Chapter 7
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Please don't hurt me! . . .
*gun cocking sound*
Uh-oh . . .
"Up against the wall! Now!"
Lily and Jak jerked up as they heard these words. On instinct the two of them backed up against the wall and put their hands up. Daxter was no where to be seen, as he was probably passed out at Hip Hog Haven.
"Good. The freaks are as well trained as ever, even if they are less aware than before," Erol said as he strode in front of the line of Krimzon Guards. Lily moved slightly behind Jak, and he, in turn, moved in front of her. They both narrowed their eyes and reached for their guns.
"Ah, ah, ah," Erol smirked. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, unless you want them to get hurt." Erol moved to the side, and revealed Torn, Tess, and Kiera. If Jak and the others had not been to see Kiera yesterday, she wouldn't have ended up here. By the looks of it though, she was unconscious.
Lily and Jak put their hands back up, glowering at Erol all the while.
"That's better," He said, smiling at how easily they complied. "Put them in chains! This time, you two will not escape."
Jak and Lily were cuffed along with the rest and thrown into a police cruiser. All of them kept their eyes down, and Torn tried to keep the unconscious Kiera from falling over. Lily was shaking incessantly, and Jak looked like he had been frozen solid. Tess had on a stubborn frown that told that she would not be broken . . . easily.
The cruiser came to a stop, and the group of five were unceremoniously pulled out. Erol led the way to the cell. When they reached the cell Lily and Jak walked in, without resistance, to Tesses and Torn's suprise. They instead, were the ones to resist, yet they were over come.
When they woke up, their ankles were chained to a wall, and Lily was sitting on a cell bed, crying her gray eyes out, and sobbing into a pillow.
Torn was the first awake and the first to speak. "Lily? What's going on? Where's Jak?"
Lily sniffed and looked at him, her gray eyes showing such pain, and weakness that Torn should have never, ever seen, and spoke in such a lost and broken voice.
"The Chair."
Torn wanted to inquire more, but couldn't, as Lily went back to crying into her pillow. He didn't know how long it was until Jak was thrown back into their cell, and he was not expecting Jak to be unconscious.
This is the Warrior I accepted into the Underground? I made a bad choice if this is what he is reduced to in the face of danger, and defeat, Torn thought, looking at Jak's broken body.
Lily was up and next to Jak in seconds. She took her pillow and put it under his head. She then grabbed the blanket of the cell bed and draped it over him as he slept.
"Don't think that Jak is weak," Lily said in a thick voice. "We are very strong, but this torture they put us through? If you had to go through it, you would die. We are the only people to ever survive it. You should all ready know this . . ."
"Lily, tell me why you guys didn't resist when they came for us? You should have been the ones to fight the most!"
"And let you guys die?" Jak asked, wincing as awoke, and sat up to reply to Torn. "I don't think so! No ones dieing for us." Lily nodded firmly in agreement. Then she turned to Jak.
"Where?" she asked. This sent Torn's mind racing; Where what? A key, an escape plan, something ? ! Anything?
Instead Jak began lift his shirt up.
Now's not the time for that people! ! !
When Jak's shirt was all the way off though, Torn could not ever forget what he saw on the man's heavily flawed skin.
Along his abnormally flat stomach stomach, which told of the after effects of malnutrition, and a firmly defined chest, were scars still fading and a few burn marks from missions he was sent out on by Torn. But right where his heart was, a prominent red cut was bleeding dark eco.
Even Lily, was horrified.
And Torn would never again doubt his strength.
"Jak? Is this where they plan to begin the injections? In our very hearts?" Lily asked in a terrified whisper.
Jak's nod of conformation, almost sent the small women into another bout of tears. Instead of that though, she held her unshed tears back, and place a tiny hand on top of Jak's strong-willed heart. From her hand, a natural green glow was emitted, and it spreed over Jak's skin, covering his horrendous wound. If Torn had not seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe it. Yet, he did, and was amazed by this girls scope of power.
But as soon as the glow faded, she fell to the ground, all her energy gone.
Jak gingerly picked her up from the floor, sat against on the bed in the corner of the cell, his back against the wall, and his Lily in his lap.
