Brothers from the Past

Chapter 3- New Ally?

Hello. It's me.
I'm back bi*ches!
You get to see what's going on with Will now. There will be torture in this chapter. It will be two different characters. Um... I'll let you know when it's about to happen. I will recap (non-violent version) what happened during the end Author's note.

Will POV

I wake up again and try to get a better look at my surroundings. I can't see much, but it looks like there is a human shape close by. I look down at my chains and realise that they have loosened. I scoot over until I can reach the figure. It's a young man, mid 20s with dark hair. He's beaten and bloody. I reach out to move his hair out from his face, his eyes open and hands are around my wrists in seconds.

"W-who are you?" He manages to stammer out. His eyes are wild and scared. Not a good combination. "My name is Will. I'm not going to hurt you." I somehow manage to keep my voice steady and even. "I was just making sure your cuts weren't infected." He looks at me, still not trusting me, "H-how could you tell if my cuts were infected? Y-you're like 12." I smile. "I'm 15, not 12." He lets out a nervous laugh, "O-oh, t-t-that's so m-much better."

He lets go of my wrists, and he lets me move the hair out of his face.

"It's not infected, just bleeding a little. You should be fine."

We sit in silence for a while before he speaks up again, "I'm Nathan by the way."

He goes quiet for a little bit.

"Hey Will," Nathan asks, "How are you so calm?" I bite my lip unsure on how to respond. "I guess...well...I guess I've been through worse." I know he's shocked. "Worse? What's worse than this? You know what's going on right? This isn't some random abduction that you see on the news. We were kidnapped by real monsters."

"I know."

"Y- you know?"

I nod, then realise he probably can't see that in the semi-darkness and respond verbally. "Yep. And I've still been through worse. I mean, it's not as bad as what some of us have been through, but it's still worse that what most people have been through. I don't really want to talk about it, but..." I trail off, unsure how to continue.

He seems to understand and goes quite.

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We sit in silence for awhile when a door opens and three dark figure with glowing red eyes are standing there alongside a dark skined man with pure black eyes. Nathan makes a soft sound, almost like a wimper and tries to scoot away from them. I take a deep breath and don't look away. I manage to keep a cold, hard stare and lock eyes with him. He smiles and steps towards me. "Son of Apollo. You are close with the Prince, are you not? You will do nicely." I must look confused, because he laughs. "You will see soon enough."

He turns to Nathan. "Hello again. How are you feeling?" Nathan doesn't reply and the man laughs. "You are quite silent. That is shocking." He laughs again, like he said something funny. One figure seems to glide into the room and grabs a hold of Nathan. The chains holding him to the wall him seem to come alive and reajust their position, so he can be dragged out of the room.

Nathan opens his mouth to protest, but the man waves his hand and shadowy cloths wrap around his mouth. "We don't want you to leave before we've gotten started." He turns to the figure, "Take him out of here. I'll deal with the son of Apollo." The figure drags Nathan away, and I'm left alone with the man.