The Boy from the Bunker - Season 3

Episode Seven, Part 1:

Episode Seven, Part 1:
Y o u   M e a n   t h e   W o r l d   t o   M e

Although everything around me is screaming otherwise, 
you're the last thing on my mind. 

Kodiak shot awake, gasping for air like he had been smothered in his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he understood why: Kane had a hand covering his mouth, and his other held a finger up to his own mouth, instructing him to be quiet. 

Kodiak calmed his instincts off fighting against Kane, and he exhaled deeply, nodding to say that he understood the terms of Kane stepping down. 

He glared up at the older man, unable to disguise the hatred in his stare as he waited to hear what he came here to say. 

"Kodiak, right?" Kane began nervously. It was a poor attempt given that it was obvious he knew his name by now. "I know that you care a lot about Elara-" 

"Damn more than you do." The Sovereign snapped, trying to make sense of his surroundings at the same time. 

They were in a different room that he last remembered, and instead of being chained up in a cell, Kodiak was now tied up to a bed, just like Elara was. He knew before he even looked down that there was a drip connected to his arm, and a bag of fluid slowly being transfused into his body; he was strong enough to ignore the fear of what was happening to him, but not the curiosity. 

"She's my daughter." Kane reminded him. "I'm trying to do what's best for my kid." 

"If you really meant that, then why aren't your other 3 here?" Kodiak challenged. 

The older man scoffed, running a hand through his graying beard. "They made their choice." 

"So did Elara." Kodiak defended her. "And I know it wasn't this. Maybe my question should have been why that doesn't matter? How can you love someone and put them through hell at the same time?" He asked. 

"Because-!" Kane lost his cool for a moment, having to lower his voice so no one discovered he was in there with their hostage. "Because what is waiting for her is so much greater than what she's leaving behind. I'm the only one who's seen it. Believe me, if she could see it, too, she'd-" 

"Don't you dare try and justify yourself. I've heard her screams relentlessly since we came here. And it's not just fear that they're full of, it's pain." 

"I-I know." Kane admitted, full of shame. 

"Then stop doing this to her!" Kodiak pleaded, sitting up as much as the restraints would allow.

"She's the Heir, Kodiak." 

"She can't be if she's dead." 

His words hit a nerve in Kane, like salt on a wound, it burned right through him. Kodiak noticed his reaction, his heart suddenly beating at twice it's normal speed. 

"Tell me she's okay..." He begged, feeling nauseous down to his bones as he waited for the answer. 

"She's fine. She's sleeping at the moment." 

Kodiak knew there was more to it than just that. It was obvious that he was hiding something, and his gut was telling him exactly what that was.