I get the call in the middle of a date. A date for crying out loud! This was one of the few times I got time off to spend time with my girlfriend, and yet they still call me.
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Thankfully, she understands. She knows how much my work means to me and promises to wait for me. She is amazing, no one has her patience. I kiss her goodbye just as the car pulls up. Time for work.
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The drive there isn't long, only a few minutes. The driver won’t talk, which is fine by me. The less I know about this man, the better. I never liked making small talk with the company’s subordinates. They have nothing interesting to share.
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He drops me off at the building’s entrance and speeds off as soon as the door closes. They always do that. Never one to care though; there’s work to be done.
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My assistant for the day, Alyssa, waits for me at the elevator, her nails tapping her clipboard excitedly. She’s a nice woman, but just gets on my nerves sometimes.
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”They’ve prepared the produce in the kitchen, Mr. Cosmos,” she says, stepping into the elevator. “We secured it this morning, but wanted an expert to handle it. We can’t let an amateur mess up meat this rare. The boss wants us to finish it by tomorrow. He’s got a hunger that he hasn’t been able to sedate. As our head Chef, he trusts that you can take care of it to perfection.”
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”I’ll be done by today,” I reply, stepping through the opening elevator doors. “I trust that all my utensils are cleaned and ready for use? You know I like everything here ready when I need it.”
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”Of course, sir. It’s all set up.”
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”Good. Now, let’s get cooking.”
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I push open the doors to the kitchen, breathing in the familiar smell of it. A smile makes its way to my face, and my assistant is practically bouncing with unkept energy. In the center of the room, hanging by chains attacked to the ceiling, is a man of forty-six, naked except for a pair of shorts.
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”Nilo, Nilo, Nilo, what have you been doing?” I ask the man. “You seemed to have found your way into my kitchen. Here I thought I’d never see you here, but here you are.”
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Nilo lifts his head from his chest, his face bruised and bloody. His nose bends slightly to the side, broken beyond repair. One of his eyes was swollen shut, and blood drips from his mouth.
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”Well,” he wheezes, spitting out more blood. “If I’d known i was going to be in the presence of the Head Chef, I’d have cleaned up. Alas, I was in such a hurry to see you, I tripped down the stairs.”
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”Mmm, as much as I love charades, I don’t really feel like it right now. Maybe tonight you can join me and my friends in a round. I can’t promise it’ll be as fun as getting beat up by the Butlers, but it’s a close second.”
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”It better be more fun than that. Your Butlers hit like girls.”
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Alyssa looks up from setting out some tools. “Is that so? They must’ve been some strong girls or you’re just a petty male.”
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Nilo cusses her, but she just giggles like a schoolgirl and continues her work. Next time, I’ll have to ask for someone who can be more contained. Alyssa is one of the best pupils I’ve had, but she really needs more self-control in more significant times. Alas, my second is away on a different job, so I’m stuck with her. Or rather, Nilo’s stuck with us.
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Putting all small-talk aside, I put on an apron, plastic gloves, and turn on the speakers in the kitchen. I’m so glad they finally installed them. I’ve been asking for speakers in the kitchen for weeks, and they’ve left my request pending. Everyone likes to listen to music, especially when working, and I’m no different.
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”Nilo,” I say, turning to the hanging man, “have you ever heard of the Forgotten Odes? It’s a modern, classical album by Eternal Eclipse. The whole album is around fifty minutes, but most people last maybe to the thirty minute point; it really is sad. Some of the best songs are at the end. How long do you suppose you’ll last?”
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The man just swears some more. Sighing, I pick up a knife from the tray Alyssa has laid out for me. People really can’t go five minutes without swearing. I want to cut out his tongue now, but that must wait.
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”Alyssa, we’re ready to begin. Start the music. For you sake, Nilo, I hope we can keep this short. For my sake, the album’s a good one, so if we make it through the whole thing, I’ll be grateful. Maybe you’ll like it, too.”
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The music begins as I walk toward him with the knife.
•WARNING! I am about to be very precise with the hat happens next. So feel free to skip this if you don’t want to see what happens in my mind. You’ve been warned.•
The hands are the first to go. Normally, I’d have Alyssa ask him a question first, but he interrupted my date, so he doesn’t get that mercy. It’s not if he was going to crack at the first question anyways, so best not to waste time.
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First, I make incisions along his finger pads to his palms, slowly pulling the knife through his skin. He grits his teeth as blood drips down his arms, but doesn’t make a sound. Once I’m done, I wrap a rag tightly around his hand and wrist. Can’t let him lose too much blood so soon. Before I let Alyssa question him, I pull out some alcohol and douse the rags around his hands in it. This time, he yells and swears at me, struggling to get free.
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The best thing about this type of torture, sorry, inquisition, is that the more he struggles, the more alcohol gets into his cuts. He’s giving himself more pain without me doing anything.
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Alyssa begins questioning him from her clipboard’s list, but I tune her out. I’m here for one thing, and one thing only. I lean against a counter, drowning myself in the music, until she looks at me and motions for me to take over.
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I take a pair of thick pliers off the tray and slowly begin to break his fingers. One. By. One. The sound of breaking bones can be heard over the music. Crack. Crack. Crack. After I’m done with his fingers, I re-douse the rags with more alcohol. The entire time, he’s yelling and swearing at me, struggling to escape the pain any way his body can.
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Just for good measure, I do the same thing to his toes, lowering him just enough so that his broken toes would brush the ground with any movement. It takes a good, long ten minutes to do this, and by the end, Nilo’s sweating and pain is evident on his face.
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”O-o-o-kay,” he says. “I’ll t-tell you what you want . . . what you want . . . to know.”
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”Good boy,” I say to him. “But the fun has just begun.”
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The next thing I do is take a knife to the bottoms of his feet, making three long lines from toe to heel on each foot. Then I move his feet into a bucket that leaves him with little room to swing his feet, and precede to fill it with red wine.
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Meanwhile, while all of this is happening, Alyssa dances around his, using a small knife to make cuts all along his body: under his eyes, his chest, his arms, anywhere she wants, she cuts. In some places, she rubs red pepper dust in the wounds, others she dribbles alcohol into.
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Before we stop at the halfway mark, I take a mirror, positioning it right where he can see his face. I step behind him, raising a dull, metal spoon to his eyes.
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”You might not want to close your eyes for this next part.” I whisper in his ear. “Watch everything.”
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With that, I plunge the spoon into his right eye, scooping it out while Alyssa holds his head straight, making him watch as his vision is taken from him. I do the same with the other eye, plopping them both into a bowl.
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After all of that, he hangs there, in terrible pain from everywhere. Looking at nothing with his empty sockets, feeling everything with his entire being. Wishing for death.
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He answers all of Alyssa’s questions without struggle or hesitation. At the end, he lifts his head, whimpering through his pain, “Kill me. Please, end this pain. If you have a shred of a conscience, please, kill me.”
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I shake my head, leaning to his ear, saying, “I can’t. There’s a meal to prepare, and the boss likes his meat fresh.”
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I hope that this fills the requirements to be horror, or what is horror in your mind. Needless to say, don’t try this at home. You can be sent to prison for a long time. Otherwise, don’t become as spirit dead as me. See y’all in the next one!
Regards,
~Kama
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