AirGlow | Thor and Steven Strange

Chapter 5

The screen changed as it showed a gloomy basement. Dried blood stained the walls as it reeked. In the centre of the room, sat a girl with tangled hair and bags under her eyes, her clothes, which was once an elegant dress, was ripped and dirtied on the ground.

This was her fault. Why didn't she listen? Why didn't she hide it better? How could she have been so careless? How could she have thought they cared for her? That she would be able to get away from this?

Her ears rang as her eyes tried to focus on the blurry figures in front of her.

"Why must you never listen, you disobedient girl."

"A disgrace to the family name."

"You brought this upon yourself."

"You are nothing but a failure Regulus."

"Regulus."

"Regulus."

"Regulus Melania Black."

Everyone watched with wide eyes seeing the younger version of Toni. Mutters flooded through the halls wondering what happened to her, yet some knew. Some remembered the day like it was yesterday and while guilt had flown through some of their souls, pride flooded through the rest thinking that it was the only way to curse out her muggle-like thinking.

It was impure and disgusting for her to have ever been doing what she was doing. Toying around with muggle intentions was one thing but dirtying the family name?

That was unforgivable. In their minds, the contract they made was right, even though Toni didn't seem to agree and that was always the problem.

Gasping, Toni's eyes snapped open in alarm as she tried to sit up, only to fall back, groaning in pain. Toni winced as she felt a tug in her nose before gagging as she slowly ripped it out.

"What the hell?" Barty said. "I don't think you're supposed to do that!"

Dorcas glared at him. "You think dumbass?"

Ripping the tape off her nose, she touched it violently as the tub falls out.

People winced as they shielded the younger viewers. Peter curled into his father seeing his mother in such a state, though the rest of her kids weren't any better. Vega was on the other side of Stephen while Carina was clutching Thor's hand tightly and Harley felt tears fill his eyes as he looked at Toni.

They never wanted to see their mother in pain. Ever.

She turned to the table beside her. Flexing her hand as she reached out to grab the water only to groan as she knocked it on the floor. Tears began to well up in her eyes as she gasped for air.

"Merlin..." Andromeda covered her mouth with her hand as her other hand reached out to the person next to her, which just happened to be her little sister Narcissa. Their hearts ached for their cousin, seeing what she had gone through, knowing that none of this would have ever happened if they had just protected her better.

On the other side of the room, Maria cried into her husband's shoulder seeing her adopted daughter. The daughter that she cared for was the daughter that they could no longer protect because they were dead.

Turning on her side, her eyes widen when she saw a man looking at a mirror as he shaved while humming a tune. Toni reached for the cup off the floor only to stop when she felt a tug.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The man said, looking at Toni through the mirror.

Slowly Toni turned back around only to gasp seeing that she was connected to a car battery. Panic rose in her throat as she began to claw at her bandages. Ripping them open to find a hole in the centre of her chest with wires connected to her.