"Viktor, I hope you have a wait out," Aleks said as he followed Viktor into the room, the coat storage before the cellar. He pretended not to have an idea there is a cellar entrance there. Viktor was taking the lead anyways, more than willing to get his neck out of this predicament. "We go to the cellar. Move from there." Interesting, Viktor seemed to have little doubt in Aleks' trustworthiness after all. That was good. He needed to find out all information possible about a potential exit from this mansion. Now there was no more music either to mute the sounds of screaming and gunshots. The police might be corrupt in this city, but they will eventually have to come here. And when they do, it's better for both Aleks and Lilith not to be anywhere in the vicinity. That is - if Lilith even makes it out of there alive.

Somehow, he didn't doubt it. Seeing her perform so far was... well, needless to say - she wouldn't die here. He still wasn't sure whether that was a good thing for him. "Here!" Aleks was brought back to reality as Viktor almost knocked the door of its hinges. He wasn't calm, not even looking back towards Aleks before moving down into the dark cellar. Two female patrons entered the room from the outside. There were still a few people outside but most of them entered the mansion to see what the ruckus was all about. By the time they realized that they were better off out there, it was too late. They served themselves straight to Lilith. 

Not these two, however. Both scared out of their pants, they gasped for air. "Down here," Aleks motioned for them to enter before descending down the stairs himself, a weak orange hue emanating from within. The sound of electricity was buzzing all around him, accompanied by the shaking of the upstairs. The small hallway at the bottom of the steps was leading towards another door, and Viktor unlocking the lock on it. So he was hiding something down here indeed. The pathway leading towards the door was surrounded by wine barrels on both sides, but the entire area had a menacing vibe to it. Maybe even slightly more menacing than the sight of whatever Lilith truly was. 

The two girls were visibly shaken, but they stopped in their tracks as Viktor turned to them, dropping the lock to the floor. "Get back up there, you two! This is not a place for you." Aleks could notice that one of the girls contemplated listening to him, only furthering his belief that Viktor was a beast himself. "Too late for that now, Viktor. Let's just go." Aleks made his way towards Viktor, who was adamant about not letting the girls in. He closed in on Aleks. "They cannot go in. You don't understand-"

"Listen to me. You send them back, they will die. And we will both have their blood on our hands. More importantly, that thing up there sees the two of them coming from here, she comes after us. And we die too. Let's just go before it's too late." Aleks briefly explained as he pushed the door open and entered the room. He heard the switch flicking a moment after.

As the room brightened, Aleks noted the lights were more like a medical lighting system than anything else. Padded walls. Blood stains on the table in the middle of the room. A variety of toy racks spread through the room. More like torture equipment than toys. And the smell. Mixture of medicine and death. Aleks could hear Viktor order the girls in as his blood boiled. "What is this?" 

Viktor tapped him on the shoulder as he passed him, sitting on the table for a moment before moving on, approaching one of the girls. "This is my play room. A fun room. We have all the fun in the world here, without anyone bothering us." He caressed her cheek before she pushed him away. Viktor proceeded to slap her, but Aleks caught his arm in time. "I told you these bitches are not supposed to be here. At least not now."  

"What you do behind closed doors is not my business. Get me out of here and I won't mention any of this to rest of the Bratva. Everyone happy, yes?" 

Content with that reply, Viktor clasped his hands together. "I'll go unlock the exit." He approached Aleks, whispering into his ear, "But these bitches cannot go. You have to get rid of them." 

Aleks gritted his teeth at the sentence. Did Viktor even do anything with his own two hands? He probably had other people dispose of... whatever poor soul made her way to this room. What a truly disgusting, sickening man. As he watched Viktor move towards the shelf in the back of the room, Aleks turned back to the two girls. Yes, Lilith was indeed the best thing to happen to him. A means to destroy this rotten community, burn it from ground up.

He didn't look the girls in the eyes as he shot each of them. One shot to the head each. He was no professional, but at this close range, with both of them shaken. It didn't prove to be a problem. Like that made it any easier. Especially as he could hear Viktor chuckle at the sound of gunshots. The adrenaline didn't allow this to soak fully in yet. "Here, doesn't really suit people like us, but a sewer system can lead us way away from here. I can call my father and he'll fix-," Viktor explained but a gun pressed against the back of his head made him stop in his tracks.

"Don't talk. I don't want to hear another word from you." 

"Wh-," Viktor muttered out but a gunshot rung out, his body flopping down onto the ground. Such a man didn't deserve to live. And he had no reason to live anymore, fulfilling his purpose. As Aleks turned around, looking at the three dead bodies, he moved to the corner and threw up. It had finally sunk what he had done. What they were doing all along. If not before, he was certainly a killer now.

He slumped down into the corner, running his hands through his hair, a facade of calmness breaking for the first time in a long while. Fortunately, no one was around to notice it. Or so Aleks though. A shuffling noise made him come to his senses, gun immediately pointed towards the source. It was Alyona. A terrified look on her face as she popped her head into the room. It would be almost comical if the circumstances were different. 

The gun pointed towards her made her raise her hands up and enter the room. "I just wanna go..." she muttered, tears flowing down her face. It wasn't the first time someone had said it. Back then, she was crying too. "Please." God damn it. Aleks lowered the gun. "Shut up!"

He had no luxury to relapse like this. He had to repeat that to himself. For all these years, he practiced this art of lying, the facade remaining firmly on his face. And out of all those times, this was the worst for it to fall apart. To be reminded that he was also human. He couldn't allow it. As he brought the gun back up again, he simply wasn't able to bring himself to finish it. This descent into darkness. 

"Forget what you saw. Leave the city, okay?" his tone returned to his previous calm iteration. She meekly nodded as he stood up. "Go." 

He fixed his hair and focused on the sounds above him, there was no way he was leaving without Lilith.