Tormented Rescue (Ninjago Fanfiction)

Part 5

TW: (mention of) Torture/assault, swearing, threats, kidnapping

They released the chains and Kai realised how much his wrists ached. But he was alone. Why had the chains gone down? He sat, very still, as if threatened by the silence.

He heard footsteps. He shuffled away from the door as much as he could, he wanted to hide in the shadows, but his knees throbbed from kneeling, he couldn't crawl.

The doors thundered open. Kai recognized him as the man who gave him the food and water when he woke up the first time. He closed the doors behind him and turned to face a shaking Kai in the middle of the room.

"What-- What do you want from me!?" Kai shouted through his fear. He'd only been here a day, he still had his confidence. The man's eyes narrowed as he walked closer to Kai. He didn't bring anything with him, Kai noticed, so he became more cautious. He stopped a meter in front of Kai, his hands held behind his back, peering down at Kai with a look of disdain.

"I came to give you a warning." He said in a low voice. Kai hesitated, looking confused. "Mark has planned... torture upon you." Kai caught his breath. His chest tightened in fear.

Torture...?

"There is nothing I can do to stop him, as if there is much reason for me to, but regardless, I thought you wouldn't last without... some motivation." The man circled Kai. Kai's breath drew quick as he frantically attempted to turn to continue facing the man, but his arms felt like corpses.

"Won't last? Seriously!? I'll last! I've been through shit, I can take a couple beatings!" Kai argued back. He wasn't weak. He could take it. He would take it. To prove to his friends he wasn't weak, no matter the situation.

Low-level thugs couldn't do crap to him anyway.

The man stopped and sighed. He opened his eyes and glared at Kai.

"Shut your mouth if you don't want consequences. I'm no better than my brother, but I have a brain. For assaulting an island-wide hero, the charges won't be pretty, which no doubt there will be because everyone fucking loves your ass and people are going to find you sooner or later." He bent down, forcing Kai to lean back on his wrists which rattled, threatening to buckle under his weight. "I didn't bring your food or water now, because you'll throw it up with some of the shit Mark has in store anyway. So if you survive, and end up somehow still conscious, you'll receive your food and water then." He told Kai as he started to walk back towards the door. "Good luck, you won't be seeing much of me, I don't want to be involved in this." He opened the door and left.

Kai was alone again. Alone with his thoughts and fear. Kai looked down at the scarred concrete floor.

His eyes began to sting. He hadn't cried yet and he was determined to not do so until his friends had saved him, which he hoped would be soon.

He squeezed his eyes shut and tried not to think about the guy's words.

Surely it's not gonna be that bad... Gangs can barely rob banks nowadays, how are they going to torture me?