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Chapter 16
I jumped back into my shoes and ran for the door. Down the hall and out the back door as quickly and quietly as I could. The door to the shed hung open and the older gentleman that took care of our yard, I think his name was Pedro, was rustling around in there no doubt looking for his gas tank and wheelbarrow. I snuck around the side of the shed facing the house, then around the back and came up on the wheelbarrow sitting in the sun drying. I grabbed the hammer and walked around the front of the shed to the door. Pedro was scratching his head and looking into the shed. I took two steps forward, raised the hammer above my head and brought it down as fast and powerful as I could.
I watched as the world shifted into slow motion. The hammer cut through the air like it was a knife through clothe. As it made contact with the back of Pedro’s head I saw his scalp split open and the white of his skull flash in the light from the setting sun. A gush of bright red blood shot through the air and splattered across the window at the side of the shed. His knees buckled and his legs looked like gummy worms. He went down face first. His mouth made contact with the edge of a work bench and one of his teeth popped loose and rolled across the floor. I looked around the room at the tooth, the work bench, and then the window. I saw a set of eyes peaking over the edge of the window. The eyes looked human but where dark red. The skin looked burnt and crusty. I could tell without seeing it head on that it was smiling.
I looked back toward Pedro who had gone completely limp on the floor. Everything caught back up and shifted back into full gear. I realized I didn’t have a plan for Pedro at all, but I wanted to play with him. I quickly grabbed my rope and his ankles and started to try to pull him out of the shed. He was much heavier than Edith, I wasn’t going to be able to move this one as easily. I stood there contemplating what to do. I surveyed the room and realized I could use the shed, but I would have to get anything that could be used as a weapon out of here.
I spent the next hour rushing all of the blades and saws out of the shed. Anything that looked sharp or heavy I took around to the side of the shed and laid in the yard. I noticed that the grass was getting a little long and thought to myself “Im going to have to call the gardener…” Then laughed at myself as I realized what I was thinking. I went back into the shed and grabbed Pedro’s arms pulling him to the leg of the workbench that was bolted to the floor. I tried his hand together and to the bench as tightly as I could. I didn’t want him to be able to get up at all. I tied some rope around his ankles and rolled him onto his stomach. The rope I tied to his ankles I ran up and around his wrists as well, it was the closest thing to hog tying as I could get without having ever done it. I emptied his pockets, not interested in his wallet I stuck that in my pocket along with his car keys. I needed, wriggling my fingers down his front right pocket “There it is.” I said out loud “This should come in handy later, we don’t want your family to come looking for you.” I said to the unconscious body on the floor as I pulled the cell phone out of his pocket.
I think I will keep this one for a while I thought silently to myself as I looked on at the tied up body lying on the floor. I turned and walked out kicking the door shut behind me. Back inside I had some lunch and decided to relax a bit before going back to talk to Pedro and work out his family situation. I plopped down in the media room and put on one of my favorite movies. The opening scene of the first Hellraiser flashed across the screen, screams and the sounds of blades being sharpened. The camera pans across a tall Victorian house then goes inside to explore it room by room as the screams get louder. I love this opening sequence and the thought behind this movie, that extreme pain can bring great pleasure, makes me happy.
The movie entrances me every time and by the end of it I am completely absorbed. I barely noticed the screams from outside in the shed. As the movie fades out and the credits roll, I feel just as satisfied as I always do when it ends. I will watch the rest of the series over the next few days, it’s hard for me to just watch the first.
As I am sitting on the couch listening to the music over the credits and living in the dream state I always leave these movies in, the screams start to pierce my veil of ecstasy. I shake my head a little and realize Pedro is awake. I knew he wouldn’t be easy to convince to stay, but I was going to. I grabbed the cell phone I took from Pedro’s pocket and went back outside. While I walked down to the shed, listening to the screams get louder, I flipped through the phone book looking for anything that hinted towards it being his wife.
I pulled the door to the shed open and said “Good afternoon sleepy! I trust you slept well. I was wondering, what’s your wife’s name?” He screamed back a bunch of expletives in Spanish. I could only make out a few. I shook my head and said “Listen very carefully Pedro.” And he broke in with more cursing. I stood up and kicked him as hard as I could in the side. He winced and coughed hard, then started screaming again. I put two more hard kicks into his ribs, then one solid blow to his face. He spit blood out onto the floor and looked up at me shocked.
“Now Pedro, do I have your attention?” He nodded with a look of terror and disbelief in his eyes. I said “Pedro, I am going to keep you here for a little while and we need to let your wife know that you aren’t going to be coming home.” He started to refuse and shake his head, he looked like he was panicking. I made a fist and brought it down hard on his temple. “Pedro, you’re going to have to understand that your fate is sealed, but if anyone comes here looking for you, theirs will be as well.” He spit some more blood onto the floor. I could see the anger and fear in his eyes, it was a beautiful site.
“I’m going to let you think about it for a little while and when I come back, I expect you to comply.” I got to my feet and laid one more hard kick to his mid-section and said “I will convince you one way or another.” I walked to the door listening to his labored breath behind me. As soon as my hand touched the knob he started screeching again. I walked out and stood on the other side of the door. I would have to wait until he stopped screaming and then try again.
I looked up into the air and could see the black smoke that had been pouring out of the fire pit. It looked like it had been dissipating and was almost gone. I needed to make sure everything burnt down ok so I started walking out into the woods toward the fort. I could hear Pedro’s screams behind me again and listened to them fade away slowly as I walked to the clearing in the woods.
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