Whumpshot #4
Trying to control his urge to cry, to scream, to attack his captor, Patrick held the kid close to his body. He did not know this young man, but he still tried to comfort the cold and pale figure that had been thrown into his cell five days ago. Every day the captor would come in and get him for another round of torture.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you", Patrick whispered after the young man gave a quiet moan and he stroked his hair. The kid seemed to regain consciousness.
"I don't know what happened, but you have been out of it for almost two hours. They don't seem to like you, eh?" Even though he was sure that the other wouldn't answer, he kept talking. If he was right, it wouldn't take long until he would be tortured for the first time. He had been in this cell for almost a week now. They could come in anytime now, but they didn't.
But why? Didn't they want information? His name? Why he had tried to break in?
"You seem quite concerned about your new friend", a cold voice said and Patrick looked up. With an ugly smile on his face, the captor stood in front of the cell, his arms crossed. "You don't even know him. Maybe he deserves everytning that's done to him. Maybe he doesn't."
Patrick wanted to get up and punch this man in the face, but he remained calm. He didn't want to provoke him.
"I will make you an offer. If you tell me what I want to know, I will stop torturing him everyday. Does that sound fair?"
Not knowing what to answer, Patrick glanced down at the broken figure in his arms. He didn't want this young man to be tortured anymore and he felt guilty for everything that had happened to him.
Was he the reason they were torturing him?
Were they doing this to get him to confess?
"Do you need time to think about this offer? I can help you make a decision." The captor took a step forward and tried to remove the injured young man from Patrick's grasp, but Patrick held him close.
"No. Leave him alone", he pleaded with a voice that didn't even sound like his. He didn't want to be responsible for any more of the young man's torture. "I will tell you what you want."
The ugly smile returned to his captor's face. "You are a wise man."
Within a second, in which Patrick couldn't react, he grabbed the young man and wrenched him from his arms. "But first, I will make sure you keep your word."
With that, he forced the injured man out of the cell, leaving Patrick alone with his guilt.
Angry, he punched the wall and screamed.
