Chapter 11 Silence is Golden…
The guys struggle as they are led into a new room. They can't see it fully, since it's so dark. But Shane quickly turns on the lights, making them all gasp.
The 'playroom' Shane was talking about look more like a dungeon than anything. Several smaller cells are lined up next to each other. Each look like they were used centuries ago. The smell that lingers in the hallway makes the guys gag. Just opposite of the cells is a larger room, which makes this whole prison just look ten time worse.
Chains hang on these walls as well, just like their previous cell, but these have dried blood on them. There are different devices in the room, which they recognize from their history lessons back in school. A torture chamber is what it's called. They all realize it and exchange terrified looks with each other.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Shane suddenly tells them from close behind, making them jump. "Yeah, I was keeping this for a special occasion. Looks like the time has arrived now. You see, when I said I was tired of playing games, I meant it. Every time I played a game with you, you somehow recovered from it, one way or another. I'm not saying you all reacted healthily, but you weren't exactly shaking either. So here's my final solution; all of you are getting your own cell."
Their eyes widen at this. "Fun, right? I thought you'd like that. And as you can see, there are only three cells here. That means one of you will either go into solitary, like sweet, innocent Carlos, or; they will go into my favorite play area across the hall. Right now this means you're lucky, because carlos is already in solitary. Oh, I almost forgot!" His eyes suddenly light up and he eagerly walks towards an empty wall facing all the cells.
"Look what I had installed." He grabs a remote control from his back pocket and presses a button. The guys watch as they see a big white screen coming down from the wall. "Cool, right? I just figured, why should we be the only ones to enjoy your camerawork?" The guys frown. "Watch, this is my favorite channel." He presses another button and the guys gasp.
Right there on the screen is Carlos. Because the room is dark, they can see the infrared light illuminating him in a strange green glow. He is sitting with his back against the wall, knees pulled up to his chest and his arms tightly pulled around them. His head is bent forward and he rests his nose on his arms as he rocks back and forth. His eyes are big and the guys can see he's terrified.
Just then, he moves up and runs towards the wall with full speed, only to be bounced back to the floor. He lies there for a second, before getting up and jumping the wall, pounding it, kicking it. His mouth is wide open and anyone can tell he's screaming at the top of his lungs. He punches the wall a few times more, before sliding to the floor in a defeated, sobbing heap.
At that moment, the screen goes dark again. The guys look at Shane, who holds the remote with a grin.
"Isn't it just the saddest thing you've ever seen?" He chuckles. "Oh my god, I could just watch that all day. But I have to say, for me personally, that show would be so much better if he stopped trying to escape, you know? He's got way too much spirit left in him. Every episode ends the same way. It's getting a little boring."
"Just let him out. He didn't even put a scratch on you." Kendall suddenly mentions, looking annoyed. Shane turns his head to him.
"You know what? You're right. I will let him out. But, before I do, I should get you all settled in. Lock Logan here up in cell number 1, chain the blonde up in 2 and have our pretty Face here installed in the play area." James eyes grow wide as he hears this.
"Wait, what? No, I don't want to go in there.. why me?" He asks in panic as the big man starts to drag him away from his friends, who stare after him in horror.
"Hey, wait a minute.. It's supposed to be my turn!" Kendall yells as another big man tries to shove him inside a cell. Logan just watches from the bars after he is shoved roughly in the first cell.
"Oh, that's right. I was keeping an order in here, wasn't I?" Shane smiles and looks like he thinks it over thoroughly. "Hm, what to do?" He says as he taps a finger on his chin. "Oh, wait, I remember now. This actually is Kendall's turn after all. Because you see, today I am going to show you what happens when you insult me."
Shane grins in Kendall's direction, who in turn frowns at him.
"Chain him up in the play area. Make sure he has a good view of his pretty friend." He just keeps his smile on Kendall, while the said blonde is dragged into the play area himself. He watches, as James is strapped to a metal slab in the middle of the room.
He tries not to wince when his own arms are lifted high in the air and his wrists are safely secured in chains. The metal slab that holds a terrified James is not being turned in a vertical position. He is directly across from Kendall now.
