Sorry to have kept all of those who enjoy my sadistic treatment of the Titans, but here is the fifth chapter of Symphony of Agony at last!
The Runaway
"Hey you guys seen Starfire? It's been hours since I last saw her," Robin asked.
"She went for a walk around the city to try to think things over," Beastboy told him.
"Did I ask you Beastboy?" Robin said still angry about the situation earlier that day.
"This cannot be where you live. It is not suitable for life," Starfire told the man whom she had met near that alleyway.
"Sadly enough this is my home. It used to be a slaughterhouse, and because I know hoe you are with terms such as that I shall explain what it actually means. A slaughterhouse is where animals such as cows, are sent when the reach the time for them to be used for whatever they might be used for. The example of cows would leave us with meat," he explained to her.
"I did not know that there were places for that specific job only," Starfire told him.
"The methods used here were out of date and so it was shut down. My brother owned the place and because I had no home at the time, he left it to me."
"Such an odd place to live."
"Not only do I live here, this is where I work," he told her as he wet a cloth and walked up behind her.
"What is the job that you perform here?" she asked completely unknowing of what he was about to do.
"I torture people," he said as he quickly covered her face with the rag that was soaked in some chemical. She dropped almost immediately into an unconscious state allowing him to do whatever he wished. He decided that he would try a little something new with this one. He had always wanted a pet. He threw her body over his shoulder and walked his way to the 'game room,' where he dropped her and left for the 'toy room.' He decided that because she was physically strong that he would use a strong chain. He decided on a three-quarter inch link chain.
He grabbed a screw long and thick enough to be able to hold this chain and his new pet to the wall. He also grabbed a drill with interchangeable tips with a tip so he could screw it into the wall of the room in which he planned to keep Starfire. He had bought a spiked collar while young because he had hoped that he would get a dog that would be fitting for it, but he decided that she would work well enough for it.
He headed back to the room in which Starfire lay as he connected the chain to the collar. He decided to start by putting the collar on, and attaching a small pin and tracking device in case she found a way to escape. The pin was attached to the buckle that held it on. If she tried to remove it, it would jab her in the back of the neck making her stop. He made sure that he pulled it tight enough that she would be uncomfortable, but not so tight that she suffocated. The collar was all black for the fabric parts, so it didn't quite fit in with her current uniform. He had to change that because her new profession had a different dress code.
He then made his way to the wall in which he would screw the other end of the chain into. Then he picked up the drill with a large phillips head and screwed the chain to the wall.
"That ought to hold her," he said as she stirred, "I guess the real fun is about to begin."
"Okay, we have to look for her. She's not going to find herself. What if that guy who sent that person's hands back to the parents… Oh, god please don't let her be with him," Robin said to the rest of the team, his plea to god said to himself.
"She's probably just lost, try the communicator," Raven suggested.
"That might work if her communicator wasn't in her room," Cyborg acknowledged emerging from his search of the tower.
"Damn, looks like we're doing it the old fashioned way," Robin declared.
"With just us searching? We'd die before we've searched every nook and cranny of this city. Maybe we should try to get some help from the police," Beastboy suggested.
"That would provoke fear within the citizens, we can't do that," Raven added.
"Let's try this logically; what places does she go to commonly? When we figured that out then we can check with the people at those places, see if they've seen her," Robin told them. "Then we meet back here afterwards, and relay what information we got to each other and figure out where to go next after that."
"Ahh, I see you've awakened," he said as she slowly awoke from her chemically induced sleep, "I trust you know where you are."
"What is going on?" she asked as she sat herself up and noticed the collar.
"You're going to be the dog I never was able to get. If you do as I say, it'll hurt less. Understand?" he explained. "Now stand up." She didn't move at all as if attempting to discover what he meant.
"Okay this is your last try to do it on your own power. Stand up," he said more firmly. When once again she didn't move, he grabbed the chain and yanked her to her feet.
"OWW! That hurt you psychopath," she said clenching her neck from the shock.
"Good, maybe it'll teach you to listen. Now on your knees," he told her.
"I will never bow down to one such as yourself," she rebelliously said.
"Bad choice," he said with a sigh as he viciously kicked her left calf causing her to fall to her knees clenching her calf. "Hurts don't it?"
"Of course it does. You just attacked me," she responded angrily.
"Good, maybe with a few more you'll learn to just do as I say. I'm going to get some things for you. Behave yourself," he said as he too the chain from her collar and left the room bolting the door shut on his way out. The minute he was out she attempted to remove her collar.
