Ben: Ghosts of the past

("This story may contain offensive language and may be disturbing to some, reader discretion advised." The author)

It's about noon at Tender heart orphanage the sky is partially cloudy and there is a slight nip in the air as it gets closer to winter. Not many kids are outside, but there are a couple back behind the building where no one ever goes. It is secluded from everywhere else, a good place to go if you don't want to be seen or disturbed. Three boys were beating up a forth. "Come on Ben why do you have to be such a pain!" A boy said as he struck Ben in the side of the head with his fist.

His name is Daniel, He's around 15 or 16 he has short blond hair and is average height and weight. Next is Nathan, he is around the same age as Daniel but he has recently grown out brownish red hair and is shorter and just a little bit skinnier than Daniel. Finally there's Zack, he is a bit taller than Daniel but much fatter than him and Naithan combined. They all picked on Ben beating him up from time to time, with him not being able to do anything about it. Ben was just about to turn 15 he had long black hair that he straightens when ever he can, he is smaller than Naithan. He has cuts and scars all up and down his wrists and arms from all the pain, loss and sadness he has been forced to deal with.

Naithan kicks Ben in the side of the stomach knocking the wind out of him. "Come on do something you little waist of life!" Daniel taunted as he pulled Ben up by his hair. Ben tried to struggle but he was struck in the side of head by Nathan. Ben fell to the ground coughing up blood, Zack grabbed him and held him up while Nathan and Daniel beat him. After they had beaten him to the point he couldn't stand the simply just threw him against the side of the brick wall and walked off.

Ben laid there lifelessly in the cold, wishing they would just kill him and be done with it all. until a girl came out of the back door to find him laying there. She ran and knelt by his side. "Are you alright." The girl said.

Her name was Fox, she was a couple years older than Ben. She was short for her age no more than about 5'1" or 5'2", her hair was black with a slight redness in in it that you could only see from light reflection off it. Ben was her only friend and she was his only friend...

"Come on, lets get inside." Fox said before helping Ben to his feet. Ben shakily got to his feet, "One of these days I'm going make them all pay" Ben said under his breath. Fox pretended that she didn't notice as the two of them made it to the dore. The two made it to what you could call a dorm that the two of them shared with two others. As they passed people in the hall no one cared, not other orphans or the adults, they all just looked on without so much as giving them a glimpse. They reached the dorm which was empty as usual, Fox helped be onto the bunk before going to get the only person that would help.

 Fox came back with a women with a kind face and darkish brown hair, she wore a standard uniform and had a first aid kit. "Ben will you tell me who did this to you this time?" The woman asked. Ben turned his head and with a shaky voice said "I'm sorry Ms.Ann but I can't." Ann looked down in sorrow at Ben. "There's nothing I can do if you don't tell me who did this." Ann said that every time she tended to Ben's injuries.

Ben drifted into a deep sleep from exhaustion, He began to remember the first time he was beaten up by Daniel, Zack, and Naithan. He remembered the paid of them of every single blow... along with each word they taunted and threatened him with. They said things like "Don't you ever think about say our names to any one or we will be paying your little friend a personal visit that she will never forget." Those words had kept him captive and helpless in their pursuit to hurt him.

Ben jolted awake and franticly scand around the room for Fox. He found her sitting at his bed side asleep, laying her head on the edge of his bed. Ben let out a smile in relief at the sight of her safe. Ben got out of bed trying not to to wake her with his movement of slight sounds of pain. He picked her up trying not to wake her or collapse from pain shooting through his body causing her to her bed right next to his. He laid her down and pulled the blankets over her, softly brushing the hair away from her face. Ben than returned to his bed attempting to go back to sleep... But he just couldn't shake the feeling of what those bastards would do to her.