Hi! Sorry I'm so late but this took forever! I hope you enjoy!
Warning: not really descriptive torture, kidnapping, electrocution, burns, Deceit's the bad guy, i named him Dolos,
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(This is all set in the modern day)
Kidnapped
Prince Virgil was sitting in the back garden, earphones blocking the outside world when a strange man with weird scarring on his face approached. Virgil stared at him, quickly debating whether or not to alert the castle guards or to wait and see what he wants.
"Good evening, Prince." The stranger greets with a kind smile.
"Who are you? I'm not allowed to talk to strangers." Virgil states, hoping the man would leave so he could go back to his music.
"My apologies, my name is Dolos." The man laughs, tipping his hat respectively like in the movies Virgil watched with his older brothers, Roman, Patton and Logan.
"Do you need something?" Virgil asks politely, still confused why this man wanted to talk to him of all people. Roman was usually the one everyone wanted to talk to since he was really good at it but Virgil was…not.
"I just wanted to meet the youngest prince and give him a gift," Dolos says, pulling a small wrapped package out from under his cloak. Suddenly curious, Virgil leans closer to see and eagerly takes the box.
"I'm not supposed to take things from strangers," Virgil begins, remembering the lessons his parents drilled into him, "dad says-"
"But I'm not a stranger anymore, am I? Anyway, would the guards let someone with malicious intent enter the castle in the first place?" Dolos cut him off but Virgil shrugged. That made sense, the guards would never put him in danger and would've seen Dolos entering.
"I guess not…" Virgil says and opens the box to find a beautifully decorated cupcake that smells simply delicious! Virgil's mouth waters and he takes a big bite out of it. A burst of yummy flavor explodes in his mouth and he lets out a contented groan and only after he finishes it, does he notice a distinct bitter aftertaste. He goes to mention to Dolos that he feels funny but his mouth isn't working as he'd like and his world slowly fades to black.
oOo
Virgil blinks awake, his confused, hazy mind processing the anxiety, the strange white room he found himself in caused. Was he…. in the hospital? What happened? The world clears and he notices a heavy metal handcuff locked around his right wrist. He touches it softly, running his fingers over the rough metal and even tugged at it a bit to see if it would let go. It didn't, and he notes that the handcuff isn't attached to anything like he first thought.
He definitely wasn't in the hospital.
What happened before he passed out? He was outside, listening to music and watching the stars but then… DOLOS! That man, Dolos came and gave him a cupcake! He was drugged… he was kidnapped! Virgil swallows thickly, remembering overhearing his mother warning his brothers about this kind of thing. How they were important and bad people would try to hurt them for money. Was that what was happening? Was he going to be hurt?
The door slides open and Dolos enters, smirking at the glare Virgil gives him.
"Did you have a good sleep?" Dolos asks casually as if Virgil had fallen asleep naturally and hadn't been drugged by said man.
"Stay away from me." Virgil hissed But Dolos came closer anyways, towering over the boy.
"Don't you worry, Virgil, if your parents are sensible, you'll be home in no time."
"What do you want?"
"Just your father's computer. It's not a lot to ask, in return for your safety." Dolos says flippantly but Virgil knows how important that laptop is. It holds all the security codes to their house and many important buildings around the city… if Dolos got ahold of them, there could be major consequences.
He couldn't let them trade that computer for him. It just wasn't worth it.
"They won't give it to you." Virgil tries but Dolos simply laughs.
"They will if they value your safety." Virgil tensed at the threatening undertone to the statement and watches Dolos leave, obviously leaving the door slightly ajar.
It was as if he wanted him to try to escape and Virgil knew this but that didn't stop him from waiting a couple minutes until he was sure Dolos was gone. He then he slipped out of the room. As soon as he passed through the doorway though, the handcuff on his wrist started shocking him, sending waves of increasing, burning pain up his arm. The further he got from the room, the worse it got but Virgil was determined to leave and powered through. Even when the pain got too much, he forced himself to move until he crumbled to the floor, body twitching with pain.
