A/N: Rawr! Royal Dragon here! I know it's been a while since I've posted anything but I've been really busy. I just finished Our First Encounter which is a Demyx and Zexion story about how they got together which was based off Vampire's Blood. ZexyKiba requested it so I hope you guys will check it out. Anyway here we go with chapter 7 let me know what you think!
Disclaimer: I don't own! Also credit to the song goes to Eppic!
Chapter 7: Rescue Me
Roxas POV
Mirror Mirror on the wall,
I'm no puppet but what's with these wires
They don't seem to be coming off
I was missing my tutor. I knew I shouldn't have been but I was. He was so kind to me even as the drugs were taking their toll on my body he overlooked it. He had to have known it was hard not to see. I tried desperately though to keep the track marks hidden under long clothes.
After my tutor had left Aerith bustled in to clean the study up helped push me into my room. She hurriedly gave me a needle and went back into the study to clean. My veins were weak and collapsed easily. Rolling my pants leg up I tied a tourniquet around my ankle and searched for a small vein in my foot. Once I found one I stuck the needle in and let the liquid drug rush into my body. I didn't like anyone having to watch me. Sometimes I was so hungover that Aerith was the one that had to inject me again, but I still hated her having to see me like this.
Hated that she had to be the one who fed me the drug at times. To wake me up even so I could take it. I wanted to be clean, I wanted to be a normal teenager again. I wanted to be normal. I wondered why my parents hadn't taken me with them when they committed suicide. I didn't want to be this person anymore. But I couldn't just suddenly stop, I couldn't run away because he would do everything in his power to find me and punish me... and besides it looked like no one was coming to rescue you me anyway.
Or worse he would try and hurt Aerith. I loved Aerith she was like my sister instead of my doctor. I would never let them hurt her not ever! She had done so much for me, she had risked just about everything to stay with me.
After cleaning the study she bustled into the room taking the empty needle and and placing a small cap on it before discarding it. By the time Seifer came home I was sleeping. I was so tired, I couldn't help it.
He dragged me down the stairs that night by my hair. I was bruised and I think I landed on my shoulder wrong. After forcing me to have sex with him, which made me bleed, he left me alone crying and in pain. That whole night he wouldn't let Aerith tend to my wounds or even see me. Amber wasn't even there to greet me, so I lay there on the bed sweating and in pain.
The pain was amplified because my body was trying to detox from the drug. Sweat poured down my face as I buried my face in my pillow and screamed as loud as I could. I didn't want Seifer to hear me, I was afraid of the whipping that I would receive.
Somewhere around two in the morning I started to lose my mind. I was started seeing pink elephants and blue tigers stalking around my bed. Fire erupted in the closet burning everything down to ash as I sat there and watched. Trying to convince myself that this wasn't real was next to impossible.
I could feel the heat from the fire as it licked its way across the room and to the curtains. The smoke was cloying as I tried not to inhale. The tiger and elephant had disappeared. Raw fear gripped my heart as I tried hard to hold in the scream of pain as the fire licked its way up my body. Finally when I could hold it no more I screamed as loud as I could, Aerith was the first to break the door down.
I was writhing on the bed screaming as she hurriedly covered my mouth. "Fire, fire, fire!" I cried gripping onto her arms tightly.
"Shhh, Roxas quiet calm down. There's no fire." I tried to convince myself that there wasn't any but I couldn't do it. I knew it was the side effects of not taking Amber, and if I wasn't taking it every few hours then I started to detox. By four in the morning I had stopped screaming and instead I was sweating profusely.
Instead of seeing fire I felt like I was on fire. Once Seifer found Aerith in my room he growled and told her he'd take care of her later. Even now I could still hear the screams as they filled the entire house. If I wasn't sweating so much I'd be crying so instead I let my pores cry for me.
Once the clock hit six in the morning the screams had stopped, my body had stopped sweating and the hallucinations were gone. For now at least. The bed was still drenched in sweat when Seifer slammed open the door with Aerith hurrying behind him. Her eye was already black and bruises were already blooming all over the exposed skin that I could see. I wanted to reach out to her but I knew I couldn't not yet anyway.
