mindcracklove | Fan Fic - After the Defiance :: Ch 3

Hello! Here's chapter 3, I found it hard to write this chapter for some unbeknown reason.
Anyway, this one is less gruesome. So, yay! And about 1000 words shorter than I'd like it to be, but meh.

Enjoy!

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Two clad figures stood in the silver door frame, their bodies sending bedim shadows crawling across the room. The blue eyed man stood and turned to face the two cumbersome figures, his eyes glowing with irritation. He raised an expectant eyebrow, asking a silent question.

The first of the two men spoke in a suitably heavy voice and gestured to Avidya’s listless body as he entered the dull room. ‘Vechs wants him in Room Twelve.’

Avidya straightened himself up, and calmly examined the three new inhabitants of the room. Everything about the blue eyed man told Avidya that he should know who he was, but he couldn’t figure out whom. The way he walked and held himself, it was only when he spoke that it hit Avidya.

‘Room Twelve?’ The blue-eyed man repeated in hesitant disbelief. ‘What has he done to deserve Room Twelve?’

There’s no way it’s… Avidya frowned. He can’t be…

The other man shrugged as he and his partner walk over to the wall Avidya was chained to.

‘J-Jsano?’ Avidya croaked, at this the man winced as if he was hoping to go unrecognised. He turned his head, a despaired expression clear on his face but he did not answer.

One of the two brawny men produced a pair of handcuffs, making obvious the match handgun strapped to his hip, while the other began to unlock the cuffs that held Avidya’s arms above his head.

It was barely a second that Avidya was free from cuffs, as soon as he lowered his arms another set bit into his wrists. His focus switched to Ree, whose fearful wide eyes grew ever more fearful.

‘Wh--what’s happening?’ Rasped and quivering her voice sounded, and came no reply.

Two hands gripped each of Avidya’s arms and yanked him towards the open door; he put up his best façade of calmness and spoke hastily to his daughter.

‘I-I don’t know, but everything will be okay… I’ll come back, I promise.’ He said as one of the men nudged him forward with a smug smile on his face murmuring; ‘No you won’t.’

The large metallic door shut behind them, the room plunging into its usual gloom.

Jsano turned his attention to the shivering girl who looked more than distressed. Her eyes – glazed and sorrowful – were trained onto his face. He knelt down next to her as she pulled her gaze down trying to avoid further eye contact. He couldn’t help the feeling of anger boil up through his chest, the suppressed hatred for the man – the monster who could mercilessly torture a seventeen year-old girl all in an attempt to satisfy his own greed.

He took a deep breath, raking his enraged thoughts to the back of his mind. He hemmed before he spoke in a soft sympathising voice.

‘My name is Jsano, I’m a doctor...’ He hesitated when Ree offered no response. ‘Is it okay if I–’

Ree gave a sharp and abrupt nod keeping her head low when he gestured towards her body, trying her hardest to hold back her tears.

Taking another calming breath Jsano unzipped the fabric bag he’d placed next to Ree and slowly pulled out a small knife. Ree shut her eyes tight and pressed against the wall in a futile attempt to back away. The mere sight of the blade sent a surge of pain through her body.

‘P-please… D-don’t – don’t…’ She began to stutter through her restrained weeping.

Jsano placed the knife on the floor and raised his hands. ‘I’m not going to hurt you, I promise Ree.’ He spoke in a reassuring but solemn voice. Ree kept in her cowering position, breathing in uneven shudders.

Not expecting Ree to respond, Jsano picked up the knife again – her eyes still shut tight – he brought it to her bound wrists and began to cut away the ropes. Ree felt the ropes fall away, opening her eyes she gazed as the pale skinned man did the same for the ropes that bound her ankles.

Sitting back a bit, he let her move into a more comfortable position, she watched on tentatively as Jsano unzipped the bag and pulled out an arrangement of medical equipment.

He then picked up the knife and carefully made a slit in the hem of Ree’s shredded and blood soaked shirt, grabbing each side of the cut material and ripped her shirt in two. Ree gave a muffled shriek as Jsano did so. Pulling the cold material off her shoulders he crumbled it up and chucked it to the other side of the room.

Ree shivered as Jsano applied a wet cloth to her lacerated skin and hissed as the benumbing substance sunk into her wounds. He began to wipe over the cuts on her arms and torso, wiping away the blood and leaving a numbing sensation in its place.

As Jsano began working on Ree’s chest she shivered and swallowed back her sobs.

