Characters belong to the one and only Shannon! Sorry to all Fitz lovers. I was thinking about how loyal Fitz is and this story came to mind. This has nothing to do with KOTLC but i melded it with a some PJO fanfics. It just explains how loyal Fitz is and how much his family worries about him. Warning, tears might be spilled. I haven't read Everblaze yet. Enjoy!
"It has been a month" Della screamed at the Council. Her eyes filled with tears but the pain and hurt on her face was unbearable. "Why haven't you found him?"
"Love, please" Alden pleaded. "We are searching."
"You," She gazed at her husband. "You shouldn't have made him go on that dangerous and suicidal assignment. You shouldn't have let him either!"
Sophie, Keefe, Dex, the Vackers,the Black Swan members and the nobles along with a few worried adults watched the argument. It had been a month since Fitz had been forced to track the Neverseen's secret location and report it. He's gone missing since then. The only clue they had was a few words Fitz managed to project to Sophie.
NS-CAVE-DOOR-69369- FOREST-ISIS
Beside Sophie, Biana wiped her nose and cried on Alvar's shoulder. Keefe had been going on rage campaigns daily and had to be sedated a few times. Sophie just sat on her bed and hugged along with Dex who had been working on a project called a memory projector just in case they found him.
"Sophie, have you been receiving any connections?" Bronte asked, pained.
Sophie nodded and stood up. After facing the Council many times, she had grown confident and impulsive.
"I feel an echo of overlapping pain. I don't know what it is but it isn't good" She said, her voice ringing through the room.
Keefe stood up. "I've been searching his emotions. It's as if he were restraining from sharing his pain from me. He doesn't want me too feel whatever he feels"
An uneasy murmur ran through the audience. They were thinking the same thing.
"They are probably probing or torturing him" Oralie dared to say the answer.
"Why not just kill him?" Biana sobbed and Alvar wrapped her in a hug.
"We'll find him. We just have to find the cave in the forest. We have-"
Biana, Alvar and Keefe cried out, clutching their heads. They were hyperventilating and shaking uncontrollably.
"ELWIN!" Della screamed and ran towards them along with Alden and Cassius.
Elwin bounded towards them and forced them to drink something. Instantly, their breathing slowed down.
"What was that?" Bronte asked, walking towards them, Emery by his side. "What did you feel?"
"Fitz was calling for help. He said something about following the teal flowers" Alvar whispered.
"Pain, anger, confusion, restraint" Keefe gasped and sobbed.
"Gather the guards an tell them to track. Give them the clues. Bring these three to the Infirmary." Bronte ordered. The guards obeyed and carried them on stretchers. Sophie watched them go and sank back into her chair. Dex patted her back and looked a little dazed.
"I have a bad feeling" Sophie said, her eyes alert and cautious.
"Same" Dex replied.
A guard ran into the hall.
"Searching team found the flowers. They are searching"
Emery nodded.
"We just have to wait"
30 minutes...
"We've found him!"
Everyone stood and watched as a single light opened and limping guards carrying a boy stumbled into view. They placed the boy on the floor and Elwin treated their injuries.
All the Vackers, Sophie, Dex,Keefe,some of the Black Swan and all Council members rushed forwards. Nobody stopped them.
Della was the first to arrive and gave a little scream. The boy in front of her wasn't the healthy,bubbly,always smiling boy she had bore. The boy she was looking at had pale skin,deep cuts here and there, bruises, wet with blood hair and most horrifyingly, a trail of blood coming from the side of is mouth. His clothes were torn and dirty and he was barefoot. It was unmistakably Fitz.
"Elwin, quick!" Alden said urgently. Elwin rushed over and checked Fitz's pulse.
Biana and Alvar sobbed uncontrollably and their forms flickered. Sophie's hand flew to her mouth and she was being comforted by a crying Keefe. Actually, everyone present was crying.
"Emery, do a memory transfer" Bronte, who was normally calm and collected, sobbed. "Dex, your memory projector"
They obeyed and Emery placed his fingers on Fitz's temples. Dex ran and came back with, what looked like a mix of a picture projector and a finger scan.
"Focus on his memories and place your fingers here" Dex said.
