Roger and Aaron tried to walk next to Macon as they moved through town, leaving the
Zapper HQ together and trying to look as if they simply blended into their surroundings. Leading Macon through town to their quiet headquarters on the outskirts, Aaron entered the building first. Melvin stood in the foyer with a clipboard, talking to a few Technos,
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Mega took great perverse pleasure in the whimpering pleas coming from Macon and the pop that sounded when Line made him lose his sight, what a horrible thing to do to a person. Mega knew that Line was not really doing any of this to Macon, only making him believe it, because in the end Mega still hoped that Macon would find his station in their hierarchy and get back to his place. Of course, if he didn't seem worthy of wasting more time on, a lost cause, Mega had no qualms about deleting him either.
Mega put his elbows on the arm rests of the chair and put his forefingertips together, resting them against his lower lip, his other fingers clasped together, his thumbs under his chin, his eyes focused on the way Macon's eyes clouded over, waiting for him to come out of the initial shock and give some kind of reaction, hopefully a loud one that would remind everyone of their station in this world.
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Macon was the toughest man he knew, he was the leader of the Zappers, and here he was, lowered down to less than a man, a boy, a wuss. It was as if he was not in control of anything anymore, he couldn't feel his legs, he couldn't see, and the burning was intense, and as it increased, he began to cry louder, until it became a wail, imploring those around him, "Please help me! No more, please, Mega! MEGA? Stop him!" Macon didn't even want to begin to imagine what he was going to do to him next, cut out his tongue maybe, they were torturing him to death, "Just delete me," he cried out, "get it over with, make it stop!"
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