Shattered Jewels

Chapter 26 - Pain

I hate collapsing a lot, it feels like waking up from a long nap but five times worse.

I woke up inside a dark room and suddenly the lights flashed before my eyes, it was an empty room with only one chair in the centre near where I laid. My body was in great pain, every time I move it felt like a needle poked deep to my flesh. I heard the door opened "You're still alive, your highness?" Bourbon mocked grabbing my arm and pulled me up to the chair, I groaned in pain. She tied both my hands and feet on the metal chair, then it sting my body like that pole in Xtroda. All I hear was white noise and my visions were out of focus, every time Bourbon turned the switch the pain increased. I saw she was enjoying this, what did I ever done that made her loath me?

It went on for a couple of hours, I couldn't feel anything and I looked down at the floor, there was my reflection, blood was dripping from my nose and mouth, odd how I don't feel their warmth. Bourbon kneeled down in front of me and pulled my hair so she could see my face, she spoke "You are a tough one. No one lasted this long." She looked disgusted but I didn't have energy to care.

"Guess it's my time to have some fun" she teased removing her grip, she turned a switch that released me from the chair, I fell on the floor suddenly Bourbon pulled my hair hard making me groaned of pain, it felt like my head was about to chopped off from my body. She lifted me until I am kneeling down, she smirked "You're going to loathe this." And threw me to the wall. She trapped me on the wall and I felt something was punching my stomach until blood came out from my mouth, she kept on and on hitting me with her spells until I fell down from the wall. I didn't have any energy to fight back yet I was still hanging on, I saw a spark of blue light came from my palm it was dimmed, she saw what I saw and sighed "Just a little bit more but Dmitri wants you alive... Ouh well guess play time is over" she dragged me to the chair again and chained me before she turned the switch again, "Sleep tight, Your highness" she mocked leaving the room.

I felt like dying.

I don't know how long I've been chained onto the chair, every inch of me was still in pain and fresh blood still dripping from my face. I heard the door was opened and footsteps came approaching me, I gather what's left of me to lift my head and see who it was. "Hello, Evangeline. Feeling better?" He greeted with a wicked smile, "Why?" I whispered towards him weakly, he smirked "If I'm not mistaken I told you why, Eve. I want power, typical isn't it?" Then he pouted "I hate torturing you, I really do, that's why I asked Bourbon to do it. I wished it's Zach rather than you but YOU are the one that I need. So, let's just cooperate." I spit my blood towards him and said "I'd rather die.", he grinned "So be it then". He turned to the door and stopped "You will beg, Evangeline. You will crawl for mercy to me. Or at least someone will" He stated before switching on this torture chair, I didn't know will I survive or not.

It's been days, I think, and this thing tortured me in a patterns, when I thought it was done, I was wrong and it increased the power thus making me weaker and weaker. I kept on screaming and screaming of pain. I couldn't sleep, they didn't allow me to eat, I was being tortured to the death. "Just kill me already" I said under my breath before it began to sting me again, I groaned of pain and felt like that was the last energy I got, I felt one more sting and I'm done but the chair released me. I laid on the floor staring blankly at the ceiling of this white room, couldn't move anything.

I started to remember my life from the beginning and until this moment, I couldn't take it, even though I wasn't attached to the chair anymore my body was still in pain. I closed my eyes and just embraced the pain, "Eve? EVANGELINE!" Someone called my name, I know that voice. Slowly I lift my eyelids and how relieved I am to see the face before me, "James..." I whispered with a weak smile.

"Thank heavens, you're still alive!" He said holding me into his arms, he lifted me bridal style and brought me out from that hell hole. "Everything will be okay, Eve." He promised, I was too weak to respond although I was extremely relieved to be carried by someone I know.

We teleported back to The Institute, Leo and Velvet greeted us. "How is she?" I heard Velvet asked to James, "Extremely weak, one more sting from that thing she's gone, I came just in time" James replied looking down at me, I glanced at Leo and Velvet then smiled "Hey, guys..." I reached for them and Leo took my hand gently, "Hi, Angie" he responded with a smile but his eyes showed sadness, "Take her to Giselle's room and gave her a recover chant." Velvet commanded after caressing my head.

James laid me down on the bed and hovered his hand over me, when he was done I grabbed his hand "Thank you." I thanked him softly, he cupped my cheek and kissed my forehead then left the room. Each time I went to sleep, the image of being torture haunt me and kept me awake. It has been going for a couple of nights.

I woke up the next morning with a knock on the door, "Come in" I said getting up from bed, Leo came in with a tray of food and smiled "Morning, Angie. Brought you breakfast", he put the tray on the table on the centre of the room then approached me, he sat down on the bed in front me and ran his thumb across my cheek "How are you?" He asked softly, "Better" I answered looking at his grey eyes. He took the tray and gave it to me, he watched me eat which made me questioned why the silence, I coughed "How long have I..." I glanced at Leo and he sighed "Three weeks", my eyes widen, I was gone for three weeks?

"Did you know what they..." I mumbled staring at my food, Leo sighed "Look Angie. The important thing is you're here and..." "No, Leo, tell me." I cut him off then I asked "Where's Zach?", Leo took the tray of food "I see you're done" he said changing the subject but I kept asking where Zach was until I realized when I saw Leo's eyes. "Zach took my place?" I said under my breath, "Angie..." Leo called sitting beside me

"He's the 'someone' Dmitri meant"

"We weren't going to let Zach go but he did it by himself"

"Why would he do that?"

"He didn't say, Angie. He was gone in the middle of the night and the next day we were told to pick you up"

"He..." Before I could finished, a shed of tear ran down my eye, I wipe it and Leo put his arms around me "We...we gotta get him back!" I exclaimed jumping out of the bed not caring about my bruises and cuts, Leo grabbed my wrist and apologized "I'm sorry, Angie, but we can't. Zach is somewhere only Dmitri and him knows, I don't know what they'll do to him, what I know is they are going to take his Sapphire blood", his last sentence paralyzed me, I have experienced that kind of torture and now Zach was going to take it because of me. I dropped on to my knees "I let this happen." I whispered to myself, Leo hugged me once more and said "Angie, you got to finish this." "Do you mind leaving me alone for a moment, Leo?" I asked him without acknowledging what he said before, Leo got up and left the room without a word.

Tears came down from my eyes as I recall Leo's words about Zach taking my place. All of my pain went up to my chest, I can't bare this ache.

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