?So this is it, hmm? I dare say, I expected more of a fight out of this one? But oh well, beggars cannot be choosers. Or can they? I don?t know? Oh well, tis not my concern is it??

A grin took hold as Raven stepped from the shadows.. Eyes of frost panned the newly created device as such a twisted smile took form. Moving close to the iron maiden, an arm stretched towards the rather impressive piece of work, Gloved fingers traced the side of the device, as he smiled more so.. Rather lovingly to be exact, somewhat like a father to their own child.

?You will do such wonders for me. Such vile and terrible wonders, indeed. I cannot wait to see what comes from you, and I so look forward to every drop of blood.. Every wasted tear.. Every single muffled cry of pain, and utter humiliation? The shudders, and loosing of bowels.. Well maybe not that last one, too much. But you know what I mean do you not??

Leaning to the device more so, Raven tilted his head as he set his ear upon the ebonsteele siding, and to those present, it looked as if he were listening.

Nodding a bit he replied, ?Why yes.. Yes, you can feed as well. I promise you, that. Just give is what we need, and they are yours till you are sated, my dear and--?

He was cut off in mid-sentence, by what seemed like quite the ruckus down the hall.

Lifting from the device, Raven turned a bit looking across the room. ?Ah and speaking of what is yours, here they are now!?

Into the room came Henrietta, and a pair of Ebon Knights. Of course, it wasn?t them the dark one had been referring to.. It was the one they were dragging, into the room that had Raven?s undivided attention.

It was the one that was trussed up like a literal Thanksgiving turkey.. Head to toe were they bound, nary a bit of clothing on their form, save a darkened hood about their head.

It was the one, who screamed as loud as they could through the wrapping that bound their mouth rather tightly underneath the hood.

It was the one, whose body had been beaten to such a degree that black and blue bruises of various degrees literally had covered most of their body. Not to mention, the bleeding that came from the tight bindings that tore into their skin more so with each futile struggle..

It was the one, who was unceremoniously dumped to the dank flooring of the room, as if they were trash.

"Still fighting are they? Such futile creatures are these.?

Watching their captive flop around like a bloodied and bruised fish out of water, Raven approached, taking to a knee.

?If you struggle more so, I will kill you and then kill anything and everything you hold dear, and then I will more so, kill anything they held dear, as well.. Do you hear me??

The flopping continued?

A grunt was heard.. A muffled cry as well, and was that a growl?

Rising once more, Raven decided he had seen and heard more than enough.

And he would deal with it, decidedly.

He kicked the struggling captive square in the gut as hard as he could. The impact was more than felt instantly, as the struggling lessened.. A muffled moan of sheer pain came from the captive, as Raven in response kicked again? And again? And yet again.

Each kick offering such a sick ?thud?, as even Henrietta had to look away, losing count of how many times their trussed up captive had been kicked, by their master.

The struggling has ceased, and as Henri looked towards the captive she cried out to Raven to stop.

?Raven, sto?look at them, please!?

Pausing from his rather overzealous beat down, Raven saw what Henri had seen..

?I don?t beli?really!? Get a healer in here, and fix them up, NOW!?

Henri complied, as turned and ran down the hall calling for someone. As she did so, Raven knelt to his victim, who was now bleeding from underneath the hood. Well bleeding was a rather kind way to put it..

Hemorrhaging would be more so accurate. Pulling the hood up, he shook his head, as he saw the extent of his beating, by way of a completely blood soaked mouth binding. Well that, and the fact that their victim seemed to be choking on her own blood.

Undoing the binding, Raven tilted the body over, as he tossed the binding aside, ?Oh no, you do not get off that easily! I have plenty in store for you!?

A rather precise flat palmed thrust was given to the back of the captive causing them to erupt into a nasty fit of blood-letting coughs, and gags.

?I have plans for you. You do not get to die on us, till I say you can die!?

Henri returned with a pair of healers, who immediately went to work.

Shaking his head, Raven looked to the blood that covered the floor, and sighed softly.

?They are so soft, Henrietta. So very soft, my dear.. But we shall fix that, and we will start with this one.. See this one healed, and encase them. The same as the other two! And make sure, we do not have the same issues as before. I will not have anyone ?reaching out? anymore. I told them? They are MINE now.. And if we have another issue, Kerri will have another join her headless corpse!?

Storming away, Raven could hear the healing process.. The gagging, and screams of pain.. The recollection and questions, coupled with the utter fear..

And that actually brought a smile to the man, as he spoke softly to himself.

?Now we have a game? Now we have a game? And let's see what they will do, with this new addition to my collection..?