"kendall? James? Don't hurt them, Shane, please!" Logan's pleading voice comes from the first cell. Shane rolls his eyes and walks over to the door, closing it tightly, but not before yelling out:
"Don't worry, doctor Mitchell. You're next!"
Logan's muffled yelling can be heard outside the door, but the men in the room choose to ignore it.
"So, here we are." Shane clasps his hands together.
"I thought you said you were done playing games?" Kendall questions as he glares at Shane.
"Oh, but I am. This isn't a game anymore. You see, before, you had influence on the situation. Your friends stayed alive, because you saved them. Now, they will get hurt, because you couldn't keep your mouth shut. See how there's a difference?"
"You're insane…" Kendall states and Shane walks closer.
"Yes, I might be. Which only spells bad news for you and your friends, doesn't it?" Shane whispers now. Kendall glares back.
"You're not going to get away with this!" He screams, while tugging on his chains. Shane walks back to James.
"You're really not getting it, are you? The more you talk back to me, the more your friends are going to suffer. Do you not see that? Because I thought it was pretty obvious."
Kendall watches as Shane turns around to grab something. He can see James' eyes widening and the big men quickly gag him with a bandana.
"What are you doing?" Kendall asks, still not seeing anything, but just feeling the panic coming off of James as he writhes on the table.
"let's say you talked back to me ten times today. That would mean ten times of James having to feel THIS!" He yells the last word as he turns around and cracks a whip on James' torso. He cries out in pain.
"What are you doing? Are you insane?" Shane hits James again and again. "Stop it, you're hurting him!"
"Eleven, Kendall." Shane mutters before lashing James with the whip again. James cries out and struggles in his restraints. His eyes are squeezed shut and he cries out all eleven times Shane hits him.
"Stop, that's enough!" Kendall screams at the top of his lungs. Shane smiles.
"And that makes it twelve." With one SNAP he lashes the whip across James' face, making Kendall stare in horror as James cries out even louder than before. Tears are streaming down his face.
James sobs and trembles on the table as Kendall just stares in shock at the red and angry streaks covering James' torso. But the one standing out is the long red, welt going covering the left side of his face, going from top to bottom. It looks so utterly painful alongside all the smaller cuts made before.
"You see what you did there, Kendall? You've messed up his perfect body. And his face… Oh, so sad…" Shane holds a hand in front of his mouth in fake concern.
"I didn't do that… You did…" Kendall grumbles from his chains. Shane raises his eyebrows.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Was that lucky number thirteen I heard?" He pulls the whip into the air and James closes his eyes in panic.
"No wait!" Kendall yells out.
"Too late." Shane replies and James' scream can be heard throughout the halls as the whip comes down a last time.
Kendall sits in shock, watching, as his friend lies on the metal slab no longer moving.
Shane wipes off the now bloody whip with a towel and hands the whip to one of his men. He walks towards Kendall, who can't take his eyes off his friend.
"Poor Kendall." He shakes his head. "Now do you see what happens when you say bad things about me?"
Kendall suddenly looks up at him with blazing eyes.
"You son of a bitch… You hurt him, you hurt my best friend!" He struggles in his chains as he tries to lunge for Shane. Shane just steps back and shakes his head again.
"Well, boys… Looks like Kendall here hasn't learned his lesson yet. Take this one into cell number 2 and bring the doctor in." The men nod and untie James, before on of them roughly throws him over his shoulder. Kendall still struggle in his chains like a wild animal.
"You're not going to get away with this, you hear me?" He keeps yelling at Shane, who just stares, looking unimpressed.
The men walk out into the hallway, where Logan is still yelling. He stops when they walk by and gasps when he sees James.
"Oh my god, James… what happened? What did you do to him?" He questions the men as they throw James onto the floor of the cell next to him. He kneels to the floor and puts his face to the bars that separate him and his friend. He sticks out his arm as far as he can, trying to reach him. "James?" He quietly calls out.
He almost reaches him, when suddenly his arms are yanked away.
"hey, what's going on? Let go of me!" he struggles in their grasp, but the big men quickly drag him into the play area.
