(Autumn's POV)
Reece and I followed closely behind Char's ex-husband. I held my baseball bat in one hand and had knuckle dusters on the other. Reece's hands were empty but stuffed in his shoe, hidden by his trouser leg was a knife which he'd brought as a just in case.
"Aut, I have an idea to get close without raising suspicion" He says.
"What is it?" I ask.
He pulls out his packet of cigarettes and I immediately know what he means.
"Yes, good idea, go ahead, I'll hug the tree line and stay in the shadows ready to hit him over the head." I say.
I move closer to the trees and into the shadows. Reece runs up to him.
"Excuse me, mate, haven't got a light have you?" He asks.
"Yes I do, hang on a minute" The man says, fumbling in his pockets.
He pulls out a lighter which Reece takes and sparks up his cigarette, offering the man one.
"Cheers" He says, taking one.
I move closer, edging up behind them. Just as I'm about to reach them I step on a twig.
Rookie error.
He turns around and sees me with my bat, his eyes widen and before I get a chance to swing for him he starts running.
"Fuck, Reece go!" I yell as we start running after him.
"Run boy, run! We'll only catch you." Reece shouts after him.
We eventually get quite close to him and I gesture to Reece to take one side and I take the other, Reece jumps on him and tackles him to the ground. He moves out of the way and I swing my baseball bat and hit the man on the side of the head, knocking him out cold.
"Right, now he's dead weight let's pull him into the woods. You brought the rope, right?" I ask.
"Of course I did." Reece replies.
I grab his arms and Reece grabs his legs and we carry him into the trees and to a nearby clearing. Reece unties the rope from around his waist and uses it to tie the man to a nearby tree. We stand for about 5 minutes waiting for him to come around and then when he eventually does he starts to freak out.
"What the fuck? Who are you? What are you doing? Let me go!" He yells.
"Let you go? Why would we let you go? You didn't let Char go." I say.
His eyes widen in terror.
"What did she tell you?" He questions.
"She didn't tell us anything, but it's not that hard to guess" Reece chimes in.
He realises the baseball bat in my hand and the knuckle dusters I have on.
"What are you going to do to me?" He asks.
"We're gonna hurt you, like you hurt Char" I say.
"You can't do that" He says.
"Can't I? What are you gonna do? Did you say no? Did you say stop? What are you wearing?" I question him mockingly.
A/N: Sorry but Aut is an Icon. Anyways..
"Now, stay very still" I say, raising my hand.
My fist connects with his face and the knuckle dusters leave blood pouring out of his face.
"Wait, please" He cries.
"What's the problem? You scared?" Reece teases him.
He nods meekly. Reece pulls the knife out of his shoe and puts it to his throat.
"You should be." He says.
"You asked for this." I say.
Reece pushes the blade into his throat slightly and then pulls it away, leaving a scarlett line of blood in its wake.
"Are you gonna...?" He starts to ask.
"Kill you?" I say.
He nods.
"Hmmm, I don't know, Reece, should we kill him?" I turn to Reece.
"I think we should, but let's have some fun first, pass me that baseball bat" He replies.
The man gulps as Reece takes the bat.
"Now, what's your name?" I ask.
"M..Max" He stutters out.
"Well, Max, welcome to your worst nightmare." I smirk.
Reece hits him in the stomach with the bat and he grunts in pain. He hits him again, this time in the kneecap, breaking it.
"Lil' sis, care to do the honours of the other leg?" He asks, stretching the bat towards me.
I take the bat and hit his other kneecap, shattering it completely. I smirk as I see the blood drain from Max's face.
"Please, stop." He begged.
"Hmm, no" I say. "You didn't stop with Char, so we won't stop with you, you're going to suffer."
His head drooped and I knelt down next to him lifting his chin up.
"Look at us, I want to see the light fade from your sorry little eyes." I say.
He shakes his head and looks down again.
"Reece." I say.
Reece drops down to our level and pushes Max's forehead back.
"Stab him, I think the arm will do." I command.
Reece stabs the knife into Max's bicep and he screams out in pain.
"Are you gonna listen?" I ask.
"Yes, yes whatever you want, jesus! You two are crazy!" He yells.
"You think this is crazy? Oh we're just getting started." I say.
"Right, now, I'm gonna record a voice message on my phone and you're going to apologise to Char, got it?" Reece says.
"What? No way!" He replies.
"Wrong answer" I say, hitting him in the stomach with the baseball bat.
He grunts in pain.
"Okay! Okay! I'll do it." He says.
Reece holds up the phone to him and tells him what to say. Surprisingly he actually complies and then Reece sends the message to Winter.
"Right then, Max, this has been fun, however, you dug your own grave and now you can lie in it." I say.
His eyes widen. Reece raises the knife. I stand back. Reece plunged the knife into his stomach, twisted it and pulled it back out. Three. Swift. Movements.
I watched with a smirk on my face as the light faded from his eyes and his body dropped to the side. Reece stood back up blood splattered on his face, knife in hand.
"Untie him and then let's get out of here to wash up." I told him.
He nodded and untied him and then we made our way through the woods and back to my house to clean up.
I smile to myself, content that myself and my brother had gotten rid of that scum of the earth rat. Now Char would be safe from him.
Thank God.
