Cannibalistic (Book Two of A Bloodline's Saga)

Now I'm His Lackey

Perforating the brain of my victim

Removal of the cerebrum

Dissecting the lobes as they ooze foul liquid

Collation of desired cranial segments

For the soul purpose of consumption

Cephalotripsy

"Ida it's time to get up!" Shaun announces with a bang on my door from the other side, instantly waking me up and my eyes catching a glimpse of the still pitch black sky.

With my bedroom door opening this time and a new set of clothes being thrown at me, I don't exactly get a glimpse of who it is before starting on my task of getting dressed.

Once I'm done I am shoved into the car still half asleep yet a coffee is pushed into my hands, Shaun stating it's to make me more alert for when I'm looking out for people.

Taking a sip of the milky coffee and finding it's bitter as s**t, I wonder if they even bothered to put sugar in it until I'm distracted by Liam's gaze on me and the cup in my hand, his eyes not wavering even after finishing the coffee.

"Enjoy your coffee?" Liam chuckles from the review mirror, though a sick look lingers in his eyes as they stay trained on mine, my stare instantly ripping away from his to only nod my head regardless if I want to throw it up right now.

"Good because we've spiked it with Ice. As Shaun said it's to keep you alert and awake. That and we're actually making sure your Grandmother Stella's men aren't lingering around either trying to find us, so you'll of course be assisting Liam and I in that as we-"

"What do you intend on doing to my Grandmother's contacts?" I demand across him and subtly cringe at the fact that my Grandmother's contacts also happen to be cannibalistic like her.

That and the fact I'm still in shock about being spiked with Ice, like I've never done it ever and I've just had a cup of it down my throat. So this could get real ugly real fast because it's something I have never done in my life!

But news on my Grandmother surely outweighs my fear of what will happen to me on this drug and will I actually encounter her or her men tonight?

"Nothing that concerns you, now sit back and relax. The drugs will kick in soon and then you will be able to get yourself prepared to focus on your task at hand." he goes on with his gaze flicking between mine from, the review mirror then the windshield.

How can I relax when I have Ice running through my system right now? It's mostly known as one of the worst drugs and to be honest, I'm scared for when it does hit.

Mentally counting and wondering how long it will be until I'm pinging, I stare blankly at the bottom of my empty cup and amuse myself with the remainder of the tea that's still at the bottom to make the drive go quicker.

"Do you know whose house we're going to?" I squeak from the backseat a little while later once I've confirmed that we've covered enough roads, Liam turning around in his seat as a monstrous grin starts taking its place on his lips.

"What?" I demand and instantly I'm getting angry when a snorted chuckle sounds in the back of his throat. 

"It's hit her." Liam confirms to Shaun but continues to ignore my existence even though I'm glaring at him now.

What does he mean it has hit me; nothing has other than a weird adrenaline rush feeling, as if I'm excited and waiting for something that isn't bad to happen.

Oh wait, I think that's what this drug legit is doing to me. I feel like I'm on a calmer dosage of MD and I'm instantly recalling the festival, a sickness starting in the pit of my stomach when the faces of my friends starts coming into view for the first time in a few hours, yet find minutes later the nausea subsiding to make room for more euphoria and less tears as happy memories start playing.

As I said, the feeling is intense yet not as intense like the MD or Speed was but a mixture of the both in my honest opinion. But all I'm saying is if I were to ever do it again it would never be through a crackpipe, I'd happily eat it again yet still can't hide the disgusted fact within myself that I actually like it.

I guess I can see why now it was a party drug up until cunts started going full retard on it and making it out to be as dirty as Heroin by the way people would act on it. Like don't get me wrong there are people who act just the same on other drugs.

But they aren't looked upon as dirty drugs by other drug users like Ice is nowadays, back then people could take Ice without themselves being compared to Heroin addicts yet it's a huge thing these days and no one wants to even listen to the good side in Ice unless they've tried it.

