Collar boy

Day 8 (Thursday)

The next day I found that I was scared to wake up. I knew what lay ahead of me, and I knew that it would hurt. However the day still played on, and there was a knock on my door.

While I was barely awake the door opened and my uniform was thrown in my face. The door shut once again and I felt a prick in my neck. The small puncture was nothing but the effect was painful. I became oddly conscious of my surroundings dramatically increased. I heard a click and I knew that I wouldn't leave. Fear rippled throughout my whole body as my vision shifted.

Once again I found myself in a dark abyss with myself. He seemed happy. With a mere snap of his fingers, he chained my hands and feet to the floor. The restraints hurt but they weren't very different compared to the other restraints I've endured.

"Ah yes, I decided to give you some physical chains. I wish you could see from my point of view, it's such a spectacle." I sneered at myself, I didn't quite know why I kept on seeing him. Chances were that they had created some kind of liquid that messed up my mental ability. I pondered this, but I really didn't care, it wasn't like I could do anything about it.

"W-what am I here for?" This question caused a pause in my clone. He pondered, twiddling his- or my blue hair.

"I wonder, why are you here?" Now I knew that both of us were confused. "Perhaps" he suggested, talking to himself "I should just have some fun". I really didn't want this person to have control over me, and I certainly didn't want him to have "fun" with me. I didn't know what crooked things he was thinking of when he said "fun" but it would definitely be worse than my previous encounters with him.

"Oh, now I remember, but you'll figure it out soon enough!" Although I was relieved, it still didn't make the goosebumps along my arms leave. I was chained, I was restrained, this always meant something bad. Even if he said it was just for fun, there was no way that would happen. "#99...yes, that's your name, right? " I nodded slowly, my head hurt and it was getting dizzy. "Ey, ey, HEY" He pulled my hair "Don't nod off when I'm talking. You gotta remember that I am INSIDE your brain right?" I slowly nodded once again. "And you know that I can inflict the pain of MANY different types...right" I nodded in a daze and soon everything was blurred, I wasn't asleep, but I wasn't awake either. I could do nothing but listen.

"Hey, #98 did you break him?!" I heard a raspy voice. It turned out that now I knew my clone's name, it didn't help in the least.

"No, no I didn't break him," there was a pause "#97 there's no reason to worry. It's just a small side effect, he's only a little broken."

"How is that supposed to calm me down! We're SUPPOSED to teach him things! Not BREAK HIM!!!" #98 sighed and I heard him snap his fingers. A jolt of pain burned across me and my eyes were forced into consciousness. My whole body trembled with pain and tears came to my eyes.

"See? He's not completely broken," #98 gestured to me. I looked next to him to see another me, except he had purple hair, it was like a lavender.

"I guess he's not, we just have to be careful, master said not to break him."

"Why can't we break him this time?" The purple one put a hand to their ear and suddenly there was silence.

"Nevermind, the directions changed."

"What're the directions?" #97 pulled up a virtual screen and they looked at it for a bit.

"Well just remember we're watching you," he nodded and #97 disappeared. Once he was gone, #98 walked up to me and snapped his fingers again. The chains disappeared and I fell to the ground with a *thump*. I tried to get up but my motions were still slowed here. Once I had my hands trying to push me up I was grabbed by the arm and something pointy was stabbed in my arm. I let out a small whimper and moved to hold my arm but the poison moved too fast. In the end, I was immobile, unable to move, helpless, weak.

Despite this, my torso was pulled up, and my hands were moved across my chest and beyond my shoulders. Once I was in the basket hold was complete, He continued to chain my hands and feet so I was hanging in the air. As I swayed back and forth for a while, my joints and wrists began to itch. I realized that these restraints were plain metal, I closed my eyes and hoped that the pain would soon wash away. Even though I knew it wouldn't, they specifically planned it so I would be unable to ignore the pain, they wanted me to suffer.

"Ah, you're already trying to give up are you? This is what happens when you take a break I guess." He pet my hair as his wicked smile began to infect his face, I really really didn't like that face. "We're gonna have lots of fun together."

A chair appeared and he or I walked over to sit in the chair. He snapped his fingers he crossed his legs and a wave of emotions came over me. Suddenly everything seemed so dark, hopeless, terrible. What have you done to me? I thought to myself, I had dealt with so much pain over my lifetime, but for some reason, I couldn't help my emotions overcome me.

"Ah yes, you must remember that I can change the functions of your brain, right?" things began to click, he could both rip me apart and tear me apart. He could twist and pull me, he could stretch me, make me snap, and tie me back together.

At that realization, I became limp as the tears overcame me. The tears flowed like a river falling in an endless cycle. My eyes hurt, the back of my throat ached. It seemed that no matter how long I cried it would never stop. Eventually, there was a small pool of water, I had been crying for a long time.

Suddenly my tears had stopped and I had become practically empty. #98 held a cup and poured it down my throat. I struggled to swallow and choked hazardously multiple times. Even though I was still parched I was grateful for the small cup of water I had been given.

"Let's continue shall we?" He snapped his fingers and fear began to overwhelm me. My heart beat increased, it felt like it would leave my chest. My eyes drastically went from left to right, it was as if something was watching me.

As the paranoia coursed through my veins I began to sweat. Even though I was supposed to be paralyzed I began to tremble. My tired eyes somehow began to generate tears again.

"Come on, let's hear some pleas" #98 urged me. I was forced to comply and gradually my mouth murmured the words.

"nononononononononono ...please no" he smiled in the midst of my terror, but I barely noticed him. I could feel something crawling across me. In response, my trembling grew into something similar to a seizure. Eventually, my screams grew and I was in a panic. Before I could scream with pure dread #98 quickly taped my mouth shut.

I continued to dart my eyes as tears rolled down my face for hours on end. When I was finally released from my restraints the crawling feeling left. However, my sense of paranoia didn't. My eyes carefully watched #98 as he took off the duct tape stopping my screams. It allowed me to let out a small Whimper, my voice had been too dry to do much more.

"Well, it appears you're done." The boy with the lavender hair appeared. He then looked at me in disgust "are you gonna clean up that mess?" My clone nodded and moved towards me, wiping my eyes, my mouth, and briefly pulling out a comb to brush my hair.

"Is that good enough?" He asked as he pushed me towards #97.

"He still seems a bit ugly but I guess we're gonna settle with what we have. I think we can stop him by somewhere to hide some stuff." I was then teleported back to my room.