THE TORMENTOR
The Tormentor - Episode 63&64
( Blêed•For•Me, Ixora )
Book 1 in the Mindf+ck Trilogy
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As Ixora was led out of the courthouse with the blood between her legs, her eyes met with the eyes of her loved ones one by one.
Her dad Rafael who's crying like a baby as he got held down by the cops who're stopping him from getting closer to her.
Her mom Stonia who's on the ground, passed out with Serena screaming her name.
Her best friend Nadine who's stretching her hand towards her, and when Ixora stretched her own hand too, the cops pushed her forward before their hands could touch.
Romeo, the boy whose mother ruined her life with her hypnosis. He's standing, hands shaking as he stared at her with teary face.
Then Bethel who's beside him, crying with her palms on her mouth.
Monty and Tina too...
She doesn't have a peculiar relationship with them apart from the night they gave her a lift to the ice hockey meet.
Tina is wiping her tears, and though Monty isn't crying, but her eyes are red like she wants to cry.
Anfisa...she's not crying but her eyes are full of pity and guilt.
Then the rest of Satan's Heirs at the far back who're looking at her like she's their miserable ball which they just scored.
And of course they scored.
Now it's all over
Her illusion is over, her fantasy is over, abruptly and in the cruellest way ever just like she expected.
As she stepped out of the courthouse with the cops, she was met with several reporters in front of the building who kissed her face with their camera shutters and asking several stinging questions.
They were clamoring, pushing each other as they tried to get the best pictures of her.
Snap.
Snap all you want.
Have a feast of my misery.
Ixora didn't bother to look away from the camera shutters, she didn't blink either, and the cuffs on her wrists reminded her of where she's going.
The Cali jail,... hell on earth.
But then...she's not scared for what may come, and a sentence resounded in her head suddenly...
"If life treats you with hostility, take it like tea and drink it. The teacup shall soon become empty"
Those words were from the mute boy she met at the mill, and as she remembered, she smiled dryly.
She was pushed into the van which immediately drove off.
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[An Hour Later, Strix Hospital]
Stonia's eyes flipped open on the bed, and she sat up quickly, but before she could get down, Rafael held her back.
"Where is my daughter! Did you allow them to take her? Where is Ixora!!!" She pushed him away.
"You can't keep playing this violence Stonia!! It'd only worsen things!" Rafael replied, and Stonia got up.
"I agree that I was hesitant...I wasn't planning to give birth at all, but then you forced her into me and forced me to keep her pregnancy, and when I gave birth to that beautiful girl, smu fell in love with her instantly. She's what I live for, Rafael. I can't live without her, and you think I'd allow her stay 24hrs in that jail? I don't care what's gonna happen, I've already been labelled as a corrupted ex vice-president by the citizens, so one more corrupt act don't be bad. I'm barging into that prison and I'm taking out my daughter!" She blew up, pushing him out of her way.
She was about to really barge out when Rafael jammed a syringe into her arm, and she stopped.
Her eyes went drowsy immediately, and she went down, but he quickly held her.
"Raf...ae..." She slurred weakly.
"I'm sorry, Stonia. Your temperament might ruin things, let me handle this" he muttered, dropping her in bed and covering her up.
Her female doctor came in, her eyes pitiful.
"I can't believe I treated Ixora that same month when she had problem with her legs, and now she's behind bars?" She said.
"I'll do everything I can to get my daughter out, just please...take care of Stonia. I used the injection on her" Rafael replied, wiping his tears.
"Sure, I hope to hear good news about your daughter soon" the doctor said, and Rafael rushed out.
After he left, Serena came out of the hallway she has been standing at, her smile so bright and her phone glued to her ear.
"Are my flight tickets ready? I'll fly tomorrow to avoid unnecessary suspicions, and after my departure, promise me your agent in prison will do a good job" She said.
She's on with her doctor.
"Do you know where she's getting taken to? Cali Core Prison, hell on earth where even the guards are criminals. Don't worry, I settled them enough, and at the time of the penetration, the guards are gonna weaken their tightness" Dr. Fat reassured.
"Good" Serena said.
"But what about your aunt?" He replied.
"She has never cared about me, so I bet her and her husband won't even notice my absence. I'll text her that I've gone to Serbia to stay with my maternal grandmother, so it's settled. By the time I come back to this city, I'll have the face of her daughter" she explained.
