"It's time to have some fun." Ivy said with a sick smile.
October looked down and Derek who was looking up at her. Then they both looked at the large men who unlocked the cell door and walked in. Two grabbed Derek; one grabbed October and dragged them out of the cell.
October was brought to a stonewall and each hand was shackled to the wall in cuffs. Then Ivy herself placed the iron hoop around her neck.
October watch in horror while the two men who had Derek chained his hands behind his back.
"What are you doing?" October asked keeping her eyes on Derek who locked eyes with her.
Ivy smiled and walked over to October, "You see. I went to Oxford and I studied medieval history. But the things that interested me most are the torture devices. Now this one is most common. It is call the strappado. It was used to make the prisoners confess their crimes."
October watched in horror as they started suspending Derek arms. "What does have to confess?"
Ivy laughed, "My dear, he doesn't have to confess a thing, because in fact it is your fault he is here. You are the one being questioned and if like the answer. Your boyfriend will have to pay the price."
"You got to be kidding. This is uncivil." October said. Ivy motioned for her boys to raise Derek I little more. October winced when Derek did. Thou Derek was trying to keep his cool. "What do you want to know?" October asked.
Ivy looked at October with her light blue eyes and her pale skin. "October darling, I want to know were the rest of the Van Helsing family is."
October looked at the officer and then looked back to the woman. "There is none. No that I know of."
Derek was raised a little higher, this time he yelped quietly.
"That's not what I want to here. October, I know for a fact that Gabriel Van Helsing has more heirs out there somewhere. You are just one of them." Ivy said wrapping her arm around October.
October shuttered at the woman's touch. "What are you talking about? There is only me."
Derek was raised a little higher again.
"Tsk Tsk, October. I don't like liars." Ivy said with an evil grin. "What about Elizabeth Van Helsing, or Elizabeth Peters?"
"Elizabeth Peters? You're talking about my mother. She's dead." October said as she stared at the woman before her.
Ivy's goons raised Derek even higher. October watched as the officer received a punishment her didn't deserve.
"She's dead to you, October." Ivy spit out her name. "She is still alive to the world."
October just stared at Derek was stared back at her. "Who told you?" She said, as her eyes didn't move from the man in front of her.
Ivy smiled and looked at Dillon. "It is funny what a man will do to save his family from the fate that your friend here is enduring. I told him to get to know you, to know everything about you and to get every detail of you life before and after. Luckily for me, you are very vulnerable and were desperate for a friend and you told him everything. From you killing you only father, spending time in a institution, to you mother abandoning you and you were sent to only person who would take you in. William Van Helsing. He was the perfect little snitch. He even took care of William Van Helsing for me and led me to your cabin. So, where can we find your mother?"
"You said it yourself. She abandoned me. Why should I know?" October said under her breath.
Ivy looked at her men and they pull Derek a higher and every heard his shoulders come out of their socket. Derek screamed out in pain.
"LET HIM DOWN." October demanded as she watched the pain in his face. "Please let him down. You know I don't know where she is just let him down."
Ivy smiled as she watched October squirm. Then she motioned for her men to let him down. They let him down roughly and he feel to the ground and just left him there with his hands still bound.
Ivy turned back to October, her sold hands directing October face towards her. "I know you don't know where is, because in fact Dillon know exactly where she is staying. You see she came to her father's funeral. I was just messing around with you." Ivy then turned to her men. "Put them back in the cell. We are going to pay Elizabeth a visit.
"I'm so sorry." October cried once they were left alone. "This is all my fault." She said as she knelt beside him.
Derek was leaning against the wall is head resting and his eyes closed. He winced in pain and then opened his eyes and looked at the woman beside him. "I...I need you...to pop them back in." He said trying to bare the pain he was feel.
October nodded her head briskly. "Okay...I...I can do that...I think."
Derek leaned for and braced himself for what October was about to her. October took his right arm, took a deep breath, said a silent prayer and pushed it back in. Derek let out a silent scream, but October could see the pain on his face. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." She said repeatedly.
Derek looked at her with his glossy eyes. "Just do the other one." He said under his breath.
October moved around and did the same to his left arm. She took a deep breath, said another silent prayer, and push is arm back in. This time Derek yelled in pain. Then rest his head back on the wall and closed his eyes.
He sat like that for so long, October if he was still breathing. "Derek?" Then she saw him slowly open is eyes and look at her. She smiled weakly glad to know that he was still with her. She frowned when she sensed that he was angry. "I'm sorry Derek." She said as she was fighting back the tears.
He did not respond to her apology, he just looked away from her. Tear began to fall silently from her eyes and she stood up and went to the other side of the cell and sat with her back to the wall and she brought her knees up to her chest and held herself close. She could feel the cold on her bare arms, but the cold shun that she got from Derek was what really bothered her.