Chapter Thirty
Vincent was sitting in a spare room in his house, sipping out of a rather large cup boiling hot coffee. He felt the hot liquid rushing down his throat, warming him. He knew where Cyri was at, and he had strong faith that she will do well. Before she left, they talked over how this was going to go:
“I seriously think that you are getting fiction and the real word mixed up.” Cyri said as she tied the cloak around herself.
“How? One thing about film like that one is that if one had the desire, they could reenact. I mean, how hard can it be to strap a guy down, shove a dildo up his ass, force him to watch his own filth, and then tattoo some words onto him?”
“The fact that anything could go wrong.”
“I doubt that. For the past week, we have done countless research into his schedule, learning about his every move, every breath, every piss he takes. We know. When we learned that his parents would be absent the entire day, then we knew that this would be the most perfect chance. Seriously, the only thing that could go wrong would be if someone was at home, not suspecting a thing, only to find you sitting across the room from him, you torturing him. And what the the odds that that would happen? Not very much, sweet-heart.” Cyri sat across from Vincent, sipping a cup of coffee. She would need the energy.
“I just not want anything to fuck up. I mean, what if he ends up telling his parents about this? What if they see the tattoo? I mean, my God. This entire thing is a bad idea. I say that we abort this. Now.”
“Not so fast. So he does not go and tell anyone, tell him that if he does tell, then we will expose to the press and police organizations what he is doing. Or, if you want, tell him that we will kill him for opening his mouth. He knows that we kill Ratliff, so he knows that we mean business. Simple as that.”
“Okay, now what if he is asked about the tattoos?”
“Well, his parents know that he is insane, so tell him to tell his parents that he done this to himself. It is not that hard and when you are imagining that you are someone else, then that other side of you feels the pain. I done some research on this, so I know how this all works out.”
“What I think, as of now, is that you have been watching too much Swedish cinema.” Cyri shook her head and chugged down the rest of her coffee.
“Maybe you are right. Okay, we only have ten minutes left before you have to leave to carry out your job. You do have the tattoo gun, right?” She patted the suitcase next to her.
“Along with the ropes and duct-tape.” She opened the suitcase, showing the contents.
“Good. Remember: Get rid of the gun the moment you get out of the house. There is a garbage dump near the sight of where the action takes place. Get in and throw in there the gun. If you have to, find some garbage bag, open it up, and shove it in their. And remember to wear flammable gloves so we can destroy them afterwords. Got all of that?” Cyri looked towards the clock and picked up the suitcase.
“I got that. What I do not get is why I even listen to your fat ass.” She began to leave.
“Because you love me.” he said in a kiddish like tone.
“In the words of the Aerosmith: Dream. On.” She shut the door only to hear Vincent laughing. She had a huge jokingly smile on her face.
That was about three hours ago. Sense she left, he had sat on his ass, in the ice cold spare room, waiting for Cyri. The more a minute passes, the more he found himself in pure worry over Cyri. Something, well, anything could go wrong. He could retaliate, attack her, and do what he was having thoughts to do. Or he could have his entire gang there. Too much could happen.
Another cup of coffee.
He started asking himself if he was over worrying about this. Cyri is a tough girl that has been threw hell and back, so this should be easy for her. He closed his eyes and cleared his mind. He started to let his mind wonder. Right when he was calm, his door burst open to a tired, partially bloodied Cyri.
“Well, that is over with.” She grabbed the pitcher of coffee on a near by table and chugged it down, some of the coffee spilling over his face.
“How did it go?” He handed her a cup. She drank two and a half complete cups of the hot liquid, and just plopped down onto the couch next to him.
“You know, the more I think about this, the more I wonder how other people think about all the shit we do. First in October we killed a guy that fucked over the lives of many. Now we just tortured a guy that creates child pornography tapes to the sick bastards we see around us. I wonder who the next victim will be. Some animal abuser? A druggy? This is getting trippy.” She chugged down another glass of coffee.
