4 Chapter 3: The Unwanted Suffering

"Lucifer! You idiot why would you do that!?" A boy exclaimed with anger in his voice. His name was Alex. Born the same year and growing up almost always in the same schools, we were literally best friends. Though we would never admit it and laughed it off calling each other just close friends, not wanting all the years of friendship we have ever had to disappear cause somethings changed. Now that I look back at it, it was dumb of me to think that. But back then I didn't want to take any risks of losing my closest friend.

"A-AAGHH" I woke up, screeching in pain from what they were doing to me. I couldn't remember much of how I had gotten there but I was still unable to see. At first while I thought I couldn't see because I was blind, Now my skin was extra sensitive due to everything that has been happening. This led me to realizing that my eyes had been covered with something ever since I was knocked out. "My vision has been blurry ever since I woke up and I could barely make a single persons face out... Now I have this to deal with too..-AGHH" As I was getting lost in my thoughts I scream in agony due to a sharp object slashing my foot. Tears rolling down my cheeks as my body trembled from pain, I kept gasping for air as of being short of breath due to all the shouting and the crying. I was quickly losing blood as I started to drift off. Feeling less in control of my consciousness, I started to doze off unable to stay awake. "Is this... How I die..?" I thought to myself, knowing that the blood I had lost was too much but glad that the pain would soon be over with. Just then I heard Asmodeus speak to someone else in the room.

"hmm... It seems we have put him through enough. Revive him and put the virus's within him. Let us see if the boy will be able to use an imperium then" he said to the other man in the room. "YES SIR!" the other man replied, seemingly a soldier. Just then I passed out, unable to control my dying body anymore, I dozed off accepting my death.

"Mm... Huh..? Am I.. still alive..?" I thought to myself as I slowly opened my eyes, feeling heavy and tired but still confused and half conscious I tried to get up. Just then I realized my hands were still stuck to the chair with chains. As I try to get my hands free I notice that my wounds that I was sure of having all over my body were no longer there. To add to that, whilst before my vision was blurry now I could see everything going on clearly as if nothing was wrong with my eyes. "I see you're perfectly fine and awake now Lucifer!"

I heard the voice of someone who I had heard before and the hair on the back of my neck stood up, giving me goosebumps as I remembered whos voice it was. As I looked up I could see the man have a smile creeping across his face. I knew who it was instantly and was horrified as I looked him straight in the eyes whilst all he did was just smile at me. "I'm sure you can tell who I am Lucifer. And to answer the question in your head yes, I am Asmodeus." he spoke as he slowly opened his eyes. Able to clearly see now I could make out his features easily. He seemed to be around the ages of his late 30's to his early 40's. He had small brown eyes and was around the heights of 5'7 or 5'9 and was giving of a very sinister feeling as he sent shivers down my spine. "W-WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO TO ME!?" I screamed, trying to make him to answer me as I needed one. As horrified as I was in the situation I knew I couldn't show any weakness and that I had to find out what he wanted from me before anything. But then he chuckled to himself, leaving me shocked. I realized I did exactly the opposite of what I wanted by snapping and shouting at him. I knew what ever he wanted from me he also wanted me to crumble and break. I fell in to a state of complete rage, gritting my teeth and glaring at him I start trying to forcefully get up from the chair.

Asmodeus now laughing slightly at my futile attempts of trying to free myself stands before me just a couple feet away. I think to myself over and over again as I look at him. "Just a bit more and I'll get my answers and leave!!" I kept thinking until he decided he had enough time toying with me by just staring at me try my hardest to become free and decides to talk. "Haha... Might I tell you that you cannot get out of those restraints. They were made of tungsten, one of the strongest metals in the whole world so good luck trying to get out of that. Even the strongest people in the world can't break those restraints" he exclaimed with amusement and confidence in the metals strength as he praised it. Unphased and unwilling to give up I don't listen to his words and keeps trying to break free whilst his wrists start to cut and bleed as the blood slowly drips down to his now fists and to the floor. "Don't.. You dare.. TOY WITH ME!" I screamed with anger at the top of my lungs as I pushed harder, causing Asmodeus to laugh harder at my suffering harder. "HAHAH. Whilst you have amused me enough we should continue with our experimenting. Soldier, make him unconscious!" he ordered one of the guards as I kept trying harder to break free. As the soldier came up to me, he pulls out a syringe which probably had some sort of anesthetic which he then injected in my hand. As I tried to keep trying my hardest to break free the strength in my right hand started to lose because of the injection and because I started to feel dizzy and my body started to become heavier. But as I fought through the urge to fall over from exhaustion, unexpectedly as I was about to fall unconscious from the anesthetics I broke the chains and got both my hands free.

