The beast within [DISCONTINUED]

The change - Chapter 5

Darkness. That's all I could see. The ragged cloth that hung over my eyes irritated me more than anything right now. That man that took me, he cut my pants into shorts along with ripping my sleeves off. He removed my shoes so my feet could feel the cold floor. I was scared, very scared. 'What do I do in a situation like this?' That's all I could think of. Just a way of getting myself out of here not caring about what I would lose in the process.

*Thunk* And that's when I heard it. The sound of metal hitting metal. "Are you awake now or do I need to give you five more minutes?" A voice spoke aloud. 'That voice!' I instantly recognised it as the man in the mask. The memory of him was enough to send shivers down my spine. "I'll take your sudden reaction to my voice as a yes" he spoke again in a calm voice. I felt the rag on my eyes begin to lift as I felt his giant fingers brush against my face. "Now that's better, I want you to be able to see everything that's going to happen" he said looking me dead in the eye. Well as well he could from behind his mask. "Who- who are you?..." I finally worked up the courage to speak. "That is not important" he responded vaguely. "What is important however Is your ability to count" he randomly brought up.

My ability to count? Why would he ask such a thing? "What d-do you mean?..." I asked carefully not wanting to irritate this mountain of a man. "I want you to count backwards from one thousand by seven" he said while cracking his finger with his thumb. One thousand by seven? 'But why?' Before I could think about it anymore I saw him get out a blade of some kind, it looked like the kind of saws we use to cut down trees only it was smaller and it had a handle for using in only one hand.

'What is that?!' I thought. "You see since you're like me I won't be able to get this through your skin unless i give you a little something" he spoke in a calm firm voice. He then brought out a syringe and explained to me what he was going to do with it. "You see creatures like us can't be hurt with regular items such as knives, swords or even firearms I mean sure they'll sting but... they can never really get the job done" he then walked over to a small table that had many items some were surgical instruments and some were tools used for carving wood. He then took the syringe and stuck it in a vial containing a clear liquid someone could even mistake it for water. But not me. I knew there was something off about that. "You see while we cannot be injured by any weapon of the sort. There is one spot that is not protected." He then brought his finger to his eye and he rolled it back "The mucus membrane in the eye, right here" he began to come closer and that's when I started to panic. "N-NO! Don't come near me please!" I begged but he didn't listen instead he grabbed me by the back off my head and forced the syringe into my eye.

A deep sharp pain was all I felt and a ringing in my ears. My mouth was open and I was screaming but I couldn't hear anything. The ringing in my ears grew quieter and quieter.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" I finally heard the sound of my own screams. I moaned and continued to scream in agony. 'What was that he injected into me!?' I thought vigorously. "Now that's out of the way we can move onto the fun part, you remember what I said about you counting don't you?" He asked. It sounded more like a command than a question.

He then took the strange looking saw and proceeded to slice into my fingers. Each time he pushed and pulled he went slower as though wanting to preserve the pain as long as possible. My screams echoed through out the auditorium. I felt the muscles and bones in my finger finally separate from my hand and they separated with a ripping like sound. He then forced me to look at him by grabbing my hair "what is one thousand minus seven?" He said holding my finger in front of me. "993..." I sobbed in a response. This seemed to please him and he moved onto the next finger and did the same thing but not before telling me to continue counting. "979...*slice* *rip* 972..." each time I counted he took one of my fingers away I hadn't realised at the time why he asked me to count but after a few minutes I had realised he was trying to keep me sane so that I was aware of every cut that followed.

I kept clinging to every number not wanting to lose the number in fear of what else he'd do. "930..." When I got to that number he finally took my last finger. I let out a sigh one of pain and one of relief for the fact that the pain would no longer continue. But then he kneeled down and held my foot down with his own making it crack from the amount of force he was using. "Did i tell you to stop counting?" He asked as I begin to panic once again for what was about to happen. "9-923..." I spoke quietly and waited for it and thought he was not going to do it, the pain began once again. "860..." my head hung low when I finished the counting. Now there were no other limbs he could cut off without the risk of me dying.

He then stood up and asked me to start over as he collected all of my fingers and toes and tossed them in a bucket. "I'll be back soon and I'll send someone to give you something to drink. After all you're gonna need to replace all the blood you lost" He said as he walked to the door and stepped out. 'What does he mean I'll need to replace the blood I lost!? He's not gonna continue is he!? What else can he cut off!?' Before I could come up with a theory for what he was going to do next the door swung open and hit the wall with a loud whack. "W-what are you doing here?..." I only now realised how weak my voice was from how loud and long I was screaming for.

It was a woman that had come through the door and not only just a woman but it was Mikasa. "Mika...sa?..." she just walked to me and held up a container filled with a liquid my guess was probably water. She then put the container to my mouth and watched as I drank from it. After I drank nearly all of it she got on her knees took my foot into her hand and began cleaning it wiping both the dried up and fresh blood off of my once normal foot.

After she finished she moved onto my second foot and did the same thing not once saying anything or looking at me as she did so. Then it came to me that who I was seeing was not Mikasa. Just a hallucination, Mikasa then started to fade away and another woman faded into where she stood. This woman had long brown hair that went down to her shoulders. "Just so you know" The woman finally spoke "I'm not sorry, you damn devil" she muttered the last three words I was barely able to hear them.

Hey everyone. Been a while huh? So I don't know when I'll write the next chapter in fact I might just keep writing on this one and add to it to make it a little bit longer and yes I know it is short and I apologise for that but I've had a lot of things to do with college and all that. But yes the torture and torment is here, this is next stage for our beloved Y/n and as you can tell he will be going through the same torture kaneki went through. So what will happen to him? Will he die here? Or will he finally learn about the beast within him? Find out in the next chapter of 'The Beast Within'.

Edit: 20/09/2024. Yeah for the those that were looking forward to another chapter and you actually like this fanfic for some reason you will be disappointed to know that this fic is being discontinued. I really didn't like where I was going with this and the way that I was writing it didn't match up with how I wanted to end it. For those who are interested in this story and for some reason want it to continue, I give anyone permission to use my chapters, the name, and everything else in this book to take it for themself. See ya guys, might come up with something else. I don't know 🤷‍♂️.