My shoulder had been long forgotten but now it started to ache just as bad if not worse now that the sweating and hallucinations were subsiding. With all the thrashing and writhing around the bed I knew I had hurt my shoulder even worse. I didn't think that it was broken but I was pretty sure that my shoulder had came out of place.
I tried to turn my head to see but I had to grit my teeth to keep from crying out. "It's swollen that's for sure. Would you like me to pop it back into place for you?" Seifer crooned walking over and running his fingers through sweat soaked hair.
Nodding was all I could do as my voice was hoarse from screaming. He grinned so maliciously at me that I wished I had never agreed. Instead of pushing it back into place he only grabbed my shoulder and squeezed until I screamed tears pouring down my face. "You fucking slut!" He cried over my screaming, "Why would I help you? Shut up!" A punch came to my gut and I tried hard to stop the screaming.
Instead I whimpered curling up into the fetal position no matter how badly my arm hurt. After calling me more names he finally left me to get ready for school. Aerith was by my side the instant he was gone. "I hate him!" I hissed as warm fingers brushed my bangs back. "I hope he dies slowly and painfully!"
"Shh I know, I know Roxas. It's ok calm down before he comes back I don't want him hurting you anymore." She whispered kissing my forehead. "Once he's gone we'll get your arm back in place and I have a sling that we'll put it in ok?"
"How bad?" I asked my eyes never leaving hers ignoring the question.
She shook her head little droplets of tears flying from her face. "Better than you sweetie. I'm not worried about me I'm worried about you."
"I don't give a shit about what happens to me! I care about you!" I cried trying hard to sit up but finding it damn near impossible with the way my body was feeling. It felt like a train had run over me. Seifer wasn't long in taking a shower before he stomped into his bedroom. Aerith hurried to the side of the bed as he made his way into my bedroom fully dressed for school.
"Get the fuck up you whore!" He growled. "Don't even try to help him." His eyes slid to Aerith who had made a step towards me but backed up. Forcing every part of my body to work together I managed to sit up.
The doorbell rang shattering the small window of silence. Sweat was pouring off my body as Seifer grunted and stalked off towards the door. Aerith rushed over to my side as I listened to Seifer and my tutor exchange pleasantries. "We'll have to get you fixed up before he sees you." She whispered and I knew she meant my tutor.
If he saw me like this then he'd probably rush off to call the police, and if he tried to do that then Siefer would have him killed. Or worse. Grabbing onto a pillow I crushed it in between my good hand as she shoved my shoulder back in place. I tried not to scream as tears continued to pour down my cheeks.
By the time my tutor and Seifer had made it upstairs my arm was snugly fitted in a sling and I was dressed in a fresh new set of clothes. Aerith had done my makeup so that the bruises weren't at least showing on my face. Seifer nodded his approval from behind and after another display of disgusting affection that had me almost barfing in Seifer's mouth he left me.
Aerith had left us at some point to get the study ready I imagined so that left me with just my sexy red haired tutor. Wearing a tight fitting black sweater over sculpted muscles it was complemented by a pair of blue jeans and the same biker boots peeking out underneath. Taking off his leather jacket I offered to lay it on my bed until he left. Agreeing he handed over his jacket as I hurriedly placed it on my bed.
"By the way I never introduced myself. Names Axel, got it memorized?" He asked tapping his temple with a toothy grin.
Nodding I tried hard to keep from drooling. I knew he was trying hard not focus too much on my arm so I laughed trying to make it sound as light as possible before speaking. "I fell down the stairs." He didn't believe me for an instant. How many people had used that same cliched line?
The tension was thick as we tried to make awkward conversation. Taking his glasses off he rubbed his eyes. I knew he wanted to call me out, knew he wanted to shake me and probably call me crazy but he did none of those things. Instead he closed his eyes, sighed and then grinned.
"Are you ready to start?" He asked holding out a hand. I flinched and nodded when I realized he wasn't going to hit me. "Little jumpy today aren't we?"
