Chapter 12
LIAN YU (Above Fyers camp)
"This better be good." Ivo said.
"Not sure good is the word sir, but I know you would want to see this in person." Ryan said.
"We need to keep it down here and be careful. We are almost there." Mitchell said.
Ivo and the men who came with Ivo started to climb a small hill. "It's just over this hill." Ryan said.
As they reached the top, Ivo looked over the rocks and saw a camp base below the ridge. "What the hell?" Ivo asked. Ivo grabbed his binoculars and saw there was more of the men who were dressed in combat gear that were wearing ski masks. On one side he could see jeeps coming into the camp and leaving. As Ivo kept looking he could see there was multiple tents set up along side of the trees. Along the walking path, Ivo could see a large tent that was set up with a satellite dish on the side. Along the other side of the large tent, Ivo could see what looks like cages sitting on a long piece of wood. Inside he could see that many of the cages had someone in there. Ivo also noticed there were a lot of metal containers which he guessed is where they kept the guns and other weapons.
"Shit, looks like they got an army down there." William said.
"Vance and Jeremy, watch our right. Ryan and Mitchell, keep an eye out on the left. William, Dylan and Kurt, keep an eye out behind us. We do not want anyone walking up on us." The Butcher said.
"I wonder how long they have been here?" Dylan asked.
"For sometime I guess. This kind of operation takes time to set up. Also I did not see any boats or ships. So they had been here for sometime." Ivo responded.
"Should we get out of here and just leave?" Kurt asked.
"No, not till we find what we are looking for. Besides, I see that they already have some more test subjects all ready for me to take." Ivo said.
"Wonder how many there are?" The Butcher asked.
Ivo looked down at the compound, trying to get an idea how many men there were. "Damn it, with all of them dress the same, I cannot tell how many there are. At the most I have at least seen about 15. But that does not count how many on patrol and if there is anymore down there."
"15 we can handle, but like you said we really do not know." The Butcher said. "We can go out and see if we can find some more of them on patrol..."
"Look!" Vance said, one of Ivo men called out.
Ivo raised his binoculars and saw 4 men were carrying someone by their arms. "Shit, it's Andrew." Ivo lower his binoculars down and turned around to lean back against the tree. "They have to be here for the Mirakura. We cannot let them get their hands on it."
The Butcher looked down at Ivo, "And what if they already have it?"
Ivo leaned up and looked down at the camp. "No. No, I do not think so. They look like they are planning on being here for a while. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Dylan asked.
"Unless they did find it and there is something else on the island they are looking for." Ivo replied.
"Then we will just have to take that from them also. Besides, I see a lot of nice toys that is calling my name." The Butcher started to give a little laugh.
Ivo gave a smile as the other men laughed along with the Butcher. "True, that is a lot of hardware down there. Hmm, for that much firepower they are here for something else."
"Are you sure?" The Butcher asked.
"Hey boss, look." Dylan said.
Ivo raised his binoculars back up and looked down at the camp. Ivo could see Andrew below on his knees with the two guards on each side of him watching over him. Then he saw a man walking out of the large tent. This person was dressed different from the rest, he was not dressed like the others and also he was not wearing a ski mask to hide his face. Ivo could tell this person was different from the rest by the way he stood and carried himself. "This one must be in charge."
FYERS CAMP
Edward Fyers came out of his tent and saw a man wearing a dirty shirt and pants with blood running down the side of his head and he saw he had been shot in the shoulder. "Hello there, my name is Edward Fyers and who you might be?"
Andrew lifted his head and wiped the blood and sweat from his eyes with his sleeve from his shirt. "Is that name supposed to mean something?" Before Andrew knew what happened, he felt the end of the gun hitting him in his upper part of his back. Andrew fell forward and let out a cry. The two guards reached down and grabbed the back of Andrew head and pulled him back up by his hair. Andrew started to take deep breaths. As Andrew struggle more, the harder the guards tighten their grip on him.
