The Beginning of Love and Hate

Ch. 2

Heracles' POV

All I could do was cry. I couldn't believe I had trusted that bastard. He seemed so nice before, I had thought we were becoming friends, I thought I could trust him. I felt betrayed and there was nothing I could do. And I cried for my people, so many had been injured or killed in the battle to keep our freedom. And I cried because I was in so much pain, both physically and emotionally. But we would regain our freedom as soon as we could. With the injuries I suffered it would be awhile until I was strong enough to try fighting again. God that was a depressing thought. And I cried because he had so easily taken me from the place I loved so much. I didn't think I could have possibly had so many tears in my body.

Sadiq didn't return that night but about half way through the night a bunch of people entered my room carrying baskets. I sat up puzzled. One of the women spoke to me. "Our master told us to bring these to you." She opened the lid of one of the baskets and a few of my cats came out and she and the others opened up the other baskets and I was reunited with all my kitties. I managed to squeak out thanks to the kind women who had brought my kitties back to me. The cats had all swarmed over to me and many were climbing on me and the bed. I scratched them behind the ears affectionately. I winced as they climbed over my sore body. The women all left the room, but a boy a little older than me entered. I recognized him as Gupta. What was he doing here? "Heracles, are you ok?" he asked.

"No, not really." I said hostilely. I wanted to be left alone to cry.

He started fussing over me though. He was examining the bruises and cut on my face. He ran his fingers gently through my hair and cupped my face in his palm. I shoved his hand off. "Did Sadiq do this to you?" he asked.

I nodded. He clicked his tongue in disapproval. "Why must he always use such force?" he said shaking his head sadly. I had temporarily stopped crying but now I burst into tears again. He looked worried at this.

"Please, just leave me alone." I said.

He nodded and got up from the bed. "If you need anything I'll be in the library. I'm so sorry he did this to you." He said with a sad sigh. "He doesn't mean badly, but Sadiq can rarely control his impulses. Anyway, it's not so bad being under his rule. You'll get used it. Sleep, you'll feel better after a long sleep." And with that he closed the door and left.

If there was one thing I did not want, was to get used to being under control of The Ottoman Empire. I would not stand for it. I was too proud to ever get used to it. And I didn't care about the benefits of being under his rule, I wanted my freedom. I felt the tears streaming thickly from my eyes. I felt so betrayed, I had trusted Sadiq, and I had shared so much with him. I had given him so much, how could he be cruel to take everything else I had by force? I probably would have shared even more with him by choice. But now I was determined not to share anymore with him. He may have control over my 'vital regions' but that did not mean I would share with him the secrets of Greece. No, those I would never tell him. Especially now.

And what about Egypt, what role had he played in this? Had he sat back and let this happen? That thought hurt so much more than the betrayal of Sadiq. I had known Gupta every since I was born. Hell, he gave me my first cat. He and I had been very close friends. I wanted to believe that he tried to stop Sadiq, but I knew in my heart that he hadn't. I knew he would have been severely beaten if he tried to stop Sadiq, and there were no marks on his body. I felt so betrayed and hurt that I wanted to die. So I cried and when the tears didn't come anymore I continued to dry sob. I was so exhausted from the fight and crying I eventually fell asleep.

When I woke up I felt large heavy arms wrapped around my body. I unconsciously snuggled into them, it felt nice. There were several warm cats snuggled up next to me. I could get used to this. But then all the pervious night's events came flooding back to me, and all the pain hit me at once. And the pain in body came back as well and I realized that the arms around me must be that bastard, Sadiq. That made me feel sick to my stomach. I had to get him the hell off me. I raised my arms to try to take his arms off me and nearly screamed in pain. God, how was it possible for something to hurt so much? I couldn't move an inch with out making the pain ten times worse. So I was stuck there in the arms of my worse enemy.

I glared angrily at the wall. This monster had the nerve to hug me in his sleep, like I was his lover or something. That idea made me feel even sicker. God I HATED that man. I sighed heavily. I didn't know what was going to happen to me now. I felt tears well up in my eyes. I wanted to go home. I hated this strange room, it was nothing like my home, and it was so closed. It didn't have flowing lines like my home and there were no columns or large entrances to the outside like my room had. The fabric under my skin felt uncomfortable, it was unlike the light wool fabric I was used to. I recognized it as the same fabric Sadiq had given to me as a present. He had said it was silk. That made me hate it even more. And it made me hate that I had a tunic made up of the same fabric, just a few weeks ago.

I wasn't sure how long I lied awake in the bed before Sadiq opened his eyes. He smiled when he saw just who was in his arms. God, everything about this situation made me want to vomit. "Good morning sunshine." He said kissing my shoulder.

"Get the hell off of me, you bastard." I snarled.

He looked slightly shocked at that but didn't release his hold on me. "My, my, that's quite the language for such a young boy. Why such hateful words Heracles?"

I glared angrily at him. "You know exactly why, you asshole. You kidnapped me and occupied my 'vital regions.'"

"Ah, that." He said with a sly smile on his face.

I was seriously getting pissed off at this point. And if my body hadn't hurt so damn much I would have kicked him. "Yes, that. Now let me go." I hissed.

"Now, now you should mind your elders, Heracles." I spat on him. And that got him to release me. He wiped his faced. "You little brat." He growled.

I inched away from him as fast as my injured body would take me wincing at every tiny movement. I gave him a death glare. I hated him so much. He didn't stare at me with daggers as he watched me wince in agony though. He seemed troubled by it.

"Are you ok?" he asked suddenly.

"Yes, I'm as happy as cat with catnip." I said sarcastically. "No, of course I'm not ok, what kind of dumb question this that? People aren't ok when someone randomly kidnaps them in the middle of the night." I said bitterly.

"You wouldn't have gotten beaten up if you hadn't fought so much." Sadiq said. "I didn't want to do that, you know, but you gave me no choice."

"Oh, of course you would blame the victim." I said with an eye roll. "Like hell I wasn't going to fight you."

"Well that was stupid of you, just look at the shape you're in now. You can barely move." Sadiq said touching one of the bruises on my arm. I winced.

"Don't touch me." I hissed.

Sadiq rolled his eyes. "I'm sorry you feel that way because I have to give you a bath and treat your wounds." He said getting up from the bed and stretching lazily. Then he walked to the other side of the bed.

I saw what he meant to do and I quickly stuttered "I swear to god if you even put your…"

I was cut off by him scooping me up into his arms. I nearly screamed in pain. Being carried made every inch of my body hurt like hell. I would have bit him if my body did hurt so god damn much. He started walking off with me cradled in his arms. He wore a pained expression on his face. Good, at least he felt bad for doing this to me. God, I hated him.

Authors Note

Thanks to everyone who reviewed my last chapter and Favorited the story. I couldn't believe all the responses I got basically over night. You guys all get cookies!

Let me know if you liked this chapter, and how you felt about Heracles' POV. This time reviewers/commenters get some of Heracles' kitties!

Ch. 3 will be up shortly