"Take it and while he is awake feed him." She didn't wait for a single second and took the fruit from his hands she broke it with her bare hands and started to feed him. Oscuro was still in his senses, this man surely was full of stamina and hope ,he wasn't someone to go down easily.
After a few bites Oscuro took a deep breath and kept sitting there somewhere between conscious and unconscious.
"Who the hell are you!" Raneen pointed at the porcelain man and spoke without any filters.
"Someone who is also a victim." The man replied nonchalantly.
"Huh? What is this crap?" She was losing her temper.
"This asylum used to be called a painful city." The porcelain man started to narrate an untold bitter reality.
"What do you mean by that?" Raneen was getting confused by every single word.
"This wasn't a normal asylum. Patients suffered here. They were tortured to death over here."
"I know it's hard for you to believe in any of what I say but I am gonna say it eventually so listen." The porcelain man said before continuing his story.
"Science saves life. But it is also one of the biggest threats. The patients admitted to this asylum were used as lab rats. They were literally chained to their beds like animals. They weren't allowed to contact anyone nor anyone would visit them because of the strict policies of this so-called asylum.
I was one of the victims. I got into this asylum from one of my relatives."
Before that man could continue his story raneen stopped him by her objection.
"You said your relatives got you in this asylum. Then you must be a psycho or an insane person. Because this asylum has been abandoned for years now. Don't you dare lie to me !" She roared.
"Why would I lie it's not like I am getting any favors by doing so. Anyway I would love it if you won't interrupt me again. I am telling you something that can be your survival guide but it seems like you just want to die here." He was being sarcastic. Raneen was taken back and simply ignored that man's sarcasm and decided to stay silent from then onwards.
"So I was the child of my father's second wife who died while giving birth to me." Without waiting for her reply the man started from where he left off.
"My father brought me to his first wife's house and I practically lived there for my entire life before coming to asylum there."
"Why the hell did you bring him here ? " the stepmother was yelling at her husband for bringing his second wife's child home.
"Annie honey he has no where to go!" His father protested.
"Listen here Austin I don't care if he has a place or not but I can't bear this!"
"Anna I have made the decision and you cannot force me to change it. You know I won't so better leave this topic Jake is a well mannered child he won't cause you any troubles so better bear with him." Austin completed his word and looked at the door where little Jake was watching his parents fighting over him.
Austin patted his son's head and walked out.
"It was never my intention to stay there longer anyway but my father died a bit soon and I wasn't 18 till then so I wasn't able to control my own life. My father's first wife that happened to be my stepmother never liked me because of the natural jealousy between two women for their man . I don't blame her for anything. Except for the time my father's death wasn't that long ago and to get her hands on the property share I would be getting my stepmother sent me to asylum after giving me strong doses of narcotics. I wasn't in my senses she purposely intoxicated me so that her claims seems to be true. That was the way my life took the worst turn. After I came back to my senses I came to know that I have been admitted to an asylum. The environment here seemed to be a bit too pleasant . As a person lacking attention I was naturally attracted to such an environment and I didn't resist my stay here that made it clear to everyone that I was actually a mental patient."
"Good morning Jake sweety I am your doctor and your friend. How are you today." The doctor spoke kindly.
"I...I am okay." Jake replied in a low tone.
"That's good. Shall we be friends till you stay here? My name is Maria though." The doctor spoke kindly.
To which Jake only nodded.
"After 3 days of my peaceful stay here I was walking around when someone hit my head knocking me unconscious. After I woke up I found myself tied to a bed in a way I couldn't even move a muscle." With this Raneen got the flashback when she found Oscuro and herself tied by those cult members.
"I was tied there for like more than 5 days. Being tied there I lost track of time and I was tired of shouting and screaming in the first 2 days. Also for not eating for this much time I was extremely weak and couldn't even move even a little. On that 5th day a person came to the ward where I was being held hostage. He took me to another ward where people more like me were on statures. A nurse came to me and I felt a needle being injected to me. My eyes started to feel droopy and I fell a sleep. After getting up I was still tied but now in a different way I could move myself a little that's when I saw the drip of glucose that I was being given. That was the day I came to know the darkest reality of this so-called asylum. This wasn't an asylum but it won't be wrong if I say it was a research lab. And ironically enough I was a lab rat. Every single patient there was a lab rat or you can say a test subject. We were being tested there day and night we weren't allowed to see the outside world mostly we were tied up to our statures and were immobile leading to us becoming a complete animal. We became something that was in between humans and animals later after this truth came out the asylum was taken down and I don't even know when it was but a cult was residing here. I was left with two options either to go with the government or to become a cult member. If I went to government I would still not be able to approach people living out there so I chose the path that my stepmother had decided long ago. It was my 20th year living in the asylum that was later named as painful city." He concluded his story rendering her speechless Oscuro was now completely conscious and had listened to the worst part. His expressions were telling that he was suffering from trauma after hearing this heart wrenching story of this man.
"This is unbelievable!" Raneen said after feeling a little okay.
"I know but it is what it is." He replied nom chalantly.
"But you said you were the part of this cult!" She said with wide eyes.
"I never said that I only said I joined the cult which leads to a sensible approach that I am still a part of this cult. I am a cult member but you can say one of the subleaders now." He replied carelessly as if it wasn't his own cult that were ready to sacrifice Rannen not too long ago.
"So you-" before she could say anything the man cut her off .
"I wanted to help you guys and I have my own reasons for it." He replied bluntly without any filters.
"I want to know that reason otherwise I won't believe that you are actually helping us." Raneen was being persistent on her stance.
"Then it's up to you. The only thing I would do in this situation is wishing you good luck and telling your whereabouts to my members." He replied with the straight face.
"Okay we are sorry I deeply apologize for both of us I hope you are kind to forgive us." Oscuro gave the man a sift smile.
"I am not kind" the man replied.
"Of course you are as you saved us both of us when Raneen was on the verge of death." Oscuro replied.
Raneed stayed silent and didn't say anything after that she didn't feel like saying anything after his part time villan behavior.
Oscuro looked at Raneen who still appeared wary about this suspicious guy who appeared all of the sudden to help them.
