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Warning: Contains a little mental AU, but its not real bad or anything.

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Chapter 5: Torture

After miserably failing the perfect attempt to kill Chiro and the monkey team once and for all, the Skeleton King ordered her back to the Citadel of Bone right away. She grew nervous at this because if the Skeleton King found out about it then she would be in more trouble then she would like to be in. Azalea obeyed his orders and traveled there in a space pod that he provided for her, as fast as she could, not wanting to keep him waiting too long.

Once she arrived at the Skeleton King's throne room and where the pit of ooze was she saw the Skeleton King sitting on his throne with his magic staff in hand. She bowed to him on one knee once she came into the room and asked what it is that he wanted. He drummed his fingers along the arms of his throne for a moment before saying,

"Azalea, did you successfully kill Chiro and the others like we've planned?" She was silent for a while, not knowing what to say. Azalea didn't dare to want her brother getting involved in all of this. "I'll take that as a no."

"But my lord…"

"No excuses Azalea!" he snapped. "That was the perfect plan that you came up with yourself and there was no way that it should've failed! You failed in your mission to kill that boy and his pathetic robot monkeys. Therefore if you don't succeed next time I send you out on a mission, then do you know what happens to your brother?" The Skeleton King drew his finger across his throat. Azalea came up off of her knees and begged,

"No! Please don't Skeleton King! Please don't drag him into this! If you want take my life in place of his!"

"That would not do at all Azalea. I gave you the ultimate Powers of Darkness and yet you don't use them to my bidding. Once I implant my powers into your very soul and being, I can never fully take out all of the power, but I can weaken it greatly to the point that it's useless." Azalea grew enraged at him and two powerful spheres of malevolent energy formed into the palms of her hands ready to attack. The Skeleton King raised his hand and suppressed her energy. She was forced on the ground and the Powers of Darkness she was trying to use faded from her until she only had a little bit of it left within her, but it was pointless to use such weak powers at that point. "I'll give you one last chance Azalea," the Skeleton King began. "You have another mindset buried deep in your unconscious mind somewhere that can easily murder without any kind of feelings of guilt or wrong doing. You need a little taste of what evil truly is."

"No," she said. "NO!" Azalea would try and get away but she felt so weak and tired that she couldn't get up from the floor. Two formless came in and took each of her arms and dragged her away to the dungeons.

Two weeks have passed and Azalea was locked up inside of a dark prison cell with no windows or sunlight in it whatsoever. She felt like she was on her last legs and struggled to keep her sanity intact. She laid there in the grim and cold cell and wrapped her arms around herself. Azalea shivered and could feel the sinister voices in her head, begging her to stop suppressing her evil side and to let her heart be filled with darkness. She kept on saying no to herself and put up a damn good fight to keep those evil thoughts at bay. She felt so tired, cold and hungry that she doesn't think that she can keep this up for much longer. Deep down inside Azalea doesn't want to kill or harm anyone, but the Skeleton King was an exception. Now that the Hyper Force Team knows that she's allied with the Skeleton King there was no way that they would accept her, let alone understand the situation she's in. At times like this she really wished she had a hero to save her, but that only happened in the movies. Real life doesn't always work out the way that you want it to.

A little while later the Skeleton King came to her cell to see how she was holding up. He was shocked to see that even after two full weeks in there that she still has some of her sanity left, but she was holding onto it by a thread.

"You still alive in there Azalea?" he asked. She turned around to face him and her skin was ghostly pale and her face sickly.

"Yeah, but barley."

"Do you still think that you can murder Chiro now?"

"N-No," she stuttered, still shivering from the cold and adrenaline that was rushing through her. "I can't and I won't."

"Maybe a few more days in there ought to do the trick." The Skeleton King then left her presence. This was really bad. Azalea was barely hanging on and she felt like she couldn't go on anymore. If she stays in this dark and cramped cell for another day then she would really lose her mind. She felt the darkness of her heart growing bigger and consuming her whole. She tried fighting I back and telling herself that it would be alright, but she knew that she was just lying to herself. She pulled the front of her hair and let out one last blood curdling scream before she really lost it.

A day or two later the Skeleton King knew by now that Azalea had to have the criminal mindset to be able to do his bidding. He came up in front of her cell and noticed an ominous presence surrounding her that he took a liking to. He asked how she was feeling and she sat there cross legged in the middle of the cell and turned around to face the Skeleton King. Her emerald green eyes were filled with a vile hate and carelessness in them that would chill anyone. Azalea smirked and said arrogantly,

"What took you so long Skeleton King?"

"How are you feeling?" he asked again. She jumped to her feet and began stretching her arms and legs.

"I'm doing better than ever. Just who is this kid you want me to eliminate?" The Skeleton King knew that Azalea's inner darkness has released and seeped into both her mind and heart.

"His name is Chiro and is the leader of the Hyper Force Team. I want you to kill him along with the five other robot monkeys that he has for allies." She looked down at her nails.

"Hmm…interesting. Are they even worth the effort of fighting them?"

"Do not underestimate the monkey team Azalea, they are more powerful then they look, which is why I want you to destroy them."

"Okay, you got yourself a deal Skeleton King, but on one condition."

"And what is that?" She somberly chuckled and replied,

"Let's have them fight in a Death Arena."