Freedom and Suffering

Hello, hope you are having a good day. What if Fred did make it to the meeting place?

Leo was about to give up. Fred still wasn't there.

"Leo, Fred's coming." Max said. Leo looked and saw Fred.

"Fred." Leo exclaimed. He ran to Fred. They hugged each other.

"Where are the girls?" Fred asked.

"Niska is safe. We're going to get her tonight."

"What about Mia?"

"We don't know." Max answered.

"Then we must find her." Fred said.

"Ok. Let's go." Leo sighed. So they walked till it was dark. They went and got Niska.

"You two stay here." Leo ordered.

"Be careful." Max answered.

"I will."

So Leo went inside. When he got to Niska's room, they hugged.

"Let's go." Leo said. SO he took the anti-theft device out of Niska. Then they left. They went to Fred and Max. "We should go."

The next day, they confronted a man named Sadik who knew where Mia was. They walked to an alley for the night.

"Leo, we need to find someplace better. It's cold and you're not strong enough." Fred said.

"I'm fine. I won't rest till we get Mia back." Leo answered.

"We will but not before you collapse."

"I'll be fine. Let's just get some rest."

"At least find an abandon shed or house or something."

"Fine."

So they found an old bar. They went in. They charged themselves. Leo didn't sleep. Instead he stayed up and thought about Mia. He looked out the window and saw the moon. Meanwhile, at the Hawkin's house, Mia was doing the same thing. The next morning, everyone was fully charged.

"Leo, please don't tell me you didn't sleep." Max said.

"I didn't. Since Mia's been gone, I just couldn't sleep." Leo replied.

"We should go see this Silas."

"No, me and Fred will."

"No, we will all go."

"Fred is older. He can hide who he is better. Besides, I need him. You two stay here and plan about what we need. You can also clean the place a bit. I have a feeling we'll be staying here for a while."

"Fine."

SO Fred and Leo left. When they got to the warehouse, they looked at each other.

"If I tell you to run then you run. Ok?" Leo said.

"Ok." Fred answered. Leo knocked on the door.

"Who are you?" The man asked.

"A friend of Salim Sadik." Leo answered. "He sent me."

SO the man let them inside.

"Silas, friends of Sadik." The man said. Silas stopped what he was doing and looked at Leo and Fred. Fred acted human.

"What do you want?" Silas asked.

"Sadik sent me." Leo answered. "I'm here about a synth." Then he showed them a picture of Mia. "Don't know why he wants her. Have you seen her?"

Silas and his friend laughed.

"What?" Leo asked.

"Oh, we remember her. She was the one we fixed." Silas chuckled.

"What do you mean?"

"First, I want you to give Silas something."

"Something nice I hope."

Then Silas punched Leo in the ribs. Leo cried out in pain and grabbed a screw driver. He grabbed Silas and held it against his neck.

"Tell me and I'm gone. Come on, you won't see us again." Leo shouted.

"Sadik brought her and powered her up to have a bit of fun. Turned out she was weird. She was fighting and kicking. SO we powered her down and gave her a full systems wipe. She began a brand new synth." Silas explained. Then he managed to elbow Leo. Leo fell to the ground. Silas and his friend punched and kicked Leo till he was almost unconscious. Then Silas took a knife and stabbed Leo. Leo cried out in pain. Fred grabbed a metal pole and knocked the man unconscious.

"Leave him alone." Fred ordered. Silas tried to stab Leo again but Fred knocked him unconscious with the pole. He kneeled next to Leo. He shook Leo. Leo moaned. "Let's get you out of here." So Fred got Leo up and helped Leo walk till they were out of the warehouse. They went into an alley and stopped. Fred laid Leo down against the wall. He looked at Leo's side where he was stabbed. When he pressed, Leo groaned.

"Leo, you need to stay awake. Look at me." Fred said. Leo did.

"They did something t her. You heard him." Leo groaned.

"I know."

"We need to find her."

"Let's take care of you first."

SO they got up. Leo groaned painfully. He panted all the way back to the old bar. When they went in Niska and Max were waiting.

"What took you so long?" Niska asked.

"Leo." Fred answered.

"What happened to Leo?" Max wondered.

"He was beaten and stabbed. He's in a lot of pain. Tomorrow, we should go get something for him."

So Max took a blanket and laid it down on one of the couches. Fred helped Leo lie down while Niska grabbed a blanket that they could use as a pillow. Leo groaned painfully as Fred helped Leo take his jackets and shirts off. Leo shivered and then cried out in pain. Fred calmed him down.

"It's ok, Leo. Just go to sleep." Fred whispered.

"It hurts." Leo croaked.

"I know. It's going to."

"No, it hurts to breathe. I think I have a few broken ribs."

"Niska, I need help."

So Niska came over.

"I need you to see how many ribs are broken. I can't because I have to stop the bleeding." Fred explained. SO Niska did. Leo groaned as Niska touched his ribs.

"He has 5 broken ribs." Niska answered.

"Thanks."

Then Niska went to help Max get the place warmed up.

"We can't warm it up till morning. There's barely any power in this place. The heater is broken. We can go buy one tomorrow. How's Leo?" Max asked.

"Not good. He's lost a lot of blood. He's charging but I think his older wound is infected." Fred answered.

"I'm right here." Leo moaned.

"Leo, can you tell us how you feel?"

"Horrible. I feel achy and sore. My throat hurts."

Then Leo went into a coughing fit.

TBC

So this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to start a poll. I want you guys to vote if Brokenness should be a sequel to this story. You'll have one week.