Brokenness pt.21

Hello, hope you are having a good day. Now that Christmas is over, I will be updating my other stories.

David took Joe to the base. Joe saw that it was the mansion Leo grew up in.

"After the fire, I had synths rebuild the place. Now, its strong enough for me to hide my family." David explained.

"How will we get our families back?"Joe asked.

"Easy. You will go to them and earn their trust and tell us their location. Then I will come and take my family home."

"You know better than me how to find them."

David smiled slightly.

"You are very smart. Yes, I do know how to find them. Leo has a tracking device in his brain. The only problem is that they do not trust me." David said.

"They don't trust me either." Joe answered.

"They trust you more than they trust me. We'll tell you their location. Bring them to the clearing. I will take it from there."

"Deal."

Leo and Mattie woke to hear Laura talking to someone. They went outside and saw Laura talking to Joe.

"What are you doing here?" Mattie hissed.

"I'm sorry. I was wrong for being against Leo. I was blind. Now I know that he was just doing what needed to be done." Joe replied.

"How did you find us?"

"It doesn't matter. I know someplace safe. We have to hurry before David finds us."

"Let's go." Leo stated. They followed Joe not knowing what would happen. It was almost sunset when they got to the clearing. They stopped when they saw the house. Leo backed away and tried to get to the forezt. "No. Not there. We can't go there."

"You have no choice, Leo." David said as he came out of the woods with sevetal synths. "Just the synths, my children and Elise's kids. The rest can go home."

The synths tried to capture the Elstets. They grabbed Leo who screamed and called out for his family. Joe restrained Mattie as Leo, Elise and the children were drugged and thrown into a van. The synths were powered down and thrown into the van. David handed Joe keys to a suv.

"Thank you for your help." David thanked. Joe nodded. Everyone was in shock. The Hawkins were almost home when Mattie punched Joe.

"Why did you do that? Why did you hurt them?"Mattie exclaimed.

"I had to protect you."Joe answered. "One day you'll see that."

"I will never forgive you."

"You will going back to Uni next month. I suggest you do better. Harun said that he would watch the twins."

"No. I will not go back. I will take care of my kids."

"Harun is a good man."

Meanwhile, Elise woke up and saw that her kids were asleep. She sat up and groaned. She remembered what had happened and ran to the door only to find it locked.

"You'll never get out. Not with that behavior." David mocked.

"You know nothing." Elise hissed.

"I know you won't leave without all of your kids. Look at them."

Elise looked but couldn't see Annabeth.

"Where's Annabeth?" Elise questioned.

"She's fine. Don't worry. But if you don't stop fighting she will not be fine." David answered. Elise went to the bed and watched as David left the room. When the door was closed, Elise looked around at her new prison cell. David went to Leo's room. He saw that Leo was awake and was fighting against the chains that restrained him. David smiled.

"If I were you, I wouldn't fight. You'll hurt yourself." David warned. Leo tried to get away from David. David drugged Leo and then pulled out a whip and unchained Leo. "Now, its time for me to have some fun."

David whipped Leo and Leo cried out in pain. For the next few hours, Leo was tortured. When it was over, he curled up in a ball in the corner and cried. David left the room. When he was gone, Leo got up and escaped from the room only to be grabbed by David. David dragged Leo back into the room and punched him. Leo cried out in pain. Then another man came in with a bottle and syringe.

"No." Leo cried knowing what they were going to do.

"Yes." David answered as he filled the syringe. The man held Leo down while David injected Leo with the liquid. Leo tried to fight it but couldn't. When he was asleep, David sighed. "One day, he will learn."

Over the next week, Leo grew stronger but he acted as though he was very weak. One day, he was being tortured because he didn't eat.

"You will learn to obey me." David hissed. Leo broke down and cried.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I disobeyed you. I'm sorry. Please, forgive me." Leo lied. David kneeled next to Leo and pulled Leo into a hug.

"You understand that I'm just trying to help you. I don't want to hurt you."

"I know. I'm sorry."

Leo managed to grab David's phone and hide it. David pulled away and smiled. Leo smiled back slightly.

"You need to eat." David said.

"Can I wait till after I rest? I didn't sleep last night and this morning has left me with no energy." Leo answered.

"I'll come back with lunch and you will eat."

"Ok."

Leo laid down on the bed and waited for David to leave. When the door was closed, Leo did what he needed to do. He put his code on the phone and wiped all of David's stuff. Then he texted Toby. He knew that he had to hide the phone so he quietly snuck out of the room. He managed to get outside into the bitter cold. He shivered and started to run to the woods. When he got there, he called someone.

Ed looked at his phone and saw a text from Leo. Then he saw that someone was calling him. He answered it.

"Hello?" Ed asked.

"Ed, it's me. It's Leo. David has us. I don't know what he's done with the others but I fear that he's going to do something with my code. I sent you my code, give it to Toby." Leo explained.

"Shouldn't I give it to Mattie?"

"No. Do not involve her. I fear what could happen. Toby knows where we are. You have to find us but be careful. David will know that you are coming. I'm going to try and stall him and distract him. Hurry."