Look at me for example, haven't dabbled in drugs long but long enough to know not to touch Ice and turn my nose up at it, yet here I am right now hating myself for loving a drug that happens to have a trash reputation, but so similar feeling wise to the ones I was given at the slam metal festival.

Knowing for a fact that Ice just has to be in MD due to the effects I'm having, I end up distracting myself when Shaun murmurs to Liam about something though my name is mentioned.

"Ida give me your cup. And to answer your question from earlier, we're grabbing Anastasia's and Dakota's kid Dakota." Liam instructs when he once again turns around in his seat to face me, my hands instantly coughing up the cup in favour of avoiding eye contact and further interaction with him, the reason not only being because I hate the cunt but also because I'm kind of feeling horny in amongst all of my erratic emotions running through me right now.

But I'm able to keep myself calm and steady and in my seat, containing that excitement, sadness, rage, depression, happiness surprisingly and lust.

If I had more time to describe how I feel right now as I sit in the darkness with the interior lights off in the car and murmured conversations between Liam and Shaun filling the silence I would, but our destination's surely coming up soon considering I feel like I've been stuck in this car for hours already!

"How far off are we and if we're a little while can we at least put on some music?" I question when I think back to how I would usually use my earphones as a source of music or the car radio when with friends.

"About another hour and here." Liam grumbles then tosses over something in the back, my brows instantly furrowing together and hands searching the backseat to discover a device of some sort with earphones attached to it.

On further inspection I find it's an iPod, my gut dropping when the thoughts of my friends come instantly back and I'm begging it isn't one of theirs. I mean it would be good to keep yet I don't think I could bring myself to go through the photos.

Clicking the button and finding that I still don't know whose it is, I'm about to ask Liam whose it is when he answers my unasked question for me.

"That's my iPod so I expect it back at the end of the car trip." he grumbles whilst passing it behind him and for an instant I catch a glimpse of the side Liam showed to only my friends and I, the feeling of wanting him again slowly coming back and I'm begging God why was Liam the one to betray me and not my long lost cousin or some bullshit.

Like even an old bestfriend I secretly wish ill on even though I was the one to sort of forgive her, she would suffice so then I won't have to deal with this mental and physical pain I'm currently going through.

Well sort of...

The Ice is numbing everything and I'm starting to think I should have more later considering it's some urge I have forming in the back of my head the more I think on it, my mouth practically watering for anything that will keep me here physically yet mentally somewhere else where I don't have to think, where I don't have to hurt and where everything feels good, no problems ever existing and solutions to those that do come up.

"Sure." I eventually get out after a bit of thought but Liam doesn't even notice nonetheless when he continues to carry on his conversation with Shaun.

Not realising I still have the iPod in my hands and haven't chosen a song but instead just stared at the bright screen, I finally scroll through the list and find bands that I like as well as bands that also remind me of my friends.

I still can't believe Liam did what he did, like I saw the way he sung and moshed with my mates and there's no doubting he loved it!

He felt like he truly belonged somewhere and all that stress I didn't know he had been carrying when I was with him at school, had fallen away and I was actually able to meet a not so awkward and quiet Liam.

The memories want to bring tears to my eyes, especially the ones when I look down at my bracelets and recall the ones Liam threw at me stashed in my room for when I breakout.

I also then click on to the merchandise we bought as well as our other clothes and automatically assume they've either been burnt or stashed away somewhere for when I need something else to wear later on in the future.

I'm hoping it isn't that too far ahead and I'm actually taking those things back with me instead of remembering the fun times in buying them.

Placing the earphones in and pressing play to a song that will most likely make me cry, I hope it will make me smile instead for the good times I've had with my friends and not only mourn for them regardless if there's that slight chance I may get to see them in the future.

I should be having hope instead of mourning feelings for them considering if they're smart, they'll find a way to make it out alive.