"Cool, and and about the flight ticket, it's readier than ready, my lady" the doctor said.
"Good" Serena hung up and walked down the hall.
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[Satan's Heirs Hideaway]
"I'm f+çking bored" Konstantin said, coming downstairs with a bottle of his favorite alcohol in hand.
Capri is seated alone in the living room, staring at his wristwatch.
Chicago is getting released today, latest in the evening.
Ashton isn't here, he went to see Bronx at the hospital.
"If you're bored, then watch the news, there's a lot going on in the city" Capri replied.
"Are you trying to sound suggestive? You suck at it. Why would I watch when her face is all-over the news" Konstantin grimaced, taking his seat.
Capri watched in silent as he drank from his alcohol, but then he took the bottle from him and drank too.
From the stair railing, Anfisa stood and watched them with her phone hooked between her palms.
Evil Witch's message is on screen.
Evil Witch: Over, don't say I didn't warn him. My next step? You'd be shocked.
Anfisa turned off the phone and sighed out with heaviness on her chest.
Meanwhile... inside Warren's room, he's sitting alone in the scan room, staring at her life cameras.
Her bedroom, the bathroom, the living room, the kitchen, her closet... Both in Stonia and Rafael's house.. they're empty.
Then her room in Nadine's place... Nadine is inside that one, crying.
Warren kept zeroed eyes as he watched, but on his right hand, there's the meteorite bracelet.
The one she got him the other time, and on his right hand, there's the flame pendant necklace she got him on his birthday.
He dropped the both and opened the box of the flashdrive.
He brought out the flashdrive and inserted it into a laptop, playing the only video on it.
Ixora came in screen, wearing a Betta fish costume, multicoloured.
Her hair was decorated with corals and beads, and she braided it into two long braids which fell on her chest.
She blinked thrice before clearing her throat...
"Warren... listen to me...ahem!" She cleared her throat again, then she pulled out that microphone out of nowhere.
"Happy birthday...to you... happy birthday to you... happy birthday happy birthday, happy birthday... Warren..." She sang out of line, but she did it like she's the best singer in the world, then she turned around and wiggled the tail on her fish costume before laughing.
The laughter was shortlived though, and when she got serious, she came closer to the camera.
"Honestly...I don't know how I agreed to give fake testimony that day. I only remember refusing to do it when Evelyn told me to. But the next thing I remembered was me entering court. I'm not trying to make excuses, but... it's like I voodooed" she said and nodded.
"I won't ruin your birthday present with my tattling, so I'll sing once again. Manage my voice I'm not a good singer ok?" She smiled and shifted back from the camera, then she began jumping as she sand the happy birthday song again.
Warren shut down the laptop at this point, and Falsus cooed on the table as he shut his eyes.
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[Creed's Family House]
"Twenty years imprisonment? Who was the judge?" Elder Creed asked as Lydia reported the court occurrence to him.
They're both at the front balcony, and she's in front of him.
"No need to know him, he's not someone we know so Warren has no hand in the long sentence, but why are you suspicious? Warren was also sentenced to twenty years, but the secret of his innocent leaked after he spent three, isn't that why he was released?" Lydia replied.
"I know, I'm just saying her parents are rich enough to bribe the judge to lessen the sentence. Is Rafael's money useless? Stonia's violence?" Elder Creed looked up.
"The court body are all new and rigid, so there was no foul play this time. But why do you seem disappointed that her sentence wasn't lessened?" Lydia asked.
"It's not disappointment, it's intrigue. I love hearing sad sob stories, it fills me" Elder Creed replied, and Lydia relaxed.
"So now who's next? Evelyn? She'd come by herself at this point, I can bet it" he said.
"And you, you refused to do anything to help when he was in jail, and I've been insisting that you tell him the reason, but you refused. He's gonna come for you" Lydia replied.
Elder Creed grinned. "My son is gonna kill me with his own hands? By all means, he's welcome. I've been wishing for that a long time ago"
"Stop this stubbornness! You're on a wheelchair cos of him! Maureen crippled you cos of him!" Lydia shouted.
And at the same time, an arrow flew into the balcony from nowhere.
The arrow got stuck in the wall with a paper attached to it.
With wide eyes, Lydia pulled out the arrow and removed the note from it.
It read...
"Miss me?"
"It's her" Lydia muttered, showing the note to the old man.