"Torn, I'm sorry, but I'm to tired to answer any more questions, and we, meaning me and Lily, need to get as much sleep as we can," Jak said, his head leaning back and his dark blue eyes closing.
Torn nodded as he too fell asleep against the cold wall.
It had been a long day.
~Put me to Sleep, Evil Angel~
The KG's came in too early.
Lily was still unconscious against Jak's chest, but Jak immediately awoke at the sound of the door, same as Torn.
"It's the girl's turn. Hand her over," an unknown KG commanded.
Torn could have laughed at his stupidity. Yet, he was surprised when Jak showed an extremely uncommon gesture, revealing normally hidden emotions.
His strong arms encircled Lily's narrow shoulders and his legs pulled her body closer, and at the same time, poised them for viciously kicking anyone who dared to touch her.
For an instant, he was reduced to the animalistic creature that was hidden in his body.
The animal who's top priority was to "Protect Mate."
All eyes (minus the unconscious ones (*Cough* Kiera *Cough*) ) looked at the Dark Elf that had spoken.
Each one was terrified at the danger in the voice and surprised at the fact that Dark Jak still could speak and think for himself.
"Touch. Die."
And, boy, did he make himself clear. It was more than enough to send the guard running for his worthless life. Dark Jak glared at the closed door, but once the guards smell faded, Dark Jak nuzzled into Lily's hair.
Torn watched, stunned solid by the creatures outward display of affection. That, and It's nickname for Lily.
"My little Kit, it's time to wake up."
Upon hearing Dark Jak's gruff voice, Lily stirred. Her gray eyes opened slowly, and she tilted her head back to look into the black eyes of her 'Captor'.
"Mornin Dark."
"Good to see you awake."
Tess snapped out of her frozen state as soon as she noticed how Dark Jak's claws slightly digging onto Lily's skin.
"Lily! Get away from Jak, he's not safe right now!"
Lily gave her a confused stare, "But, Jak's not here right now." she glanced behind her again, double checking if Dark was still present.
"Then who's that sitting behind you? ! The candy man!" Tess said, worrying over the small girl.
"Oh! You guys never met have you? Well everybody, meet Dark Jak, or just Dark," Lily said gesturing to Jak. Dark just growled, showing off his sharp canines, and drawing Lily closer. Everybody thought that he was growling at them but Lily recognized his warning.
Sure enough, as soon as he stopped growling, the door burst open, reveling an evil man, that Lily feared above all else.
"Are we having problems?" Erol said, almost daring someone to talk. But, all that was heard was a whimper of pure fear.
Lily's eyes widened, showing such unimaginable terror, and she began to shake violently. As soon as Dark Jak saw that, he stood and put the smaller girl behind him. Erol only raised a small gun
In Erol's casual grip, was a blaster that shot bolts of light eco. That certain type of eco hurt the two elves like fucking hell, but it wouldn't kill them.
Lily had tears streaming down her face when the gun blast was heard. A bullet hit Dark in the chest, sending him down to the ground.
Lily stifled her scream as she watched Erol draw closer to her.
"Leave her the Hell alone!" yelled Torn.
"Or what," sneered Erol as he reached for his targets white hair. "Look at that, she so scared she can't stop shaking. Plus, her dark self is locked away in a cell made of that same fear!"
Lily let out her held in scream as Erol grabbed her white hair, using it to yank her off the ground. As, he dragged her out of the cell, he kicked the now normal Jak on the way out. Jak was hunched over in pain, but soon sat up and placed himself on the bed, wincing as he forced his body to move.
That was when Kiera decided to wake up. "Wha? What's going on! Where am I? Jak-"
Her questions were cut off by a God awful scream of pain. When Jak heard it, he linked his fingers together, put his elbows on his knees, and slammed his head into his hands. His hunched over shoulders began to shake incessantly at the echoes.
When it died down, he rose his head, and looked straight at Torn. "Tell her. I can't, not while-"
Another scream bounced off the walls, making Jak's eyes tortured blue eyes widen once more, as he hid his head in his hands again.
Torn looked at Kiera, wondering how the hell was he supposed to explain all this shit.