The reason why I say mourn is because they probably aren't even being taken to where they were told they had to go, I bet you any money they're cruel fuckers and will end up serving them at Max's special event when I'm handed over.

But that's just my theory and hence where the mourning feeling is coming from.

I've heard Liam and Shaun talk about it from time to time when they think I'm not listening. Apparently there's going to be a welcome home feast for Max, the night I'm meant to be handed over to him and his son Nate where I assume I will also be joining the dinner table alongside my friends.

When I say on, I literally mean on it, these f***s intend on eating anyone involved with the night their parents were murdered. In another case someone's wife who I'll be avenging with my blood according to what Shaun's been harping on about.

All I'm saying is I hope I'm in a dish where it sticks with them for a bit and eventually sends them to hospital with a mad case of food poisoning.

I'm hoping a bit of anal leakage in there because why the f**k not, watching a bunch of cannibals bleeding from the asshole because of the sickness would be awesome, but I'm afraid that doesn't happen and I'm sure the helping hand of a certain poison might be the only thing to accomplish that.

A slow death for someone who inflicts that upon others is a fitting way to cark it if you ask me.

That and I wonder what Anakin will look more like, his Mum or Dad, but hopefully we don't see any of them and we are on a wasted mission like I hoped the last two would have been.

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"Alright you and Liam stay in the car while I go and suss out the place this time. Keep an eye out you two, you know the drill." Shaun instructs quickly before slipping out of the car silently and leaving Liam and I alone in awkward silence.

"So why does raping me feel needed?" I blurt considering it's the only thing on my mind right now ever since being left alone with him, that and I might not get another chance like this.

"You wouldn't understand." he grumbles when he eventually turns his expressionless face towards me then back out his window once more, his answer for some reason annoying me but I can tell I'm making him feel uncomfortable due to all of the shifting he is doing in his seat.

"Please explain, I'd like to know why-"

"Shut the f**k up Ida and focus on the mission!" he cuts across me once he's reached for his handgun. 

Keeping my mouth shut even though I want to scream in his face, I let it go for now because there's no point in getting lippy with a cunt and his gun.

With Liam's phone lighting up, I assume it is time for him to go and witness as he slips just as silently out of the vehicle and disappears to where I assume Shaun wants him.

Sitting alone yet again, I can't shake the feeling of guilt I have for enjoying what I'm on right now. But can you blame me for when the feeling brings back so many good memories?

Making sure I keep an eye out for cars to possibly flag them down and tell them what's going on, I wait for what feels like minutes until Shaun and Liam come sprinting out of the house and to be honest, they're doing a f*****g s**t job at keeping quiet.

The sound of a mauling dog has my attention in amongst the chaos and I'm suddenly realising what's going on, Shaun and Liam screaming and hurrying for the car with who I assume is Anakin.

"IDA f*****g HELP US!" Shaun screams whilst he's trying to get the body of Anakin in the car as well as fight off the dog mauling the f**k out of Liam, my hands forcing to help drag the body in while Shaun gets a hold of the dog before snapping its neck.

"FUUUCK!" Liam bellows after he's able to get in the car and properly focus on his wounds, Shaun speeding out of the street with Anakin rolling around in the backseat blacked out and limbs unbound.

Wondering when he will wake up and the screaming from will stop, Shaun is then able to finally pull over for a minute to give Liam some more Ice until he's able to handle the pain enough to ring his contacts and see how they're going with finding Stella's contacts.

"We're just going to have to hold off on the others, but right now we have to get you back home and this guy secure." Shaun announces as his eyes meet the unconscious body of Anakin in the back. With more conversation about how the f**k they didn't see the dog when they were sussing the place out, we eventually arrive home with still a couple of hours of darkness left and am told to dress Liam's wounds while Shaun goes and takes care of Anakin.

"Oh and make sure you prepare breakfast for everyone considering you are now coming with me seeing as how Liam's useless until further notice." Shaun instructs then a set of keys are pressed into my hand as we make our way through the front door.

