Slaughter and Savior

Chapter 10: Showdown

Toby's P.O.V.
I woke up to the sound of a man's voice. No, wait. Two men. No. Three. I listened to what they were saying. "Did you find the others?" I heard. I tried to move but I was tied up. "Nah, but we're working on it. By the way, we put the redhead to sleep." Redhead? Does he mean Clockwork? "Thanks for helping me with Goggles back there." I knew that he was talking about me. I could remember being punched in the face. "So what do we do now?" I heard the faint sound of footsteps coming in my direction. I pretended to be asleep. "We wait for these two to wake up and tell is where their friends are." My heart nearly stopped.

"And after that?" I twitched. Thankfully, none of them noticed. "We bring them to A-51." A-51? What does that mean? "What? Why there?" One of the men asked. "Did you not see how they break into houses? Freakin' portals! Definitely something supernatural." The voice of the man who said the last sentence sounded very familiar. "Once we give the captives to them, they give us money," I was correct. "And we do whatever we want after that." It was Troy. I looked around carefully, being sure that I wouldn't get noticed. I was in another room. It was a lot bigger than the other ones I had seen so far.

I looked to my right and saw an unconscious Clockwork. She was also tied up. But instead of with ropes, she had handcuffs, leg restrains and a straitjacket. I wonder why they had to do that to her. There was a long, large table in the middle of the room. And I could see three suited men talking to each other. One of them was Troy. "So, what are these?" One of the men walked to the table and picked up something with his left hand. It was my hatchet! "I dunno. I found them with the prisoners." Troy responded. If my hatchets are on that table, then Clockwork's blades must be there too! And Jeff's knife!

I think I'm strong enough to break free from these ropes. I tried pushing through them. I heard one of them snap. I checked to see if they heard it as well. They were still checking out our weapons. I swear I'm gonna kill them. Then, I pushed some more. I heard another one snap. This, time it was a lot louder. They looked behind them and saw me trying to break free. Hey ran over to me. "Hey, you! Stop that!" I still have 4 more ropes to break free from.

I used up all the strength in my body and snapped three of them. But I could still stand up. One of them tried to land another punch to my face, but I was quick enough to dodge it, then I kicked him in the legs. He lost his balance and then fell down. I smiled, but I didn't notice Troy sneak up behind me and grab my throat. "Argh---!!" He threw me on the floor. Just when I was about to get up, he kicked my chest. "By the way, those goggles look ridiculous on ya." Then he actually ripped my goggles and mask off my face. I've had enough of this guy. I snapped the last rope which tied my hands together. I smiled at him. "Peekaboo!" I lifted his foot off of me. When was back on my feet, I punched him in different spots. When I was about to deliver the final blow, I bumped into something: the table.

My weapons, I thought to myself. I grabbed my hatchets. "Now, it's on." He grunted and lunged at me. "Not so fast." He fell on his stomach. I put my hatchet against his back. "You know, I'm feeling a little bit hungry. And, lucky me, there's a full 5-course lunch right in front of me! But there's so much to choose from. Hmmmm..." I moved the sharp blade of my weapon around him. He shivered. "Maybe I'll have some fresh, juicy thighs. Or maybe even a hand if you don't mind. But I can't have a kidney, I'll need to save those for Jack." I moved the blade to his side.

"Jack? W-who's that?" I smirked. "Goodnight." I plunged the hatchet through his back, ending his life. "I meant what I said about keeping your kidneys for Jack." I pulled out my weapon before sneering at him. Okay, so I killed Troy, knocked the other man unconscious so that just leaves one guy left. Wait, one guy left--" My thoughts were interrupted when I felt something being stabbed through my lower back. I spun behind me to see the third suited man. He had used Jeff's knife to stab my back. I pulled it out of my body.

"Hi." He said before grabbing Jeff's knife from my hands. He was about to strike at me again when I blocked it with my hatchet. "It's gonna take a lot more than that to take me out." I muttered under my breath. I pushed him over. I can't keep this up for long. I'm gonna need some help. I looked to my right. Perfect. I ran over to Clockwork and tried shaking her awake. "Clock! Clock! Wake up! I need your help!"

Clockwork's P.O.V.
I could hear Toby's voice calling out my name. I woke up immediately. "Toby?" He smiled at me. "There you are! What happened to your back? And where's your mask?" He tried to explain everything to me as quick as he could. "So it turns out that Troy and his partners knocked us out again. I woke up and tried to kill them but I only killed Troy, serves him right. I knocked the other two unconscious but they could wake up any minute so I need your help to find the others. Oh, and by the way, I found our weapons." I struggled for a bit. "Could you help me out of this thing?" He nodded. He Jeff's knife and cut the straitjacket. He also used it to cut my leg restraints and handcuffs.

I held held my wrists. "Thanks." I gave her a thumbs-up. "Why did they put you inside that straitjacket in the first place?" He asked curious. "Long story. Anyway's let's get out of here and find the others. Especially Ben." He ran to the table to get my long blades. "Here you go." He handed them over to me. I smiled and gasped. "My blades!" I also picked up Jeff's knife. "Now, let's find the others." I hope we're not too late.