Brian’s POV

I still couldn’t believe what the guy was telling us. That the Viper got a way, he couldn’t have gotten away, I nailed him. I was sure off that… I fucking hit him straight in the head, how could he have survived? I couldn’t believe any of this bullshit!

But then… how else had these guys found out about us, and found our compound. How the hell should they have gotten in! Someone must have information, and someone must have sold us out to Pagano… and who had nothing more to lose then one of the remaining Vipers!

FUCK!
“Oh come on, tell me you didn’t want a taste of them?” the guard chuckled, earning a nod from men behind him.

When we didn’t respond, he let out an exasperated sigh. “Come on, we all know you had a piece of them! We all could tell how we found them in your filthy compound. But don’t worry, you’ll pay for taking Pagano’s property when the tests come back in the morning. Pagano wanted me to tell you he would personally beat the shit out of you if there were a hair out of place. So get ready boys… you’re in for a world of pain. No one pulls the wool over Pagano’s eyes without paying with their lives. I know I will personally enjoy watching you suffer.”

I was trained for situation like this, or well maybe not exactly like this, but trained to remain my composure to not get out of my skin, no matter what people did to me, but right now my calms was only on a thin line.

When these guys were talking about Emery and Jolie like that, I had to ball my hands to fists, knowing I wouldn’t be able to protect Emery right now. And I had no idea what Pagano was doing to them.

What if they did the doctors check, and they noticed they weren’t pure anymore? I didn’t care about my fate, but Emery’s. Would he hurt the girls, cause they weren’t as rentable as he planned them to be?
Suddenly the sound of the door at the top of stairs echoed in the prison room and we all turned to look up the stairs.

“Marks, Pagano wants a word with you in the south wing,” a familiar voice sounded, earning a curse from the guard in the middle of the room. I couldn’t see who had entered the room over the men standing in the basement.

“Enjoy your night, boys as it will probably be your last,” the man name Marks sneered before turning to head back up the stairs, leaving a man with dark hair standing alone in the middle of the room.

I looked between the man that appeared in the doorway and Matt back and forth. I didn’t really recall him, but when I saw the recognition on Matt’s face and the angry grimace he was pulling. I had a certain feeling, that this guy had something to do with the girls, and that was when it came to me. This was Jolie’s guard, the one who… fancied her if I remember correctly. Did that mean that Emery’s guard was far? Was he here too? Was he with Emery right now?!

“He’s probably right,” Jeremy said, crossing his arms as he looked between Vengeance, me and Shads like we were animals in the zoo. “After seeing the girls in their currently state, your days are numbered…”

“What the fuck do you mean? Are they alright?” Shads walked up close to the bars of his cell and I followed suit.

The Jeremy guy didn’t do as much as blink, his eyes moved again over all our forms until he stopped before me. “They are, for now… They have a talk with Mr. Pagano right now.”

“What will happen with them?” Zack asked stepping forward too. “You mean after the doc will clarify they aren’t what they used to be anymore?” Jeremy sneered his angry eyes moving from me to Zack. He was probably trying to figure out which of us belonged to his girl.

“Yes” Shads gritted out between clenched teeth, which made Jeremy heave out a sigh.
“Depends on the outcome.” He looked up towards the ceiling as if he could see through the floors.

“If it’s true and they aren’t hurt in the main run, well maybe they just get shut away. If they are more damaged-”

“Fuck you! They aren’t damaged! How dare you talk about them like they are items!” I screamed almost touching the bars in my fit of rage.

“I am not talking like that you asshole, Pagano is. You wanted to know what will happen, so either you fucking listen, or I’ll get the fuck out of here and help Jolie-”

“You will not do a fucking think with Jolie” Shads burst free and that was when a small smirk came over Jeremy’s face. “So it’s you, I knew it.”

“You better be happy, that Chris and I are helping the girls. If Pagano had seen them in the outfits the guards brought them here, he would have known long before already what you did to his girls. We redressed them in the hopes of hiding that fact. I can’t believe Jolie would fall for someone like you, for someone who let himself be caught… what did you do to her, to make her-”

“I didn’t do anything to her! God damn, how I wished I could fucking strangle you with my bare hands. Don’t let anything happen to them! You hear me, I will personally make you pay!” Shads screamed when Jeremy’s phone rang.

“Yes” He answered, his eyes up towards us. “I’ll be up in a second. Yes, I’ll get Chris and we accompany the girls, now. Sure. Yes. Report, no problem.” He hung up.

“It’s time.” With that he turned around and left us, I heard a loud crack and a groan from Matt.

“Fuck! Fuck! How do we protect them now! How can we fucking-” Matt trailed off and I closed my eyes. I imagined Emery’s face before me, how scared she must be. How lonely she must feel, I just hoped that Jolie was with her and at least the girls had each other.

“We need to come up with a fucking plan” Zack said and I nodded “But how?!”
“Maybe we convince those guards to help us, I mean… the way he was talking about Jolie, that means he has some feelings-”

“Don’t fucking say it, Vengeance” Matt growled but Zack was right. “We need to get them on our side, Shads” I looked through the bars over to Matt.

