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Chapter 15: Training

"This place is madness." Jay whispered in the darkness of his cell. "This place, its so cold." He said to himself. He didn't really know why he was saying these things out loud. Probably just so that way he could keep his sanity for a little while longer.

He did not know really how long he had been in here. A day, two days? Maybe three? He could not tell. But it was probably only been two days since he first came here if his sense of time was correct.

Of course, he had no way of telling what time it was anyway. When this first started, when Cronus had called him and his friends on his PMR, saying that there were bombs in the city, Jay did not have enough time to put on a watch. Although after all he had been through so far the watch would probably have been broken by now anyway. His PMR was taken away from him and broken so that there was no possible way of him contacting anyone, so the clock in that was taken away too. And there was obviously no sunlight coming from this room since one, there were no cracks or windows, and two, this entire place was underground so there was no possibility of him getting sunlight anyways.

He was now kneeling on a small pile of hay, his arms suspended high above him so his hands were chained to the wall. There was a small possibility of him being able to lie down but the wall was probably warmer then the hay anyway.

How do you like your accommodations Jay? Cronus's voice said in his head.

Jay shook his head angrily. Not exactly a five star hotel if that's the rating you were looking for.

Pity. I had thought you would like your cell. Since it is so much like you.

What are you talking about?

Only laughter responded on the other side.

Your heart Jay, I made this cell especially for you so I could show you what your heart looks like.

Jay winced. That was not true and he knew it. You liar. This cell is not like my heart.

Your right Jay. This cell IS your heart. It is cold, moist, damp, dark, and empty. It is oh so similar to mine Jay. I thought you would be proud to have a heart like mine! I am sorry you feel that way. Cronus's voice said to him with mock sympathy.

"LIAR!" Jay yelled outwardly. "My heart is NOTHING like yours!"

Your right Jay. Yours is worse.

Jay growled angrily. It had been a while since he had heard Cronus's voice in his head. And he couldn't help but wonder how it got there. Was he really going insane? It sure felt like it.

I thought I was ridden of you, Jay said to him angrily, now that you have me captive I think you would have been able to actually come talk to me instead of being so lazy and purging my thoughts Cronus?

I thought I told you to call me master boy? You might as well treat me with respect. I can stop feeding you, you know.

Jay snorted outwardly. You haven't fed me anything so far so you have no right to make threats like that.

But I am your master Jay. I control you. I can make whatever threats I want. I have more rights then anyone here. I can do to you whatever I want because you are my puppet, and I am the puppet master. I can hurt you as much as I wish.

All the sudden Jay felt a sharp jolt of pain surge through his body making his chest arch forward and his arms shake in pain. The pain flew through his body like blood and reached to every single limb in his body. Soon, it would reach his heart. And then his life would be over.

Well………..at least Jay now had a reason to welcome death.

Jay screamed as the pain intensified and his screams echoed around the dark, damp cell. Ringing back into his own ears and causing them to ach with the intensity.

And as quickly as the pain came, it stopped and all of Jay's muscles relaxed. His screams slowed down and quickly evaporated. Leaving Jim groaning and panting.

Now you have seen only a taste of what I can do. I will be down soon to see you Jay. You sound like you need company. And prepare yourself for more pain if you are found disobeying me again.

And Cronus's voice stopped finally. Leaving Jay alone in silence and in darkness.

Jay could not stop his panting from the pain he just experienced and soon his throat was dry so his voice could only come out all choked up. Jay felt sick all over again and suddenly he began to choke in his throat. If he had something to eat earlier he probably would have puked it up. Be hadn't eaten in days so he had nothing to puke up. Except his emotions.

Anger, sadness, despair, confusion…everything heart breaking lurked in this place that seemed like a cave. No, this place was like a tomb. Jay felt all his feelings, all his emotions crowded around in this small, dark loathsome room. All of these feelings seemed to be alive and breathing, waiting to snag the next victim that walked around their corner.

Jay clenched his fists. This…what had Cronus said…his heart? No…NO! It couldn't be. My heart…it is not…is it? This dark? This cold? This lonely? He rubbed his head in confusion. No! He wouldn't accept it. This place couldn't possibly be his heart.

He couldn't take it. The physical pain, the mental pain, and the pain of loosing the ones he loved, it was all too much for him. And this darkness, this darkness was bringing out the worst in him. As he closed his eyes all he saw was his friend's bodies blood drenched and weak, and when he opened his eyes, all he saw was darkness.

Soon he did not even bother to close his eyes any more. He knew sleep would not come to him, and if it did, his sleep would be fraught with nightmares that would cause him to be less rested when he woke up then before.

So he just knelt there, his arms chained to the walls to stop him from moving, just in case. He tried to get himself in a more comfortable position, but when ever he tried, he would lose more energy. And energy was the last thing he wanted to lose.

Besides his friends. But that was obvious, he loved them like a family more then anything. They were as close to him as his real family, almost closer! He cared about them and their safety more then life itself.

And that was what got him in to this situation to begin with, but he didn't care. They were safe, that was all that mattered to him anymore.

