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And now here's chapter ten!
Adam and Leo sat up on their cots as they heard the cell door unlock. Quentin came walking into the cell, closing the door behind him.
"What have you done to our sister?" Adam angrily asked him. Quentin smiled.
"Oh relax" the man replied "She's fine. She's having dinner with my son."
"What about Chase?"
"Oh, well that is a very different story.." His smile turned into a evil smile.
"What have you done to him?" Leo asked.
"Nothing compared to what I have planned for you two" Quentin replied. Leo gulped.
"What are you going to do to us?" Quentin laughed as he exited the room, "Let me just say that I hope you two are physically in shape…"
"What is that supposed to mean?" Adam asked.
"You'll find out soon enough." Quentin exited the cell, leaving Adam and Leo confused.
Meanwhile back at the dinner table Bree was starting to feel more and more uncomfortable.
"So" David started as he took a bite of his chicken, "You're an earthling huh?" Bree nods.
"Yes" she replied, "I am."
"Cool. I've never met an earthling before." Bree put on a fake smile, "My dad said you guys are just like us here."
"Yeah" the bionic then muttered under her breath, "Only not as mean."
"What?"
"Nothing" Bree quickly answered, raising her voice. David cleared his throat.
"So" he started, "Would you like a tour around the mansion after we eat?" Bree wanted to say no. She wanted to demand him to take her to her brothers, but she had made a deal with Quentin, so she nodded.
"Sure" she replied, "That sounds nice." David smiled.
"Really?" Bree nods, "Good, because at first I thought you were going to tell me no."
"Why did you think that?" Bree questioned.
"I don't know. It just took you a long time to answer."
"No I wasn't going to say no" Bree lied.
"Oh ok." They continued to eat. Bree finally decided to ask David about his father's actions.
"What does your father want with us?"
"Excuse me?"
"Why has he captured my brothers and I?"
"Your brother stole from his orchards."
"He didn't mean to steal anything. He was hungry."
"Well that's his fault." The bionic's face grew red.
"It's not Chase's fault!"
"Yes it is! Because of your brother, your other brothers will have to pay the price too!"
"What kind of price do they have to pay?" David just started down at his plate, "What's Quentin going to do to them?!" David finally looked up at the girl. He sighed.
"I don't know" David answered, "My dad didn't tell me, but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough…" He looked back down at his plate, "I'm glad I got to save you at least."
"I don't want to be saved if my brothers can't be saved with me" Bree muttered. The boy took a deep breath. "Look Bree. I know you probably think that I'm a bad person like my father is, but that's not true. I'm actually a nice guy." Bree looked at Davis surprised.
"Wait, you think your father's a bad person?" she questioned.
"Well not to me, but to other people? Yes." David sighed.
"I don't want to pry, but why is your dad so bad?"
"He wasn't always bad." David sat up straight and began to tell a story. "A couple of years ago, back when it was him me and my mother, he wasn't bad. He was actually really nice, friendly and helpful. He was never mean to anybody. Even the bad people around here he didn't treat badly. He just put them in jail, without torturing them or anything. Everyone was so happy back then." The boy's voice suddenly quieted down, "Two years ago, my mother became very ill and she died." Bree's face saddened. "I think my father's happiness came from her. My mother was always very kind, sweet and caring. After my mom's death, my father became bitter and cold."
"Why?"
"Because he starting becoming jealous of all the other men around here that still had their wives. After my mom died, he started to create harsh rules towards the villagers, throw innocent people in jail, kill people and so many other horrible things."
"I'm sorry about all of this David" Bree said with sympathy in her voice.
"It's alright." He smiles again, "I'm just glad I saved you in time. I just hope my dad doesn't do anything horrible to your brothers."
"I hope he doesn't either. I have to save them somehow."
"You can't. My father would kill you if he even suspected you of trying to rescue your brothers."
"Then why don't you just talk to him?"
"I don't know!" David cleared his throat. "There's nothing I can do." Bree looked down at her plate. She hoped that her brothers were doing fine. I mean Quentin did promise her that they would be ok as long as she pretended to like David. The two kids suddenly heard the door to the dining room start to open. "That must be my dad. Pretend to be talking about something else!" The door opened and in came Quentin who sat in a chair next to his son.
"Hello" Quentin greeted as he started to eat.
"Where have you been?" David asked his father.
"I decided to have some compassion on some of our prisoners" Quentin started, looking at Bree while saying so, "I was down in the cells taking care of some business." Bree smiled. Yes. Her brothers were ok…well at least for now.
"Oh" David replied. He then stood up, "Dad we're about to leave. I was going to show Bree around the mansion." Quentin frowned.
"For what?" he asked.
"I just want to show her around." Quentin rolled his eyes.
"Fine. You can show her around, but if she tries to attack you or escape…" he hands David his gun that was in his pocket. Bree's eyes widened. "Kill her."
"Dad I'm not going to need this."
"Take it anyway." The man then handed his son a key, "And once you're done giving her a tour, lock her back in the guest room." David sighed.
"Yes father." David walked over to Bree, "Come on Bree." As the two walked out of the dining room, Quentin told them,
"Have a nice tour." As soon as the kids exited the dining room, David began to apologize.
"I'm sorry that I have to carry this" he tells Bree. Bree doesn't respond. Great. There went her chance to try and escape. If David doesn't like what his father is doing, then why doesn't he say anything to him? Why did he willingly take the gun from his father to use on her if she tried to escape? David grabs her hand. Bree yanks her hand away.
"Don't touch me" she spits out at him.
"Sorry. Come on this way. I'll show you the swimming pool first." Bree rolled her eyes as she followed David down the hallway.
The next morning came quickly for Adam and Leo. At exactly eight o'clock sharp, Quentin came marching into the bionic boys' cell.