Quickly I shook my head and led him into the study that Aerith had finished setting up. Aerith left us for about ten minutes, when she came back she had a tray with coffee and cookies on it. I declined but we couldn't keep Axel from chowing down. "Did you bake these?" He asked around a mouthful of cookie.
Giggling Aerith nodded, "You like them?"
"There amazing!" He cried slurping the coffee before taking another huge bite of cookie. Axel set me up again like yesterday giving me sheets to work on, we stopped a few hours in to eat lunch and then resumed our work. After six hours Axel packed up and left.
This went on for about three weeks. Fall turned into winter and even when it was snowing he still came and saw me. Fat flakes were drifting down outside as I pulled the notebook I had been working on out. Aerith had left us long enough to go and get hot chocolate. She had been gone for about five minutes which was turning into six when out of the corner of my eye I could see Axel staring at me.
"There not here... maybe he trusts me." He muttered toxic green eyes switching back to mine. Sending me a blinding smile I tried hard to calm my heart as it did a little flip flop in my chest and then went straight into overdrive as he leaned over the table his face inches from mine.
How was I supposed to know the snow had been gathering, that they had decided to cancel school? I wasn't a mind reader, I never watched tv. I was barely even allowed outside of the house. Axel pressed his lips to mine and that's when all hell broke loose. His lips were warm and chapped from the cold but he tasted like cigarettes, coffee and something spicy that was just Axel.
The screaming started then because one minute my lips were pressed against Axel's and the next I was being thrown on the ground. Seifer's face was red as he growled out curses and began to kick me. "Stop it!" That was Axel. No one had ever defended me before, I would have been more excited had Seifer not called Laexus to hold Axel back.
Seifer dragged me down the stairs like he had a few weeks ago. Once there he made sure to keep calling me names as he opened the door and drug me on the concrete. It ripped at my shirt causing me to bleed, I knew where we were headed. I tried to struggle but my head was fuzzy and I felt like I had a concussion.
My arms were heavy like lead along with my legs. A rope was tied tightly around my wrists until it made my wrists bleed. He did the same thing with my legs and it wasn't long until I felt the first hit. I screamed in pure agony. The snowflakes did nothing to stop the pain as I was whipped again.
The first time this happened to me I had been sent to the hospital because Seifer had overdosed me on Amber. I wished those doctors would have never saved me. That day he took me home and tied me to two wooden posts. The posts were in the middle of the yard so that everyone who looked out could see me being punished. The posts were about a foot apart from each other with metal rings drilled in on the top and bottom.
He would tie my arms to the rings and force me on my knees and then tie my legs to the other set of rings. After that he would either strip off my shirt or he would just start whipping me. I had only seen the whip he used one time. It was a black leather whip that branched off into four smaller looking whips.
The sound that it made reverberated across the yard as I let out another high pitched scream. Tears were streaming down my face making it hard to see. The snow was coming down hard chilling me to the bone as the whip came down again. I could feel the blood pouring down my back as Seifer whipped me again and again.
I wasn't sure how long the whipping went on for, I just knew that when I felt that there wasn't any skin left on my back he stopped. The one time Seifer had abused me he untied me so that's what I was waiting for. Instead he came around front and punched me in the face over and over, as I tried to hide my face his fists continued pounding me until my eyes were swelled shut.
Blood welled up in my mouth and I spit it out praying to god that I didn't hit Seifer. "I'm sorry." I whimpered. The warmth that I felt was it blood or tears? I couldn't tell.
Laughing he grabbed my face and turned me towards where I assumed he was standing. "Do you think I give a shit now you fucking whore? I saw what you did! Stay here and die for all I care! Aerith isn't going to come help you now I'll make sure of that." And with that he was gone.
How long was I out there? I was hungry and my body was freezing and tired. Warm hands tugged at the binds and I dropped to the ground as blackness washed over my consciousness.
Axel's POV
I didn't mean to kiss him, I swear I didn't it just happened. His lips were warm and soft against mine just like I had imagined they would be. The man that hired me, his name was Seifer I think barged in and ripped us apart.
