Hello everyone! I uploaded this story once already but stupid me forgot about it! Ok so there is no confusion this chapter takes place in the middle of the story. Until we get back to this point it's all pretty much a big flashback. Anyways I hope you enjoy it!

Chapter 1: Pain and Torture

The only thing actually preventing Zero from crashing to the freezing cold cement ground were the dull rusty brown nails driven through the center of each of his palm, nailing him to the wooden cross. The ability to heal, a great asset to a vampire, had become an painful hindrance. His flesh had healed around the nails, intertwining and hurting like Hell…

Zero kept his eyes closed tightly, not like he had much choice given the situation his eyes were in, he tried to cease all movement, and he even made a feeble attempt to stop breathing. Perhaps just perhaps if he pretended to be dead, then the vampire that was keeping him here may let him go. The seventeen-year-old tensed as he felt someone's hot breath on the back of his neck, making his skin crawl. "There really is no point in playing possum Zero." The vampire with chestnut brown hair, and light cream colored eyes whispered. With two fingers, he pressed on the bottom of Zero's chin pushing his head up; " Come now Zero, I just want one little sign of life, open your eyes." Zero didn't move, a cruel heartless grin passed the vampire's face; " then again it is quite difficult to open what has been sewn shut."

A razor was withdrawn from the pocket of the unseen figure. He pressed the sharp blade against Zero's dried blood stained wrist. " I'm going to make a small cut on your skin Zero. Right over the vein but do not worry." He whispered " you can make all this pain stop, if you'll just tell me where the girl is."

Zero spoke; his voice barely audible. " Don't…" he whispered. "go near her…"

The blade was pushed in a little drawing blood to the surface. "Tell me where she is."

"I won't…"

The vampire sighed and drew the blade back. "Then you're going to suffer." The blade, a good four-inch long sharp weapon went completely through Zero's wrist. The teen screamed, the pitch of it echoed off the wall and only increased as the blade was pulled down a couple of centimeters.

A large pool of blood on the floor seemed to get deeper as the blood from Zero's wrist gushed and streamed. Zero's hysterical scream softened after a second, and his head fell forward. The vampire bent his head close brushing his hair against Zero's cheek. " If you tell me where the child is I'll release you." He promised.

Zero did not respond, his body had turned pale and his chest did not move anymore. Quickly the vampire closed his eyes and focused, listening intently. The teen's heart was beating very slowly, he had less then a minute. He looked at Zero's wrist; the wound he made had not healed.

"Shit…" he had to hurry. Zero's body wouldn't produce enough blood to keep him alive and it was very hard to get information out of a corpse. The vampire brought his wrist to his mouth, bit down and drew up the sweet red nectar. The vampire brought his wrist to Zero's mouth and pried it open with his free hand. Slowly he allowed the liquid to drop from the small holes and fall in a steady stream into Zero's mouth.

After a few moments Zero choked on the hot salty drink and gasped for air. The vampire gently placed his hand on Zero's silver hair, his touch was soft almost caring. Then pieces of scalp and silver red hair fell in small chunks on to the floor. Crying out in pain Zero voice came in rasps; " Just kill me…"

The vampire smiled; Zero was almost to the breaking point… The physical pain he had inflicted was working well however with the fresh blood in his body Zero would heal faster and the affects of the torture would lessen.

It was time to try a new method…

Zero screamed and bit down hard on his tongue drawing blood as he felt his captor rip the bondage that kept his eyes closed. Zero's eyes flew open, a thick white bloody grotesque substance fell out of where his right eye should be leaving an empty socket.

The vampire had closed both eyes but had made sure not to penetrate both eyes when the procedure had taken place. Zero had shut his eyes, tightly clenching his hands and accidentally driving the nails deeper into his flesh. After a second, he slowly with caution opened his remaining eye. His eye studied the person in front of him, he was quite handsome and even appeared somewhat angelic. However, Zero's instincts told him to fear this man, something horrifyingly familiar about him, yet he could not place why he felt this way.

Quicker than Zero could catch the vampire covered his eyes with his hand. " I was hoping I would get to use this technique Zero." Zero thrashed his head violently; "Let me go!" he screamed "I have to get back, let me go! Goddamn it I don't even know who you are!"

The hand was removed and the person attached to it looked stunned. "You don't remember?" He asked. Then in hysteria he asked again " are you actually telling me you still don't remember!?

Incomprehension crossed the seventeen year olds blood covered face; " What the hell are you talking about!?" he demanded to know. " Who are you people?!"

A laugh erupted from the vampire; "oh God," he gasped "Oh God this is even better than I imagined!" He nearly fell on the floor in his amusement. "Ok Zero." He said regaining his composer. "Fun's over, I'm going to wake you up now, I've let you sleep long enough." A hand covered Zero's eyes once more; "Welcome back to your nightmare."

A soft blue light swirled from the center of his palm; in a daze Zero stared at it, and his eyes glassed over as he heard a sinister voice whisper; " 'Awake but one, and lo, what mynaids rise! Each stamps its image as the other flies'."

The black vale that had engulfed his mind and the memories the memories of the last four years came flooding back, in vain Zero tried to will the images apart. "Kaname!" he screamed in realization of who this was. "Stop it please!" he begged.

A woman appeared before him, she had the beauty of a celestial maiden, and the blood of his family covered her face. "I'll give you an even more damned fate." She whispered seductively into his ear, holding him in a tight embrace. Using her center and index fingers, she pushed his head to the side…

A new regained memory flashed into his mind. A girl about his age embracing him from behind, just like the woman had. Her voice was weak, pleading, she was begging him to stay. The memories kept coming back all ending before he could grasp their meaning. One however stayed playing out before him like an old movie and as each reel past his screams deepened.

That girl, what he had done to her. Kaname, the one forcing these haunting images back into his mind. Leaving him with a loud ear-piercing scream that shatters glass.

Chapter 1: Pain and Torture/End