"She's back?" He said, and though he tried to hide his fear, it's obvious.
Lydia stayed silent.
"Post vacancy for a new maid to replace greedy Matron, and install lights and new cameras round the compound, even in the forest at the back. This battle is only just starting" he said.
"Yes, sire" Lydia bowed.
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[Hello Hospital]
Bronx sat in bed, and despite his injuries and doctors warning to stay off his phone, he's with his phone.
He's not scrolling through the Cali news. Instead, he's staring at the order he received from the brotherhood to eliminate Tina and Monty.
He knows Monty is outside the ward right now, watching over him, and while he hates her so fuçking much, killing the innocent has never made it to his to-do list.
No way he's gonna kill anyone, so he tried playing a game with the leader. He decided to make a deal, and he was about replying the text when Ashton came in, so he dropped the phone.
"I hate your face than Mondays, so you might wanna get the fûck out" he said.
"You're in a cult, and I don't know which cult it is when despite your glaring occultic tattoos, I dunno how discreet you guys are or the vow you made that's making you protect them this much, but just know that when I get my hands on your cult, I won't hold back" Ashton seethed, and Bronx laughed, getting down from the bed to stand toe-to-toe with him.
"What? You're gonna frame them like you and your bastard friends framed Ixora? Even the blind should know it's a setup but everyone thinks she really killed Mrs. Hotdog...wait...was it Ortega? Whatever...you can only fool the public with your mediocre plots, but not me! We might be brothers, but we're different! You're heartless just like your friends, but I'm not! Your friends are more important than me? Go on and protect them! And I'll f+ckin protect myself!" He spat.
Ashton became speechless, he just fought the urge to punch him.
Outside the ward, Monty finally walked away, unable to continue listening to the banters of the brothers.
She got back in her car and looked up at the picture of her father which she hung, and she smiled slightly before driving out of the hospital.
She had barely driven two minutes into the city when someone almost ran into her car. Thankfully, she quickly stepped on brakes.
"I'm sorry!" The man quickly apologized before rushing to cross the road, entering an FBI building.
It's Rafael, and he's obviously still running around for his daughter.
Monty sighed.
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[Ford Salon]
Clover followed the siblings back home, and the three of them are in the outer salon.
As for Mr. Ford, the poor man is inside his room, crying for his dead greedy wife.
"So...you worked with mum in her trafficking business?" Romeo talked, his voice imbalanced from too much crying.
"Are you gonna hand me over to the cops too?" Clover replied.
"As much as I wanna do that, I'm not gonna do it" Romeo said.
"What do you mean?" Bethel asked from her seat, and Romeo rolled eyes before standing.
He took few steps away then came back.
"I'm taking over" he said.
"What! No!" Bethel spranged up.
"And if that makes me a villain, then so be it! What good has goody ever brought me? I want the bad! I need it like the air I breath! Everyone is crazy in this city? Then let's all run mad! I'll get the power, connections, and wealth I need. If Warren and his gang thinks they own this city, then someone gotta say no to them" Romeo retorted.
Bethel's arms dropped.
"He killed mother and destroyed every good thing ongoing in our lives, now don't even start talking about how mother wasn't innocent, I don't f+çking care!" Romeo slammed.
Clover stood, taking a key out of his pocket which he dropped on the table.
"There, Matron gave it to me the same day I became her vice. I was told to deliver it to her son if any funny thing happens, I think it contains her top secrets and documents. She has been preparing for that death a long time ago, so it's your turn now, to not disappoint her" Clover said.
Romeo picked the key up, and somehow, Bethel found herself smiling.
Clover smiled, too.
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[Cali Core Prison]
The room is tight, and people with claustrophobia probably won't survive even two minutes in here.
Ixora is the only one inside, and she's sitting on the bare ground, back on the wall.
Her orange-colored inmate uniform looks too bad on her, and her number 20 is glaring on the white back space.
They gave her a uniform with her age number, and it'd have been funny if she wasn't gonna sornd twenty years here.
It'd have been funny if her mum wouldn't land in coma cos she's very sure Stonia would go comatose.
It'd have been funny if Rafael wouldn't be running around by now, and it'd have been funny if Nadine wouldn't be crying in her room right now.
That tiny girl is always quich to cry so she can imagine her waterworks right now.
Her thoughts were interrupted when the door opened with a wild burst which slammed it against the wall, and someone entered.
