When they arrived at Ajax's office, Rex was still bleeding from his mouth where Joe had punched him.
"Are you a blood bank? Why do you have so much blood?", Joe asked as if he wasn't the one who caused the injury that was bleeding. Rex cursed the bastard in his mind, still hoping for that fateful day where Joe would be begging for mercy in his hands.
They opened the carriage... "Get me a pail of water", Rex shouted to the boy that rushed to meet them at the entrance. The young lad was still staring because he didn't know why they needed water when he expected them to just carry the person they had brought inside.
"Are your eardrums missing, boy? GET ME WATER", Rex shouted, spittle mixed with blood landed on the boy's face. With deep irritation, the boy walked off to get Rex the bucket of water he asked for.
Daniil was still unconscious and it annoyed the hell out of Joe who got easily irritated by very little things.
"This man is still out of it. Sure he got a skull at all? Or have you killed him, Rex?"
[Why does this idiot keep talking to me?], Rex didn't respond to Joe and waited impatiently for the boy bringing the water.
"At last, you snail"... Rex took the pail from the lad and poured the content of the bucket on Daniil's face.
"Urgh...", He made a grunting sound as he sat up, wiping his face and coughing.
"You could have just tapped me"
That statement earned him a slap from Joe, "You think you can talk anyhow here? You don't even know what is waiting for you. Get up, motherfucker"... Joe said kicking Daniil on his side. Pain exploded from different parts of Daniil's body, he writhed before forcing himself up.
"Come in", a low growl came from inside the warehouse that was behind the main building. Ajax sat in the middle of the large hall, waiting with a sinister smile on his face. Joe wondered why he was smiling but knowing his boss, he guessed the reason. As for Rex, he didn't want to be here at all; his mouth was hurting and he wasn't in a good mood generally and one needed to be in the best mood for something like this. He didn't have an option though, he kept wiping the blood that refused to stop with a filthy handkerchief.
When Ajax saw the state Rex was in... he said, "Please get out of my sight and take care of yourself or should I send someone to come bathe you?"
"No, boss. I can do that myself. Later, boss", he left happily. He would have a glass or two of good whiskey before heading home.
* * *
"So you are the person writing the story of the so-called mystery woman"... It was more of a statement than a question, but Daniil still answered, trembling, "Yes"
Daniil was very much aware of where he was now and he felt his hope of getting out of this situation slipping away little by little. This was Ajax and everyone knew what he was capable of.
"You just had an interview with her. Tell me all you learned", Ajax said.
"I didn't-"
"Hahaha... I am in a good mood right now. Do not ruin that with any negative vocabulary like what you just said now. Tell me all you know about her"
Daniil was confused but took a second to think, and then rephrased the statement in his head; "She told me her parents were immigrants, hence her strange name-"
"What is wrong with this fucker? Who gives a fuck about her parents?", Ajax held his head, his frustration growing.
"Boss, should I persuade him a little?", Joe asked with his eyes fixed on Daniil. His mind was still reeling with thoughts of Selena. [Maybe the bitch told this man where the other bitch ran off to]
Ajax looked at Joe, [What interest does he have in this?]. He hissed and faced Daniil again. "Did she mention where she got her powers from? What about the girl that was staying with her? Any talk on that? I do not have all day, Mr. Daniil"
"Mr. Ajax, I didn't see any girl there and I didn't ask her about that because I had no idea she was with anybody"
"Okay... go on"
"Boss, she talked ab-"
"Shut up, Joe"
"She told me she was taken into another world and that was where she was trained", Daniil said.
At this point, Ajax stood up, "By whom?"
"I don't know"... his eyes widening with fear as he watched Ajax approach him, a knife in his left hand that he had brought out of a sheath that hung from his leather belt. Daniil's eyes went from Ajax's face to Joe's face to the knife, and back to Ajax's face. He was pressed and knew that any more fright would make his bladder release the urine it held unto the ground.
"Which world did she go to? Who taught her magic?"... Ajax asked... his speech slow.
"I swear... She didn't mention"
"I do not believe you. You are protecting that witch, right?"
"She said she wasn't a witch. She said to call her Jade, just Jade", he had begun to sob.
"Then you are useless to me"...
Daniil began to bargain for his life, he knew what was about to happen... "You don't have to...I can be useful to you. I would go back and ask her all you need to know"
Ajax thought...[My boys already know where the Jade lady stayed]
"She didn't tell you the first time, why would she tell you if you asked again?"
Daniil was about to answer and as Ajax said there was no need for a response, he slashed Daniil's throat splashing blood on his milk-colored suit.
"Get me another suit", he said to Joe who left the warehouse with a confused look on his face.
[That man may have known about Selena. Shit!], Joe thought.