"OWW! Such an action should not be as painful as this," she said to herself as the pin from the collar jabbed into her neck. She replaced the collar to its original position, and looked around her. She was disgusted by the mess that had been left and nearly vomited twice. There were two doors, and the one that that bastard had left using was locked. Starfire daringly decided to see what was behind door number two. She walked slowly to the door, not sure if she really wanted to see her prize. She reached shakily for the door knob as she came within reach of it and began to turn it.
"Where are you Starfire?" Beastboy asked himself as he wandered the streets of Jump City, "Why did you have to disappear? It's because of me isn't it? If I wasn't around for her feelings to change to this whole incident could have been avoided." Ever since she disappeared, Beastboy had been blaming himself for it. He had even once thought that he quitting the team would be for the better. His worry had pushed him to the point where he barely ate or drank. Her disappearance hit him a lot harder than any could have imagined.
"Now where did Beastboy go?" Robin asked scratching his head walking into the living room.
"He went for a walk, but I heard him talking to himself. I believe he's thinking about quitting the team," Raven told him seemingly unaffected by the information she had just past on.
"Damnit, if we loose any more people this team is done for." Just then the alarm sounded.
"Gimme a break will ya?" Robin whined to himself.
Starfire fell back gasping at the sight that was behind the door she just opened. She had officially been grossed out by this image before her. She didn't know for sure, but she began to think that she'd join the numerous bodies that hung in the room in front of her if she didn't learn to listen.
"I must discover a way to escape from this place."
"Hmm, now what shall I get for her?" he asked himself while browsing the women's department of a clothing store. As he moved further into the store he noticed an adult section.
"Now what might be in there?" he asked himself under his breath. He found one costume that drew his attention. It was similar to her current one only black, the top covered the stomach, and the bottom half was shorts instead. Upon closer examination he noticed that the shorts had no covering for the area between the legs or for a decent amount of the backside.
"These will do nicely," he told himself as he took them and began to walk out.
Starfire frantically searched to find a way out of the prison, but to no avail. She figured she might try basting the door down with starbolts and decided that was going to be her only way out. Just as she was about to blast the door, it opened, revealing her 'master.' She immediately sat down and acted as though she had done nothing the whole time he was gone.
"Well I got you some new clothes, but there's still more I need to get you," he began, "So when I come back, I'll expect you to have changed into these." He tossed the clothes and boots at her. The look on her face told him basically what she was thinking when she looked at the clothes.
"Is there not something missing from these lower body garments?" she asked.
"Nope that's how they're supposed to be, and you're going to wear them without undergarments," he told her as he began to open the door to leave. "Now I'm leaving to get a few more items, behave yourself and get changed." He left once again, this time purposely leaving the door unlocked to see what might happen. She noticed this and once he was gone for approximately thirty minutes, she ran from her captor's home.
He went to a pet store for the rest of the items he was to buy for his new pet. He first went and grabbed a large sack of dog food, then a good strong leash, a bone, and dog treats. All that was left was a bowl.
"Excuse me miss but would you happen to have any dog bowls that say Star on it?" he asked a passing worker.
"Yes we do, umm, down isle three on the side closest to the entrance," she replied.
"I thank you for your help," he said as he made his way to isle three.
Beastboy had finally decided to take a break from his pointless wanderings and take a seat. He leaned forward placing his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands, and softly began crying. Suddenly he saw a flash blow by his head followed by a strong wind. He looked up to find that it was the orange skinned red haired girl he'd been crying about.
"Starfire?" he whispered to himself, "STARFIRE!" He started running and quickly changed into a cheetah allowing faster movement. He shot through the streets chasing her to find where she'd been. He tracked her to an alleyway but had lost her there.
"I should be safe from him upon this roof," she told herself hoping that she'd escaped him.
"Now, now… You've been a bad dog. You didn't think you could get away from home did you?" he asked her sadistically. She as one last desperate attempt ran and jumped off the building hoping to fly away but was caught by him as he jumped as well and caught onto her. After the flight she had just made she was tired and couldn't keep in the air. She and he both fell to the ground in the alleyway around the corner from Beastboy.
"What the hell was that bang?" Beastboy asked himself as he snuck around the corner. "That's Starfire, but who's he?" He watched as the mystery man picked her up onto his shoulders and ran off into another alleyway. Seemingly with no other choice, he followed, close enough to see where they were headed, but not so close as to arouse suspicion. He followed them to an old, run down building that, from the outside, looked like it was lucky to be standing.
"This place is creepy," he said walking slowly to the entrance just after the man took Starfire inside. He walked in being as quiet as he could, whispering Starfire's name every so often in an attempt to find her.
"Starfire?" he said slightly louder.
"BEASTBOY LOOK OUT!" she yelled as he turned around.
"Boo," the mystery man said as a bat was brought down hard on the shocked Beastboy's head.