| "Time to have some fun," he said, before aiming. Zac let out a cry of agony as the whip came in contact with his back and shoulders. Taylor couldn't watch, as he buried his face in his hands and began to rock back and forth. After three or four, Matt stopped and shook himself. "Your turn," he turned to Troy. Troy revealed a second, small remote. Zac had fallen to his knees, tears seeping from his eyes. Matt nodded to Troy, who slowly pressed the first button. "Oh my God!" Taylor yelled, arching his back in pain, then curling up. Zac looked up at his brother's cries, and realised what had happened. I noticed the grin on Matt and Troy's faces. Taylor then basically threw himself at the wall and stayed there, eyes closed, trying to ease the pain. After a long time with Matt and Troy just watching him in agony, Troy finally turned it off. Taylor fell to the floor exhausted, as Zac closed his eyes. "Ready for the big one?" Matt asked, pulling out his remote. Taylor looked up, panting. "Oh no..." he began. "On three," Matt instructed, "one... two... three!" As both buttons were pressed, all three of us let out cries of agony. We were all feeling the whips, the stab in the back, and our fear multiplied by three. Thankfully, Matt and Troy didn't keep this going long - just pleased with the fact it worked - and we were ordered back to the room. The other three looked up worriedly as we entered the room, and fell to the floor in the centre. We were left there, and the door was once again locked. Taylor coughed on his hands and knees as Zac curled up and closed his eyes again. I moved back and sat near Ike, silent. "What happened?" he asked, worriedly. No one answered. "Someone answer me, please," he begged, looking between us. Taylor looked up, and hesitated. "Taylor, man..." he began again. Taylor took a deep breath, but eventually explained. "They whipped him," his voice croaked a little, "and they tried both connections." He hesitated again as he looked into his brother's eyes, before looking down on Zac. Crawling over to him, he laid beside him and put an arm over him. "It's ok," he whispered. I noticed Zac shaking. "It's gonna be ok." It was hours later before the door was unlocked again. It was Troy, Murray and another man. "Well girls, we have a surprise for you, so to speak..." Troy began, before coming for me. Murray had gone for Angie, the third for Amy. Taylor had sat up, wondering what was going on. Zac had hardly moved at all. Troy turned and smiled at them. "See you later boys," he said, before closing the door behind us. Angie, Amy and the two men were waiting in the corridor. Once Troy had bolted the door again, he led us back down the corridor to the last hallway before the front door. There were more doors in this corridor than any other, and we were led to three at the very end with windows in them. Angie was taken to one on the right of the corridor, and Amy and I were taken to two on the left. Troy unlocked the very last door, pushed me through, then closed and locked it behind him. Angie and Amy disappeared. I leant on the only table in the room - a rather low one - one hand where I'd been stabbed. Troy turned to me and hesitated. "So...," he began, "are you a virgin?" I looked up at him. "How the hell is that any of your business? Aren't you guys supposed to know everything anyway?" I almost groaned from the pain. He raised his eyebrows as if he wasn't the kind of person I should back chat. "Do you have a boyfriend?" he began again, beginning to walk along the wall. "Maybe, maybe not. Again, I don't see it as any of your business," I replied, getting annoyed. He stopped and shrugged. "What exactly is going on?" I sighed. "Something I'll no doubt enjoy," he said, coming towards me. He took hold of my right wrist and tied it to the table, pushed me down onto it, then tied my left wrist. He knelt over me. "What are you gonna do?" I managed to ask. "You'll find out soon enough," he replied, beginning to unbuckle his belt. Not twenty minutes later, the door to the room was unbolted and I, along with Angie, was shoved in again. Taylor immediately began towards me - before the door was even closed - and gave me a hug. I hesitated for a second, but hugged back. Then he whispered in my ear. "Matt turned the connection on about ten minutes ago." My eyes widened as I pulled away and stared at him. "You felt it?" I asked, a bit freaked out. He hesitated, looked at Angie, then back at me. "One of the weirdest experiences of my life, I'll tell you that," he replied. A tear found its way down the left side of my face as I hugged him again. "What about Zac?" I asked. "No, just me," Taylor replied. We pulled away again and looked at the others. Isaac was the only one still restrained. "That's a bit unfair," I said, looking at him. "We all know he hates me," he shrugged. "Where's the other girl... Amy?" Angie asked. We looked at each other. "She isn't back," Zac said, looking worried. "She'll be ok," I said, more to myself than anyone else. "Let's hope you're right," Isaac raised his eyebrows. Minutes later, she joined us. She straight away sat against the cell and started to cry. Zac, Taylor and I rushed over to her. "Amy? Amy, it's ok," Zac reassured, trying to look her in the eyes. "No it's not," she cried. "Yes it is," Zac took her face in his hands, "we're gonne get through this, ok? I'm here for you. We're all here for you." She hesitated, looking at me and Taylor, then turned back and hugged him. "Thanks Zac," she said. He didn't reply. "Are you ok?" Isaac asked Angie. She shrugged. "I don't know what happened to them, but it didn't happen to me," she said. We looked up. "What happened to you?" I asked. She glanced at us. "Some jerk tried to come onto me, so I kicked him where the sun don't shine," she replied. Isaac looked at us. 'She's dead' he mouthed. "That's all that heppened?" Zac asked. "Well, yeah," she shrugged again. Zac turned his attention back to Amy, and Taylor and I just looked at each other. |
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