MERCILESS

| TRIGGER WARNING |

" Don't move." Elliot says.

Sage giggles shaking her legs. Elliot glares at her playfully, causing her to giggle more.

" I quit if you're going to be a naughty customer." Elliot huffs.

" S-sorry." Sage stutters, as she stops shaking her legs.

Elliot smiles at her as he continues to paint her toes with white polish. She looks at him work, eating the candy he got for her.

" Done! Don't smudge them." He says, placing her feet on the pillow before he sits on the bed beside her.

" Elli." Sage whispers after a few minutes.

" Yes, honey." He hums, typing an email to someone on his phone.

" C-can I ask ff-or some-mmthing?" She mumbles as he hums.

" Anything, my love. Except for a new boyfriend, I don't think my heart will be able to afford that." He mutters under his breathe.

" Can. . . Can we g-go the beach t-tomorrow? I-I. . ." Sage trails off, looking at him with sad eyes.

Elliot places his phone away once he notices the sudden change in her behavior.

" What were you saying, little one?" He asks gently, not trying to trigger her condition.

" I'm so-sorry I-I speak sl-low." She mumbles as flashbacks of the Romano family snapping on her at her slow speaking abilities flashes into her mind.

" Oh no, my darling. Take all the time in the world. I can never lose my patience with you." Elliot says, slowly wiping her tears away.

Sage nods, as his words sink in.

" I w-wanna play with . . . With sand. Like w-we u-uused to." She says, looking at him hopefully.

Elliot smiles at the memories of him and Sage making sand castles. He wondered why those days are over already?

" So you want to go to the beach?" Elliot asks, placing his head on her lap.

Sage smiles, running her fingers through his fluffy hair as she nods.

" Unfortunately due to safety reasons, you are not allowed to go outside. But my queen gets what she wants so I'll get you a beach tomorrow." Elliot says, taking her hand as he plants a kiss on her palm.

" G-get?" Sage looks at him confused.

" Yes." Elliot winks at her.

The door opens as Shawn and Atlas walk in. Shawn leans in, planting a kiss on Sage's forehead before he kicks Elliot.

" What are you doing here?" He snaps ar Elliot, playfully.

" Making babies, wanna join?" Elliot smirks.

" I don't mind." Atlas says sarcastically.

Shawn shoots both of the men a dirty look, before he pushes Elliot on the floor.

" You're a dick." He snaps at Atlas.

" Well, I'm what I eat." Atlas says, winking at Shawn.

Shawn's face flushes into a deep red shade as he blushes furiously. Elliot laughs his lungs out, rolling on the floor at it.

" W-what?" Sage questions, looking at them confused.

" Well, I eat your brother's-"

" ATLAS!" Shawn shrieks, covering Atlas' face with a pillow.

" It means a blowj-"

" Elliot!" Shawn screams when Elliot begins explaing it to Sage.

" I will throw both of you down the balcony if you continue this dirty joke around my sister." Shawn huffs, glaring at them.

" So, did you two ever had girlfriends or just decided to be gay?" Elliot asks, jumping on the bed beside Sage as she giggles at his funny expressions.

" You're really interested. Do you plan on changing too?" Shawn snaps at him sarcastically.

Elliot shoots Sage a glance, his eyes glow at he looks at his little angel and then shakes his head.

" I will, the day Shawn finds a brother-in-law." Elliot shrugs.

" Looks like you didn't have a good experience in love, did you?" Atlas chuckles, sitting on Shawn's lap.

" I didn't." Elliot chuckles, placing his head on Sage's lap despite Shawn's glare on him.

" I met this playgirl once, her name was Jill, and I was so in love with her. But she had a lot of issues. By a lot, I mean a lot. But I thought I'd 'fix' her . . . Ended up being the male version of her, bro." Elliot shakes his head sadly.

Atlas and Shawn burst out laughing at Elliot's words. Elliot pouts, looking up at Sage as she plays with his hair.

" It's time for our session." Atlas says, glancing at the clock.

" Sure." Shawn and Elliot stand up from the bed immediately.