Virgil curled in on himself and Dolos appeared above him, a look of amused surprise on his face.
"Impressive you got this far, too bad you couldn't make it just a little further." He taunted and Virgil started crying.
He could see the door! It was so close, so close to freedom!
He sobbed like the 10-year-old he was as Dolos dragged him back to the white room. Once inside, Dolos locks the door and takes the handcuff off, reveling the angry, bubbling red burn on his wrist. Virgil hugs his arm to his chest protectively and tries to pull away as he fearfully watches Dolos extend the cuff and wrap it around Virgil's neck.
"You made it farther than I thought so maybe you'll learn better with it this way. You wouldn't want to try out how it feels, would you?" Dolos threatens and the uncomfortable feeling of the metal prongs pressing into his neck only made Virgil more scared. He shook his head and Dolos exits, leaving Virgil to curl into a ball, pressed into the furthest corner of the room.
oOo
Virgil wakes up to an unbearable, burning pain on his neck and lets out a strangled yell, pleading for it to stop.
It turns off as suddenly as it started and once Virgil got a grip on his breathing, he looked up to see Dolos laughing in the doorway. Virgil holds the collar still with his left hand, hoping that it would stop it from rubbing against his now sensitive skin.
"Here, occupy yourself," Dolos says and places a complicated word puzzle in front of him. "You have fifteen minutes to complete it or I turn that collar of yours up to a ten."
Virgil's stomach drops and begins the puzzle. It's not the hardest thing he's come across and he could liken it to the work he'd seen Logan doing for a school project.
He doesn't notice it at first, but as time goes on, a pain starts in his neck and he realizes that the shock collar is slowly being turned up. A pang of frustration echoes in his chest but he can't lose focus! He needs to finish this but the pain is distracting and he doesn't know how much time he has left. He just starts sobbing after another minute of the intensifying pain and Dolos says, "Oops, times up." And the pain becomes unbearable. He topples over and desperately yanks at the collar, screaming for mercy.
Dolos leaves it on for about a minute and then turns It off, amused at the boy's pain but bored now that the fun was over. He left the kid alone after another moment, wondering how much longer it would take for that stupid kid's parents to respond to his threats.
oOo
It was five hours after Dolos left Virgil when he reappeared in the doorway. Virgil didn't look up as he entered the room and pressed himself as close to the wall as possible. As if that would do anything to help him.
He yelped as Dolos yanked him out of the corner by his hair and thrust a phone at him. Confused, Virgil put it up to his ear and was surprised to hear his mother on the other line.
"Mom?" He gasps, his throat hurting from the former abuse. She starts sobbing on the other line and Virgil can feel tears welling in his eyes too.
"D-don't do what he wants!" Virgil warned but before she could answer, the collar turns on and he dropped the phone, letting out a warbled cry that turned into choked sobs.
Dolos picked up the phone himself, setting the collar to a 4 and left the boy to curl in a ball of pain in the corner.
"I expect an answer in the next 24 hours or this'll look like child's play by the time I finish." Dolos threatened and hung up, leaving Virgil's collar on overnight as a punishment.
oOo
The next morning, Dolos finally brings Virgil some kind of food and a glass of water which the kid eagerly ate without so much as looking at a Dolos. He didn't care for now as he waited and then placed another puzzle before the boy. Dolos holds back a laugh at the look of horror on the kids face as Dolos announces he only has 10 minutes to finish this one.
To Dolos's surprise, Virgil manages to finish this one with almost a minute to spare but just because he felt like it, turns the collar up to a 10 anyways.
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After the 24 hours Dolos gave Virgil's parents pass without so much as a peep from them, he begins to abuse Virgil for whatever reason he pleases. Virgil grabs at his food before he's told to- shocked. Virgil steps too close to him - shocked. Virgil looks at him the wrong way - shocked.
To Dolos's pleasure, this makes the kid a wreak and after another 24 hours pass, Dolos gets more creative.
