Hey, just wanted to apologize for not uploading for awhile. My life has gotten extremely busy, and I am moving in two days, so that has its own problems. I've decided to make this a darker story from now on. Look up Light of Aidan Lament (ODST Version) on youtube for the music for the funeral. Normally, I don't listen to music like that, but it fits perfectly. I stayed up all night writing this, so enjoy. If ya want, leave a review. Completely up to you. Btw Happy New Years!
Till next time.
-Sgt Wolf 1336
Chapter 11: It Begins Again Part 2
A couple of months had passed since Wolf had gone missing. With no emergency beacon activated, and no sign of him, the Titans were forced to declare Wolf KIA. They held a small funeral for him, and erected a small plaque on the island, on which was written the words, "To Wolf, a Teen Titan, member of the Wolfpack, and a good friend. May he finally rest in peace." Terra just stood there, numbly, still unwilling to give him up for dead. Tears rolling down her face, she quickly turned away, not able to bear the sight of the funeral anymore.
She ran into the tower and up into her room, sobbing uncontrollably. Beast Boy watched Terra run off, then looked over at the rest of the Teen Titans. The Wolfpack was standing there, saluting the plaque solemnly. Robin was clenching and unclenching his fist, upset that he let his friend get captured. If only he had been there, maybe he could have stopped it from happening. Starfire was just staring at the plaque, her usually happy expression gone, replaced with a look of loss, sadness, and regret. Cyborg slowly saluted the plaque, then shook his head. He had liked Wolf, even if he didn't know him as well as the others did. Raven just stared into the distance, her expression unreadable. Beast Boy couldn't believe it. Wolf was gone. In the short time he had gotten to know him, Beast Boy had grown to like the young commando. Sure, he had somehow gotten Terra to fall head over heels in love with him in a matter of days, but he didn't hold that against him. He looked up at the sky and said softly, "I hope you find peace, Wolf. God knows you didn't have any on Earth."
Wolf convulsed in pain as his torturer jabbed a cattle prod directly into his side. He had been enduring nonstop torture for months on end, in which he had been slowly losing his grip on sanity, until his grip on reality hung by a very thin thread. That thread continued to fray, and the only thing keeping him alive was the thought of Terra. His captors knew that, however, and were using the very thing keeping him going against him. His eyes were almost swollen completely shut, and sweat dripped down the tattered remnants of his bodysuit. Blood dripped from numerous cuts all over his body onto the floor.
His captor stopped electrocuting Wolf, allowing him to slump over, and try to catch his breath. His breath came out ragged, and he spat out blood. The captor stood up, and said, "So, Wolf, I bet by now Terra's already forgotten about you. It certainly seems like it." Wolf looked up at her, and said nothing. His captor took off her mask and smiled, saying, "If you won't take my word for it, see for yourself."
Someone opened the door to the small room Wolf was in, and wheeled in a TV. His captor flipped on the screen, showing the inside of the Titan Tower. Wolf, against his better judgement, looked at the screen, heart breaking at what he saw. The screen showed Terra sleeping with Beast Boy, and by the sounds she was making, it seemed like she was enjoying every second of it.
His captor watched Wolf's face closely, seeing a momentary flash of emotion in what was before an emotionless face. It was so quick, that if she hadn't been looking for it, she wouldn't have seen it. She smiled and said, "We bugged the Titan Tower during the last battle. We didn't expect this little gem, but it would be rude to not show you." Wolf diverted his attention away from the TV screen, at his captor's face, and in a raspy voice that had gone hoarse from screaming, said, "Go. Fuck. Yourself. Ashleigh."
Ashleigh smiled, knowing how close she was to breaking him. She casually paced the room, saying, "What hurts the most, huh Wolf? The fact that in only two months, she went from madly in love with you, to forgetting all about you?"
Wolf winced as Ashleigh continued, saying, "What about the fact that not only did she forget about you, she's sleeping around with other guys."
Wolf felt his rage rising up, and knew that if he gave into his rage, they would have succeeded in their goal to break him. Ashleigh paused for a moment, then said, "How about the fact that not only is she sleeping with other guys, she went back to Beast Boy." She grinned and said, "And don't forget, by the looks of things, she's really enjoying herself. Guess I shouldn't play the part where Robin, Cyborg, and Beast Boy all fuck her at once. Oops!" she said, putting her hand over her mouth like a schoolgirl, and said, "Gave away the secret."