"Now, I was nice enough to tell you my name, you my friend can at least be nice enough to tell me your name." Fyers said.
Andrew just stares at Fyers and gave a little smile. "Fuck you. That is my name. Fuck. You." Andrew replied back.
Fyers started to laugh, "Fuck you. hahaha." Andrew then heard the two guards started to laugh with Fyers. Fyers leaned down toward Andrew's face. "Oh Mr. Fuck you, you really do not know how fuck you are." Fyers rose up and looked at his men. "Cut one of his fingers off."
"Which one sir?" one of the guards asked.
Fyers looked at Andrew for a moment then looked up at his men. "You pick." Fyers said.
The guard on the left looked at the other guard. "Cut his middle finger off since his name is Fuck you."
Fyers started to laugh. "I like the way you think."
Andrew tried to rise to his feet to get away but the men held him to the ground on his knees. As one of the guards put the end of his gun in Andrew face, Andrew could see the inside of the barrel of the gun that was pointing at him.
"I suggest you stop struggling or there is going to be a hole in your head," the guard said as he held Andrew's head back. Andrew still could feel the guard holding him by his hair.
The other guard grabbed his hand and lifted it up in the air. Andrew cut his eyes to the side away from the barrow of the gun and saw the guard pulled a knife out. The guard grabbed Andrew's middle finger and held it up. Before Andrew knew what happened, he saw the blade of the knife cutting through his finger. He let out a yell with tears of pain coming out of his eyes. His eyes widen as he saw blood was coming out of his finger that was cut off. "YOU SON OF A BITCH, I'LL KILL YOU! I will kill you." Andrew yelled.
Fyers looked down at Andrew, "My name is Mr. Fyers to you and it is you who is my bitch." Fyers leaned over and picked Andrew's finger up and looked at it. Fyers looked at Andrew again and smiled. "Do you want this back?" he asked.
Andrew still feeling the pain started to breathe heavily looking at Fyers, he said "I am going to make you eat that before I am finished."
Fyers looked at Andrew, "Why... that is a great idea. I just give this back to you." Fyers reached over and started to squeeze Andrew's mouth forcing him to open. Fyers took the cut off finger and shoved it in Andrew mouth as far back as it would go and then held his mouth shut. Andrew tried to struggle free and open his mouth to spit out his finger. "No, Mr. Fuck you. This belongs to you. So it was only fair that I returned it to you." Within a few minutes, Fyers could tell that Andrew had swallowed his own finger. Fyers let go of Andrew and step back. Fyers motioned his hand letting the guards know to let him go.
Andrew leaned over and grabbed his hand trying to put pressure on his finger, hoping the pain will go away. "Going to kill you..." Andrew said.
Fyers stood there a moment to let Andrew settle down. "Now, shall we try this again? What is your name?"
"My name... my name is the one who is going to kill you when I engrave my name on your dead body. Then you will know." Andrew said.
"Okay, why are you here?" Andrew rolled his eyes up and looked at Fyers.
"Picking up flowers for your mom." Andrew said.
"I see. Okay, I know you were here with one person and we have lost contact with another patrol. Now the patrol could be explained for another reason. But we will get to that one in a moment. So my question is, how many are there of you and how did you get here?"
"Me and my buds rode your mom's fat ass all the way here." Andrew said.
"Okay how about this," Fyers held up a photo in front of Andrew's face, "Do you know this man?" Fyers looked at him for a moment. "His name is Yao Fei. Do you know where he is?" Andrew looked at the photo then at Fyers. "I see, you do not know him, but..." Fyers looked at his men. "...he is still not talking. You know where to take him."
The guards grabbed Andrew by his arms and started to drag him backwards. "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! YOU HEAR ME, GOING TO KILL YOU!" Andrew yelled.
Fyers stood there looking at Andrew as he stared at him till he was taken inside a tent.
ABOVE FYERS CAMP
"Fuck, this guy is crazier than you and me? They are dragging him off into a tent." The Butcher said.
