Sophie's pov

Trigger warning ⚠️!!! Blood, torture and self hatred thoughts ahead!!!
****************************************************
I had been sitting in this bare cell for days at least I think it's been days.... The hunger, the anxiety, the thirst. The dizzying smell of sedatives from when she had been taken, it was all to much. I cried and screamed as my hands became bloody after trying to break the bars of my cell.

I was stuck and the stupid ability restricter stripped away my powers leaving me useless.

Then I heard footsteps I moved to the back of the cell wiping my tears and then realizing that I had probably just gotten my face all bloody.

Then I saw a cloaked figure. And then the pain hit I bit my scream back not willing to give them the pleasure of my agony. But it hurt so bad worse than anything I had ever felt. I don't know how long it lasted but I remember the pain leaving and My head hitting the ground after passing out.

This happed every day.

Every
Single
Day
Over
And
Over
Shouts of threats
" WHAT ARE YOU HIDING"
"YOU KNOW SOMETHING"
"TELL US SOPHIE"
"NOW"
Sometimes the form of torture would change to a man with a cloak. He would walk in and grab my wrists Scream a threat at me then burn my skin the smell of my own skin melting filled the room mixing with the wonderful aroma of blood and sweat.

"USELESS MOONLARK"
"JUST AN ANSWER"
"PUPPET"
"FAILED EXPERIMENT"

One day a different man came in claiming he needed to test his gadget on her. He placed it one my head and I gasped at the agonizing pain in my mind and a familiar shadow creature appeared. That might have been worse than the burning.

One day I gave into the pain- gloving up hope, and let out a blood curdling scream. It stretched on for forever it seemed.

I
Was
Done
—————————————————————————
After a few more days of being the test subject to that awful machine the neverseen seemed to give her a break.

But with no visits from the neverseen came another issue. She had no food or water. She didn't know what Time of day or night it was. She didn't know how long it had been. She just shivered herself to sleep every night hoping that maybe the sweet embrace of death would take her away. But she didn't deserve that so many people were fighting for her and so many people had lost their lives. So many people cared for her. And she suddenly regretted letting them get close to her now they were probably suffering and it was her fault. Her headaches again but she pushed past it trying to heal the crack.

One morning or she assumed it was morning she heard footsteps. Maybe they have food she thought her stomach growling she really should have tried harder at those exillium classes.

"Oh poor Moonlark" the voice spat it was raspy and almost feminine? She walked around the corner and Sophie saw she had a case. A case! Maybe there was food in their. The woman had a cloak and heels that were to high for Sophie to walk in without falling on her face.

"Do you happen to remember the vacker boy?" She asked in a creepy voice.

"Fitz? Yeah I remember him, what did you do to him!"

"No. Not fitz"

"Alvar" she whispered. I cringed and felt extra frail at the memories of him.

The lady walked up to the cell doors and pulled out a key before unlocking the door and stepping towards where sophie was in the corner shaking slightly. Then she crouched down and started opening the case while saying. "there was this toy that Alvar got to see. Vespera took it herself, from the orges. I'm a big fan off her work."

"Now that she is dead.... I got to take a few of her toys." she pulled her hood off revealing a pale face with red lips that were curved into an evil grin.

"And guess what Sophie?" You get to meet her invention!" She then unlocks the last lock on the case. She grinned again as she lifted a strange shaped contraption. Then she flicked something red of the corner of the blades part that was so detailed and serrated.

Then she looked up and said "I'm red by the way." Before she walked closer to Sophie and lifted the blade to her neck. "And do you know why they call me red?"