This took everyone by shock as no one expected me to be able to break the chains, but I took the moment of shock and confusion to my advantage and broke sprinted towards Asmodeus to punch him. "S-STOP HIM YOU IDIOTS!" Asmodeus shouted in the middle of the chaos trying to reorganize the soldiers within enough time to let them stop me but they were too late as by the time they raised their guns I was already in front of Asmodeus and had my fist raised, ready to punch a hole through him but just as I was about to hit him as hard as I could I fell to the ground hitting the metal floor, unconscious from the anesthetic. As I dozed off I started to remember everything that had happened leading up to that point.

I stood between the seven from the room and Asmodeus, shocked and feeling helpless I didn't want to give in and let him have his way even though I knew I couldn't do anything most probably since I don't have an imperium. I was confused on what to do next, doubting myself I started to panic as well although I tried my hardest to keep calm I kept failing. Just as I was not paying attention to everything going around me as I was lost in my thoughts, a soldier injected me with an anesthetic that allowed them to make me unconscious.

I fell unconscious, feeling my body get heavier and heavier. When I woke up again though, this time my eyes were covered and awoke due to pain cause all over my body. Even though I didn't know what was causing it all, I knew that someone has been cutting all over my body, probably with a heated up metal object. I could feel every individual scar burn as I tried to move around till I realized that my body was already dying but to keep it under control they used something that was heated up to burn my skin shut so most of the blood doesn't spill. Though the pain was unbearable I tried my best to keep hold of my sanity. Just then I heard a door open from my right side, and then he talked. "I'm gonna guess you're awake now, Lucifer. I hope you're enjoying your stay although we're being quite rough with you" I couldn't see him but I knew it was Asmodeus.

I listened as his boots tapping on the floor signaled to me that he was walking closer to me. My heart suddenly began to race as I became restless, fully awake and terrified of what will happen next all I could do was sit there not even able to see something as I become more and more anxious over the minutes. I then heard him pick something made of metal up. I knew he was going to continue what he has been doing to me this whole time all over again but I still couldn't do anything but sit there and wait patiently for what's to come and for it to end.

I hear him as he comes right in front of me and even though I couldn't see him due to the blindfold I could tell, he was looking down at me as he had that creepy smirk whilst getting ready to amuse himself as he eyed me down. Then he proceeded to slash my leg, making me scream in agony as I didn't expect it nor was my body able to handle the pain well. All the slashes from before had already made my body sensitive, making me notice everything that even grazes me ten times more. Then he kept slashing me all over my body as he laughed manically, amusing himself whilst I cried out in agony unable to help myself. Just then stopped as I heard him start walking back away. "I must say Lucifer... You are quite durable. Most people would either be dead by now or unconscious, so this is quite enjoyable to say the least"

I then heard him put something down which I thought was probably what he was using this whole time. As he did I let myself loose, thinking he was done by then and he would leave me be for now at least. But just then he picked something else up and started walking back towards me as I was confused on what he wanted now. "Didn't he have enough yet...?" I thought to myself in fear of him doing more to me. "Since you have kept me amused for so long though, I suppose I can make amuse myself a bit more" I could tell he had a smile creep across his face as he said that as he held my foot with one hand whilst I was in confusion, Just to put one of my toes between something and to cut it off. "AAAAAAAAAAAAGH" I screamed in agony once again as he continued to break my toes and then moved up to my fingers, all the whilst laughing hysterically as I cried and screamed as hard as I could begging for him to stop and for someone to help me.

As he kept breaking my limbs, when he was done with all my fingers and toes he stopped as I started to doze off from the non stop pain I had been put through which cause me to tire myself out. "Make him forget everything and heal him, after which keep slashing him till he wakes up again. Then give him anesthetics and inject the virus's in him" I could barely make out him saying those words but before I could keep listening to what he was gonna say after that I passed out, unable to stay conscious any longer due to how tired I was from everything that has been happening to my body.

As I was asleep I could feel the pain slowly go away, disappearing completely as if it all never happened. I started to relax my body as I let go, wanting some rest but then I realized I started to forget everything. Slowly but surely I started forgetting everything till I got to the point where I couldn't remember anything except my own name.

I woke again but this time I remembered everything again, my eyes uncovered I also realized that there were no more scars on my body. But just then I heard a door open and as I turned to see who came in I saw Asmodeus, causing me to glare at him in anger over everything he did to me. Just then he walked in front of me with a smile on his face, though I could tell now he was forcing himself to smile as I could sense anger seeping from within him even if he tried to hide it. "Do you feel any different, Lucifer?" He asked me, still smiling but this time sinisterly causing me to have shivers go down my spine. But then I thought about what he said and that was when I realized. Something wasn't right within me...