This place was getting more and more terrifying by every single passing minute. The despair, like a deadly anaconda, unwinded you, trying to break your bones, your ribs. And after you suffocated by its embrace, it wanted to swallow you and erase you from this world.
You were sitting on your bed, embracing your knees as you were blankly staring towards the entrance. You tried to swallow down all the remains of the panic attack you'd just had and stabilize your breathing back again.
You flinched as the steel door swung open by your keeper. It was him, Dennis, again this time. He frustratedly rushed towards you, and after sitting down onto the bed he pointed at you with his index finger.
"I-I heard that you had been nosy, young lady! Are you planning to escape?! If you are, well too bad there's no chance for you!" He was furious and you couldn't really understand why. For God's sake, you just wanted to get some answers! About why you were here, and what was even that ceremony they were talking about!
"I-I just -"
"Just shut up, and listen!" he cut in your words. "We had been working hard on this plan, and NOBODY can stop us! The monster will come for you! It's Your faith, so you should accept it!" He shouted in anger. You were shaking, his intimidating aura terrified you. "And... And!" He wanted to continue but it looked like he was struggling with something. You confusedly leaned closer to him in the hope to understand him better. "God damnit.." He nervously squeezed his hand to a fist. "There.. there's a crumb on your shirt.." he pointed at it while looking away. "Please take that off.." he finally said it lubberly.
As you looked at your clothes, you saw the little-remained piece of bread on your chest. Then slowly you moved your eyes towards your keeper who was still struggling on the other side of the bed. 'Oh yeah he has a cleaning disorder' you thought. As soon as you swept away the little mess, he calmed down as well. With heavy breathing, he set his glasses. "So.." he continued after clearing his throat. "Just, please... don't break the rules. None of us want you to get in trouble because of your disobedience." And after a great sigh, he looked straight into your eyes. "Promise me you won't try to escape." His tone was serious and intimidating, a shiver went through your spine. You slowly looked down onto your knees and swallowed. You were under his control, and you hated it. But still, it was no way for you to get out. At least not yet. So you gave him a small nod whereat you could hear his relieved sigh.
"I understand you are curious, but... please be a bit more patient."
Then there was a short break until he continued it finally.
"Your big day shall come soon."
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Your dreams became more and more realistic during your captivity. The sound of the surrounding nature, the soft caress of the spring wind and of course.. the voice of your dad. It was heartbreaking to hear him again because you knew he had been caring about you. It was a feeling you couldn't let go that you felt it had been slowly corroding you inside.
The muffled noise of movement has interrupted your dream. You slowly opened your eyes. The room was dark, however, the bright line of light was shining through the opened door. You wanted to get up, but the unexpected weight on your hip made you realize that you were not alone. Your keeper was lying next to you hugging you under your chest. After an uneasy swallow, you slowly lied back to your previous position, trying to keep your calm. He was close... very close. You could feel his soft touch on your skin and his cold breath on your neck which made you goosebumps but made the affected areas burn as well. And even if you tried to protest, you couldn't help but feel your heart started racing. By his touch squeezing the embrace around your stomach, you knew he was getting up. You still didn't know exactly who kept holding you, but the possibilities were not that many actually. You just hoped for the best.
"It wasn't nice what you'd said about Patricia.." said the guy finally. You recognized by his voice, that it was Hedwig who was talking to you. "You lied to me." He added after leaning onto his elbow with the embrace still not letting you go. Your stomach twisted to what he said. He must have talked with the woman, and after getting to know the truth there was a chance he wouldn't trust you again. You were terrified by this thought.
"I'm really sorry Hedwig." You answered quietly.
"This... Y-You lied to me, you scared me et cetera..." you didn't answer, to be honest at the moment you couldn't make up an excuse which could have been good enough. "Mr. Dennis said" he continued "that you're wearing a lot of shirts. I love this one though."
You swallowed. The fact that Dennis said that, it sounded somehow really embarrassing to you. Even if you tried to avoid any nasty thoughts. "Thank you.." you answered with the same sheepish voice.
"Do you know who's Dennis and Patricia?"
You stopped for a minute. Your heart started racing at the thought that maybe you'll finally get more answers. "No" you said briefly.
He smiled at your answer and got up. After settling down on the other side of the bed, he was facing you now. You quickly got up as well and looked at him with hope in your eyes. Maybe now your time had come.
