I've Got Scars Too.

Chapter two

Kyra's POV

I awoke to my head throbbing. Well I'm alive. I tried to look around but I couldn't move my head without my eyes hurting, I had to close them and rest for a while...

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I woke up againb my head still throbbing. Luckily, it wasn't as painful now, I don't know how long I had been asleep but it was almost sunrise now. I'm not exactly sure how long it had to of been a couple of days, maybe a week? I reached up to brush some hair out of my face when my hand hit rough, hard skin-- well I don't think it's skin. I reached up and lightly touched the patch of "skin" only to cause an enormous wave of pain through my head, this had to be where I fell onto that rock. I felt it through the pain, it wasn't bleeding- oh god how long have I been out. I looked down and sure enough the rock I hit was covered in blood. I gasp in relief that I wasn't dead.

I managed to untie the knot that held me to the tree branch; it took a few times since my head was spinning. I tried to balance myself since I felt like falling. I slowly leaned my weight off the branch. It wasn't as difficult as climbing up but I was still careful because I couldn't afford any more injuries. I could feel my feet sliding off the wet branches- when did it rain? I dug my nails into a branch so I didn't slip. I had successfully made it to the ground.

I collapsed to the flood breathing in the smell of the dirt, and the rain, and the plants. It felt so good to be free and to be out of a cell that you could hardly stand in and smelled like blood-stained metal. I couldn't be more happy at this moment, I was temporarily content, but that all ended when my headache rushed back and my bruises started hurting. My body aches but I still pushed myself up, forcing myself further into the woods. I don't know how long I had been walking, maybe a minute, maybe 30 but it felt like forever. My left knee started hurting a while ago, it's the one that wasn't replaced with a galra prosthetic. My feet where starting to hurt and I could feel that I was about to fall. That's when I saw it and I felt like the luckiest person in the world. I found a river.

The water was moving and had no signs of chemicals. I know I should have boiled it but thirst had made its way into my throat, it felt scratchy and dry, and I fell to my knees and drank. I drank until my stomach hurt and I had to pause for air, the cold water had helped my throat and I already felt like I gained some strength.

I decided it best to cross the river, the farther I got from the crash sight the better. The cold water hit my skin and it felt great, I would wash the dirt off if I could but it wouldn't do anything. You can't just wash off this kind of dirt. I crossed at the shallowest part. On the other side I found a rock with an overhang thing that I could crawl into and hide. It was similar to cave, just smaller. I tried to rest, I would need it, and I soon fell into sleep.

People are screaming, they need help, oh god they're about to take someone else. I could hear them scream, they were in pain.

"DON'T TOUCH HIM" I screamed, my voice startled me I hadn't spoken in months, at least I think it was months. I didn't know him, it was dumb to call out, I just can't take seeing there torture anymore.

I could see Haggar approaching, she had some other Galra and a prisoner with her, oh god I'm screwed. I looked down, you only look someone here in the eyes if you have a death wish.

I could hear Haggar's raspy voice "put prisoner 117 back, I think we finally got to her after all these Phoeb's. Grab prisoner 136"

That- that was my number.

I fell back into cell, I know none of them had seen my face I make sure to always keep it in the shadows, why did I have to scream- why.

I woke up in a cold sweat, the memories still stung and we're burned deep into my mind. I couldn't help it, I tried not to but that memory continued to play in my head.

***flashback
She took me to one of the cells they used to hurt people, but this one was different it had much more machinery. As some of the galra restrained me I heard Hagar speak to an orb, which I guess talked straight to Zarkon

"If we do this it will destroy part of her skin, and structure, we should get 117, 117 is much stronger physically. We don't have much of the comet left anyway-" was that a hint of fear in her voice, and what stupid comet.

"I am aware, but we are tracking one now that will be big enough for the Altea project" what? I'm so confused, what's the Altea project? I had started to get angry, why was I here why is Zarkon involved. I started kicking in my restraints, I could feel them breaking

"WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO INNOCENTS, HOW CAN YOU KILL FOR FUN. YOU WILL NEVER BE CONTENT, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE POWER, YOU REALIZE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT IN LIFE" I screamed at the top of my lungs, hot tears spilling out of my eyes. This will be the last time I ever cry here

"Do your worst Haggar, and if 136 dies, then 136 dies" oh gosh I made him mad, you can tell by how calm his voice is. The guards tightened the restraints so I couldn't escape. Then Haggar came over, she carried two needles one that had pure black in it and one with glowing blue. She put the black liquid on the top of my left hand, it felt like acid but way worse. Then she put the blue needle into my hand. The pain was too much and I soon blacked out.

When I woke up I was back in my cell, pain rung from every inch of my body, my floor length hair was spread across the room. (The galra don't cut hair because it's a great way to hurt you if it gets caught in something) I couldn't move, my blood felt like it was tingling as if I was having a major allergic reaction to something. I laid there for many days since I woke up, it was like I was paralyzed but I was still conscious, I didn't sleep at all.

There was an explosion Sirens went off during that time I heard a speaker, but it was as if my hearing had been blurred.

"Risen her one ton heaven hazez caped" what the heck. I wanted to hear this it seemed important I tired to push myself up, it took many tries until I was sitting up, I moved my hair out of my face only to be met by cold metal.

I was brought back to reality, I was staring at my now part Galra hand where the black acid had burned it off. I still had my fingers but most of my hand is now metal. It was then, when I was in my cell and first found my body broken from the experiments and abuse, that I new I would probably never be able to speak again. It was me speaking which caused all the abuse, it caused Haggar to torture me the most because I spoke badly to Zarkon, and it was my voice that caused me to have this curse. The curse Haggar now has to kill me because of.

(Roughly what the prosthetic looks like)

I looked down at my torn rags that had hardly survived the crash. I looked down at my legs, some parts you could only see dark purple from the bruises and some places were just scars, but the worst part of my legs is my right knee, Haggar took my right knee for insulting Zarkon. I still had the bottom part of my leg and my thigh, but part of me can never be whole again...