Sanity

Chapter 8

Beep beep beep

Everything hurts. I tried to open my eyes but I couldn't. I tried to move. Couldn't do that either. I tried to talk... still nothing. I could hear muffled noises. Eventually the noises cleared up and I made out some voices. I did my best to figure out who they belonged to.

"How is he today sir?" I heard Aqualad ask someone. My guess was Batman.

"Same as yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that." My guess was correct as I heard Batman speak these words.

Wait, back up. Yesterday? Day before? How long have I been out?

Once again I tried to move or open my eyes. Still no luck but a lot of pain. I must've made a faint grunt sound because I heard Batman shush to no one in particular.

"Shh.. did you hear that?" Batman asked

"Hear what sir?" Aqualad replied.

"Dick.. I think he's awake."

I tried again to open my eyes. I tried really, really hard. Finally it worked. Blurred faces and objects were all I could see.

"Dick, glad to see you're awake." Batman whispered, "Aqualad alert the JL that Dick is awake."

With that Aqualad left and shut the door.

Terrified is the only way I can explain how I feel right now. Is he mad I failed to complete my training? I showed weakness. I could feel myself shaking but I tried to hide it. I don't want to show anymore weakness. I've done plenty of that.

"I'm not mad at you," Batman explained gently, "But we do need to talk."

I swallowed.. Uh oh...

I squinted waiting for a slap to the face. Nothing came. I slightly opened my eyes. He was just sitting in the chair next to my bed. Hands folded in his lap... concern on his face?

"I'm not going to hurt you either.. I talk with words not my fists." (savage)

I open my eyes the rest of the way and starred at the bat intently.

"You need to be honest with me. I can't force you into trusting me and I do not plan to, but you need to tell me when something is wrong. It's the only way I'll ever be able to help you. All we want to do here Dick is help you."

This place is SO much different than Auschwitz.

"I know you're used to Auschwitz, kid. But as long as you're here with m- us you don't need to worry about Auschwitz anymore." Batman spoke ever so softly. Never thought a man in such dark clothes could speak so soft.

Because of this I felt comfortable- for a split second. Until I remembered something Slade told me. I tried to escape once from Auschwitz. Only once. Never again did I try to run from that place.

Running. My feet were moving faster than I ever thought possible. Bullets flying past my head. Any normal 8 year old would stop, give in, but my feet were still moving. Tears blurring my vision. I didn't want this life. Then, I tripped. I didn't have a second to get up again, not even a second to blink before I was picked up and roughly thrown over the guard's shoulder. I was brought right to Slade. Thrown down at his feet. I looked up and did not see a happy face. He crouched down to me and cupped my face. He whispered these sinister words to me: "Dearest Dick, you cant run from me. You are mine now. I'm everywhere, and just when you think you've outrun me you'll turn the corner and I'll be there patiently waiting for you to take one more step." After that he stood up and kicked me in the face. After that, I excepted that place as my home.

"He'll find me." I croaked, "I can't outrun him."

"Maybe not, but if he finds you I can promise you you won't fight him alone." Batman stated, "You are part of this team. On the field or not, you are apart of this team. And everyone here will protect you Dick, especially me."

Hey guys!! Had a free Sunday and decided to finally update! I'm really sorry to say that updates from this point on will be very slow but I promise I haven't forgotten about you guys I've just been crazy busy since I started high school! But alas, here is a chappie! Sorta boring but don't worry I'm just building up to something big. Thank you guys for being super supportive by the way. You're the reason why I haven't given up on this story! I love you guys and I'm so happy you care about my story so much. I love reading your comments!
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