44 Chapter 44: A Gruesome Example Part 1

Gregor held his arm in pain as he struggled to stand up after getting hit by Harley. He couldn't even bring himself to look at Arias as he answered.

"You told me there wouldn't be a next time. But please here me out, it was all Lex Luthor's idea and that Roulette woman, I had no choice."

After he tried explaining, Harley kicked him in the back and frowned. "Quiet you, don't go bad mouthing my co-workers y'hear!"

"Everyone has a choice Gregor, you and Roulette simply decided to kill me for a profit, don't overcomplicate it. Now it's time you face the consequences of your actions."

Arias rested his cup Cynthia's back and stood up before approaching the pitiful Gregor.

"Wait, Lette betrayed you forrealz? Why I outta give her a piece of my mind, I thought we was friends, she didn't even let a girl know." Harley and held her bat menacingly in the air.

"Wait Arias, you need me! With me and office Gotham will be yours, I assure you, just one more chance, please! Without me who will clean your dirty work and help you operate Gotham?"

Gregor attempted to appeal to Arias's logical side but the unmoved gaze was enough to let Gregor know his attempts were hopeless.

"You see that's where I first went wrong. I foolishly tried to make the dream I once had for Gotham a reality and chose to operate in such a way that the image society had towards me would be maintained but this experience opened my eyes. I don't need parasites like you to get what I want, not anymore. Harley."

After speaking, Arias stretched out his hand and Harley smiled as she passed him her bat. At that point Gregor began to panic and attempted to run away, but after only getting a few feet away, he found his body frozen.

He wanted to scream but he felt like an invisible hand was choking him by the throat, making it hard to even utter a sound. There was no way for him to know it was Arias's telekinesis at work.

"You there, I'll give you a chance not to die with him."

Arias turned his head and tossed the bat towards a shivering Cynthia who was still on fall fours like a table.

She saw the bat roll towards her and the fear she felt rose by a considerable degree. At first, she hesitated.

"Oh? You don't want to? You must really love him."

But upon hearing Arias speak, she quickly jerked up and grabbed the bat. "No! I'll do it"

Gregor watched with widened eyes as the woman he labored to support for many years betrayed him in a second and was even willing to take his own life to save herself.

He wanted to curse at her, yell and vent his anger, but all the words seemed stuck in his throat.

"Good, to live, you need to do only one simple thing."

Arias extended his hand towards Gregor and with a flick of his wrist, Gregor's body began to rise until it floated a few feet up in the air.

"Hit the pinata until candy comes out, you have 5 minutes."

Cynthia stood shocked at what she had heard while Harley cheered on. "Ohh I love this game, come on you can do it!"

"Time's ticking, I don't think I need to tell you what happens if you fail." Arias warned before taking a seat on another sofa.

Gregor who couldn't move attempted to plead with his eyes, staring right at Cynthia, begging her not to do this, but sadly…

Bam~

She didn't hesitate to start.

Although frozen and unable to utter a sound, Gregor's bloodshot eyes were a testament to the pain he was feeling each time he struck with the bat covered in barb wire.

First his clothes began to tear and blood practically soaked the fabric as tiny chunks of flesh began to fly around.

Cynthia was trembling and felt sickened by the strong odor of blood and other substances that began to leak out of Gregor.

Even with her eyes closed, the task was far from easy and she found it hard just not puking.

"Times up"

Soon her time ran out and she opened her eyes, only to see her lover in parts, most of his lower body a bloody mess that hung loosely from the upper.

The more shocking thing was when she looked up at Gregor's head and saw that he was still blinking, although his eyes were completely bloodshot.

Cynthia quickly turned away and vomited until she had nothing more to vomit. Just as she finishing up, Arias released his telekinetic hold over Gregor and allowed the rest of his bloody body to fall to the ground.

The body jerked awkwardly and whatever words were tried to be spoken were simply covered by the sound of blood gurgling in the throat.

Tears ran down Cynthia's eyes and she looked away before pleading.

"I did it…I did it, now please let me go, I won't ever speak of this."

At that point, Arias who was seated casually the entire time finally stood up and looked down at Cynthia before approaching her and saying.

"Eat it."

"What...?" She raised her head in confusion.

"You managed to get the candy out of the pinata, so the next step is to eat it. Do that and you're free to go after."

Arias spoke with a straight face; Cynthia could tell he wasn't joking. It now became a question of just how badly she wanted to live.

She looked towards the shredded corpse of Gregor, not sure if he was still alive or dead.

Her trembling hands reached for tiny pieces of flesh that slowly placed in her mouth before holding her nose and swallowing.

At that moment, Arias's eyes gave off a dim glow as he tried to use his telepathic ability on a human for the first time.

'Now remember that taste, you now only live for that taste and know nothing else, you do not see people, you see meat and only that, now break.'

"Ahhh!!!"

Cynthia's eyes rolled back and she screamed while holding her head before showing Arias a deranged look as she lunged at him.

He simply swatted her away with a kick and she landed a few feet back before going for the chunks of flesh scattered and devouring them.

"Let's go Harley, we're not done quite yet."