Children of a Lesser God

Chapter 239: Woman At Work

Laz turned to look at Ivy, only to see the look on her face as she stared at the three tied up men. It was only now that he noticed she was looking at them the way a hungry lion would eye a deer. He could even sense her excitement, an emotion that he wasn't sure they could have. After all, when they had their masks on, they were pretty stone faced. Even during the time in the bath when the masks were off, they didn't exactly have what Laz would call, free emotions. When they smiled, it felt force. When the laughed or giggle, it was way too stiff. Laz didn't think about it before since he didn't know them and wasn't going to judge them. After finding out a bit more about them though, he realized that they truly lacked emotions. Or so he thought.

Ivy looked really excited right now.

The three men were whimpering as though they knew her and even Julia seemed scared. Obviously Laz was going to need to ask what this was about, but it was probably better to wait till they were alone.

Ivy then seemed to notice Julia and turned her head to look at her, causing Julia to let out an "eck" sound. Before Julia could say anything more, Ivy turned her head to look at Laz. Seeing her look, Laz seemed to understand what she was asking.

"No. Not her. She's a friend."

Ivy shook her head in understanding before glancing around the room as though looking for something. She then walked towards a door off in the back, opened it and then went in. Laz stared after her with a questioning look on his face before he heard a bunch of noises coming from the room. Before long, Ivy walked out without her briefcase but she was now clothed in a surgeon's gown. She then stood next to Laz as though waiting for instructions.

"Uh...." Laz was a bit absentminded but quickly collected himself.

"Ok. So, we need to know what they know about the kidnappings, who hired them, where the people are being taken, why are they being taken. Basically, anything and everything having to do with that." Although vague, Ivy shook her head in understanding. What Laz didn't know was that Ivy had been talked to by Freya before she was sent out here and was given certain instructions. The gist of those instructions were to do whatever Laz asked, but to collect the data that Freya needed as well as try to get closer to Laz. Both of them were rather surprised by how little time it took for Laz to come in contact with these people since they had been looking for them for weeks with no luck.

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As Ivy walked up and stood before the three men, Julia finally regained her brain and walked up to Ivy before kneeling on the ground. Just when Laz was about to ask what she was doing, Julia spoke.

"My Lady Horseman, It is an honor to meet you. I am Julia of the Trainer's Guild."

Hearing this, Ivy looked over at Julia for just a brief moment before nodding her head. She then turned back as though Julia no longer existed. Laz felt like this was a bit rude considering the whole act that Julia was performing, but to his surprise he saw Julia smile as she backed away and stood up.

Nothing more was said as Ivy stood in front of the three men, causing them to try their best to back away while being as small as possible. Just when Laz wanted to ask what she was doing, Ivy struck out quickly, grabbing one of the men by the hair and dragging him towards the back room.

Before they had even gotten half way there, the man started screaming and pleading.

"NO. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. TAKE ALLEN, HE KNOWS MORE. HE CAN TELL YOU EVERYTHING. NOOOOO...." Laz was surprised as how quickly this man had snapped and was even more surprised as he notice the other two men let out a breath as though they were slightly relieved.

Before long, Ivy and the struggling man disappeared as the door gently closed.

Seeing this, Laz had no idea what he should do next and instead walked over to stand near Julia who looked both excited and scared.

"What the hell was that?"

"WHAT DO YOU... What do you mean what was that? Why didn't you tell me you invited a horseman? You have any idea that the only reason I didn't piss myself right then was because I saw that she knew you?" At first Julia was going to yell at Laz, but then she thought better about it. Laz could see her eyes dart to the door that had just closed as though she was afraid of disturbing the person inside.

"What the hell is a horseman?"

"You don't know? You really have no idea?".

"Uh... no...?" Laz wondered why she thought he would ask if he knew.

"Whenever we, people like us, go into a new city or town, one of the things you need to do is to check out the strongest people there. There is a website that has these people listed. Although the info on their strength is vague, it offers a rather good analysis on who to watch out for and what to watch out for. Obviously some people aren't listed and don't want to be known. Others like to brag about their own ability but they drop off quickly after being killed by those who want to make themselves known. One of the other listings on the website exists only to warn you about the most dangerous people in a city. While they might not be the strongest, they are the most twisted, cruel and crazy the city has to offer. When it come to New Orleans here, the four horsemen take the top spot in the twisted, cruel and crazy category, without question." Julia finished explaining her story, causing Laz to understand a few things.

Just as he was about to ask some more questions of Julia, the door opened and Ivy stuck her head out before catching Laz's eye. With a simple wave of her hand, she beckoned him over. Laz, not knowing what she wanted, followed. Ivy made way for Laz to enter the room and gave a nod to Julia while pointing to the two men who were still bound on the floor, indicating that she wanted Julia to keep an eye on them before turning around and following Laz in.