~When I wake Up, the Dream isn't Done~
For what seemed like an eternity, Lily's screams echoed in the damp cell. Kiera was slumped up against the wall, and Tess was crying into her knees. Torn was absentmindedly picking at the cuffs around his ankles. Jak was still in his hunched over position.
Kiera had tried time and time again to get him to talk to her, but was met with silence.
Torn, on the other hand, understood. Lily's screams might of died down, but in Jak's head, silence was the same as death.
In Jak's head, he could still hear his Lily. She was having another whispered conversation with him, and her words drifted to him.
While my screams accompanied you in that cell, I was left in silence, to wonder if you would ever come back.
Jak finally understood what she meant.
Lily was still awake when she was throw onto the cell. Her heart was bleeding even worse than Jak's was. She was sobbing uncontrollably and incoherently mumbling. Jak ran over to her and put his hand on her shirt. It was drenched in red blood and stained with dark eco. The aforementioned man lifted her small body off the ground and put her on the bed.
He heard her mumblings, and leaned his head close to her lips, hearing her frightened words.
"Oh, my God, please, please stop, it burns, too red, too hot, too dark, hurts hurts, make it go away, leave me alone. PLEASE, LET ME DIE! ! !" she screeched the last part, making the three sane elves jump, and one green-blond haired elf's eyes darken. (Heh, see what I did there?)
Lily reached up and grabbed Jak's shirt, pulling him close to her as she continued to ramble. Jak could only held her close. Eventually, her mind broke down to a point where she was gone.
"Darkness lies, where Darkness pleases. Death takes whoever he wants, But I find that I am her, The one that was to die that day!" she sang, her eyes darting into every corner of the room, observing the terrified faces staring at her, at her wide smile. As her eyes darted up, she saw the one holding her tightly. He was smiling at her, saying soothing words. She didn't care. She was all alone. There was no one here. It's all a lie.
"HAA! ! ! It's all a lie, you are all fake! HA! I win!" she smiled as she broke down into a fit of crazed laughter. Jak held her tighter still, as if trying to hide her from the rest of the world.
"Cept for you," Lily said. "You're real! You are truth!"
Jak leaned down and whispered into her ear, "Yes, I am. You are too! But you're also lost."
Lily looked at him, confused, " I am?"
Jak nodded, "To find yourself, you have to go night-nights."
Lily looked like a young child, her eyes wide, and her mouth slightly open, as she stared at the man holding her. "Okay . . ."
She leaned her head on Jak's shoulder, and fell into a deep sleep, as Jak rocked her back and forth.
"I'm sorry . . . She- we can't handle this sometimes and we snap," Jak said, saying something that he hoped he would be able to conceal from everyone, except him and Lily.
"I'm sorry . . ."
WHY ARE YOU SORRY! ! !
Jak slightly jumped at Darkness's yell. "They shouldn't be here, that's why." Jak said aloud, his eyes distant and unseeing, as the other elves stared.
What they are going through is nothing compared to what we have been through, and will go through. We have to suffer through getting cut up, shot, protecting mate Kit, AND BEING ABLE TO DO NOTHING WHEN SHE'S DIEING! ! !
"SHE'S NOT GOING TO DIE! ! !" Jak yelled, confirming the other elves fear about his sanity. "She can't leave us . . ." Jak whispered pulling Lily closer.
"Jak? What happened to you?" Kiera said, venturing carefully into the world Jak had made for himself and Lily.
Jak looked deep into her eyes, and in his eyes, a shield slipped into place. "Shit happened." he said, his answer clipped.
Kiera looked away from his eyes, scared at the depth of them.
"FoooOOooD," moaned the white haired Elf in Jak's arms. Jak chuckled at her, and leaned close to whisper in her ear.
"Every one thinks we're crazy, you don't have enough energy to fully heal, I had an out loud conversation with Dark, and you had an episode."
"Well, crap," Lily said in a normal voice, eliciting another deep chuckle from Jak. "Sorry bout that, and I just thought of something."
"What?" Torn cut in.
"How much food are they gonna give us?"
"Hmm, well most of us are apart of the Underground, and hold valuable information. So, I think we're good."
"Huh." Lily said, not thinking of that, rubbing her heart absentmindedly.
