The One Who Showed No Mercy (Ongoing)

Episode 4. Grief

My head hurts and every movement my body makes causes pain. I try to open my eyes, but no avail. It's like they have been sewn shut. I painfully lift my hand to touch my eyelid and attempt to forcefully open my eye so I can see. They won't budge. I can't open my eyes. Am i blind? 

All these thoughts swimming around in my mind trying to make sense of things. If I can't get up how am I supposed to help Ava? I don't even know if they took Nevaeh, too. That is, if they even took them, at all.

I couldn't even protect them. Here I am, lying down unable to move like a pathetic, useless, weak big brother. I can't do anything fucking right. All these pent up feelings boiling over and I feel the tears coming. My entire face aching to let them out after all this time. Clenching my teeth while my entire body is shaking in pain from the tears forcing themselves out of my paralyzed eyes. If I even have eyes, anymore.

I miss Mother. Things were easier back then, when she was alive. Not anymore. She's dead. She's dead and I have to do all the things she did. Not that it matters, anymore. Nevaeh and Ava are both most likely gone. They will be sold or killed. Maybe both. And I am unable to do anyhting about it. Yeah, that's the life I have. My entire family taken from me. Not a single good moment in my life. 

My tears are flowing, but the aching has stopped. I can taste my tears. Salty. I do have eyes, after all. I couldn't help but chuckle. There exists no magic where you can steal someone's eyes. That's absurd. 

How long have I been lying down? I should try to move. I painfully try to push myself off the ground with my arms. My entire upper body shaking in the process. Being on all fours makes it easier to navigate and orient myself. I run my hands on the floor to feel around. The floor is cold and of stone. Where am i? I continue to explore despite not being able to see. Crawling on all fours to find out where I am quickly became tiring. Despite that, I continued. I eventually reached a stone wall and decided to sit down for a rest.  At this point, I was sweating and out of breath. 

I almost fall asleep before I hear a loud scream that jolts me awake. The scream is feminine, but mature. It's a woman's scream. 

-" Let me go, please! Please!" 

The sound of resistance is clear. Cries of a woman and the heavy breaths of a man, presumably a guard. Their steps heavy and quick like he's forcing her somewhere.  The sound of a creaky door opens and a loud thud followed by a pained yelp from the woman makes it obvious. She's a prisoner, as well. 

Wait, if she was a prisoner, then the one who imprisoned her, MUST be a guard! Maybe he knows where Ava and Nevaeh is. 

-"GUARD! Have you seen my sisters? Please, I need to know."

I hear the woman's prison door close and the guard's footsteps come closer before he stops. Is he in front of me? 

-" Have you seen my-" I don't even get to finish before he cuts me off.

-" Who gave you permission to speak? Speak one more time without permission and I'll rip your tongue out, you filth." His tone is condescending as if he's worth more than me. Not that I am not already used to being spoken to like that, but it never feels good. Despite his remkark, I stayed quiet. No point in asking, anymore. 

The guard doesn't move, however. I can't hear him moving and I can't see for shit, either. It makes me anxious that I can't see. I can't hear anything besides the guard's heavy breaths and my own. He's probably staring at me. Not that it matters. I'll just try to sleep, then. I'm too tired to deal with anything. I rest my head on my wall and prepare myself to sleep. 

Not even 10 seconds go by and the guard screams on top of his lungs. 

-"HEY!" 

My entire body jolts in shock to the unexpected sound. The guard just laughs at me. Fucking piece of shit. If I could I would beat him half to death. He'll see. I'm tired and this man is pressing the wrong buttons. He laughs some more before he stops abruptly. He the suddenly tells me that he knows where my sisters are. 

-" Two cute young twin girls. They have already been sold. You will never see them again."