After dragging Roxas downstairs I hurried behind them. Just as soon as I got to the door and threw it open Aerith was standing there. "Don't go out there. Leave just go out the backdoor please it'll be easier that way." She said. That's when the screaming started. "Please no!"
Rushing past her into the snow I was soon tackled to the ground, my glasses coming off and skidding to a stop.
"Axel run! Now's not the time go!" Reno cried. Without my glasses it was hard to see what was going on but the screams were clue enough. "Go we can see everything go!"
Doing as I was told I headed back inside tracking snow and dirt. The man that Seifer had called to stop me was easily distracted. After knocking him out I headed down the stairs. No one was following me so I headed out of the back door and towards my bike. I made it home fast as I took all the back roads in case they tried to send anyone after me.
Once at my father's house I scurried inside leaving my bag with the maids and running upstairs. Demyx was silently sobbing on Zexion, the two idiots had finally gotten together which I knew they would. Zexion was holding Demyx close rubbing his back and murmuring soothing words.
Even my father was shaking his head holding Saix close. Reno's face was even paler than it normally was and Hayner was seething mad.
Wordlessly Reno turned the laptop around and hit the play button. I saw my glasses fall and then I watched as Seifer first tied Roxas to two wooden beams and then proceeded to beat him with a whip. Over and over I could hear him screaming at the top of his lungs. The footage went on for a solid twenty minutes before he finally put the whip down. I thought that would be it but it was far from over.
He screamed profanities at him calling him a whore and slut before punching him and kicking over and over until his eyes were swollen shut. I thought he would cut the ropes off of him but he didn't he just left him there.
About an hour passed before Aerith stumbled into the picture carrying a black gym bag. She hurried over as fast as she could and cut the ropes, then dragged him under the armpits to the closed gate before collapsing
There was no way in hell I was going to leave him like this! Reno could only nod before I was taking off. Grabbing the keys to Reno's car I dashed outside, the snow was thick on the ground and the tires squealed when I tried to go to fast but I couldn't stop myself. I had to get to Roxas. I noticed that Hayner hadn't followed me and that surprised me.
He was always saying how much he loved him, and how he was going to be with Roxas but when it came down to going into the lions den he wanted no part. Granted I didn't give anyone much time. I made it there in record time hurrying out of the car to see Roxas and Aerith still lying in the same spot.
The snow was steadily falling and it was covering their bodies. Roxas was looking a lot paler than normal. Grabbing the gates I shook them as hard as I could. They creaked and groaned but I was able to push them open and step inside. Roxas was the first one I grabbed picking him up and placing him in the backseat. Aerith was next but she was awake enough that I helped her in the front seat of the car and buckled her in before heading off back to the mansion.
There was about an inch of snow on the ground and it didn't seem to be letting off anytime soon. Once the car was parked safely, I opened the door and helped Aerith out. "Get Roxas." She whispered.
Cradling Roxas close to my body I tried to share my body heat until we got into the house. Hayner met us right off the bat arms crossed and promising murder.
"Give him to me." He growled holding his arms out.
"Fuck off little boy." I hissed cradling Roxas closer. He was mine and I wasn't about to give him up. The only way I would walk away from him is if he told me he didn't want to see me ever again. Even then I probably wouldn't leave him alone for long.
Letting out an animalistic cry he charged me but Reno grabbed him and pulled him back. "Let me go!" He screamed reaching around Reno.
Chuckling I headed upstairs and deposited Roxas in my old bedroom, making sure that he was lying on his belly. He was still bleeding and I wasn't sure how to proceed from here. His back was marked from the whips and it went down past his lower back and probably to the top of his butt.
He had track marks all over his body and bruises to go with it. Aerith came in a few minutes later after I had managed to cut Roxas shirt off. Helping her over to the king sized bed she climbed on and closed her eyes.
"You shouldn't have come." She whispered groggily.
"We can help you." I started but she cut me off.
"Your just a tutor I know you're trying but please drive us back. Once Seifer finds us gone he's going to start looking for Roxas and he's not going to give up." Tears were streaming down her face and her eyes were getting heavy as she kept closing them and forcing them open.
