Kyo created a telekinetic blade which gave off an ethereal black glow. He sliced the rope binding the man's wrists together in one fluid motion and roughly lifted him to his feet, wrapping one thick arm around him while the other pointed the blade at his neck.
"Move one step closer and I'll cut his head off." he warned Aphrodite and Carolyn, completely unable to recognise his voice through the modulator attached to the bottom of the mask.
"Let him go." ordered Carolyn firmly, her paleness betraying her actual emotional state.
"Don't you dare tell me what to do!" he growled at her, so incensed at the entire situation that the blade against the man's throat drew blood and the screams began once again.
Kyo ripped the duct tape off, vindictive relish coarsing over him as the man's blood-curdling screams pierced the still night air.
"I always knew I'd come back for you." he whispered into the man's ear. "Do you remember it? Do you remember the day that you ruined me?"
"My god, it's you... the one we missed...." replied the man, his screams suddenly ending. To Kyo's great consternation, the relish was now in his hostage's voice as he finally realised the identity of the one who had paid for his kidnap.