Her Forgotten ~Tomura Shigaraki x OC AU~

Chapter 31: Them

Illika

So cold.

I feel so, so cold. I tremble, shivering. Then there is that same wave of white-hot pain. So hot that it feels cold touching my nerves and pulsing through my veins. I wince, biting back my cries as tears roll down my cheeks.

It hurts so much. The burning of my flesh. The weighted ache of my muscles. The stiffness of my bones. It all hurts. I can barely pay attention to anything aside from it. That and their heavy breathing. I can feel the hot breath licking the back of my neck. I shudder and shiver, but I can't do much else.

My body is weak, limp yet stiff with pain. My muscles flex and twitch, involuntarily as my vision fades in and out of focus, blurring.

I'm about to lose consciousness. I know I am. The pain is starting to become too overwhelming, and my body doesn't know how to cope. Can it even cope?

"Are we going back to camp?"

I know that voice. I've heard it before, but where? Where have I heard it?

I wince, a sharp pain snaking around my skull, clawing. It feels like sharp nails raking through my brain, digging deeper and deeper. Ouch. It hurts to think. It hurts to try to remember. It just hurts.

But then I remember. Asahi and Akihiko. The Nakamura brothers. That's the voice I hear. Well, at least one of their voices. But whose?

"No. We can't go there," the other says, huffing and puffing. They are still running. "They're gonna check the property and surrounding areas first."

Confident. That's what the second voice sounds like. So, that must be Asahi, which means the first speaker was Akihiko.

"So, then where to?" Akihiko asks.

"Where else? The warehouse," Asahi answers. It is his breath that rolls across my skin. I shiver.

"Ah. The one that used to be –"

"The old fishing port's gig. The one the locals used to can fish at," Asahi interrupts. There is the curl of a smile in his tone. "They'd never think to look there."

They continue to run, Asahi slinging and carrying me like a ragdoll, only adding to the pain. It comes in waves, washing over my body in this strange dance that spins my head. Spinning and spinning, twirling. I don't know what way is up and what way is down, left or right. All I know is that my eyes are squeezed shut, my mind fading in and out.

And my own heart beats in my ears.

**Ello lovelies! So, a shorter chapter today, but we see that Asahi and Akihiko do have Illika and that they plan to take her to some warehouse. That said, what could they possibly be planning to do? Nothing good, surely. Feel free to take a guess! Now, I wanna go ahead and give a heads up. There will be upcoming chapters that will lean into violent themes. I will give disclaimers at the start of any chapters as I have, but I just wanted to give a further heads up. That all said, thank y'all so, so much for all the love and support! Y'all are awesome sauce! Wuv yous!! <3**

-Noel Ross