Pain (Danti) UNDER EDITING

Chapter 17

After lunch, everyone kept staring at me. Lucious and his friends kept their distance from me, except for Itch he was by my side the whole day. He seems like a good friend. His boyfriend Rot was also with us, he trailed behind us listening to our conversation. Just to be nice I would ask him things during our conversation. He stayed quiet no matter what I asked. Hm. 

My fourth-period class was math. I sat down in the back and waited for the teacher to start talking. Dark -I think- sat down next to me, his face all tear-stricken. Of course, I ignored it, but I watched him carefully. He refused to look in my direction the whole class. Plus he kept shaking and he looked like he was about to break. 

I turned back to the teacher who walked in and began to teach the class.

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The house was quiet when I walked inside. Fox came back here earlier after the phone call, she needed to take care of some stuff. She had a cup of tea in her hands while she glanced over a bunch of papers on the table. Stress clearly showed in her face. She looked up when I cleared my throat. 

"You alright?" I asked. She sighed and shook her head. 

"Those people you killed is now on the front page of every newspaper in the city. The Boss is upset and wants to talk with you. He's sending a car to pick you up in two minutes. Please get ready," She sighed. 

I walked back out of the house, standing around as I waited for the car to pull up. Our driver pulled up, opening the back door for me to hop in. He sped off as soon as I was in the car. Sometime later we pulled up to the base. I exited the car and made my way to Josh's office. His door was cracked open slightly. I knocked three times opening the door right after. Josh was sitting at his desk looking over a newspaper. 

"Anti sit down," Josh demanded. He looked up at me with rage filling his crystal blue eyes. 

"Yes sir," I sat down as quick as I could. 

He huffed, "You broke code. Never fight in front of a group of people. For now, you will receive a punishment. Follow me," He stood up. 

I scrambled to follow Josh through the base. He was speed walking through the base, looking behind him every few seconds. We walked to the south side of the base, down a long corridor that was creepy looking. Josh lead me to a single door that had a metal lock on it. He used his phone to light up the dark stairwell. 

We reached the bottom which just leads to another door. He opens the door revealing a machine. I walked through the door waiting for a command. Josh motioned for me to lay down on a metal table. I know that I'm supposed to be getting punished but this doesn't seem so bad. Two metal plates were placed next to my head, two against my stomach and one for each arm and leg. Josh then strapped me onto the table with a metal bar. 

He stepped back, flicking his hand up in the air. A guy nodded moving over to a control panel. The guy flipped a switch and pushed a button. Nothing happened. Or so I thought. It felt like a little prick at first, but soon the pain built. They are electrocuting me. 

Another zap was sent through my body making me scream. 

"Whats your name?" I heard someone say. 

"Antisepticeye McLoughlin," I whimpered.

"How old are you?"

"16." Another zap but stronger. 

"What did you do wrong?" 

"Broke code." I whimpered. This time only a zap came from the plates next to my head. I screamed and pain traveled down my body. 

"Antisepticeye McLoughlin you are sentenced to 8 hours of pure torture." 

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The next morning they literally dragged me into the school. Two masked men dragged me by my feet all the way to the front doors of the school. I couldn't stand but I had to. Using the wall I leaned against it trying to walk straight. Itch walked next to me with a solemn expression. He grabbed my shoulder causing me to cry out. Last night they whipped me 300 times. Bad enough the machine left electrocuting marks that split open this morning. Itch motioned for someone to come over, strong arms picked me up and brought me into the school. I glanced at the person to see Rot. 

"Oh God! Anti!" Itch cried as he chased after us. Rot pushed against a door and brought me inside. He set me on a soft table before leaving to get something. Itch started bawling in front of me. 

"Itch don't cry, I'll be okay." I lied. I'm not going to be okay, nor will I ever be. Itch sniffled again. 

"Anti I should tell you something." He whimpered. I nodded my head for him to continue. "I can see the future, anything from anyone's timeline. Rot can see the past, that's how we knew so much about you. I know you don't remember anything but if you want we can explain to you what happened. What brought you into this mess. I can tell you this, your torture doesn't end now, it's gonna last for another year or so. I'm sorry." I stared at Itch shocked. Did they lie to me, did Fox lie to me? 

"You're lying. I don't believe you." I hissed at him. The Heroes wouldn't lie, we are there to protect not to harm. 

"I'm not lying!" Itch cried. I stood up, even though it was one of the most painful things ever, making my way towards the door and to class.