"My father's a cop don't worry we're going to keep you safe. We've been hunting that drug lord for a long time." By this time she was already asleep. I made sure to keep watch over them that night not allowing myself to sleep until Reno came in the room at about three in the morning to relieve me of my duty.
When I got up the next morning it was about six. Three hours of sleep and I had to go to work like this. I had called the school to tell them the tutoring was over and that I would be back.
Quickly taking a shower I headed into my room to check on our charges. Reno was in one of the armchairs sound asleep. Roxas hadn't moved an inch and Aerith was still sound asleep her fingers intertwined with Roxas.
Dirt was matted into his hair along with blood and his face although still swollen looked peaceful somehow. Scratches littered his face and body, the marks on his back were an angry red. I debated on staying home but a small voice urged me on. "We'll be here when you get back. Promise." Aerith whispered running fingers through matted blond hair.
I must have looked doubtful because she smiled and shook her head, "We have no where else to go." That was enough to satisfy me and I was off. I expected to see Seifer but it seemed like he wasn't going to show. That was probably a good thing since we had a video of him whipping Roxas.
School was uneventful it was long and I couldn't concentrate very much on my lesson. By lunch time I was going insane, I was the first one out when the final bell rang leaving behind papers and other materials I needed to grade papers.
Once at the mansion I rushed inside to see Reno nursing a cup of coffee. He had probably just woken up, Saix was lounging on the couch with my father asleep his head on his chest. I watched as he ran his fingers through silver hair letting the tendrils slip through his fingers.
"Upstairs." He mouthed and I nodded heading into my old room. Vexen was there one my father's most trusted doctors and it looked like he had just finished bandaging Roxas.
Blue eyes met mine and I tried hard to stop the stuttering flip flop that my heart made as I walked in the room. Recognition was replaced with pure terror as he started to scream at the top of his lungs.
He swung a painfully hard fist to Vexen's face as he scooted as far back on the bed as it would allow.
"Stay away!" He screamed burying his head in his hands. He looked more like a caged animal then anything.
Maybe he was, he had been treated like one for god knows how long. Aerith was the first one on the scene to try and calm him down. She ushered us out and it was a good thing because even though I had tutored him for several weeks he still didn't know me. Just like I didn't know him. Vexen only suffered a black eye that my father and Reno shared a laugh over. Saix patted me on the back and told me not to worry he was just in a state of shock.
For the next several days Aerith was the only one that was allowed to be near him. Anyone else that came into my old room and he would either scream or freeze on the spot in total terror.
He didn't eat much of anything, and when I was allowed to visit with Aerith he just gave me this haunted look. His had bags under his eyes, the swelling had decreased but they will were still black. Track marks littered his arms and legs, even now he was still taking the drug to maintain what little bit of sanity he possessed.
I had never seen him take the drug but apparently he always injected himself. After every session I would always find him curled up on the bed the needle in his hand empty as he silently wept. It came to a point where only Aerith and I were allowed to even be close to him.
He would still keep me at arms length but my presence was still allowed. Night was always the worst, I had begun to sleep over again and I slept in Reno's room which was right beside mine. Reno and my father were usually still up pulling an all nighter and Demyx was curled up beside me asleep while Zexion was helping Vexen at the hospital with something.
Screams would erupt out of nowhere and at first it scared the shit out of me but now... now it was expected.
He would beg Seifer not to hurt him, not to beat or whip him. "Please! Please I'll be good!" He would scream over and over as the whole house was filled with his cries of pain.
By the time the screams started I would jump out of bed and practically run into Areith who was standing outside the closed door. She had told me time and time again that I couldn't wake Roxas up. I had only tried to one time and Roxas had beat the shit out of me thinking that I was Seifer.
It took about thirty minutes before he was able to wake himself up out of the dream. The whole time I was sitting with my back against the wall my head in my hands as the tortured screams continued. It made it worse knowing that I was so close to him but I couldn't touch him. Couldn't wake him from the nightmares that plagued him. It hurt and my heart would beat painfully in my chest with each new tortured cry.
