Scars And Stories

Chapter 7

Isaac, Joe, Ben and Dave were all sitting at the same table, the same table where they would sit every day for the past six months. They would just sit there, eating the food in their trays or staring into space, deep in thought.

They mostly thought about how, in just a quick moment, everything changed for them; how, with just one look, the Syndicate's guard recognized one of them and arrested them; how, another guard barged into a hotel room in the middle of the night to find one of them lying half asleep on a bed, his leg wrapped with red stained bandages, and just like the others, arrested him.

They spent hours attached to a chair, being yelled at and beat up, sometimes leaving scars on their skins. Those scars are memories they'd keep for the rest of their lives as a reminder of the horrible things they've been through.

Six months earlier...

Ben cried out in pain as a glowing red and hot metal stick was applied to his skin. He opened his eyes, his vision blurred by tears, and looked at the man standing in front of him. His lips were moving but he couldn't understand a word, the sound completely muffled. He was sure the man was yelling at him to get information about the Blue Birds, though.

The man got closer and hit Ben across his face before grabbing his jaw firmly and making him look him in the eyes. His lips moved again.

"I won't tell you anything," He replied weakly, before spitting blood at the face of the guard.

The guard looked down, biting his lower lip as he slowly wiped the blood off his face. He turned around just a little bit before spinning back in front of Ben and hitting him again, this time knocking him out and sending blood across his own face, as well as on the ground.

When the tall man woke up, he was lying on a hard mattress in a cell. He stood up slowly, almost falling to the ground, and trudged to the metal bars. He looked out into the corridor as he placed his hands on the bars.

Patrick was sitting against the wall, on his bed, in the cell just in front of him, his hand over his shoulder. He was looking at the wall in front of him, his eyes barely opened.

"Hey," Ben spoke up to draw his attention to him.

Patrick slowly turned his head to his friend. A blank expression marked his pale and tired face. He lifted his hand off of his shoulder and waved at his friend. Ben's eyes widened at the sight of the blood flooding the creases of Patrick's hand. The dirty blonde opened his mouth but no sound was coming out of it. His eyelids started to close against his will and soon enough he fell to ground in front of his bed, unconscious.

Ben backed away from the bars and brought a hand to cover his mouth as a guard came running to Patrick's cell after hearing him hit the ground. He slid the metal door open and grabbed the arm of the dirty blonde before dragging him out of the cell.

The tall man sat on the edge of the bed and put his head his hands, heaving a long shaky sigh. He knew that from this day on, nothing would be the same.

Present day...

He stood in front of the mirror in the shower area, a white t-shirt in his hands. He glanced up at the mirror, staring at the burn scars on his skin. He wished that looking at them long enough will make them disappear, but he knew that wasn't the case. He closed his eyes tightly and put his t-shirt on, then the orange jumpsuit. He looked at his reflection, his hands gripping at the sink until his knuckles were white. He stared at himself for a moment, thinking of how much he hated the Syndicate. He wanted to stop them as soon as possible and bring back music. Thing was, he already tried to do but didn't succeed. However, at that exact moment, he felt like this next time was going to work.

He left the shower room and walked down the corridors of the prison, a guard following not too far behind him. He reached the prison yard and approached his friends who were sitting at a table there, talking. The guard left his side and Ben looked at the four men sitting around him before saying, "We have to leave this place."

A/N: Just wanted to let you know that the updates will be a little slow now.