Wolf snapped and lunged at Ashleigh, wrapping his hands around her throat, and squeezing with all of his might. She easily picked up the cattle prod and shocked him senseless. She turned to the person who had brought in the TV and said, "Alright, wheel the TV out." She turned to walk out, and right before the cell door closed, said, "Don't forget the fact that your ex-girlfriend, the one you thought was dead, turned out to not only be alive, but had directly caused the deaths of your last two squads."
The door slammed shut, and Wolf crawled over near the door and picked up the object Ashleigh had dropped. It was his emergency beacon. He crawled back into the corner and examined it, as best he could considering the cell was pitch black except for one small light in the opposite corner. He contemplated activating the beacon, then decided against it and hid it where no one would ever find it. He knew he had broke, and the thin thread holding his sanity finally snapped.
Terra was sobbing into her pillow, when she heard a knock on her door. She weakly said, "Come in." Beast Boy opened the door, a somber expression on his face. Terra looked up at him, surprised. Beast Boy smiled sadly and handed her a black necklace with a single black dog tag. Confused, Terra looked at Beast Boy, who explained, "Wolf told me if anything happened to him, to give you this." Terra took the black necklace gently, and looked at the dog tag. On one side, in silver it had his unit insignia, and on the other, engraved into it, was her name.
Beast Boy said, "He told me to tell you he carries a duplicate on him at all times. It was his good luck charm." Terra teared up and said, "Thank you Beast Boy." He nodded and said, "I miss him too" and walked out of the room before she had a chance to respond. A while later, Raven walked in, unsettled. Terra noticed this and said, "Whats up Raven."
Raven stood there for a few minutes, then said, "I can still sense Wolf is alive. I can still feel his emotions, and what he's feeling. I was able to look through his eyes for a few minutes." Terra looked up in hope, then saw Raven's face and nearly choked. Raven's expression wasn't one of hope, it was one of horror and despair.
Terra hesitated and asked, "What did you see?" Raven sighed and said, "He's being tortured, severely. Not only physically, but mentally, verbally, and emotionally. They've cut him all over his body, and he's being electrocuted, burned, as well as countless other things. They also played a doctored video of you having sex with Beast Boy. It drove him over the edge, Terra. He was able to gain access to his emergency beacon, but he just hid it. He didn't use it. I felt his last grip on sanity shatter. They broke him."
Terra felt her heart shatter into a million pieces. Raven continued, and said, "I don't think he wants to be rescued. Not anymore, at least. I was able to activate the beacon, however, and I think we found him." Terra looked up and said, "Why are you telling me this, Raven?"
Raven paused and said, "I'm leaving the decision up to you. We can either launch a rescue mission to retrieve him, or we can leave him there." Terra looked at Raven like she was crazy and said, "Why would that even be a choice?" Raven sighed and said, "Think about it, Terra. He threw away his beacon. He saw the video, which he thinks is real. He lost his grip on sanity, and he's been severely tortured. I don't think he wants us to come for him."
Terra thought it over, than said, "No, i'm not leaving him there to die. I don't care what it takes, we need to rescue him."
Raven nodded and said, "I'll notify the teams." She turned and walked out. Terra looked at the dog tag that Wolf had instructed Beast Boy to give her, then put it on and walked out determined to get Wolf back. Raven had called everyone to the Ops room. After about ten minutes, they had gotten everyone together.
Raven briefed everyone on what she had experienced, sparing no detail. Then Robin stepped forward and said, "Alright, here's the plan. Terra, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Spectre, you are to secure and hold an LZ and Extraction Point half a klick east of the site. Everyone else is with me. We are gonna go in and rescue Wolf." Everyone nodded and rushed to get ready.
Wolf looked up, exhausted, having gone through another day of torture, as Ashleigh opened the door to his cell She placed all of his gear on a table nearby, then said, "Just wanted to give you one last look at your equipment. You'll never see it again." She walked over to Wolf and chained him up against the wall, leaving him unable to move. She looked over his body, and said, "You know, Wolf, you've got a nice body considering we've been torturing you for so long."
