Sapphire P.O.V.
I was keeping quiet ever since we arrived at the basement. I did not want to make him angrier than he already is and make things worse, so I kept calm. We will be able to get out of this situation if they are able to track us down. I tried to keep my face expressionless but what I saw in that room made me gasp in horror. I barely heard him talk as I am too terrified as to what he wants to do to Beth and me in this room. The only words I caught him say is that he calls this room his Torture Chamber.
As cliché as that sounds the name fits this basement room. Everything that is in this room is design to hurt someone. It was exactly like the serial killer's room I had seen in movies but worse as this is real life and not a movie. I am shivering petrified just looking around the room. There are a variety of torture device like handcuffs, whips, some sort of black rod, the electric chairs you use to electrocute the person sitting on it, a table with restraints on every corner of the table, tasers, and so many more gruesome devices that I do not know the name or use of.
My thought processing halted as; it was like my brain shut itself off from all the horrific view. I only caught the last sentence Marcus said. "You shouldn't have escape me before now your best friend" he says that word mockingly "have to suffer the consequences with you". Beth looks like she was about to argue but Marcus ordered the guard that was holding me to put me on the table. So, the guard pushes me forward forcing me to walk until we reach the table with the restraints.
As the guard made me walk to the table, I tried to struggle trying to break free. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't break free and only make things worse as the guard forcefully drag me to the table and tied me on to the table with the restraints double checking to see if its secure. Once he is confident that I'm fully restraint, he took a step back. My heart is thundering against my ribcage like it was trying to free itself. This has become a horror experience.
After the guard took a step back Marcus came to my line of sight and the look in his eyes made me shiver in fright. His eyes had that sadistic gleam that promise a world of hurt and I was about to find out how far he will go in inflicting pain on others. I tried to pull my hands out of the restraints, but it is useless and a waste of energy as both my hands and legs is tied securely but loose enough for the blood to flow to my hands and feet.
I seriously wanted to cry right now but I cannot give him the satisfaction of seeing me sobbing so I force myself to swallow the sob that was threatening to come out of my throat. The next thing he said made my blood froze. "Well let's get this show started, shall we?".
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My heart is thudding in my chest painfully as I waited for what was to come. Then I heard a switch being open and the table I am lying on suddenly started moving which startled me. My whole body start to shiver as the table move upwards so that I am standing like a practice target for throwing things at. I breathed heavily as I tried to keep the tears at bay.
I was deep in my thoughts and fears that I didn't hear the whoosh sound of a whip until it made contact with my skin and my stomach exploded in pain. A startled scream tore itself from my throat. Tears ran down my face as I could not stop it. My stomach felt like it is torn open, and it is burning badly.
I could not focus on anything but the intense pain, though I did caught what Marcus said and my face paled as this was just the beginning of the pain that he will inflict on me. "Looks like you can't handle pain that well" he says in that happy go lucky tone. "It barely just began, and you are already crying. Looks like it would not take much to break you" the disappointment in his tone was evident. He wants me to last longer so he can enjoy the feeling of inflicting pain for longer period.
Even though I am in massive pain right now, I still manage to think what a psycho he was and that I hope he gets his due punishment for this. "Oh? It looks like you are distracted with something. That means you can still handle more pain" he says excitedly, and I tried to glare at him wanting to shout that he is nuts.
He sighs "well it looks it will take longer to break you. No matter, I will enjoy the process of breaking you". Beth looks at me like in concern, but I just gave a reassuring look to calm her. Now that I take a closer look at her, she is a mess with her cloths crumpled, dirty and torn in some places and her face is covered with injuries making her face hard to recognize. There are tear marks on her face which makes a line on both side of her cheeks. Her eyes are also puffy red from crying and from the looks of it she is still crying.
Before I could tell her that it will all be okay the second whip slashes my thigh this time and another scream tore from my throat. I do not know who whether it is Marcus, or the guard but they kept whipping me until I couldn't scream anymore. Every swipe of the whip felt like my body is on fire and split open repeatedly. It is excruciatingly painful but after a while he stop, and I was able to catch my breath. Too engrossed in my pain I did not hear Beth was screaming and pleading with Marcus to spare me but of course he just ignores her.
