A/N: What, another update? Yes, my readers, I give another update! It is, unfortunately, a lot shorter though it is merely an interlude...And eventually you'll discover how these interludes and the other chapters connect. There is one more interlude, though that's not for...five chapters this time. So if you really hate the interludes, a fair warning for when the last is coming.
Anyway, I shall let y'all get on with the story now.
A boy sat in a cold, metal room. He rubbed his neck that had a tight, metal collar around it. He practically felt the power humming in it. It always disturbed him what his father came up with, and he brought his hand down as he heard his father's breathing begin to slow down.
"Now, you should know I'm disappointed. I let you roam; I let you not have the collar. And yet you go behind me back, and leave the yard." His father was pacing behind him, and the boy continued looking down at the floor. The boy couldn't tell what his father was thinking, as the pacing stopped, though he guessed he was likely not happy. He didn't expect his silence to full the boiling rage, though.
"Insolence is not tolerated!" The boy was nearly thrown off his feet as his father cuffed him. In retaliation, the boy spits at his father's feet. His father grabs his dark hair and drags him so that they are eye-to-eye.
"Now, you listen to me." His son glared, but did nothing. "You will now be as trapped as that little brother of yours and now you're going to regret your idiocy." The man released his son, and his son rubbed his jaw.
"It's not fair father," the boy said as he bristled. The man watched him coldly and clenched his fists. "Ever since he came into our lives, you've cut me off from the world. I was free and happy out there, and you ruined it! You took it away because of him! Why do I have to suffer because of him?" The boy was shaking and his eyes were moist. He sniffed to try and fight the tears, because he didn't want to seem any weaker than he looked now. He knew it was a futile effort, because whatever his father thought of him was already in place. It didn't stop him from hoping that maybe this time might be different. Maybe he'll even listen to my words.
"You will regret your insolence." The man moved too quickly for the boy to process what was happening. His nose broke as his father's fist connected with it and blood began pouring down his face.
"Now, you will understand true punishment." The man gripped the boy's face as he spoke and dropped him where he flopped onto the ground. The man grabbed his son's shirt, and dragged him across the lab. The boy struggled, barely able to keep the collar from choking him.
"Stop!" he choked out. "Stop, please! I…I promise to do better next time!" Tears were now running down the boy's face and his voice quaked with fear. The man stopped briefly and looked down at his son.
"There will be no next time." The man continued to drag him, and the boy nearly had his leg broken when he tried to stop himself by putting his leg in a doorway. A swift kick to the side had the boy squealing and removing his leg. The man pushed him against a wall and the boy heard clinking above his head. His father put something around his wrists and then pulled him up.
"Dad…" The man turned away and shut the door he had dragged his son in through. His father's footsteps grew fainter and fainter until he could no longer hear the echo of them. The boy found himself in pitch darkness and he bowed his head in defeat. He had finally crossed the line, and his father had shown him that there was never any winning against him.
Now it's up to them to come and get us…though I suspect they will leave me to rot while they save him... The boy felt his tears speed up and mix with his blood. There is nobody who wants me…not even mother, never father…Why didn't I run when I had the chance?
A/N: Readers, I would really appreciate y'all giving a review of this. It's much loved and it's wonderful seeing your thoughts over what's happened. So now I leave you to it and see y'all later!
