I wanted to scream. Oh God, how much I wanted to scream. I needed the release from the pain, a way to express the hurt. But I couldn't. I lost my voice a while back. All I could do was squirm in agony, barely able to do even that. It was just building and building till I felt I would explode with it.
It wasn't til then, that moment of absolute pain, when it drowned everything else out, did the monsters stop. I gasped with relief, my body shaking from the after effects of the electrocution. I could hear the scratching of pencils on paper as the time was recorded for the umpteenth time. I felt my restraints snap open and the steely hands of my guards drag me off the table, propping me against a wall.
I was barely aware of the doctor looking me over as the exhaustion started to set in. It was far too soon when I got dragged to my feet again. I stumbled as my guards shoved my shoulder to make me move. I gave them a half-hearted growl and left the room, still stumbling down the hallway.
The cell room was emptier than usual. Danny had been taken away while I was gone, but Flare was still there, pouting at her restraints like a child put in time out. My mouth twitched into a small smile at her childish behavior. Once I was shoved in my cell and the restraints were removed from her she scrambled over to the wall of her cell closest to mine.
"Hey, how was it this time?" I groaned and she winced. "Sorry. Maybe it won't be so bad next time?" I shrugged, laying down in an attempt to get some sleep, pressing against the glass. Flare understood and remained silent, leaning against the glass and lowering herself down to the floor.
But I couldn't sleep. The phantom of pain left behind kept prodding my mind and the echoed screams of the tortured met my ears. I silently cursed my sensitive hearing, trying to cover them and block out the horrible noise. i knew the screams would never end, not in this place. When one ended another would begin and so on. I could only wait my body out till it exhausted itself. Yes, ghosts typically didn't need sleep, but any body that gets tired enough has to rest eventually.
Suddenly, a soft noise was lifted into the air. Flare was singing, the melody floating around the large room, comforting all who heard it.
The sun is filling up the room,
And I can hear you dreaming.
Do you feel the way I do right now?
I wish we would just give up,
Cause the bet part is falling.
Call it anything but love.
And I will Make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you when you're not listening.
How long can we keep this up, up, up?
Please don't stand so close to me.
I'm having trouble breathing.
I'm afraid what what you'll see right now.
I give you everything I am,
All my broken heart beats,
Until I know you understand.
And I will Make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you when you're not listening.
How long can we keep this up, up, up?
And I keep waiting,
For you to take me.
You keep waiting,
To save what we have.
So I'll make sure to keep my distance.
Say I love you when you're not listening.
How long can we keep this up, up, up?
Make sure to keep my distance,
Say I love you when you're not listening.
How long till we call this love, love, love?
I felt myself drifting off, Flares soft voice following me. At the end of the song my mind was fogged with sleep, making what she said next unregistered.
"I'll make sure to keep my distance, say I love you when you're not listening." She sighed, hand pressed into the glass to me.
"I love you."