"Logan? What is he doing here? Let go of him!" Kendall yells as he tries to free himself again.
"Kendall? What's going on? What happened to James?" Logan asks through panicked eyes. "Kendall?" But Kendall has gone silent, only left glaring at Shane who smiles again.
"Put him in the chair." His grin seems to grow as his men grab a chair from the corner and put it in the middle of the room, after pushing the now bloody metal slab away. Logan is roughly pushed into the chair.
"Hey, watch it!" He winces. Restraints are quickly put on his wrists and ankles. "Hi Kendall." He happily jokes as he now lined right in front of his friend. He makes funny faces and at any other time, Kendall would have laughed. But right now, he knows what's going to happen and he can only clench his jaw in anger.
"Right, so how about we explain things to Doctor Mitchell over here." Logan's funny mood is gone in an instant when being referred to as doctor. "Oh, I'm sorry. You lost your first patient before. How did his family take it when you told them? Oh, stupid me. He's already in solitary right now."
Kendall grumbles. "What was that, Kendall? Did you want to add something? I guess you would, since you were there and you saw the whole thing. So sad that he chose his best friend over his other friend's 11-year old brother, right?"
Logan just looks lost now as he keeps his eyes down.
"Leave him alone! He didn't do anything and you know it!" Kendall yells and Shane smiles.
"Ah, there we are. Logan, meet Kendall. We al know he has a bit of a temper. And right now, that will be your downfall." Logan looks up n confusion.
"What?"
"You saw James just now, didn't you? How would you feel if I told you that was all Kendall's fault?" Logan looks at Kendall with a questioning look.
"I'd say that you were insane?" Logan replies and chuckles slightly, but Kendall doesn't say anything.
"Oh, but it's all true, right Kendall? You see, I told him not to talk back to me anymore or James would get hurt. But again, you saw him. You do the math, professor." Shane tells him with a smile. Logan throws Kendall another confused look.
"I did't hurt James, you did, you asshole!" Kendall yells.
"He just won't listen." Shane tells Logan and shakes his head. "Watch." He walks over to Kendall and stands beside him, facing Logan. He puts his hand to his back and comes back to show a remote control in his hand. Logan's eyes widen in recognition.
"Kendall, why did you want to hurt James?" Shane asks, while keeping his eyes trained on Logan. Kendall turns his head towards Shane at the question.
"What? I didn't hurt James, you sick maniac!" But the second the words leave his mouth, a crying out from Logan makes him twist his head around in shock.
A buzzing sound is heard as Logan is gripping the sides of the chair tightly and his eyes are shut tight.
"Logan!" Immediately, the buzzing stops and Logan opens his eyes, gasping to catch his breath with eyes spread open.
"Now that, Kendall, was just another example of why you shouldn't talk back to people." Kendall watches Logan in shock.
"What the hell was that? What did you do?" Kendall asks, before the buzzing starts again and Logan thrusts in his chair. "Stop, stop it! You're hurting him!" He screams and it stops again.
"Kendall, I am really starting to lose my patience here." Kendall just stares at his friend breathing heavily in shock. Shane leans down towards him.
"You are absolutely insane…" Kendall shakes his head in disbelief. "You are the most insane person I have ever met…"
Shane sighs in annoyance, before turning a knob on his remote. The buzzing sound gets louder and Logan cries out while his whole body shakes in the chair.
"Hey! What is wrong with you? Shut that thing off! Stop it!" Kendall screams again and Shane turns the knob down again. Logan lets his head droop and his breathing is labored.
"Why are you.." Kendall starts, but is cut off quickly.
"Kendall, stop…" Kendall looks up.
"What?"
"Please stop…" Logan slowly picks his head up and looks at Kendall through half-lidded eyes.
"Logan, I don't.."
"Just stop talking…" His voice wavers now. "Sop talking back to him… It's what he wants… It's why he hurts me… Just don't say anything bad to him anymore…"
"Logan, I can't just let him do this to all of you. I have to defend you guys from this sick disaster of a person." Logan's body shakes again and he cries out as Shane once again shocks him.
