Summary: Stuart, once having lived a perfect life, wishes that he could some how make it different. But when a new employee arrives to his area of work, a minion named Dave just might be his knight for his journey.

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The potent stench of iron hung in the air, ascending from the various splatters of scarlet on the cold floor. The body it dripped from lay motionless in the center of the room. The darkness hiding the scene of endless hours of abuse. There was no will to fight back anymore. Instead, his heart was empty and broken.

Stuart would never be the same again.

His bones popped in objection as he pushed himself to his feet, vision swimming as the blood rushed back to his head. After steadying himself, he moved slowly towards the bathroom. Stuart frowned sadly while he stared at his reflection. New purpling bruises littered his arms, his eye was puffy and red, and he had fresh open cuts on his bottom lip and skin. The small trails of blood, some still vibrant and some dried and black, made their way down to the floor. It was almost like he could hear the faint pattering of the crimson liquid hitting the spot below him to where he stood.

He'd been living with the leader of the tribe for some time. At first, it was everything he could have hoped. But then after a while, he started changing. Kevin would come home in the worst moods and when he couldn't find something to take his anger out on, he resorted to excruciatingly painful beatings on the smaller male. Whenever he tried to run away, Kevin would find him and bring him back. It made Stuart feel trapped.

Weak and quivering, he started to strip his clothes. He'd have to request a new set of uniforms soon for all his other ones were stained and soiled. Once he finally shed his dirty blue overalls, he dragged himself to the shower and turned on the jet. His skin burned, the water rinsing away the sins that took place in the other room. He was lost in the hard stare trained on the floor of the shower, washcloth sliding over his frail body in a sluggish manner. Tears slipped from his eye as he thought over the day's events. Before he could stop himself, he sat in the safety of his bathroom, bawling over his pathetic life. A life that he wanted to disparate, but that was beyond him. The threats were always laced with promise and the beatings came violently. He couldn't bring himself to tell anyone about his problem. He didn't know if they'd believe him anyhow. Stuart hated admitting it to himself, but he knew he was depressed. No matter how hard he tried to put on a real smile for his coworker's, he always ended the night in a frantic fit of tears. He's contemplated ending his sad life but he could never bring himself to do it.

The main door opened and shut loudly, startling Stuart but other than that, all he heard was the television switch on. As quickly, and painlessly, as he could, Stuart finished up his shower. Since his dresser was right next to the bathroom, he cracked open the door and pulled open his pajama drawer. He took out a fresh set and closed the door again. He hated when the other minion came into the bathroom while he was in it. It was like his safe haven. So he left it as soon as possible to avoid anything the unpredictable male could do. Sometimes the beatings happened in there, and since the bathroom was small, he couldn't run away.

The taller minion watched him as Stuart walked to the couch and sat on the opposite side. He could feel the eyes burning into him but tried to ignore it. When they turned away and focused their vision back on the television, Stuart relaxed a little and hugged himself.

"Stuart…" The silence was broken as Kevin spoke.

"Uh...yeah?" Stuart replied.

"Come here."

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Stuart's eye burned as he attempted to keep himself awake. He often caught himself staring at his workstation, lost in thought. He was brought back to reality however when a pair of voices caught his attention, one very familiar and the other new. Looking to his side, he saw Kevin and straightened up. Kevin was walking with another minion. He was small with parted hair and two eyes, a smile plastered to his face as he talked with the taller minion. They were walking his way and halted in their tracks when they reached the spot in front of Stuart.

"Stuart. You have a new person working with you. Take care of him and show him how the job runs." Before he turned and walked away, he caught Stuart's glare and smirked. "Have a good day."

When Kevin left, disappearing back to his area, Stuart trained his stare on the new minion. He flinched a little when he saw the male already staring at him with a massive grin on his face.

"You're Stuart, right?" The new employee asked.

"Yes...Welcome." Stuart said grimly.

"Great! So how do we do this?"