Or where they? Were his friends dead or alive? Had Cronus's not released them like he said he did? Was he perhaps torturing them right now?

He began to shake involuntarily. And he couldn't stop his usually strong form from shaking and breaking apart as he thought once more. Finally, he could not stop his large, uncontrollable sobs from escaping his blood filled mouth from the wounds Cronus had caused him. But that did not stop him from continuing to scream.

"No…please! No more. I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE!" he said loudly as the darkness drove him insane.

"Now what's all this nonsense Jay?" he heard a dark taunting voice say from in front of him, although Jay could not see anything in the dark he knew Cronus was there. "Are you really this pathetic?"

"SHUT UP!" Jay bellowed angrily as Cronus's words smashed its way into his brain.

"Truly I had not expected you to break this quickly Jay." Cronus said chuckling darkly as he held up a torch and lit the three unlit torches in the dark room.

Jay winced as the light flooded into the room. He had been in the darkness for so long it had seemed, the light was torturing him.

"T-t-turn out the light?" he whimpered as he tried to shrink away from the light. Cronus chuckled more as he saw the boy's form shake. "Turn out the light!" he yelled shutting his eyes tightly.

But as soon as he did the images of his friends and Cronus laughing over their bodies menacingly came back to his mind and he opened his eyes up once more with a feverish gasp.

He let out great gasps of air as he calmed himself. The light wasn't too bad. But after about two days in the dark, his eyes continued to burn and his heart ached for some reason. Jay took deep breaths to calm himself and slowly his eyes adjusted to the light. I took forever for his eyes to stop hurting tough.

"It's too light." He muttered once again as his head hung there. He was saying the words almost as if he was saying them in his sleep. But there was no chance of him getting sleep anytime soon.

"That's right boy." He said chuckling as he extinguished one of the two torches in the room just to make the boy stop squirming. "The world is to light isn't it? But that's going to change with your help isn't it?" he said laughing once more as the boy

Suddenly the boy began to shake angrily as a pain grasped at his heart.

"Are you mad, Jay?"

Jay's breathing was heavy and erratic. When did Cronus even enter this room? Whenever he did Jay had not seen him.

"Jay's If memory serves, I believe I just asked you a question."

"Yes…" He gritted out.

"Yes?" Cronus mocked

"Yes…"

"Yes to what, Jay?"

"TO YOUR QUESTION!"

This little out burst surprised him even Cronus but he didn't show it. Instead he moved towards the boy and with a wave of his hands, the shackles on his arms fell, causing Jay to drop his arms unexpectingly. Jay felt his arms sore but his mind was eased with the slight relief of not having his arms stretched any more.

"Come at me." Cronus said suddenly.

"What?"

"You're angry, correct? Who fuelled your anger, Jay?"

Jay stayed silent for many moments. It was Cronus who fuelled his anger. But what good would it do fighting him now? When he was so weak he would have no chance against the god of time. Besides, he had to conserve his energy, who knew when the next time he would be given food would be?

"I believe I gave you an order slave." Cronus hissed through gritted teeth, obviously angry that Jay was not obeying him.

Jay had to smirk as he noticed the evil god's frustration. Still, he did not move from his place on the ground. He heard Cronus let out a sigh of annoyance which was something he did not usually do too often. Jay looked as the evil man smirked he cracked his white knuckles.

"Looks like I am going to have to force you to fight back." He said as his smirk grew wider.

Before Jay could react, Cronus had surged forward towards him like a snake would attack the unexpecting field mouse.

As Cronus's punch hit him square in the jaw, Jay let out a gasp of pain. But before he could even think he saw Cronus pull his arm back so that he could hit him again. But this time, Jay was ready. As quick as he could make himself he rolled over to the side and forced himself to stand up on his legs.

His legs felt weaker then his arms did but he knew he had to move quickly before Cronus attacked again.

"Stop defending yourself Jay!" Cronus said as he moved quickly forward and tried to slash at him with his scythes. "Go onto offence! Unless you attack your opponent and weaken them you will never win a battle!"

Jay dared not to obey Cronus's orders, but as one of his scythes scratched his side lightly Jay winced in pain and fell to the floor onto his back.

Cronus smirked as he put his scythe on the boy's neck. "dead." He said smirking.

Jay was panting. Normally this would just be the beginning of a fight for him. But because of the lack of food, sleep and use of his arms and legs in the last few weeks, Jay was completely weak.

"What was that supposed to be?" Jay growled angrily as he tried to sit up, but Cronus's scythe restrained him.

"Your first practice of course. I must say, Jay, sparring with you in the future will be quite a challenge. But right now you're not good enough. I can kill you easily. Now. But with the proper training, you could be just as good as me. But that will take years of practice. Seems to me my children have not been whipping you into shape enough."

Jay felt his stomach turn. This whole fight had been a lesson? Just now…Cronus was training him?

When Jay did not reply Cronus smirked at the boy's stubbornness.

"You will be my apprentice, Jay, whether you like it or not. Oh! Don't misunderstand me." Cronus leaned in closer, his words hissing through his teeth. "I think you'll quite enjoy it."

