Merciless

Mary opened her eyes and found herself in a lightly dim room. She tried to move her hands but she was wrapped in spider webs and was stuck on an armchair.

She heard noises coming from her left. It sounded like someone was laughing hysterically and growling.

She turned to her left and saw a scene that made her eyes widen. Lucius was stuck on the wall with spider webs wrapped around him. His whole body was covered in wounds.

Standing in front of Lucius was a lady, laughing hysterically. She was taking a wooden bat and her lower half was spider's limbs.

The lady looked at Lucius and laughed.

"What are you going to do now? Hmm...Are you still going to keep growling? Do you know your place now?"

Then, she continued laughing. Lucius looked at her and moved his hands and body like he was trying to break himself free.

"Are you trying to free yourself now? After getting so bit up. Just going to tell you this but you can't rip off my webs unless you want it to rip your skin apart first."She said, containing her laughter.

Lucius stopped. He glared at her, mercilessly as he growled, fiercely.

The lady stopped laughing and swung the wooden bat at his face. The bat broke and Lucius's mouth was dripping blood.

Mary couldn't continue looking. She was scared of being aimed by the experiment but seeing Lucius being beaten up because of her, was heartbreaking.

Mary yelled her voice slightly shaking. "What do you think you're doing!? Let go of him!"

The lady turned her eyes to Mary, shocked. Then, she smiled sinisterly at Mary and said.

"Ah...it seems like you're finally awake. Did you have a good sleep, sweetie?"

"Let go of him!" Mary yelled again.

"Eh~Do you really want to let go of him? Are you not afraid, he'll devour you?"

Mary went speechless. She didn't know how to respond to that. She was still afraid that he would eat her.

The lady walked toward Mary. She stood next to her, holding Mary's chin up to look at her.

"Poor thing. Are you afraid he will hurt you if you don't help him? Well, don't worry, sweety. I'll finish him off."

Mary turned her face away from the lady's grasp.

"No!Is not like that!"

"Then what is it!?" She grabbed Mary's cheek and turned Mary's face to look at her again. Lucius growled at her as she grabbed Mary.

The lady looked from her and to Lucius.

"Now, I understand."The lady said.

She let go of Mary and moved her hand to a glass vase on the coffee table, next to Mary.

She took the vase up and threw it to the floor. The vase hit the floor and broken shards scattered around the floor.

She took a big shard on the floor and went closer to Mary.

"What are you doing?"Mary said in a horrified tone.

The lady grabbed Mary's chin again and said.

"It would hurt a little."She said casually as she covered her mouth with webs.

She took the glass shard and slowly stabbed it inside Mary's face. Then, she unexpectedly pushed Mary's face to the left.

Lucius and Mary's eyes met. Lucius was struggling and his eyes looked extremely frightened and aggressive at the same time.

"Are you going to rip off your skin now? Are you so into her flesh? But I want you to know, I just want her beauty. I don't need her flesh. You can have it if you want. Isn't that a good exchange?"

Lucius's eyes widened with rage. He ripped his skin off from the spider webs. Blood dripped down from the skins that were ripped off by the webs.

He dashed toward the lady, who was frightened by what he did. When the lady noticed it was too late. He scratched her face with his claws and pinned her to the floor.

His hand was on her head, ready to crush her skull. Suddenly, his ears stood up straight and looked at Mary, his hand was still on the Lady's face. He smiled at her and used his other free hand to point at Mary. He then gestured his hand to his eyes, covering his eyes using his hand.

Mary stared at him and nodded, understanding she had to close her eyes. The moment she closed her eyes, she heard the lady shouting, begging him to free her.

Curious, Mary opened her eyes and saw Lucius ripping off the lady's hand slowly, torturing her. The lady was crying and begging him to stop but Lucius mercilessly continued like he didn't hear a thing.

Mary couldn't continue looking. She closed her eyes shut, listening to the lady's moan.

After some time the screaming stopped,  Mary was too terrified to open her eyes. Then, she heard an exhausted and soft hiss.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw her body wasn't wrapped with webs. She stood up, forgetting that her ankle was still swollen.

She stumbled and Lucius grabbed hold of her arms. He hissed softly from the pain of his injuries.

"Lay on the floor!"Mary said, worriedly.

She gently pushed him to the floor. He lay down on the floor and looked at Mary, smiling.

Mary could feel sadness imprisoning her. She trembled and said in a shaky voice.

"Why? Why!? Are you trying so hard to save me!? You could have just let her kill me and you will be safe! Why did you have to go through so much just to save me!? You don't even know if I will betray you in the end!"

He stared at Mary, shocked but didn't say anything. He turned his shocked look back into a smile again.

"You idiot."Mary said in a weak voice while petting his head.