AGENT CRYBABY (Discontinued)

Chapter 53: Backstab

A/N: Happy New Year everyone! Get your popcorn ready, this will be intense. Enjoy!

Past (Madame Carlisle's POV)

It has been a couple of years now. And those kids have turned into teenagers so fast it's crazy. But it was completely gruesome, especially for Manuel. More and more kids are being brought to this place and worked as slaves in this factory. More kids were being experimented on and ended up dead, and others sold. I thought Manuel have gotten used to this place, used to the pain that the staff and the other kids have given him, but I was completely wrong.

Today, he was impaled by one of the new kids. The kid was screaming and shouting on and on about what his parents did to his family; killing them right in front of him and selling him to this place, and Manuel was gonna pay for it. It happened in front of everybody while shoveling the coal, but no one offered help and just looked down on him. They looked so angry and disgusted with him.

Me, Lili, and Heiou begged and pleaded with the guards to take care of his wounds, but they only agreed with me. Lili and Heiou went back to work while I picked up Manuel and headed toward his room with some supplies.

He was crying from me disinfecting and stitching the wound. It was unbearable to see him like this. Once I was done, I set him on my lap to rest. He started shaking from the cold temperatures and possibly shock, so I took off my jacket and wrapped him around.

We sat in silence, he was hissing tired and painfully. Relying on the candle for heat, I was practically shivering, but I didn't want him to notice. I didn't know what to say to comfort him, it was quiet and I kept it that way. He snuggled with me like a baby with a caring mother, is that what he thinks of me? A mother?

Lili and Heiou busted through the door and saw me comforting him and rubbing his back which had the wound. " How is he Carlisle?" Lili asked concerned and softly. " He's in alot of pain, can you guys get some food?" Carlisle asked.

The both of them nodded and left the room. I looked at him softly and sadly while he kept quietly groaning in my lap. Then it clicked to me, I finally, know what to say. " For now on, you are my child, and I am your mother. I will love you and take care of you. We will live in a house with heat and plenty of food. Lili and Heiou will be there, eating dinner and going to wonderful places. You and Lili will be together, I see the way you two look at each other, and the secret make-out sessions...Why don't I give you a name, something cool and mysterious!... Your name is now Sterling. How about that?!"

He was quiet for a bit, I felt stupid from that possibility. " I...like...Sterling..." He stammered. My eyes slightly brightened. Sterling's eyes got tired and fell asleep. Lili and Heiou entered with a tray of food, and I looked at them with determination. " We escape tonight, no questions asked."

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Heiou's POV

Hours after lights out the kids were still sleeping, I put multiple objects underneath my blanket to make it look like my body. I moved my box which had an escape route outside. Quietly making my escape to meet with the others.