Warning, not for the light of heart. This fic is rated "M" now so this chapter fits the rating. If you don't like torture/abuse then skip the italics and go to the normal. I will have bolded "X"s to also show it's over. Towards the end there is also something but it's not so bad so no need to skip it unless trigger warning for attempted sexual assault.

So I decided to give you guys a two in one day update because of all the reviews and followers I got with this story so here we go~!

Chapter 6: To The Rescue!

"Oh Erik, Erik, Erik…" Said a man with wavy white hair as he strolled over towards Erik. "You really think a freak like you will ever belong anywhere but with me? Just look at all the trouble you caused before, you really think you could ever hope to be NORMAL?"

Erik didn't reply, he just looked down at the ground below his bare feet. It was night and he was outside with this man, all because he tried to run away. He would have made it if his "Sister" Hadn't told on him, before he even tried.

"It won't work you know, we all know how our dear Angel is with her visions? You have been with us not even four days and you already want to run? Pathetic!" He shouted the last apart and smacked Erik across the face, with enough force to knock him down.

While he was down, the man took this chance to kick him in the side, causing Erik to curl in a ball. The man stomped on him repeatedly, while all Erik could do was protect his head. After awhile, the stomping stopped and Erik let out a cough, and groan of pain. Erik lifted his head and saw the man go into the shed and pull out a strange metal object.

'Heehee, You will surely love this my dear Cobra. Want to know what it is?' Thought the man, causing Erik's eyes to widen. "Oh, I see you figured it out? Yes, this is indeed a brander. Don't worry, all the others have one to! Now where to put it? Here?" He asked pointing to his hand. "Or since you tried to run, how about here?" He gestured to Erik's foot. "hm… no that won't work… Oh I know! Let's do here!" He exclaimed as he pulled up Erik's shirt and ran his hand along his upper hip.

"N-No please Zero, sir, I-I won't do it again," Begged Erik.

"Nope, nice try! Now stay put while I heat this up yeah?" Said the man as he got up and went towards the heater. He pressed it up against the burning coals, till the tip was glowing bright red. Erik took a deep breath and got up and ran. He ran as fast as he could, but a gunshot rang through the air and he felt pain in his left leg. He fell to the ground and looked down to see Zero shot his leg. He looked up and saw him coming towards him with the scariest smirk on his face. "Are you ready?" He asked as he sat down on top of him and pushed his shirt up. Erik tried to push him off, but he held his hands above his head with one hand and brought the brand closer to his skin.

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Erik sat up with a jolt as a silent scream caught in his throat. He sat in bed panting, covered in sweat, and shaking horribly. He jumped out of bed and ran to his mirror where he lifted his shirt and looked at his hip. He let out a breath when he saw only a circular scar in place of the brand. He placed a hand on the mirror and leaned his head against it as his body continued to shake.

After he got rescued from that cursed house, he snuck into a maintenance shed and found some tar. He heated it up and spread it on the brand, burning the mark off him. It hurt like hell, but he doesn't regret it at all. Now all that remains is the scar from the tar. He took a deep breath and when his body stopped shaking, he grabbed a pair of clean cloths, after feeding his pet snake, and went towards the bathroom to get ready.

As he entered and took off his cloths to get a shower, he caught his reflection in the mirror. His tan skin had a decent amount of scars. He had six on his chest, and had 9 scars along his back, and a couple on his shoulder.

It's been 4 days since he moved here, and 2 since him and Lucy last spoke. Avoiding her wasn't easy, seeing as how she's in 6 out of 8 of his classes. But on the bright side he could better read her mind, and see her ability, which has gone nowhere. All he could piece together was that she could tell someone's mood, with some ability that involved colors.

He could Google it, but in some way, he found it fun to see if he can figure it out on his own. Or if she told him herself, which would take a lot of work with getting her to trust him to begin with. Then he would have to tell her his… On second thought, he didn't like the sound of that. He looked at the time and began his morning routine.

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Lucy walked to the bus stop deep in thought. The last couple of days she could tell Cobra was avoiding her, but at the same time, he was observing her. And his moods were horrible! She has yet to see him happy or even smile. Smirk yes, but never truly smile. She was interrupted from her thoughts as she saw Levy and Gajeel walking up to her.

"Hey bunny girl, why the long face? Still sucks riding the bus like normal kids huh?" Joked Gajeel. Levy elbowed him and let out a giggle before turning towards Lucy.

"Good morning Lu-Chan, So you should sit with me on the bus, I have something to talk to you about okay?" She said excitedly. I looked at her and saw she was excited and Gajeel was nervous.