" Um, I was-uh thinking to maybe take Sage outside today. I know, it's dangerous but she's sad being trapped inside. She needs some fresh air." Atlas says nervously, knowing Shawn gets furiously overprotective when it comes to Sage.

" You can. I've arranged for double security. Just be careful and scream as loud as you can if something happens." Elliot says.

" Scream as loud as you can, not the little squeaks you do." Shawn says, giving him a stern look.

" Yeah, scream as if Shawn is banging the heaven out of you." Elliot says loudly.

Shawn slaps his butt, glaring at him as they both walk out of the room. They walk down the stairs silently before walking into the door of the basement. The basement was creepy and dark, it had been sealed completely for years and the men could feel the chilly atmosphere as they walked down the dark creaking stairs.

" They are having their session in the garden." Shawn says.

" It's dangerous." Elliot says.

They both stop, and share a look before smirks crawl on their faces.

" How is it going to be dangerous when we've kidnapped the danger?" Elliot says as they both smirk at each other.

They open the old wooden door, walking in the room which had old furniture and toys scattered around. Elliot smiles at a bloodied Hades who was cuffed agaisnt the wall with Sean.

" You fucking piece of shit." Sean screams, thrashing against the cuffs.

Elliot smirks, sitting on the chair in front of them. It was a tough job to find Sean and kidnap him but Elliot's gang had so many connections which helped him track down Sean quickly.

" Hello, gentlemen. I see my men have done a good hospitality here." He smiles at them.

" Ace. . . I'm sorry for what I did. I just couldn't control myself, I don't know why. But I'm sorry for what I did, I swear." Hades says, as blood trickles down his face.

" Sorry? You wouldn't try to force yourself on her if you were that sorry, you motherfucker." Shawn growls.

" Motherfucker reminds me, where are these fucker's Mother?" Elliot says, looking at his men.

Hades and Sean looked with wide eyes as men dragged in their mother and Sofia. Both of them had tape plastered on their lips, and hands bound together, with their wrists bleeding at the tight bound.

" Let them go. Kill me. Kill me but let them go." Hades screams, as his heart burns to see his mom and sister struggling against the men.

One of Elliot's man steps forward, grabbing Sofia's breast, earning a scream from Hades.

" Let her go! Let them go. Don't touch her please. Let them go. Kill me. Let them go." He screams, closing his eyes in pain.

" I feel that burn every minute, Hades. I know what you're going through and I have been feeling that for years now because of you and your brother. You aren't getting off the hook so easily." Shawn says, his eyes blazing in revenge.

" Shawn! You're better than this. You're a good man. That's why Sage loves you. Don't do this, please." Hades cries, his eyes fixed on his sister and mother.

" Don't expect mercy from me, Hades. I've cried tears of blood because of your family and I don't have the patience to wait for Karma anymore." Shawn says bitterly.

" Cuff them to the wall." Elliot says casually.

The men drag them to the wall, cuffing them with Sean and Hades. Surprisingly, they open the cuffs bounding Hades before they step back, waiting for Elliot's orders.

" Please. . . Let them go." Hades falls on his knees, begging to Elliot.

" No!" Elliot rolls his eyes.

" Now, the rules are simple. You do as we say and they get to live." Elliot says as Hades hurriedly nods.

" Yes! YES! I will do anything." Hades says.

" Good!" Elliot smiles.

" Smoke this." Shawn mutters, throwing a cigarette at Hades.

Hades immediately takes the matches, lighting it up before he begins taking long drags of the cigarette.

" Good boy." Elliot says, petting his head as if he was a dog.

" Now, go and stick the burning bud on Sean's face." Shawn's words left Hades baffled.

" Go! Don't make me repeat it." Shawn growls.

" I c-can't." Hades whispers, looking at them sadly.

" Then I can't keep them alive." Elliot rolls his eyes, pulling out his gun, pointing it at Sofia.

" I will! I will. Don't shoot, please." Hades screams, standing up.

He gingerly walks up to Sean before sticking the bud on Sean's jaw. Sean grits his teeth in pain, glaring at Hades.