She reached a hand down what was left of his pants and grabbed his groin and said, "Tomorrow, i'm gonna make you forget all about Teresa." Wolf looked up, and growled out, "Her name is Terra." Ashleigh smiled sadistically and said, "Right, whatever. Doesn't matter what her name is, you'll forget all about her once you're inside me." Wolf spat out blood off to the side, then said, "What makes you think I want to be inside you." Ashleigh, tired of playing with Wolf, pulled her hand out of his pants and said, "What makes you think you have a choice."
Wolf shook his head and said, "You know, you're a cold bitch, Ashleigh. I don't understand what I ever saw in you." Ashleigh sneered and said, "Whatever, asshole." She walked outside of the cell, slamming it shut, and a tear ran down her eye. She started to cry, hating herself for doing this to a guy she once loved. No, she thought angrily, wiping tears away from her face, it had to be done. She walked back towards her room, unsettled.
They stuck four hours later, in the dead of night. Armed with suppressed weapons, flashbangs, and grenades, the Wolfpack and the Teen Titans hit the site Wolf was being held with cold precision. Twenty minutes later, they had located the cell Wolf was being held, and still hadn't triggered the site's alarm. They easily opened the cell door, then stopped dead in their tracks in horror.
Wolf was loosely chained against the wall in a kneeling position. He slowly looked up and recognized who had come. He tried to say something, but all that came out was a gurgled cough, as blood trickled down from his mouth and cuts all over his body. He had numerous burn marks all over his body, some electrical in origin, and some were from cigarettes. His eyes were all but swollen shut, and his lips were cracked. His bodysuit hung in tatters on his body, and the room was extremely cold.
Wordlessly, the two Wolfpack members unchained him and gently picked him up, supporting him between the two of them. Robin grabbed Wolf's equipment, and Raven went to the secret hiding spot and retrieved the emergency beacon. They escorted him out of the site, eliminating anyone who got near. They made it to the LZ point, and waited for the dropship.
Terra was waiting anxiously for the strike team to get back to the LZ. After what felt like hours, but was more like thirty minutes, she saw the team emerge from the surrounding foliage, carrying Wolf. She winced, when she saw Wolf's body, then teared up. Wolf tried to speak, but all that came out was some blood and a raspy sound. He tried again, determined, and managed in a raspy voice to say, "Don't worry, its not as bad as it looks." He tried to smile, but grimaced as the movement put strain on his already injured skin.
In the back of his mind, Wolf was replaying the video he had seen over and over again. He didn't really think she would do that, did he? He mentally shook his head and thought, so what if she did. Its not the end of the world. Wolf told the Wolfpack members carrying him, "I can walk on my own, thanks." The Wolfpack commandos looked at each other, then nodded and let go of him and took one step back, ready to catch him if he fell. They wondered with increasing agitation what was taking the drop ship so long.
Finally, the stealth drop ship arrived, and its ramp lowered. Spectre took a covering position as the strike teams funneled into the drop ship. Wolf took about five steps on his own, then fell down. He tried to get up, but he didn't have the strength in him to do it. Spectre went to help him, but Terra and Beast Boy got there first. They picked him up between them and carried him onto the drop ship. Spectre was the last to get onboard, then the drop ship closed its ramp, and took off. It cloaked and raced at top speed to Titan Tower, which would take about an hour and a half to reach.
Under the drop ship's lights, Terra got a better look at Wolf, as did the rest of the team, and they all gasped. Wolf had at least three broken ribs, judging by his disfigured abdomen. He had multiple fractures on his limbs, some had bones sticking out of the skin. On closer inspection, he also had multiple needle scars, evidence that drugs had been used on him. That, coupled with all of the burns and the cuts, many of which had gotten infected, made it a miracle that Wolf was still alive, much less able to walk. What was less visible was the mental damage done to him by his captors. A glimpse into his eyes showed his own private Hell, a look no one had ever seen from him before. Most of them knew he had PTSD before, but no one had ever seen what the effects of a torture session as severe as Wolf's did to someone who already had PTSD.
As the drop ship finally landed, the team rushed Wolf into the infirmary, with Terra never leaving his side. She was determined to stay with him every step of the way, no matter what happened. After three long hours, with multiple surgeries, blood transfusions, and a lot of first aid, Wolf was finally stabilized, and was put into a medically induced sleep. Terra pulled up a chair, and fell asleep with her hand tightly gripping his.
