Hindmost - Another Word for Chaos

7: Thule

They were crowded down in the cavern, standing around a tightly bound Jiunichi.

"Is this how you greet all your long lost sons, father?" he managed to sneer before Dicord kicked him in the jaw.

"You're no son of mine," Linus insisted, "No son of mine could ever commit such.... Atrocities..."

"Oh, give yourself some credit Pops, I..." he yelped that time as Discord buried her foot into his testicles.

Jiunichi rolled on the ground, squealing as she crushed his painfully throbbing groin.

"Why the Hell do you keep doing that?!" he demanded.

"It makes me laugh," she explained, before stepping hard on his neck, "Also, shut the fuck up, nobody asked you anything yet."

"Okay, Fine!" he managed to groan, "What are your questions?"

Discord drew her foot back and slammed it hard into Jiunichi's ribs, causing him to writhe in agony, coughing up a splatter of blood. Discord sat patiently, arms folded as she waited for him to calm down.

"Now, did that sound like shutting up?" she leaned down, "And think really hard before you answer."

Jiunichi stared back up at her, growling. Discord's response was to kick him once more.

"Eh, good enough," she shrugged, "Ask away."

"Why...." Linus looked down on him, tears in his eyes, "Just tell me why?"

"MMmmm, can I talk now?" Jiunichi snapped.

"You see me throw a tack hammer at you?" Discord responded.

"Just tell me, how could you turn out like this...I know it must have been difficult without a father but..." Linus seemed almost ready to collapse from the emotion, "WHY? Why son?"

"Is he for real?" Ekland and his brother moved over to where Discord sat.

"Yeah, just let him go," she advised, patting them on the head, "It's easier than shutting him up."

"Why..." Linus continued to weep, "Just tell me..."

"Oh for fuck's sake," Jiunichi shouted back, "We were ransacked, mother was raped and killed, why is it so damn shocking that I'm screwed up."

"Harsh," Discord commented.

"Is he really crying?" Ekland wondered.

"It's just his method let him roll," Discord insisted.

"Do you mind, PLEASE!" Linus shouted, "I am trying to have a conversation with my long lost..."

"Seriously?!" Jiunichi demanded, "Is he always like this?"

"Oh, he's not so bad," Discord mentioned as she stood from the altar, "Now play along and answer his fucking questions already, it's the only way to shut him up."

"I am not that conceited!" Linus roared.

"Could've fooled me," Discord mentioned off hand she strolled over to a section of the basement that was badly falling in and took hold of a dried, rotten beam.

"Ugh, fine," Linus finally gave in, "Why did you attack Hessperiidae?"

"To take her core," Jiunichi shouted, "Which is not a piece of Heaven!" he insisted sarcastically, "They are constructs of pure coalesced energy of near infinite proportions, a perpetual motion engine, it's cold fusion!"

"And where does it come from?" Discord wondered, gently patting the rotten log against her palm.

"What?" Jiunichi raised an eyebrow, "It's nothing mythical it's just..."