"Kendall, please…" Logan cries out and the electricity is stopped once more. He slumps in the chair. "Why do you keep doing this?"
"yeah, that's what I want to know. Why are you doing this?" Kendall asks Shane in agreement.
"No, Kendall… I meant you…" Kendall watches up in surprise at this.
"What?" He half-whispers.
"Do you not see what he's doing? Every time you talk back he shocks me. It hurt so much, but you are so busy lashing out at him that you won't even notice…" Logan chokes out.
"But I do notice…" Kendall quietly tells him in a pained voice.
"Then why do you keep going, Kendall? Why do you keep letting him hurt me?" Logan sobs quietly.
"i… I just wanted to…I wanted to defend you guys… Because I'm the leader and I… and I…" Kendall starts. "I don't know…" He suddenly whispers and Shane claps his hands.
"Oh, finally, we're getting somewhere." He happily grabs Logan's shoulders, making him hiss in pain. "Whoops, sorry."
"I'm sorry, Logan…" Kendall whispers with a silent tear running down his face.
"Please just stop trying to defend us all the time… You always get us in more trouble… And this one really hurt, Kendall… It really did…" Logan quietly says and Kendall just looks at him with pain in his eyes.
"Well, I think we're done here." Shane walks to the door, before suddenly turning around. "Oops, I almost forgot." He quickly turns the knob on his remote and watches with glee as Logan's body tremors from the shock coursing through him.
He then turns his gaze towards Kendall. His eyes widen as he sees the heavy course of electricity moving through his friend's body. He wants to scream out, but as he sees Shane's hand on the remote, he stops and sits back.
"Please stop…" he whispers so softly, Shane can barely hear him.
"Hm, what was that?" Shane exaggeratingly puts a hand to his ear to hear what Kendall said.
"Please stop." Kendall now pleads louder and he looks up at Shane with tears in his eyes. Shane smiles.
"Now there's a good boy." He pats Kendall's cheek like a child and turns the knob fully down.
Kendall watches with pain in his eyes as Logan's body stops shaking and eventually just stops moving in the chair.
The men walk over to Logan and untie him, before giving him the same treatment as James and throwing him over on of their shoulders and walking out the door.
"Take him to cell number 3." Shane orders as the last man left unhooks his chains and grabs hold of him.
"Wait, what about Carlos? You said you would let him out." Kendall questions Shane and he turns around to face him.
"I did say that, didn't I? What if I don't? What will you do, Kendall?" Kendall opens his mouth to say something before glancing around the room and remembering what just occurred.
"Nothing…" he quietly responds and Shane smiles again.
"Good, you really are a fast learner. Keep it up." Kendall is led out the door and quickly locked up in the last cell left. He looks next to him and bows his head in shame when he sees his two friends lying unconscious on the floor. He sits on the floor and lets his head rest against the wall.
What did he do? How did he let things get this far? He lost control… If he had kept his mouth shut, they would be fine now. Well, maybe not fine. But they wouldn't be lying on the floor out cold like this.
Logan was right. They did always get into more trouble, because he liked getting under people's skin. He didn't do it to defend the guys. He liked to aggravate him. That's why he did it to Gustavo. Plus, another reason he did it to Shane… If he was the one who was doing the insulting, maybe he would leave the other guys alone. Guess he thought wrong…
He suddenly hears footsteps and voices down the hall. He gets up and walks to the bars. His eyes widen when he sees who the voices belong to.
"Kendall? Oh my god, I am so glad to see you… That place is really horrible…" He can't talk when he sees Carlos being led right by him. "Why are Logan and James sleeping? Are they that tired? By the way, what happened to our old room? Wasn't that bigger?" Kendall frowns at Carlos' strange questions, but doesn't answer and just watches as his youngest friend is taking away, into the play area.
"Poor thing. I've locked him up there for so long, he really is losing his mind." Shane actually says as he comes to stand next to Kendall, leaning against the bars. "Oh, by the way, I have something to tell you. Come closer." Kendall hesitantly leans in closer, while Shane begins to whisper. "I'm going to make a man out of him tonight." Kendall's eyes grow in horror.