“I am just going to take it that that went well.” Vincent said, looking at her as she poured another glass.
“Well, he was heavier than I expected, but I will admit that it was fun electrocuting him, to be honest.” She said with a giggle.
“How was it fun?” Vincent was puzzled that anyone would find it fun to do that.
“I tazered his balls.” Cyri burst out laughing when Vincent's face became white.
“Ouch.” He said, over-exaggerating it. Then he found himself laughing. They remained like that for a few minutes.
“Okay, that is a tad bit crazy, but did it work for him?”
“It gave him some extra pain when I took care of him.”
“What was his reaction to the entire ordeal?”
“Same as the lawyer in that film and the pedophile in the other: shocked.” They were both quiet for a few moments.
“Hey, I know that this is rather odd, but would you mind if I took a shower in your bathroom? I just need to get this blood off of me.” She reached for the suitcase.
“Yeah, sure. GO straight ahead. I will call Jadis and Job to let them know what is happening and going on.”. She nodded her head, grabbed the suitcase, and left the room. A few minutes later, he heard the water being turned on in the bathroom. He picked up his cell phone and called Jadis.
“Yes?” Jadis' voice sounded small.
“Yeah, it is me, Vincent. Cyri is back.”
“Wait, let me get Job.” A few minutes later...
“Okay, you are on speaker. Where is she now?”
“Cyri is in the shower. She has blood on her clothes, and is beyond tired. I am going to send her home when she gets out.”
“Vincent, this is Job. How is she?” His voice had a touch of concern in it.
“Other than being tired and her muscles aching, she is fine. Tomorrow, I will be having a reunion of all the members of The Children Of Darkness to discuss what had happened and about the likely outcome.” There was a moment of silence.
“Is there any way we can speak to Cyri?” Job asked.
“As of tonight, I would say no to that. Talk to her tomorrow. Let he rest tonight. I will see you both tomorrow. Night.” Vincent turned off the phone and went into the kitchen to get himself a bottle of water when Cyri came out of the bathroom. She had on a pair of jeans, a clean black shirt, and wet hair to match. Vincent handed her a bottle of water.
“You know, to be honest, if I were to tell myself last year at this time that I would be doing any of this, I would say that I was insane. I mean, look at us! We are practically saints.” She started chugging down her water.
“Saints? Boondock Saints? I would not say that we are there yet. But do not worry, we are still just starting out.” Vincent sat across from her.
“Just so you are aware,” Vincent said, opening another bottle of water. “Tomorrow in the spare room, we will be having a meeting with the other remaining members of The Children Of Darkness to discuss what has happened and if we want to reform the group.”
“Why tomorrow?”
“Because I want everyone to know about this as soon as possible. I would have said lets do this today, but it is already late as it is. So, I do not see the point in trying to wake everyone up. Besides, it gives me more time to think about how we are going to present this. From how I look at it, we will be having some people that would be beyond pissed off that we done this without consulting anyone, so I must think of a way to get across to them that us not telling them was the best thing.” They were silent for a few minutes. Both of them had thoughts going threw their minds, and they did not feel like discussing them. It was a few moments longer before Cyri opened her mouth.
“You know, when I was in the bathroom, I called Heidi up and let her know that I was going to stay a little bit longer here. And when I left, I did allow Veronica to know that I was staying over here tonight for a little bit. So, I was hoping if you would not mind, we could do something.”
“What did you have in mind?” This did take him by surprise.
“Well, I was thinking that we could watch a film together to try and clear our heads. Interested?” Cyri asked.
“Let me make some iced tea first, then we'll find something to watch.” He stood up and went to the kitchen.
When the tea was fixed, and they began watching their film, Cyri, who was leaning against Vincent, fell a sleep on him. Vincent, smiling, fell asleep right next to her. Veronica saw them together, but just left them. To her, this was too precious.