"What is going on?" William asked.
The Butcher looked down at his men, "They cut his finger off and made him swallow it."
The men had the look of disgust and could not say anything. Slowly they looked toward Ivo.
"Yes, it seems this one is going to be a problem. It is a shame we could not hear what they was talking about." Ivo said.
Within a few minutes they could hear Andrew screaming. "Damn, what are they doing to him?" Jeremy asked.
"From what we just saw, there is no telling what they are doing to him." Ivo said.
"I wonder if they are going to make him eat his own..." Kurt started to say.
"Damn Kurt, that is sick." Dylan replied.
The other men gritted their teeth and squeezed their legs together tight. They could not help, but see that image in their head. "That is messed up." Ryan said.
Ivo gave out a little laugh, "I do not think they will do that. If they do that, he will bleed out and die fast. They are going to keep him alive till he gives them what they want."
"What is that?" the Butcher asked.
Ivo looked up at the Butcher, "Answers. Surely that will be the only reason to keep him alive."
Again they could hear Andrew scream. Then they heard his cries soften to no sound at all.
"Oh shit, they just killed him." William said.
"No...no, no. They did not kill him. He's just passed out." Ivo said.
"How do you know?" Mitchell asked.
Ivo looked down toward him, "Because I know about pain too."
FYERS CAMP
Fyers walked back into his tent and sat at a table he was using as his desk. As he looked at the maps and few sheets of paper with numbers on there, he could hear Andrew being torture then he heard nothing. He leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms and smile.
Billy took a cloth and wiped the blood off his hands as he stared at Andrew hanging there with his hands above his head tied up. "Hey. Not yet. I am not finished with you." Billy said. Billy started to slap Andrew on the side of his face, trying to bring him around.
Andrew opened his eyes and saw the man in front of him wearing a mask that was black on one side and the other was orange. "Please, no more. Stop." Andrew lowered his head and started to cry. "Please, please just kill me now."
The masked man walked up to Andrew and grabbed his jaw. "Then answer the damn questions."
Andrew started to cough up blood in his mouth and spit it out. "My name is Andrew. I am part of a crew that came on a ship called Amazo." Andrew started to cry some more and try to hold back his tears. Again he started to cough and blew out his through his nose to get rid of the snot that was building up. "I have no idea who that man is on the photo."
Billy grabbed his knife and started to slowly push in on Andrew side where his ribs were located at. Andrew tried not to scream, but the pain was too much. "Why are you here?" Billy asked.
"We are looking for some kind of steroid call Mirakura. I have no idea why he is looking for it. I just know he has killed anyone who has gotten in his way."
Billy pushed the knife in a little harder, "And who is this?" Andrew gritted his teeth and Billy again pushed in with his knife.
Andrew let out a scream. "Okay!" Andrew yelled. "His name is Ivo, Dr. Ivo. He is some kind of scientist."
"One last question, how many are there of you?" Billy asked.
"There are about 20 of us on the island and another 12 on our ship. Please, you got to believe me." Billy pushed on the knife more. "Arrrgh, it is the truth." Andrew cried out.
Billy leaned in toward Andrew's face, "I do. I really do believe that you are telling the truth." Billy tilted his knife up and pushed up hard. Andrew's eyes widen as he felt the blade gone deep inside of him. Andrew felt his body started to shake while he tried to breathe. Then Andrew felt the blade turning inside his body as Billy twisted the knife.
Billy looked into Andrew's eyes and watched as the life slowly left him. In a few moments, Andrew was dead. Billy pulled his knife out and wiped the blade on Andrew torn and bloody shirt. Billy stood there looking at Andrew's body as it hung. Billy leaned in closer to Andrew and stared into Andrew's open eyes. "I see your soul leaving Andrew. Tell me, what do you see? Is there darkness or is there fire?" Billy stood there still looking deep into Andrew's eyes some more. Billy took his knife and placed the blade underneath Andrew eye and cut it out. Billy held Andrew's eye up and looked. "I see darkness in you Andrew. Will your other eye see the same thing?'" Billy laid Andrew's eye on the table and then cut his other eye out. Billy held the other eye up. "Darkness. That is what you are seeing Andrew. Darkness." Billy laid the other eye down beside the other one then he placed his hands over Andrew's eyelids. "Sorry, but you cannot see the light no more." Billy lowered his hand down to close Andrew's eyelids. Then a few moments later Billy walked out of the tent and headed toward Fyers tent.
