groin, making them fall and squirm like earthworms in garden soil.
They withdrew their weapons and entered. They locked the door so that no one may come in.
'Kadaj, you didn't tell me you were coming…" Rufus greeted them.
"Save it and sit your ass down." Kadaj coldly said.
Akime and Loz held on to Rufus tightly and sat him down. Both of their tight grips were enough to make him stay put.
"What do you want?" Rufus said with a sudden change of tone.
"Simply…" Kadaj said," an apology."
"Sorry…" Rufus whispered.
Kadaj approached him and slapped him on the face hard.
"First, you gave us all the wrong, then you lie to us! Do you think a simple whisper is enough!" Kadaj said in rage.
"I'M SORRY!" Rufus exclaimed, giving what Kadaj partially wants.
"Now, you have to tell us how to revive okasan, when to do it and what more do we need." Kadaj said, closely to Rufus' face.
"No, I won't." Rufus said, gathering up all his courage.
"YOU WON'T!" Kadaj said, exploding and pointing his sword to Rufus neck.
"Kadaj, don't." Asuka said as she put down his sword slowly," He knows something. Flush it out of him but don't kill him."
Kadaj gave an evil smirk.
"I'll just torture him…" he whispered in her ear.
He got a Swiss knife out of his pocket and pulled out the sharpest blade. He approached Rufus who was still struggling and building up tension. Kadaj got Rufus' wrist and pointed the blade under his thumbnail.
"Now I ask you again, how, when and what?" he said.
"No, I won't…" he said.
Kadaj pushed the blade under his nail. Fresh blood gushed out from his finger. Rufus bit his lower lip to prevent himself from screaming in pain. Kadaj shifted the blade to the index finger. Rufus whined a little bit.
"Scared, Rufus? Don't torture yourself and tell us what we need to know." Kadaj said.
"You guys are evil! You'll never revive your mother!" he defended himself verbally.
'We're not evil! We're only misunderstood…" Asuka said with her signature smirk," Now, tell my brother what he needs to know or I'll kill you myself."
"The answer is still no…" Rufus bravely said.
"Kadaj, you better go on with what you're doing…" Asuka said as she tapped him encouragingly on the shoulder.
Immediately, Kadaj pushed the blade deep under Rufus' finger.
"Alright! Alright! I'll tell…" Rufus surrendered to the pain.
"Okay then… no more lies!" Kadaj cautioned him while putting back the blood-stained Swiss knife in his pocket.
"You have to gather all the children with Geostigma, wait for the eclipse and all the children must be at Jenova's memorial. The six children must be at the top of the memorial. Once the eclipse completes itself, you have to chant 'Viva Mater Jenova'." Rufus said between breaths.
"See? That wasn't so hard…" Kadaj said sarcastically," Loz, put him to sleep."
Loz stood in front of Rufus and punched him so hard that he fell unconscious.
On the motorcycle ride home, Asuka started talking to Kadaj.
"I like how you deal with people… You never take no for an answer." Asuka said.
"Really? I guess it runs in the family… you know… to be ruthless and merciless…" Kadaj said.
"I guess you're right." Asuka assumed.
It was already evening when they arrived in Arjit. They got off the motorcycles and entered the gloomy, abandoned building that they call home. Kadaj opened the door and let them in.
"Wow… what a big place…" Azalea gawped.
Asuka hit her hard behind the head.
"You're making me look stupid!" Asuka screamed.
"Sorry sis…" Azalea said, she turned to the guys," So, where do we stay?"