Chapter Two

(dungeon)

The two fiancés were laying side-by-side on the ground, still unconscious. Wolfram stirred, and opened his eyes. Moaning, he sat up, and saw Yuri beside him, with a black collar around his neck. Worried that his fiancé was hurt, he gently shook him. When all he got was a moan, he shook him a little harder, saying, "Yuri, wake up!"

Yuri opened his eyes, and looked around. As Wolfram helped him sit up, the double-black King said, "Where are we?"

"I don't know."

"Why is there a collar around my neck?"

"I don't know that either. I'm gonna try to get it off, ok?"

As Wolfram raised his hands to the King's neck, Yuri nodded. He yelped when he felt a shock, and Wolfram pulled his hands away quickly, saying, "Did I hurt you?"

Yuri took his hands, and said, "No, it just shocked me. It's ok, you can stop shaking now."

"I can't. I'm scared, Yuri. I wasn't trained for this kind of thing. I don't know how to protect you from these men."

Tears started to fall down his cheeks, and Yuri wiped them away, pulling him to him, saying, "Wolfram, we'll be ok. I know you'll protect me, the best you can. I'll do the same for you."

Wolfram nodded, and said, "Yuri, I promise you that I will get you out of here."

Before Yuri could reply back, the door opened, and three men stepped in. Wolfram glared at them, saying, "Who are you, and what do you want with us?"

The man in the middle, the same man from the alley, said, "We want you and your family to suffer. Your brothers killed my brothers, so, we want a life for a life. We want your brothers…and your daughter."

Yuri shouted, "No way!"

Wolfram said, "You won't touch our family! And, how do you know it was my brothers? It could've been someone else!"

The man yelled, "Because I was there! I was hiding behind a tree, watching the battle! Your brothers had the nerve to take my brothers, and leave me with nobody to care for me!"

While he was talking, the man had stepped forward, causing the royal couple to shrink back. The man smiled, and said, "Until my men arrive with them, we're going to torture you. You never know when we might come back."

Yuri asked, "What's with the collar?"

Wolfram shouted, "Take this thing off of him!"

The man walked back to the door, saying, "And, let his other side come out? I don't think so."

He laughed, and walked out, followed by the other men. Yuri stood up, and the man said as the door shut, "They'll be here soon, for I know how to convince them."

Yuri ran to the door, and shouted as he hit it, "No! Don't you dare touch them!"

Wolfram stood up, and went over to Yuri. As he put his arm around the shaking King, the double-black said, "What're we gonna do, Wolf?"

They slid to the floor, and Wolfram said as he held him, "I don't know, Yuri."

When he saw tears in his eyes, he said, "It's ok, Yuri. We'll get out of here."

Yuri started to cry, and said, "You're right, Wolfram. I am a wimp, and a coward."

Wolfram shook his head, and said, "No, Yuri, you're not."

"I'm scared."

They laid down, and Yuri nestled closer to Wolfram, and Wolfram said as Yuri laid his head on his chest, "I know, I am, too. I promise you, we will get out of here, and they will be safe."

Yuri nodded, and they slowly fell asleep.

Gwendel, Conrad and Greta walked around, and Gwendel said, "Am I the only one who feel's that something's not right?"

Conrad, who was holding Greta's hand, said, "No, I feel it, too."

Before they could react, they were surrounded by the grey-cloaked figures, and grabbed. Gwendel yelled just before they were knocked they were knocked unconscious, "Conrad, Greta!"

Boneys swooped down, picked them all up, and flew away.

(dungeon)

Yuri woke up, to find that he was alone. He sat up, quickly, saying, "Wolfram!"

Just as he started to stand up, the door opened, and Wolfram was thrown in, falling to the floor. As the door slammed shut, Yuri crawled over to Wolfram, and turned him over. When he saw that he was covered in cuts and bruises, he gasped, covering his mouth, and felt tears forming in his eyes. He took his fiancé's hand, and started to cry. Apparently, Wolfram heard him, because he opened his eyes, and said, "Yuri, I'm ok. They're coming back for you in a few minutes, so don't let them see you cry."

Yuri nodded, and Wolfram said as he started to fall unconscious, "I love you."

Yuri forced himself to stop crying, and as the door opened, he whispered as they grabbed him, "I love you, too."

As they pulled him out the door, he thought, Please, let him be okay.

(few minutes later, torture chamber)

Yuri was pushed into a dark room, where he was grabbed by two more guards. They led him over to the wall, where he was chained up, so that his arms were spread apart, and he was hanging slightly, facing the guards. He watched with wide eyes, as one of the guards pulled out a whip. The other guard tore off Yuri's shirt, and hooked his collar to a hook on the wall. The first guard raised his arm, and when Yuri felt the skin tear on his stomach for the first time, he gasped, but didn't make any other sound, refusing to give them that satisfaction. The guard whipped the King's stomach and arms, and then they unhooked him. When he fell onto his hands and knees, they knocked him over, and started kicking and hitting him. He still didn't make a sound, but tears started to flow down his cheeks. This continued for what seemed like forever, and then he couldn't hold it in any longer. He cried out in pain, and the first guard picked him up.