Jay' eyes turned into a fiery glare as he stood up and tried to punch him. But before he could Cronus had punched him in the stomach. And was out the door.

For awhile, all he could do was stare at the closed door. It stared back at him, mocking him, beating him down. A thought flew into the boy's mind, a thought that he had been trying so hard to suppress.

What would he do when it came time for him to face his friends? What would he say to them? He obviously couldn't tell them he was being used so that they could stay alive, they would be dead in moments! But he couldn't pretend he was evil, it would just be too hard! He would give himself away in moments! For he had never been a good actor.

Jay did not know how long he had been collapsed on the stone ground. But he did not bother to move towards his bed, the ground would probably be more comfortable then that pile of straw anyways. But his eyes remained open as he was sprawled out on the floor. For he still did not dare to close them in fear of his nightmares. But he needed to sleep! If he didn't he would surely become ill or go crazy.

He moved his arms slowly and rested his head on his chin. At least that was one thing that Cronus did that didn't hurt him. Letting his arms go free of those chains obviously made it easier for him. But the cut in his side was killing him.

Suddenly Jay heard a loud thump, and his eyes flew over to the black metal door. Lying right in front of it was a small loaf of bread.

Jay's eyes widened and he used all of his strength to get to the bread. But his entire body was too stiff and the cut in his side was blazing like fire. His throat felt like a sauna as he groaned stretching his arms as far as he could just to get the bread.

And finally the edge of his finger tips reached the bread and he felt hope rise in his heart. But as he tried to grasp the bread and bring it closer to his body, he accidentally pushed against it which caused it to roll farther away.

"No!" he gasped as it went out of reach and all the hope he felt sunk. Suddenly he heard a chuckle that would have usually caused him to find the source, but he was too weak.

"Look at you lad." A deep voice with an English accent rang through the walls. "Using every last piece of your strength to get a stinking piece of bread." The chuckling continued and Jay looked up to see Darren kneeling against the closed door frame chuckling at him darkly. "Why don't you just ask for help? All you have to do is beg." He said chuckling once more.

Jay felt a growl arise in his throat but as he opened his mouth to release it, it only came out as a gag.

Darren rolled his eyes and walked towards the boy and knelt down to him. Quickly he took out a water flask and held it out to him. Jay looked at the pouch wearily and Darren growled.

"What? Do you want me to shove it down your throat? Drink it before I do!" he growled angrily.

Jay used whatever strength he had left to grasp the water pouch and try to catch the drops of water that fell from it. The water burned his throat more then before with its awful taste but Jay was thankful to have it none the less. At least now he could talk properly.

"What do you want?" he said quietly as his voice croaked.

Darren sighed angrily. "Look I am just doing my job! Can you just eat the stinking bread already? Then we can talk."

"I can't exactly reach it now can I?" He said as he tried his best to sit up. He knew he should be using his strength to try and get the bread. But he wouldn't be able to eat it lying down anyways. He soon was able to lean against the stone wall and Darren kicked the bread towards him silently.

Jay grasped the bread in one hand and brought it to his mouth. Expecting the rich, doughy texture that was white bread. But all he tasted as he popped the whole loaf into his mouth was mold, the bread was stale.

Darren laughed at him at the sight of his face. "Ya, I was about to tell you to pick off all the mold pieces first. Eat all of it!" Darren warned him as the boy tried to spit it back out. "Our lord put a spell on it to give you strength.

Jay snorted angrily. "How kind of your lord." He said as he forced himself to eat the bread.

Darren remained quietly until Jay had finished every single crumb of the awful, foul tasting mouldy bread. Only when the boy's mouth was empty did he say anything.

"He is your lord now too." He said quietly. "You will have to get used to it. Your not going to escape from him."

Jay snorted. "How would you know? You have probably never tried."

Darren shrugged. "Perhaps your right. But here's the catch, I know I would be killed in a second if I disobey my master. You on the other hand," Darren smirked as the boy's face filled with anger, "If you try anything you will have to watch your little friends die now wont you?"

Jay shook with anger that he tried to control. But before he could do anything, Darren tossed a bundle at him.

When Jay looked up at him questionably, Darren smirked. "That blue Jay is your new outfit."

As Jay unfolded the outfit he stared at it with disgust. "There is now way your catching ME wearing this! I may not be Neil but I still have a sense of style you know." He said throwing the bundle on the floor.

Darren shrugged his shoulders once more and stood up walking towards the door. "Suit yourself." He said, his back turned away from him. "You don't have to wear it now. But when I come back in a few hours, you better be prepared."

"Be prepared for what?" Jay hissed angrily, his arms clenched in fists at his side as he also stood up. He was so angered by this man he was ready to attack him down, but his next words shocked him too much.

"Your first mission of course." He said before extinguishing the last torch and closing the metal door behind him. "So prepare yourself to defeat your friends."

The only thing Jay heard after that was Darren's laughter and the sound of his boot clad feet walking away. Leaving Jay all alone in the everlasting darkness once more.

I did it! I finished it! Sorry if it is short though. The next chapter is on its way! SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING!!! DON'T KILL ME!!!

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