HURTING HANDS

Legolas forced the tears from his eyes. Not an Elf. A nothing. The one no-one wanted. Maybe Rayne did care, and that's was why he got beat. Nothing. the word ran through his head. Rayne stood watching the struggle.

"Not so tuff now, huh?" Rayne fondled Legolas's hurt ear. Legolas whimpered.

"I'm the same from the day I came here." Legolas hissed. Rayne slapped him.

"Here is a question. Why do I keep you here? Oh, wait, I know that answer. Because I'm the only one that wants you. Listen to me, boy, your nothing. There is no family to go home to. Nothing. Like you." Rayne pulled Legolas's face close to his.

"You lie. You've lied ever since I came here. I'm not nothing, you are!" Legolas yelled. Rayne placed a finger in one of the bleeding wounds one his back.

"I can do what I want to do. I'm not nothing. You see, because you live here, that makes you mine. All mine." Rayne said. Legolas winced.

"I'll never be yours." Legolas spoke the words slowly, emphasizing each word. Rayne frowned.

"Have you yet to learn? You can't be your own. You are nothing. Know nothing, see nothing. Nothing. Is that clear? Mine. All mine." Rayne ran a hand through Legolas's hair.

"Don't touch me." Legolas swatted Rayne's hand away. Rayne stared at Legolas.

"Your too pretty. Let's take care of that." Rayne lifted a knife. He made to hit Legolas's neck, and hit his hair. Legolas watched in horror as his hair fell to the ground. Rayne smiled as Legolas's hair fell to the ground, ending it shoulder length.

"I marked you. Mine. All mine." Rayne whispered. Legolas bit back the tears.

"I don't care. I'm not yours. Never have been, never will be. You try to brainwash me, yet it hasn't worked. It never will work." Legolas said. Rayne slapped him.

"I would think better of you. Mine. Such a childish word. Yet a useful one. Listen to me, brat, I don't care how you act, you are not smart enough to get out. Never have been, and you never will be. You can act like an adult, you can behave like a brat, but remember, there is no-one for you. No-one. Learn that." Rayne said. Legolas allowed one tear to fall down his cheek. "Yet, there is nothing you can do. This is my fight. you have tried to destroy my life for so long, now I fight back. Never again. I refuse to take punishment by your hands. A last stand you said was made years ago against Sauron. Now, I take my stand. I not only fight you, but fight the one who placed this curse on me. Curse Sauron, Curse you. I haven't fallen to Sauron yet, and I won't fall to you." Legolas said. Rayne picked up a glass bottle, and swung it into Legolas's head. And all went black.

* Off of the last check, still no right answer. Here is a hint, it is someone that several like, a main character, and very dirty. Try that. Keep guessing. I'll get more up tomorrow. Please review.