The sound was very faded and almost hallow in his ears, he could hear someone shouting at him, but he was in so much pain. It was hard to get a real sense of the battle scene he was in. He looked to the left of him, and saw an arm inside a hole, but this hole wasn’t natural. It looked as if a small bomb had just hit it. And one poor soul was unfortunate enough to be caught in the shot. He looked around and saw soldiers dropping to gunfire. Suddenly someone grabbed him and hefted him up, the man, who looked so tired and exhausted, seemed to have used the last of his energy telling to get a move on. Apparently they were ordered to fall back as he saw what was left of his regiment running back in the same direction. He looked in the direction the rest of the men were shooting towards, and saw something that horrified him. Hundreds upon hundreds of soldiers marched towards them, shooting down anybody who got in their crosshair. It was evident that this was a lost battle.
Nicky went to shoot, but realized he didn’t have his rifle. He searched for it, but decided it wasn’t worth it, and began to run back. He pulled out his side arm, which was just a basic pistol. He looked back constantly, and saw that the enemy force was closing in. He turned around just in enough time to see the butt of a rifle heading towards him before everything went black.
He awoke with a splitting headache, a light was suddenly flashed in front of him, and he wasn’t sure where he was. He could faintly see dark figures passed the light, but couldn’t exactly make out who they were. The light was then removed from his direction and placed in a way that lit up the entire room. The room was nothing but a cement box. All the walls were cement, with some cracks in them; a table was the only other thing occupying the room, other than the light and the chair that
Nicky was tied to. He tried to look around a little to get a little more aware of his surroundings, but he was forcibly grabbed by the neck and jerked back to look at the people in front of him. He could finally see who it was. Three men looked down at him, as they stood in a near perfect line. Each had a different kind of uniform on, indicating their position in the military they represented. One of them pulled out a cigarette and lit it, blowing smoke in
Nicky’s face. He desperately fought back the urge to cough. He wasn’t a smoker, and he never liked it when people blew smoke in his face. Suddenly the man in the middle, who had a couple of stars on the side of his breast where his heart would be, spoke. Nicky assumed he was the one in charge.
Man: “Tell us everything we want to know, and you won’t suffer as much.â€
Nicky didn’t say a word, he didn’t know who these people were, and didn’t want to satisfy them. The man moved forward and hit
Nicky in the face with his gloved left hand in a backhanded swing. It hurt, and caused
Nicky to groan a little in pain. He looked up at the man who had swung, and gave him a very angry look. The man looked at him in disbelief. The man moved forward in the light to show his face. He had long raven black hair, and looked extremely pale. He spoke, but in a low tone, as if to intensify the feel that he was attempting to produce.
Man: “Do you have any idea who I am?â€
Nicky shook his head, he didn’t speak in mere defiance. Obviously his captors didn’t like that as they each took turns punching him in the face and stomach, occasionally getting a shot to his ribs and chest. One punch nearly took the breath right out of
Nicky. They finally stopped after nearly five minutes of nonstop abuse.
Nicky was in such pain he could hardly keep his body erect. One man made a noise that caused
Nicky to look up at him. It was the pale man again.
Man: “I’m Heath Venomous; you may have heard of me, I’ve been considered the Vampire by those I let survive to tell my tale. With me is Aaron Asterisk.â€
Heath point to the man on his left to indicate
Aaron, and then pointed to the right to introduce his other partner.
Heath Venomous: “And this man right here is Henri Calvash, the man that brought you here. It’s funny; he found it quite easy to get you, and boy what a catch!â€
Nicky let out a ragged breath before asking a question.
Nicky Trix: “Why do they call you the Vampire?â€
Heath smiled and showed some fangs, almost like a vampire would. It obviously amused him every time someone asked him that question.
Heath Venomous: “I’m so glad you asked, you see, as a child, I had always enjoyed the sight of blood.â€
Both
Aaron and
Henri seemed to get a little uneasy as
Heath continued speaking of the times he actually bit people’s necks as a child, and his growing admiration for the vampire race. He would then go on to say he believed himself to be a vampire.
