Chapter 6: Staff Sergeant Xaldin
Darkness rubbed his palms Anxiously as he waited to see his old battle buddy “I… uh… am not sure we should be here… come on I know a good bar not from here!” He said, trying to weasel his way out of an awkward conversation yet again, Lyte pinched the bridge of her nose and knocked him upside the head. “You’re not getting out of it this time big bro, you’ve made it this far, you at least owe it to yourself to see him again… THEN maybe we can stop by Rat’s nest mall, shame people think it’s haunted… wish I knew the full story to that.” She said, losing herself in thought, Silver just rolled her eyes. “Yeah… I WONDER where those weird murder rumors came from!” She said with a glare at Darkness, who nervously tugged at his collar. In truth, a couple of years back Darkness had forgotten to call in the cleanup crew after a successful kill within the mall, so he just stuffed the body inside the mall’s mascot ‘Larry the rat’ and kicked it off a nearby dock. When the suit washed up on shore, the authorities had to temporarily shut down the mall for suspicion of murder. After a quick clearing of his throat, Darkness just sighed “Not to get off topic, but I believe Xaldin should be here shortly!” He exclaimed, clearly picking the lesser of two evils. The sound of laughter seemed to chill him a bit as a couple of chuckling medical attendants dragged in a seven-foot-tall man in a straightjacket. The site of this man was enough to shock the aura right out of Darkness, quite literally. Xaldin looked like he hadn’t seen a bath, a barber, or a comfortable sleep in a long time, his eyes seemed to gaze off in different directions, and his mannerisms… or lack thereof, seemed to imply NO ONE had seen him in quite some time. “Hey freakshow, ya gots company!” Said one of the attendants as they kicked him to his seat before both of them left, clearly not caring what happened to Xaldin at all. By now, Silver and Lyte were almost as uncomfortable as Darkness, while Xaldin giggled like the madman he was. “How ya doin’ Top? Long time no see!” He tried to say, Xaldin clearly sounded like he thought he was still in the Army. “It’s been a minute, you a Sergeant Major yet? I’ll put in a good word if I can!” He added, Though it was clear Darkness was on the verge of Crying.
The meeting only got to last a very uncomfortable half hour before the attendant took Xaldin away, though by then Darkness had found himself stress vomiting in a nearby bathroom, with Lyte and Silver having to console him while he cried uncomfortably. “This…. This isn’t what I thought would happen.” Admitted Lyte with quite a bit of guilt in her voice. “Not sure what you THOUGHT would happen, Darling, I mean he was committed for a reason you know!” Said Silver with a sad sigh, knowing all to well that Darkness was going to be too depressed to do much else, and sure enough, Darkness was sobbing in between his vomiting. “I don’t… know how I’m going to do it… but we’re getting him the fuck out of this hell hole!” he said weakly, trying to stand up. Lyte sighed and helped her older brother to his feet. “That’s the spirit… but for now Derek, I think we need to get home. Silver could you tell…. HIM that Darkness will be taking tonight off?” She asked. “Texting Mr. Capryse now dear… And we are seriously having that talk about you being nicer to him later!” she said while typing away on her phone.
Meanwhile, Mr. Capryse sighed while looking at his phone. “So he finally went and visited his old friend… That’s sad……… I guess? What do you think?” He asked while looking at a struggling gagged man with a bungee cord tied tight around his left thigh. “Oh yeah, I forgot I was doing an interrogation! So yeah… your boss Zach, Zach Farley! What’s he got you stalking Autumn for?” He asked before ungagging him and pushing him off the statue of liberty. The sound of a man screaming was music to Mr. Capryse’s ears as he pulled the man up. “YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATHIC RICH ASSHOLE! WHEN FARLEY HEARS ABOUT THIS- HE’S GONNA MAKE FRIED RABBIT OUTTA THAT LITTLE SLU-” The man screamed as Mr. Capryse pushed him right back out for a longer fall this time. After pulling him back up, Mr. Capryse sipped his coffee and pulled out a Phone before clearing his throat. “ Tell me how ya like this mac ‘After reflecting on my life, I never really felt like I ever did anything that stood out from the rest, I want to dedicate my life to chasing new thrills! Starting with my first big project, bungee jumping from the Statue of Liberty!’ how’s that? Fun way to die too eh?” he asked as the man screamed. “Alright I’ll talk! Farley wanted me to learn your daughter's movements to send someone to Kill her under your nose! That’s all I know, I swear!” He pleaded through tears. Mr. Capryse sighed and nodded “You try to show a little mercy and give someone an out and this is the thanks ya get… I swear, I wish I could say I didn’t see this coming!” He admitted while pushing the man off one more time before cutting the cord, letting him fall screaming to his death. “Oh well! Guess when Darkness is feeling better, I can have him work on some fun projects to get plans in motion.” And with that, Mr. Capryse sipped his coffee as he started a light stroll across the streets of New York. After all, the night was still young.
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