Aidan awoke in a small room, tied up, and groggy. He was in a hard wooden chair, hand tied behind him. His legs were tied to the chair posts, and the ropes had started to cut into his skin.
To his right, a girls moans met his ears, and he spotted Maria next to him.
"Maria!" Aidan hissed. She opened her eyes, spotting Aidan, and whining in distress.
"Maki?" Aidan called, worried. He looked around, finding Maki in the dank light, and also making out Luciano, Riley, Jonaton, and Nikolai.
"Maki!" Maki opened his eyes, looking around.
"Where are we?" Maki struggled against the binds.
"That is an excellent question. How about I answer it?" An old man, balding and in a suit, walked in. He had a sly smirk, and gazed upon all the glaring teens.
"This is a government building. We have taken you captive for one reason; we know your secret." Maria gasped, looking desperately at Aidan, who was trying to devise a plan. This man wouldn't be allowed to hurt his friends... but if they hurt Maki... someone would die.
"We would also like to study you. Currently, you are in the United States of America."
Aidan almost let out a sound, but didn't want to give the clue that their parents would be here in a week. Besides... America will find them... right?
"L...Let us go!" Maki said suddenly. The man looked down at him, striking him across the face.
"Leave him alone!" Aidan shouted. The man snapped his fingers, and a small pad of buttons came from the ceiling. The man clicked one, causing Aidan to be shocked.
"Discipline." The man said, holding up one finger.
"Respect." The man glared at Maria, who dared to look him in the eye. He pressed another button, shocking her. Another finger popped up on his hand.
"Obedience." His middle finger was last to come up, and he smirked.
"Those are my three rules. If you don't follow them... you get a treatment."
The man then pressed another button, tugging twice on the pad, and the pad was sent back up. A sliding, metal door opened, and the man quietly left.
"Maki." Aidan panted. "Are you okay?"
Maki nodded, tears of fear at the corners of his eyes.
"What about you, Maria?" Maria nodded, closing her eyes tightly.
"Tell me this is a dream. Soon Mamma will wake me and Luci up, telling us to get our asses out of bed and downstairs where the bastard is making breakfast..." Maria sniffed in.
"I really frickin' hope this is a dream." Riley muttered.
"I'm scared." Jonaton whispered.
"We all are. We'll be saved. Don't worry." Luciano assured them all.
"The important thing is that we're all together, and we'll stick together. No one reveals anything. They have cameras and a mic in here."
"How do you know?" Aidan asked, glancing around.
"When he snapped, the pad came down. Someone had to be watching, and there's no windows in here. Even if it was 1 way, we would of seen it. No doubt they would of tapped us too, to see if we reveal any information. There's no use lying to them, if they know it already. But also... do they know the right secret? When he said 'we know your secret' he never specified which. I say they're bluffing."m Luciano sat back, letting the others contemplate that.
"You really are smart, Luci." Maria laughed.
"Thanks for realizing it so early." Luciano said in a sarcastic tone. The others laughed... after the small amount of depressing time they spent here, it felt good.
X X X X X X X X
Aidan sat up, well not really, considering he was tied to a bed.
"Maki!" Aidan cried, straining his head to find him. A man in a white suit grabbed his head, forcing it down. He took off his head piece, revealing it to be the man from yesterday.
Aidan's metal bed suddenly started rising, so he was slightly slanted, but almost straight up and down. He saw Maki in the same position, as was Luciano, Riley, Nikolai, and Jonaton.
"We heard from our agents, there was a homosexual couple among us." Aidan tried to keep a neutral face, but he figured he probably looked really panicked.
"And I think we figured out who." The man grabbed something off the table, walking towards Aidan. There was a beating on a window nearby, and faint girl's screams, so Aidan figured it was Maria. A door opened, and Maria appeared, arm cut and blood trickling out.
"Leave him alone!" Maria shouted, before being grabbed by several others in the white suits and forced back in the room.
