The Trial: A Bribe... (Fic)
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“...The hell is this?” Bdouble O stared at the chest now dumped on his desk. Behind him, Generik didn't look exactly pleased either.
“One bribe, returned.” Zisteau smacked the side of the chest and the lid sprang open. Stored safely within were the numerous 'gifts' he'd received from the pair. “Everything's there, the lava, the emeralds.”
“Why?” Generik asked, eyes narrowed in suspicion. “You accepted it earlier-”
“Yeah and now I don't need it. Lava? I have a lake of it in my ravine. Emeralds? I have my own village. I don't need your blood emeralds, and I don't need your bribe, so take it back.”
Bdouble O stared into the chest for a long moment, a heavy uncomfortable silence filling the hidden meeting room. It was a little place set up for meetings just like this, hidden enough away from their real hideout that Etho would never find that even if he found this place. Still, he hadn't been expecting to bring the pigman here to have his gifts pushed back in his face. The mobster rose from his comfy seat and reached for the lid, slowly closing it and cutting off the light from the lava within, a thoughtful expression on his face as he considered the potential threat they now faced.
Zisteau stood firm in the silence, gaze fixed on Bdouble O. As much as he wanted to turn and walk out, he was quite aware that you didn't just throw a bribe back in a gang's face without some repercussions.
“...No.”
The sudden break of silence almost made Zisteau start. He held steady however. “No?”
“You're going to take this here bribe, you hear?” Bdouble O tapped the chest and it shrank down to a manageable size. He picked it up, looking at it rather than at the pigman, quite unconcerned with Genny at his back. “And you're going to vote 'not guilty', and do you know why that is?”
“Enlighten me.”
“Because we have something that you don't want to lose.”
Zisteau's heart dropped out of his chest. “I fail to grasp your meaning.”
“Oh no, I think you grasp it very well. Genny...?”
With a cackle, Generik threw a few photographs onto the desk between them. Zisteau was almost afraid to look but he refused to let it show, instead reaching for the photos. He wished he hadn't.
Kurt looked like a beaten puppy at the best of times, but this was brutal. Half the hair on the side of his head was gone in the picture, angry red burns covering the skin of his neck, cheek and scalp. Another had him seated in what looked like an underground pit, wrists bound behind his back and something that looked suspiciously like a hangman's noose around his neck, the far end tied high above out of sight. Yet more showed off various painful looking injuries. In all of them, he looked as though he'd barely survived whatever it was they'd done to him, and it was painfully obvious they weren't letting him heal his wounds.
Anger rose in Zisteau, clouding his vision in red. The photos were crumpled in his fist before he could get ahold of himself. No, force it down, breathe, calm, you're above this, you're more than an animal. Think. Plan. Do as they say and he'll be safe. You can kill them later, just make sure he's safe and out of reach before you do something stupid. Play it like Vechs, and you'll win.
The photos were dropped to the table. “What makes you think I care about Kurt?” Zisteau demanded, only just keeping his fury out of his voice. “Just because we were a team once doesn't mean we turned out like you and Guude.”
Generik's lips curled up in a mad little grin. “Oh no, of course not. After all, what human could ever love a beast like you, hm? Mr Pigman with an unrequited crush, come to return his bribe after his beau gets a bomb threat.”
“It's not that hard to put two and two together Pigman, you aren't as subtle as you like to think.” Bdouble O smirked. “So, since Kurt refused to back down, we blew his base. And now, he's our insurance. The prosecution is down one key witness and you are going to ensure the jury vote not guilty. Because if you don't, Mr Zombie Pigman, then your little sweetheart in the cell is going to end up in the fertiliser you use on your farms. Do we understand each other?”
“...” Zisteau's mouth was dry, for all his victories and brilliant planning in battle, he couldn't see a way directly out of this that would save Kurt.
“I said, do we understand each other, Pigman?”
“...Yes.” he said quietly. “We understand each other, so long as you understand that I'm going to kill you for this.”
Bdouble O only threw the small chest to him. “I look forwards to it.”
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Date: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 01:37 am (UTC)I worried about Z, did I get his anger across as well as the concern and such without him being OOC?
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Date: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 03:48 am (UTC)Zisteau trying to stay calm and logical through his anger, and you just know he'll have his revenge, but only when Kurt is safe. Poor Kurt. ;_;
Bdubs in full mobster mode is really spot-on, too.
Wonderful stuff. :D
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Date: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 11:36 pm (UTC)The trial ends in chaos and B-Team goes to ground. They either dump Kurt somewhere on the way or Zisteau manages to find him. While he recovers, Zisteau plans a meticulous revenge. There are potions and stuff for healing but Kurt's injuries were left untreated for so long, they leave scars. Also one of his eyes is permanently discoloured (a nod to the 3d glasses). B-Team didn't tell him why they were holding him and he wonders why they didn't just kill him. Zisteau finally admits it's because of him.
Zisteau is about to leave to either take down the B-Team for good or die trying, when Kurt turns up to join him, wanting his own revenge - and not wanting Zisteau to go alone. He doesn't care what Zisteau looks like, realizing what's underneath is what matters (drawing some sort of parallel with his own scars). They may have a moment here.
They take out the blood emerald factory and free the villagers (also shutting down any other B-Team operations on the way). At the end, there's a final fight. BDoubleO is dead - Kurt kills him, a then spends an unhappy moment remembering he used to be a good person and a friend.
Zisteau has Genny cornered, and the hermit weasels and cowers and tries everything to get them to let him go. Nothing works, of course. As Zisteau raises his sword to finish him, he tries to appeal to Kurt. "You can't let him do it! You can't let this monster kill me!" Kurt says softly "He's not the monster here." Sword falls.
Zisteau and Kurt walk off into the sunset for a scotch.
*phew*
It might be completely different to what you have in mind, of course.
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Date: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 11:46 pm (UTC)Though Zisteau did say he'd kill BDubs...hurm...torn here.
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Date: Friday, October 5th, 2012 12:06 am (UTC)How's that? ;)
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