8 [Beaten to Death]

"Kill me brat? Look at you, do you think piercing my hand with a pen is gonna stop me?" Leonard asked with a snort, 'He's right, dammit why did I let go of the pen…' Haley thought quickly, there had to be something else in here – anything.

'Fuck it.'

Without hesitation Haley rushed forward and dashed for another pen that was close to Leonard's impaled hand, he was still struggling to free himself from the table at this point; Haley had no clue why it was taking him so long, maybe the pain was making it hard for him to remove it but it was good news for him regardless.

By the time he had freed his hand Haley had already grabbed another one of the pens and was stabbing it towards his other hand, Leonard anticipated this and grabbed Haley's arm and squeezed, the sudden pain caused him to drop the pen and grunt slightly.

"You want to kill me with this puny strength? Have you gone insane?" He laughed while holding Haley who was trying to free his arm, "Don't struggle, it'll be over soon… Well, after I torture you some." He said with an evil expression and eyes full of malice, Leonard glanced at his bleeding hand and forced Haley's hand down onto the desk before picking up one of his pens.

"No!" Haley shouted as his struggle increased, he tried to use his other hand to free himself from Leonard but he lacked the physical strength to put up a struggle, without missing a beat Leonard pierced his hand with the pen three times causing three circular wounds from which blood was pouring from on his hand.

Haley groaned but bit his lip to stop himself from screaming in pain, it would be a mistake to say that his tolerance for pain was high in fact it was the exact opposite; He couldn't, however, bring himself to show weakness at this moment, he didn't want to give him the satisfaction of watching him cry out in pain.

"The moment you cry I'll stop; don't you want to? It's easy, all you have to do is beg me to stop and I'll stop! Is your pride really worth so much to you?" Leonard said with sickening sweetness lacing his voice it made Haley sick to his stomach, but he still didn't give in despite how tempting the offer sounded to end the pain.

Seeing his defiance Leonard stabbed his hand a fourth time, Haley's hand was now covered in blood – the desk was dyed red with blood as the blood of both Leonard and Haley mixed and dripped to the floor.

"Do you think this is too extreme? Do you think I'm taking things too far? Well let me tell you exactly how much I lost in that deal! In terms of Luna it would be 180,000,000,000 Luna! Do you understand how much that is? Your debt is insignificant in comparison, I could be living on Earth right now but because of you!" Leonard's eyes turned red in frustration as he recalled that time.

Despite his situation Haley couldn't help but agree that it was his fault, nothing could replace that amount of money and especially the chance for him to live on Earth – such a thing was invaluable, it wasn't something anyone could calculate with money, 'If I lost it all to a ten year old kid I'd also have been mad, but this? I can't just let myself die because of one mistake, can I? Maybe I've made mistakes, but I won't let this damn pig be the one to end me!' He shouted in his mind but despite his will to live there was nothing he could do in fact, he could hear the slight humming of the elevator as it rose up the floors; 'They'll be here within the next couple of minutes, there's no way out… Fuck, is this where I die?'

Despite his attempts to remain calm he could feel cold sweat drip down his forehead as he tried to figure out a way for him to survive, just as Leonard was coming down for another strike: "Wait!"

"What is it? Ready to beg yet?" He said with a cruel smile, Haley shook his head quickly as he spoke "No, but if I can repay you and get you a place on Earth will you let me live?" He asked desperately.

"You? I'd rather kill you!" Without a hint of hesitation, he threw a punch at Haley's face, despite trying he couldn't avoid Leonard's fist and felt his nose shatter from the impact.

Blood dripped down his face and he could only imagine how he looked right now, from the smug look on Leonard's face he could imagine he must look pretty miserable right now.

"That's better, seeing you in pain is more pleasure for me than you could ever imagine – I've waited so long for this day: I've isolated you from your family, denied your graduation and stolen your HUD Mod! Do you feel it? Do you feel some of the despair I felt that day? DO YOU?!" He roared, as he punched Haley again, then again, then again.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Over and over, Haley lost count of how many times he was hit but he'd long since become numb to the pain, all he could feel was the dull impact every time Leonard's fist hit his face.

"That's better, that's the face I wanted to see." Blood had blinded Haley's eyes, but he could hear the smugness in Leonard's voice, but he could also hear a tone of regret; 'This... This bastard, does he want to hit me some more! Do it! Do it! Do it!' He roared in his mind but he couldn't so much as open his mouth let alone speak.

Finally, after who knows how long, he felt his body hit the floor – it was as if he had no control over his limbs, he simply felt himself hit the ground and that was it.

"What do you want us to do with him boss?" He heard a voice, he assumed it was one of the security guards who'd finally found their way to the office.

"Toss him, make sure he's dead and dispose of the body through the usual source - dispose of the body outside the Dome this time, you know the guy to use. I never want to see the face of this bastard again..." The world went silent for a second before he heard a voice whisper in his ear, "If I had more time I'd make sure you were begging me for death by the time I was done..."

Author Note;

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