Part 56: The Message

Devyn couldn't get his eyes off the screen, where Adey's smiling face was on display. Seeing her smiling face on the screen wasn't the case. She was lying on the sunny part of the lawn, completely naked with a zealous Ash performing artistic skills on her.

Ash was still adding the final touches but what he had done so far was enough to give Adey the look of a bruised corpse.

Ash adjusted her body such that she was looking directly into the camera. There were purple patches on her neck as though someone had strangled her to death.

He had picked a perfect spot to set up his shenanigan, for his motion was attracting the attention of three cameras. The cctvs were focused on every move he made.

Trying hard to ignore his sister's nakedness, Devyn's eyes fixated on the pink marks high up between her thighs which were clearly captured by another camera.

That was Ash, and Devyn knew everything he did was always calculated. The fact that he had broken into Matteo's compound and set up Adey as a mutilated corpse was a form of a message to Devyn. A message that Devyn understood way too well.

Ash knew exactly where Devyn was and was asking for an audience. If Devyn continued MIA, Ash would take it out on...

Devyn's breath caught when Ash flipped Adey's body over, setting her up such that her rear was sticking up.

"The fuck are you doing?!" Devyn yelled when Matteo and Stellan ran to him in time to keep him from opening the door and rushing out to where they were. "That bastard is fucking my sister. That's... that's Addison that he's fucking, you see that, right?" Devyn started fighting against the people that restrained him.

"You think that's the first time they are fucking?" Matteo asked and Devyn stopped struggling for a moment.

Matteo was right. If his little sister had been anywhere near Ash at all, save an alleged relationship, it most definitely wasn't the first time they were getting involved in coitus together. But...

"Devyn," Matteo growled.

"You don't fucking get it." Devyn shoved at Matteo. "You like seeing her on the screen like that? Is this some fucking porn hub? That's the same girl you call my baby sister... are you going to jerk off looking at that?"

"I wouldn't mind," Nyx mumbled loud enough for everyone to hear.

Before Devyn could pounce on him Matteo held him back.

Thane strongly shoved Nyx to the ground. "The fuck is wrong with you?"

"No, the fuck is wrong with you, boy?" Nyx jumped to his feet and pushed back at Thane. "I was only capping. Why come onto me? Did I speak your mind?"

Without saying a word, Thane delivered a blow into Nyx's face, making blood gush out of the other boy's nose. Upon seeing the red liquid, Nyx smiled a little before retaliating.

The other three boys quickly rushed to break up the fight.

"I don't have time to deal with your bullshit now, you know?" Devyn looked at the fighters each in turn. "If you take a moment to think straight you'll notice that on those screens right there is fucking Addison propped up as a corpse with Traceigh screwing her over. You see it?"

"Why don't you tell your perfect boy Thane to be at his best behavior then?" Nyx shook Matteo off and went to sit in front of the monitor.

"You're not going out there Devyn." Matteo said when Devyn glanced at the door.

"Seriously?" Devyn turned to Matteo. "You know what," he jabbed a finger into Matteo's chest. "You're only able to remain level headed and calm now because that's not your sister out there and yeah, because you don't have one. You'll never be able to understand..."

"No, Devyn..."

"Do you even get this whole thing?" Devyn tilted his head.

"You're reacting the exact way Ash wants you to react."

"Because that's the only fucking way to react, Matteo." Devyn ran a hand through his hair. "What he's doing right there is not only about screwing my sister right in my face. He's trying to tell me that if I don't show up he's going to strangle her to death and mutilate her body."

"What if that is not even his message, Devyn?" Matteo asked, his voice calm despite the fuming boy in front of him.

Devyn laughed sourly. "That is Traceigh out there, I fucking know him more than any of you ever will."

"And I know you enough to know how anyone can communicate with you."

"Matteo you fucking..."

"Kaniesky," Matteo grabbed Devyn by the arm, bringing his face close enough to feel the other boy's furious breath. "Stop acting like a pussy and listen to me. You're getting his message right, but that's only the half of it. The moment you step out there, Addey is going to feel humiliated and the look on her face will push you over the edge."

Devyn searched his partner's eyes. He wanted to push away, to say something but his muscles and voice defied direct orders.

"Do you think she'll be happy to know you have seen her getting screwed over or that everyone else here did? Adey is a girl, she won't be able to live with the humiliation. He clearly doesn't care about the resultant ridge between the two of them but you? You'll be guilt ridden. Your sister will fall by your own hands and can you live with that? No."

"But..." Devyn looked at everyone in turn.

"He makes sense." Stellan agreed. "Break the thing you're living for and you stop living. You know?"

"You can't go there." Matteo told him with finality in his voice, looking deep into Devyn's eyes.

He might be right. Devyn pushed away from Matteo's grip. "But I can't just sit back and watch him do... that."

"I know. He knows too. He knows whatever choice you make will be bad for you. After watching that, you'll definitely never be the same again. You might have saved your sister but you have destroyed a part of you." Matteo said, keeping his eyes on him.

Devyn stared at the screen long and hard, where Ash was spanking his sister who had contorted her face in pain. Pain and probably pleasure. "Fucking bastard."

"How about..." Stellan started.

"Kill him."