Bloody Riddle

XIV : Torture

James gritted his teeth. Hands clenched tightly because he was angry and scared. In front of him, a woman is being tortured. Every incision that David makes, and that's where the woman screams in pain. This crazy man sliced every part of her body. Leaving every trace of blood.

David looked over his shoulder to find James staring at women with his eyes as if trying to calm her down. David's eyes darkened.

He felt something coming from his heart. Something that makes him angry. He stopped and put a knife near the woman's arm. His body turned toward James.

"I don't like this." James raises his eyebrows. "If you don't like it, better stop and release her."

James received a stabbing gaze from David. In his eyes, David could see a beautiful face of Julia when he saw those eyes. Why suddenly her face flashed through his mind. David sighed.

"An artist always runs out of idea." He said. "But, since you gave me an idea, I'll give you a big thank you." David walked to a shelf to take something from inside. James moved a little. "Let go of me if you want to thank me."

David chuckled. "I have a better idea."

James screamed when he felt something struck his back. He was really shocked. Behind him, David smiled with satisfaction. His hands holding a whip.

David swung the whip again and made James wince with pain. His body slightly dangling forward, avoiding the pain in his back.

"You son of a b***h!" James gasped. David looked from behind with an innocent face.

"You have no idea." James felt again the pain. This time David swung it harder than before.

David's spirits culminated as his hands flicked a whip into James's body. Something in him seemed satisfied. It fills his soul with an extraordinary passion.

After many times lashes landed in his back, James felt weak and he limped almost closed his eyes. David stopped his activities looking at James who barely conscious. He put the whip on the table, then open his robe to walk out. "We continue this later."

James tried to calm himself after the worst session he had ever experienced. His green eyes catch the figure of women in front of him. She looked very anxious. James saw it and smiled bitterly.

"You don't have to worry about me. I can handle it." his voice is very hoarse. The woman just nodded.

James stared up. He must think how they can escape from here. There must be a plan. All day he kept racking his brain, ignoring the pain in his back.

**

Hugo walked with his big footsteps. His stiff shoulders make Hugo's stature more frightening than usual. He heard the news yesterday. Is it true that James attacked someone and now he also disappeared without a trace?

Hugo could hardly believe what he was hearing. He needs confirmation. Hugo opened the office door and looked inside. Louis was standing next to Karin, staring at the computer. Hugo approached.

"Louis says this is not true." Louis looked at Hugo's arrival. The brown-haired man staring.

"There are a few things to explain." he said. Hugo grabbed Louis by his collar.

"This is James, Louis. I've regard him as my son, don't think I'll just shut up when he disappears."

"Just calm down, you two. This is not helping." Karin's grabs Hugo's hand, trying to calm him down. Hugo slowly removed his hand from the collar. Louis justified his tangled suit. "Good, because we need your help Hugo, maybe you can give us some enlightenment."

Hugo glared. "What do you want to ask?"

"Everything, maybe you know something?" Karin asked.

Hugo stroked his chin. None of which occurred. In his mind, there was only a memory of a sad James. okay, his mind didn't help. Hugo muttered something, but only a vague word.

"Nothing came to mind."

"Okay, so we're stuck." Louis said.

"I guess." Karin replied.

"Not anymore!" Philip ran toward them carrying a tape in his hand. he stopped and looked at the three of them.

"You will not believe what I've just discovered." He handed the tape to Louis. Louis walked straight to the video player near the big white screen. The tape shows a black car driving out of an alley then moves away. The silent.

"The number plate has been searched?"

"Being processed." Philip shouted.

Louis was getting impatient. He grabbed Philip and shifted Philip in his chair. Philip's chair turned a little.

Louis typed at high speed. windows popping up quickly and mutually. Hugo almost had trouble keeping up with his eyes.

"Found it."

"Hugo and Philip, you go to this guy's place, me and Karin will be here for further investigation." the two men immediately left the office to the designated place.

After waiting for about an hour. Hugo contacted the office.

"Report."

"You don't believe what we found." Hugo stared at the sofa. Saw the corpse of a man already had a foul odor. The time of his death about twelve hours ago was visible from the blue color of the skin.

"Homicide."

Louis sighed. They are late again.

**

Officer was passing by and yellow line has lengthen. Katherine is coming. "Yep, same killer like the poor women cases." Hugo wrinkled his eyebrows.

"Who?" Katherine glanced.

"Oh, you moved to another case, I forgot. Lucy Graham, yesterday. The Painter victim’s." Katherine provides a folder in her hand. Hugo read the report.

"M.O exactly same." Hugo nodded. He lifted his head found something missing. The folder closed hanging in his hand.

"James didn't help?" Katherine swift her head not ready with Hugo's question.

"Duh, you don't believe that Karin and Louis start a fight again and James gets more upset." Hugo shook his head. His hand grabbed the bridge of his nose and squinted softly.

"They don't learn." Katherine agreed. "I don't understand, so I'm out."

"Better like that." Philip walked into the living room saw Hugo and Katherine. "I got the data." Hugo turned to face Philip who handed him a folder contains report.

"Dallas Finder, Lydia Finder's husband, his wife was at home when the attack happened, but strangely she disappeared."

"You think his wife is the killer and stole his car?" Philip shook his head.

"No. Dallas’ car has been stolen after the murder happen, but not by her. CCTV can proof it."

"Damn. This is so tricky." Hugo cursed under his lip.

**

Night come faster than usual. Unfortunately, James doesn't know how long he stood up and silent there and almost forgot if he became a hostage.

He's very exhausted to stay awake. His backs aching and hand already numb because continuous stand.

David comes back again. The bright of white light made shows fatigue in his face. He puts on his white robe.

"I changed my mind, beautiful, I'll finish you first." He said touched the woman's skin. James glared at David.

"Damn you David! Do anything to me not to that poor woman." David looked at him lazily.

"I'm tired of this woman." David picks up the object on the table and shows it to James. a large scalpel was on his face. He's ready, by the way, to stick the knife against her skin. James moved slightly behind David. "Please stop it." James begged.

"Of course." David plugged the knife deeper to the skin. The woman screamed in agony. She slammed her head on the table. James didn't move anymore. Anger had reached his head.

"David!" his ears slightly amused when James called his name. He still to continue his activities without heeding the threat that comes out of the man's mouth behind him.

The woman had run out of blood after David plunged his knife to tear the woman's right on her chest. She didn't even move again when David cut off her left hand.

The poor woman is dead. Her blood flowed onto the surgical table. The sound of soft flesh sounded terrible, and the sound of the bone crack that followed later.

David put the knife in and looked at James. "You know what, now I started interested to you." said David walking towards James. hands achieve the face of this man and grab it forward with force. "You always excited. I like that." James throws his face to the side to avoid a terrible predator gaze in front of him.

"Okay. so we back to our session. I am getting excited this time." David takes back whip.

"Go to hell." James gritted his teeth when whip it reaches his back again. hot sting he felt came  and now more painful.

But these time is overwhelmed because James fear raising when he was capture by gaze of the dead women in front of him.

This torture is like eternity.