A tattooed sweating girl who's number 21 on her uniform. She's holding an arrow which she already set, and she released it immediately she entered.
Ixora rolled away from her spot before it could reach her, and the girl laughed, nodding surprisingly.
She dropped the arrow and bow and began clapping.
"Whoa! You know archery? You know how to dodge arrow shots? Who taught you, liar!" She grabbed Ixora by the hair and slammed her head on the wall.
Ixora's eyes turned as blood bathed her face, but she didn't back down as she went for the girl, slamming her head on her stomach before kneeling her chin.
The girl staggered with bleeding nose, but she came back for her immediately, dragging her out of the room and throwing her out.
Ixora rolled out, of the inmates in the other rooms screamed out in excitement, chanting...
"Ixora!"
"Chicago!"
"Ixora!"
"Chicago!"
Chicago kicked Ixora with mad eyes, her chest looking like it's gonna burst with the way it's rising.
Ixora sat up before she could kick her again, then she raised her two legs, pushing Chicago's stomach.
Chicago almost fell as she staggered, and the inmates gasped.
"She's actually Chicago's match?"
"How come? Chicago has no match"
Chicago pulled a knife out of her pants and nearly stabbed her, but the guards rushed in and grabbed her.
"You're well aware that causing trouble before your release adds more months to your jail term, you'll be held back for almost a year!" The guards told her.
"I'm not interested in getting released anymore, let me stay in here and drag her into my world of hell" Chicago smirked, looking at Ixora who's just standing from the ground.
"Eyes on you, bî+ch" she muttered, smiling poisonously as the guards took her away.
Ixora returned to her prison room as peace returned to that hall, and immediately she entered, two guards from that hall exchanged signals.
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[Next Day, Rikks Neighborhood]
A young girl could be seen going from house to house, sharing sweets in a pink bowl and smiling as she handed them to the old neighbors.
The streets is underdeveloped, so mostly old poor people live there, and the girl just moved in.
"You really didn't have to share sweet" one of the women told her, and she chuckled.
"I'm from Itaewon, and we have an habit of sharing housewarming gifts for neighbors at new apartments, don't mind me" she said brightly.
"It's fine, and if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask. Your name is Winter?" The old woman said.
"Yeah, and thank you. You're so kind" she smiled.
The woman eventually left for her apartment, and Winter entered her own one-room apartment at the rooftop, her smile disappearing.
"So many questions and talks" she hissed, throwing the plate of sweets on her bed.
"Can't believe I'll have to pretend to be poor! Gives me the ick!" She scratched her arm and walked past her long mirror.
When she saw her own face, she cringed, rolling eyes before slapping herself in the mirror.
"I'll never get used to this new unattractive face, never" she said, backing the mirror with a sigh.
"California, here I am with a new personality and face. Evelyn is back!!" She squealed.
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[Nadine's Place]
Nadine hasn't come out of her own room since the court shit.
She sat at the foot of her bed, crying out her heart throughout.
Her eyes are even tired of crying and now they become painful anytime tears trickles out of them.
Her phone has been off, and her face has been between her thighs. She's running a high fever as her skin is so hot, but she's not even thinking about her own health right now.
The honking of a car outside made her stand weakly.
Must be her parents.
Must their yearly visit be by this time? It's wrong timing.
Nevertheless, she trudged out of the room and went downstairs, stepping out to open the gate.
The black car drove in, but instead of her parents, a tall, gallant... powerful-looking woman stepped out, her demeanor making her freeze.
She's wearing a long blazer, and a black hat over her short bob hair. Her face reminds her of someone, and she didn't even search her brain for long before detecting who .
Konstantin.
Konstantin is the carbon copy of this woman.
"You must have noticed your parents didn't come for their yearly visit since last year" the woman said, and her eyes widened.
She went closer.
"How did you know about my parents?"
"Cos they're in my underground prison in Russia" the woman replied blandly, and Nadine gasped.
"Business moguls who tried to dupe the great Barinov empire? Oh, your parents are funny people, and I caught them, but then I sent Anfisa to drag his brother back to Russia, and he kept his headstrong attitude, then Anfisa reported to me that he might have someone we can trap him with, and it's you" The woman said, and Nadine stepped back.
"Anfisa...?"
"I've talked too much, and now I'm tired, it's hightime you meet your parents. Akem!" The woman snapped, and a long-haired handsome Russian guy stepped out of the car too.
