Breaking Chains

CHAPTER 1

Prologue

haruna

I could hardly breathe, encaged in this prison; fear was the only thing preventing me from breaking this dark silence. With all my senses closed off I was only left to ponder. I heard a door slowly creak open, followed by the pattering of shoes.

"I see you made it." Said a dark silhouette, in a mocking tone its footsteps becoming louder as it neared me.

I directed my glare towards the silhouette, forcing myself not to break out of my chains and slaughter him right there right now.

"Or should I say, I made you make it." He whispered, a small chuckle escaping his thin lips.

"I never knew that I would live to see a coward who can't tell a joke, using people to achieve your own, selfish and evil needs without getting your hands dirty." I say angrily, the words rolling of my tongue like droplets of water on a smooth leaf.

"Well it's not my fault that I like a bit of hygiene." He said slyly, letting out another one of his irritating chuckles, while slowly advancing towards me.

I hated the way his shoes tapped in a steady rhythm on the solid floor; the only noise that echoed in the room daring to break the pregnant silence; it was like water constantly dripping through a leaking roof in a deserted house. There was a second of silence before he tightened my chains, I winced as the chained clanged and my thick blood dripped down my wrists. His cold breath froze me, I was solid concealed in a cage of ice.

"You, you-." I stutter trying to hide the fear rising within me

"Me what?" he quietly asked or rather demanded, eyes dangerously narrowing while grabbing my chin, and forcefully tilting my neck at an painful angle so that I was facing him. His fierce eyes pierced into my own. His eyes were not normal, they were the only things visible in this room, the only things with colour, they were luminous.

"What do you want?" I half shouted, trying to wriggle my head out of his grasp

"Oh, feisty as always." He whispered into my ear, his now warm breath sending shivers up my spine

I kept my gaze on him as he finally let go of my chin and made his way behind me and tightened my chains once again. The rusty metal restraints began to painfully dig into the old scars on my wrists, not allowing the slightest space for movement, making me flinch in pain.

"You didn't answer my question." I said firmly trying not to groan at the trickle of blood still escaping my wrists

"I know." He said, an evil grin stretched across his face, rather like the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland

"Just answer the question." I pleaded my gaze finally dropping to the ground, I forced the tears back as they threatened to fall "please..."

"Make me." He said surprisingly cheerfully, just standing a few meters away from me his hands behind his back

It was quite hard to see where he was in the dim room, but that didn't stop the Anger that suddenly erupted inside me. He knew I was going to do it, I couldn't help myself. I lunged towards the man, chains are stronger than ropes, but chains can be broken. Power surged through me as I heard the snap of the chains and the clang of it clashing into the ground. I turned around for a split second marveling at my achievement, only then did I realize that I had made a huge mistake.

"you're so predictable" said the man. Moving faster than the speed of light, he was in front of me, his chilly breath freezing me. He brought out a weapon, and in one swift movement it plunged into me, piercing through the layers of my skin with ease.

As the knife silently sank into my back, I muffled a scream. Not of pain but of pleasure, for some sort of reason. Images of my past flashed through my mind, before I felt blood exploding within my lungs. It was as if the splatter coated my trachea in a deep red colour; I felt the blood drip down my back from the wound, joining my other wounds on my wrists. It was almost torture, waiting for the liquid to reach the floor. There were only three words I could think of, or rather two words and a name...

"save me... yuuto"

"Sweet dreams" said the man, watching me pass out, his evil grin and luminous orbs still clearly visible on his face, through my blurred vision.