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The images started contorting into larger, angrier shapes. There was a giant woman at the center of the room with tiny butchers drawing places to cut her with red markers. When they were then, they then scaled down her body with tiny knifes and began the slaughter. Around the catwalk were inflated images of breasts, turned ugly with disease, and vaginas with teeth and other sharp instruments sticking outside of them. The girls from the ground floor burst into flames, but that didn't stop their orgy even as their skin and meat roasted. A lot of them gathered underneath the catwalk, reaching out for Billy, desperate for him to join them.

Was this supposed to be poetic irony? Was he supposed to feel bad? Billy felt no such emotions. He knew this was a trick, and as much as he appreciated the look of it, he didn't give two flying fucks about the underlying 'moral lessons' behind the images. He followed the desi bitch, who was running like a frightened squirrel away from him. There wasn't anymore catwalk for him to run off to... only, he jumped off the bars and landed just fine, a ledge forming underneath his feet.

What the fuck?

Billy tapped the new ledge that appeared with his foot. Solid. The bitch's fake ledge seemed to have ran out, so he pointed a gun at him, screaming, "Stay Back!" He tried to shoot him, but he seemed to have ran out of bullets. The fear in his eyes as he realized was delicious. He advanced to him, cleaver tight in his hands, and reached out to grab him.

He grabbed nothing but air. Billy was struck with confusion. Before he could do anything about it, his hand was pulled and one of those power negating bracelets was fastened securely around his wrists. Billy met the bitch's eyes, and he just smiled and winked right at him before kicking him off the ledge. The illusion dissipated when his back collided on the ground, and all his bleary eyes could see were magnificent pillars of glass.

***​

Felix looked down from the glass ledge at Billy's body. It was broken and twisted, just like Vincenzo's, but it wasn't covered in glass. From this height, he could see he was still obviously breathing. Felix formed a glass slope and slid down from it. When his feet touched the ground floor, the glass trembled, then shattered into a million pieces. Felix raised the now gray crystal in his hand. It crumbled into ash. "Good work," he told it softly, as if talking to an old friend.

The climax was over. It was time for the conclusion. Billy looked at Felix with hatred he'd only seen on his brother Bala all those years ago. Felix went over to him and gently took the cleaver from his hand, pressing a small kiss to his lips that had Billy thrashing in anger. Rape wasn't about sex; it was about power, and he had all the power in the world over him. Felix stood up tall and loomed over him, pressing his foot to Billy's chest to emphasize this new dynamic he'd established. He wanted Billy to know, that as beautiful and as good Felix was, he would never, ever be prey.

In the dark of the warehouse, so dark none of the gods could see, there were no saints or sinners among them. They were nothing but monsters of the same kind. The only rule here was eat or get eaten.

Because for all his virtues and his repression, Felix knew he could never truly be the righteous hand of the gods. Actions are more important than intentions, he'd say, and he'd defend that with every bone in his body because he knew that if his intentions were ever factored in, he'd never be considered good. Felix wasn't a good person, not where it counted. He's claim he did these things to punish people, but he knew deep down, he did it for sport. He loved to hunt predators because he wanted to feel bigger than them. Standing over Graham like this, nerves jittery with excitement, he hadn't felt a rush like this since Bala.

Felix liked to believe he wasn't the same as his criminal brother, but he was. He was the same as Bala. He was the same as Toby. Right here, he was the same as Billy.

"You look angry, Graham. You can dish it out but you can't take it, huh?"

He held the cleaver tight, felt the power it gave him. It was like ecstasy, but it was a dirty kind, made him want to squirm all over. He brought the knife down to Billy again and again, Billy screaming and wailing, his blood splashing all over Felix and the walls around him. When his chest was open and bared, Felix ripped it apart with his own hands, ripping his organs out and crushing them in his fingers. He stepped on his head over and over until it cracked and ripped open. He loved every single fucking minute of it.

Monster, his head told him. You're a fucking monster. He knew! He knew he was, he'd always known that if he ever dared stepped over his limits, he'd love it. He was sick. Born sick. He was pollution, he was dirt, he was every unsavory story about the untouchables that society forced on people to ostracize them. He thought he'd be righteous to prove them wrong, but they were right all this time. Untouchables should never be given rights, because they'd end up just like him.

Billy was nothing left but a pile of meat when he was done with him. Felix threw the cleaver into his hollowed out chest cavity, then fell backwards, his dead, tired eyes staring at the ceiling.

