Moreau's Revenge - 002
Moreau let other people underestimate Eliot. If they got themselves killed it wasn't his problem. Granted, he had underestimated Eliot as well. His men had let him down. But that was behind him now. More or less. The Russian's still owed him. Having them pick up Eliot just saved him the trouble of loosing men or of Eliot catching on before it was
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Eliot released his grip on the chains just before the door opened and nearly bit through the inside of his cheeks to keep from making a pained noise. Yet the pain of pressure on his wrists was nothing compared to that on... everything when Cole let down the chains.
After hanging for an unknown number of hours, his feet folded beneath him when he came down. Gravity prevailed as he kept falling past the point of standing and was stopped only by the sudden jerk of his shoulders as the length of chain locked again above his hands. He gasped then, and it took a few seconds before the hitter could turn the pained sound into a wheezing laugh.
Several seconds more and he managed to drag his feet out from under him so he --oh God, his arms!-- remained upright independent of the chains above. His limbs sagged against the manacles for support.
He didn't have anything to say, but throughout it, he continued laughing because he knew it got to Cole.
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