"So every one of us has to wait on a chair and then there's Barry" he chuckled to the name "you know he's the one who chooses who can use the Light. But he has lost his power" he pointed himself grinning "and it's all because of me. Now I can go into the Light whenever I want to. You know it's a..." he hesitated for a minute probably for searching the right word "special power. Barry should be in his chair if I wanted to. This is why Dennis and Patricia told me that I can be with them." Everything he said, it sounded like he was really proud of this. You could only guess, but if you were right about the meaning of the Light then it was a huge power. Using the body whenever you want and God knows until how long... You couldn't even imagine their position. Because obviously all of this was granted to you. "Dennis and Ms. Patricia believe in the monster and its power."
This sentence has caught your eye. Maybe if you played your cards right, you could get more information about this 'monster' as well. You carefully chose your words. "And.. have you seen it? ... the monster?"
Hedwig hesitated for a moment before answered. "N-no. Can I kiss you?"
You froze to his words. Did he just ask for permission to kiss you? You didn't know what to say to this. Of course, you didn't want to kiss him because of... obvious reasons. But.. you couldn't rule out the chance that he won't want to talk with you if you refuse this. Seeing you thinking hard on his ask, he became more and more embarrassed.
"So then.. shall we? Well I mean I don't really know much about kissing but-"
"No, it's okay." You quickly interrupted. It was your chance to gain his trust again, and you didn't want to mess it up. Kissing him wasn't on your 'top 10 most wanted actions' list, but.. this was how it was now. You clearly surprised him by your answer. "Oh okay then.." He sheepishly smiled at you in embarrassment then after clearing his throat, he put up his serious face before started leaning closer to you. Your stomach twisted as you saw Hedwig's adorable smile. You tried to think about all the bad things that happened to you for the sake of not getting excited at all. You still couldn't let off your guard. It was only a fast kiss, nothing more... As he leaned carefully towards you, he slowly closed his eyes, paying attention not to mess anything up. He was clearly nervous and you assumed that it was because this was his first kiss. To be honest it was yours too, well.. if you didn't count the ones in the past. And well, you didn't. You just wanted to forget them as much as possible.
It has got harder to breathe at the moment you felt his lips on yours. They were soft, warm and.. it felt like they could make you forget all the bad things that happened. No! No way, you couldn't think about anything like that! Just ignore it, c'mon... ignore it. You squeezed your hands into fists to distract yourself. You had to feel perfectly nothing...
Your keeper sighed into the kiss, and after it.. somehow.. you felt a strange feeling rising in your stomach, but you just couldn't guess what could that be. As soon as you opened your eyes, you didn't face with Hedwig anymore. You knew this familiar look. It's was Dennis'.
"Well well, having fun, aren't we? And with a child? I didn't expect you're up to something like this." Your cheeks became dark red in embarrassment you couldn't even give him a proper answer. He appeared in the worst time that could have been possible.
"N-No I.. We -"
"Just shut up already." he didn't give you a chance to answer nor to escape from him because at the moment he told you the command, he leaned back to you and silenced with another kiss. Feeling his lips on yours again made your heart start racing. You didn't want this at all, but he didn't let go. He pushed you back down onto the bed, leaving his weight on your shoulder so you couldn't escape. You couldn't protest at all and using this benefit he forced his tongue into your mouth making your mind dizzy. He slowly started unbuttoning your black shirt and every one of his touches made you shiver but burn your skin at the same time. And even though you didn't want this at all.. your body started reacting to him. You simply couldn't ignore him anymore.
"I should have taken this shirt of yours before. Now at least I can do that regardless." He whispered onto your lips. Tears started gathering in your eyes. You just wanted this to end as soon as possible. "Oh, you're about to cry, how cute." He caressed your cheeks before leaning to your ears. You tried to shakily lean out of his reach without greater success. "How does it feel? Being in a miserable situation where you just can't escape from? Of course, this feeling has been unknown for you until now, Impure." Seeing your tears flowing down from your eyes made him smile. The grin on his face was so self-conscious and satisfied that it made you sick. But then with taking off your black shirt he finally straightened up on the bed.
You quickly covered yourself with your hands on your chest since you felt his burning stare on your white pull. Letting out an unsatisfied sound, he got up from the bed, leaving you there. "Don't ever think about tricking any of us. As I said before, the monster will come for you. You don't have any chance against it." He said frustratedly. "Just give up already." Then he turned towards the door, however, he stopped before leaving the room. "I hope that this.. lesson has finally taught you the rules of this place. Remember, I'm not afraid of any kind of punishment." And he shut the door leaving you into the darkness.
You were lying on the bed miserably staring in front of you. Tears kept flowing from your eyes as you were trying to process everything that just happened. Fortunately, he only took your shirt, but... still left a mark in your honor. But the worst.. even though you had been terrified, it had felt good at the same time. And this was unacceptable. You had to stop this feeling right here, right now.
You had to get out of here at whatever cost.