9.

After Dax told me that I was going to help him by being bate I was being dragged by the 2 guards down the hall followed by Dax. We walked to the highest floor of the palace, the stairs seemed to go on forever. When finally there was an end there was only one door. After unlocking the door I could see it was a torture chamber. My heartbeat raised to an abnormal fast rhythm when I saw all the tools and knifes. They're going to torture me?

The guard led me to a wall and chained me to it. Dax nodded to the other guard and he switched on a light to another room. Through the window that separated the two rooms I saw another torture chamber where Danny was chained by his feet.

He looked horrible. Bruises all over his body, I could see it through the shredded clothes. There were bites and scratches that were from his last fight. He also had a black eye now and on his lip was dried blood. My heart skipped a beat by the thought that Danny had been tortured this whole time.

Danny stood up when he saw me and tried to run to the window but couldn't because the chains weren't long enough.

Dax again nodded to the guard and he took a whip. The guard grinned evilly at me before giving me a hit with the whip. I screamed it out because of the pain.

'NO!' Danny yelled but Dax nodded again so the guard gave me another hit. Again I screamed my longs out. It felt like my whole body was on fire.

'STOP IT!' Danny yelled. 'Don't hurt him!' I heard how his voice began to break.

Dax grinned evilly. 'Are you willing to work for me now?'

Danny looked at me. Unable to say something because of the pain I shook my head, trying to tell him not to do it. I rather have pain than him to sacrifice himself again for my sake. Danny got tears in his eyes and looked down.

'If I do it, will you let him go?'

'No Danny, don't do it!' I yelled but the guard gave me a slap in the face.

'Of course, he's not needed for me' Dax said

'Nothing will happen to him?'

'Nothing, I swear'

Danny looked at me again, straight into my eyes when he said

'I'll do it'

Dax smiled wide, he got what he wanted.

'You, take this man back to his planet and you, bring Zuky to the healing chamber' he ordered the guards

'NOOO DANNY!' I yelled as I was being dragged away. The last glimpse I saw of him was a tear rolling down his cheeks. Then I saw red colored eyes and everything turned black.