With a small eye roll, Stuart began to explain the layout of the job. Now and then they would walk to a different part of the area so Dave could look at and try and get a feel for what he was being taught. Stuart didn't miss the fact that his new coworker had a habit of touching things new to him. It took a few hours to explain everything but Dave nodded politely every once in awhile, telling Stuart that he was taking in what he was being told. When they came back around the table, Dave sat down in the chair next to the one-eyed male. Normally, the only minion that sat next to Stuart was the assistant L.O.D, who in fact was out on vacation.

"Is it okay if i sit here?" Dave asked, sounding a little shy.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. That's no problem." Stuart replied. He sighed as he watched his team work, smiling when one would get angry at the other. It was completely unbeknownst to Stuart that he was being looked over by the male sitting next to him.

"Stuart?" Dave suddenly spoke.

The said minion silently looked over in Dave's direction, hearing him.

"Where did all the bruises on your arms come from?" Stuart's heart stopped in his chest. He saw them? He thought he covered them pretty well before he came to work. "I noticed them when you were teaching me the works of this area. Sorry to pry but they look pretty bad…"

Stuart raked his brain for a lie, quickly finding one. "The light in my house doesn't work and i haven't had time to get a new one. So i run into things a lot."

Dave gave him a look that seemed doubtful but otherwise dismissed the subject. He didn't know what sort of object made bruises that looked like fingers…

A deep tone sounded throughout the lair, capturing everyone's attention. After a couple seconds, Kevin was heard. "Attention in the lab. The time is currently 1230. All employees are being dismissed for lunch. Report back to your L.O.D's at 1400."

Stuart flinched when his phone buzzed on the desk in front of him. Snatching it up, he read the message that flashed on the screen.

To: Stuart

From: Kevin

Sent at: 12:31 PM

-Come see me before you go to lunch.

K.

Stuart snapped his phone shut with a frown. He knew what he was going to have to do. Hopefully it didn't take long. Looking around, his employees were gone. All except Dave. The two-eyed minion was still sitting next to him with a concerned look on his features.

"What?" Stuart said. His voice sounded a little rough but he didn't mean to.

"Are you okay?" Dave asked.

"I'm fine." He lied. Dave obviously knew it too judging by the deep sigh he let out.

"Alright...wanna go to lunch?"

"I have to go see Kevin real quick." His stomach turned in a sickening knot. Kevin wasn't dirty or anything, but he was just so mean.

"Oh. Okay. Meet me in the break room when you're done?"

"Maybe. I'll try." Stuart said.

"Kay." Dave hopped down from his chair. Once he disappeared from the their work area, Stuart left too.

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Stuart didn't bother knocking as he pushed open the door to Kevin's station. Each of the minion's that worked on the level that Kevin did had their own cubicle like workstation that was more like a room. It had a door that locked, a window with blinds, and a desk full of computers that had individual windows where security cameras looked upon selected areas of the lab.

"Lock the door." Kevin said from his chair. The lights were off, Kevin liked the darkness. His attention was fixated on one of the many dulled screens on his desk.

Stuart obeyed and flicked the lock closed. He waited until he was called over.

"Come over here."

Stuart slowly walked up next to the taller minion. Kevin turned in his chair, eyes not leaving his work. He was watching the seas of yellow move throughout the lair, like he did everyday, it was part of his job. He had to make sure things were running smoothly in the lab. Whenever violent fights broke out, Kevin would be able to see them on the camera and would be on it immediately. If he didn't see it, or even if he did, an L.O.D would send an emergency email up to his station. One of Kevin's hands settled on Stuart's shoulder.

Stuart let himself be pushed to his knees. Kevin was so occupied that maybe there wouldn't be any beatings for now.

"Get me off, Stuart." Kevin said.

Stuart reached a hand forward and skimmed his little fingers over the other males clothed crotch. He could feel that Kevin was already half hard, he must've started on his own before Stuart arrived. Leaning forward, he pulled Kevin's member out and sucked on the tip, swirling his tongue around it. The fact that Kevin was clean and he washed well made the experience not as bad as it could be. He just wished he was doing this out of love like he used to and not of demanded pleasure. When he heard the leader groan, he slipped it into his mouth and began bobbing his head on the length, using as much of his tongue as he could. He felt the organ twitch and sucked harder. He gripped the base of it tightly and stroked the part of the length that he couldn't fit in his mouth. He whimpered in slight pain when Kevin fisted his very few strands of hair and pulled on it roughly. As the older male closed in on his orgasm, Stuart brought as much of the erection into his throat as possible. With a hiss and a grunt, Kevin spilled his load into Stuart's mouth.

