Broken
Chapter 4
A demon came in, opened Cas' handcuffs and cut the ropes on his feet.
"Get up."
Castiel slowly got up, and he watched as the old chair he was sitting on was dragged out, and its place came the electric chair. Castiel gulped and reluctantly sat on the chair. He was cuffed and tied on it, and the demons went out. Suddenly, Lucifer's voice was heard through the speakers.
"Castiel! This right here is an electric chair! It shocks people with high amounts of electricity. Like this."
He pressed a button on his console, and soon the electric chair, along with Castiel screaming, started shaking. Castiel's hair had gone up, and he was shaking.
"That was 100 volts. Not much, eh? I'll leave you to calm down, and then we will continue." He said, but he pressed the button anyway. 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds and stop.
"That was 1000 volts."
Castiel's body was now shaking violently, and tears were running down his face.
"How about we try 2000 volts for 15 seconds?"
Lucifer pressed the button, and Castiel's anguished pain echoed through the building. Once 15 seconds passed, Lucifer let go of the button.
Castiel's whole body was numb. He started seeing black spots in his vision, slowly drifting him towards unconsciousness. The last thing he heard before he passed out was Lucifer's laugh.
Night time. Sean's favorite time of the day, because he got to relax.
Not today, though.
Dean was stressed to the core. His friend was being tortured and he couldn't do anything to stop it. Suddenly, Dean got up. He had enough.
He wasn't going to sit there while Cas was in pain. Not today.
He got dressed, grabbed his car keys and went to head out, but saw Sam standing in the doorway.
"Dean."
"I'm sorry Sam, but I can't just freaking sit here while Lucifer is killing Cas."
Sam sighed.
"Fine, but I'm coming with you. You can't just go and take on Lucifer alone."
Dean smiled.
Fine by me. You can come."
They both got out and went in the car. Dean started the engines, and drove off.
"So, I have a map here with all the possible places Cas is. Every field with abandoned buildings which have cells in our state." Sam showed Dean the map.
"First location is 1 mile away from here."
"Let's go then."
Castiel was once again violently awoken. This time, hot water was poured on him. He started screaming as the boiling water burned his skin.
"Morning, Castiel!" A glass cage was brought into the room. This time, it contained a pregnant woman and a man. The pregnant woman was looking at Castiel and crying, and the man was just frozen from fear. Both were covered in petrol.
"So Cas, who's it gonna be?"
Castiel looked at the pregnant woman, unable to speak. He then looked at the man, whose eyes basically told him to pick the pregnant woman.
"I pick the pregnant woman." His voice was creaky, like he hadn't drunk any water in days.
Lucifer smirked and pressed a button, and fire came out of pipes at both of the people.
"No!" Castiel watched in horror as the pregnant woman burned to dust, her screams full of anguish. The man just died right off the bat. As the woman died, Castiel was sure he heard a baby crying before both were reduced to dust. Castiel was, once again, crying.
"You said you would spare one of them!" He said, a sob escaping his throat.
"Yeah, um, I lied." Lucifer simply said. Then, he walked into the room. He made a fake gasp.
"Where are your friends, Castiel? Are you sure they are coming?"
When Castiel said nothing, Lucifer gave him a quick kick on the stomach, which caused him to groan in pain.
"They aren't coming, Castiel. They aren't. They abandoned you."
Castiel mouthed something, and Lucifer came closer to hear it.
"What was that?"
"L-Liar."
Lucifer started laughing.
"Me? A liar? Well yes, but I am not lying about this, Cas! Your so called friends abandoned you! I gave them enough hints to find me, but they haven't yet. It's been 3 weeks, Castiel. Just give up. I can see how you are already broken. I'm not sure they can fix you now."
Lucifer got out his Angel Blade and started carving on Castiel's stomach, causing him to start screaming once more, tears coming out of his eyes in a stream.
"Say it with me, Castiel. They. Aren't. Coming."
"No!"
Lucifer continued carving, and shocking Castiel.
"They. Aren't. Coming."
He started punching and kicking Castiel, while carving with the Angel Blade. Shock, cut, punch. Shock, cut, punch.
Castiel felt like hell. He wanted to die. Then, he started thinking.
What if Lucifer was right?
What if Sam and Dean weren't coming?
It's been 3 weeks. Maybe they forgot about him. Maybe they did not care that he was dying.
Words escaped his lips in a slow tone, causing Lucifer to stop.
"What did you say?"
"You're right..."
"What?"
"You're right!" He finally shouted. Lucifer had done it. He broke Castiel.
"You're right, they aren't coming! They aren't my friends, they betrayed me!"
"And?"
"They forgot me! They don't care! Why would they ever care about a stupid Angel like me? They are living their own lives, they aren't going to risk them because a stupid Angel is in trouble-again!" Castiel shouted while crying.
Lucifer smirked. He walked out of the room, and let Castiel alone for the rest of the day. He just observed him. He was weak. He wasn't healing. He was completely broken. But he knew that the Winchesters were coming, because he had given them his location already. He just waited until they fell into his trap.
Dean had never driven faster in his life. He was burning gas so fast that he had to refill 3 times already. He was nervous, angry.
Sam was looking at him. He had never seen his brother angrier before.
"Why do you think Lucifer gave us his exact address?"
"Why do you think? It's because he wants to trap us. Otherwise, if he just wanted to kill Cas, he would have done so by now. He wants us."
"How far away are we?"
"We should be there in about 5 minutes."
"That was fast."
In a usual day, Dean would smile at that joke. He didn't. Sam sighed and looked at the road ahead.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
"Why?"
"What do you mean why? Lucifer has been torturing Castiel for 3 weeks. Non stop, probably. What if that scarred him for life?"
"Well, Cas is strong. He won't let that happen."
"I don't think so."
The brothers fell in silence once more, until they reached their destination. An old, abandoned building. They parked the car behind the entrance, and sneaked in through the back door.
Suddenly, a demon jumped at them. Dean got his Angel Blade out and stabbed the demon, causing it to burn out of its vessel.
"They knew we were coming." Sam said.
"Of course they did, you idiot!" Dean told him. They continued walking and killing a few demons, until they saw a cell. The sign said, 'Do not come in. Torture is in progress.' Dean took a deep breath, not ready to witness what was inside. He slammed the door and saw Castiel, tied on an electric chair, and Lucifer next to him.
"Hello, boys."
Dean was looking at Castiel, who was unconscious.
"What did you do to him?!"
"Oh, no worries. I just mentally and physically tortured him, and made him think that you weren't coming. See if you can fix him." Dean growled. Lucifer whistled and all of his remaining demons, 7 of them, came in the room.
"So, shall we?"
Dean and Sam immediately started killing the demons. Dean killed most of them with his Angel Blade, while Sam helped him immobilize them, since he did not have an Angel Blade himself. Once the demons were dead, the brothers turned to Lucifer. Dean charged at him, but Lucifer disappeared with the blink of an eye.
"What the hell?! Where did he go?!"
"Doesn't matter, let's get Cas!" Said Sam. Both went to Castiel, and untied him.
"Let's carry him to the car."
Once they got out, they went to the car and put Castiel in the passenger seat. Dean started driving. Sam was sitting in the passenger seat, observing Castiel.
"How is he?"
"Really bad. He has a pulse, but it's faint. He appears to have cuts and bruises everywhere."
Dean cringed.
"Don't you worry buddy, we are gonna be home soon."
AN: Torture done! Next chapters will see how badly Cas has been affected by Lucifer!