'Oh ho, don't tell me they finally told each other~!' She thought excitedly. She glanced to her left and saw Erik approach the bus stop. He had his hood up on a purple and black hoodie, and headphones on. She was about to say something but remembered yesterday so she turned away and continued talking to her friends. The bus pulled up and they boarded it, with Lucy getting aisle seat.

"So… Spill girl. What happened?" She said with a smile.

"Well we ran into each other down town and he had a gift box with him. I asked him who it was for, and he said it was for a special person to him. I didn't even think he was talking about me, so I was saddened cause you know how much I liked him… but anyway! So I asked who the girl was and he said "She's one of the kindest girls I know. She was there for me a lot of times and never turned her back on me. All in all she's my best friend whom I care about so much." and I began to get teary eyed cause I knew at that moment who it was for. That's when he pulled out the box and inside it was," She paused to show Lucy a bracelet," THIS!" She squealed. The bracelet had a silver chain and three charms on it, one a book, the other a piece of iron, and lastly a dark blue gem.

"OH MY GOSH LEVY IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!" Lucy squealed getting everyone's attention, even Erik who could hear her over his music. She covered her mouth as Levy blushed bright red and Gajeel had a slight blush as well. "Eh, heh heh, sorry guys," She said. The rest for the way her and Levy spent the whole time talking.

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It was finally time for lunch and Lucy was about to leave for lunch but the gym teacher told her to hang back, which confused her greatly. 'Why would he ask me to stay after? I get good grades and I'm not a team… maybe he needs help with something?' She thought. So she told Natsu and them to go without her and hung back. When the gym was empty the teacher asked her to come into his office, and she did.

"Now Lucy, I bet your wondering why I told you to stay after right?" Lucy nodded as she looked around his office, so distracted she didn't notice him lock the door. "Well you are doing really well in this class and I couldn't help but notice your other classes are great to! A 3.8 GPA! You certainly have a good brain," He said as he laid his hand on her head and slowly moved it to her chin. She froze up as he pushed her against the wall and moved his face closer to hers. she turned away and tried to knee him in the groin but her used his legs to pin hers.

"You have a good brain, and a good body," He whispered as he held her hands with one hand and moved his hand up her shirt. She opened her mouth to scream but her reached in his desk and held a knife to her throat. "Don't. Even. Think. About. It." he said as he let go of her hands and began unbuttoning her shirt.

'N-No… SOMEONE HELP ME!' She screamed in her mind. There was a loud bang and crash sound, causing both of them to look towards the door in surprise. Standing in the doorway stood Erik, and he was pissed off.

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Erik didn't have a good feeling about the gym teacher. Ever since the first day of school when he saw he was thinking dirty thoughts about all the girls. So when he noticed he asked Lucy to stay back he had a bad feeling about it, but didn't think to hard about it, so he left with the rest. But shortly after his bad feeling intensified and he turned around and headed back. As he entered the gym he saw it was empty so he starting walking towards the teachers office ad he saw the door closed.

'Damn she has an awesome body, now no one can stop me, the doors locked and I can convince her not to tell anyone…'

"What the fuck?" Said Erik, then he heard Lucy.

'N-No…SOMEBODY HELP ME!'

He didn't even think as he lifted his foot and kicked right under the door knob with all his might, causing the door to slam open, breaking off its hinges. He stood in the doorway and saw Lucy had a knife to her throat as tears fell from her eyes, and her shirt had the first 4 buttons unbuttoned showing her bra. The teachers hand froze and he looked up in shock.

Erik let out a growl as his vision went red and he grabbed the teacher and slammed him up against the wall, and began punching him. After he got four or five good shots, successfully breaking his nose, and giving him a black eye, he stopped and turned towards Lucy where she was slumped with her hands over her mouth and tears falling from her eyes.

"…Lucy I-" He started but was interrupted when she launched herself at him, burying her head in his shoulder. He tensed at first but relaxed as he held her while she cried.

"I-I was s-so scared! T-Thank you Cobra… T-Thank you so much!" She cried.

"It's okay, your safe now," He whispered to her. After she calmed down she looked at the gym teacher whom was unconscious, and shuddered.

"What now?" She asked Erik.

"Well we can report him if you want," He replied.

"But who would believe me?"

"Whoever see's the footage from the camera over there." He pointed over at the bookshelf where a light was blinking.

"How did you-"

"I just did," He said interrupting her question. She got up and walked over to the bookshelf, and picking up the camera. "So what do you want to do?"

"I want to report this creep," She said in an angry tone.

Duh Duh DUH! There we go with another chapter! Hope you enjoyed and finally a little bit of Eriks past is revealed! See you next time, and don't forget to review~!