Note: Contains violence, strong language and scenes readers may find upsetting.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Blood Sport
After about half an hour had past, Diablo and his followers had had their way with four of the five captives.
All of them were covered in bruises, electrical burns and cuts and Diablo had used his talons to write slurs on their skin, ranging from 'Sick Pervert' 'Racist Pig' 'Dirty Bigot' and 'Disgusting Nazi'.
"I think that's enough to sink the message in." Diablo suggested to the others who backed off from the individual they were torturing.
Lamia placed her gloves back on her hands.
"Can't tell you how good that made me feel." She smirked.
"Likewise!" Chastity said, her talons were bloodied up from when she had helped Diablo carve the words into the skins of the men.
"They reap what they sow, and karma has come for them!" Samson spoke.
"I fought to protect America for these bastards?" Rex demanded.
"And they give me grief because of who and what I am!" Seth spat, then looked up at Lilith who had turned to face the group, and she frowned at the men then turned away to continue her look out.
"A right mess, but a work of art if I may say so myself." The Raven chuckled as he looked at the four men still hanging from their bounds, and he looked at the fifth man, the youngest one he left for Regan.
"You monster!" the young man said, he was sweating and shivering with fear as he looked at his father and comrades.
"How could you?" he asked "Why?"
"Plain and simple!" Diablo growled walking over to the younger man and grabbing his chin making him look at him "You're all sinners of the worst kind! Racists! Homophobes! Neo Nazi's! Persecuting and bullying people for just being who they are! And we're here to give you a taste of what you deserve!"
"You were never people of God!" Chastity joined in "And you're going to suffer the consequences!"
"And like your father and comrades before you, you're gonna get the same treatment!" Diablo hissed "But I saved you for last as a couple of my youngest Disciples want to play with you!"
He smirked and turned to Regan who walked over with Aurora and the Vampire Bat bared her fangs.
"I've been looking forward to this!" she licked her lips.
Diablo then took out a knife and the young man gasped in fear.
"What...what are you...?" he asked in terror, but he gasped as Diablo put his cords and he fell forward on his front.
Diablo looked over at Regan and Aurora.
"He's all yours girls." He said, "Do what you wish with him!"
Regan smirked and hopped over to the young man before grabbing him and dragging him off.
"No!"
Diablo turned around to see the father of the young man looking up and spitting up blood "No! Not my son! leave him alone!"
Diablo slapped the man slicing his cheeks with his claws.
"Shut up!" he snapped "You got no rights here! No say in what happens! You deserve what is happening to you and your bastard of a son!" he looked over to see Regan had opened her wings and was flying into the woods with her prisoner, Aurora running behind.
"This will be interesting!" he smirked.
Meanwhile Regan had flown with her prisoner into the woods, and she dropped him onto the ground.
As she did, the man plummeted a few feet before landing on the ground and a crunch was heard before he screamed in agony.
"My ankle!" he roared then looked up to see Regan opening her wings and snarling before pouncing on him.
Aurora wasn't far behind as she watched Regan crouch over her victim and use her sharp nails to scratch at his skin.
The man screamed as he was attacked, and he tried to get away, but Regan pulled him back.
"I'm not done with you yet!" she hissed then before he could try and escape again, she clamped her teeth on his shoulder and bit him!
The man screamed in agony as Regan held on tightly with her teeth then she let go and kicked him forward making him fall flat on his face in the dirt.
Aurora watched as the man pulled himself up and analysed his wounds before turning to Regan who stood there with her mouth bloody and staring down at him.
"This is the part where you run!" she growled "Run little boy!"
The young man panted in fear then tried to stand, yet his right ankle was sprained from where he had landed.
"Come on!" Regan goaded "Make it fun for me and my friend!"
The man tried to stand but again he stumbled yet he kept trying, anything he could do to get away from the blood thirsty vampire bat mutant.
Aurora walked over to Regan who smirked at her.
"Once this bastard has gotten a few feet away, then we can play!" she chuckled, she looked down at the man who managed to get to his feet and started to hobble off into the woods.
"We'll give you a twenty second head start!" Regan called to him and the man shook his head before hobbling away, using the trees as support as he hopped.