"Lily, stop messing with it, or it's going to get worse," Jak said grabbing her hands, and covering them with his callused ones. This made Kiera, the one who was supposed to be Jak's 'love interest', very jealous. Especially, since she wanted to be in Jak's arms, she claimed him a long time ago, so he was HER'S.
"Jak," she whined. "I'm hungry!"
Lily's mouth fell open as Jak stared at her incredulously. "You're kidding right?" Jak asked.
Kiera nodded her head in conformation.
"Are you stupid or something? Or did you miss what I just said?" Lily asked.
Jak continued her sentence, "We are lucky if we get fed once a day, so if you're hungry . . ."
"Shut up and deal with it!" Lily completed.
"Wha- but- I," Kiera stuttered, not used to and not liking how Jak was talking to her. Lily on the other hand, "You! Shut up, and get away from Jak! I heard about you, YOU MONSTER!"
Lily looked at her, anger present in her gray eyes, but before she could retort, a mix of two voices interrupted her.
"Did you just insult Lily?" Jak asked, his voice mixed with Dark's voice. He was trying not to let him take over, but Jak and Dark were about ready to rip Kiera's tongue out. Well, Jak wanted to, Dark wanted to rip her throat out, make her eat it, and then gut her like the worthless pig he considered she was.
"And we're not your anything, slut," Dark finally got his say in, calling her a slut, yet still on Jak's leash. Slut was a kind name in Lily's opinion. She knew he knew all sorts of inappropriate words in ancient Precursion.
How the hell did I know that? Instincts, probably, Lily thought to herself.
"Jak! Why would you call me that? I thought you cared about me," Kiera whimpered, not noticing the mix of Jak's and Darkness's voices. Tess and Torn were getting extremely worried that Dark would attack Kiera, but were smart enough to stay out of it.
"Listen you slutty little whore, if you ever call my Kit that again, you will slowly die, and watch as I gut you like a fish. By the way, me and Jak don't care about you. You can d-" A small pale hand covered Dark's mouth.
"Dark, that's enough," Lily said, daring him to argue.
"But-"
"Did you not hear me? I said enough."
Dark's forehead fell onto her shoulder, "Fine, you win Kit. But I was not lying."
"Kiera, if you value your life, do as he says. Shadow, my own dark creature within, is also rearing to have a go at you. If that is not clear enough, shut the fuck up," Lily said, Shadow entering her voice into Lily's. Tess and Torn watched the dark elf and almost dark elf with sharp eyes, noting Dark Jak's submission to Lily. They also knew what destruction Dark could bring if provoked. They knew nothing of Lily's power, besides the green eco trick that they had witnessed.
Dark smirked to himself when he heard Shadow, moving his head to rest his chin on her shoulder, putting his mouth next to her ear. The three elves staring at the horned elf, were stunned by his lusty voice, and the words he hissed into Lily's ears.
"Shadow~ come out and play~ I know you want to. Let go Kit, sink into the forgiving darkness, forget about the rest of the world, and let Shadow out.
I can protect you both, Mate."
Lily both shivered and relaxed at Dark's words. This worried all three of the other elves. "Dark, it's not safe. We could hurt them, and you know how violent we can be. I know you would protect us at all costs, but if I let her out again, what will happen to me? I was close to being lost again."
"No you weren't. You have enough light eco from Precursors know where to combat it. Let go," Dark whispered, his last words gentle, and caring.
"Just don't . . . hurt . . . them," Lily replied, her voice tired and weak.
"We won't host." Shadow replied. A flash of not light, but darkness engulfed her, and when it was gone, in Dark's lap, a black haired, eyed, and nailed girl sat. she was adorned with a black dress whose front rose abve her ankles, adn back trailed on the grond, but on her wrist, three pure white bracelets rested.
"Heh, even when unconscious, she strives to protect the ones she cares about," Shadow said, inspecting the white bracelets.
Tess, Torn, and even Keira, cowered in fear and tried to make them selves look smaller. The two dark creatures on the cot in the corner, truly terrified them.
Even though they knew the two, they were terrified. They were why the two were so withdrawn and private. How could anyone truly understand them, besides each other?