Once we had finally calmed him down he cried and apologized, then proceeded to climb in my lap and wrap his arms around my neck. We were all shocked when five minutes later he was back asleep in my arms.
Tonight was no different as I raced to his room Aerith grabbed me and hauled me back. After settling on the floor we waited until the wailing stopped and we could safely go and see Roxas. His voice finally hoarse the screaming slowed until it finally stopped altogether. Aerith rushed to get him some water as I knocked on the door.
Clearly he was sobbing but he was trying hard to not let anyone hear. "Axel?" He croaked and I nodded.
"Yeah..." I said realizing he couldn't see my nod.
"Come in." Hurriedly I made my way inside before he could change his mind. "Shut the door... lock it I don't want anyone else coming in." Doing as I was told I made my way into the barely lit room. The moon bathed Roxas in its silvery light as he sat on the bed hunched over.
"Aerith went to go get you some water." I said crawling onto the spacious bed.
"Don't want any." He responded scooting his way over until he was leaning against me. Reaching over I ran my fingers through silky blond hair as his breathing started to even out. I thought he asleep but after a few minutes of silence he spoke up. "Seifer's going to come after me eventually. If he gets me again he's going to kill me."
His ribs were visible even in the moonlight. I wanted to wrap my arms around his waist, pull him into a hug but I couldn't do any of those things. So instead I just continued running my fingers through his hair. It was no longer matted with blood, his back was still cut to pieces and it was going to take a long time to heal because of the severity and he would be left with plenty of scars. "They'll never hurt you. We're going to keep you safe."
"Why? You don't know me, you don't know Aerith why are you helping us?" He asked pulling away to sit near the headboard. He couldn't lean against it so instead he drew his knees up to his chest.
"My father has been hot on Sephiroth's heels ever since our mother died. It's been about revenge and its the same thing for my brother but I couldn't do that. So when they gave me the case and said I was going to help I knew I had to. No human being should be tortured like that.I had to help. When they gave me the picture I don't know it just struck a nerve..." Sliding my eyes over at Roxas he was deep in thought his eyes boring into mine.
I wasn't about to tell him the other thoughts that were swirling around in my head. "Hayner visited me..." Roxas whispered. I waited quietly to see if he would continue to talk or if that was all I was going to get. Ever since we had rescued Roxas he hadn't really talked too much about what had went on in the house.
"He wants me to get better faster so that we can go on dates. He's never made it a secret that he likes me but... I can't do it. I can't be what he wants me to be... He doesn't understand how scared I am of men... of just human touch in general. He gets angry at me when I won't let him see me or hold my hand, I can't do it. Why doesn't he understand?" He whimpered curling up on the bed and throwing the covers over himself.
Inching closer I waited to see if he would push me away. When nothing happened I reached a hand out to run my fingers through blond spikes. I wasn't surprised when I reached closed lids to feel tears streaming down.
"Perhaps he doesn't want to understand." I responded allowing my knuckles to lightly brush against his cheek. I wanted to comment that I understood even though I had never been in that situation myself... so I kept quiet.
"Why are you doing this? Why are you being so nice?" He asked allowing himself to creep out from under the covers.
"Maybe because I care." I responded chuckling at the look he had given me. One of pure disbelief.
"Don't lie to me." He growled looking away and swiping the tears away.
"I'm not lying. Why would I lie to you? I care about what happens to you is that such a bad thing?" I asked.
"Yes... maybe... I don't know." He muttered turning away. It wasn't long before he was leaning against my side allowing me to hold him close. "Because if you were lying then things would be easier. But if you're not lying then it makes things complicated, makes me want to just stay here like this forever."
"Ok then lets stay here." I yawned as my eyes started closing on their own. I didn't mean to sleep in the bed with him, it just sorta happened. He didn't scream or yell or even complain instead he just laid right beside me and fell asleep.
A/N: So I hope you guys enjoyed this! I'm super fucking tired but I'll go ahead and post chapter 8 while I'm still awake enough. Anyway go and check out Our First Encounter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and let me know what you think. Also remember to cast your votes. You need to vote for Roxas brother and the PI so two people. Anyway peace out guys!
xoxo Royal
