The Creeptures

Chapter 3 ~ Tale 2: Lights Camera Action

The tri-pod was being erected when the shrill, slashing sound of knives being sharpened arose. The sound caused Kevin to cock his head and rub his ear on his shoulder in a motion to disorient the sound he never had much of a care for. But no matter how hard he tried to block out the sound, the knife's irksome sound continued, seemingly growing louder and louder.

Eddie was watching the knife he held in his hand slash down the metal rod he held in his hand, focused. It was an odd way for the psychopath to operate, especially considering he never could keep much attention on one object for a long period of time. However, it was something about the glimmer of metal against metal as they became one, then slid past the other, all the while creating this stifling, God-awful sound. It mesmerized him, though the others stationed around him thought otherwise.

Jordan didn't have much of an immunity to the sound either, but as he stepped away from the tri-pod and went to stand beside Aleks, he noticed James across the way, seemingly humming as he heard the sound. He rocked back and forth on his heels, watching with amazement as Eddie continued the sharpening of the knife. After all, the knife had to be at its sharpest in order to cut through bone and tissue. It would be another dirty endeavor.

Though the thoughts around the room were all mixed, the normality for this setting was uniform. This was no foreign time for them-it would be the dismantling of yet another human.

Ze stood away from the group, shuffling his feet as he took small steps along the cavern's walls. He never did have much of a care for the ripping apart of people that his best friend seemed to love. Eddie had always been messed up since...well, it can't be said yet. That would spoil too much. But that did not negate the fact that Ze had a place in the group that needed to be proven to be worthwhile. He had fucked up with the appearance of his ex-girlfriend, and what with his apparent timid nature towards this way of life, he could not afford to go and curl up in a ball in his sheets and wait for the screaming he would soon hear cease. He had too much to prove of himself.

Jordan cleared his throat after a while of staring at James with disgust. Kevin looked up as Eddie stopped his sharpening, and Aleks beside him looked up with as much loyalty as the bowman had ever hoped from him. Ze took a few cautious steps towards Kevin. Seamus was not around yet today, but this alarmed no one. He would be back soon.

"Are we ready, Sly?" the bowman asked, seeing as he now had everyone's attention.

Eddie gave a nod, a smirk on his face.

"Just need some morphine is all..." he said, glancing down at the steel table where his patient would soon lay.

Jordan signaled to Ze, who gave a slightly startled look before trotting off to the separate room where the supplies were.

It took several minutes before the pyro returned with a syringe.

"Alright. Go get the boy, Kevin," Jordan said, returning to his place behind the camera. He grabbed a lever that elevated and turned the camera, making sure that it was at a reasonable height and that the video would be shot with a precise angle.

Kevin approached the boy in the Cellar, whose arms were bound behind him and chained to the ground. He was wrapped in a wool blanket and a sweatshirt with sweatpants. They never let their victims be claimed by the cold, so they had outfitted him with clothes they believed would help him to remain warm. A plate of half-eaten bread sat beside him, one that had been fed to him since they wouldn't dare let him eat himself.

His sandy brown hair hung in his eyes as his head was tilted forward. His shoulders slowly rose and fell as sleep caused him to breathe in a relaxing, peaceful way.

Kevin felt a stab of guilt at having to wake him from his last ever sleep-unless you counted death as an everlasting slumber.

He bent down over the young adult and unbound the chains from his arms, causing a hiccup of surprise to escape the boy. He squinted up at Kevin, having no ability to speak as tape kept him hushed.