"Rise and shine boys!" Quentin yelled causing Adam and Leo to quickly wake up from sleeping, "Today's going to be a big day for you two!"
"What do you mean by that?" Adam asked curiously.
"Oh you'll see…" Quentin turned to face the outside of the cell door. "Bob and Steve! It's time!" In less than a minute, the two men came running into the cell.
"Yes sir" they both said to the leader. They then walked over to the bionics, grabbed them and jerked them up from their cots.
"Let us go!" Leo ordered.
"Quiet!" Bob told him, pinning Leo's hands behind his back in the process.
"Take them to the arena" Quentin told Bob and Steve.
"Yes sir" Steve answered, as he started to drag Adam out of the cell room, with Bob and Leo following behind them.
"Where are you taking us?" Adam asked as they were led out of the facility.
"To the arena" Steve answered, "Hope you're in shape to run a lot" Adam frowned. What was that supposed to mean? The brothers keep looking back and forth to each other as they got closer and closer to approaching the arena.
Bree walked into the arena alongside David and Quentin. Of course, she couldn't try and run away because Quentin had his gun tucked inside of his pants pocket as usual. Quentin had woke her up early in the morning to get her ready to go here. He had not told her why they were going to the arena. Once they were inside the arena, they took their seats that Quentin had reserved for them. Bree looked around to see tons of people trying to find seats in the arena. She then looked down at the floor to see nothing that sparked her excitement.
"What are we doing here?" the girl asked David and Quentin, "What's going to happen?"
"Every week there's an annual 'Beckle Games'" David explains, "My dad made it up. Basically one prisoner from my dad's prison each week gets chosen to fight the beckle."
"What's a beckle?" Bree asked.
"It's a really ferocious beast that usually is found roaming around in the forest." So that's what she and her siblings were running from when they first arrived on this plant. That beast thing was called a beckle. "Anyways everyone in the village is required to come and watch the fight. Sometimes the prisoners are lucky and defeat the beckle, but usually the beckle ends up mauling the prisoner to death." David smiled, "It's really fun to watch!" Bree wondered what kind of sick mind David had. How was an animal killing someone fun to watch? An animal mauling someone to death is horrible!
"Today two prisoners will be competing against the beckle" Quentin told the children, "I thought it would be twice as fun to watch with two people." He smiled evilly. Bree felt bad for whoever had to fight the beckle. At least it wasn't going to be her brothers.
After everyone was settled in the arena, the fight started to begin. Of course, Quentin made the announcements to start the fight.
"Bring out the prisoners!" Quentin screamed into his microphone he had received before sitting down. Everyone started to cheer as two teenagers were thrown out onto the floor from a hidden door on the floor. Bree's eyes widened when she realized who the two teenagers were. They were her brothers, Adam and Leo!
"Adam! Leo!" Bree screamed.
"Release the beckle!" Quentin shouted. Out of another hidden door across from the door the bionics had entered came a huge beckle. The door shut behind the beckle and the bionic boys so none of them could escape the arena. "Let the games begin!" There was a ringing sound and everyone watched and cheered as the beckle began to slowly approach Adam and Leo. Bree angrily turned to face Quentin.
"How could you?!" she screamed at the man, "Those are my brothers! You broke your promise."
"I did not break my promise" Quentin calmly told her, "I promised I wouldn't kill them. And I won't. The beckle will." he laughs evilly. David looks at his father in shock.
"Father" he says, "Are those Bree's brothers down there?" Quentin doesn't answer because he's too busy laughing. Bree furiously stands up from her seat.
"I'm not going to just sit here and let this happen." Quentin pulls out his gun and points it at her.
"I would take my seat missy if I were you" he threatens. Bree quickly sits back in her seat, blinking back tears that were coming out of her eyes.
"Dad" David exclaims, "Stop this fight at once! You can't kill off Bree's brothers! Find some other prisoners for this!"
"It's too late now son" Quentin tells, "Now be quiet and enjoy the fight." David looks like as if he was about to tell his father no, that he was not going to be quiet, but the boy only nodded and started to watch the fight again. Bree watched silently as she saw her brothers talk to each other, probably trying to think of an idea to defeat the beckle. Bree slowly sunk back in her seat and closed her eyes, hoping that her brothers would find a way to somehow kill the beast that was attacking them and survive the fight.
Chase rolled around on the floor back and forth to continuously try and keep warm. Even without his bionics he could calculate that the cell room temperature was somewhere around 5-10 degrees Fahrenheit. A couple of minutes ago it felt a little warmer than that, but then again that could've been hours ago. He had been drifting in and out of consciousness since Quentin had taken the bandages off of his leg, so he wasn't sure how much time had passed by since the last time he was fully awake. Even though he was not fully sure of it, the bionic guessed that Quentin was purposely making the temperature in the cell drop lower and lower every hour so that he could suffer through pain before dying. Chase had attempted to sit up and try to reach for the blanket on the cot earlier, but it was pointless. His leg hurt too much to move.
The sounds of people cheering and screaming echoed throughout the cell from outside the facility. Chase wished he knew what was going on. Hopefully the cries of people cheering and screaming had nothing to do with any of his siblings. Out of nowhere Chase felt a wave of dizziness come over him and he slowly fell back into unconsciousness.
So, how was that? Hope you liked it. Man, so Quentin lied to Bree, put Adam and Leo in an arena and put them up against a beckle to fight? And he's also forcing Bree to watch the fight? Talk about cruel. Quentin also is turning Chase's cell room temperature down lower and lower every hour to torture him? That's really cruel too! Questions for you,
What do you guys think of David so far?
Do you think Adam and Leo will defeat the beckle and survive?
Please make sure to leave some reviews for me and see you next chapter. Hopefully I can update soon, but no promises :) Until next time!