Chapter 2

They were back. Leader, as I started calling him, had come again. This time he brought something different, a screen. Or rather, it looked like a screen, but with their weird technology, I didn't know what anything was. But I thought it was weird, so I voiced my thoughts. "Hey old buddy, how are you doing today? Good? Oh, well. What have you brought me today? Oh wow it's a tv, woe is me woe is me." He looked at me with a smirk on his face, and my confidence took a nose dive after that. "Well scum, this could me a tv, from your nightmares." I flinched, how did he know I had nightmares?

He smirked even more at my flinching, and after a few minutes, the thing was turned on. It started off being a video, a video of camp to be exact. It made me sad,but I didn't let Leader see it. Then it showed the Athena cabin with a big owl on top. This would've been normal, but the owl had horns making it look like a demon. And even worse, impaled on the horns were my parents, my mom and step-dad. I started to tear up at the sight, but then I stopped, this wasn't real. I just kept repeating that i my head.

But the video got even worse, I heard moaning noises coming from inside the cabin. As if on cue the video zoomed forward and into the cabin, and what I saw broke my heart. It was Annabeth and Markus doing... the thing. Very loudly I might add, but it was really the words that broke me. " Oh yeah, Markus, you're way better than Percy. Why did I ever date that loser. Aaaaahhhhh yeah, I am so glad I chose to date you after the giant war, he never even knew we were together. Ooooohhh yeah." It's not real, It's not real, just a video, no,no,NO!

The video went on like that for thirty more minutes, then the video changed scenes, it was in the throne room. I saw both camps in the room and the Gods acting prideful. Then Zeus said, "We are here to celebrate the death of Perseus Jackson's parents, they are finally dead! The brat's parents are finally gone." I was sobbing now, it's real, it is real. They're dead.

The video ended, me still sobbing for my parents. The tv screen was taken away and Leader turned towards me, "Hahaha, look at the baby cryingfor his mama. Boo-hoo. Now for the real fun!"

He brought out this hook that you would fish with, except for the fact that it was the size of my head. My eyes widened as he strapped it onto his hand. Leader walked forward and brought it down on my stomach, making blood gush out. He did this multiple times, and I was starting to get dizzy from the blood loss when he took out this packet of white grainy stuff. I thought it was salt and started to squirm away when he said something. "Ha, you think this is salt, no we don't use salt, this is our own kind of solid pain."

Leader poured some in my multiple cuts, it burned horribly. But then it started to move, I screamed and begged for mercy as the things moved on their own accord into my stomach and body. But he still had more, Leader poured it in my mouth while I was screaming, in my ears, nose, even my eyes. I couln't see, my whole body hurt everywhere. I heard a SHINK noise of a sword being drawn. This time he slashed my arms and legs open, pouring more of the white creatures into the cuts.

There was a pause. A horrible pause seeming like years, but it was only minutes. Then I heard a shaking, Leader slit two holes on the heels of my feet. Something hit the ground, later on I would learn this was food for the creatures in my body. I felt something in me move, then I realized, all of the creatures were leaving my body. I still couldn't see, and the horrible pain all across my body hurt so bad I almost passed out.

Five minutes of this and they were all out. Then Leader spoke," I'm going to leave you like this, there will be a bucket of water somewhere in this room, if you can find it in five minutes, you get to use it to heal, but if you don't, you'll stay like this til next time." Oh God, I'll never find it, I'm freaking blind! When Leader left, I got to work, spreading my hands out and feeling around. There was so much pain in just moving, but i kept going.

It had been a few minutes when I heard, "Hey." It was soft, but it was there. Who could it be, Leader wasn't back,so who... Loki! "Hey Loki, I'm happy you can talk, but can you help me find this bucket of water, I kinda need it so I can be healed." There was a scary moment when he didn't reply, and I thought I went too far when, "It's three feet to your left."

I felt around and found it, I carefully poured it on myself and I could see again. "Thanks for helping me, my names Percy." I looked over to Loki and he looked scared, though I didn't know why. "You are welcome, though I'm confused as to why water has healed you." Once again that soft voice, as if he was scared he would be hurt if he spoke too loud.

