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Here is chapter 4…enjoy

Needles and Salt

'Where am I?' Ray thought as he started to gain consciousness once more. 'I can't move. Where am I?' His head throbbed and his back tinge. His navel burned and his throat sore.

Then, everything that happened yesterday came crawling back to him. 'MARIAH!!!' Tried to get up but found out he couldn't. He's bound to a table.

'Wait a minute…' Ray thought '…I wasn't bound to a table before'

He tried once more to get up only to regret it as a sharp pain shot through his entire system from his wrists and ankles. The neko jin hissed and looked up to see the source of his pain.

He was tied to a large table that stood vertically so he faces the wall instead of the ceiling. His hands and feet are bound far apart into an eagle position. The reason for his pain was due to the fact that he's bound not by chains, not by ropes but by VERY, VERY THICK AND SHARP BARB WIRES!!!

'What the hell!!!' He thought. Then, he heard some footsteps and in came his kidnapper with a box wrapped around one arm and lighter on the other.

"You awake?" Bryan asked with a grin as he walked up to the tied up neko jin.

"Bastard!!! What did you do to Mariah?!!!" Ray exclaimed, anger taking over his system.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk… Ray, you should know when to keep your mouth shut. As for Mariah, I released her when you were unconscious" Bryan replied, taking a seat in front of his raven haired captive.

"Why do I get the feeling that you're not telling the whole story?" Ray said suspiciously. Bryan grinned at this.

"Yeah, I'm not…I dumped her in the dumpster a few yards from here"

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!!" Ray tried to charge at the man in front of him but it was a mistake as the barb wires cut his skin and forced him to slam back-flat into the table. He closed his eyes tightly and gritted his teeth, trying to bear the pain.

"Hmph, that's what you get for being hotheaded, neko jin" Bryan smirked as he opened the box. Ray's eyes widened at the content—needles—thousands of them, maybe even millions.

"You know, I just noticed when I was trying you up to that table…" Bryan started as he heated each needles with the lighter "…your muscles are bigger than mine…their more toned than mine…and their more obvious than mine…" he continued as he took one heated needled and inspected it "…so…I decided to carve out those muscles of yours by outlining them with…" Then, Bryan slowly pressed one heated needle into the top middle of Ray's chest "…Needles".

Ray gasped and arched his back as pain surged through his system. He can't scream and the only thing he can do is gasp and draw short breaths. He can only watch as Bryan continued outlining his body with needles.

Bryan, although no screams can be heard, is more than pleasured by his prey's reaction. The gasps for air, the arching of the back, the widened, horrified eyes…all of those, so beautiful to see. He continued outlining his prey's body, the chest, the lines created by the biceps, in between the abdominal muscles and the muscle lines on the hips and legs. All needles were pressed harshly, but slowly (and agonizingly) into the spot.

After all the needles have been placed, Ray released a breath he didn't know he held for so long. He looked down on his body and his eyes widened in horror at the sight. Every muscle in his whole nervous system was outlined by the red hot needles. He could feel the hot steel burn his physique, he could feel the sharp points of the needle tear his flesh. He can't breathe properly for if he did, the skin would expand and pull on the needles that are in place.

Bryan took in the sight of his horrified captive. A grin made its way to his lips as he took note of Ray's wide eyes and mouth. It seems as if the neko jin had gone mute as he stared in horror of his outlined body. The sadist looked at his prey as it continuously inspect its whole body with terrified and horrified eyes. The neko jin looked at his arms—it was outlined with needles. Legs—outlined with the identical, red hot needles. Abdomen—it probably harbors the most needles as each of the six abdominal muscles have needles surrounding it.

Blood started to ooze slowly out of the pierced areas and Bryan decided its time for the next phase. He crouched down from his seat and looked inside the box he carried with him.

"Now where did I put that salt?" Bryan asked to no one in particular. It was just a way to startle Ray and it worked.

"S-s-salt?" Ray asked nervously looking at the white haired man with wide eyes. Bryan just grinned and took out a bucket of salt from the box. After letting Ray see it, he slowly and painfully removed each needle he put in place while savoring the reaction he got from the tied up figure.

The raven haired neko jin gasped once more and his reaction to when he was being stabbed with the same needles that are being removed now has returned: Gasping for air, Widened eyes and mouth, curling of fists and feet and of course, the arching of the back. His tears flowed freely down his cheeks once more.

After all the needles have been removed, Ray gave out a small sigh of relief but it was short lived as Bryan poured the bucket of salt over his wounds.

The young, neko jin's scream echoed throughout the whole ware house. A scream of pain, a scream of agony, a scream for mercy. But he'll get no mercy here and he'll get no help either. His only hope is that Mariah would…

Mariah opened her eyes with a jolt as the last pieces of her nightmare fade into the distance.

She just had a terrible nightmare. She had a nightmare about Ray and her being kidnapped by Bryan. And then Bryan mercilessly torturing her beloved slowly and painfully. That last things she saw were Bryan needling Ray's body and pouring a bucket of salt over him. Good thing it was just a dream, even though it felt so real.

With a sigh, the pink haired neko jin stood up but hit a metallic object instead. She also noticed the horrible odor of the room she's in.

'Where am I?' she asked herself as she looked around. It's dark and smelly not to mention cramped. This isn't her room. Then it hit her.

The kidnapping. The torturing. Whips. Knives. Fire. Needles. Salt. Everything in her so-called dream wasn't a figment of imagination…it was real. It happened and right now, its probably continuing.

Using the strength she have at the moment, she pushed the metallic thing the her head hit a few moments ago and confirmed her suspicion…she's in a dumpster. The worst part is she doesn't know where.

Groans escaped his lips. Heavy, pained groans. He can't move…he doesn't want to move. Bryan has removed him from the table and placed him in a spot in the warehouse where the floor is littered with shards of glass and salt. He was laid there back-flat onto the objects. The salt burned his whip wounds and the shards of glass tore his skin.

There are no binds this time because Bryan knows Ray would be unable to walk. After all, just a few moments ago, while Ray was still tied to the table, he repeatedly hammered the neko jin's left leg until the bones cracked and broke. In fact, it was so broken that a segment of bone that connects the leg to the knee, tore off ray's skin and exposed itself to the outside. The screams that came from his prey were the most melodious so far.

The white-haired sadist looked at his naked prisoner. The boxers are nowhere insight now that he tore it off and the bare naked form of the once proud whit tiger now lay sprawled on a salty ground in an eagle form. He covered the front body with salt as well so the wounds would burn. Bryan also noticed that the poor boy's eyes have become lazy and is now half lidded. The golden orbs lost its shine. The long black hair that was usually in a neat and tidy pony tail is now loose and also sprawled here and there.

All in all, it was a sight that spells paradise for the sadist. But it spells hell for the poor victim.

Ray looked at Bryan who is now eating a steaming bowl of noodles with half lidded eyes. Every breath he took causes salt to rub over his wounds. The most painful so far was his leg wound. The bone was dislocated and broken and salt made it burn. He screamed and struggled for a few moments when Bryan was laying him down but soon realized it was futile and only made his wounds more painful. Also, the fact that he hasn't eaten anything has taken their toll on him.

His train of thoughts were interrupted by Bryan walking up to him.

"How's it going, Ray?" Bryan asked with a sadistic grin on his face.

"Bastard" was all Ray could say at the moment.

"Oh, stubborn aren't we? We can fix that" Bryan said

Ray's eyes widened as Bryan took off his clothes and…

To be continued

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