Nightmares Within Me

Night 10 Part 2

I sat on the ground, my chains having been reattached to me. Nathan was tending to the cuts on my face while Ryder was passed out on the ground. The creature had removed his chair and chained him in a sitting position on the wall Nathan always stood at. It was weird, seeing Ryder look so conflicted, even in his sleep. I could no longer tell which was which. Sometimes it would be him saying those things, and sometimes it would be the creature. I was beginning to just give in and say that it was him. I was so done trying to tell myself he is still there.

" Nathan, you know whats going to happen to me. If, by some chance of life, Ryder is still in there after I'm gone and remembers all this convince him it's not his fault and watches him. If there is anything left of him there then he is going to be so upset with himself he might do something stupid," Nathan simply nodded. We both weren't in the mood to speak but I had to say that. Just as Nathan returned to his wall, right by Ryder, the creature returned. It walked in front of everyone before standing before me.

" What are you? Do you have a name or some shit?" I asked with a little annoyance in my tone. I was so fed up with saying creature that I needed something to call it. It cocked its head for a moment before responding. There was no hiss to its voice, it spoke to all of us.

" Thought I may appear to you like this I assure you this is not my true form. My name is Mesperyian," I had heard of her. She was the goddess of punishment and torture. She. The creature was a she.

" Ok, I'm just going to call you Mes then," I said rolling my eyes at how difficult her name was. I got a warning glance form Justyn and Austin. I shrugged it off. I had no idea what I was doing if I was being honest with myself.

" So casual," the hiss was back, she was only talking to me. I just shrugged.

"Let's get today over with shall we. I'm not really feeling the whole torture thing today," she cackled.

" What a mouthy one we are today, let's get started," and with that, a table appeared next to her. It was covered with knives and tools and things I had never seen before. I took a breath to calm my racing heart.

" Todays going to be a little different, I'm not going to hurt you till the end. They're going to," she said gesturing to everyone else. Panic set in, what was she playing at?

" Wow, were deciding to be a dick today aren't we, what happened? Daddy not get you your hellhound or something?" she laughed.

"Let's begin. Nathan go unlock the first one, I don't care who it is you pick," I looked at him and gave a small, unnoticeable nod. He was to play his part.

" With all due respect, I'd like to be the first if that's ok," she simply held her hand out to the table and Nathan stepped forward.

He didn't take anything from the table, instead, he pulled a sword from behind him. Where it came from I'll never know but it was there. He didn't hesitate plunging it into my shoulder, right between the bones where it dislocated. He pulled it out and stabbed it again. I grimaced but didn't make a sound. He did it three more times. Then he got Camilla and dragged her over. She had been quiet this entire time. I scanned everyone else, catching Cat behind Austin, her hand on his shoulder as he looked at the ground like he had just watched his entire family die. His eyes were wide, his pupils the size of a pins head. His breathing was ragged and he looked pale. She was whispering something to him and I know he heard it because his hands would fidget. Everyone was slightly disturbed. Mes caught my eye and then looked at them, seeing how none of them would look. So she forced them to. She was going to force them to watch what was going to happen to me and she would make sure they remembered it for the rest of their lives, if they lived that long.

" You must be Camilla. Good, grab a tool of you're choice and do whatever you want. Just don't make it kill her yet," Mes told her. Camila looked hesitant but I nodded and she grabbed a small dagger off the table. She closed her eyes as she plunged it into my stomach, thankfully going through just the skin on the far left side of my body. She was about to pull it out when Mes stepped forward and plunged her hand into Camilla's back, killing her. When she pulled her hand back she brought her spine through with it.Camilla fell to the ground lifelessly. Austin screamed, along with Justyn and Ryder. I caught Ryder's glance. It was him, not Mes, but there was hatred. So she had only controlled him that one time. I looked over at Nathan. He was staring on the ground until he looked up.

" If you hurt my brother, I'll kill you," he said slowly. Mes simply nodded, most likely meaning she wouldn't hurt him.

Next was Austin. He seemed to accept that this was his fate because he stood up, turned to the group for one last hoorah and did a dramatic bow. He got a few giggles and smiles from people. He was passing Ryder when he stopped and leaned into his ear and whispered something. Ryder seemed to laugh but Austin clapped him on the shoulder and told him he loved him, turned and said it to the group before heading to me. He grabbed a hammer off the table, knowing the situation. He looked me in the eyes and laughed a little.

" My strong Taurus friend. I'm sorry I couldn't do more," he turned to Mes and asked if she could lengthen the chains for a minute to give me a hug. She rolled her eyes but complied. I went over and hugged him but when I did he whispered something, " Fight her, fight this. She'll have two people do this a day. Camilla and I were today, tomorrow will be two others. Talk to Nathan and Ryder. Get her loosen them at night to hug people and sleep next to those you love. She'll comply as a dying wish. Stay strong my friend, fight as long as you can, and I'll stand with Kat and be with you through it all," he said. The chains tightened again and I was back on the wall. I looked at him with tears rolling down my face and nodded. He nodded and took the hammer to my leg. It broke the bone and pushed it out making it a compound fracture. I hissed at the pain but showed nothing else. Austin didn't turn away from me as Mes approached him. He didn't tense, he simply looked me dead in the eye.

" You will remember me?" he asked. I nodded, losing my words in my throat. He nodded, a single tear falling down his face and began singing softly, " I'll see you again, this is not where it ends," and with that, a hand blossomed from his chest and his heart came out his back. This time I screamed as I watched his body fall. I pulled and fought with my restraints, ignoring the pain the echoed in every part of my body at the thrashing. Mes laughed as she watched me.

" Sweetheart, even if you got out what would you do? Can I do anything for you before i leave, I won't be back until tomorrow," I nodded and told her what Austin had told me. She seemed to consider it for a moment but at that same moment, my chains slackened enough to go anywhere in the extent of the cell I wanted. I gave a small nod and with that, she was gone.

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Sorry this took so long to upload, its been a rough month for me with a new back injury making it hard to sit and write and dealing with an eating problem and choir things i havent had time but here it is. Theres only going ot be a few more Night's with this nightmare before i move on so be prepaired for part 3 to start coming out soon. Thanks.

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