The Assylum's Monster

C15: Haunting Past

" So... You wanted to talk? " Anais said.

With a nervous glare at the older man, she swallowed her pride and entered Dicks bedroom. She didn't know why he decided to take her to his quarters, but she had to repress her growing paranoia.

He won't hurt me... He won't hurt me. He won't hurt me!

" You can sit down if you want. " He pointed to his bed.

Oh, hell no!

Red flags flashed in her head, making the little trust she had in him fade away. Paranoia won over has she turned away and tried to get out of the room, sweating profusely. However, the man grabbed her wrist before she could do so. She quickly got out of his grip and turned around, pointing a finger at his chest.

" YOU ARE DISGUSTING! " She yelled, dread changing into anger. " I know I'm a really beautiful young girl, Dick, but I am NOT interested at ALL! " She yelled at him.

" What... What are you talking about? " Dick asked genuinely confused.

The young girl, lost in her emotions didn't see the older man's expression as well as she should have. Tears welled up in her eyes.

" I'm not interested, okay? It's not because you saw me naked the first week we were living here, that you can just... " Tears fell down her cheeks. " Fuck! " She sniffed trying to keep control over her emotions. " I didn't know it was frowned upon! I- "

Dick seeing her crumble apart, decided to be direct.

" I wanted to give this to you. " He said, holding a file. " It's all I could find about the asylum, your adoptive father, the DNA they used to make you, the experimentations they did on you... "

Seeing her blink slowly, he waited for her to get out of her state of shock. He softly put the file in her hand waiting for any reaction. Her eyes were still tearing up, from happiness or pure anguish he couldn't tell. She grabbed the file and glared at it, her whole-body tense.

" Did you... " She looked up for the first time to look him in the eyes. " Did you read it? " She held the file like it was delicate, that if it were to be damaged, she would suffer with it.

Hesitantly he answered:

" Yes. Yes, I did... " He saw her drop to the ground sobbing.

He squatted and took her in his arms, trying to console her. He already suspected that her life had been awful but reading what he found on the organization and its experimentations just made him want to throw up. He wanted nothing more than to find every last one of the scientists and make them suffer like she did. He couldn't so, instead, he squeezed her in his arms.

" My condolences. " He offered her.

It didn't really help her emotionally, but it made her feel. Feel her self-hate and sadness she had been suppressing for so many years.

She didn't know how to manage her old demons, so she screamed, yelled, and cried her pain away. Punching the elder's broad chest and kicking the air like the child she still was under her appearance.

She ended up falling asleep in Dick's warm arms. Sighing, he took her in his arms and took her unconscious body to the teenagers' quarters. He gently knocked on his little brother's door, until he finally opened the door. Looking at Dick and then at the limp form in his arms, he quickly made way and let them enter his room, concerned.

Dick, with Jason's help, gently tuck her in Jason's red and blue blankets. They let her sleep peacefully in the bed.

Jason swiftly dragged the older man out of the room, demanding an explanation.