I tried to force a reassuring smile on my face for her sake but she either did not see it or it did nothing to reassure her. I brace myself for more pain, but I felt nothing, so I turn my head and barely saw through my blurry vision that Marcus is setting the whip back on the table and calls the guard by the name of Joe.
I was just about to relax a little bit, but I tense up again when the guard is standing right in front of me. "This here is Joe. He specializes in torturing people, and he will teach you the consequences of crossing me. If you can survive his torture that is" he says in mysterious voice. My body tensed up and I'm praying as hard as I can that I can hold out until help arrives. I tried to brace myself for the pain but what he did literary knock the breath right out of me.
The guard punches me square in the stomach and with just that one punch my breath was knock right out of me. I am coughing trying to get air into my lungs when he dealt his second blow and this time it is to my face. My whole face exploded in excruciating pain, and I knew he broke my nose with that punch. My brain is hazy with pain but at the back of my mind I can dimly hear Beth screaming something and sobbing like a background noise.
I wanted to comfort her, but I was in no shape for that. I waited for the next hit to come, but instead I hear Marcus's voice asking me something. "It seems like your friend here wants to switch places with you. I can arrange that if you agree to it" he asks me like he was asking us if we want to switch places for a test. It took a while for the question to sink into my pain fill brain but once I understood the question I quickly muttered out "no!"
I did not want Beth to have to go through this same pain. "Well looks like Miss Sapphire does not want to switch places with you Bethany. Then let's continue the show, shall we?" he says in a pleasant tone.
"No! Saph please let's switch places now" Beth pleaded at me, but I only manage a weak shake of my head saying no to her plea. She cried more and tried to persuade me until Marcus's bark out "enough!"
Everyone in the room fell silent then he asks the guard to continue with his torture. I barely manage to breathe in, when my hands and legs are tied up like a starfish. My breathing quicken as I dread what's going to happen next. Just a second later the rope tying me pulls my limbs in different directions. My whole body is screaming out in pain. I don't know how much more of this I can take before I pass out.
As the torture goes on, I have somewhat gotten use to the pain but of course it still hurts but it is more bearable now. I started to get a little worried because I am starting to go numb all over my body, furthermore my vision is fill with black spots and I can hardly see anything. The darkness is threatening to drag me into its clutches. The only thing that is keeping me from giving in is Beth who is screaming and crying begging them to stop. I could not pass out on her, as I have a feeling that she will take my place when I pass out. So, I gather all my strengths to focus on not passing out as the torture continues.
The guard stops for a moment, and I thought he was giving me a little break but how wrong I am. Next, I felt like my thighs was being crushed like something is squeezing my thighs until their mushed, because of that I let out a startled scream as an intense pain exploded from my thighs. It took me a moment to figure out that he had attached something to my legs and that something is crushing my thighs. Though the pain is intense I could only let out a whimper as my voice is sore and could not produce much sound.
My brain is about to shut down now as a self-defense from all the pain and I did not have the strengths to stop it. So, I whispered "sorry" to Beth not knowing if she heard me and slowly lost consciousness. The last things I hear was Beth screaming and if I am not mistaken, I also heard loud sounds coming from behind the door, but it all became background noise as everything went completely dark.
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Bethany P.O.V.
I did not know how my voice survive from all my screaming and begging Marcus to stop this insanity. I was scared and worried when I saw Saph mouthing something at me and a few seconds later her eyes closed, and I scream her name at the top of my voice. I scream and sob until Marcus slaps me in the face. "Shut up" he growls, and I stop screaming and quietly sobs. But because of that I realize that the guard had stopped inflicting pain on Saph and looks like he is listening to something. I also strained my ears to hear what was going on and could not believe what I heard.
The sound of voices got louder the closer they got to the basement, and it sounds like it's the police. There was the sound of the door being hit until a minute later the doors broke open and the police shouts at Marcus and the bodyguard to drop their weapons. The police also inform Marcus that they had the whole house surrounded so there is no escape.
The relief that I felt when the policemen broke in was so palpable that I sobbed. Saph and I are getting out of here after all. Saph must have known something was going to happen when she said that not all hope is lost but I wonder how she knew. As the relief washed through me, I felt my consciousness fade and before I knew it, I had passed out.