It was over.
 

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Toby followed with his disfigured body, limping forward and breathing heavily, eyes distracted by the overload of imagery, his brain going nuts with fast, flickering activity. He was starting to get a headache, quietly whimpering. Too much, too much, too much. But he absorbed the horrors around him and focused it in on healing, steps slowing, trying to make sure his limbs were pointing in the right directions now so they'd fix up correctly.

He felt bad, tears blurring his vision. He was useless right then. He should've fought Billy more when he'd had the chance instead of opening his arms to it all. Distraction his ass. Felix was in trouble and all he had for a partner was Toby, the same little retarded kid he'd always been. He hated it, he hated it, he hated it! Luckily, his limbs had already been corrected, because his healing started to slow to the normal rate. The boost seemed to have worn off, and he wasn't sure if it was for natural reasons, or because of the way he was feeling.

Stumbling, Toby clutched at the railing in frustration, clenching a fist. Caring. Caring about people was so fucking hard, because he knew he wasn't good at it. Panic kept running through his veins, making his whole body freeze up aside from the shaking. His mother had died while he'd been screaming on the floor with a million knife wounds, he hadn't even had the ability to attempt to save her. And the whole fucking thing was his fault in the first place. He told his father. What had he been thinking? Nothing! He hadn't been thinking shit, he just did it.

Consequences, Tobias. Fucking consequences. Get it in your head already. It's been twenty-seven years, and should be about time, shouldn't it? But it wasn't. He wasn't good at that. He wasn't good with a lot of things. He wasn't a real monster, just a human that came out too wrong, too weak, too stupid.

"No, no, no," Toby slurred, crying while he watched the final encounter, knees wobbling. Why couldn't he have more useful powers? Why couldn't he be anything but this? "F-Felix? Feliiix…"

He furrowed his brows and tried to focus his fuzzy gaze. His head was swimming, but something-- something was happening, Billy didn't… Felix wasn't…

Oh. Of course. He watched the last of all this with a blank face, sinking down on the catwalk, grip on the railing loosening. He watched like an outsider, believing he hadn't helped with any of this. Feeling too much of everything, still. Too small, too cold, shivering thanks to the biting air on his naked skin. It was settling into winter. When he wasn't being defiant towards attacks, it left him looking like any other victim. He sniffled, both over his unpleasant emotions and the fact that Felix was okay, and that he was so relieved about that.

He wasn't horrified by anything Felix did, here, where nobody else would know what they'd all done. He only wished he could've been more for him, instead of drowning in too much, too much, too much. Maybe, if Toby had been more, Felix wouldn't had to have gone too far. From here, Toby could already tell Felix wasn't going to be happy with himself over it, and wished very dearly he could've saved him from that.

But he hadn't. Felix had saved him, instead, and it could have consequences, consequences, consequences.

Toby swallowed thickly.

When it was all done, he slowly made his way down and went over to Felix, sitting down beside him and touching his shoulder. "Didn't really need me, huh?" he joked, self deprecatingly, with a grin. "That was really amazing, the illusions… how'd you do all that? I didn't know your powers had grown so much. Um." He huffed a laugh, looking down at and patting his own chest. "I'll buy you a new necklace. Sorry about that."

One glance at the remains of Billy Graham, then back to Felix, expression more solemn. "We have to leave now. You shouldn't have to stay around this for long. Come on. I think we both need hot baths."

"It's time to go home, Felix. I want to go home. Please."
 

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Felix's nerves relax when Toby sat next to him. He sat up on instinct, undid his ponytail, and took off his jacket to wrap it around Toby so he wasn't so naked. Felix wiped his bloody hands on his shirt to fuss over Toby, running his fingers through his blonde hair soothingly and checking his limbs for anything out of place. It was hard, trying to work out the kinks of his emotions when there were more pressing things to worry about.

He felt like a pile of shit over what happened to Toby. He'd only seen the end of it, but from what little he'd seen, he could only deduce awful, awful things. Toby shouldn't have suffered through that, not for him. If the trap worked out as planned...

He took Toby's hands into his and pressed little apologetic kisses to the back of them. He let out a little laugh, sniffing. "...Sorry that happened," he said, voice scratchy from misuse. He wrapped his hands around him and rested his head on his shoulder. Toby shouldn't forgive him for what happened. Felix had no right to put him in such a dangerous situation when he couldn't even give him his love back. "Are you alright? I saw that crate fall on you... and the rope... Billy really did a number on you, huh? I should've been here. I'm so sorry."