ABOVE FYERS CAMP
"Let's go. We are in no position to take them on now. We will be cut down." Ivo said.
"Our only chance is to take them out as they go on patrol." Butcher said. "It is getting dark. We need to head back to beach. We do not need to be caught in this at night."
"Thinking the same thing. Let's go." Ivo said. Ivo and his men quickly crawled away keeping low so they would not be seen.
"What about Andrew?" Dylan asked.
"It is too late for Andrew; he will be dead before we can do anything." Ivo said. "Now we need to get out of here before we are spotted." Ivo and the rest quickly continue move away from Fyers camp sight.
A few hours later, Ivo and his men walked up the beach where they had left their boats and saw Steve, Tony and Clint, three of his men standing guard. "What is going on?" Steve asked.
"Mack is dead and pretty much so is Andrew." Ivo said.
"No way." Clint said. "How did those three end up killing them?"
"It was not Sarah or that Queen boy and his whore. We have company on this island."
"Where are the rest of the men?" The Butcher asked.
"Ross and Corwin are with the boats. Jim and the rest have not reported back in yet." Tony said. "Should I contact them?"
"No, not yet. We got to be careful. We are heading back to the boat. Clint, you, Steve, and Tony stay here and wait for the others. But stay out of site. We will be taking all of the boats back to the ship and will be back in the morning. If anything happens, be sure to fire this in the air if it is not safe." Ivo handed Clint a flare gun.
"Yes sir." Clint said.
"Butcher, get your men in the boat. We are heading out now." Ivo said.
"You heard the man, let's go. Now!" Butcher snapped.
Twenty minutes later, Ivo and the crew were on their way back to the Amazo. "When we get back to Amazo, take the ship ten miles out. That should be enough to get there and back in the boats." Ivo said.
"You got it." The Butcher replied.
"Oh Captain?" Ivo asked. The Butcher looked over to Ivo, "Make sure the boats are filled up with gas before we leave tomorrow morning."
The Butcher started to laugh, "I guess that would be smart or we just might get stranded there. But I was thinking, what if this stuff you are looking for is not on this island?"
"I guess after we see who wants to join us and who I will keep to help me out with my experiment and kill every one that is no use; we will go and search the next island. Just look at it this way, this one is the largest. Once we finish here, the others will take no time. However, I have a feeling this is the right place." Ivo said.
Moments later the boats pulled up to side of the Amazo. Ivo could hear the men above moving around and someone yelling out orders. Ivo watched as the chains from the crane were being lowered down toward them.
William and Kurt grabbed the end of the chains that were attached to all four sides of the boat. A few minutes later, Ivo started to feel the boat being lifted out of the water. Ivo looked over to the side and saw the other boats being secure along the side the Amazo and some of the men had started to climb up the ladder that was lowered for them. When Ivo's boat had reached the top, the men on top of the deck had started to secure Ivo's boat. Ivo and the Butcher stepped off the boat.
The Butcher left Ivo and started toward the bridge. Ivo walked across the main deck and went down to the hull. Ivo open the door and walked down a few steps and looked. "I see everything is in order down here." Ivo walked down and sat at his work place. "So Peter, how are we doing?"
Peter lifted his eyes and looked at Ivo through the bars of his cage. "How do you think I am doing? You are poisoning me with radiation. You are killing me."
Ivo walked over to Peter, "The essence of heroism is to die so that others can live Peter. What we are doing here will benefit mankind in the future. Besides, when we find the Mirakura, I have a feeling this will help you or kill you."