"What's the name of the game Regan?" Pandora asked to which the Vampire bat mutant chuckled.
"I do this a lot with my victims." She explained "After I've taken a bit and roughed them up a bit, I give them a chance to run, then I stalk them then do what I wish!" she licked her bloodied lips "And before you ask, I don't lose them because I can smell their blood a mile away, as well as hear where they are!" she pointed to her ears.
Aurora looked at where the man was running, and despite the fact it was dark and they were losing sight of him, she could hear almost like in a quiet room where he was and if she were to close her eyes, she would still be able to catch him, because of how well she focused on the sounds."
"I see, or rather hear what you mean!" she said, "I too can hear him, despite how far he's trying to escape."
Regan turned to Aurora.
"You got super hearing too?" she asked "How?"
Aurora shrugged.
"I don't know." She said, "Nor how, but in a way, I just do, very much how I was able to know how to drive the motorbike."
Regan cocked her head.
"I see," she said, "You are an interesting one."
"Thanks!" Aurora said with a smile.
"We will speak more about it." Regan said "You, me and the others, but right now, we hunt!"
Aurora smirked and nodded.
"Lets." She said.
Regan licked her lips.
"This is how we play the game..." she leaned into Aurora who listened carefully...
Meanwhile the young man hobbled through the woods after Regan had let him go, his shoulder was bleeding, and his ankle was throbbing with pain, but he thought if he was able to get away and maybe find the road, he could call for help.
Yet as he moved through the woods, he could sense that the two female mutants were after him.
"Run rabbit run!" a voice called out in the darkness "Run rabbit run! Rabbit run! Rabbit run, run, run!"
The man gasped in fear.
"Leave me alone!" he shouted, "get away!"
"No way! No way!" the voice called again "Run rabbit run! Make this game fun!"
The man gritted his teeth and kept trying to run, yet he heard laughing around him as well as the continued taunting.
"Stop it!" he shouted, "Stop it!"
He then screamed as he felt something sharp against his sides and he looked down to see three bloody claw marks.
"Tag your it, pal!" a snarling voice was heard.
"Who are you?" the man shouted, "What are you?"
"Come on piggy!" the same snarling voice was heard "Make this fun! If you make it boring, worse will come to you!"
The man gasped in fear and kept trying to run yet he felt some hands thump him in the back and he did a forward roll from the impact.
As he rolled up onto his backside he looked around and saw briefly the winged silhouette of Regan flying above him as well as her high-pitched laughter.
"No-one's going to help you!" he heard Regan's voice "No-one's gonna save you! No-one knows where you are! And when they do find you, it's game over!"
"You bitches!" the man shouted "You sluts!" he screamed again as he felt a breeze rush past and he felt his arm get slashed.
"Call us sluts again!" the same snarling voice was heard "Come on! I dare you!"
"Sluts!" the man shouted "Nothing but ugly filthy freak sluts! God hates Freaks!"
"And God hates you!" Regan's voice was heard as he felt his back get slashed "And God's not here to save you! Like he's not here to save your daddy and friends!"
The man then felt himself get kicked in the backside and as that happened, he tripped and started to roll downhill!
"God's not here! God won't save you!" Regan continued to taunt as she and Aurora watched at the man tumbled down the hill.
Aurora lifted her hand and smirked as she saw the blood on her metal claws.
"Can't tell you how much fun that was!" she said, "Hunting that bastard!"
"I know right?" Regan chuckled "And we're not done yet!" she opened her wings and followed the man as he tumbled to the bottom of the hill and into the road below!
"Come back here!" Regan taunted "We're not through!"
The man struggled to get up, and as he did, some lights were seen from around a bend!
Regan and Aurora looked over and they saw a pick-up truck speeding around the corner!
The man also looked over and his eyes widened in fear, yet before he had the chance to scream or move, the truck ploughed into him!
Regan and Aurora gasped in shock as they watched the young man's body get hit then his body was crashed under the car!
"Whoa shit!" Aurora cried.
"Uh oh..." Regan breathed as the car screeched to a stop and stood for a moment before the driver's door opened and a hysterical woman jumped out.
"Oh my God! No! Oh God!"
