It took all Eli had to not kill Danny on the spot. But slowly stepping on that leg of his, that didn't take anything. Eli almost enjoyed the screams of agony. He hated people like this, bullys and chicken shits everyone of them.
When Eli let off of Danny's leg he slowly walked to his head and squatted down. "Danny, you will apologize to that poor girl. What happened to your Momma wasn't her fault. Hell if that woman was still above ground, she'd put you six feet under for doing half the shit you've done." Eli said calmly, with almost sorrowful expression.
"Now I know you heard the stories about the shit I did in war. I've killed a lot people Danny, tortured plenty too." Eli stood up and started pacing around Danny. "Shit one time, I got a man to sing 'My Little Buttercup' in three different languages. By the time I was done with him, I knew everything. Wife, kids, friends, who went where with who, who did what with who. That poor man... He did everything he could to hold out. I liked him, he was good, loyal man. I wish that could have went another way.
Eli light a cigarette and took a deep drag. "If I'll do that to a guy I like. Imagine what I'll do to you." Eli flicked an ash over Danny with a stern face, he wasn't playing.
"Even if what she did to that piss ant old was an accident. She took a stand. As long as she's willing to do that, no one is gonna hurt that girl again." Eli took another drag and flicked it on Danny. "BUT! We gotta make wait for her to show up. Where ever she is." Eli said clapping his hands. If there was a time he wish he could set someone on fire it was right now. He didn't know if he was the one starting the fires, he wished he was.If he could, it would be an amazing thing to do. Eli wanted to know more. He wanted to get to the bottom of what going on, but it would have to wait for now.
Eli walked into cave without another word to Danny. Eric Miller said she was here just a few seconds a go. The girl was quick but not that quick, no one was... Right? As he looked closer, he could some wood shavings on the cave floor. There weren't many and how he noticed it was beyond him.
He moved to closer to the shavings. As he squatted down and reached out to pick them he couldn't help but get an odd and unnerving feeling. Was he being watched? What was going on here? Eli rolled some of the shavings in his hands. They seemed fresh, like they were just take form a live tree.
"I hope that girl is okay." Eli said softly. "Where could she have gotten too?" Eli said standing back "What do you think dog? Can't imagine she'd leave you behind." Eli said giving the dog a scratch behind the ears.
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