"We're going to sedate them before we untie them. You said they're trying to touch their faceâ we just need to make sure they let us take the stitches out and don't try to do it themself. We'll call you when the procedure is over."
Hero nodded, leaving Civilian to the med team.
Civilian sat on the bed they had been led to. At least they thought it was a bed. It was soft, anyway.
Part of Civilian wanted to believe this was a rescue, but... who would rescue them? Not Hero. Not after what they did...
Civilian flinched as a hand touched their shoulder softly. Gentle hands pushed their head to the side, exposing their neck. They started to struggle, whimpering as they felt a needle against their neckâ but a couple more pairs of hands held them still.
They were injected with something and their mind quickly grew foggy. They felt like they were falling, and then they were laying down. They let out a soft whine as the world slid away into oblivion.
Civilian jumped, sitting up from where they lay, but they were immediately pushed back down.
"I'll take that as a yes. Open your eyes for me?"
No... no they couldn't. They shook their head.
"The stitches are gone, honey. Here." A hand closed around Civilian's and the person guided them to touch where the stitches had been.
The area was still painful, but the stitches were gone. They touched their lips. Those were gone too. Civilian opened their eyes, coming face to face with a nurse.
"Good. That's good! Can you tell me your name?"
"W-where am I..? What... wh-what hap-happened?"
"You're alright, honey. You're safe here. Can you please tell me your name?"
"Good! Thank you!" The nurse's voice was gentle, reassuring with every word. "How bad is your pain, dear? Could you rate it on a scale of one to ten? Not just your face, but your back looked pretty torn up tooâ although I wasn't on the team that patched that up."
Civilian sniffled, wiping away a tear from their cheek. "I-it hurts really ba-bad..."
"Hey, it's okay. I'm gonna get you some pain meds, but I need you to tell me how bad it is so I know what to get you. Okay, dear?"
"Te-ten." Civilian was trying so hard not to cry. It wasn't really working. They were scared... so scared and yet felt oddly safe here.
"Okay. I'll be right back." The nurse didn't leave, just walked across the room and got some stuff out of a drawer before setting up a drip. "Honey, it's okay to cry." They said, sitting next to the bed again. "No one's going to judge you for it."
Civilian covered their face with their hands, breath catching in their throat.
The door opened and Civilian jumped, eyes snapping up to look at who had come in. Their heart froze.
"Hero! Glad to see you. They've only just woken up." The nurse gestured to Civilian.
As Hero crossed the room, Civilian tried to make themself smaller. They wished they could dissapear. They opened their mouth to speak, but no sound came out.
"P-pleaseâ I-I'm sorryâ I d-didn't want toâ Iâ" Civilian flinched hard as Hero sat next to the bed.
"What're you apologizing for..? You haven't done anything wrong. You're alright."
They didn't know..? Civilian whimpered. This felt like a trick. "I-I... did... d-did you save me..?"
"... Wh... why..?" Civilian looked skeptically at Hero, waiting for them to reveal their true intentions, but...
"... Because it was the right thing to do..? You were hurtâ are hurt. Villain... how long had they kept you there?"
"... W-what day is it..?"
"A-almost a mo-month." Civilian flinched again as Hero stood back up. "I'm sorry! I'm sorryâ Iâ"
Hero backed up. "Hey, it's okay. It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. There, it's okay, just calm down."
The nurse, adjusted some of the drips and Civilian started to feel a little more calm. "You're alright, just relax, love."
Civilian's mind was a bit hazy from the medication they were on and from their concussion, but that name...
Civilian's heart skipped a beat. It showed on the monitor. They were trembling now, looking around the roomâ paranoid.
Civilian screamed, scared by their own name. That was all it took to set them off. They pulled the IV out of their arm and started unhooking the monitor wires from their body, shaking, begging to ge left alone.
The nurse was trying to get them to calm down, but Civilian couldn't hear them.
They screamed again when Hero got involved, scared that Hero would hurt them for their disobedienceâ clearly they were supposed to stay hooked up to these machines.
Hero held Civilian firmly, following the nurse's instructions. The nurse got a syringe and injected Civilian.
Civilian was kicking and fighting, begging to be let go. Hero's heart broke for them.
What had they had to endure for the past month..?
Once they had been injected, Civilian slowly stopped struggling, going limp in Hero's arms.
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