"I will."

Leo hung up and hid the phone where he would always hide as a child. Then he went back to the house and slept. At lunch, David came in with lunch. David shook Leo who panicked at the touch and started fighting. David calmed him down.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.I have your lunch." David said. Leo nodded and ate quietly. When he was done, he laid down only to sit up and vomit. "You stupid boy. You know better."

"I'm sorry." Leo moaned.

"Sorry won't do."

David pulled out a knife and Leo backed into a corner and curled up in a ball.

"I said that I was sorry." Leo cried. David cut Leo's body until he was it was over, Leo laid on the ground and sobbed. "I didn't mean to."

David put his hand on Leo's shoulder causing Leo to whimper.

"I didn't want to hurt you but I had to. You know that." David said. Leo nodded weakly. "Let's get you to bed."

"I can't move. I can't feel my feet. It's so cold." Leo moaned before he 'passed out'. David shook Leo.

"Leo, you have to wake up. I need you to wake up."

Leo didn't respond. David sighed and left the room. When Leo heard the door close, he groaned and sat up. He saw that the bottom of his feet were bleeding. He saw his socks and put the on. Then he followed David to his workshop.

"What of the four synths?" David asked.

"They are still asleep. Should we wake them?" A woman answered.

"No, this isn't about them or Elise. What of her daughter?"

"She's fighting against us."

"Let the child be with her mother."

"Yes, sir."

The woman left. Leo remained hidden.

"Tonight, I will bring Leo here and we will start testing him." David said. Leo ran outside to his hiding place and grabbed the phone. He went back inside and faked his memories and sent his real ones to Ed. He hid the phone and went to sleep.

Ed saw a text from Leo. He had arrived where the conscious synths were hiding. Flash and Ten went to him.

"I have news. Toby, Rene, and Laura will be here soon." Ed said. When the other three arrived, they listened to Ed. "Leo made contact with me. He sent me his code and warned us about David. He just sent a text. 'Dear everyone, we need help soon. The others are fine. My synthetic siblings are asleep and Elise and her children are fine. Tonight, David will start experimenting me. I have sent Toby the updated version of my code. I may never make contact till you safe us. Please do not involve Mattie. I do not want her to get hurt. They are many synths. Maybe you could use a pulse to knock all of them out or something. Do what you can and hurry.'"

"Luckily he was giving me lessons. Send me the link. He's being smart. I think he deleted the memories of today so that he can hide in front of David. I can make a pulse to knock out the synths but it means that I will have to get very close to the house and no synths can come near." Toby explained.

"What about Leo?"

"I can save him and Elise. I can't save the four but they aren't even awake. I'll get started."

"When he uses the pulse, we can go in and capture the remaining humans and save our family."

"Do it. We will meet in one week." Laura said. "If Leo texts you, sent it to Toby. Joe will not suspect him or Rene."

"Can I go over to Rene's everyday till I create the pulse? She can help me and dad will think that we are doing school." Toby answered.

"Ok."

When they got home, they were in the kitchen when Joe came in.

"Where were you?" Joe asked.

"I went to pick Toby up. He was with Rene." Laura answered.

"Yeah. We were helping each other with school. We have a big test in a couple of weeks. I'll be going over to her place a lot." Toby replied.

"Why not here?" Joe wondered.

"Wouldn't be very nice of me. Besides, I would still have to take her home."

"Fine. Where's Mattie?"

"She's in her room. She had to take Elle Faith to a doctor's appointment and try to avoid Harun." Laura sighed. Joe went to Mattie's room and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Mattie mumbled. Joe opened the door and saw Mattie looking on her laptop.

"Harun approached you?" Joe asked.

"Yeah but he kept touching me and trying to kiss me."

"He just wants to make you happy."

"But it doesn't. That's not what I want."

"Leo did that to you."

"No, he didn't. He did it when I needed comfort. I don't need comfort. Besides, I am married and I will not have an affair."

"You need to get over Leo. He's probably happier without you."

"No. I don't believe that."

Mattie stood up.

"Now, I need to care for the twins so you need to leave." Mattie said. Joe left the room and Mattie sat down. Laura knocked on the door and went in and saw Mattie in bed crying. Laura sat on the bed and put her hand on Mattie's shoulder. "I miss him, mum."

"I bet he misses you." Laura answered. "I'm going to tell you something but no one can know that you know."

"What is it?"

"Leo made contact with Ed. Leo will be sending Ed his code. Ed is to send it to Toby. We are going to bring them home but he doesn't want you involved."

"Because of the baby."

"Right. Toby and Rene are making a pulse to get rid of the synths at David's house."

"Mum, these synths are different. They have a special code that prevents them from things like that."

"How do you know?"

"Mum, I didn't have an appointment for Ella Faith. That's not till Friday. I did have to get something to eat afterward. Have Toby come here."

"But you shouldn't know about this."

"I don't. All I know is that my husband is suffering."

"I will."

TBC

Longer chapter because of my hiatus. I literally started the new year with the flu.