Twin Moon - Chapter 250 - Dad
Zelena.
“Dad” I sobbed and stepped forward. Selene’s hands laid softly on my shoulders and she gently pulled me back.
“We have to help him” I cried and looked back at her,
“The past is set, sweet daughter. You cannot change what has already been done” she told me as she brushed her fingers over my cheek.
“Then why are we here?” I asked shakily,
“Because, in order to understand, first you must see” she answered cryptically. I turned back around and watched what was unfolding. The soldier that brought in Aurora snapped something around her neck, then the other guard did the same to Micha. I recognized what they were immediately. Shock collars. The exact same ones that Hank used on me the night Gunner rescued me. That answered one of my many questions. If they’re using the same gear that Hank used, and he was a hunter, that means these guys are hunters too. Dad and Aurora were captured by the hunters, not killed by them. A clicking sound echoed through the room, followed by a voice through a speaker box.
“Who is the Goddess?” the heavily accented voice asked,
“I don’t know” Micha answered. There was a long silence and then a high pitched beep. The guard behind Aurora pressed a button on the back of her chair, and she screamed out in pain. The sound reverberated through my ears. I know that scream, I have made the same sound enough times throughout my life. Her little body shook, what small amount it could from under the straps of the chair. Tears welled in my eyes. I don’t want to see this.
“Stop! Stop! Stop!” Micha yelled quickly. He tried to thrash in the chair, but he couldn’t move, not with all the bindings holding him down.
“I don’t know which one” he yelled. The beep sounded through the speaker and the guard pressed the button, turning off the shock collar. Micha’s terrified eyes bore into Aurora’s panting face. The guard stepped around the chair and looked over her face. He stepped back and shook his head. He was doing that for someone else, they’re watching this. I scanned my eyes around the room quickly. There. A small camera in the corner of the roof, pointed directly at Aurora. I looked up behind me, there was another pointing at Micha. This is an interrogation, not just torture.
“How does she get the magic?” the voice called out.
“She can’t. She's too young” Micha huffed. Silence ensued and then the beeping. Both guards hit the buttons on each of the chairs. Micha’s face pulled into a grimace, while Aurora wailed through the pain. After a few seconds, the beep sounded again and they turned them off. Micha opened his eyes and immediately searched Aurora’s face. It was comforting in a way, to know that even after all these years, and after everything they have been subjected to, he still cares for and loves her.
“Go for option two” the voice called through the speaker. Option two, what is option two? The guard with Aurora grabbed a whip and stood at her side.
“Which one is the Goddess?” the voice in the speaker asked.
“Please, I don’t know” Micha answered desperately. The whip came down on Aurora’s forearms, splitting her delicate skin. The sound of the snap, mixed with Aurora’s squeal of pain, filled the room.
“How does she get the magic?” the voice echoed.
“She can’t yet, she may never” Micha answered without hesitation. The whip came down again, just centimeters away from the last lash. Her skin burst open from the force of the hit, blood dripped slowly out of the wounds.
“Stop! Please! I have told you everything I can” Micha pleaded. Everything was silent. All I could hear was the heavy panting of Aurora, and my thundering heartbeat.
“You have told us nothing” the angry voice yelled. The man with the whip struck it down on Aurora’s legs, just above her knees. The skin split and blood began to run down her legs. I turned on Selene, full of anger at her for doing nothing to stop them.
“Stop this!” I demanded of her,
“I cannot” she answered,
“Why not, why won’t you help them?”
“I could not interfere”
“That’s bullshit, you helped me. Why won’t you help her?” I screamed,
“I did for her, as I did for you”
“Then why are you letting this happen?”
“This is not happening now, this is the past” Selene said nonchalantly. She kept her tone even and her voice smooth and silky. As if what was happening didn’t bother her in the slightest. How could she stand by and watch this, why wouldn’t she help. I don’t understand. If she truly does love me, or loves us, why wouldn’t she help us.
“When will she get the magic?” the voice rang through the speakers, recapturing my attention. I spun back around to watch my father as he gave his answer. I know that he knows the truth, Lunaya told me as much. He knows that she won't gain the power until she loses her virginity. But he would never tell them that, surely. The monsters would probably rape her, a ten year old child, with no hesitation or remorse.
“I don’t know” he yelled. Though he looked weak and sickly, his voice sounded strong as it bounced around the concrete cells. The room was silent, then came the high pitched beep. The guard pressed the button on the chair, and the electricity came to life, coursing through Aurora’s small body. Micha yelled and screamed and thrashed around as much as he could. He begged and pleaded for them to stop, but they didn’t. She sat there screaming, until she couldn’t scream any longer. A mighty roar came from Micha as he snapped one of his arms free from the bindings. His skin was slowly growing tuffs of greyish-black fur. The guard behind him grabbed at his arm, but Micha was able to grab him first. He flung the guard away and then snapped his other arm free. My heart was racing, my blood was pumping with excitement. This is why I'm here. This is what Selene wanted to show me. Micha got free, he escaped. Is that what I'm watching?
“Get him back in the chair” the voice screamed manically through the speaker. Aurora’s guard turned off her chair and ran for the bars. He fumbled with a wad of keys on his belt while anxiously watching Micha. I hadn’t noticed before, there was a locked gate within the bars. I didn’t know whether to watch Micha who was continuing to break the remainder of his bindings, or the guard who was hopelessly trying to get different keys into the locks.
“Daddy” Aurora cried. Both the guard and Micha snapped their eyes to her. Micha roared again and broke through his last strap easily. He dropped to his hands and knees and let his body morph. He looked like he was struggling, probably because of all the injuries and how skinny he looked.
“Get him back in the chair” the speaker box voice screeched again. Without realizing, I had both hands over my mouth, holding in my own screams of encouragement. Micha’s wolf marched over to the man on the floor, who had now started coming back too. The man reached for the gun on his belt, but Micha snapped his teeth over his arms and ripped it away from his body. The guard screamed and grabbed at the place his arm had been. Without missing a beat, Micha chomped down on his neck, cutting him off mid-scream.
“Ona budet nakazana saa tvoyu derzost” (She will be punished for your insolence) the guard spat. I don’t know what he said, nor could I place the language. Russian maybe. Whatever it was he said, it made Micha angry. He growled and charged at the gate, just as the guard had turned the key. I was caught up in the speed in which the escape was happening, I didn’t notice when the guard grabbed a gun from his holster. He fired it at my father, but there was no loud pop or bang, it didn’t sound like any other gun I'd heard. Micha didn’t stop or pause, he just kept charging. The guard fired once more before the gate was thrown open and Micha was on top of him. His jaws went straight over his face. I heard the muffled cry of pain, before Micha quite literally ripped his face off.
“Daddy” Aurora cried again. Micha rushed over to her, and using his teeth, he grabbed onto the straps at her ankles and knees, tearing them away from her. He was starting to wobble on his feet a bit, when I noticed the dart sticking out of his shoulder, and another in his chest. They must be tranquilizers. He managed to get one of her arms free when he finally fell.
“Dad!” Aurora cried out as she looked down at him helplessly,
“I can’t get the other one” she sobbed and pulled roughly at her arm. The fur receded back into his skin, leaving him panting and naked on the frozen concrete floor.
“I’m coming angel” he huffed out. Tears were pouring from my eyes. I followed behind him as he drunkenly picked himself up off the floor, and tried to pull the other cuff free. But he was too weak, he could barely stand up.
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