AN : I wrote this for a prompt on Misfitskink so here ya go (: in case it's not obvious, I enjoy Nathan angst. This is the first part. The next will be how they got to the facility and the back story and all that fun stuff. Title is from Escape The Fate (When Ronnie was in the band) The song is also called "My Apocalypse".

"Where are we?" Nathan asked, rubbing his head.

"A government facility. We're rounding up super beings affected by the storm and testing their powers. You lot have been careless with them, and one of our officers found out you had powers so here you are." Said a man from the doorway. They looked around to see that they were all in a white room with 6 beds and a bathroom. "Your clothes are in the trunks along that wall." He said before closing the door.

"Can't you turn back time?" Nikki asked.

"I have! Like 3 times but we always end up here. No matter what I do!" Curtis said, sitting on one of the beds.

"Do you think we were meant to be here?" Simon asks quietly just as the door opens and the man walks in holding a clipboard with 2 men behind him.

"The curly haired boy right there." He says, pointing to where Nathan has chosen to sit on one of the surprisingly comfortable beds. Then again, he had been sleeping on a cot so maybe he was biased.

"Wot do yah need 'im for?" Kelly asks as one man grabs him roughly, eliciting a few complaints and profanities from the Irish boy.

"You'll see." He says, pointing to one of the walls and turning once the men have pulled a strongly protesting Nathan out of the room.

"What are they gonna do to him?" Alisha asks as she scoots closer to Simon and grabs his hand, thankful that she had exchanged her power before she was caught. Simon looked down at her, then the others and sighed. There was only one reason they were here.

"They're going to experiment on him." He utters in a low voice. The realization of what that meant hit them like a bus. Nathan was immortal. They're going to see if he can come back every time. A flicker and the lights went out. The wall the man had pointed to lit up and in the center was a chair with restraints.

...

"Get off me you twats!" He yelled as they shoved him into another room. It was white like the other one but empty aside from the metal chair in the middle. "What's that?" He asks as they shove him closer to it. "No! You are not strapping me down!" He says as he struggles with their grip.

"Calm down!" One says after Nathan has attempted to kick him a few times. They practically throw him onto the chair and cuff his legs to it before his arms, torso, and shoulders are restrained as well. He struggles against it and wonders what exactly they're going to do to him.

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"He's immortal?" Tom asked incredulously. He wouldn't have expected this kid to even have a power.

"Yes he is. Okay, so we're going to try neck snapping, suffocation, and electrocution today." Connor says. Tom winces because it sounds painful but he'll come back to life anyway so it doesn't matter.

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"What are you doing?" Nathan asks when a different man walks in. He comes closer and stands behind his chair. When Nathan feels gloved hands on the sides of his neck is when he knows what's about to happen. His heartbeat quickens and he closes his eyes, comforted by the fact that when the neck is snapped it's quick and relatively painless.

He feels his head move and then its all black for a moment before he was awake and breathing heavily with a small ache in his neck. How long was he out? He never knows how long it takes for him to wake up.

"Neck snapping, came back, out for 6 minutes and 38.4 seconds." Says a voice from behind him.

"Sick bastards." He mumbles as he struggles against the restraints once again. He feels the man pulling his head back by his hair then before he can protest, a rag is covering his mouth and nose, keeping him from breathing. He tries to pull away, the initial panic that comes from suffocating setting in, but the rag is pressed harder onto his face. His chest stutters as he tries to get more air in but he can't. His vision darkens and after a few agonizing moments he can't feel a thing.

"Suffocation, came back, out for 12 minutes and 21.8 seconds." He hears when he begins to come to. His head is pounding and he wonders if he's done yet so he can just curl up in his bed and sleep. "One more okay?" He hears. He chooses not to respond mainly because he's really fucking tired. He's not even sure his head is lifted or not. Suddenly he feels a searing pain in his entire body and an agonized scream erupts from his mouth. It stops for a few seconds then the pain is back and it keeps happening until he can't scream anymore and his body shuts down without his permission.

"Electrocution, came back, out for 23 minutes and 56.2 seconds." The man says and he wants to cry he's so tired. He feels his restraints loosening until they're off and he can finally move his arms and legs, only now it takes every once of energy he has just to move his finger and even then it's painful.

"Symptoms are exhaustion." The man says and he wants to yell insults and punch him or something but fuck he's died 3 times in less than 2 hours and he's tired. He feels himself being lifted and carried off and then there's muffled voices. They sound alarmed but he can't respond so he just stays quiet. He feels a softness beneath him and he thinks he's smiling but he's not sure and he doesn't care because he can finally sleep.

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"Oh my god." Nikki whispers, hiding her face in Curtis's chest. She thought the suffocation had been bad, seeing him fight to breathe and the sick bastard who wasn't allowing it with not even an ounce of discomfort on his face, but this was so much worse. He was screaming and begging and his body was spasming with every shock until he finally stilled. He was out longer and when he woke up he didn't even lift his head then the light came back on and the image wasn't there.

Kelly was banging on the door to try and save him and Alisha was crying. He was a prick but this was insane. How many times can he die before he won't come back? Did they even care? Of course they didn't. They just killed him three times without a second thought. The door opens and a man is holding Kelly back. Two others are guarding the door so even if Simon went invisible he wouldn't have gotten past them. They move aside and another man brings in a barely conscious Nathan and drops him on his bed.

"Yah fookin' cunt! Wot tha hell did yah do tha' for!" Kelly exclaimed, running to Nathan's side. The men didn't say a word, they simply left. The others gathered by Nathan's bed where he was unresponsive. He was breathing fine and he looked unharmed but they couldn't shake what they just saw. "Nathan?" She managed to choke out. Her throat had started to constrict and her eyes burned with tears but she wouldn't let herself cry. Nathan wouldn't want her to, not for him.

"We should let him sleep." Simon suggested. They agreed and went to their respective beds, letting Kelly switch with Simon so she was the closest to Nathan. Each of them kept watch to see if he was alright, but he didn't wake up. He just stayed in the same place they'd arranged him in. They all fell asleep with worries for tomorrow but they missed his eyes cracking open and tears slowly making their way down his face.

Was this going to be the rest of his life? Stuck in some secret government facility being poked and prodded because he was unfortunate enough to get struck by lightning and gain a power he never even wanted? Well, wasn't he just royally fucked.

AN : What'd you think? Drop a review and let me know please

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