Midnights Sky

Chapter 12: No Hope

The white door swung open as

Dr. Wilks pulled the cages lock off. Opening it with such force, one could hear the hindges grinding to such a point it sounded like the door would fly off.

Soul was thrown into the cage like he was rag doll.

"Rest up. Tomorrow you your going back." Wilks griitted through his teeth as he put the pad lock on the door to the cage.

Soul woke up from the heavy impact the metal had on him as he slamned against the reinforced steel bars. Blood leaked from his cuts that healed after the fight, but reopned after the impact.

"You alright? You must have out for a few hours Soul."

Soul strained his eyes to make out the yellow figure in front of him. He strained so much, it gave him a massive headache.

"Ughhhh...what the hell did they do to me..." Soul muttered.

"Well from the looks of it, they were studying you. Seeing what you could do." Angi explained.

"How long does...it take for this stuff...to...wear off? I can barley move."

Soul had tried to move around but his legs were stiff as a metal pipe.

"Well they must have put you under some heavy Akos Soul. Did you ever find out where your friend is?" Angi asked.

"Water...please..."

Soul had started jerking his head around, and with evrey jerk, pools of blood came pouring out of his mouth like a crashing waterfall. Angi had walked over to the water dish and slid it over to Soul. Blood was all over the cage. Not a single inch of white was left. After his first coughing fit, they replaced the water dish, but hadn't cleaned the cage.

"Soul, are you alright?!"

"Feels...like evrey inch of...my body is in pain. I can barley move Angi. Haven eaten... Since before they threw me in here. It hurts so much." Whimpering, Soul was struggling to get up, but he collapsed due to the pain.

"Man... I havent seen anyone this badly damadged since my last cage. Can you tell me what happened?"

His eyes were filled with fear as he recalled every moment he spent in that wretched lab.

"It was a nightmare" he started. Angi could see the reflection of pain on his face.

"I was carried to the lab, and the had put me under lock and key so they could study me. After I woke up, they had me pulling rocks for their new project..."

His eyes shot open as he screamed at the top of his lungs.

"What's the matter?!"

Stabbing pains occured all throughout his body. Muscles were slowly tearing apart, and he felt every second of it.

"My muscles...they shredded to tiny bits…" Soul cried in pain.

"Because I wasnt working fast enough, they had thrown me into the torture room where they had their fun. Knifes and scissors... If they had it, they would use it torture me."

Lights had began to blurr again as his head fell back.

"Soul...get some rest. Your gonna need it for tommorow." Angi whispred into his ears as he slowly fell asleep.

Mean While Back at the Village

"Soul! Spirit!" She panicked at the top of her lungs. For three days, Jenny had ran circles around the village, in and out of houses.

"Wow. Jenny" David paused as he conjured up a smug look on his face as he looked at the exausted Ninetails. "You look like you ran a marathon." David said slyly. Sweat dripped from every strand of fur on the fire foxes body. Before Jenny completely wringed Davids neck out for thay comment, she had remembered what she was going ask. "Have you seen Spirit or Soul lately? Its been 3 days since anyone has layed an eye on them." Jenny asked David. Scrunching his face up, recalling the last time he had seen the duo. As hard he tried his brain was void of information relating to them. "I can't recall having seen him since he was looking for Spirit. Maybe Cinnamon knows something?"

"Doubtful, she's been busy lately. So its very less than likely that shes seen anything or even heard anything relating to the situation." Jenny argued.

"But come on Jenny! We could at least try and ask her. She might give us something to go off of."

Jenny rolled her eyes and sighed as David grinned. She knew he was right and he knew it too. She hated it when he was right.

"Then come on David...what are you sitting here for? Every second we waste here is another second they could be in danger."

"Calm down Jenny" David cautioned "If you don't calm down, we'll never have a chance at finding them."

Back at the lab (Spirit)

Her body was exhausted, She had no adrenaline flowing through her system. They had worked her past to her limit. Losing her balance, Spirit collapsed on the dirt below her.

"She stopped and took a break." the assistant told the scientist.

"Shock her again. Keep doing it till she does what needs to be done. If she wont work, we'll make her change her mind."

What she saw was the man reach very slowly for the red button. Spirit tried tearing off the collar, but it disabled all powers. All she could do was watch as he pressed the button.