I was about to answer when Leader came back, he took one look at me with wide eyes, then sneered at me and took the bucket, 'accidentaly' hitting me on the way out. Once he left, I turned back to Loki. "Well it's a long story, but, do you know what the Greek gods are?" He nodded in an answer. "Ok then, that makes it a lot easier. Basically, they're still alive and I'm a Son of Posiedon." I said quickly, waiting for the freakout.

But surprisingly, there was none he just sat there, nodding. I was confused, "Wait, you're just accepting this that easily? Really?" I swear I saw a tiny hint of a smile when he answered, "When there are things like the Chitauri," Loki's face dimmed just saying the word,"You start to think anything is possible." Huh I never thought of it like that. " So what's your story?" I asked, thinking, if he's talking he must be comfortable enough to talk about himself.

I was wrong. As soon as I said that he froze then rolled over, muttering something about being tired. 'Well there goes my only friend.' I thought. Then I rolled over to get some sleep too.

I was awoken with a kick to the ribs. "Get up, worm! Time to play." It was the familiar gravelly voice again. I got up with a groan, opened my eyes and saw Leader. What a surprise. "What now?" I asked, still groggy from sleep and not processing who I was talking to fully. He kicked me twice more in the ribs. "Get the hell up before I rip out one of your ribs and shove it down your throat." Now I'm not saying I was scared, but I got up quick. The chains on my wrists and ankles were rubbing me raw, but I could deal with it.

"Alright, maggot, I heard yesterday you had help from your cell mate for the water challenge." I froze. I turned my head to look at Loki and found him to be gone. "Where is he?" I asked scared for the closest person I've had to a friend in here. "Just in another room for some... playtime." Shit, I can't ask for help again, people always get hurt because of me."Anyways, back to buisness, since you cheated at our game, I'm going to have a lot of fun today." One of the Chitauri from yesterday brought in a metal chair and sat it down. Leader kicked me in the stomach and pushed me into the chair. Then he did something I'm surprised I didn't notice, he locked my arms and legs to the chair, so I'm now completely immobile.

He pulled out a pair of pliers and was about to speak when he was cut off by a scream, he grinned madly, "That's just your little friend having some fun, don't worry." I paled. "Now, guess what I'm gonna do with these pliers." Leader said while smirking. I thought about it and noticed that he wasn't looking at my face, but at my hands. More specifically, my fingernails. Shit. "Oh so you figured it out huh? Well let's get to it." I struggled and tried to move away but he just ordered his henchmen to hold me down. Then he started, Leader worked the pliers under my fingernails and before he started to pull he said, "The more you scream, the more you and your friend the bastard get hurt."

Then he pulled.

It wasn't so much pulling, as it was ripping. I tried. I tried so hard, not to keep me safe, but for Loki. I'll admit it, I'm lonely, all my friends left me for him, so I had no one. But I failed, I screamed on the second nail and he ripped off the third one just as hard, if not, harder. I screamed through the whole thing, so he ripped off every nail. I was sobbing by the end so he kicked and beat me. It seemed like years, the pain was unbearable. Then he stopped. I was glad, if only for a moment, only to have it crushed. By now all my fingers and toes were bleeding and my whole torso was screaming in pain.

But it didn't stop, he pulled out a hammer and slammed it again and again on my fingers, I couldn't move my hands. Then he freed me from the chair, only to shove me to the ground. Leader had one of the bigger guys pick me up and slam me in to the ground face first over and over again. My nose was bent at an angle that it wasn't supposed to be at, my forehead had a gigantic welt. It all hurt so bad. But I couln't die. After what seemed to be years, and it might've been, he stopped. But this time there was not water. Except for my tears.

Loki came back into the cell awhile after Leader left looking as beaten up as I was, but there was something different about him, he looked sad. Not in pain, but sad, as if he had gone through this hundreds of times.

Oh God, how long has Loki been in here? I've been in here for about three days and I just want to curl up and die.

But Loki's been here longer.

But how much longer?

It is done, thank you to AutumnLeaves03 for following this story. This is my first story, so don't judge. It's kinda weird to be putting this on the secong chapter and not the first. Huh. Well I guess a weird writer, a weird story.

Note: This is not slash