We were waiting for you

Emily was under the blizzard of snow in the Red Circle looking for "fresh lambs" for her teacher. She had left with the excuse of visiting a relative. A trafficker sent by the prime minister, who was Sophia's lover. He had approached her a few days ago in the hallway of the palace to deliver the invitation to the Meat Fair, a very common name for slave auctions. They agreed to meet in two days at one in the morning at a certain place.

She came to an abandoned building, the walls of which were falling apart with broken doors and windows. She entered the establishment and went to the basement. Once inside the block, two men were waiting for her. She thought they were going to run the perfect deal, but suddenly three people in hiding burst in out of nowhere, pepper-sprayed Emily and slammed a hammer on her head before disappearing into the dark.

The fifth person was aware of the seriousness of the acts that would destroy what little sanity Emily had. It was then that a revenge plot began to develop led by Ray and Meraki, but even knowing it she promised to assist them since today was more of an exam than a game. The children were to be tested for torture tactics.

They were in the mirror world, it was evident that Emily will be psychologically damaged for life. They went through the deserted city towards a building that used to be a mental hospital. In one of the rooms, she was tied to a dental chair with leather anti-mana belts. They all stayed in the corridor next to a table full of medical and torture instruments. Ray motioned for the children to get ready.

-Well, as I said before, you three will be evaluated by Meraki and me. I want to see how much they have improved in their ability, do not hold back, especially your Nox. Show me what you are made of to avenge your family.-

-Yes uncle, I'll do my best- Nox nods nervously

-I hope so. Zion you have the honor of opening the exam- Ray adjusts his mask and opens the door

He nodded to his father's order. He had a distorted smile under the deer mask as he manipulated a bucket full of boiling water into the air that he threw brutally on Emily causing her to wake up desperate.

Between curses and pain, she can barely open her eyes, only to notice that she was sitting up and tied to a chair that restricted her magic. She looks up to try to understand what was happening and the next thing she knew was that those five masked people were carrying a baseball bat, pruning shears, knives, hammers and firearms.

She gulped. She was scared and it was then that started to make her more nervous. Ray approaches her to ask her a question.

-Depending on how you answer, the treatment you will receive will vary in level. This is a trial and punishment Emily. So, I want you to tell me where Karoline's whore is hiding-

Emily notices the anger in Ray's words and taunts him by spitting on his mask. Ray walks away from her to grab a rag and wipe off the insult, grabs his .9 semiautomatic pistol similar to a redesigned Beretta and shoots her leg.

Emily hadn't gotten to the middle of her insult when she was shot in the left leg of her. Her femur was broken in the middle, and it was the same leg that she had torn her ligaments from as she ran running errands for Sophia. She had lost a lot of blood. Her leg gave way to the gunshot wound that had destroyed her intention to face the man standing in front of her.

Her crying and her pain echoed through the room to the point of excruciating. Ray came over and said:

-If I got rid of your cousin Ashley, who assures you, that I will not be able to do something much worse with you? - The unhinged laugh behind the mask sounded terrifying

At last he was understanding who his enemy was and in his agony she began to cry. Cyd was excited under the skull mask and like her twin brother, she wanted to feel the pleasure of making Emily suffer. She took the bat and hit the sobbing woman's face to stop her groaning.

The twins look to Nox to continue. She takes the pruning shears and cuts the fingers of the hand one by one. Emily reflected in her face her plea: "Please, I will do anything" "Stop", but her pleas were in vain.

Meraki brings the needles to Zion, since the knives won't work for him and he sits down to watch the show. Ray looks at his son disapproving of the help he offered his brother.

-No cheating, if you help them again I will punish you-

-Ok- Meraki stifles a laugh to avoid pissing Ray off.

Zion drove the 40x8 needles into her hands, feet, and abdomen, leaving her in terrible pain. Then Cyd hammered the needles in.

Three hours passed quickly. Emily was repeatedly hit on the eyes, mouth, nose, breasts, neck, head and stomach among other sensitive parts of the body, dragged along the ground holding her hair, then, they covered her head with a bag, and tied her neck. Kicked her, crashing her against the wall, this caused her nose to bleed, preventing her from breathing.

When they had finished, they sat her in the chair and applied electric current to her wounds. They tortured her with the "Telephone", tremendous blows of the hands that clapped her ears to make her deaf. She was given mock executions and baths with boiling water. Seeing that she refused to speak, they took her outside, where the floor was burning with the scorching red sun and Emily could not bear to have her face pressed against the hot floor. That lasted all day, without food or water.

She was thrown into another room to confine her in solitude all night, while she would suffer a greater ordeal. Before leaving her until the next day, Ray and Meraki come over to deal with her quietly. The medicine she received did nothing to ease her pain as it was one of the less effective healing pills. The children had already returned to the castle by then.

-Son, it's your turn.- Ray pats Meraki's shoulder to give him free rein.

Emily's eyes turn black and the extraction begins.