Pearce is hand-cuffed behind is back, and he's tied down, with multiple ropes, to a chair. Whit and I have been taking turns looking over him. I've been taking most of the daytime and Whit the nighttime. Recently Whit likes to spend his day with Janine. Sasha, Emmet, Janine, and especially Byron are opposed to Pearce's presence however after a long discussion I pushed them enough to agree to my plan of interrogating Pearce when he wakes up.
But he's been unconscious for two days. I'm starting to wonder if he will wake up. I didn't think I did much damage but his slumber is proving me wrong.
"No, no, no, no…" Pearce mutters as I sit across the room from him. I've noticed his tendency to talk during his sleep. His forehead is breaking into a sweat so I walk across towards him and I grab the wet towel in the bucket of ice and cold melted water that I've been keeping on the floor and I place it on his forehead. I study his face. He has his perfect features however his nose, which I'm sure I might have broken, is slightly angled a bit off…
Suddenly his eyes flicker open. "Get your dirty hands off of me!" He yells and the sudden noise makes me immediately drop my hand.
"Where am? I'll kill you all!" He viciously starts trying to break the handcuffs and he starts shaking the chair as he tries to escape the ropes.
"Pearce, calm down. You're in my garage." I state and grab his shoulders in an attempt to get him to stop.
"What have you done to Channel?! Where is she? If she's hurt I'll kill you." He looks into my eyes and I can see that he's seriously worried for whoever this Channel is.
So some things are pretty obvious at this point. Pearce has lost his memory. This saddens me because then he can't remember the times that we…
"Calm down, Pearce. If you calm down I can answer some of your questions but you need to be sane." I know it's a lie, but to understand what's happening I need him to stop flipping out.
He stops shaking and trying to escape but it's still evident that his cold blue eyes are still analyzing every move I make.
"What do you want to know?" I ask patiently.
"Where is Channel?" His words are protective and the longing in his expression is evident. I almost feel a pang of jealousy. He cares a lot about Channel. Was she his girlfriend or lover?
"Who is Channel?" I say her name like I have a foul taste in my mouth which is unintentional but he notices as well.
"You know exactly who Channel is. You work for him, don't you? She's my older sister, but you already knew that."
I work for him? What is that supposed to mean? And I feel a rush of relief as he says Channel is his older sister but that doesn't explain everything.
"I won't work for him. You can't convince me. Give me back, Channel." He hisses the words. They are filled with a threatening presence.
"Who is he? You keep saying that you won't work for him and such but I have no idea what you're talking about!" He's seriously getting me angry. Why won't he just tell me what he's talking about.
He stares at me silently at first but then just starts laughing coldly and he almost looks like the Pearce I know for a second. "The One, of course."
"The One is dead." I respond simply.
He looks shocked and then seriously worried. "No, that's impossible. He's too powerful for anyone to kill him."
"Well, he is dead. He's gone. I was even there to see it myself. And you, Pearce, tried to kill me and my brother. You worked for The One."
"What a lie. I don't even know who you could possibly be, but I wouldn't mind to find out." He coyly responds.
His comment is small but I find it slightly embarrassing. How do his simple words have the ability to get me flustered so easily?
"Well Pearce, you're a stupid jerk who has kissed me twice now…"
"And you liked it, correct?" I start blushing and he smiles seeing that as enough of an answer.
"So why are you so worried about your sister Channel?" I ask to break the silence and his face immediately becomes worried again.
"All of my family has died of the blood plague except Channel. The One was convincing me to join the N.O. and he told me that if I did then he would help feed her. We live in the mountains so food is harder to come by and I want to help keep her alive."
Pearce actually has or at one point had feelings. In my mind I always saw him as soulless but somehow attractive but this adds more depth to him. This explains why he joined the N.O. … But somewhere after he leaves the mountain he must've been trained to remove himself of feelings. He gained power and lost himself somewhere along those lines. I want to find out more about Pearce now. I want to see what could have altered him to turn into the soulless creature that he recently has been.