Chapter 2. ^^

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Broken

Chapter 2

So much had changed. Now, Mel gave orders and just made sure I was okay with it. Erik did his best to come up with strategies, but they all included Kara. It was his way to keep her with him. Though, that meant we couldn't do them with a person short and Erik got upset all over again. Adam went from helping us to hurting us in an instant. Before, it all came together and we won. Now, Adam didn't really care. He did what he wanted and felt as though he didn't owe anyone anything. Rion was now not so confident. He would need to be constantly reassured and was terrified of being left alone. These were all the faults of the invaders. They ruined everything.

My mind raced back to an event not so long ago. We were all still who we were. Mel was my second in command and growing in confidence. Erik had learned to accept his sister was gone and was fine. Adam decided to permanently join us. And Rion was Rion.

We were getting ready for an ambush on the invaders. It was a perfect opportunity to get the jump on them. Erik had come up with a brilliant plan to get them and we put his plan into action. Everything was going great. We had the advantage over them and could get quite ahead in this war. But, then it happened. Mel had accidentally leaked the information about our attack on the invaders. They were beyond ready for us. We all went down hard and the invaders took us in as prisoners. For the month we stayed there, all of us suffered changes in ourselves.

The invaders somehow convinced Mel that she gave the information on purpose and tricked her into giving more. Now, every time she was in front of any other RaDosian or invader; with the exception of us, she would become mute and try to escape. After, she would think she gave valuable information away, even if she hadn't spoken. It would drive her crazy. So, Mel just refused to meet anyone at all; in private or public, unless it was absolutely necessary.

They told Erik that he was supposed to die and not Kara. They brang back his memories of his sister in a painful way. They tormented him and even got a fake hologram of Kara to blame Erik. We told Erik it wasn't real. We told him that the invaders were lying and Kara didn't blame him. He wouldn't believe us. He said it was his entire fault. That the invaders were right. He cried every day in that cell, ever since the invaders had started to tell him those lies. He couldn't sleep, wouldn't eat and all he would do when he wasn't crying was trying to hurt himself. We stopped him before he could do anything serious and were eventually able to talk him out of any self-injury. Though, he still cried. We took turns in trying to calm Erik, but the invaders voices would always be louder than our words. He cried so often now and we all were really worried about him. More than anything else, in the time after we escaped; when Erik's wounds were still fresh, we wished that time would heal his psychological scars. And make all his hurt go away.

Rion. They told Rion about where he originated. About how he came to be. They told him that he had no purpose. No reason. That he should just go and die. At first Rion was in denial. Not believing a word they said. But, the more they told him, the more he trusted their sayings. It came to a point where Rion was ready to do anything that proved he really did have a function that supported the bane of his existence. But, due to the position we were in… Rion had a huge emotional breakdown. He couldn't take it anymore. He would scream and cry. He would be angry at one moment and sobbing the next. Every sound got him tense. Rion just couldn't relax anymore. Now, he was always with someone, as if they were his life line and would always need to talk to get his mind off of this dilemma.

Adam was told things that he refused to talk about. He said he didn't trust us anymore. That we were using him and weren't the 'friends' we claimed to be. Mel tried to talk to him and convince him that we were Adam's real friends. She said she loved him and would do anything for him. All that lead to, was Adam's yelling about us deceiving him. The invaders had managed to turn him against us. Now, he doubted the things the invaders had told him a little more, but still didn't have full faith in us. He would spy on us and question our actions, thoughts and everything about us. Adam would never be able to truly trust us ever again. No matter what we said or what we did. He had said so himself, a short while ago.

"I don't know right now if you guys are really my allies or not. But, I need all the help I can get to survive this war, so you will have to do. Know this, though. We are no longer 'friends'. We may work together, but after that, I am gone. The invaders may not know everything about us, but what they told me seemed legit enough. I won't be able to depend on you. Any of you."

And then the invaders tried to break me. They tried to pry me for information. To make me feel guilty. To turn me against the others as well. Anything that would ruin who I already was. But, I was able to escape. To shut them out of my mind. I disappeared deep within myself, so nothing they did or said would affect me. They beat me, they yelled and did everything they could; I would still not respond. Eventually the invaders gave up. Decided to ignore me and focus on tormenting the others. I was happy for a moment. I saw a chance at victory in this losing battle that we continued to fight; despite the circumstances. I could tell the others and we would all escape the pain. Except… I found the flaw in my plan. I had hidden myself so deeply that I couldn't escape. I was trapped within myself. With no way of escaping. The others tried to convince me to speak, with absolutely no prevail. The Seth that was here before was gone. Dead. When we had escaped the invaders cell, I found; instead who I used to be, there was someone new. Someone I didn't know and was afraid of. This new persona prevented me from changing back to who I was, prior to this event. Now, I just couldn't leave. It was as if this new character was in control of my will. The only thing that seemed to keep me from falling apart.

Yes, we all had been altered. Only thing was, could we go back? Reclaim who we were before? Or was a new path waiting for us now, one only the new versions of us defenders could follow? Would that be the right path to follow? Would we lose their beliefs and morals along with their new personalities? Would this cause us to lose RaDos? Or was it all for the better? All these questions spun through my head as I walked down the dirt path that we all had decided to take out of the forest and to our new destination. Everyone was walking in an upbeat rhythm, wanting to get away from the surroundings of trees, trees and trees. We started hiking a little while ago and the voices of my companies were drained out by my thoughts. I stole a quick glance upwards, and could see Erik quietly crying, while stumbling once in a while down the path. Kara loved nature and being here just reminded him more of her. Rion and Adam were in a full fledged argument and Mel was humming to herself. I was walking at the back of the group and resumed looking down at the ground. We would find the answers to all the questions I had asked in my mind soon enough. Though the one thing that worried me was; if we were ready to find out.