"Have faith Peter, God is with us and He is with you, " another prisoner said.
Ivo looked over to the second cage, "Reverend Thomas Flynn, it is funny that you should say that because there is no god, there is only me."
Thomas reached up and took his glasses off and started to wipe them clean with his shirt. Thomas gave a little laugh, "There is going to be a special place for you in hell doctor. When you asked me to come aboard your ship to give the last rights to a supposed dying crewman, I believe God put me here for your last rights." Thomas put his glasses back on and looked at Ivo.
"You keep thinking that reverend, just keep thinking that." Ivo looked at Thomas and saw him pinch off some the bread and started to feed it to a mouse.
"You're feeding that damn mouse again? You should kill it and eat," another prisoner said.
"Mr. Hendrick, how are you doing? So, he should eat the mouse?'" Ivo asked.
Hendrick grabbed the bars and leaned forward and pressed his face against the bars, "A lot better when I get free and break your fucking neck and after I kill him, I will eat his damn pet mouse for the hell of it." Hendrick said.
"Really Hendrick, you should calm down." Ivo said.
Thomas reached over and picked the mouse up in his hand and fed it a few more crumbs. "I am not going to kill this mouse; he is trapped here just as much as we are. Besides, I never had a chance to have a pet. I think I am going to name him Abraham."
"You're a fool then preacher." Hendrick said. "And that hell you spoke of, we are already in hell."
Ivo walked over to another cage, "And you Anatoly Knyazev, how is the bullet wound?"
Anatoly lifted his head, "I am still alive. Take a lot more than a bullet to the gut to kill me."
"That is very good, that means you and many others here will have a chance to survive." Ivo said.
"HAHAHA!" a man started to laugh.
Ivo turned and looked at the man. "What is so funny Christopher?" Ivo walked over to his cage and looked down at him.
"You shoot him and few others to see if they are strong enough to survive. You poison that guy..." Christopher raised his hand and pointed at Peter,"...to see what ever you are looking for will cure him of cancer. Me, you take me and give me shock treatments to see how much I can take then compare the results later on. How many of us have died so far?" Christopher asked.
Ivo looked at Christopher, "Chris, sometimes we must do things that we regret to be able to move forward."
"Forward, to what Ivo?" Anatoly asked.
"To the future Mr. Knyazev, to the future." Ivo said as he walked back to his work area. "Each of you here will play an important part. You all should feel honored that you have been chosen for this wonderful quest. If any of you think there have not been any sacrifices in the human history to help us move forward, you are fooling yourselves. Everyday man has tried to find a way to better themselves and live longer. Just think, hundreds of years ago, they thought if you reached the age of 40 you were old and many people did not live past the age of 50. Now, today we have people reaching a 100 or more. But their bodies are fragile, weak and torn. Just think, living to an age of 100 and still go out and run, jump, play games and still be healthy and strong. Each one of you has survived. Only those who are strong enough can only survive the Mirakura. The 14 of you will be the first and history will remember you and those who did not make it as heroes of the human race."
"You are completely mad." Hendrick said.
"Men with great vision and destiny have been called mad before, but Mr. Hendrick; those are the ones who have advanced the human race and will also be the ones to keep going." Ivo said. "And to answer your question of how many had died, I lost count. But fear not. Pretty soon you all will have more company." Ivo turned and walked up the stairs and out the hull door.
FYERS CAMP
The next day Fyers walked out of his tent and called all of his team leaders. "Men, it seems we have visitors on this island. They have already killed a few of us already. They have a ship somewhere off the shore of the island. This is what you are being paid for. Protect this camp and to make sure our mission is a success. Increase patrols and be sure to check the shore line for that ship. There is only a hand full of them. We now have these pirates and Yao Fe to find. An extra one thousand for each man they bring back dead and a half a million for the one who brings back Yao Fe alive." Fyers watched the team leaders split off heading toward their group. "Billy. I take it that you have had no luck in finding your partner."
