Savage || Lee Haechan

Chapter 29 | "hurt you"

"Please.... Please no more." Minji's voice was hoarse as she croaked out her words through the pain.

The moment they had captured her, she was drugged and taken to this place. When she woke up, she was in a dark room, her limbs bound by chains as she sat on the cold, hard floor.

She had lost all track of time, her mind only screaming in pain after each hit and lash landed on her skin. The man in front of her smiling down devilishly as he tore her up.

"You don't get to make demands." He said lowly. "They gave you a chance to come peacefully, but you didn't."

He kicked her hard in the stomach, causing her to double over in pain. She coughed from the impact, tasting blood in her mouth.

"Now you have to learn your lesson." the man continued, slapping her hard across the face once again, her skin stinging raw from the amount of times he had struck her.

"I'm sorry." She said with a wince. "Please, I'm sorry."

She stared up at the man with pleading eyes, blinking away the blood that was dripping down her face from the cuts on her forehead. He didn't seem phased by the pitiful state of the small girl, instead raising his hand to strike her again.

"Wait."

She looked as a boy stepped out of the shadows, walking over to the man quickly and whispering something in his ear.

"Very well." The man said. "I'll be back in a bit. Don't let her out of your sight." The man flashed the boy a threatening look before turning and walking out of the room.

Finally away from her torturer, Minji's body collapsed, pain and exhaustion occupying her every single thought. Her skin was burning, the hot blood dripping from her wounds only a further reminder of all the lashes.

She then noticed that the boy was still there, staring at her. In the dark room, she couldn't quite make out his face.

She watched as he flicked his hand forward and seven other boys emerged from the shadows, all of them quickly approaching Minji. Her eyes widened in fear as she recognized them all too well.

"S-stray Kids." She said with a quiver. "P-please I can't take any more."

They all shared a glance as they noticed her nervous tremble.

"Don't worry." Chan said quietly. "We're not going to hurt you as long as you don't try to run away."

"It's not exactly like that's an option." She said, rustling the chains on her arms. "Why are you doing this? All to get me to join your gang?"

Once again, they looked around nervously, none of them seemingly wanting to answer.

"We're on higher orders, let's just say that." Felix replied quietly. "We're sorry this is happening to you, but there's nothing we can do."

He nodded to Minho, who quickly pulled out a bottle of water and gently held it up to her lips, allowing her to soothe her tender throat.

"Thank you." She mumbled as the boys stepped back.

"Well, don't thank us too much." Chan mumbled sadly, "he'll be back any minute now."

Right on cue, the lock to the door could be heard and the boys instantly retreated back to their posts, all of them shooting her sympathetic glances before stepping to the shadows.

She shivered as she heard the familiar clacking of the man's boots, and slowly he came into the light, his face bright with an evil smirk. She scooted back nervously as she noticed knives in either of his hands but it was no use.

He approached her until her back hit the stone cold wall and she was trapped. He just stared down at her, a psychotic pleasure in his eyes as he raised the knives and bent down to her.

"Time for another round."

- - -

Minji didn't even know she could bleed that much. Her whole body was covered in cuts, her eyes dry from crying and her throat raw from screaming.

Her face, arms, legs, everything. He had cut her everywhere. He went painfully slow, enjoying every excruciating moment of her torture.

She could feel her body weakening, Minji blinking in and out of consciousness as the whole ordeal went on but the man didn't care. Her world would go dark and she would fall silent and then wake up with ten more cuts a few minutes later.

He stopped for a moment, his phone ringing as he let out a sigh and picked it up.

"What?" He demanded impatiently. "Are you serious? Whatever. Hold it down, we'll be right there."

With a frustrated groan, he shoved his phone back into his picked and pulled out a small syringe.

"It's too bad this had to get cut short, I was having quite a fun time." He whispered as he plunged the syringe and whatever liquid was in it straight into her arm.

Immediately she felt her head get heavy, whatever he had given her was very strong. Her vision got blurry and she could feel herself about to blackout.

She said him stand and gesture to Stray Kids, who all stepped out of the shadows.

"Come on boys, she'll be fine. We have some unwanted company."

The words rung in her head.

Unwanted company? Are they-

And that was the last thing she remembered before blacking out.