"Maria!" Luciano shouted, trying to break out of his binds. The man raised the item in his hand, revealing a bat, and slamming it into Aidan's stomach.
Aidan gritted his teeth, the pain almost unbearable.
"Not gonna crack?" The man laughed and he continued to slam it against Aidan's legs and stomach. It took the man 12 bone-shattering blows, but Aidan finally cried out, his head drooping.
"Faggot." The man spit.
"So who's your little boyfriend?" The man asked, looking at all the others.
"Leave...them...alone..." Aidan wheezed, loosing all feeling below his ribs. The man tsk'd, grabbing something off the cart.
"I'm afraid you'll only be hurt more, the longer you put off telling me."
The man then held out a scalpel, holding it next to Aidan's fingers.
"Which one?" the man smirked, pressing it into Aidan's skin, drawing blood. Aidan only closed his eyes, knowing he can't die, but wanting to avoid the pain.
The scalpel pressed harder, breaking the entire section of skin.
"Which one?" The man demanded, harshly pressing the scalpel into his finger. Aidan felt it connect with bone, and started to shudder.
Aidan opened his mouth, about to demand the man just kill him then and there, when another voice rang out. It wasn't Maki, it was Nikolai.
"Me." Nikolai said indifferently. The man laughed.
"You expect me to believe that?" Aidan glared at the other boy, not letting him take his pain.
"It's true." Nikolai said.
The man looked between the two, pressing a button and putting up his mask.
"Wait!" Luciano shouted. "Where's Maria?" The man waved, leaving the room.
"Get back here! Motherfucker... where is she?" Luciano sobbed.
"Give her back to me... I'll kill you..." They all drifted off to sleep, Luciano crying pitifully.
"Let's ask Maria." The man smirked, once outside, looking in.
"She'll have some good information."
X X X X X X X X
Maria looked up from her spot on the plushy chair, glaring at the man.
"Don't be mean... wouldn't want us to hurt your brother, would you?" The man smiled, pulling up a chair.
"So tell me... how do you feel about being here?"
"I want to kill all of you asses!"
"Such bad language." The man teased.
"Bite me."
"I'm not afraid to." A woman entered from where the man had, holding a small, wooden trap. It had spikes, like for a bear trap, but was smaller.
Maria eyed it, knowing what was coming. She took deep breaths, preparing for her torture. The man grabbed the clamp, lining it up with her finger.
"So... tell me darling; what's up with you and your friends?"
"I'm not telling you." Maria scoffed.
"Okay, then." The man let the clamp go as it tightly closed, plunging spikes into her fingers.
X X X X X X X X
Aidan was brought to a room later, forced to sit in a chair. In front of him Nikolai was strapped face down on a table.
"Are you okay?" Aidan hissed. Something had to be broken, and his finger wasn't healing very fast.
"I'm fine." Nikolai mumbled. He stared at Aidan a moment, looking for something that Aidan wasn't sure of. He slowly closed his eyes, letting out a sigh.
"I'm so sorry, Nikolai. Why did you-"
"Stop." Nikolai ordered, somewhat motioning his head. Aidan looked at the ceiling spotting a camera.
"I would of dealt with the pain... for you." Aidan muttered. Nikolai gave a slight nod. The door opened and in stepped a different man from before, but smirking just the same.
"Homo's..." the man spit.
"Homophobic." Aidan shot back, not knowing what to say. Okay, that must of sounded really stupid because Nikolai rolled his eyes.
"You're so deductive." The man laughed, reaching out his hand. One of the assistants behind him handed him gloves, which he put on. Then another girl handed him something black, that had a small needle on the end. The man slowly stalked over to Nikolai, putting his hand on his back.
"We just need some questions answered about what you are." The man smiled at Aidan.
"Never."
"Then we'll just have to torture your boyfriend. He'll take the punishment for you." The assistants began to strip him down, while he shouted curses and wriggled. Aidan could barely look, able to see his side. The man was on the opposite side of the table, so Aidan got the full view of his pained face. All his dignity... gone in a flash because Aidan let him take the hit for Maki. He wouldn't have let Maki do anything either.
