Oh my gosh. I updated! Sorry for the forever wait.
It was super hard to write this chapter because I couldn't give away who the captor was until the end and that screwed me up a lot considering I wanted to add a certain ending to each of his sentences. But, here you all are. An update!
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~Endintro~
Arthur woke up with a dark vision. She blinked a few times to make sure his eyes were in fact open, and then started to panic. When he went to reach up to touch his face, he found his arms wouldn't move. He twisted them then cried out as he felt something cut into his skin. More aware now that he couldn't see, Arthur began to take in some details.
For one he was gagged, and couldn't move his mouth that well around it. He noticed that he was tired up and the chill brushing over this body indicated that he wasn't wearing any clothes. After thinking it over some more, he decided that something was blocking his vision though he hadn't figured out what.
After a while of the silence, Arthur heard the door being opened and closed. He froze when the footsteps came in his direction.
His captor smirked removing the gag. "Fearing for our life?"
Arthur's eyes widened, finally seeing who was keeping him like this. "You… Why? Aren't you supposed to be on our side!?" He yelled in confusion.
The figure chuckled. "Naïve little being. I never WAS on your side! I'm evil! Evil can never be good."
Arthur grit his teeth. "I despise you. You're a traitor to us all! You knew all along what you were doing. I bet there's no chance of us winning this war… And it will be your fault only."
"Only my fault? Have you not looked around you carefully? You'd notice I am but one among three."
Arthur froze, thinking it over. Three? How could there be three? If he's one… The closest to him! But… WHY? He looked back at his captor. "Who else?" He asked trying to sound brave. In reality, he was scared to death.
"You are so foolish. I would not betray a comrade."
Arthur scoffed. "You betrayed us. I don't see how you don't see it as betraying comrades."
A grin. "We were never comrades, Arthur. We were and always will be enemies. Whether or not we play by the rules is another matter. My lovely sister could care less what I do. Now enough chit chat. I have to be on my way."
Arthur was once again shaking in fear. "W-what do you mean?" He asked, his voice cracking in the middle.
"You didn't think you'd get out unharmed after finding this out did you?" A sigh. "You really are foolish it seems." His captor said, going over and trailing a knife down the exposed skin.
"I wonder how long it will take before you scream." A chuckle as the knife was stabbed into his hand.
Arthur held back the scream he knew would come. He shut his eyes to stop the tears. But by god, he couldn't stop the tensing of his body which made the pain worse. It hurt so much!
"Aw, why hold your beautiful screams in? Let me hear them." The knife was stabbed into his other hand as the last word was said.
This time in unbearable pain, Arthur let out a scream. "Stop! Please!"
All he heard was laughing as the knife continued to stab him wherever his captor pleased. "Why would I do that, slave?"
Arthur opened his eyes, allowing the tears he held in to fall. He looked at his captor with as much hate as he could muster in his pain filled state. "I will find a way for the others to find out and believe me I WILL kill you!"
"I'd like to see you try." A new voice said.
Arthur looked to the source and cursed every living thing in the room. "FE-" He tried to yell but he was gagged again.
"Now, now. Don't get shouting what you're not supposed to."
Arthur huffed. "Muh hfmh mwyu!"
"What was that? I couldn't hear you over my victory." He captor grinned.
Arthur closed his eyes, taking deep breaths to calm down. As much as he wanted to kill them he couldn't. Not when he was in this position.
"Tell me Arthur…" The second figure said. "Are you by chance… Pure?"
Arthur's eyes snapped open and he shook his head frantically more tears falling. Anything but that.
His captors looked at each other, and then motioned for the third member to enter.
Arthur stared at the three people in front of him. The two people that had been the kindest to him where evil…. Oh how he was screwed. Literally!
Arthur studied each of them carefully. After trying to talk around the gag again, it was moved so they could make out what he was saying.
"Why?"
"Why? Hm… Good question. The answer to that is simple. We hate you all. You have all ruined us in some way. This is just a simple way of getting revenge."
Arthur swallowed before speaking slowly. "But… What about your brother? How do you think he will be when he finds out the one person he cares about the most is out to ruin him?"
A chuckled. "Him? He only knows how to run! He's a stupid being if you ask me. I should be the controller in the family. But no. He gets everything. Its time they see I'm not stupid."
Arthur stared in horror at the once innocent Italian. With the last thought in the air, the three captors walked away leaving him alone.
Arthur closed his eyes. "Your stronger than this Feliciano Vargas. I know you are." He said into the air.
Feliciano looked at Ivan then at Elizaveta. "When do we leave to head back to our own quarters?"
"Sometime tomorrow I would say. Did your sister give any specific instructions on when we should return Ivan?"
"No. She just told me to do what I had to. I don't plan on letting him live though. He knows to much. Our whole mission could go downhill if the others find out because we let him live."
"I agree." Feliciano and Elizaveta said, before returning to their respective positions to put back the false act that would never be real.
"Ve~ Fratello, how is dinner coming along?"
"Roddy, can you help me with this?"
Ivan chuckled, watching Alfred. "Beware of those around you… Prince."
~startcloser~
And there you have it. I hope you enjoyed and it makes up for having you wait forever.