Finding my way to the kitchen and throwing together a few sandwiches, I take the stacked plates to the rooms and find Storm and Hanna huddled whispering until stopping altogether to see who's just entered their room. 

"Here you go, it's all I could find without wanting to look too hard if you know what I mean?" I mumble when the thoughts of finding random people in the fridge, surfaces to the back of my thoughts and I'm instantly pushing them away to avoid vomiting all over their food.

"It's fine, well now that I know everything." Storm murmurs with a half-smile as she stretches out a pasty hand to accept the plate, her golden eyes with forest green rings around the irises flickering around my face for something before resting on the plate in her lap.

"So I assume she knows as much as you do?" I question more to Hanna after Storm runs a hand through her weird brown s***h burgundy hair and nods her head.

"I know enough to conclude that my parents f****d up somehow." Storm shrugs as a sigh sounds in the back of her throat.

Delving in to what exactly I know thanks to Shaun, I witness as their faces screw up in sheer horror at how much their parents had also been hiding from them, including myself when I retell the information I've gathered up so far.

"So I was right, they did." Storm states in a shaky breath and pushes her food away due to lack of appetite. 

"Yeah they all did, now they'll be searching for you two soon enough. Even Anakin will know what's happening considering I've got to take some food into him." I explain while holding up another plate for them to see.

"Can you please tell me how Dan is, I can't imagine how he is feeling right now knowing I'm pretty much the reason why he is her-"

"Don't even go there, I'll see how he is and if he is blaming you for it then I'm sure I can make him come around." I cut across her with images of me kicking the guy in the face if he even remotely blames her for any of this. 

"Thank you." she smiles up at me though her voice catches on the end when tears well in her vision.

Giving her a nod and returning the small smile, I close the door gently behind me and lock it because it's what Shaun would have wanted until finding my way to where I assume Anakin and Dan are.

Unlocking it and discovering Dan is gone my eyes catch the still unconscious Anakin tied to his bed and head lulled to the side, my mind wondering if it is even worth giving the guy his food thanks to the position he's in, but do it anyway when I find myself tiptoeing over to the bedside table and placing it gently down.

I decide to have a quick peek at the heavily tattooed guy, his snowy skin almost hard to come by due to the amount of ink he has, his hair a raven colour with bangs and a slight side fringe going on, his eyes snapping open as if my closeness disturbed him to reveal wide forest green eyes and I'm instantly jumping back.

"What the-"

"I'm sorry I didn't do it!" I blurt across him until sprinting out of the room with him yelling after me, my feet stopping when I can hear the plea in his voice and I'm instantly talking myself back into telling the poor guy what's happening.

I'm sure he'd do the same for me.

Walking back in a little embarrassed I start off with an apology before telling him my name and explain to him who my parents are, much like the same way I did when it was Hanna and Storm, and tell him that his parents also have a few things they forgot to tell him.

"So this Max is coming soon to take you as well as this Storm and Hanna and myself?" he sums up after a quick explanation and eyes on the sandwich he will be unable to touch.

"Pretty much." I nod whilst going over and relieving the restraints from around his limbs so he's able to eat, my brain not even registering the fact that this guy could still kill me until he's standing up from the bed to pace around and get the blood pumping properly.

His actions take me back to when I was first relieved of my restrains from the bed and feel the distant pain pang all over my body, the mental but slightly physical discomfort disappearing along with the memory when he opens his mouth again.

"Right well I'm going to have to think about my whole life over again, so if you will excuse me." he grumbles with his gaze in the direction of the door.

Giving him a subtle nod and smile, I exit the room with my words ringing in the back of my head and the facial expression he wore when revealing his and my parent's dark pasts.

"And thank you Ida, you've helped me out more than you know." he stops me as I'm about to close the door, my smile not faltering until the door is closed in my face and the tears well in my eyes.