Chapter 11- The Truth Brings Shame

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Percy's P.O.V

I really hated Fred. He put me in a cell along with the Avengers. Once they locked the door and put up their fingerprint scanner and keys the door locked.

I moved and shook the team awake. I was afraid of how they were going to react.

The first that awoke was Clint and saw his eyes were a bit different sizes probably from the drug I thought. Clint started to wake the others while I helped.

Bruce got up and winced, "I can't quite tell what drug-" I cut him off by saying, "Ambien, that's what they used it is used for hospital patients sleep."

"How do you know this Percy?" Steve asked.

I closed my eyes to keep them from dark thoughts, "I would know because I've been here before." I said almost breaking in sobs but held it in knowing the punishment for being weak here.

"What do you mean Percy?" Tony asked with curiosity.

"I-I've be-been her-here sense I-I wa-was really young." I stammered fighting back the tears and dark memories that came to mind. I put my hand against one of the bars by the door and took a small breath.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and recognized it was Clint's, "It's ok to cry you know?"

I shook my head, "Not here, here if you cry that makes you weak and your get 'the' punishment." I said looking away the punishment is evil and it hurts bad.

"What's the punishment." Natasha asked calmly and soothingly. I got enough courage to respond.

"They whip you until your skin is raw and you learn to not cry." I turned my head away from them and looked toward a small window that lets me see the sky. This was the exact same cell I had with my friend. I missed him greatly.

I continued looking outside, "they whip you into a soldier, to scared to disobey an order, they make you challenge someone to the death, feed you little, make you work till you pass out or until the time is down, make you do things kids shouldn't have to do."

I said almost tearing up at remembering some of the other kids that I've 'seen' but heard, their cries, pleas, deaths, and everything. I could tell the others were horrified at this.

I said on last things that made me croak with a lump in my throat, "they also test things on us kids." I said feeling some looks of realization on them and horrified on others.

"Wh-what did they give you?" Bruce asked with worried evident in his voice.

"I don't know exactly what but all I know is that I can control water and other things that includes water. Jack included. In a way I can 'see' everything not clearly but know that they are there. I also feel vibrations in the air."

The Avengers nodded understanding. Clint came up to me and pulled me into a tight hug, "It will be ok, I promise." I nodded still fighting back tears while Clint rubbed my back.

I took a deep breath as the psychopath came back with his demented cat. Jack started growling but Fred did the same and Jack backed down. But I know Jack isn't really afraid, not that much just following my orders and acting scared.

"Well isn't this nice and all a family-bonding time. How pathetic." He spat

"I least I have family unlike you little-" Clint covered my mouth not letting me finish my sentence. He whispered in my ear, "probably not a good idea aggravating him."

I whispered back, "It's how you get some things I'm, according to him and others, his favorite."

Fred grinned at me and said, "Now, now Percy you need to learn your manners child. As you are the only one to survive that serum. What was his name, Luke, I believe that you saved from taking that test now do you know where he is."

"Shut up." I whispered to him closing my eyes from memories of him dying in front of my eyes.

He seemed to be hard of hearing, "He's dead and it's all your fault, you remember that day don't you, the day he died for you both tried to escape."

"Shut up" I said a bit louder turning to Clint and burying my head. Him rubbing soft circles on my back. I refused to cry but I needed comfort.

After I heard him leave I started to cry a little. I knew there weren't any cameras in here, been here too long to know that.

"Shhh, it's ok Percy, it's ok." Clint whispered in my hair as he was comforting me.

He then croaked, "You're wondering who Luke and what happened aren't you?"

I looked at the team and made a silent decision. "If you want to tell we will listen."

He nodded slowly and wiped his eyes.

"Luke and I were best friends, we both been here since we can remember walking. Our stepparent put us here. (I know Luke doesn't have a step-father but it's better than saying his own mother put him here then an evil step-father)

We both joked around and tried to help the other kids here. Helped heal wounds that were inflicted upon them. But they hated us for we were Fred's favorites rally got punished or so they thought.

Luke got injected with a serum that made him really fast. In a way like Flash from DC Comics, he could almost break the sound barrier but they always restricted his power along with me. Luke had blonde hair with bright blue eyes.

Well they were bright when we first met but then both of our yes started growing older, dulling, but we help onto our childhood and made games."

I wiped some tears that came down and made my way to one of the cots in the room and reached under and pulled out some cards,

"We always played cards, a guard that liked us gave them to us. I think he's dead now sadly, Josh was awesome, we played until it was time to train. they pushed us hard and harder each day when it just came to the point we passed out from exhaustion."

I kept going looking out into the stars that the day has passes, "But one day we made a plan, one to get us out of here. We had nowhere to go, Fred killed both parents just to get the kids, the stepparent let them not wanting the kids only the money.

It was a quiet night when we put the plan into action with the help of Josh the guard." I started petting Jack who put his head in my lap knowing what's coming. "He opened the door and let us go, Jack knowing all the ways of the passage for they made him patrol and hurt kids, he doesn't like doing it but they make him with a collar and some serum that makes them control the dog."

We were so close to the exit until another guard stopped us Luke told me to go, he was 13 while I was only 6 or 7. I was scared and froze until I heard a shot and a body drop. There lying was my best friend and practically older brother Luke with a shot so close to the heart that he couldn't have lived.

I was scared and knew to do what he told me. I ran, and ran, and ran. until I ended up in the woods where I made a empty shroud and burned it. Found my old tree house that no one really knew about and stayed there. The rest you already know."

I said finishing my story getting really tired and closing my eyes not wanting to know what tomorrow had in store.  


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