"I have been going out and searched for him. I figure he would have shown up at the site." Billy said.
"He knows better than to show up there. Your partner would know you would look for him there." Ivo said.
"I will find him and we will find Yao Fe too." Billy said.
"I know you will. By the way, how is our guest doing?" Fyers asked.
"She is alive for now." Billy said. Billy looked around the camp area and then looked at Fyers. "For how long, that depends. Besides, I know a lot of the men would love to get a hold of her."
"Well, I hope the example you made of the last three men who attack her had changed their minds. She is not to be harmed or touched by no one but by me. I can't do what I need to if she is hurt." Fyers said.
"And when we are finished with her?" Billy asked
Fyers started to walk off to his tent, "I will leave that up to you." Fyers said.
LIAN YU BEACH
As Ivo and the crew of the Amazo landed on the beach, Ivo and The Butcher climbed out of the boat. Ivo turned and looked at the men who were driving the boat, "Go back and get the rest." Ivo and the Butcher watched as the boats had started back to the Amazo. "Let's go Butcher; we got some work to do." The Butcher gave a smile and started to shake his head and they started to walk toward Toney. "Toney, have the rest returned yet?" Ivo asked.
"Yes sir. They are over that ridge keeping an eye out and Clint and Steve is down that path also keeping a watch. Those are the only two ways to get here." Toney said.
"The butcher grabbed a few men and had them go to relieve them so they can come back and rest." Ivo said. The Butcher nodded his head and left Ivo and Toney.
"I see you brought more men this time." Toney said.
"Yes, I have left three men on the ship. As soon as the other men return with everyone else, they heard head out to sea five miles from shore. I do not want to take a chance of losing our transportation." Ivo said.
"You got it." Toney replied.
"Good, now we have to start planning..." Before Ivo could finish what he was saying the sound of guns and explosions started going on in the background.
Toney looked down the path, "That is coming from where Clint and Steve aare located at."
"Butcher, quickly, take some men and go!" Ivo yelled.
The Butcher pointed at William, Kurt and Ryan to follow him. Quickly they ran down the path fast as they could. As they got closer, they could hear the gun fire was louder. The Butcher gave the motion for everyone to get low. The Butcher looked over some rocks and saw at least 6 of the guards from the camp firing at a cliff where he saw Clint and Steve was at. "They are not going to last to much longer if they keep firing at them. Their cover is getting blasted away piece by piece. Ryan and Kurt, go around behind them. When you see me wave, open fire."
"I get it; we are going to catch them in crossfire." William said.
On top of the cliff Steve kept peeking around the rock every time the firing slowed down and fired at the men. As Steve fired at the guards below, he saw the Butcher to the side of the path. "Hey Clint, we got back up. Be ready." Steve said.
"Sure, why not. I had nothing else to do today." Clint replied.
Within moments, Ryan and Kurt were in position. The Butcher stood up with his gun pointing at the guards and started to wave his hand. The Butcher and William started to fire at the guards. Two of the guards fell quickly. As they turned and faced toward the Butcher and William, Ryan and Kurt rose up and also started to fire. The guards quickly formed a circle and started to fire in all directions. Steve and Clint stood up and also started to fire down at the guards. Before William knew what happened, he could feel a pain in his head and then fell to ground dead. Within a few minutes, all the guards were on the ground dead.
"William did not make it. As soon as Steve and Clint get down here, quickly grab what we can use and let's get these bodies out of site." The Butcher said.
Within a few moment's Steve and Clint came running up to the Butcher. "Oh shit, is that William?" Clint asked.
"It is, but we have no time now. Steve, help Ryan and Kurt. Clint, help me with William." The Butcher order.
Ryan and Kurt started to search the dead guards and started to remove anything they thought could be useful. As they got finish with the guards, Steve and Clint grabbed the first guard and started to drag him away. "WAIT!" Everyone looked up and saw Ivo and with a few of the men behind him. "Take their uniforms off and leave William where he is. I have an idea."
