Part XII
Eve rushed up the stairs and quickly with the handle of the knife knocked out Opem once more, she hurriedly untied him and gripping his arm she hauled his torso to the side stepping back as her crumpled to the floor.
Taking a firm grip on his arms Eve began dragging him to the hidden stair well, as she struggled to pull him she noticed Koby watching. She dropped Opem and with a nasty grin she stuck her middle finger up at Koby before dragging the dead weight of the man down the stairs.
Reaching the bottom Eve then proceeded to drag him over to where Shazi had set up the Chinese iron maiden. With great difficulty Eve somehow managed to lift him into the already warm coffin, she secured his wrists and feet so he was standing and then sweating stepped down to make sure the coal was still hot.
Taking the long poker Eve stood on the stool Shazi used earlier and poked Opem. “Wha…?”
“Hello Opem, awake now?” Eve poked him again causing him to yell. “I take that as a ‘yes’, well I am going to spoil Shazi’s fun now and tell you what exactly is going to happen to you.”
“Wait… Please…”
“This is a Chinese iron maiden, you are now locked into the coffin, you are standing on the grated bottom. I, your executioner will be pouring water onto hot coals beneath you. The mixture of hot coals and cold water will create a cloud of steam that shall enter the coffin, steaming you alive.” Eve smiled at him “Do you understand what is going to happen to you Opem?”
“I don’t want to die…”
“I want you to die, I want everyone to die!” Eve yelled gripping her hair tightly. Coming back to herself she smiled, reaching over she flipped a switch. The first bucket of water hit the coals sending up a cloud of steam. Opem screamed and Eve closed the lid of the casket muffling his screams.
It was not until the last bucket had emptied that Shazi rushed into the room angry her words for the moment coming out in in garbled grunts.
“I wanted some fun.” Eve stated lifting her head her eyes shining brightly. “i could not have random so I got him.”
As she jerked a thumb towards the now cooling off coffin, at that gesture Shazi found her words. “I was going to play with him Eve, what the hell were you thinking?”
“You can still play with him…” Eve said turning to walk up the stairs “He is a little dead and melted… but I am sure you could do something with it.”