‘Wh—Why are you d-doing this?’ She quivered.

Jsano looked up at her lined face and quickly pulled his head down again in an attempt to hide his swelling throat, the last thing Ree should see now is someone trying help her breaking down. He cleared his throat and continued with his work.

‘I was instructed to...’ He began. ‘I didn’t think it was this bad… I-- I never thought Ve--’ He choked on the name, I found it hard to say it. ‘I never thought he could do something like this.’

He sat back and shook his head to clear his thoughts, take another deep breath he began to wind bandages over her wounded shoulder, slowly making sure he wasn’t causing her any more pain.

I never thought he could do something like this…

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The ride up to the penthouse of Boulderfist Towers was a tedious one for Pause as he mumbled bitterly to himself, rubbing his stained chest. Guude had a taunting grin on his face, his mind forming ways to tease Pause about the days training.

As the elevator doors parted they stepped out into a spacious room, dark walnut woodwork coated the floor and furniture. A floor-to-ceiling window bordered the room, providing a monumental view of the city of Mindcrack.

In the furthest corner of the large rectangular room was a kitchen where Beef was busy making himself a sandwich. While the very irritated looking Mhykol and Etho sat at the counter mumbling to each other shooting evil eyes toward in the newcomers’ direction. Beef waved a hand of greeting, with a lethargic smile on his face before whispering something to the two men seated in front of him.

Pause flopped onto one of the sofas next to a tall man with a buzz cut hairstyle and fluffy rainbow stripped hoody, whose eyes where fixed to the TV in front of him as he flipped aimlessly through the channels. He chuckled softly when Pause groaned irately.

‘Guude beat you again?’ The hooded man asked still facing the TV.

‘Shut up, Millbee.’ Pause murmured folding his arms into his slouched position.

Millbee laughed loudly. ‘Lemme guess, you abandoned your team—’

‘Yes, he abandoned his team!’ Etho yelled with a growl from the kitchen.

‘And the tried to take on Guude alone and failed.’ Millbee continued, poking the spot on Pause’s chest where he had been shot with the TV remote.

‘Ow!’ Pause yelled springing from his recline and on top of Millbee reaching for the remote. ‘Give me that!’

Millbee only found it funnier as he stretched his arm out, holding the remote just out of Pause’s grasp. As Pause and Millbee kicked and pawed at each other fighting for the remote, Mhykol walked over calmly and sat down on another sofa, rolling his eyes at the two.

‘Knock it off, you guys.’ He sighed glancing at the TV, only half interested in what was on; apparently the last channel Millbee had landed on was a news channel. He listened through Millbee’s shrieks and Pause’s half-yelled threats. His eyes flew open in shock at what he saw.

‘Guys,’ he said waving his hand to get their attention, eyes unmoved from the screen.

Finally getting their attention the two fell silent as he pointed at the TV, their faces fell into a display of wariness, surprise then confusion.

The screen showed and blonde woman sitting at a news desk talking calmly, to her right was the picture that had initially caught Myhkol’s attention. It was of a man with chin-length brown hair and beard, he wore black sun glasses despite being inside.

The reporter began to speak as Millbee hastily turn up the volume. ‘Earlier today, Defiance veteran, Avidya Zen and his daughter, Ree Zen where reported missing from their secluded home in Eastern Mindcrack. When investigators arrived at their residence they were shocked at the scene. The following images may not be suitable for a younger audience.’

The screen switched to a darkened view of a Japanese style house, as the camera man moved through the rooms the light wood floors and walls began to decorate with red stains. Much of the furniture was either broken and sprawled out across the floor or had been shredded in a hurricane of bullets.

Mhykol waved his hand in the direction of the kitchen in an attempt to get the other’s attention, he needn’t have because by the time he managed to tear his eyes from the screen, Guude, Etho and Beef stood behind the sofa Pause and Millbee were on, fixed to the TV.

‘A note was left at the scene, a note that Detective Xisuma Void has said will not be released to the public until more is known about this strange disappearance. Detective Void had released a statement saying: “There were definite signs of a struggle at the scene, we are treating this disappearance as a kidnapping until further information is uncovered.”’

‘Shit…’ Came Beef’s distraught voice.

‘Why have I not heard of this earlier?’ Guude shook angrily as he spoke. ‘Shit man, Avidya’s missing?’ He couldn’t quiet comprehend what he’d just heard.

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CH 1 :: Daughter's Distress
CH 2 :: Where's Your Team?