Bite The Bullet

Screams

{Part 2 of The Hunter becomes the Hunted}

"Ha, it actually worked!" Genevieve hides in a bush aways from the crystal mill. She watches as Alix is shoved out of the mill and manhandled. Jayne is flung over the shoulder of the other hunter. The jeep roars to life with the two huntresses inside. Twigs and leaves scatter as the car races off through the forest leaving a dirt dust cloud behind it. The area is left peaceful and quiet once again when the car is long gone. Genevieve steps out from her hiding place and stretches her limbs happily. She steps inside her disturbed home and cleans up the mess caused by the hunters.

"Hmph, Hunters. Always having to leave a mess wherever they go."

She sits herself on a cushion on the floor. She plays with the seam of her shirt, tugging at the fabric with the tips of her fingers.

"Now what?"

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The small room is dark with its only source of light from a dull bulb dangling from the ceiling in the center of the room. Two huntresses strapped to chairs face each other from opposites sides of the room. A door swings open from the top of the stairs sharing a silhouette of two monstrous men. The figures march in unison down the stairs. One of them walking up to the unconscious Jayne.

Marcus slams a car battery on the floor beside his feet and untangles jumper cables. He slips on a pair of gloves, clips one pair of ends to the battery and taps the other ends together. As the metal clamps spark, a chilling sensation crawls through Alixs bones.

"What are you doing?"

Marcus turns the dial on the battery down to a more appropriate level. He presses the tips against Jaynes sides below her ribs. Instantly electric bolts zap through her body.

"FUCK!"

"Rise and shine, princess." Marcus smiles at her.

"Talk about a rude awakening." Jayne groans.

"What the hell was that for?" Alix leans forward still strapped down tightly to her chair by rope.

Dave drops a large brown tote bag he brought down with him on the ground. Marcus zaps Jayne again, her muscles tense and spasm in response. She takes quick desperate gasps of air when Marcus finally pauses his torture. He turns the power of the electric volts higher and touches her again with the metal clamps, holding them against her skin longer this time. She squeezes her eyes shut and her hands grasp the wooden armrests. She yells out in pain as her body continues to absorb the paralyzing shocks of electricity.

"Stop!" Alix demands. She tries to move but the rope restricts her. "You son of a-"

Dave interrupts by slapping her across the face. He takes the headrest of her chair and tilts it back making the chair lean and balance on its two back legs. Alix glares up at him refusing to let his intimidation get the best of her.

"Tell me, why did you kill those young helpless girls?"

"I had nothing to do with their deaths."

"Then why were you at the mill?!" Dave screams in her face. Jayne continues to be electrocuted and she noticeably is beginning to become tired and worn down.