Chapter 25(Explicit Warning)

Soon enough, I tie Elizabeth up and hang her by her feet just like and next to Ezekiel. I ran upstairs to get my hunting knife then quickly ran down to the basement and locked the door. I sat in front of them, focused and still as can be. I didn't move and I barely blinked. All I did was stare at her until she woke up. She started to wake up and you can see in her eyes the haze and confusion mixed with blurriness as I stood in front of them in just my bra with jeans on. It took a minute of her grogginess to wear off. When she finally came to and focused, she started frantically moving, trying to move her arms.

"Riley what's going on??! Untie me, I don't like this." She was talking to me but she seemed to have been calling the wrong name. "Riley?? Riley?????"

"Oh you seem to be up! Good good. Okay so we can start!" I stand up on my feet after staring for 30 minutes and stretch my back and arms. My stomach starts to get tingly and the sensation that is adrenaline fills my body and head. My smile forms and widens, my focus levels become higher as my eyes dilate and I feel my heart leaping out of my chest while it flows blood all the way to my fingertips, yes yes yes this feeling!! This feeling of excitement for correction!This feeling is intoxicating and mesmerizing!

"Start what???" Ezekiel started to shake a bit, his tone was angry and dry. He stopped shaking after a bit since his body was weak and breaking down.

"Oh you see, You guys have been tiptoeing yourselves all over my personal life and messing it up for me. You are ruining my opportunity of happiness. Especially you, Elizabeth." I put the knife between my palm and the tip of my finger. I make it spin and spin while I talk to keep my focus on my goal. "...so the only option is to get rid of you. Both."

"You don't have to do this, Riley." Elizabeth was still panicking and trying to escape or swing but she couldn't. I enjoyed watching her struggle and swing back and forth. It was almost cute.

"Oh but I do have to. I definitely definitely do." I replied back.

Please. No.

Oh shhh shhhh shhhhh. Your turn will come soon. But as of right now, let me handle my business and clean up the messes you have made.

I bend down and put the knife to Ezekiel's throat. "I'll start with you." I looked him in his eyes and I saw fear being masked and covered by anger. He knew he couldn't fight back because he was weak. He was getting one me every two weeks or so with broken shins and he's been here for 3 months. He knew he couldn't even attempt to struggle. He was completely helpless and we both knew it. That is the fear that I saw. That fear and distortion he is hiding is what I see clear as fucking day. "Any last words?"

It took a minute for him to speak."You will burn in he-" all of a sudden his is cut off by his own choking. The sound of a dull whistle went off before blood leaked from the open layers of skin from his throat. His body started to tense up randomly as red liquid filled his nose.

"OOPS. It Looked like my hand slipped. Welp, too bad. Say hi to Lisa for me, okay?" I say as I look at him. "She'll be dying to see me." I make my way to Elizabeth and do the same as I do to Ezekiel. I press the knife against her throat and look her in the eyes. Her fear was strong, it almost came off as a musk. "Any last words before I kill you?"

"No! Please please please I beg you please I want to see my mom again please I beg of you please. I love you Riley! DONT DO THIS!"

"No no no no no you know NOTHING of love. Not a goddamn thing! All you want to do is sleep with me! First you try to break up my boyfriend and I, then you try your hardest for me to get to talk to you again then today, you actually came over expecting to have sex with me! Fuck you. That's not how love works. You just want my body, you are infatuated with the idea of having me. Love is wanting complete happiness for that person regardless of if it was with you or not. Love is wanting that person completely for who they are. You. You didn't love me. There is a big difference between love and lust." I say to her as somewhat of a final lesson.

"Not true!" She was yelling now as tears left her I loved and cared for you! I would've kept you safe in my arms but you were the one who ABANDONED ME FOR SOME FUCKING BOY THAT YOU JUST MET!!" Her tears were like a river flowing down to the floor as they rolled off her forehead. "That's why I wanted you so fucking bad."

I locked pupils with her. "Goodbye, Elizabeth." I slit her throat right then and there, she started to choke and drip red liquid. It filled her mouth and got into her eyes slowly. She couldn't help but to cry. She hung there and cried more and more. Good fucking riddance.

There is a reason why butchers hang their meat upside down when killing their livestock sometimes. You see, when you hang them, then slit their throats, the animal's heart continues to pump rapidly, draining blood fast and efficiently in Just two minutes. Quick and simple. Efficient if you don't want to deal with blood since the body is completely dry after.

In two minutes, Ezekiel and Elizabeth will be completely dry and empty. Fast and Efficient.

I go upstairs to the bathroom and drop the knife in the sink. I get naked really quickly and hop in the shower.

I relax a bit and my mind makes me appear in the white room I was in. Riley was laying on her back, her face disfigured and her skull cracked open. She was laying her head in a pool of her own blood which was staining her white hair. I sit next to her and cross my legs as she tries her best to speak.

Why did you make me watch that?

What do you mean?? I'm just cleaning up. That was about 50% of cleaning up we have to do. Well I have to do it.

You're a fucking monster.

Well I just want to love Zen and treat him right. I want this life for myself to do what I want and I'm prepared to do what it takes for such to happen. YOU want the same thing. Someone to love and hold while also having a life of your own instead of seeing everything through my eyes. You were ready to do anything and everything in your power to get that, even interfere with my life I built for myself. You did the same things I did so how am I a monster when you are no better than me??

You killed three innocent people.

They were going to get in the way and were a danger to the image I'm working towards. Zen was an innocent person yet you were ready to hurt him. He didn't do a fucking thing but try to love me but because of you, I had to distance myself.

There is no point in talking to you. I give up...you Win, Xena. I'll go back to just watching you.

Huh? Have you said everything you wanted to?

I guess.

Well. I guess it's time to get the second bird.

I straddle her and wrap my hands around her throat with my thumbs pressed down on her esophagus. I slowly and tightly squeeze down, watching her struggle. The walls start to ooze and drip black ink which starts to stain everything. Riley was kicking and fussing, desperately clinging to air. She tried scratching at my arms for me to let go but I didn't nudge at all. I got tighter and tighter until her struggle had faded completely and she laid there limp. The once white room was completely covered by black goo and ink.

Goodbye, Riley.