Aurora blinked as she observed, she wanted to run away, but her body wouldn't move.
As she watched the scene, she couldn't help but feel that something similar had happened before, that she had witnessed with her own eyes, yet she was unsure of where or when.
"Aurora!"
The Hybrid jumped as she heard Regan's voice as it brought her back to reality as well as felt her arm getting grabbed "Come on! We gotta get out of here!"
The hybrid didn't speak but she followed Regan's voice as well as let her drag her away from the scene.
"Looks like the humans will be drawn to this area before long." Regan said, "We must report back to Diablo!"
She opened her wings and pulled Aurora back onto the top of the cliff and back into the woods.
Aurora said nothing but she agreed as she followed Regan back to where Diablo was with the other Disciples who were still standing next to their victims.
"Diablo! Diablo!" Regan panted.
"Ah girls." Diablo smirked "Did you have fun?"
Chastity frowned as she looked at the Vampire bat and Hybrid.
"Girls?" she asked "What is it? What happened?"
"He's dead!" Aurora blurted "We chased him and attacked him in the woods, but he made his way to the road and got hit by a car!"
Hearing that the other Disciples looked over and gasped, then the prisoners looked up.
"No! No! No!" Peter was heard "No! My son! You murderers!"
Diablo glowered and looked towards Peter.
"One less fucker in the world!" he said "Let that be your penance! Losing your son!"
"Fuck you! Fuck you!" Peter shouted "Devil take you!"
Hearing that Diablo grabbed the man's chin and made him look up at him.
"Devil take me hmm?" he asked "Listen here fuck-face! I am the devil! And I did his work! And your son has paid the price! We didn't kill him! You did! You raised him to follow your disgusting views, and ways of life!"
"True that!" Lamia spat.
"If you hadn't choosen this toxic life, maybe your little baby boy would still be alive!" Diablo taunted.
"Fuck you! Shut up!" Peter shouted.
"Boo Hoo! Hoo!" Regan jeered "Your baby boy got splattered!"
Peter shouted and sobbed as he heard Regan's words.
"Fuck off! Fuck off!"
Diablo smirked again.
"Your little boy is on his way to hell, and I'm starting to wonder whether you should join him?"
He held up his talons and Peter gasped in fear.
Diablo flexed his talons then he lowered them.
"No." he said, "I think your best punishment is to live with what happened, your son is dead, and you and your little friends will be discovered by the police soon enough and you'll face your punishment with them as you are wanted by them!"
He let go of Peter's chin and turned to the Disciples.
"Come on!" he said "It's best we leave, and let the humans clean up the mess! We've done our job, now it's their turn!"
"Good idea Chief." Ravage agreed "Come on guys!"
The other Disciples agreed and started to head back to the Vans and Motorbike.
Aurora and Regan hung back, and Regan placed an arm around Aurora.
"Atta girl!" she said, "Not a bad first try with sinners!"
"I'll admit it was fun." Aurora smirked "Seeing a scared little boy running away! A proper cowardly bully! One who couldn't handle those stronger than him!"
Regan laughed.
"And now he's dead! As Diablo said, one less evil fucker in the world!"
She licked her lips.
"And I already can't wait till we track down our next victim!"
"Me too Regan!" Aurora smirked looking the Vampire bat in her sparking excited eyes "I am so ready for the next hunt...a true huntress always catches her prey!"
"Huntress...Prey?"
Aurora blinked as he heard those words, almost like they woke something up within her.
She shook her head and looked to the skies where between the trees she could see twinkling stars.
"What?" she asked, "Where have I heard that?"
"Aurora?"
The hybrid looked over to Regan who pulled on her hand "Are you alright?"
Aurora bit her tongue.
"Huh? Oh yes," she smiled forcefully "I'm okay"
Regan smiled and gripped her hand.
"Great!" she said "Come on, let's get out of here! The humans will arrive and investigate, and we best make ourselves scarce!"
Yikes! Brutal stuff there, and one of the sinners was killed!
I will admit, I took inspiration from the horror film M3gan when I wrote this scene.
Also, some more sparks have ignited in Aurora and for thise who have read Aftermath might remember what happened!