Continuation of Chapter 2 because somehow my device got stuck when I tried to upload chapter 2! No choice but to spilt it up into Chapter 2 and Chapter 3...O.o
Here, have Chapter 3!
A hand settled again on his head. "Da-".
A sharp sting settled across his cheek as his father slapped him hard. "Dad? Dad? Watch your mouth, boy. Who's your dad?" Law instinctively drew in a breath, and the next moment his head was yet again pushed under the surface of the water. The world under water was scary, already unable to breath, furthermore heightened by loss of sight, making it a truly heartstopping experience for the child. He could hear murmurings and muffled sounds, where his father was probably shouting at him above the water. This was the only factor Law was thankful about for being underwater. However, fear still reigned over all other thoughts, and this kept his tiring limbs constantly fighting for air.
His head was finally lifted above the water after a few heart-stopping moments where he thought he would faint and drown. Instead of gasping loudly and begging for his father to stop, he kept his mouth shut, however still swallowing uncontrollably and breathing heavily through his nose.
"I. Am. NOT. Your. Father. You worthless boy." Law shivered at the harsh words, head spinning from the his oxygen deprived lungs. There was a pause, as if his father was deciding his fate there and then. "Please don't...kill me...sir...", Law finally begged, fearing for his life. Sometimes, his father would go overboard and not notice what he was actually doing till the 'lesson' was over. Law feared that now was one of those times, and he was not hoping to meet whoever was waiting for him in afterlife so soon.
"Law. Remember what I told you? Overcome your fears. I have thrown you directly into your fears. Have you died yet?" Law shook his head quickly, "No...I am still alive and well."
There was a sharp intake of breath.
His father roared unexpectedly. "Alive and well?! Alive and well?! HOW DARE YOU-"
"WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?" Law screamed tiredly, cutting his father into shocked, angry silence. "You've just blinded folded me, and tried to drown me! What else can I say? Thank you? Or should I say you're the best father I've ever had?"
"Listen...Sir..." Law lowered his voice, his throat forming a lump, making speaking difficult as he held back his tears. "You don't have to do this...we can just use words for lessons...we can talk in peace...you don't have to go through all the pain to do this..."
He felt the hand loosen, and Law felt a rush of relief. "Sir..."
"Ungrateful brat."
"Sir...?"
"I knew that I should have been harsher with you. Alive and well? I JUST TAUGHT YOU LIFE. I should have let you sleep with the dogs and feed you scraps at my heel. Let you bathe in a puddle out in the rain and not give you warm clothes to cloth you and warm you. I've given you warm beds, warm food, books to read and taught you to talk, not for you to talk back at me or fight back! You receive anything I give you without question! Ungrateful brat. Is what I give you not enough? And now I teach you to face your fears, like a man! Is this how you repay me? Scream at me and mess up my morals set up for you? Do I need you to teach me? No, boy, I am the one to teach you! You shut up and just suck it all up!"
"YOUR MORALS, ARE CRAZY. JUST LIKE YOU ARE." Law snarled, his want to live and for this to end, and his frustration overpowering his usually intact and sensible common sense and reasoning.
Another pause, painfully long.
"Very well."
Law felt hands hooking his armpits, fishing him out of the tank, a trembling, wet and cold boy.
"Very well. You asked for this."
He felt a punch connect straight to his stomach, knocking air right out of his lungs, his diaphragm spasming painfully. "Teach me a lesson?" A slap knocked his face to the left, his whole body lifted up with the force. Law wailed as his body came into contact with the floor painfully, the thud resounding off the walls. "Oww! Stop! Please!"
"Call me dad?" A kick replied his plea, delivered to the same spot where the punch landed, making Law squirm and curl up in pain, raising his bound hands to protect his head. "I'm not your dad. And why should I stop? You asked for it."
His father gripped the muscle connecting the inner thigh and the buttock on the right, pinching and squeezing down hard.
Law screamed in pain, his throat growing hoarse.
"It is only to let you learn well! Do not be afraid of my ways, for it will protect you well in future."
"No, Dad, let go of me! Let go!"
I'm NOT your FUCKING dad, you shameful piece of crap! I am only here to teach you my ways to live well!"
"And who would, so willingly be a father to an ungrateful brat like you?" His chin was tilted to up, his father's breath warming up his blindfolded eyes, before his head was shook painfully by the hair. "No one. You are worse than a dog."
Law could feel the bruises swelling up in the process of being beaten, pain was never ending, it kept coming, kicks, punches, slaps, being lifted up and thrown back onto the floor, all the while screaming and kicking and begging and hoping for it to end...
"JUST KILL ME...PLEASE...JUST KILL ME..."
(Now)
Law grabbed the blankets, his breaths coming in harsh pants, trying to greedily suck in as much air as he could. Shit, shit, shit shit shit! He couldn't stop his pants, his heart racing, the amount of oxygen sucked in obviously not enough to calm his over active heart.
Foolish boy, he let himself sink too deep into the past, and now he has to suffer for it.
Law stumbled out of bed, tears flowing like a river, panting, choking, saliva dripping out from his open mouth. His dad was coming, he's coming, he's going to die...
"No..no...no no no! NO...GO AWAY...GO AWAY! HELP ME, SOMEONE...HELP..."
He couldn't take another beating, please no...
"JUST KILL ME!" Law pleaded, mind foggy in his breathless state, panting harder. He threw himself against the wall, stupidly trying to break down the wall and escape from this nightmare. Where was the light...? Why was it so dark...?
Darkness.
Darkness.
Darkness.
DARKNESS.
"ARRRRRGGGH!"
Foolish boy, he forgot to leave the bedside lamp on while he slept. And now he has to pay for it.
"Help...help...". Blindfolded, loud noises, shouting, screaming? Who was that..? Law? Was it him?
"No...uh...uh...ah...". Law covered his mouth, trying to calm himself down, but making his state even worse, panicking when covered his nose accidentally as well. "NO...LET ME GO...".
He cried, cried and panted, sometimes knocking his head against the floor, sometimes against the wall, all the while pulling at his hair, breathlessness consistently spinning his head, making him wail louder, bawling, shouting for help...
"Hah...hah...hah...hel...help...hah...hah...someone...save me... let me go...".
Ladders have steps, each lesson a step to tower over others. If only his father realized that, ladders had a limited amount of steps as well...
"Please...kill me...".
End of chapter. Enjoy sadistically.