Ch 22: A Caged Demon

I open my eyes to find myself in a dark room. A fluorescent light gives off a distinctive hum above me. I try to move my arms but realize that they are bound together by my wrists and held above me. I look down to see I am shirtless, and my legs were bound as well. What the heck happened? The door to the dark room creaks open, and in walks none other than Adam, and a woman I had not seen before. Her crimson dress was lined with a gold trim, her delicate high heels clacking as they made contact with the floor with each step she took.
"Well it seems the infamous demon has awoken." Adam mutters as he walks behind me. I can over hear him bustling around behind me, attempting to find something in what I guess was a crate. The woman walks up right in front of me, only inches from my face.
"So are you Mako Scatterfall? The sole person who has been attempting to wage a pointless "War" against my organization and myself. I thought you would be taller, the survivors of your attacks say you are large and cunning." She says this in a calm tone as she brushes her hand across my face gently.

"If you took off your heels and let me down I might seem a little bit taller" I chuckle to myself only for her to respond with an un-amused glare. "I'm sorry, I have met Mr. Pissed Off who is behind me, but who are you?"

"Cinder Fall" She says as she suddenly ignites a small yet warm flame from her palm. Another person with a fire semblance, this is bad. I think to myself as Adam walks back in front of me, carrying to metal rods which had cables running from them.

"I am ready to proceed Cinder." Adam says, un-phased by my comment.

"Good, turn it on. We are going to ask Mako some questions." Just as she finishes saying this, the two metal rods turn bright blue, electricity and sparks flying from them. Oh, it's going to be like this. "Why are you fighting against us Mr. Scatterfall? Vale is under our control and your friends are either dead or fled to Mistral."
I remain silent, unsure how to answer. With a nod from Cinder, Adam taps and holds the two metal rods against my chest. A sudden and overwhelming shock travels through my body over and over again. My body was twisting and convulsing, as I scream in pain. "Enough Adam, let's give him another chance. Well Mako, why do you fight?" She asks again, this time not in the calm tone but not quite screaming. I raise my head from its slouched position and begin to speak.
"The White Fang and Roman attacked my town of Atlas, burning it to the ground, then they attacked my school, twice. All while waging a war that was supposed to have been settled by the conclusion of the Great War. I fight for revenge, for those that were killed by them."

"Now we are getting somewhere, was that so hard?" She toys with me, waiting for a response from me which is answered by me spitting blood at her feet.

"Well then, do you know where exactly Professor Ozpin took his students to in Mistral?"

"I don't know a damn thing," I smirked. As soon as it leaves my mouth, she slaps me across the face.

"Hit him again Adam!" He complies and electric current returns to my body. The pain was unbearable. I clenched my fists as it cycled through my body. It felt like a minute of continuous pain, but I had a hunch that in reality, it wasn't that long.

"I honestly don't know!" I scream in agony as Cinder motions for Adam to stop.

"Adam, you can put those away, we won't be needing them any longer" He drops walks around behind me and puts them away after she tells him this.

"Mako, I just want information on your friends that is all. Just tell me something. I know you must know even the smallest fact about their location or what they are doing." I remain silent. "Poor choice" She ignites her palm and holds it in front of my face. The flames eye level with my eyes, "Adam, I wonder how fast Demons burn?" She pushes her hand into contact with my skin, on the right side of my neck. All of the sudden the flashbacks of my body being engulfed with flames at Beacon race through my mind.
I quickly pull back, well as much as I could considering I was bound. Cinder releases her grip, I can practically smell the burnt skin on my neck. "Leave him in here, we will come back to him in a little bit, if he is still alive. She says this as she leaves the room with Adam. With my vision blotting in and out, I close my eyes and wait for the inevitable.

-Unknown Amount of Time Later-
I lift up my head again as the door opens up. Once again Adam and Cinder enter, but this time someone else is with them. His bowler cap helps me recognize him as I look at Roman Torchwick with a dazed look. "Wow, you really don't die, do you?" He says as he glances at my beaten body.

"Yea I don't, and neither do you I see." I respond with the best smirk I could muster since I was so exhausted, mentally and physically. He raises is right fist with anger gritting his teeth and punches be right in the jaw.

"Best you stay quiet unless spoken to. You shouldn't have tried to be the hero, fighting against us all alone." He says looking at me with a crooked smile. I slowly start to lose focus on Torchwick and begin to cough up a little bit of blood, which splatters on his shoes. He looks down at his shoes and then strikes me again, this time in the chest. Fuck Mako, look what you've got yourself into. I begin coughing again and spit out some more blood, it trails from the corner of my mouth as I lower my head.

"Cinder, don't you think he has had enough?" Mutters Adam, clearly starting to disapprove of his actions.

"No, we are going to break him, crush his mind and body. Then we will make him into something else." She walks out the door leaving Torchwick and a confused Adam.

"You heard the lady, carry on!" Torchwick orders Adam. He complies and grabs the electric batons and plunges them once again into my chest.
"AAARRGHHHH" I scream in pain and grit my teeth. Adam eventually pulls them away and Torchwick begins talking.

"Mako, first off, I want to say how hopeless your situation is. Second, I would like to let you know that it is only a matter of time before I can completely take control of the Grimm. The only thing keeping me from achieving this is an old professor who you may know as Peter Port. You see Mr. Port knows the location of an artifact that called the Horn of the Grimm, which allows one to control the Grimm. The one thing is he has gone, along with the rest of your friends somewhere in the Mistral region. You are going to tell me where, because at the moment I only have partial control of the Grimm. Hit him again."
Adam plunges the batons again towards my chest, sending the unforgiving shock of pain through my body. This continues for another 10 seconds until he stops as smoke from burns starts to emit from my chest.

"Another thing boy, you know those fools you helped, the GICD? They aren't exactly what you believe them to be. You do know that they have attacked and lain waste to countless Faunus villages in Mistral and Atlas?" Torchwick finishes as he puts a black glove on his right hand. He has to be lying, Commander White would never do this. "In fact, that base you all attacked was the last thing protecting a large village from the GICD, you were fighting for lies Mako."

"That's not true, you're lying, and I know it!" I yell at him.

"You are merely in denial Mako, you can't accept the fact that you helped an organization like the GICD. Why do you think they are PMCs? They do things the government would never dare do themselves." Torchwick slaps me across the face with his gloved hand. "Also, don't ever accuse me of lying you disappointing punk."

What if he is telling the truth? What have I done then? "Adam we are done for now, let's leave Mako here for some time to think to himself." Torchwick opens the door and walks out followed by Adam who looks at my broken body for a second and turns around and follows him. If what he is stating is true I am a monster. I sit in silence in the pitch black room and contemplate the idea and what if scenario regarding what Torchwick had mentioned. If this is true, I need to stop the GICD, even if I know some of them. I need to find out myself if this is true. Have I really become just a pawn in another organization's scheme? If so I need to redeem myself and re-correct what I had helped them do.

Last Update Before RTX, I will be attending the RWBY Panel so I can see Volume 2 Early so I can incorporate new themes into the story. Also I am looking for an additional Editor for a Spinoff Story, PM if interested