Nicky wasn’t sure what to think, although the very first thought was that the man was crazy. But he did remember reading something about a man known for biting the necks of his enemies when he killed them. A sudden chill ran up
Nicky’s spine. Suddenly he heard a large metal door slam open. He looked up to see light coming from the doorway. He got a better look of his surroundings and came to the conclusion that he was in a basement. He could see a set of stairs. He suddenly saw two figures walking down the stairs, and he could only assume it meant more trouble. Shame he was right, as a very menacing woman walked down those stairs, with an odd looking man walking behind her. She looked very awkward in her beautiful black dress that showed just enough curves to drive a man wild. The man behind her looked like he was just about ready to kill anybody.
Nicky was now growing a little more concerned for his life. She finally reached the rest of the group, and whispered something to all three men who were beating on
Nicky. They all nodded and left, he knew they’d be waiting close by, he could tell she was the leader, and would probably call for them to beat him even more senseless. He was quite surprised that she didn’t come up and straight up slap him. He had almost tensed up, waiting for it.
Woman: “Aww, don’t you worry your pretty little head, I won’t hurt you, just so long as you give me what I want.â€
The way she spoke was almost in a mocking way, she was belittling
Nicky, simply for the sole fact that he was their prisoner of war. They probably felt they were doing the right thing. And the way she moved was just filled with cruel intent. He knew she would hurt him more than the others. He knew the big ugly guy with her would be more than happy to inflict pain on him.
Woman: “Gonna play the quiet game are we? That’s fine, my friend and I here know how to get a little noise out of people like you. Oh! How rude of me, I almost forgot. I’m Jacqui, and this is Zasalamel. We get the answers that are important to the Superior. And we believe you have some very important answers.â€
She said, with a sinister smile.
Nicky wasn’t sure how to respond. He could by looks on both of their faces that they had some sick and twisted things planned for him. Suddenly out of nowhere a knife is slammed into
Nicky’s left leg, and he let out a loud scream of pain.
Jacqui had stabbed him in the leg, and looked to be enjoying the pain that she was causing
Nicky.
Zasalamel chuckled a little.
Jacqui: “Tell me what I want to know, and this could all be painless.â€
Nicky again did not speak; he was not going to give her the satisfaction of seeming weak. He was far from weak. He couldn’t let this scum get anything out of him. And
Jacqui quickly became dissatisfied once she found out that most of her torture would not have any effect on
Nicky’s stubbornness. She quickly called for
Henri and
Aaron and both men stormed down towards
Nicky.
Calvash got one final word before knocking
Nicky out.
Henri Calvash: “You pissed off the wrong people buddy.â€
After that, everything went black. Nicky woke up yet again with a splitting headache, but he had been moved. He was no longer in that cold, dark room in some basement. Although, this room didn’t seem any better. There wasn’t any light, other than a faint glow from a light in the hallway. It shone through a tiny barred window on the door. He could hardly see anything in the room. He could hear some breathing though. He knew instantly that someone was in the room with him; he barely let out a squeak as he asked who was in the room with him. He was still groggy from the blow to his head, he didn’t really want shout in fear that it could send a large amount of pain to his head. Suddenly an older man appeared from the darkness, his greasy long blonde hair, the scars that were visible, and the overall look of his haggard body only told Nicky that this poor man had been a prisoner for a long time. The man didn’t smile; in fact, he had an almost angry look on his face. This caught
Nicky off guard, was this some trick by
Jacqui? Nicky got into a small defensive position and prepared for the worst. Suddenly the man let out a small chuckle, this truly perplexed
Nicky.
Man: “Relax kid, I’m not gonna hurt ya.â€
Nicky didn’t exactly relax, but he did loosen his tense body a bit. The way the man spoke, in a very rugged, but also scratchy kind of voice told
Nicky he could possibly be trusted, but not totally underestimated. The man pointed towards a bench that was attached to the wall.
Nicky sat on it, his body aching, and pleading for rest. The older man sat down beside him, obviously feeling the need to be close by the younger fellow.