She felt the surge of electricity coursing through her limbs. It was a burning sensation that she just couldnt shake. Slowly but surely roasting her alive. Bubbles began to form on her skin from the intensity of the voltage she was treated to. Evrey inch of her skin was crawled. Giving her incentive to work, she started digging. Tears were dripping from her eyes as the pain was lasting. But she did not stop work as she knew this would lead to another shock.

"Come on. Work faster... or I'll shock you at a higher voltage." the scientist coldly said as he grinded his teeth. But Spirit had little to no energy left. It had been drained by the shock treatment.

"Alright, I guess I'll have to up the voltage then."

She was stricken with fear as he lowered his hand down to press the button. For an electric type, this wouldnt be a deal, but she wasnt. Out of reflexes, she leaped and took a bite of the scientist's coat.

"What? Rrrrrrr" he growled "Security. Put this Espeon in the ice chamber till she calms down..." he radioed as he grabbed the scruff of Spirits neck.

"Hope you enjoy cold water. Cause your gonna bathe in it."

Squirming around, he wouldnt loosen his grip on the Espeon. It was like his hand was dead, null of motion.

"Here. Take this stupid Espeon to the freezer room Bryan."

"What do you want me to do with her there sir?"

He thought thought about it for a minute, before finally deciding.

"I want you to let her sit in the tank where the we test on the ice pokemon. And let her sit there for awhile. Till she starts gasping for air…." His eyes were drilling a hole in the middle of Spirits skull. She returned the favor by staring intensely right back at the damned scientist. Dont worry, one day I'll repay the favor to you too, Spirit thought to herself as Bryan dragged her to the ice room.

Cinnamon's House

(Tick,Tock,Tick) The room was void of sound, the only noise was the grandfather clock in the back of the room. Jenny and Cinnamon meet with a gaze. Finally, to break the silence, Cinnamon let out a huge sigh, and spilled out all she knew about Soul and Spirit.

"The last time I've seen Soul was when he was looking for Spirit. I had offered to help him, but then he said he had figured out where she was."

Cinnamon told Jenny.

"But did he say where Cinnamon?"

"No. Im afraid not Jenny. All I know what direction he headed and"

David had intruded into the conversation to ask which direction.

"He was headed south from the square into the Mountain forest." She directed.

"David! I know exactly where he's talking about! We need to get Luke to help us though." Jenny excitedly shouted. She burst through the door as David and Cinnamon looked at the doorway in confusion. Both giving eacother looks, they decided to head out, following the nine tailed fox.

"How do you put up with her David?" Cinnamon giggled. David had sighed and looked down at his legs.

"Every day is a gift when dealing with that fox."

Freezer Room

Spirit was gasping for the tiniest breath of air as she was dunked into the frozen vat of water. She no longer had fur, just a bunch of ice crystals forming on her skin. Feeling the cold hands of deaths embrace, she slowly closed her eyes shut. Nothing filled her mind but the black abyss.

"She's falling asleep, I want you to shock the water with 150v." Following the orders of the Dr., 150v flowed the copper wires on a moment's notice. At the almost the speed the electricity was turned on, the voltage assert itself in the water, giving Spirit an awaking jolt.

"Rghhh

"Maybe now you'll have some more respect for the facility.."

Staring at the deck, all she could focus on was how cold she was. Goosebumps crawled up and down her skin.

"Take her back to her cage."

The Doctor had ordered the lacky.

"Yes Dr. Lucinda."

"I also want her back in the work room tommorow."

Soul's Cage

"There. Tommorow your going back to the room." The Lackey commented as he shut the door behind him.

Angi had looked across the room into the cage. She couldn't belive what she was seeing. The silhouette of the exact description she was given by Soul.

"Hey! Are you Spirit?!" Angi was beaming with happiness as she had turned around to expose her face.

She had a sour look on her face, followed along with ice crystals and skin bubbles appearing all over her face.

"Yes...Im Spirit...how do you know my name?" she asked Angi.

"My name is Angi, and your friend Soul is over here beat to death. He said he needed to find you for some reason."

Sorry for the incredibly long weight. Just been alot on my plate recently. But whats important is i will be continuing the story slowly but surely.

-Silver The Espeon (Now Silvers Cross)