Chapter 2: Internal Battles, External Bleeding.
He kept running and running but felt like he was going nowhere. He knew this place almost as well as Boris and the guards. So why the fuck could he not find the way out! He could hear Boris' footsteps echoing off the walls...he was coming for him.
"Talaaaa." Boris cooed and Tala could swear he suddenly heard the other children laughing at him but where the hell were they? He ran faster, he sure as hell wasn't going to stop and loose his slight advantage of being a few footsteps ahead of the Abbey leader.
Then he saw it, a light! 'Oh thank fuck!' the red said and he reached for it. He could taste the freedom as he reached his hand out towards the door then something knocked at his feet. Tala fell smashing his face on the cold stone floor. He scrambled to get up but was knocked back into place when he felt a heavy boot on his back. Something was jammed into his neck before he was thrown over Boris' shoulder and carried down to the basement. Tala tried to scream in protest but nothing came. He tried to struggle against his capture but his body wouldn't cooperate. Everything felt so fucking heavy then it all went black.
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Crimson eyes slowly blinked themselves open as Kai took a few moments to remember where he was and why. Soft whimpering noises brought his attention to the red head lying next to him. Kai's heart sank as he saw the torment sketched across Tala's face, he looked as if he were about to break down and cry. The bluenette climbed onto the bed and perching himself on an elbow lay next to the wolf. He once again found himself running fingers through the fiery locks with thoughts of scooping the red head up in his arms running through his mind.
Kai had long since given up on fighting off the thoughts he had of Tala from his mind. He knew that Tala would never go for a man, let alone him. Tala was always saying how much he cared for Kai like a brother and how he was the only family Tala had ever known. But no matter how much Kai mentally punched himself and put himself down, the thoughts continued. Then they turned into dreams. Fuck the dreams; Kai both welcomed and hated them.
'You realise if he were to wake up and see us like this he'd kick your ass, right?' The thought struck him and he removed his fingers from Tala's hair.
'You're still in his bed...you know in case you forgot...oh and you held his hand all last night. Very under the radar.'
(Shut-up! I'm here as his best friend, because I know what it's like to wake in the hospital alone and he doesn't deserve that. And the hand thing was just for comfort, I didn't really think about it.)
'Stop making excuses, you know you love him! Kai and Tala sitting in a tree K-I-S-'
(Oh for fucks sakes!)
Kai's little internal argument was interrupted when a nurse walked into the room. Taking in the scene of Kai lovingly lying by Tala's side she smiled.
"Good Afternoon sir. I'm just here to check your boyfriend's vitals. I believe the doctor will be in within the hour to do a check up and give you some details about Mr Ivanov's psyche evaluation. "
"Good after-" Kai flushed realising what the nurse said. "Oh no, I'm not his boyfriend. We're just close friends..." The nurse just simply gave a humouring nod and smiled again at Kai.
She began looking everything over, making notes as she did. "His heart rate and blood pressure are a little high." Looking at Tala's face she saw it to be covered in sweat and his bottom lips slightly trembling.
She placed the back of her hand against Tala's forehead double checking for signs of a fever and finding none. "Oh my, you must be having a bad time in there..."
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He was strapped to a cold metal table. Feeling the cold everywhere he realized that he had been stripped down his boxers. He panicked and pulled against the leather restraints that held him down, but they wouldn't budge. He could see the scientists in the white jackets running around him from computer to computer. Some were also huddled around what appeared to be a glass tank. He heard them murmuring to each other something about a special chip.
Then one of them was hovering over him. "He's awake." He called to the others. Then four others came over and joined him as they began to connect a series of tubes to his body. He wriggled around on the small table trying to escape. A mask was placed over his face as he began to scream slurs at the scientists. He heard one of them yell that they were ready. For what?
A needle was injected into his forearm and he felt as his muscles began to relax. A large man came to the side of the table and removed the restraints. 'Now is my chance.' The red thought in excitement, but once again his body failed him as it wouldn't move. The large man then threw him over his shoulder as if he were nothing and placed him into the glass tank. The man wrapped a harness around Tala to keep him suspended and then the tank was closed. Tala's eyes darted around the room then his feet felt wet...he panicked. The fucking tank was filling with a green liquid. What the hell were they planning on doing to him?
Then Boris' evil smile was in his view. He said something about creating perfection but everything was muffled to him. He began to get feeling back in his limbs and he instinctively grabbed at his neck and chest as the liquid rose over his head. He couldn't breathe! Boris smirked once again and then once again Tala found himself plunged into darkness.
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