Chapter 5- I'm Alive

(Disclaimer: Don't own anything but this story and my characters. As my author's note from the last chapter says, this chapter is based off the song: I'm Alive by Disturbed. I don't even own the lyrics to this fic. I'm so sad…)

(Zyme)

Nobody knows what it's like to be shot with a tranq, get kidnapped, taken away from friends, be tortured, and then raped. By Hojo, no less, the mental bastard. I just had to ramble my thoughts, but here's what happened…

"I'm going for a walk. Anyone want to join me?" I asked my friends.

I expected no one to answer, but I was surprised when Zack said, "I'll go with you, Zyme. Is that okay with you?"

"Yes, that's fine. Okay, I guess we'll be going on our way. See ya later." I said.

Before we could leave, however, Genesis said, "I'll come with you, too. Just in case." When I nodded, the three of us left to go on our walk. As soon as we got outside, however, something tackled me to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Genesis asked with concern.

Then Zack asked, "Dude, are you okay?" When I didn't answer right away, Zack and Genesis instantly knew something was wrong. The thing was, I couldn't do anything because I was paralyzed. Since I didn't say anything to my friends for their fears to be gone, they walked over and checked on me. When Zack and Genesis tried to pick me up, they both cried out because they had gotten tranqed. Once they were down and out, one of Hojo's goons came into sight.

He had an evil smirk on his face as he said, "Finally, I've got you. Hojo will be pleased with me and hopefully give me a raise. Mwahahahahaha!" Then, he picked me up and took me to Hojo, after he sedated me, of course.

When Genesis finally came to, he saw that Zack was already awake and hyperventilating.

Genesis then said, "Calm down, puppy. We'll find a way to get Zyme back to us. Trust me."

As Zack realized Genesis had said those words, he jumped and said, "Gen! You're awake! Did I wake you?"

After Genesis shook his head, Zack continued, "Good. How will we get Zyme back, Gen? We need to tell the others, don't we?"

"I don't know how we're going to get Zyme back, Zack. And yes, we do need to go tell the others. Let's go." When Zack nodded, they went to go tell the others what had happened.

When I finally came to, my head was pounding. Once I was fully awake, I noticed that I was tied down to a cold metal table. The only thing I saw in the room with me was… Hojo. My face contorted in fear. I didn't want anything to happen to me with Hojo near me. Nobody was as crazy as Hojo and no one liked him, either. There are some things in life that you have to be afraid of. Hojo was, unfortunately, one of them.

As if he could read my mind, I doubt that he actually could, he said, "Don't be afraid of me, shape-shifter. I'm not going to do anything bad to you. Trust me."

"I don't believe you! Who would want to trust someone as loco as you? I know what you're up to, Hojo, and I don't like it. At all. Stay away from me!" I yelled. Hojo just smirked at me. Right then, I had a sudden gut feeling about something bad happening. And it was going to happen soon, but I didn't know when, how, or where. That was all I had to think about when I was sedated… again.

(A/N: I'm ending this chapter here. I will write more of this chapter in Zyme's next one. I'm not telling you the chapter's name, but I think you can figure it out. Please R&R. Until next time! See ya!)