Chains of Insanity

Chapter 7

He woke up again, still attached to the chair. The snapping sounds of the tweezers rung in his head once again. He eagerly looked at his hands. He still had his fingers. The only sign that was left that indicated that what happened was real was the scars that ran across each of his knuckles on his hand where the fingers started. He wiggled his toes freely. 'High-speed regeneration.' All For One said as if reading his thoughts. 'Don't get me wrong, I only gave you the quirk so we could get things done quicker. I can break you over and over again only to have you heal back up. Quite interesting isn't it?

'Well now that the first option has been completed. Which one will you chose next?' He pointed to the knife and the black box.

'The- The box.' Izuku stuttered.

Hisashi smiled. 'Excellent choice, Izuku.'

He grabbed the box and slowly opened it. Izuku immediately regretted his choice. He pulled out a giant centipede that extended a slightly shorter distance than his forearm. It's body curled at the ends and it's red, long, tiny legs squirmed. All For One grabbed his hair and pulled his head upward. He dangled the centipede by his head letting the sound of its squirming fill his ear. 'You don't have to do this. Father, please don't. P-please just let me go. I can't. Stop.'

'This is what you wanted. Was it not?'

'F-F-Father, please!'

Despite his pleads, All For One let the centipede slip through his ear and into his head. He could feel the centipede traveling through his body as its legs brushed against his insides. Izuku opened his mouth as if the centipede would climb out of it and started screaming. He banged his head against the chair once again and shook his head side to side eagerly, trying to take it out from the place where it had crawled in. 'TAKE IT OUT! TAKE IT OUT PLEASE! I CAN'T KEEP GOING. PLEASE, IM BEGGING YOU!' The centipede rattled in his head the way a brain would have if gotten a concussion or whiplash, only to escape into his stomach. His stomach churned. His stomach clogged and everything came out through the top. He hurled onto the floor and onto All For One's shoes but he still felt the insect crawl. All For One tsked and wiped Izuku's face and then his shoes. 'You said you wanted it out, correct?'

Izuku looked up at his father with tears in his eyes.

'Please... Anything. Just get it out.'

'Certainly.'

He grabbed the knife off of the tray and lifted up Izuku's shirt and brought the blade up to his chest. He dug the blade in, barely missing his heart. He dragged the knife down his stomach. Izuku flinched but stayed silent. He took it out of his stomach and dragged it horizontally across, intersecting with the vertical cut. After minutes of additional cutting, All For One took out the blade and placed it on the table.

'I'm sorry, Izuku. I couldn't quite get it out. We're going to have to try tomorrow.'

I'm going to give you some new rewards for now. If you do good next time you might get some more rewards.'

And alas, Izuku Midoriya fell asleep... Again.

He awoke with a throbbing headache. His stomach twisted and turned and even with the absence of All For One his body still ached and creaked, crying out for help. His heart pounded heavily in his chest. Today was different. He was blindfolded and gagged, and instead of being tied to the chair, he was chained against the wall with shackles clasped onto his wrists and a chain collar wrapped around his neck. His scarred arms were pulled back against the cold brick wall behind him. His shirtless torso was scattered with scars and stitches.