The girl in black

Metal

As her thoughts raced, Elle could hear the arranging of metal in the short distance behind her. The light in this room was much dimmer than the warehouse place she was not long ago . The smell of flesh still made her sick to her stomach but she was just starting to adjust to it.

Thud

Thud

There was footsteps growing louder from behind her, the sound of some sort of wheels followed the steps. What was their plan ? What did they want? Her thoughts racing again but she still maintained a strong unemotional figure.

"Right then girly, we are going to move you onto a table..."
A table ? What on earth were they gunna do to her?
"We are going to ask a series of questions and if you don't have an answer or the answer is wrong, we will slowly torture you until we know all. We know there is something else behind that pretty face of yours and we will find out"

We?

There's more than one of these men?

Do they think I'm special? Got super powers because I look like some witch.

The only thing which splits me between the rest of society is the cults and religion

Elle sat there and continued trying to work this out.

The man lifts Elle with one hand before untying her from the chair . He put her down on this workbench sort of thing with quite a lot of forced. Elle gasped for air as it felt like the man crushed her ribs. The bloke grabs each of her boney wrists and tied them above her head before doing the same to her ankles. The leather from the chair had blistered her and the new metal chains chilled her skin.

The man stepped a few steps back to grab some sort of blade . It was long and very rusted , although don't let the rust fool you because it looked sharp. Elle gulped for air , she had a feeling they were going to dissect her. She looked at the long curved blade which he had a firm grip to in his right hand . He grabbed a stool of some sort and sat next to her . He ran the blunt end of the blade down her stomach . Elle arched her back , it felt somewhat horrible but also sort of nice . She rolled her eyes to the back of her head before looking back at him.

"Why do you make yourself look this way" the bloke asked

Elle just looked up at the light , this is a question which had been haunting her life for years now . In a soft voice she clears her throat and whispers .
"I dress this way because It makes me feel comfortable , I don't like bright colours so I stick to black , it suits my skin colour . I put heavy makeup around my eyes because I don't sleep much , I get bad bags under my eyes so I hide it with the dark purples and reds . I wear a hat to keep the sun out of my face because it hurts my eyes . I'm not emo , or goth , or undead like everyone seems to think I am . I'm just a pale girl who wears dark colours to make myself feel good about myself"
Once she spoke she shut her eyes expecting a slice through her stomach .
But there was nothing .
No laugh
No cut
No nothing
Just dead silence

The man was surprised that the girl opened up and was being truthful . He coughs and continues with the mission he has been set.

"Do you have any close friends or family"
The man looked at Elle and waited patiently for an answer.

"Not anyone close no. I don't have friends as everyone makes judgments for the way I look. My family hate me because I'm not normal. So no. I don't have anyone close "
Elle smiled sort of , it was nice to get all of that off of her chest .

The man was thrown back
"So is that why you were on your own . Tell me .. Elle .. why were you under that bridge ?What were you hiding from ?"
The bloke , still remaining to keep his serious manor , griping onto the knife , waited for a reply from the young girl.

"I ran off from my mum . She was trying to get me to try on prom dresses . I've just finished school and she expects me to go to a prom, where all that would've happen is .." all these words were starting to trigger off her emotions again as a tear forms in her eye, " all the kids who have bullied and talked about me for all those years of school would've done exactly the same , maybe even worse ! I didn't want to try on the colourful dresses . I didn't want to try fucking any of them!" Her voice growing louder in anger of her 'mum' forcing her to do things she didn't want to "so I ran as far as my body would let me to get away from every one, I needed to calm myself down before returning to society" she breathed "then I decided to try and go home again until I got taken back by someone . And now I'm here"
Once she finished talking to takes a deep breathe as a tear rolls down her cheek once more. She looked over at the man. He was taken back by the young girl . All the other girls they had taken would've complained about how they didn't get 400 likes on a photo which they shared . But he knew Elle was different . Not in a bad way .

The man continues asking her questions and they all were true until one came up .

" who is Toby "
Elle was confused how they new about her cat.
"My cat , the only person who listens to me"
Elle was confused
"Where did you find Toby"
Elle wasn't sure what to say, was this what it was about? A cat ?
"I .. I uh . Found him in an adoption place" as soon as she said this the man sliced her stomach , not deep enough to kill her but deep enough to make her bleed. Elle squinted at the pain but she didn't scream.
"Let's try this again Elle , where did you find Toby "
Elle had tears running down the sides of her face as the cut wheeps blood.
"My mum bought him for me "
Once again , the blade slid through her thin skin , revealing blood.
Elle held her eyes shut as the blade sliced through her.
"Tell the truth Elle "
"OKAY" she yelled "I found him in the park , he had no collar or anything so I took him for myself. He took a liking to me straight away and it was the only thing that hadn't ever judged me. So I took him home and he has been my only friend for years" Elle's eyes still streaming from the pain she was in , but she didn't cry out for help.
"What if I was to say we needed him back"
Elle looked at the man as he said this , they couldn't take her only friend . That wouldn't be right !
" you can't do that to me "
He sliced her again.
"Why can't we Elle . Why can't we take back what is ours"
Elle was confused . It was their cat? What's the big deal over a cat .

Why was Toby so special to them