"You're so good at that." Kevin panted. Stuart could only frown. He hated doing these things for the leader now.

Stuart went to get up but was stopped by Kevin wrapping his hand around Stuart's arm tightly. He flinched in pain but tried not to make it obvious. He looked into Kevin's eyes and saw the seriousness that lay within them.

"If I see you getting too close to that new employee you have, i'll end you both. Understand?" Kevin growled.

Stuart nodded.

"Don't think I didn't see you talking to him today like you guys were "buddies"." The taller minion threw Stuart's arm back at him and turned away. "Watch yourself or you and Dave will regret it."

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Dave stared at his food and glanced at his watch. It was 1315. Stuart had been gone for a while. Maybe he was having trouble with something. Maybe he was being bullied. Dave kept thinking back onto the bruises he saw and how tired and depressed Stuart looked. He didn't know if Stuart really talked much but today it was like his soul had been ripped from him.

'Speaking of Stuart…' Dave thought as he looked to the entrance of the break room where the one-eyed henchman made his appearance. He stopped and looked through the massive crowd of brothers. Dave rose his hand when Stuart's eye got close enough to seeing him. He smiled softly as the sadly frowning male walked his way. "You alright?" Dave asked, placing a hand on Stuart's back once he took his spot next to him.

Stuart could just nod once. He knew Dave could see him lying but for some reason, he didn't care that the other male could see it. They just met this morning and he already felt like he had known the constantly smiling minion for ages. He watched Dave out of the corner of his eye as he ate slowly. He honestly felt like he wanted to test Kevin's threats and hang out with Dave as much as possible. He sighed soft enough that Dave didn't notice. Kevin was a man of his word. He'd bleed hell all over Dave's perfect life and he didn't want that. He'd hate himself if Dave stopped smiling for the world because of his selfish wants. He didn't realize how long he'd been staring at the minion sitting next to him until Dave poked him. A cute gesture. It was enough to snap Stuart out of his thoughts though.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Dave asked again. "You've been really spacy all morning. I know i just met you and all but i can't help but to feel like i have to know if you're alright." Dave trailed off, not wanting to seem like a creep.

"It's okay. I understand but yeah. I'll be fine." Stuart smiled. He quickly wiped it off his face though. Kevin could most definitely be watching and if he saw him smile at Dave, he'd be in for it.

Dave felt his heart flutter in happiness when he saw Stuart's smile. It was genuine. "You look better when you smile, Stuart."

Shock struck Stuart's face when he heard Dave say those words. He had none of his own as he stared at the other male again. Thanking him, Stuart felt his stomach rumble. For once, he actually felt hungry. He turned and pulled out his sack lunch, it consisted of a peanut butter and banana sandwich, a banana smoothie that he made the night before work, and a couple pills that helped him stay awake. After devouring the food, and swallowing the pills, the timer on Dave's watch went off and they headed back to work. He had forgotten about Kevin's threats and tried to remain at least somewhat happy for the rest of the day.

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Kevin's fist slammed against the table. He had been watching Stuart and his new coworker the whole time they were at lunch and all he saw was that stare, almost longing, that his partner held on Dave the whole time. He was furious and he'd make Stuart pay. He couldn't lose that stupid one-eyed minion. He was the only thing holding his sanity in place. But Stuart needed a lesson about disobeying commands and it was a lesson that Kevin would make sure Stuart knew forbatem.

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Okay, so there's the first chapter. I, again, write this kind of stuff because i like the way it tugs at the heart strings if it's well written (which i try to do but sometimes its just...bleh.) but anywho, more chapters to come. Hope you enjoyed.

-PZ