He began to find other ways of torturing Virgil using things such as; fire, boiling water, fists, kicks, mind tricks and sound.
He even accidentally burst Virgil's right eardrum messing with sound later that day and Dolos got the chance to taunt the kid with the threat of deafness.
oOo
It was five days after Virgil last spoke to his mother when Dolos dragged him into a new room and sat where Dolos told him to.
"Do not move," Dolos ordered and Virgil watched him connect a video chat, a shred of hope blooming in his chest at the thought of seeing his mother.
"Virgil!" Was the first thing his mom gasped when she appeared on the screen and tears welled in Virgil's eyes. "We're coming to get you! It's okay, everything's going to be okay-"
"Enough." Dolos snaps, "you did this to him and he knows it. You just hate him and want him gone." The hope dies in Virgil's chest and he looked down at the floor.
"No, Virgil! We tried, I'm so sorry! We tried!" She broke down into sobs and his father appeared onscreen.
"Don't you dare lay another finger on him!" Virgil's father snarls and a Dolos laughs as he turns the collar on. Virgil lets out a pained whine, holding back his shouts to spare his parents. Dolos laughs while his parents watch their son writhe in pain on the ground before they abruptly disconnected halfway through.
Dolos frowned but turns the collar off again and dragged Virgil back into his original room, leaving him alone for the night.
oOo
It was three days since the last time Virgil saw Dolos and he wondered briefly if he just left without him. It was a hopeful thought, that maybe he wouldn't be hurt anymore but he couldn't be sure so he stayed put, starving and in pain.
oOo
The next day, Virgil heard a noise in the hallway and his door opened slowly but it wasn't Dolos this time. A man in a police man's uniform stood there and called to someone else in the hallway. Then he was being lifted tenderly in the man's arms and they headed into the hallway.
As soon as he left the room though, the thought of being shocked came to Virgil's mind and he started thrashing violently, trying to get back to the room, where he was safe! The man's grip on him was tight though and in his weakened state, he had no chance. Thankfully the collar didn't turn on as they left the building and Virgil was loaded into an ambulance parked outside.
oOo
For the next three weeks, Virgil spent his time in the hospital and every magazine and newspaper was covering his story with headlines like 'Brave Prince Survives Kidnapping' or 'Kidnapped Prince Returns Home.'
The problem Virgil had with those, was that he didn't feel too brave and honestly didn't feel like much of a prince. The fact was that he was a prince but he didn't feel like the title suited him.
During his stay in the hospital, Virgil's brothers stayed with him for as long as they possibly could and one of them was always in the room with Virgil at all times.
"And then Steven fought the zombie gems with Connie and they fused to create Stevonnie RIGHT IN FRONT OF CONNIES MOM!" Roman cried as he recounted the most recent episode of his favorite television series.
"You'll have to show me the episode when I get home," Virgil whispered, sounding like he gargled rocks but the doctor told them that his throat was healing slowly but surely.
"I will! We'll have a marathon with a pillow fort and everything!" Roman cried, smiling widely at his youngest brother.
"Can I join?" Patton asks as he enters the room with lunch for the three of them.
"Of course!" Roman says and Virgil nods as Patton hands him the plate. He hesitates before eating anything though, the memory of pain keeping him from digging in without expressed permission.
"You can eat Virgil." Roman allowed with a frown. They'd been having to give him permission to do things since he got back and the doctor had recommended him a therapist to help him deal with everything he's gone through.
Virgil nodded slowly and began to eat, his brothers watching for a moment before Patton said,
"Logan's coming later today. He had to tutor a couple kids and will be coming around 5pm."
"What a nerd." Roman snorted and Virgil chuckled softly, nodding his agreement. Patton swatted playfully at them and the three ate in silence until Roman got fed up and put on a YouTube video to fill the silence.
They watched YouTube for the rest of the night, Roman and Patton squashed on both of Virgil's sides, curled around each other.
Logan entered around 5pm as he'd said and joined their cuddle pile, petting his fingers softly through Virgil's hair until they all fell asleep, together.