He pulled back and stroked his cheeks with his thumbs, sighing. "I got delayed by Toxin. She ruined the traps, then made me chase her. She gave me a magic amplifier crystal so I wouldn't put her in jail." He stood up and pulled Toby up with him. He held his hand, fingers laced together, and walked out of the warehouse. "You're right, though. I just want to get some shuteye."

When he felt the cold air splash on his face, Felix realized something and frowned. Right. Toxin wrecked his motorcycle. Felix went over to Billy's corpse and dug through his bloody jeans for the keys, then hopped in the truck, turning the heater way up for Toby.
 

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Toby shivered and quieted when Felix fussed over and pet him, gently leaning into it, blushing lightly. He pulled the jacket tighter around him, pressing his nose to the shoulder of it and breathing in deep. For all the blood and gore around them, it smelled like Felix, and he wanted to cling to that. When Felix kissed his hands, he had to stop himself from crying more, feeling so unfamiliar with soft, warm touches like this. "I love you," Toby said, barely audible. He nuzzled his face to Felix's neck, eyes fluttering shut.

"I'm fine. Nothing I haven't had before. I pulled that crate on myself so I could get the ropes off and try to help. He tied some around my bones, and I healed over it, so the bones needed to be crushed. Couldn't do it by snapping them, like with the other binding. It was irritating, but my own fault, really." A shrug.

"Toxin," Toby echoed, humming, rubbing at the edges of his eyes, drying them. "I thought it might've been the rabbity one. I was worried about you. I guess it was nice of her to give you an artifact like that in exchange for having you chase her ass. I think... I think I got an upgrade too."

He let Felix pull him up, looking at their entwined hands wistfully, squeezing. He doubted he'd be sleeping that night, but he hoped Felix would manage to. As soon as they were outside, Toby shook like a leaf, teeth starting to chatter again. He pulled the jacket tighter and tighter. He scrambled into Billy's truck the moment Felix unlocked it, and pulled his knees to his chest, not bothering with the seatbelt. After a moment, he held his hands out to the heater, alternating between that and rubbing them together.

He slouched and melted once it warmed up. He'd been so cold. So, so cold. He stared at his toes, then started fidgeting, picking at the skin on his palms. When he spoke up, his eyes were round, but he didn't let his gaze meet Felix's. "Billy… It isn't the first time, but you weren't around for the other times, didn't know them. Am I…"

He sucked in a breath.

"Am I still desirable, to you, Felix? Or is it repulsive, touching me after you know where I've been, what's damaged me? It's fine if it is. It's fine. I understand." A pause. "I don't want to drag you down with me anymore," he confessed.

Toby trembled, and hoped Felix would tell him the opposite of what he expected to hear.
 

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Felix was quiet as he drove through the Underground. He already knew the answer to the question. He wasn't that petty. He wasn't repulsed by him at all. In fact, he felt guilty about it. Toby was the victim here; Billy was the one at fault, and Felix encouraged it by not being there for him. There were a lot of things here he could say, but...

Toby didn't know he was leaving. It felt cruel to validate him, then leave him a month after. Everything he did to Toby was so violent that Felix didn't know why he still wanted his opinion on these things. Felix already turned him down and he became hostile about it. He forced him to fish him out of a river. He asked him to help him out with a mission that ended up a massive disaster. Now, he was going to leave him with a damn word. Felix was an awful, terrible person. Toby's love blinded him from that, or at the very least, minimized what he did in his eyes. Whatever this thing between them was, it was poisoning them both. Toby was already broken, and he'd just stomped all over the remains.

"I don't think you're repulsive," he said, measuring his words. He reached out to squeeze Toby's hand, hoping to communicate all the tangled up, complicated feelings he had for him with this gesture. It was never going to be enough for either of them. "It was my fault that you had to suffer through that. You don't have to worry about my opinion of you changing." He reached out to touch his cheek gently with his fingers. "You don't know how grateful I am that you decided to do this thing with me, that you pulled through despite the bullshit delay. I'm so proud of you, and so thankful that I found you in one piece. I asked... too much of you tonight. That's on me."

He parked the car at the side of the road, making sure it was somewhere that would get it towed in the morning, and stared at the complex. They were home and... safe. Together. They always ended up in his apartment one way or another, huh?

He was going to miss this place.

He touched Toby's hand and smiled. "Come on. I owe you a hot bath."
 
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