Part of Them

Part 19

Maybe I could break one of the huge glass windows? But what would I do after that? I couldn't escape from this place. I learned that the hard way.

But maybe I could threaten them? I mean I could jump out of the window or maybe even use the shard as a tool to hurt myself if they don't let me go. They would rather not have me hurt or possibly kill myself.

What if they find a way to trick me? Maybe they'd be able to turn the tables and then I'd be doomed. Everything would just get worse after that.

Perhaps I should just accept them and the way they treat me? I mean there's no harm in relaxing for the rest of my life and letting them take care of me. But they'd make my blood boil with their stupid antics.

What if I snap at them? How would they react if I accidentally rant about how much I hated them in front of them?

They could lock me up, punish me in some weird way, become extremely cold or stern or something else. I really had no idea what to expect from them.

They were unpredictable sociopaths, but also my brothers.

My brain was running overdrive while I was questioning everything.

I felt so overwhelmed that I didn't even notice that the small tears rolling down my cheek had doubled in amount and were staining the pillow.

I know that at this point I had to relax and sleep a bit to get a clear head again but what if Alerus was back when I woke up? I had to decide now or else everything would get out of hand.

Closing my eyes for a couple minutes, I waited for the tears to stop.

After about ten minutes I opened them again and rolled over to lay on my back.

I was staring blankly at the ceiling when I heard a soft knock on the door. Not bothering to wait for an answer I heard the door creak open and turned to look over to the side to be met with a serious Rayi.

He was carrying a glass of water in his hand while walking towards my bed.

He fiddled with something in the pocket of his black pants.

"Ah, there it is," He spoke and took a small plastic container filled with pills.

Raising my eyebrows I shot him a questioning look.

"This should help you sleep," Said Rayi with a small smile on his face as he pulled out a singular pill and held it and the glass in my direction.

"Here, take one please."

Shaking my head in response I opened my mouth to argue with him. I needed to stay awake to think of a way to solve my problem.

"I was about to fall asleep when you entered. I don't need a sleeping pill," I spoke in a soft voice.

"That wasn't a question. You should really take one," He announced while crouching down next to my bed and continued.

"I know you and I don't want you to overthink all of this too much. I know for a fact that you weren't going to fall asleep on your own,"

When I stared at him with a daring gaze in my gray-pink children's eyes he just sighed and reached for my head, probably to shove the pill through my lips and to force me to drink his water.

Widening my eyes in response I started to shake my head frantically. He wouldn't force me to take the pill right? Why would he go to such extremes to get me to sleep?

"Sorry, I don't have a choice in this. This is for your own safety," He said in a stern voice.

What does he mean by that?

Before I was able to continue my inner monologue he placed the glass on the bedside table and jumped up on the bed and restrained me from kicking and punching him with my limbs.

When he had my hands pinned above my head I opened my mouth to speak.

"What the hell, Rayi?! Are you crazy? Cut this crap right this instant or I-" My protest was interrupted by a pill being shoved into my mouth.

When I refused to swallow it, Rayi began to talk while reaching for the glass of water on the table next to the bed.

"I have to make sure that you don't pull off another stunt like you did 3 days ago,"

My eyes were as big as saucers when I heard that.

"Three days?!-" I didn't realize the mistake I just made until Rayi shoved the glass of water half into my mouth and held my nose.

I choked like crazy and dug my fingernails into my tightly clenched palms.

I started to drink the water on reflex and struggled even more with no air in my lungs.

Only when I emptied the glass did Rayi let me breathe again. As he pulled the now empty glass away from my lips I gasped for air and he asked me if I had swallowed the pill.

Feeling around my mouth with my tongue I began to panic as I realized that it was gone.

"Judging by your reaction I'm assuming you did. Good,"

I was still gasping for air when I began to feel the effects of the pill taking in.

What kind of super pill was that? How could it already affect me?

It probably hadn't even reached my stomach yet.

Feeling extremely exhausted, I just wanted to sleep. Fuck it, I don't care about anything right now other then sleep.

With that in mind, I looked up into Rayi's pitch black eyes that were looking at me intently. Was he still holding me down? What a freak.

My thoughts were incoherent and didn't make any sense at this point.

When my eyes began to fall close, I heard a voice from above my head speak.

"You're too weak, little one..."