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Reid felt like there was someone with a jackhammer banging around in his head. Reid slowly blinked his eyes open. The first thing he saw was Nia. She was strapped to a surgical table that was in the room with him.
A dog muzzle was on her keeping her mouth shut. Her front feet were tied together and stretched in front of her. Back feet were the same only behind her. There were thick straps across Nia just behind her shoulders and just above her hips. She was laid out on her right side giving Reid the perfect view of her. Nia had cuts all along her body. None of them were very deep but there were enough of them to worry him.
Reid was concerned that she was dead until he focused and watched Nia sides rise and fall. As if she could feel his gaze, Nia opened her eyes looking straight at him. Her eyes flickered next to Reid. Reid went to turn but couldn't.
Only then did Reid realize that he was tied down to a chair. His wrists were bound behind him and his feet were tied to the chair legs. He tugged on the bindings and found they wouldn't budge. Reid groaned internally but turned his head to see what Nia looked at. That was when he found what Nia had been looking at.
Ryan was in another chair tied up just as Reid was. Ryan's head was against his chest. Reid could see some dried blood that had run down the side of Ryan's face. A quiet whimper brought Reid's attention back to Nia. She was looking at Reid intently, searching his eyes.
"I'm okay." Reid said in a whisper. Reid heard what sounded like a sigh of relief come from Nia. The door opening caused them to break eye contact. The agent that had come and checked Nia out that second day entered smiling when she saw Reid.
"I am glad to see you awake Agent Reid." The blond said walking in. She glanced over at Ryan with a frown.
"I guess I will just have to come back later." She said with a pout. Then she turned to Reid with a smile.
"I will just leave you with something to ponder over." The blond said spinning toward Nia. Walking right up to Nia, the blond pulled out a small knife and drug it along Nia's shoulder. The blond was done and walking out of the room before Reid could even open his mouth. When the door closed Reid focused on Nia. She was breathing fast like she had just run a marathon.
"Hey Nia look at me." Reid said trying to calm her down. Nia's eyes immediately went to him.
"That's a good girl. Just focus on me." Reid said soothingly giving her a small encouraging smile. Slowly Nia's breathing began to calm.
"That's it." Reid said as he heard a groan come from Ryan. Nia and Reid watched as Ryan became conscious.
"Ugg… Reid?" Ryan asked as he forced his eyes open.
"Over here Wolfe." Reid replied. Ryan looked over at Reid and saw Nia as well.
"Where are we?" Ryan asked looking around. Reid shook his head.
"I don't know." Reid replied at the same time Nia whined. They both looked over at her. Nia was staring intently at Reid.
A few seconds later the blond returned. Seeing Ryan awake she smiled.
"Yay! Now we can begin." She said clapping her hands. Ryan narrows his eyes.
"Allis." Ryan hissed. The blond laughed.
"Ah I see you are getting better at recognizing me Ryan." The blond said. Now Reid was confused.
"I thought your name was Rylee?" Reid said confused. Ryan snorted.
"No this is Allis. Rylee is actually a real agent at the MAU. Allis here is just a con." Ryan informed Reid.
Allis clicked her tongue. "Now now Ryan, I am here trying to be nice and there you go calling me names." Allis said with a smile playing along her lips.
"You don't know the word nice." Ryan spat.
Allis shrugged her shoulders. "Don't matter much. What does matter however is that I don't want you speaking." Allis said pulling duck tape out and walking over to Ryan. She effectively tapped his mouth shut. Reid thought she would do the same to him but she didn't.
Instead she exchanged the tape for a smooth bladed knife. This one was bigger than the one she had cut Nia with earlier. Allis walked up to Reid.
"Now here is how it is going to go. You are going to give me what I want or I will take a piece of you." Allis said spinning the knife in her hands. Reid swallowed. Seeing that Reid was going to corporate, Allis smiled.
"Good, now first how connected are you to your dragon?" Allis asked.
"I don't know." Reid answered honestly. Apparently Allis didn't believe him. She lowered the blade and made a small cut on the side of his neck as she pressed the blade against it.
Nia began struggling franticly. Allis huffed and moved away from Reid. Allis went over to the table that Nia was strapped to.
"I guess she wants to go first." Allis said moving so she stood over Nia but on the opposite side of where Reid was. Allis placed the blade along Nia's side before looking up at Reid.
"Let's try another one. How did you get this dragon to trust you so fast?" Reid again didn't know.
When he told Allis this, she pressed down on the blade and dragged it across Nia's side. A muffled cry escaped Nia but she didn't move. As time wore on, Nia was cut again and again when Reid didn't give Allis the answer she wanted which was every question she asked.
Reid didn't know how long the questioning was but when Allis finally pulled the blade from Nia and moved away from her, Reid sighed in relief. His relief only lasted a little while as Allis moved to Reid to continue asking her questions.