Emery's face contorted and he grimaced but followed what Dex wanted whatsoever. The projector whizzed to life and Fitz's memories were played with 3 person view. They could see Fitz, hanging with chains on his wrists and his body covered with scratches, unconscious leaning against the wall.
A man with pure black clothing came in accompanied by a few other men. They were carrying buckets. He hefted a small pail and splashed water on Fitz's face. Fitz opened his eyes slowly and he locked eyes with the leader. His eyes were alert and no longer friendly. They were filled with fury, defensiveness and restraint.
"What do you want, Urias?" Fitz asked calmly as if he's been oblivious to the fact that he would be tortured soon.
"I wouldn't use that tone if i were you, little boy" Urias growled. Fitz smiled a crooked smile.
"Well, I am turning 17 soon but that doesn't make me a lil boy. Though, my birthday is on leap years so that makes me 4 years old." Fitz concluded.
"Tell me about the Black Swan and Council. What are their secrets? What are they planning?" Urias bellowed, spitting on Fitz.
The playful grin on Fitz's face disappeared and was replaced by a rebellious look.
"You know my answer. Never!"
"You're in for it now, punk"
He brought out two knives that glowed and sank them into Fitz's chest. Missing the vital organs but causing immediate pain. Fitz cried out in pain, but it was short. He bit his lip and the look in his eyes said go-for-it.
Urias pulled out the knives and sank them once more into Fitz's gut. Blood poured from Fitz's mouth but he spat them out. He gasped and groaned in pain but the look in his eyes never wavered.
"What are they planning?" Urias snarled, holding up a bucket.
"Never" Fitz spat blood on Urias's face.
"Please, stop" Della yelled at the projection.
Urias bellowed angrily and threw a bucket of thick,black,sludge on Fitz body. It bubbled and sizzled. Fitz sucked in a breath and let out a soft 'ah'.
One of the men threw a pail of clear liquid on Fitz after a few moments and his wounds healed partly.
"Give up already?" Urias asked, pitilessly. He forced Fitz's chin up. "Want more?"
Fitz narrowed his eyes in challenge. Urias brought out a tube of murky green liquid and forced down Fitz's throat. Fitz choked and vomited blood onto the floor. His nose bled and he was short of breath. He was whispering a few things.
Dex hit the volume button and the elves could make out a few words.
Mum,Dad,Alvar,Biana,
Alden hugged Della tightly and they cried.
"You want more,huh?" Urias yelled, holding up a new bucket.
"DON'T" Alvar shouted.
Urias threw a clear red liquid on Fitz and his started convulsing. The red liquid seemed to be eating away his skin and leaving blood everywhere.
A man held out his hand and the red liquid shot back into the bucket. Every place that the liquid made contact with was bleeding heavily and Fitz leaned against the wall, his face contorted in pain. Still, he didn't cry out.
"What potion was that?" Bronte demanded.
"Serpent Acid" Alvar replied after a moment. "Eats away anything it touches slowly and painfully"
A chorus of cries filled the room.
"Now, for the best part" Urias smiled, hefting a giant bucket filled with some kind of dark blue sludge. "This will force the answer out of you"
"No," Alvar whispered. "He wouldn't"
"Alvar, what is it?" Alden asked desperately.
Alvar shook his head slowly. He was muttering under his breath.
"This will be your end!"
"What is that, Alvar" Sophie yelled.
"Creeper poison. It sinks into your skin and poison's you from inside out. It burns hotter than fire" A Black Swan member answered instead.
Everyone gasped.
Urias threw the poison and Fitz closed his eyes and waited for the impact. It burned at touch and Fitz caved in. Tears fell from his eyes and more blood poured from his nose and mouth. He choked, sobbed and coughed continuously as the poison burned him like fire from inside out.
"Will you tell me now?" Urias chuckled.
"Never" Fitz glared and winced in pain. "I will not back down until my last breath."
"Very well, Brutus, Velarie" Two muscled men stepped forward. "Beat him"
The projector shut down by itself as if knowing the horrific scene that awaited them. Everyone was crying.
"Fitz, why?" Della yelled and pushed Alden away. "Why did you make him do that?"
"I-" Alden started but stopped as Fitz groaned.
"Dad?"
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