(kicks open the door) BOOM BABY! Guess who's here? Me! Elfera! I know, I'm updating.
THAT'S ABSURD!
Anyways, I'm doing this one, because it's an obvious one, plus The Illusion happens to be my favorite book. For obvious reasons.
I don't own anything, obviously. Heh, I love reading that word in Snape's voice. Regular Snape's voice, not AVPM!Snape.
This is a bit darker than it was in the books.
Pain.
Pleasure.
Off.
On.
Red.
Blue.
When would it stop? Would it stop? Could it stop?
Those were the questions Tobias asked himself, though it seemed that the answer was no. The torture wouldn't stop, it'd last forever. With no end.
Over and over again, pain, pleasure. There was no way it would stop, Taylor would just keep on pressing the buttons, and Tobias would keep on screaming. Screaming, and screaming, and screaming. He'd scream until he could scream no longer. Scream until it was over, when his life was over. That's what it felt like.
The pain would only stop when his heart stopped.
She was crazy, laughing like a mad woman. Her blue eyes bright, filled with the pleasure at hearing his tortured screams.
When would it end?
Tobias had given up on the hope of rescue, it's been too long, they've either been captured, or they've given up. It couldn't take them this long, could it? They knew that the AMR wouldn't work, they knew that once it didn't work that this might happen. What was taking them so long?
Unless… they didn't care.
Tobias cursed himself silently, of course they didn't care. How could he have been so stupid? He was just a pawn in this game, he didn't really matter. Unlike Jake, who they needed to lead them. Unlike Marco who they needed to keep their spirits up. Unlike Cassie, who they needed to keep them from going off the deep end. Unlike Ax, who they needed for his knowledge on technology and their enemy. Unlike Rachel, who was needed for obvious reasons. Compared to them, he was useless. He was nothing.
They didn't care, after all nobody cared about him.
How could he have thought that someone wanted him? How could he had been stupid enough to think that they actually cared about him? How could he have thought that Rachel loved him, that Ax wanted to be his friend?
He was a disappointment, just like Visser 3 had said. Elfangor would be disappointed. How could he be proud of a son like him? A useless pathetic son?
Through the blood in his eyes, Tobias hazily watched Taylor, who was grinning, prancing around, probably monologuing. He could barely hear her, there was something wrong with his hearing. It didn't matter anyways, she would press the button, and it would bring an end to his pathetic, useless life.
A life he didn't deserve. A life he should've ended long ago, it would've been better. Better for the others, better for the world. After all, as the Stoics say, a single human life doesn't matter. He didn't matter, he was nothing. He was worthless, useless.
Stupid for believing he deserved love, and friendship. Stupid for thinking he mattered. All he was, was a pawn. He was the pawn, the Ellimist was his queen. He could be taken, in this stupid game of chess. A game played by the Ellimist and the Crayak. He was just a stupid little pawn, that had no worth.
'Push it,' Tobias thought as he looked at Taylor, who was monologuing her pretty little heart out. Just push the button, and end this. End it all.
The world was becoming black, and she pushed the blue button.
A school play, the woods, the blade, Elfangor, memories.
Maybe… he did care.
Bald eagle? Rachel? No, not Rachel. The eagle, who was going to die. They were here, they did care! Tobias felt a glimmer of hope, maybe he wasn't as pathetic and useless. They had come, haven't they? Unless they had just found the eagle. No. Don't say anything.
Once the eagle was disposed of, Taylor was talking again. Both buttons, more pain. There was no way he would survive. Couldn't they come faster? They were there, weren't they? The eagle meant that they were there, the eagle meant that they would save him. It meant that they would care.
Then, Taylor slammed her fists upon the two buttons, and Tobias felt a pain that he had never felt before. A mix between horrible pain, and bubbly happiness.
He wouldn't survive. She slammed her fists on the buttons again, he was fading away faster. Through the blackening vision, Tobias saw something growing behind Taylor. A flea. They had come! But it was too late. When Taylor slammed her fists upon the buttons…
He was dead.