This time when Allis didn't get her answers she would hurt Reid with the same knife she had just used on Nia. Reid began to worry as the abuse went on. Each time Allis cut him with the blade, it hurt less and less. Finally, Allis got up and left them alone after ripping the tape of Ryan's mouth in frustration as she walked out.
"Reid are you okay?" Ryan asked urgently. Reid nodded.
"I fine." Reid responded looking over at Nia. Her eyes were open, looking at him with not only pain her eyes but also with worry.
"Reid…" Ryan said.
Reid turned his head to Ryan.
"I can read your expression. What is wrong other than the obvious?" Ryan asked.
"Near the end, I couldn't really feel the blade. Only the pressure." Reid replied frightened.
Ryan spaced out a little. "Her blood mixed with yours." Ryan stated.
Reid looked at Ryan confused. "What does that mean? What does her blood mixing with mine have to do with me not feeling the pain?" Reid asked.
Ryan focused his gaze on Nia. "When a dragon's blood is mixed with their masters, a special bond is formed. The dragon is able to relieve pain from their masters, both master and dragon develop a sense of the other, and with the strongest bonds, the ability to speak to each other." Ryan replied.
Reid looked at Ryan flabbergasted. "How is that possible?" Reid blurted.
Ryan shrugged his shoulders.
"We don't know. There have been very few cases of blood mixing." Ryan said giving Reid a sad look.
Reid looked at Nia. She was watching him with pained eyes.
"Ryan, do you know how exactly Nia is keeping me from feeling the pain?" Reid asked distracted.
Ryan flinched. "She is taking the pain from you and adding it to hers." He reluctantly said.
Reid's eyes widen at Nia. "You don't need to do that. I can handle it." Reid told Nia.
A tiny hint of laughter sparked in Nia's eyes and Ryan chuckled.
"She doesn't have to do that yes but she will. Nia cares about you Reid and she is going to protect you." Ryan explained.
Reid shook his head. "You are ridiculous." Reid told Nia with a grateful smile.
Moments later the door opened again. Allis returned but this time she had something rolled up under her arm.
"Alright let's try this again." She said walking over to a long narrow table and placing the bundle on it. Unrolling it Reid got a good view of what was in the bundle. Knives, lots of them in different lengths widths and shapes.
Allis chose one that was not very long and had a serrated edge. She walked up to Reid with a smile. Reid had no time to prepare himself before Allis brought the blade down against Reid's soft skin along his arm and cut. She frowned when all Reid did was stare at the wound. He had only felt the pressure again. Discreetly looking at Nia he saw her eyes trained on him breathing faster than normal.
Allis looked behind her at Nia and then back at Reid when realization flashed in her eyes.
"Damit!" Allis cursed walking away from Reid.
"What Allis, your plan backfire on you again?" Ryan asked smirking.
Allis spun around and slapped Ryan hard. "You did this!" She yelled.
Ryan spat out some blood laughing.
"Really Allis? I am tied to a chair. It was going to happen eventually all you did was speed it up." Ryan remarked.
Allis screamed in frustration beginning to pace. She paced for a bit before she stopped. She went to her knives grabbed a different blade and headed straight for Nia.
Reid began struggling against his bindings as did Ryan. "Leave her alone!" Reid said loudly as Allis stood where she had earlier.
Allis just gave Reid a smile before she plunged the blade just behind Nia's shoulder. Nia cried out in pain but her cry was muffled by the muzzle.
Grinning, Allis continued to inflict pain upon Nia. She pulled the knife out only to start dragging it along Nia's side in long deep strokes. Reid and Ryan began yelling at Allis to stop. In response, Allis shoved the blade deep into Nia's hip and left it there.
Allis grabbed a role of duck tape, stalked over to Ryan and Reid and proceeded to tape their mouths closed. Once she was done, Allis returned to Nia.
Reid looked Nia in the eyes. Nia's eyes were slightly unfocused and kept dilating. Allis ripped the knife out of Nia's hip. Another scream escaped Nia.
Reid was helpless as he watched Allis slice up Nia's side. Allis never plunged the knife in her again but she left many more deep gashes. Allis drew one more long and deep cut when Reid saw Nia's eyes roll to the back of her head.
When her eyelids closed pain came pulsing through Reid. Reid gasped at the intensity of the pain only to realize it was his own pain. Allis heard him gasp and looked up at him smiling.
"Finally, I thought she was never going to give in." She said removing the blade from Nia's side.
Allis walked right up to Reid, ripped the tape off his mouth.
"What do you want?" Reid asked bearing the pain. Allis's grin widened.
"At first all I wanted was your dragon. Now I am thinking I want both of you and if I can't have you I WILL have your dragon." Allis said. She didn't bother cleaning up the blade that was completely covered in Nia's blood before she cut Reid again.
Reid felt the pain each and every time Allis cut him with the blade this time. Ryan began yelling through the tape but it was no use. Soon the pain became too much and Reid followed Nia into darkness.