Mixed Fates

Chapter 2

Zanders POV.

My hands have gone numb. My feet have also gone numb. I have not spoken a word since they brought me here except for my name. That girl in the end, on the other hand has not stopped spitting curses and insults at our captors. I don't know how long we have been here but if I were to guess it would be around three days. They have come five times and tested our body stamina with water, electricity, fire, knives and air. I don't know what happened after I passed out in most of them but I am guessing we are all in the same boat with the stamina.

“Wake up”

The big man comes in with the regular three women in white lab coats. I wonder what they will torture us with today.

“We will be taking subject 54 today with us” one of them says while looking at the jetty-looking man.

The muscular man nods his head and walks to the man. He growls and thrashes around but he can only thrash around limitedly since his body is broken in three places. The big man takes out this remote and the bed springs to life. The women leave the room and the muscular man followers them with the bed following him.

“Picking favorites, are we? you sack of s**t!”

My eyes does not leave them until the door lock shut after them. My eyes then shift over to the girl. She is very beautiful, she looks like the popular girl in every teenage movie. However her language is like she was raced by truck drivers.

“f**k!” she bangs her head on the bed.

“Why do you keep trying?”

I think his name is Theo, he looks at Mia like he hates her, like this is all her fault but she just looks back at him like she is enjoying this.

My feelings are….

I feel like my feelings left with my magic.

I feel pain and I feel what is being done to me but I do not feel anger against them for it. I do not feel fear for what they will do next. I just feel empty. I am my magic and without it I feel nothing.

“Alright next one!”

I did not notice them coming in again.

“Who do you want next my lady?”

She looks around at us all, I look away from her eyes and look at the jetty man but he looks like a zombie now. His hair is all over the bed with vines coming out of his head. His broken bones are not showing anymore but he has sticks sticking out of his whole body but no blood.

“Take the banshee, lets see how loud he can scream”

The big man's eyes land on me. That's right, they called me that. Markian Banshee. The bed under me hums to life and follows him. I try to move a little on the bed but just like before it did not let me. Moving feels like a dream like I am not really here but this is real. There is a hall outside of our room. The walls are made of steel but with symbols written all over the walls, protective spells, grounding spells and some more that I do not know. We move for about three minutes then move into a room. It looks like an interrogation room. We are standing on the side looking in but the door is open to go to the other side. They stop by the window but the bed takes me to the other side. The other side has nothing but this big mirror that I know they are looking at me through. The floor is patted just like the walls. This is just like the other room but smaller. Maybe this was an insane asylum before they took it over.

“Alright Banshee we will let you access a tiny part of your magic, we only want to hear your cry. We do not want any of the other magic, do not try to escape, do not try to use anything other than your banshee scream”

From the backside of the bed came a needle, it lounged itself into my side and with the liquid I can feel my magic slither a little back. I welcome the feeling of my magic but I keep it inside me. I let it run through me like water for a thirsty man.

“We are ready”

I ignore them, I just relish in the feeling that I know will be taken away from me all too soon again.

“If you do not show us, we will make you”

I don't feel fear from their threats but I feel only happy to have my magic, they can’t take this away from me.

AAAAHHHH.

A knife is thrusted into my side on the same place the needle hit me. The blade was taken out as fast as it came in. I feel the blood and the magic drain out of me! I bite down holding in my voice. I don't remember the time I stopped talking but I will not give them what they want. Another stab in the thigh. I squeeze my eyes shut.

I will not give them what they want.

Then all of a sudden I dropped from the bed and hit the ground hard. The ground is way harder than it looks. It looks like pillows and padding but feels like tiny needles are lined with every thread. I just push myself off the floor but I just sit against the bed and move my hands and feet around.

“We do not enjoy hurting you Markian. We just want to know the extent on your powers”

I push my magic to heal my wounds and to control my breathing.

I know you are somewhat of a humanitarian but common defend yourself

I shake the words of my mother out of my ears, both of them wanted to make a warrior out of me but the only heroic acts I wanted to witness was in books.

This horrible loud sound starts to ring in the room. I grab my ears but the sound keeps ringing. I want to scream! I want to make the sound stop, I can feel it slowly bursting my eardrum and slithering its way to my brain! I fall to the ground and roll around in the needles hoping for them to take my mind away from the horrible horrible loud sound. It feels like eternity and it still keeps going.

“Just let it out! Let us hear you scream”

No! I will not let them win.

“I guess they had enough for today and will not play with the rest of us”

I can hear her, Mia. She is always talking. I feel my hands above my head again and I can not move my legs. I passed out. They could not get anything from me and that makes me happy to know. They might have gotten some insight into the jetty man since they only wanted to see my magic and that is what he is covered in. Magic. Earth magic.

“Ahh sleeping beauty you have awaken and will you tell us your story”

“Oohh shut up Mia. If you would just let him wake up then he might tell us in his own time” Theo spat at her.

“I am sorry your highness I did not know your boyfriend needed you to talk for him” she said in a very cheery but yet deathly voice.

“Just for one goddamn minute will you just shut up!”

“Hey! We do not need to be fighting among ourselves! We should work together to get out of here” Jade cries.

“Then tell that Harley Quinn wannabe that for all of our insanity she needs to shut the f**k up or as soon as I get out of this hellhole I will kill her” Theo yells.

“I would love to see you try” Mia laughs.

“Zander, what did they do to you?!” Jade cries at me.

I look at her tearstained face and puffy eyes. She is shaking and begging me to tell them but I will not speak to them. I don't know them. I do not want to know them and if I can not sign then I shall remain quiet.