Man: “Name’s Abram Vance, what’s yours?â€
Nicky Trix: “Nicky, sir.â€
Abram only nodded his head and looked straight ahead. After nearly five minutes of silence
Abram got up started to walk around, stretching his legs.
Nicky wanted to do the same, but after what he had gone through with
Jacqui and that monster, he just couldn’t move. He had been tortured to the point where he thought he may have been going crazy. At one point he even enjoyed it. He looked at the scars on
Abram’s body, the man had obviously seen some bad times.
Abram turned around in just enough time to catch
Nicky eyeing his scars, and slowly walked towards him.
Abram Vance: “I’ve seen and been through a lot of shit in my time. But most of these scars are from that freak Zazamel.â€
Nicky went to correct him on the man’s name, but
Abram stopped him.
Abram Vance: “You try saying his name without suffering from a brain aneurism. Anyways, me and that guy have been at our own personal war for years now. Since being locked up in here, I’ve vowed that I’d kill him before I die. But now it looks like I’ll die before I get that chance. That Jacqui bitch keeps this place on total lockdown.â€
At the mention of
Jacqui,
Nicky gets in a near rage. The woman had caused him so much pain, and he knew before his time was done, that he would kill her.
It had been nearly three weeks now since being taken hostage, and all three weeks have been nothing but torment for
Nicky. He wasn’t quite sure what happened to
Abram when the man was taken away, but he always seemed to come back with a new scar. The pain never showed on his face though, he always seemed to just accept it.
Nicky was starting to accumulate his own collection of scars himself.
Jacqui and
Zazamel had done things to him that would make any ordinary person want to puke. He walked over to
Abram, who was lying down on a bench looking at the ceiling and began a conversation with him.
Nicky Trix: “So, uh, how long-“
He was cut off as a sudden commotion erupted outside of their jail cell. He heard shouting and a gunshot, followed by a sound of almost a body falling. Suddenly a face appeared through the opening in the doorway. A man called out.
Man: “Damn, thought we’d never find you.â€
Nicky couldn’t really tell who it was, the man could see the confusion on
Nicky’s face, and only smiled.
Man: “Nicky, it’s me, Andrew... *Sigh* Sanders! I got Raiden and Billy with me. Come on, it’s time to get you out of here. Get back!â€
Nicky did as he was told, and he was glad he did. The door blew open, causing
Nicky to jump.
Abram was already on his feet and looking straight at the door. A look of some kind of emotion washed over his face. But
Nicky couldn’t tell, the man was so good at hiding his emotions;
Nicky just assumed he had none. He saw that
Sanders was a little concerned about
Abram,
Nicky only nodded towards him. Giving him a sign saying that
Abram was an ally.
Sanders nodded back and tossed them both a rifle, and some ammunition.
Abram tossed his on the ground.
Abram Vance: “Won’t be needing this where I’m going boys. You got a knife?â€
Sanders nodded and handed him a knife. And a side arm,
Abram took it hesitantly, but knew it would come in handy.
Nicky knew what
Abram was going to do.
Nicky also knew that it was most likely a suicide mission, but
Abram had already set it in his mind that it needed to be done.
Abram gave him a weak smile, and slapped him on the shoulder before heading off.
Nicky exited the cell, and saw
Billy Young and
Raiden Blaze on either side of the hall crouched and aiming their guns for kill shots. He had already seen a few dead bodies strewn out across the floor. But one dead body stuck out, it was the lifeless body of
Henri Calvash and that made
Nicky almost smile. The man caused him quite a bit of pain himself, and deserved nothing but death.
Nicky followed
Sanders in a direction he couldn’t exactly know. He just trusted that
Sanders would get him to freedom, and away from all of this misery.
OOC: Part 1 of a 3 part series! Stay tuned in later episodes of ACW!
Also, all will be explained in the next RP. I promise. And if you think that I fucked up your characters, please PM, and I'll promise to do them more justice in the next RP. Don't PM me ideas, as that will fuck with my original plan, but just tell me you aren't quite happy with how I wrote your character and I'll make some adjustments in my next RP.