Voices. Charlie could hear voices, but he couldn't yet understand them. It felt as if he had been listening to them for an eternity. Every so often a tremor of extreme pain would course through his body. Right before he thought it was going to kill him it would subside. Now the pain came again. This time he could hears his own screams above the voices. When the pain retreated, Charlie felt his eyes open. His vision was blurry so at first all he could see was the cloudy form of his body. He saw that he was strapped to a chair. He had tiny wires attached to various points of his upper body. As he regained his sight Charlie noticed when the voices were coming from. There were two men. One was an old man with white hair to match his white lab coat. This man was talking with the other, more fearful man. This man had hair the color of gold that flowed down his back in a loosely tied braid. This man also wore a silver mask. Charlie knew who this man was but could not yet concentrate his thoughts enough to remember from where. The two
men began to walk towards him as they spoke to one another.
"So this is the only man left? I do not see why. He does not look much different from
the others."
"It is not his body that keeps him going. He has a strong mind."
"Well a man's mind can easily be broken, you just need the right angle to approach him with."
This man was terribly mistaken. Charlie would not break; he would continue to fight because he has made a promise to Cammy. He slowly lifted his head upwards and stared at the man with an almost animal hate.
"Why, he's awake. So nice of you to join us. My assoicate de negocio here tells me that you have a strong mind, and from the look in you eyes I know he speaks the truth. You look at me with such a pure hate. You have never even met me. I'm almost offended."
After hearing him speak again, Charlie could remember where he had seen this man before. He was Vega DeCerna, second in command of Shadowlaw. Intelligence says that he wears the silver mask to hide a highly disfigured face. Vega spoke again.
"What is your name boy?"
Charlie spit in his face. Vega began to laugh and spoke to Charlie as he removed his mask.
"Such a futile attempt to be brave."
Charlie prepared himself to see the face of a monster. His breath caught when he saw him. His face was absolutely perfect, almost angelic except for his eyes. They were ice blue, almost translucent and gave a glimpse into the man's cold soul. He must have been staring for longer then he intended to because Vega spoke.
"Why do you look so surprised to see my face? It must be that silly belief that I cover my face because I am gruesome. American's will assume anything is fact if they believe it is so for long enough."
Just then the wires attached to Charlie's body once again began to send pulses of electricity throughout Charlie's body. His back bucked forward and he bit down on his lower lip to keep from screaming out loud. But inside his mind was shrieking. After the tremors had passed, Charlie could feel the blood running down his chin. Vega looked at him with and amused and puzzled face.
"So, you manage not to scream when your awake when just minutes ago you sounded
like a little child. Such pride. Look you have nearly bitten your own lip off."
Vega reached his arm out to touch the blood on Charlie's chin. As he liked it off his fingers he said,
"Do not worry, It's just blood, you will be seeing a lot more of it in the near future. Now down to business, why are you such a determined little soldier? What are you fighting me for?"
Charlie answered him with silence and a hard glare.
"Alright then. Maybe we should try a more direct approach."
Vega looked at the doctor.
"Hook him up to as many more electrodes as you can fit on his worthless body."
He then grabbed a scalpel from a nearby table and ripped the remainder of Charlie's clothing off. Charlie didn't move. He only stared forward until he remembered his pants. He then made the horrible mistake of looking at the heap of cloth on the floor.
Vega had noticed his movement and investigated his interest.
"What is this?"
He picked up the shredded cloth and watched as a photo fell from it. Vega picked the photo up and gazed at it and smiled maliciously.
"This la señorita looks just like you. As a matter of fact, she is your daughter. I'm right am I not?"
Charlie didn't react; he couldn't react now Cammy was in danger.
"I'll assume from your silence that she is. Why she cannot be older than 16. 16, such a young age to possess such beauty. Tell me her name."
Silence from Charlie again.
"You do not wish to tell me her name? Well then I'll have to find out for myself, such a beauty cannot remain nameless."
Charlie could not hide the pain for his daughter in his eyes.
"Are you afraid that I might hurt her? Do not worry your little head; what I'm going to do to her won't hurt. Well for such a young girl it might at first, but before I am done she will be screaming not in pain but for more."
Vega licked his lips as he gazed at the photo of Cammy. Charlie could no longer hold in his rage. Just the thought of this lunatic hurting his little girl made his soul scream.
"You fucking bastard! I'll swear to God if you so much as touch her I will kill you!"
Vega pounced on Charlie with an animal's speed and placed the scalpel under his chin.
"Bastard? I'll have you know I am of noble blood. And I will not let some dirt boy desecrate my linage. And you are certainly in no position to tell me whom I can and cannot violate. But you know who the bastard really is? Your little girl, you are never going to see her again and she is never going to see you again. However you do not have to worry because she will be well cared for. I'll make sure of that. A girl of such beauty will get a lot of attention from me."
He smiled at Charlie as he licked the remaining blood off of his chin and stepped away from him. Charlie felt his heart ripping from his chest. He didn't know if it was the wires attached to his entire body or the thought of never seeing Cammy again. He prayed that Guile had not been captured along with him. That he would be able to protect Cammy. The last thing Charlie heard before the voices in the back of his mind demanding obedience overwhelmed him was Vega's sinister voice.
"Good-bye little soldier, I'll tell your daughter you said hello, right before I…"
Charlie refused to listen. Instead he looked at the photo of him and Cammy together and smiled. Then she was gone and his eyes closed.
Sorry so sad =*( Tell me what you think.