Cut Above The Rest
Chapter 68: Heartbreak: First blood
Previous Chapter Next ChapterDantes slowly walked down the long dark hallway, the only source of light being the few ceiling lights that dotted the hall with patches of white between the darkness. His footsteps echoed throughout the long passageway, his hands behind his back, one gripping the old red brass knuckles tightly. His expression was blank, deep in thought as he approached the single door at the end of the hallway. Once he opened it, he found a few of his security guards standing around a man with a bag over his head, strapped to a chair in the middle of the dimly lit room.
"Step away." He ordered, the guards doing as they were asked, allowing their boss to step into the light and unmask the man in the chair. "Well, if it isn't Chord, so nice of you to drop by."
Chords hair was dirty and tattered, blood dripping from the bottom of his chin, his sunglasses shattered and thrown to the side. He slowly lifted his head up and gave Dantes a shit eating grin. "Well...if it isn't little Treble...finally clawed your way outta the slammer did ya?"
Dantes frowned and grabbed him by the throat, not enough to choak him, but enough to cause him pain. He locked eyes with Chord, who was now visibly sweating, struggling to maintain his grin and composure. "Let me make two things clear to you. Number one..." He shoved Chords head back so it hit against the back of the seat, bending his neck in the process, but he was unable to scream. "...you are not making it out of this alive, and two..." He pulled Chords head back, put on the brass knuckle and raised his fist into the air. "...my name is Dantes." With that, he swung his fist.
*CRACK*
Meanwhile, Lyric stood on the roof of the mansion out to the city of Canterlot, forming a plan in his head. He still did not have a clear answer from his father on how it was that wanted revenge, but he had concluded that no matter who it wa that had decided to go on this quest for vengeance, they were both technically his father, so he would help in any way he could. "Perhaps...there is a way to bring the traitors to him..." He pondered. "There is a rather large ballroom in the mansion..." Nodding to himself, he turned around to carry out his forming plan.
Meanwhile
Sunset threw Electro to the side, causing him to hit that hard wood floor with a surprising amount of force. Electro propped himself up with his arms, only to be shoved back down by Sunset pushing down in his chest with her foot. If looks could kill, the icy stare Sunset was currently giving him would have caused the devil to have a heart attack. "You're pathetic, were you really so desperate for a woman to love you that you'd ruin someone else's life just to get them out of the way?" She asked with a hushed and dark tone, a tone Electro had never heard her speak in before.
"Sunset, listen, I can explain every-ACK!!!" He tried to plead with her, but only ended up angering her further, resulting in her pressing down on his rib cage with her foot.
"I don't want an explanation, I want to know where my true husband is." She spoke darkly before kicking him in the side.
"Look, the guy you're looking for is dead! I didn't lie about that! Just ask Hack or any of the guys!"
"Liar." Sunset reached down, grabbed him by the throat and dragged his sorry ass out of the house, throwing him down onto the cold hard sidewalk before walking away. "I'm finding him myself, consider this farce of a marriage over."
Electro growled before getting to his feet and chased after her, grabbing her arm. "Like I'd just give you up that-"
Sunset spun around and punched him in the face with enough force to hurt herself in the process. Electro once again fell to the ground, his nose broken and bloody. "I'm not some weakling you can just chain up as a pet, how the hell do you think I landed Treble in the first place?" With that said, Sunset spat on him before continuing on her way, leaving him there to waste away on the pavement.
Holding his broken nose, Electro shakily got to his feet, leaning against a nearby streetlight as he stared daggers at Sunset, who was now only a blur in the distance. He clenched his first and struck the lamppost in anger, ignoring the pain that it caused as he pressed his forehead against it. 'Just fucking perfect! Beat down by your now ex wife, the guy you screwed over years ago is back and trying to kill you, you've lost everything! Your home, your lover and little...' He paused, lifted his head and grinned madly. "...Sunchyme."
Later
Hack passed up and down his room, his hat and cane tossed to the side of the room, his hair a mess and his eyes bloodshot. "Fuck this is bad, this is bad, this is so fucking bad." He muttered to himself, his hands on the sides of his head gripping his hair. "I'm dead, we're all as good as dead, why did I ever go through with this? Why was I so fucking stupid!?" He scolded himself as he slammed his head against a mirror, cracking it slightly, but leaving enough that he could look at the man in the mirror, the poor excuse of a man known as Hack Wonder. "This is what you get..." He spoke while crying. "This is what you get for being such a fucking idiot and betraying the guy who loved you like a brother!"
As Pinkie walked through the front door of their house, her smile faded as she sensed the depressing atmosphere. "Geez, Hack seems really down lately, and he won't even tell me why." A lightbulb appeared above her head as she pulled out a flier that a young blonde boy in a yellow jacket had given her. "Maybe this party being held at that big mansion will cheer him up."
Next Chapter: Love: Open road Estimated time remaining: 27 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Chord is dead, Electro is forming a revenge plan, Lyric is pulling his own strings and Sunset is determined to find Treble again, but we all know what's waiting for her...
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