A Bird Among Serpants

1.14

"WHAT DO THEY MEAN I AM NOT ALLOWED, I AM THE EMPEROR!" I hear him yell as he barges into my room, myself immediately backing as far away as I can out of fear, "EVERYONE LEAVE, NOW."

Percy looks at the emperor with a defiant look and goes to walk up to him, but Pearl stops him before he can and quickly walks out out the room with him. All of me wants to run after them, but I feel frozen in place. I can't move an inch even if I wanted to. My entire body is shaking just in his presence, I want to be away.

Upon hearing the door close he looks and me and walks forward, pinning me to the bed without a second thought, "You don't look very sick."

I try to struggle but find myself unable to escape as he shoves his length into me. It doesn't hurt so much anymore due to my progressive loosening, but it still makes me cry as I desperately try to get away. I can't get away though. No matter how hard I try, I can't get away.

Tears run down my face as my crying turns hysterical, the emperor seemingly unable to keep going and pulling out, "What the hell happened to you? Those toys couldn't have pushed you this far. I thought you wanted to stay alive?"

I zip up my pants as quickly as I can and curl into a ball, just wishing for him to go away. I can't take it anymore, "Just kill me... please just kill me." My voice starts to crack as my tears become more frequent, "Please.. I can't.. I can't.."

He pauses, the sounds of my crying being the only thing filling the empty space for a few moments. The sound is then interrupted by the door opening and people loudly walking in, "I didn't want this."

Pearl's hand lightly places itself on my head as she speaks, "I know you didn't, Kit, but I'm afraid you might not be able to take this one back."

"This can't be how he breaks. He's been through so much, AND THIS IS HOW HE BREAKS!" I hear his fist slam into the wall and curl up in my ball tighter, doing my best to block out everything going on around me. It isn't long before Percy is there, trying to comfort me with shakey hands.

"WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING?" He yells, the action startling me to hell, "YOU BRANDED HIM, AND WHEN HE BECAME TOO EMOTIONALLY TIRED TO CARE ABOUT HIS LIFE ANYMORE FROM SAID BRANDING, YOU TRICKED HIM INTO THINKING HE WOULD BE GETTING A BREAK THEN STRAPPED HIM TO A MACHINE FOR AN ENTIRE DAY! DID YOU JUST EXPECT HIM TO KEEP GOING AFTER THAT? DID YOU EXPECT HIM TO BE FUCKING UNAFFECTED-"

"PERCY!" Pearl gets over her shock and stops him from yelling, my tears now stopped and replaced with fear for my companion. I expect the emperor to torcher him or lock him in a dungeon, but the order doesn't come. The silence continues until Pearl speaks once again, "Your imperial majesty, he didn't mean it I swear. He was just very connected to lord Anzius. We've all been needing someone to blame, you were just an easy target."

"No, don't make excuses Pearl." I hear the emperor sigh quietly, "I did this. I'll send mage to do an advanced trauma healing spell. He'll be back to normal in a few days."

"But, Kit, those spells can have serious consequences on said people. And not to mention the process of placing the spell-"

"I've had it happen before, I survived."

"But you were never the same."

"What do you mean I was never the same? I've been perfectly fine."

"Kit, stop lying to yourself. Ever since that spell your attraction was completely changed. That spell made you attracted to men, or more specifically, these ropes and toys and torcher. If it changed you that drastically, why would you want it done to someone else-"

"I Was alWAYS LIKE THIS, PEARL! STOP PRETENDING LIKE I WASN'T."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WE WERE TOGETHER FOR YEARS! YOU LOVED ME AND WERE ATTRACTED TO ME. YOU WEREN'T EVEN GAY BACK THEN-"