Sea Shadow (General Kirigan & Nikolai Lantsov)

Chapter 20

Lost control

It was late at night, all Sturmhond's ship was silent, only the waves breaking on the sea broke that silence, and as usual, when night fell, the nightmares arrived.

It was a quiet night, something really rare in the places she was, she usually could hear the screams of the other children begging for their parents, begging to scape, but Kaida knew it was unworth it, either way, she didn't have anyone to call or anything to call home, her parents were dead and her house burned to the ground.

She was laying on the cold floor staring at the roof when the lock of her cell sounded. She looked at the door quickly, fear covering her eyes. He was there, at the door staring at her.

"Get up," he demanded and Kaida did it. She was just seven years old but she knew what would happen to her if she didn't obey. "Come on," he said and started walking. Kaida stayed in her place for a few seconds before she started following him.

He took her to the training room and made her wait in the middle of the room waiting for orders. Even with the painted glass she could feel how the other scientists and him were staring at her.

After a few minutes, he entered the training room again.

"I know what you are capable of, monster," he said looking at her with disgust but at the same time with curiosity. "I want you to do what you did one year ago,"

"I...I don't know what I did," Kaida said, shaking, because of the cold and fear.

"Liar!"he shouted, hitting her on the back with a whip. Kaida screamed in pain.

"Please, I don't know what I did," she cried. He hit her again on the back. Kaida screamed in pain, tears in her eyes.

"Stop lying, it would be worst for you," he said with no expression on his face.

"I don't know what I did," Kaida said again and again, he hitted her on the back. Kaida fell to the floor crying and he hitted her again. She screamed pain all over her body. She could feel the blood rolling down her back.

"You are an unuseless abomination and a monster," he said with anger. "No one would ever love you," he said, grabbing her by the hair, forcing her to look up. "You will be here for the rest of your miserable life,"

"Please, please, I don't want to go back!" Kaida shouted scared, moving without control on the bed.

Sturmhond got up because of her scream and ran towards Kaida, worrying covering his face.

"Please," Kaida said crying. Sturmhond took her by the shoulders trying to make her stop moving.

"Kaida, wake up," he said worriedly.

"Please! I don't know how I did it," she said, moving her arms uncontrollably. "Please! Stop!"

"Kaida, you need to wake up," Sturmhond said, shaking her, he was really worried.

"I don't want to go back there," she said again.

Sturmhond didn't know what to do, Kaida wasn't weakening up and if she continued like that she would hurt herself and he couldn't allow that.

"Please, I don't want to die," she murmured. Kaida started waking up and the only thing Sturmhond could do was look at her amused and then he pulled her into a strong hug surrounding her shaking body with his strong arms.

Kaida now was completely awake, but she did nothing to get away from him. She usually could control her reaction to her nightmares, she could relax herself but this time she couldn't, remembering how she got those scars on her back was really painful for her.