Shane smiles excitedly and winks at Kendall, before putting his finger to his lips. "Shhhh, it's our little secret."
"No, Carlo.." Shane quickly puts a hand over his mouth.
"Uh-uh." He says as he shakes his finger. "Remember what we talked about? You scream or say anything to your friends about this and they will be the ones paying the price. Got it?" Kendall hesitantly looks back and forth between his friends, who are still out cold. He closes his eyes and bows his head before nodding his head ever so slowly.
"Good. Wish me luck. I've been dreaming of this moment ever since I caught him. God, this is so exciting!" Kendall fights the urge not to throw up at what Shane is about to do.
He also fights the urge to somehow bend all these bars out of shape and kill Shane right then and there, before he can hurt Carlos. Carlos… oh god… He knew exactly what Shane was going to do and he didn't even try to stop him… If Carlos found out, if anyone found out, they'd never forgive him…
What was he going to do? He couldn't just sit there, while Carlos was being… No, he didn't want to think about that… He misunderstood. That's not what Shane wanted.
Who was he kidding; of course it's what Shane wanted. All those looks he used to give Carlos. They weren't small signs. They were huge signs, pointing out exactly how Shane felt about the young boy, not matter how disgusting it sounded.
It made Kendall sick to his stomach to think about what was going on right now… Across the hall…
Carlos is being led into the 'play area' and scrunches up his nose in disgust at the sight of the blood on the metal slab and the smell of it.
"Where are we?" He asks as Shane shuts the door behind them.
"This is my favorite room is this whole space. You like it?" he asks nervously, as if he were showing his date his own apartment for the first time. Carlos raises his eyebrows.
"It's a little too bloody for me…"
"Well, don't worry. We won't be staying here. I have reserved a special area just for you." Carlos starts to feel a little nervous as his senses slowly come back.
"Where are my friends?" He asks, not even remembering just seeing two of them out cold and Kendall afraid to speak to him.
"Oh, don't worry. They're safe. Two of them are sound asleep in fact." Carlos nervously darts his eyes to the grinning men beside him who seem to be leading him in the direction of a separate room.
The minute he steps in, he knows this isn't a good situation. A bed stands in the middle of the room. Restraints can be seen hanging in each corner.
He turns around, but comes face to face with a very excited looking Shane, who quickly grabs his wrist as he tries to get past him.
"Where are you going?"
"Uh, to the door.. I uh… I have to go to the bathroom." He stammers as he tries again.
"I don't think so. Right now it's time for you and I to have some private fun." His heart thumps in his ears loudly as Shane walks closer to him and tries to guide him towards the bed.
In one move he tries to run around him, but the big men still in the room quickly grab his arms and pull him back.
"Oh, Carlos. Why are you running away? Aren't you tired of always being the innocent one?" Shane asks in a slow tone of voice, gently tracing his finger over Carlos' right arm.
"I'm not innocent… I-I attacked you…" He stammers, but Shane chuckles.
"You are so adorable." He gets so close, Carlos can almost feel his breath on his face and he tries to back away as much as he can. "And I hate adorable." Confusion is now mixed in with Carlos' fear as he stares at Shane.
"I loved it when you attacked me. That fire in your eyes… Wow." He says as the big men pull Carlos backwards, making him fly onto the bed. His heart beats faster and he struggles to get free, but the restraints are soon put around his wrists and ankles tightly. They make it impossible for him to flee. His eyes grow as Shane crawls onto the bed and hovers over him. He leans down to his ear and whispers:
"Tonight, you are getting rid of that last bit of innocence, my dear Carlos. Tonight, I am going to turn you into a man…"
Kendall sits in the dark, his back against the wall and draws his knees to his chest, before letting tears take over as the screams begin…
A/N I'm sorry for doing this, people. But in this story, anything goes.
Thank you for all the support once again and I'm hoping you sill want to keep reading and reviewing after this chapter. Don't hate me, it's all fiction. Plus, Carlos is my fave, so whumpage will always be a part of it.
Anyway, don't hate me too much and let me know what you think
Until next time!
Love, Baxxie