Chapter 3 : Not My Family!
Author's Note: I'm back!
Responses to Reviews:
Robindanewsie : OMG yes! My heart does the same thing when I see notifications of reviews, chapters, follows, or favorites. Best feeling I've ever had! And we have similar ideas! Are you like reading my mind? Are you Martian or psychic or something? (lol) Same thought direction anyway. I do have plans for a red haired emotionally distant character, but as much as liked the ideas you had for names, and I did consider using one, but I had already picked names that I liked because of the way they describe what kind of person this character is. Sorry! I do love the name idea though! But I did like your idea of them being caramel eyed, so I think I may edit that in, ok? Cool with you? And torture, yes I am planning on torturing him, in this next chapter actually D'X I do like the idea of branding so thank you! Another idea I will use. If you say OK. And it could/will lead to mixed emotions changing over time… These are going to be kids/teenagers. Some younger, some older. And I have the whole family pyramid mostly worked out. I hope. And I love your ideas! Don't worry, I ramble too. I love hearing from people, and I'm told I am a good listener. So if you have any ideas, please share! I may not use all of them because they don't fit or I have something else, but please don't be offended if I don't use your ideas! I can use your ideas, right? And I do hope to update soon/regularly. Here's one now! XD
MarvelDCGuestFAN (Guest) : Thank you! I did cry too ;-; yeah, the feels overwhelmed me. Will he see Wally again? Good question, to which is a definite YES! Dick will get to see his family Justice League and Young Justice again, but HOW and WHEN will probably remain a surprise! I hope, because I feel like it would be no fun if the ending was known. Then what's the point of me writing anything? Ask away! I'm open to answering questions. I love getting reviews, so if you ask me in reviews and I answer them, then aren't we both happy?
FIRST ORIGINAL CHARACTERS ALERT!
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"Let m-me go! P-please, let me g-go!"
Two armed guards held a struggling Richard Grayson between them. He was struggling to escape, but they had armor and guns. Plus, they were twice his size. Oh, and Slade was giving them tips on how to hold him without him escaping, because naturally as the person who taught him said moves, he would know how to counter them. Two more guards followed behind Slade.
"I don't think so Apprentice, you have disobeyed me for the last time. You WILL do as I say!"
"No! I-i refuse! I am a person, I am a-a human being just like y-you! I w-will not obey you anymore!"
"Silence your ungrateful brat!"
"Where do we put him sir?"
"Follow me fools. And you, go to my room and bring me the grey case by the closet. Step on it!"
"Yes Sir!"
As the selected guard ran off in one direction, Slade lead the three guards and Dick into a plain white room. No, a cell. The walls were clearly thick, and in the center of the room was a single chair. The chair was like the metal ones used for electric executions, with leather straps to keep the victim in place and metal restrictions to conduct electricity. There was a headpiece, a neck piece, and a visor placed on the continuously struggling Dick.
When they finished setting him in place, he stopped struggling only to sit there and shiver in fear of the knowledge that this was about to hurt.
The visor restricted his vision and the headpiece hurt his head, but he dared not complain. He knew that punishment was coming, to remind him who was in charge.
Slade looked down at his silent shivering Apprentice and left, not looking back behind him to see his Apprentice relax as he left.
Dick relaxed into the chair, even as he felt fear of what would happen. At least it was not at the hands of his tormentor. He knew what this chair was meant to do, but…
The door opened again, and two people came in. One was a man in a lab coat, with a mask. The second wore no lab coat, but did have a mask. Instead, the second was tall, muscular, and held a toolbox larger than normal. It was clearly made of metal and very heavy, but the large man had no hesitation with swinging it around, only to put it to Dick's right.
"Hello young man." The doctor sneered at him. He was smiling, Dick shivered at the thought of him begin happy at his pain.
"Watch it Doc. You are here to do your job, not chat. No questions. Got it?" The big man in the mask said.
"Yes, yes. I understand." The doctor snapped back, before turning to Dick with a forced smile.
"Now, you will be a good boy, yes? Open up!" The Doctor had something in his hand as he tried to get Dick's mouth open, but Dick took the hint and closed his mouth firmly shut.
"Urgh, why do they always seem to resist? I ask very simple requests… Not hard, not hard at all…" The Doctor muttered to himself before walking away, setting something grey down on the case that the other man had brought in. The visor preventing Dick from seeing what it was, all he could tell was that is was small.
Dick strained his ears to hear what they were saying "Yes I understand…" "Here, use this, it's a special one…" "Quite…"
"Alright boy! This can go one of two ways. So, if you cooperate nicely, there will be no need for violence. If you resist, well, a little blood won't hurt me. And if you continue to resist? Well, it won't be very good for you." The Doc said, all while smiling.
While the Doctor was saying this, the Masked man moved to be a clear guard at the door. His solid stance seemed to taunt Dick, as if to say 'You want out? You have to get past me first.'
While Dick was staring at the guard Masked Man, the Doctor took his time setting up his tools on a table they brought in when Dick wasn't looking.
"Now I have a few questions for you young man."
Dick tensed. Here we go. He braced himself for the attack of questions that never came. Instead what he heard was:
"What is the true name of Superman? Green Lantern? Batman? Really any of the Justice League."
Dick lost the ability to breathe. The Justice League? His family? Why would they want to know?
"W-why?"
"Why? Well I should think that was obvious! Any criminal who got his head on straight would pay big bucks to know this kind of information. Plus, it is good blackmail material."
"Now come on sonny, what are their names? Here, I'll bring you a picture and you can point them out."
BLACKMAIL? Did this man really just say Blackmail? He did. He was planning on threatening and endangering Dick's family! His friends! The people in his life that love him, care for him, want him to be safe… Wait. He wanted them to be safe too. He wanted to protect them. They had truly tried to protect him. They had said they loved him, so was this feeling… love?
"N-no."
"No?"
The Doctor picked up a remote and held it to where Dick could see it.
"Why would you say no?"
Dick felt furious. This man in his white lab coat thought he could hurt Dick's family? NOT GONNA HAPPEN HE WOULDN'T ALLOW THAT HE COULDN'T ALLOW IT!
"No. You will hurt them. They are my family."
Wow, did he really just lose his stutter? An what was that deep voice?
"Well young man, you don't have a choice. Now I will give you one last chance. You can give them up and walk away, back into your normal life of being a good apprentice. Come on now, all I need are their names."
Dick couldn't breathe. He felt a pain in his chest at the thought of one of his family members being hurt because of him.
"N-no. You may hurt me, but the thought of me giving up information that injures them? Way more painful. Heartbreaking even. So do what you want to me. I am NOT gonna let you hurt my family! I LOVE THEM!"
For a solid 5 seconds, despite the chair and bindings, Dick felt lighter. Free. He loved his family. And they loved him. Then his words sunk into the Doctor, who pressed a button on the remote he held.
Dick screamed. Pain shot through his body like a current. His senses overloaded with this feeling of GET AWAY ! RUN! SOMETHING! ANYTHING!
"Well now. Looks like I get to have some fun then."
What has Dick done?
Have I really just updated twice in the span of 4 days?! Wait what? That doesn't sound like me. Anyway, here Robindanewsie! Sorry you are stuck! Wish I could help. This is all I can do right now. I'll get started on the next one, but it will take me a few days because I have plans coming up soon so I'll be busy. Sorry ;-;
Fun Fact: I noticed as I continue doing this, my confidence grows, and my chapters become longer. I count the words used, so uh, reviews telling me you like it so far would really help :)
Also, any preference as far as villain name? I was thinking something Posion associated for the Doctor, and something Bull related for the Masked Man. Tarrus? Please tell me what you think.
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