" Done? Can they go now?" Hades whispers, looking at Shawn.

Elliot and Shawn bursts out laughing which is followed by Elliot's men. The laughs in the room mocked Hades, pulling him down.

" Do you think it's that easy? My Sage was not able to walk for an entire year.  She is not able to eat food she likes till today. She is never going to feel the joy of being a mother. She has lost her happiness, her memories, her identity and herself completely. And you think one little burn makes up for all the pain?" Elliot screams, shaking the men up.

Everyone stood silently, knowing he could kill anyone who interrupted him when he is furious.

" Sage had forty-six cigarette burns on her body. I want the double, ninety-two burns on each person. Sean gets ninety-two, your mom gets ninety-two and your sister gets ninety-two too. You can till tomorrow, otherwise Elliot will put two bullets between their eyes." Shawn says bitterly.

" Now, that's your homework. You will do it in your spare time. For now, you have to show your creativity to us." Elliot says, gesturing his men.

Two men walk in with a tray full of tattooing tools. Hades looks at them in horror as they turn on a machine and hand it to Hades.

" Whore on your mother's forehead right now." Shawn says, his words sharp and bitter.

" Shawn! Please. Don't do this." Hades cries.

He couldn't believe the sweet, innocent and always polite Shawn could do this.

" Now or I'll shoot." Elliot screams, pointing his gun on his mother.

Hades cries, as he slowly walks to his mother. With shaky hands, he writes the letters on his mother's forehead. Her muffled cries burnt his heart as he wrote it. The five letter word tore his heart apart.

His mind flashed back to the uncountable times he called Sage a whore. He looked down at his mother's bloodied forehead with the tattoo. Now he understood that no one sees it but words leave an imprint on the soul, like his words left on Sage's.

" Slut on your sister's forehead." Elliot says, crushing his heart.

Sofia thrashed violently at this, crying profusely as Hades put the dirty tattoo on her forehead.

" Bravo!" Elliot says, proudly.

" Now, since these two got what they are. I think Sean deserves a rapist sign on his forehead." Shawn says, to which Elliot nods.

" But Shawn, I feel like tattoo isn't painful for Sean the mighty. Look how many tattoos he has." Elliot says with pout.

Hades wipes his tears, knowing they are playing a dirty game with him.

" Oh don't worry. I have just the right thing. Boys, bring our surprise in." Shawn says, clapping his hands loudly.

At his clap, a red hot iron rod is brought into the room.

" I had to custom made for Sean." Shawn says.

" Wow! It's perfect." Elliot says, mocking them.

" No! NO! I'll die." Sean screams as he thrashed against the bounds.

" My sister is still alive. You'll pass." Shawn growls.

" No! NO. Please don't. It will hurt. This is inhumane." Sean screams, as Hades stands stunned looking at the hot iron rod.

" Well, your brother should've thought about it before he used it on my girl. Now you have to pay for it." Elliot shrugs.

" Hades, you bastard. He did it, why do I get the branding?" Sean screams.

" Brotherly love. Sharing is caring." Elliot shrugs.

" Hades, my darling, I don't have the entire fucking day to watch your drama. Hurry your snobby ass up." Elliot screams.

Hades takes the rod, which had rapist spelt on it. He takes a deep breathe before slamming it down on Sean's forehead.

Sean immediately passes out in pain as Hades falls on the floor, crying his heart out.

" That's enough for today." Shawn says, looking at the ladies who also fainted.

" Yeah. Hades, you're my favorite student. Don't forget to do your homework." Elliot says, as he stands up with a yawn.

" Boys, make sure Hades has enough supplies to do his homework. Tomorrow is the due date." Elliot says as he waves his hand at Hades.

They close the door behind them, before making their way upstairs.

Closing the main door of the basement, they share a look. What happens in the basement, stays in the basement. They had decided because they knew Atlas and Sage would never forgive them if they knew of it.

" Now what?" Elliot questions.

" Let's go have lunch with our angel." Shawn smiles.

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Whoa! Heavy chapter?

Who likes merciless Shawn better?