"Want to tell us?" The man asked, and Aidan painfully shook his head. Nikolai closed his eyes, neither knowing what he was about to do.
Instead of cutting him, he rammed it up his rear, and Nikolai cried out. One eye was closed while the other was halfway open.
"Like taking it up the ass, kid?" The man laughed, jerking it in and out. Nikolai tried to push him off, but he was strapped.
"Leave him alone!" Aidan screamed, battling against his binds. Blood had started to seep down Nikolai's legs, and he tears escaped his eyes.
"Just tell us what we want. Then we'll stop." The man smiled.
"I... I can't..." Aidan cried. Tears had started to fall from his eyes, knowing he was the cause of Nikolai's pain.
"F-Fuck this!" Nikolai hissed. The man stopped for a moment.
"You wanna talk?" The man sneered.
Nikolai shook his head, regaining his composure.
"Neither of us are gay. We did it to save some friends of ours." Aidan's eyes widened, realizing he was going to tell them it was one of their friends.
"We have friends that are gay, and we thought you had captured them, that's why we told you." Nikolai looked slightly ashamed, like he had just told a big secret. But this man wasn't dumb enough believe-
"So who were your friends?" the man sneered.
"Ryan and Tanner..." Nikolai said sadly. Damn, he was believable.
The man thought of this, releasing his binds.
"I'll just go have to ask them." The man turned to leave and Nikolai's eyes widened.
"Wait! No! I... Just leave them alone! Please!" Nikolai begged, before being picked up and carried out. Aidan was soon collected, and he was too tired to fight.
"Make sure they aren't hurt." Aidan pleaded.
"Sure, kid. Whatever."
X X X X X X X X
Aidan and Nikolai were released into a room, both weak and stumbling. Nikolai whimpered when we was pushed in, blood dripping down his legs. He was allowed to cover himself, but only in one of those patient's gowns, along with Aidan.
"Aidan!" Maki cheered, running forward to embrace him.
"Cameras." Aidan whispered, pushing Maki away and grunting. Riley stared at the blood coating Nikolai's legs.
"What did they do to you?" Riley gasped. Maki, Luciano, and Jonaton noticed, and stared.
"Did... did they..." Riley couldn't even finish the sentence.
"No." Nikolai had his indifferent attitude back on, not showing any emotion, but in his eyes, Aidan could see a flicker of pain.
"What did they do?" Riley questioned again, a little more forceful.
"I just got cut on my back when I tried to escape." Riley seemed to doubt him, but kept his mouth shut.
"W-was Maria there?" Luciano asked, trembling. Aidan shook his head and Luciano looked at the ground.
"I-I was supposed to watch her... take care of her... now look what I did!" Luciano shouted, glaring at the camera.
"If you do ANYTHING to her, I'll kill you." Luciano threatened. He fell against the wall, breathing in deeply to calm himself.
"I'll save her... I swear to you."
Maki wrapped his arms around Luciano, looking up at him.
"She'll be okay. We'll save her." Luciano nodded, giving him a dazzling smile. Maki released him, latching onto Aidan.
Aidan rubbed his hair, pretending like he was a little brother, more than a boyfriend. Maybe they could pass for brothers... of course their accents were slightly different.
"Maki," Aidan whispered, causing Maki to look up. "No matter what happens... I love you." Maki's eyes widened in surprise. That was the first time either of them had said it to one another.
"Now put on a show like I insulted you." Aidan insisted, Maki pushing him away.
"...Your saying something THAT mean when we're in this situation? You're a horrible older brother!" Maki huffed, crossing his arms. Aidan tried his best to look disgraced, but glad Maki had noticed they could look like brothers too.
"Jolly good show." Aidan whispered, taking on the stereotype of his country. Maki slightly smiled, giving a small nod.