When he entered the room with her, he noticed that whatever furniture was in the room had been thrown over in a pile in the corner and in the center of the room was only a table and the man, strapped securely to a chair. His hands were bound behind him and anchored to the chair while his feet and legs were similarly tied down as well. In addition to that, all of his clothes, minus a pair of stained underwear, had been cut off of him and thrown to the side.

As she invited Laz to come closer, he noticed that her briefcase was also open on the table. The large briefcase had actually been divided into layers that unfolded from the case, showing a various assortment of clean tools along with different vials of chemicals. Looking at them, Laz noticed that their contents had been written on them with rather cutesy hand writing. Laz never thought he would see something like Piranha solution written with little hearts replacing the "o's" in the spelling.

Other than looking like he wanted to pass out, the man was otherwise unharmed.

"What's up?" Laz asked, wondering why he had been called in. Ivy just directed him to a turned over chair before setting it upright. She then indicated for him to sit down.

Doing so, Laz had a questioning look on his face, but he didn't ask anything.

Ivy then turned to the man before walking over to the table. She then took her time to slowly write out something on a dry erase board before pointing it at the man. She then turned over a small, one minute sand timer.

'Who hired you?' Was all that was written, but once again, the '"o's" were replaced with little hearts. It might not be a big thing, but Laz actually thought it was kind of creepy. It was like... sounding sweet, but writing it.

Laz could see the man look like he wanted to respond, but in the end, he did not.

After the sand had reached the bottom of the glass, Ivy put down the board and grabbed out a small knife. She then proceeded to lightly cut the man several times on different area's of his body. Although the cutting hurt and the man seemed like he wanted to cry out, he resisted. Laz was able to notice that the cuts weren't too deep anyway. Although it might have hurt... it wasn't too bad for a normal person to endure.

After she was done, Ivy put down the knife and grabbed a bottle. Popping it open, she poured the contents onto the newly opened wounds, only to see things that looked like big headed worms latch on to the cuts and start drilling their way inside of him. Laz couldn't help but be grossed out by the sight.

One could only imagine how it looked and felt for the man strapped to the chair. His entire body started writhing in pain and he tried to rock the chair in an effort to move. Ivy just planted her foot on the base which caused it to remain still.

As Laz watched, the man's body shook more and more until he finally let out a scream. Festering sores were popping up all over his body as the worms crawled under his skin, making it seem like his skin was alive.

Just before the man looked like he was going to go crazy, Ivy took out another bottle, popped the cap slowly and dumped the contents on the wounds which were now gushing blood. It took only a moment for the worms inside the man to stop moving. Instead of his skin squirming, it now looked like he had random bumps everywhere.

Ivy then went back over to the table, grabbed the dry erase board and held it up to the man's face before turning the timer back over again, as though she was giving him another minute.

The man instantly started explaining everything he knew about the ones who had hired him. It didn't take long for Laz to get the gist of what he was saying.

'So it was the Children of God?' Laz thought, hearing what he was saying. This was his first guess anyway so it wasn't very helpful. What's more, the man had never made direct contact with anyone, so he was unable to even describe what the people looked like, only what they wore.

'Well this guy is kind of useless...' Laz thought, not knowing that Ivy shared the same thought.

After answering the question that was written, Ivy erased the board and started writing on it again.

'Why?' Although it was a general question and one that Laz kind of knew, it was still unknown just what the plan was. It was better to hear it from their own mouths than to just assume that what they knew was correct.

Seeing this question though, the man shook his head while yelling,

"I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW," which was a perfectly believable response considering one could tell he had no desire for those worm things to keep eating him.

Ivy didn't do anything else for the whole minute that the man was screaming until the timer ran out. Once it did though, she stepped forward and simply placed a finger on the man's forehead. Before he could say anything else, his body began to wither at a noticeable rate, turning from a young and healthy body full of life to a thin and decrepit shell with barely a bit of life left, leaving the man screaming the entire time.

Just before it looked like he would die, Ivy pulled back her finger. To Laz's amazement, she then broke the man free of his shackles and threw his body to the side. The worms once again took up their quest and began eating him from the inside out, causing his body to spasm in pain. It the man wasn't so lifeless already, he probably would have been screaming again.

Ivy then took the time to clean up the one took she used while fixing the chair and placing new restraints on it, making it ready for the next person to sit down. She then removed the slightly blood stained robe, threw it in a bag she had prepared and set everything a side.

Watching her go through these steps, Laz wanted to ask what was next, but kept the question to himself.

After Ivy finished, she then walked over to Laz, sat down in his ap and curled her body onto him like a kitten. Without thinking about it, Laz just wrapped his arms around her to support her up while she looked over at the squirming body that was weakly moving on the floor. Laz was surprised to see that her eyes underneath the mask were just as bright and excited as she was when she started.

Just as Laz's confusion reached it's peak, Ivy leaned over close to Laz's ear and whispered in a sweet and seductive voice,

"Choke me?"