Proserpine: Chronicles

[frozen]

Unforeseen Consequences

When I regained my consciousness, i realized I was strapped into a bed, with wires leading into my arms and chest. I had no idea where I was, what was going on, but one thing I knew is that, id rather be that 10 year old kid being bullied than be here. This pain was searing, and even for me, it was too much to bear. It was only a matter of time my will breaks and I give in to this intricate torture.

I wasn’t wrong. Within minutes, my body seemed to give up resistance, and I screamed louder than a 12 year old Kusarian boy when he finds out he’s getting a dictionary for his birthday, instead of more console games. It was as if someone was peeling the skin from my body off slowly, and then pouring boiling hot oil over the freshly exposed bleeding skin. Even over all the screaming, I heard whispers in the background. Apparently, I was “a very stubborn bastard”.

*laughs*

Even after the intricate torture they had setup for me, a part of me found it very funny that these people thought of me as a stubborn bastard. What can I say, the Organization trained me well.

As an adrenaline rush came over me, the ‘flight or fight’ response as it’s otherwise known, I gathered my will together in a final effort to break my shackles away and get out of that seat. After a minute of excessive straining, the shackles gave way under all the pressure I was applying, and I broke free. To my surprise, I felt a sharp pain in both of my arms, and I gave a yell.

I didn’t realize that the shackles were surrounded by another ‘glove’, which had spikes lining the inner area. By breaking the shackles, the tiny spikes pierced into my biceps, and blood trickled down my arms and onto the floor. This was too much for even me, and I gave up trying to escape, and I heard a chuckle, and another whisper.

“In the end, they all break”

With that, a dark figure comes into view. The person was evidently wearing amour, and held an aura of dominance around him. I strained to lift my head, so that I could see who he was, when all of a sudden, the shackles were released, and my body fell to the floor. The person offered a hand to lift me off the ground, which I accepted. The person took off the mask, stepped into the light, and started to speak…

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