Laceration (Camren)

Chapter 16: Wicked

"Lauren get your ass up." I heard my mother yell. She had thrown water on me. It was ice cold, felt like I had been dumped into a frozen lake.

"You heard your mother get up." My father's voice boomed outside the door.

"Mother... what- I don't understand." I was shivering.

"It's time for your daily." On second thought having cold water thrown on me was better than have water sprayed at you at a high pressure.

"Yes mother." I knew better than to argue.

With that she walked out of my resting place. Mother wasn't as bad as papa, she tried to ease the pain a little. Papa didn't care about the pain. His words were 'you're going to grow up and be a soldier.'. He told me all of this was for the better, it would make me strong so no one could harm me. I started to believe it. James has gone through the same thing as me, same pain, same training. Papa told us we were equal, but in the end only the strongest will win.

"Five seconds Lauren or you will be punished." Mother said. I quickly hopped out of bed and got prepared for my daily.

"Ready papa." I said. I walked to the back of the house to see my father getting the hose ready.

Mother had the chains ready. I walk over to her and raise my hands. She locks my hands in the chains, I whine at how tight they are.

"Mother it's tight." I say. She nods her head.

"It's better if they are." She makes last minute checks before she walks off.

Father turns on that water, nothing from the usual. That was until I say the steam.

"Papa something's wrong." I call out. He looks at me and smiles.

"You will understand." I frown. He starts to move the hot water to me. I move, trying to get out of the chains.

"Mama please." She walks over to my father and whispers something in his ear. I feel relief when he points the water away from me.

Mother walks to me and turns me around. I feel her wiping something on my back.

"Mama whats going on?" I ask. She doesn't respond.

I hear her walk away and I wait. Nothing happens at first until I feel the hot water hit my back. I scream out.

"MAMA!" I scream. The water burning my skin, it feels like someone is lighting me on fire.

The pain is becoming unbearable and I can feel my skin peeling. I scream louder, I start to beg. Wrong move. Father turns the water pressure up. He continues this until I pass out. I wake up laying on the floor.
End of flashback

I arrived back to the group. My anger now under control as I was trained to do.

"Let's move." I say making my presence known. Everyone stands up. Nothing was said they only start following me.

I know what Madison said was true. We should go to the closer house but the memories keep coming back. They just come out of no where. I black out and my mind takes me back to being that little girl, being tortured by mother and father.

"Lauren we don't have to go here." Madison speaks up. She knows everything about my childhood considering I met her at such a young age, I told her about everything that happened to me.

"No you were right. The closer house is better." I walk up to the door. My hands start to sweat.

"Lauren." Madison tries again. I haven't been back to this house since I was 16 that was when James pack out bags and we ran away. Never thought I would be here without him.

I open the door, knowing that no one is here. The first thing I notice is the dust everywhere. I don't know where mother and father are, but from the looks of it they haven't been here in a while.

"This place is nice." Zayn says. I feel shivers run up my spine from that. If only he knew what had happened right where he was standing.

Flashback
"Lauren clean that shit up." My father had commanded me. I bent down on my knees and begin to pick up the pieces of glass my father had thrown at the wall.

He and mother had been arguing about something. I couldn't really tell about what, but it was serious.

I cut my hand on the glass and started bleeding. Father saw and his anger only grew.

"You think you can drip your fucking blood on the floor?" I was confused .

"No father. It want happen again." I continue to pick up the glass despite the bleeding of my hand.

Once I was done with the glass I went to the living room. I was on my way out to my resting place. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turn to see father standing there.

"Yes father." He didn't say anything.

"Get down." My eyes widen.

"Father I didn't do anything." I clarified. I knew what he wanted but I was afraid.

"I said down." My eyes start to water. I slowly get down on my knees waiting.

"You know what to do." I nod my head. On my knees in front of the door. Doing what father said I do best.
End of flashback

"Lauren do you mind if we pick rooms to rest in?" Harry ask. I hadn't realized I zoned out.

"Yes, but nobody opens the door with caution tape on it." They nod their heads and go to find a room.

"Lauren are you going to be able to do this?" Madison whispers.

"You know better than to ask that." I give her a light smile.

"We need to go hunting. We have no food here." She nods her head.

"Rest Lauren." With that Madison leaves.

My mind is a mess right now. James was always around to help me deal with the craziness. I can't stop it and it's getting worse now that James is gone.
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Flashbacks....

KIANA LEDE IS UNDERRATED

Shall we meet again
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