Adrien slowly opened his eyes, dull and sluggish, he noticed the atmosphere around him was very damp and stale.
"Where am i.."
Adrien thought to himself. As he tried to move his head , he heard a noise around him.
CLANK
He tried to move his body, only to find himself chained up as the metal clinked together.
"I am in chains..." Adrien thought to himself "I knew this was a trap... but how did i get ambushed like that… So unnatural…"
He struggled to lift his head upwards completely, that led to him looking to his left as he tilted his head a little. He saw something very devastating, which for a moment froze him entirely.
"CLA…RA…?!"
He spelled out her name with a very pressed, shocked tone. His body was unable to move even an inch, however his eyes remained absolutely widened at the mere sight of her chained body.
Clara laid down beside him, entirely still and unconscious, like life had already left her.
"HEY ARE YOU OKAY???" Adrien screamed at her, desperately "CLARA!! ANSWER MEE!!"
He kept calling out to her, hoping for even the slightest bit of reaction, nevertheless the efforts continued to be useless.
"Couple reunion..." A voice echoed above Adrien's head "Don't we love it?"
Geiler looked down at Adrien, smiling with pure arrogance and malice.
"So should we get rid of him..." Kerl said, stepping forward towards Adrien "or play with him a little, Geiler?"
He grabbed Adrien by the neck, a chokehold strong enough to knock him out, and nearly unconscious again.
"Not fair, Kerl." Geiler let out a chuckle "You always seem to be having all the fun!"
He proceeded to kick Adrien in the gut.The force exerted by it made Adrien take a defensive posture, just like a shrimp.
"Fine..." Kerl let go of Adrien right after Geiler kicked him "Have your way with him. You won't have any fun out there anymore, Geiler."
"You understand me well."
Geiler smirked as he began to kick Adrien to his face,leaving his nose all bloodied. He right away continued with a stomp to the foot to further his torture on Adrien and break his will completely.
It's so fun!!!
"
Geiler screamed in excitement, as if he was having the time of his life.
"Kerl..." Geiler said, looking back at him "Ever since you got those powers, things have been sooo easy for us."
"That's true." Kerl clenched his fist "Ever since that fateful day, my body has become extraordinary."
Despite all the beating and bleeding,Adrien remained conscious, even though barely. He lifted his head upwards just a little as he heard kerl mention the extraordinary power.
"Power...huh? " Adrien whispered to himself "Noir…"
Roughly Four days ago.
"Hey, Kerl, look at that lady."
Geiler said while peeping through the window.
"Yeah..." Kerl replied "I saw already…I really
wish she was with me right now…"
His eyes remained fixated on that random woman, as he desired her with nothing but pure lust and disgusting intentions.
"WHAT THE FUCK?? Geiler blurted out in utter shock "WHERE DID HE GO???"
"What the-????"
Kerl muttered to himself.
The next second, he was standing side by side with the random woman, inside her room.
She screamed at the mere sight of him,leaving both of them startled.
"I WILL G-"
Before he could finish his words ,he was gone from her room.
The memory faded, Kerl started talking again after a minute of silence.
"That was weird..." Kerl said, his voice deep and profound "As if my body moved on its own,It scared me so much I forgot I even wanted that lady...But now...I own this power."
He laughed like a maniac all of a sudden.
"Then I recalled...There was once a girl named Clara...I had liked her, but she rejected me in front of everyone… that was humiliating. "
His smile dropped as he clenched his jaws.
"Now that I have this power…I can finally have her,and my revenge."
He smirked at Adrien while putting one foot over his head.
"Well..." Geiler grinned heinously "Let me have some more fun before that."
He reached towards Clara's hair.
"YOU FUCKING SWINE…!"
Adrien tried to shout at Geiler, but his swollen mouth betrayed him.
"Clara..." Adrien whispered "My love…"
All of a sudden, a lost memory hit him, close yet distant.
About one year ago.
Adrien sat inside the room of his tuition class,
the same place where he used to study with Clara.
"My life felt empty before you came into it, you know?"
Adrien wrote in his diary while waiting for her to arrive.
"I have done bad things...bullied one of my closest friends because a certain person asked me to...I pushed my good friends away...At one time I even pushed you for some stupid and idiotic things...but now that we are together...You make my life whole, livable and fun."
"Hey Adrien!!"
Clara's voice suddenly filled the room.
Adrien looked up. Noticing Clara's smile, a smile appeared on his face in an instant as well.
"Hey, there you are, honey!"
He quickly put the diary away, and they leaned into a hug.
The past faded like a distant ache as Adrien got back to his senses.
"I have already lost you twice..." Adrien muttered "Not again"
Just as Geiler was about to run his fingers through Clara's hair— Adrien, who was struggling to even breathe properly at that moment, caught his hand with a weak grip yet firm enough to stop him.
He looked into Geiler with blood red eyes, just as the heat around his body began to rise, leading to a shift in the air around him turning the room into a heat-soaked terrain.
End of Chapter 9