Chapter 27: Life Story

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Trigger warning:
Mentions of r/pe, s/icide, and depressing shit. There's a lots of death in this chapter.

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I wake up once again in the guest room. I don't remember exactly how i got here, but for once, i'm not alarmed when i don't know something.

I blink open my eyes, and i find Butler and Artemis at my bedside, Artemis is stroking his hand up and down the side of my arm, and i shiver because of it.

"Y/N? Are you awake?" Artemis's tentative question breaks through the silence of the room.

"Uh-huh" I nod and rub my eyes as i push myself upright into a sitting position. I smile when i see Artemis, and remember my name uttered from his soft lips.

"Do you need anything?" He asks, his brow furrowed.

"No, im alright" I yawn and look out the window of the room, the sun is just peaking over the horizon. They stayed with me all night as i slept.

"Thanks" I say, looking at both of the men in the room. I'm not thanking them for anything specifically, just in general, for their hospitality, for not hating me, for listening, the list is endless.

A sudden sadness gips me again as i fully remember the damage done to my forest. Artemis could stop them, but that doesn't change the fact that it's now forever altered, and it's never going to be the same.

Butler and Artemis seem to notice the change in my mood, because Artemis looks to me and asks, "Are you feeling alright, Y/N?"Hearing my name again is like a delicious trickle down my spine.

I sigh, and remember him telling me that i can tell him anything, "No, i'm not, i'm not alright" A sudden urge to tell him everything pours into my gut, and i give in to it.

"Can i.... tell you?"

He looks confused, "Tell me....?"

"Everything that's happened to me" I sound slightly breathy, like im rushing my words before i loose grasp of the sudden rush of courage making it's way through my veins.

"I said you can tell me anything" He says softly.

I take a few steadying breaths before i say it, "I might start crying again" I warn.

"That's quite alright. You need to let it all out, and if crying is part of it, then so be it"

I dip my head and start,

"Well, since you've all already seen the first bit of my life when you looked into my memories, i'll pick up from where it ended, which was the first time i met Erick.
After that first.... session, i fell unconscious, so he couldn't keep torturing me. I had woken in a bed, in a room, on the second floor. I immediately started crying, but the injuries i remember collecting were all gone, my nails were replaced, and my skin was no longer damaged, however, the emotional pain was still there, and it was ripping me apart. 
There was someone else in the room with me, i never learned his real name, since he was always called 'Rabbit', like how i was called 'Pup'. I later learned that he got that name by being a fast sprinter, and he was very jumpy. Anyways, he was about 11 years old, and he hugged me and stroked my hair, telling me to be quiet, trying to shush me, i remember he said "Don't cry, please, don't cry. Sir doesn't like it when you do, he'll be angry ".
As predicted, Erick had heard my cries and silently opened the door. Rabbit instantly let go of me and stood up straight, not looking Erick in the eyes.
I stayed right where i was on the bed, and continued bawling even harder when i saw him.
I remember he took one look at me, and said, "Stuff her mouth ". Rabbit picked up a nearby piece of cloth and forced it into my mouth, holding me down as he did. My screams were muffled, and Erick said "Good, now, if you want that cloth out of your mouth, you'd better shut up .
I didn't shut up, so the cloth stayed in my mouth.
Erick had nodded his head at Rabbit, saying "C'mon " And was about to leave, but Rabbit started begging him, begging and saying that he didn't want to go back to that room, that he couldn't take it. So Erick dragged him out of the room. Erick told me to follow, and so i did.
He brought Rabbit and me back to the torture room, and we went in. He strapped up Rabbit, and then turned to me. He chained me to a wall, and gave me explicit orders to watch what was about to happen.
He tortured Rabbit for a full hour and a half, i watched the clock im my mind tick away, until Rabbit had fainted four times, and his body physically couldn't take any more abuse. I remember watching that presentation, and wanting to vomit a few times, but i couldn't, because of the cloth. After Rabbit fainted for the last time, Erick used what i now know as fairy magic. I watched the electricity-like blue sparks danced over Rabbit's poor body, stitching the skin back together and fading out the bruises.
Erick unstrapped Rabbit, and turned to me again, saying it was my turn.
I put up a fight, as soon as he undid my chains, i ran. Surprisingly, he had let me. I ran to the closed door and started banging my fists on it, trying to pry it open, but it didn't work, obviously. So i sat down and started using my little 5 year old brain to try and think things through. Erick just sat back and watched me. 
I used to really enjoy playing with electricity, i know it's probably not the most common interest in the normal-child booklet, but i still enjoyed learning all about it, my Father also had a passion for it to, so we used to make little electric toys together when we were bored. 
I had set to work. I used the tools in the room to break open the panel and started dismantling the system. It took a while, and the whole time Erick just watched me patiently. The lock on the door finally came free, so i grabbed a screwdriver, and pried open the door. When the gap was big enough, i slipped through.
I got as far as the front door before Erick stopped me with a blade between my shoulder blades.
"That was impressive, good job on the door " He had complimented me, ruffling my hair affectionately before tying me to that table again." 

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