Getting It Together

A Somber Holiday

"Merry Christmas!" Alex ruffles Logan's hair playfully, stealing a kiss.

The large warehouse was sparsely decorated, the only sign that it was Christmas being the tree a little to the right of Logan, close to the door leading to the other room.

"And the God blessed the poor cowering souls with the gift of sight, so they may look upon themselves and others and see the sin they hold." Blaine quotes as the blindfold around Logan's eyes is removed.

Logan practically gasps in relief as the month-long ordeal of darkness came to an end. Blaine laughs at his state and kisses him, reaching over to hold Alex's hand.

"Let's see what's under the tree for us, hm?" Alex suggests, finally acknowledging the twelve squirming hostages in the room.

Samson and Roger, two of Blaine and Mark's cronies, excitedly entered the room, chatting about the show, followed by a calmer Mark.

"We planned something quite special in honor of our honored guest. Not wanting to be outdone by last years show-" Mark turns to the three and stops in front of the twelve captives. "-We decided on a holiday theme!"

Blaine and Alex clap politely from either side of Logan.

"Alright, get on with it." Blaine grins.

Lorcan steps up to the group and he, Samson and Roger eagerly start to pull the bags off the tied up people's heads. The hostages all stare up at the three in fear, before most of them land on Logan and stare at him, unable to say anything beyond their duct taped mouths.

"Who do we have here?" Alex asks.

Mark hovers his hand over the closest person. "Starting off with our Halloween deaths, we have Teresa Perry. She stole pharmacy drugs from other people's houses and then re-sold them on the black market."

Alex raises an eyebrow and looks over at Blaine. "Scandalous. And what shall she be doing for us today."

Samson smiles sadistically. "We're going to carve her like a pumpkin."

Teresa's eyes widened and she begins shouting hurried pleads behind her gag. Blaine watches with interest, his hand moving to Logan's chin, forcing him to stare straight ahead. "Watch, or you'll have consequences."

Samson pulls out a silver spoon with a flourish, ripping the tape off her mouth. Logan listens as Teresa begs and pleads for her life, and he starts to shake uncontrollably as Samson places the spoon under her eye and begins to push.

Teresa shakes wildly in his hold, screaming in agony as the spoon pops under her eye and scoops it out, blood gushing out like a fountain.

Logan leans forward and empties his stomach onto his shoes.

Samson pulls out the other eye, Teresa sobbing as the blood rushed down her face and painted her cheeks, beginning to fall on the floor.

Mark takes over, grabbing one of his knives off of a table and slicing into her mouth in a triangle shape like a pumpkin. Teresa gurgles as blood pools out of her mouth and finally slumps over, dead from the blood loss.

However, the horror doesn't stop there, and Logan is forced to watch as the top of her head is partially cut off, and her brain is severed and pulled out. Roger pulls out a candle with a flourish and sticks it inside with a laugh.

Logan feels bile rise in his throat again, and, without thinking, turns and hides his face behind Alex's chest. Alex coos, grabbing Logan's hair and forcing him to face the horrifying scene again, Logan squeaking at the pain in his head as he watches Teresa's body be dragged away.