Clive and Luke were dragged out of Layton's office. Luke looking pale, and Clive screaming for Luke's release. Clive knew that his attempts were futile, but he still tried.

The trolls who were dragging the boys,stopped at the top of the staircase leading down to the basement. Clive looked at the troll holding him. It gave Clive a very smug look before kicking him down the stairs. Luke too was kicked, it did not help that both boys had their wrists and ankles bound together. By the time that they ended up at the bottom, both boys were bruised and even suspected that they had some broken bones.

Clive glanced up from his fallen position. He was met by a smartly dressed man.

'How the hell did you get down here so quickly?' Clive shouted at the man.

Luke looked up and gasped. It was layton.

Layton smirked at Clive. He paced around the fallen boy.

'Well, what do you expect? I need a quick method to get down here. So by having a lift in my office, which leads to down here, is logical.'

Layton clicked his fingers. Two trolls appeared out of no where. They picked up the boys, which was very difficult seeing as the boys decided not to co-operate. Both of them squirmed and wriggled, unwilling to go to their next destination.

Layton sighed in frustration. He hit the trolls with his walking stick, and gave them each a needle. Simultaneously the trolls administered the drugs in the needles to the boys.

Clive's view immediately went hazy. He could hear layton complaining to the trolls.

'I told you fools that when this day comes, you must be careful with Luke. You know why need him. Throwing him down the stairs is not being careful. Now send him down to the labs, and Clive? Well, he needs to learn his place in the world now. Take him down to the cells and~'

Clive blacked out. The rest of the conversation was lost to him. In his unconscious state he could only think about poor Luke. Why is layton sending him to the labs? What type of experiment is he going to do on the boy? Layton wanted Luke safe, but sending him to the labs will hurt him, so what is he planning?

Clive woke to a bare cell. There was nothing in there apart from himself. Surrounding him was concrete walls and a heavy looking iron door.

Clive sat up and immediately regretted it. His head felt like it was splitting in half. He put a hand to his fore head and found blood. He must have cut himself when he was thrown in to this place. Clive had no idea on how long he had been in the cell, but he knew that it was long enough for him to start to feel hungry and thirsty.

As if someone was reading his thoughts, a troll pushed a dish of clear liquid into Clive's cell. Not wasting time, Clive dived for the dish and took a long sip out of it. He realised his mistake once he swallowed the liquid. He dropped the dish on the floor, its contents splashed everywhere. Clive grabbed his own throat, coughing and spluttering. Drops of red liquid flew out of his mouth. The liquid he drunk was acid. Strong enough to burn what it came in contact with, but mild enough not to kill.

Clive gasped. Bangs on the door, rasping for water. He knew that it would never come, and that this would be a mild form of torture. His punishment would soon become more sever, but for now this was enough for Clive. He soon found himself battling with unconsciousness again. The darkness trying to draw near. Clive was determined not to lose. He kept clawing at the door, trying to ignore his burning throat.

A scream rang out through the basement. Clive knew straight away that it was Luke. He had to go and rescue him, just like he did with flora. Clive clawed at the door more frantically, screaming as loud as his throat would let him, but the acid that he had drunk was fighting strong. Darkness was obscuring his view. Clive collapsed in to unconsciousness. His throat raw. A trail of blood slowly crept out of his mouth.

Luke had woken to a strange room. He looked around to find glass tubes filled with different coloured liquids and metal instruments stained red from the last person who used them.

Knowing that he was in a dangerous situation, Luke tried to sit up. To his horror, he found that he was bound to a bed of some sorts. Luke tried to wiggle his way out of bounds, but by doing that he only caught the attention of some trolls near by.

Fearing about what would happen to himself, Luke shut his eyes. He did not want to see anything.

He heard footsteps coming towards him. Instinctively he screwed his eyes up even more. This is it, he thought. Luke braced himself, but the horror and pain that he expected did not happen. Instead he felt someone patting his shoulder. Immediately Luke open his eyes to see who was touching him. It was layton.

'Father please, don't let them hurt me.' Luke whimpered.

'Luke, my boy. Do you really think that I would let them do that to you? Your my son and knowing you, you won't do anything against me again. This is just... Something to show Clive that I mean what I say about not letting you go.'

Layton walked causally to the desk with many tubes on it. He picked up a syringe, that Luke had not noticed before now. Turning towards Luke, Layton walked and talked, choosing his words very carefully.

'Well my boy, this may hurt. We have not tried it out yet, but this is why your here. Its effects should be... Beneficial, well at least to me.' Layton had muttered the last part.

Looking at his son, layton plunged the syringe deep inside his neck, and pushing down on the end so all the liquid within it went inside the boy.

The moment the liquid started to go inside of Luke, the boy screamed. He kept screaming when all of it was inside of him.

Luke felt like the inside of him was burning. That the sensation started at his neck and then spread around his body. Luke had never been in so much pain before.

Layton could see the poor boy in agony. He picked up another syringe that was full of the stuff that made Luke and Clive unconscious. He administered it to the boy. Quickly the screams died down. Layton sighed in content as Luke lost consciousness for the second time.

The boy would finally be his now.

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