Scarlet Love
Chapter Thirteen:
Blessed Darkness
By: NightChild
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Pain. It seemed that the whole world was made of pain to Heero. Sluggish pain, sharp, stabbing pain, throbbing pain, numb pain…any other type of pain that one could physically feel, he felt it. And he was becoming nearly desperate. After only what actually were a few hours, but felt much longer, he was ready to destroy himself to destroy them. His torturers. His demons. His captors. Everything. He would have destroyed them all, including himself, by that time, if it weren't for the drugs that fogged his mind, only letting the pain through.
His drug-fogged mind barely registered movement near his right, hardly noticed the first stab of pain in his arm…but fully got the message of lancing pain through his inner right thigh. He felt something thickly liquid, and warm flowing down his leg from his thigh, felt the pain, but could do nothing about it, except grit his teeth and refuse to let any tears that tried to form fall. Intense, that was the only way to describe the pain.
Dull…
Alone…
Afraid…
Hurt…
Dismal…
A scream nearly tore itself from his parched throat as a burning, hot pain flashed over him. The pain couldn't be located to one spot by his tired mind; it just felt like it was everywhere and nowhere at once. So agonizing was the pain, his mind was slowly slipping into the blessed darkness that was unconsciousness. 'Help me…Duo…' were the last thoughts his mind could form before he was swiftly swept off into darkness…salvation…even if for a short amount of time.
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As the jeep-like vehicle filled with four ex-pilots, many guns and other weapons sped toward where they all assumed, hoped, Heero Yuy was being held, Duo felt himself slipping further and further from the others seated with him. 'It's all my fault. I should've never gone to him, he would still be safe…'
A concerned voice and a gentle hand on his shoulder brought Duo from his thoughts. "It's not your fault, Duo. You couldn't have done anything differently."
Looking up from his hands that were clenched in his lap, Duo met the kind, aqua eyes of Quatre. 'Always so kind…too kind…too understanding.' He thought bleakly, as he let a mask of a smile fall into place over his openly tenebrous expression.
Wufei glanced at Maxwell. "We will rescue him, Maxwell. Not to do so would be a great injustice to the world. [1]" he said while looking into falsely optimistic violet eyes, before turning away to tend to some of the weaponry.
Slightly encouraged (not by much), Duo's eyes brightened for a moment. 'We…have to save him…' his eyes dulled with dark emotions, 'If we don't, I doubt I'll be able to continue living.'
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Darkness…weightlessness…painlessness…
Nothing else was real…I was free…I didn't want to go back. They couldn't find me here. I was safe here. But…I had to go back. Duo…. Because of him, I had to let the light drag me back to my broken, bloodied, pathetic body. Pain would be all I could feel in a moment. But that didn't matter; I had to go back…it wasn't my time for this wonderful numbness yet. I still had things to do, to live for. Someone to live for.
With that, I was suddenly back in the blinding light of life, of consciousness, of pain.
"We've got him back." Was all Heero heard in his brief moment of lucidity, before he willed himself back into unconsciousness….
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[1]: What Wufei said seemed to fit the moment, I usually don't like to have him say "injustice" because it's widely over-used…but it fit, so I used it.
AN: Quite the angsty bit of writing, ne? I just know that people are gonna hate me for all of the bishi-torture in this chapter, but it had to be done…plot devices and all.
I'm very surprised at the amount of reviews "SL" is getting, pleasantly surprised…keep 'em coming, they make me happy, and a happy authoress is an authoress that is gonna write more, faster.
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