Notes: Hello everyone! This is my first time ever posting on this site. (so, I have no idea what I am doing ;u;). I'm also rusty in my writing. I prefer to use ao3 but I think people in this fandom use this site more? Anyways, Add x Elboy (especially DiE x IS) has become my favorite ship in Elsword ._. But, I see like rarely any works (only like…5 of Add and Elsword in general? Also barely any fanart!) I mean come on, it has perfect ship material (Add the cat, Elboy the dog?) …Well I understand why it's not popular. Tfw you like the most unpopular ship ;-; I finally have experienced it. So here I am providing material for the ship I love ;-;

About the story: I'm using the transform classes in this story (DiE, IS, VC, CrA etc.) As for Rose, if I get that far, I might either use Optimus or Crimson Rose.

You can imagine whatever age you want for these guys, but for reasons I'll just say IS is 18 and DiE is 21.

I rated as so for future content, also to be on the safe side. (I'm really bad with rating things.)

Without further ado, I hope this story is all right.

Shackled

Chapter 1: The Beginning of Sanity

The clattering of wheels echoed through the hallway. Five guards were escorting a young man on a makeshift dolly. The man kept still after a long attempt of wriggling out of the tight straitjacket. Shiny heavy chains were wrapped all around his body. The metal guard in his mouth was moist and seeped metallic taste down his throat. There was a beep, a click and a grating sound. The man was dragged into a cell. Once inside, one of the guards removed the blindfold on the man. The man's crimson eyes burned wild as he glared at the guards. They were equipped with dangerous tools and weapons. The rest of the bondage items were ripped off the man as one of the guards pointed a gun at him.

"You can't do this to me!" The man snarled right after the metal guard was removed. The guard who was holding the gun petted the trigger. In defeat, the man bit his lip and let his limbs go limp. The metal gate door closed with a clang, sealing his fate. He watched the guards disappear from whence they came.

"You're lucky," a voice said from across the hallway. The young man looked up to see a tired almost middle aged man with short cropped hair in the cell across from his. "You get to die fast."

"…W-what?" The moment he questioned that, the man felt a cold chill down his spine. The feeling of two malicious eyes were gorging into his back…or rather into his soul. He turned his head to see two piercing magenta eyes enshrouded by the darkness of the cell.

"No one has ever lived in that cell with that guy there. Usually they put criminals they want to get rid of in that cell. I don't know if you can notice all the blood stains in there."

"I-I was supposed to have a trial! I'm not guilty yet! What the hell!"

"Trial…? No one ever gets a trial here. It's a conspiracy and they hide everything. But like I said, you're lucky since you don't have to deal with this. People have been in here for over a 100 years. I've heard terrible rumors. It's best to go now."

"HELL NO!"

"…Shut up…" The scary man in the shadows demanded. The eyes loomed closer and soon slender long fingers were gripping the crimson-eyed man's face. A shiver raced down his spine from the cold touch as the crimson-eyed man examined this man's deranged magenta eyes. A storm of emotions tumbled within the crimson-eyed man. He was terrified yet furious but at the same time curious. But what came across his face was an enraged glare. "…You reek…of death…" The scary man slid his fingers off and retreated back to the far depths of the cell.

"Strange," the man from the other side commented. "Well since you're alive, might as well introduce myself. I'm Lowe. I'm here because I was framed. That guy behind you is the notorious Add. What's your name?"

"All this happened and you're acting all casual about it?!" The crimson-eyed young man blurted.

"…I told you to shut up already…I'm tired…" Add murmured.

"…I'm Elsword, but you can just call me Els," Elsword whispered after a long sigh. He peered behind him. The eyes had disappeared so Elsword assumed that Add had fallen asleep. "Anywho…you said I'll die…soon?"

"Well actually you would have been dead already. No one ever survived his gaze. I've seen it happen many times. The guys would go crazy and well…kill themselves."

Elsword shuddered. But when Add gazed into his eyes, he felt no malice. It was only mere curiosity. "I'm alive though."

"For now. Maybe he's tired right now. Maybe you won't wake up tomorrow. Maybe you will die sometime tomorrow. It's dead set. You are going to die."

Elsword was getting tired of hearing that phrase: 'You are going to die.' "Yeah, yeah whatever. I'm not dying anytime soon. And I really mean that. I am NOT going to die tomorrow nor the next nor even the next day. Good night or day or whatever time it is." And with that, Elsword slumped onto the floor and closed his eyes in hopes of reaching dreamland.

End Notes: That's all for now! But I have more waiting! At this moment I have about 5 more; I just have to upload them LF DiE x IS fanart, currently found: 0