Burning Memories... Part 3
Troy’s POV:
Thoughts...Thinking in general, what would you think about as death looms over you?...Some think about family, how much they’ll miss them, I thought about that as Ashton and William were beating me to death...Do you remember your mistakes, perhaps understand something you couldn’t before...Perhaps You’re filled with complete anger of how unfair this is, maybe filled with sadness cause you long to be back where you’re safe, back with loved ones...Or even... Fear, fear of what will happen when your time is up, you fear that it’s nothing, but pitch black, or you fear you’ll be going to hell itself and it’s fiery inferno of torture...But, all I was fearing, was the gigantic shadow that loomed over me... I feared of how painful this would be, if they would do this quickly, or slowly, not like they could put me in worse pain then I already was.
...Silence...It had been silent for a whole minute, this...Terrified me, because now I had no clue what they were going to do...They weren’t crushing me, pulling off limbs, all they did was stare...I could feel their eyes slowly roll up and down my frame and body, making my stomach turn, my body feeling more more flithy then it already was, disgust building up in my throat and mind.
Adding on to the complete agony I was in, a question was added as I did... One simple action...Why? Why did I just-...Perhaps it was this giant’s never ending gaze on me, that stare shaking me to my very core, perhaps it was cause I thought all my pain had magically disappeared, that I could get up and see Mamma,Travis,Trey and Iris...Those seemed like reasons, but my question remained...Why...Did I move...? Why did I try and crawl, I could only guess I wanted so desperately to be as far away from this monster as possible, but in return to my sudden movement...The ground underneath me had suddenly vanished as fleshy fingers wrapped around my trembling frame, sharply taking a hold of my body as I was scooped up into their palm, the heat of their flesh ingulfing me.
A loud yelp escaping me as I was shot up into the air, trapped in a tight fist of this giant-no monster...My head was spinning from how fast that lift was, I was surprised my head wasn’t blown off of my neck from it.My Stomach knotted as I felt their hand bring me closer to their face, their breathe washing over me, covering me in more heat.I felt my body tremble and quiver violently, but I couldn’t yell, scream, fear pushed that down and the costant pain inside my body forbid me...I had no more tears left, my eyes were sore, red, blurry at this point...All I could do was whimper in complete fear, as they stared at me, my tremling and shaking, being ignored completely...A frustrated sigh was let out from this giant, making my whole body jump and shake more, I shut my eyes tight, waiting for them to finish what Ashton and William started...
Instead, once again, I was moved, my stomach flipping in result as I was lowered, hope fluttering inside of me, was he going to put me down? That hope...That wish I so desperately wanted...Died as quickly as it came as I let out a loud shreik from all of a sudden being dropped, the fingers around my weak frame suddenly disappears.Yes the landing did hurt, but where I was, wasn’t the soil of the forest ground, no...Fabric-...No...I repeated that word so many times, praying this was all just some disgusting nightmare, something that yes would take time to forget, but I knew it was that I’d forget...I’d just wake up and see momma again, Iris trying to talk and walk, Trey and me could watch the stars again, when the day was over, Travis could help me to bed, my exhausted body passed out on my desk...Those memories used to bring so much joy, now... They were twisted into a never ending pain inside my heart, If I could cry, I would...
The sudden movement and footsteps made my chest vibrate, my head bang, as this gaint began to walk, while I helplessly curled up in the corner of his pocket and whimpered quietly...Hope...? Vanished...Strength? Nothing... Pain? Everywhere...I had lost everything, the will to fight anymore, continue... I lost, and Ashton won...This is my fate, and the thought of momma’s face, my family’s face...To know her own child, their own brother, was dead, guess that was the final thing to break me...My broken hand slowly and carefully reached up and grabbed my hat, the pain I tried to ignored so much, but that was impossible to do...I slowly took it off, looking at it as my vision began to fade...Dad... Ice cold tears ran down my cheeks, as I pressed the hat against my face, muffling my sobs, cries, words...
“I’m sorry...I’m s-so s-sorry...”
I stared at it...How long for..? My mind hurt too much to even answer such a simple question, all I knew...Is that this...This isn’t what he would want... He wouldn’t want his family to give up, I wouldn’t want that either, he wouldn’t want his own son to...To go through this, to just roll over and die, what the hell-... What am I doing!? Did it matter what pain I was in? I thought as I quickly put my hat back where it belonged.Oh of course it did, the more pain...My eyes glowed brightly, a deep red glow, the better my magic would be!
And Just like that...I landed on my back, on the leaf covered ground of the woods, I sharply inhaled from the sudden jolt of pain.Wait... I jumped to my feet, looking around, ignoring the agony my whole body was in...I was near the entrance of the woods, near the tree line...Home wasn’t far!! For the first time in, what felt like forever, a smile streched across my face.I wrapped my arms tight around my body, here was the tricky part...Getting home without fainting from blood loss, or pain...I stumbled forward but kept balance, as I tried to quickly walked, but all I could to was limp my way to the tree line, using any trees in reach for balance...I was going home! I was going home! I lived!! I was already to the tree line now, the village in view, still a distance, but it was there, another smile appearing on my face, fresh tears of joy appearing. I was going home! I was going to give momma the biggest hug, hold Iris close and show her magic, spend time with Travis and Trey, try and make em laugh! I was going to make it up to them for scaring them half to death! I sweared right there as I continued to limp my way home, exiting the tree line.
But...As Hope, joy filled my aching body...Something else did...I felt a sudden pain by my shoulder, as my eyes darted to it, I froze...What was let out next... Was a scream of complete agony, I fell to the ground,a gold spear lodged through my shoulder...I felt a hand grab my hair tightly, I start to whimper again, I knew who the chuckle,that followed right after that, belong to. Ashton pulled me back and clicked his fingers, I was suddenly pinned to the ground, my pleas I began to yell at him.
“No! No! NO! No! Please! Please, Ashton!! No! Please-”
His loud laughter cut me off, I gulped down my fear, this was it,this truly was it, he was going to- His voice cut of my thoughts, it was laced with delight and excitement.
“Shhh~ Shhh, Troy, it’s ok! I must say, i’m impressed, I could of swore the damage me and William gave ya surely would of let ya lifeless, but looks like you’ve gone and ruined yet another thing, Troy~”
The grin Ashton gave me...It froze my entire body as fear consumed it, what was he planning...
“Aww, don’t worry, Troy~ We’re not mad, in fact, you’re just in time!...Look... At the Village Troy~!”
What...? What was he-My eyes glanced towards the village and they stayed there, frozen...My heart sank, Tears running down my face more quicker then a stream, my mind shattered as my heart and soul broke in two, and what filled my ears was my own, defending scream..
“No!!!”
To Be Continued...
