Tied Up

Chapter 5: The Lady

Claude: You remember love? What about it?

Warren: I was in love, before this whole mess.

Claude: Who was it with?

Warren: A woman, my age.

Claude: And what was her name?

Warren: I can't tell you. I won't bring her into this.

Claude shows Warren the spiked bat he is holding.

Claude: You see this? Just imagine what it can do to you Warren. I suggest you tell me, right fucking now.

Warren: She has nothing to do with this. She was a long time ago. A past life basically.

Claude: How old were you?

Warren: Younger than I am today.

Claude: And now, besides your BULL SHIT love, what do you remember? About my daughter I mean. What do you remember that can help me?

Warren: Nothing else that has to do with this. I'm sorry.

Claude holds the spiked baseball bat next to Warren's head.

Claude: Let me tell you a little bit about the history of these woods we are in.

Claude starts pacing back and forth as he tells Warren about the woods they are in.

Claude: They call these woods, The Woods Of Death. Do you know why that is Warren?

Warren: It sounds familiar. But I don't remember.

Claude: You see, there was a serial killer who had lived near these woods. Four of his victims were found in these woods. He's believed to have killed over fifty people. His name, was Lance Carnage.

The name Lance Carnage sounds familiar to Warren.

Warren: I swear I remember hearing about him.

Claude: That's right. They constantly talked about him in the media. They are even working on a movie based on his life right now. Do you know what his favorite weapon to kill was?

Warren: No.

Claude: It was a spiked baseball bat. And do you know why I am telling you this?

Warren: No I don't.

Claude: I'm telling you this Warren, so you know. So you are aware of what is at stake here. If you don't get me my answers within the next hour, I am going to bash your skull in with this spiked bat I carry in my hands right now. And we will bury you in these Woods Of Death. It will be a long time before someone digs you up. And when that happens, everyone will assume it was done by Lance Carnage.

Warren looks at the spiked bat, and imagines how painful it will be if he is to get hit with it.

Claude: So keep that in mind when you want to take your time trying to remember things like your old flings.

Claude goes to the door, but stops because of Warren.-

Warren: -Wait.