He came for Nadine, but Nadine began running out of the compound.
She wasn't even a match, cos he easily slapped a drugged handkerchief to her nose from behind, and Nadine easily went limp
She was dragged into the car, which drove out of the compound instantly.
As they drove away, Anfisa drove to a stop in front of the mansion, and she came out of her car.
Immediately she saw the car driving off, she recognized that style of driving.
Akem drives like a nutcase.
"Shit" she muttered, getting her phone.
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[A Mighty Teak Tree]
The tree is in the middle of Obsidian island, and the guys choose this place as their resting spot tonight.
The tree is on fire cos Warren set it on fire, and they're all seated on a brick not far from the burning tree, watching it raze and raze.
Ashton's tongue is blue from the pop he's licking, and Konstantin has a smoke between his lips.
Capri has alcohol, and Warren has nothing, he's just watching the burning tree desolately.
"I could c(m in my p@nts by just watching this burn" Konstantin muttered.
"I'm pretty sure Evelyn is in the country right now, but finding her is the task" Ashton said.
The ringing of Konstantin's phone interrupted them, and he pulled out the phone to see 'Fisa' calling.
"Yeah?" He swiped green.
"Galina took Nadine" she said, and he frowned.
"Which Galina?"
"Which other Galina do you know? Mother!" Anfisa snapped, and Konstantin jumped down the brick immediately.
He rushed out of the forest.
"Wifey!" Ashton went after him.
Capri stayed back with Warren, sparing him a glance.
"You ok? Your silence is prickling" he said, and before Warren could reply, he got a brainstorm.
That day when he bumped into Matron at the family house, and a pendulum pocket watch fell from her.
He jumped down the brick immediately.
"War!" Capri jumped with her, rushing after him outta the forest.
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[Creed's Family House]
Warren's car entered with a loud screech, and Capri raced behind him as they both stepped into the house.
Lydia and Elder Creed are consuming dinner in the dinning, and Lydia immediately stood.
"Young Lord?" She said surprisingly.
Warren just ignored and went straight to late Matron's room, but all her things are gone.
"I burnt all her things according to Elder's orders" Lydia said.
"Where?" Warren faced her, and Lydia took him and Capri to the backyard where the black remains from Matron's burnt things is.
Everything burnt completely, well except for the pendulum pocket watch which is still there.
Only one side of it got burnt, and it's still working.
"The f+ck is going on?" Capri asked.
"What are you gonna do with Matron's watch?" Lydia said.
"That's not just a watch" Elder Creed said, wheeling himself out on his wheelchair.
Warren faced him.
"It's an hypnotist's pendulum, Matron was a hypnotist" Elder Creed spoke again, and Warren's hand folded on the watch, so much that it entered his palm skin, wounding him madly.
"I don't know how I agreed to give fake testimony that day. I only remember refusing to do it when Evelyn told me to. But the next thing I remembered was me entering court"
Ixora's words from the flashdrive video sounded in his head, and the pocket watch delved into his palm fresh.
His blood dripped on the ground, and he began walking out.
"War! The f+ck!" Capri went after him again.
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[Cali Core Prison]
Rafael has been pleading with the guards to allow him see Ixora since daybreak, but no one even gave him attention.
He has been here since morning, seated at the visiting room patiently.
He knows they won't let him sleep here, it's either they allow him see her or he involves violence.
He's clutching at the birthday gift he got her—keys to a private jet, and a chocolate-coloured cake.
Even if she won't be able to fly the jet right now, he'd wait till she'd get out of here cos he won't stop running till he gets her out.
But at least, he could share the cake with her.
He zipped down his pullover when a guard approached him.
"Not doing this because of anything else, but because everyone is saying you're a good man. I'll get her for you to see" the guard said, and Rafael stood.
"Thank you! Thank you"
The guard left with a nod, entering the notorious hall.
The noisy inmates went silent as he walked towards Ixora's prison room, his steps precise.
He pushed the room door open, and he was greeted by the smell of something rotten which took him by surprise.
He further pushed the room door open, and his eyes widened horrifically at what he saw.
Ixora's body, hung with a rope on her neck—to the ceiling!
Dead.
Am confused 🤔
ReplyDeleteReally confused 🤔
ReplyDeleteNa the end be this
Abi na season one just ended