“How do we know we could trust them, even if we thought about it” He growled lowly and I sighed “Believe me, this idea isn’t on my favorite list either, but we don’t have another chance. I think… if we could convince him or the other guy, that we want to help the girls, maybe… fuck just maybe they will listen to us.” I said and Matt let a hand ran over his face, sighing loudly, “Then we better come up with a fucking plan”

We talked all possibilities through, problem with our ideas were, we didn’t know when the guards would show back up, or if at all.
We didn’t even know why he had been here in the first place, he called for the other guard, but he didn’t have to come down here for that, he could have called, just as they did with him.

So was he just here cause he was curious, or had someone else sent him? Maybe we weren’t that wrong thinking he wanted to check us out, either to wager our danger or maybe, because he was send, by the girls?!

Hope was blooming in me thinking about this some more, but when hours later the door to the basement swung open with a loud boom, the hope quickly crumbled and died.

“Open- His cell” I heard Pagano’s booming voice and then my door was unlocked and about four guards stormed in.

They shoved me against the wall my face scratching against the concrete, I didn’t try to escape, knowing it was to no avail now, when Shads and Zack were still in their cages and four men plus Pagano was against me without any kind of weapon. It would just hurt more, and less my chances at a good outcome later.

“Where is-” Pagano stepped forward holding out a picture of Jimmy “The Rev and Christ” He held another picture up indicating to the photos of my two friends.

I clamped my mouth shut, I knew the drill, this was easier than hearing about Emery and Jolie. I didn’t know where the girls were or how they were treated, but I did know that Johnny and Jimmy were on the loose, which meant they were save for the moment.

And neither of us what say a fucking word about our hideouts, no matter what Pagano planned to do to us, no fucking matter what.

“I don’t like repeating myself” Pagano said calmly “One final time, where are The Rev and Christ” I was pushed harder against the wall, skin scratching till blood ran down my cheek, but all I did was smirk.

“Don’t tell me you don’t know, Gates… I want answer, and I want them now. My girls are at the doc right now, and I thought I take the time and get some answers out of you. Because when they are back I will have some marriage arrangements to do” I gritted my teeth, all my muscles tensing up.

“Where the fuck are they!” Pagano was losing his temper, quick. I looked up at him and smirked “Aren’t you Mr. Know-it-all? And weren’t you the one pointing out that it was so easy to walk into our compound, I don’t think you need my help finding them!” I snapped in an arrogant tone making Pagano’s head explode red like a tomato.

I earned a low blow to my stomach and then another hit into my ribcage for that, worth it still.

“Sit him down”

I was being pushed into a chair and held down by three man. I coughed out blood and spit it towards Pagano’s expensive loafers.

“You think you are smart, aren’t you, Gates? You were always the right hand to Shadows, but still always in his big Shadow, not smart enough to run his own compound, not brave enough to start his own, not fucking clever enough to help his boss hold his compound. And now he thinks he can withstand me?” Pagano laughed, then he looked over at Shads.

“Isn’t it right, you held him low? Or had he always been this dense?” Pagano asked and if he thought he could hurt us with his words, or try to work us against each other, he was damn wrong.

“We won’t say a word. Save your troubles” Matt said turning to Pagano. “No matter, who you sit on your chair, who you throw your words or punches at, we won’t budge. So save yourself some time and move the fuck on.”

“He will be the next” Pagano pointed at Matt, who shrugged like he didn’t have a care in the world, and honestly, we have been through a lot more, so sure this wouldn’t be a vacation but we would get through, just thinking about Emery would get me through this fucking pain.

It took them a good hour, until they moved on from me to Matt. They talked and it felt like a yearlong ramble, they tried to get information out of me, they cut me with a knife, they punched me, but besides from smart remarks and insults they didn’t get any information out of me.

Zack was yelling at them, which made him no. 3 of today, maybe they planned to let him out of this today, but since he had thrown his entire interior against his cell walls and calling Pagano and his men names, he was now on their shit list too.

It gave us some time for distractions and I was able, while they were shoving me back in the cell and preparing Matt for his audial, to sneak a small knife from the back pockets of one of the guards.

They just started on Matt when a phone rang again, my left eye was swollen again but I could see from the corner of my right eye how one guard motioned Pagano to him “The girls are back.”

And as soon as Pagano and his men came, so soon they were suddenly gone again and Matt, Zack and I were alone in our cells, waiting for the next torture and maybe a little information on how Emery and Jolie were holding up.

Jo’s POV

“You will make sure they get to the doctor and then lock them in my office. They go nowhere else and that is a direct order,” our father snapped before storming out of the room.

I quickly wrapped my arms around Emery, pulling her into her arms for comfort. I couldn’t believe how our father had become this man. He was a ruthless business man and no father at all anymore.

He saw his money sitting on this bed, and nothing else, fame and money that was all we were to him.

Chris and Jeremy left us for a moment, I had no idea where they were going but I was glad that Emery and I had a moment together.

“How dare he talk to us like that?” Emery sobbed and I let my hand brush over her hair.
“I have no idea, Em” I sighed loudly “Do you think he will bring us to the same doc as before? Or someone new?” I asked and Emery’s eyes met mine, they still swam with tears.

“I hope not someone knew. We need to… god Jo, what if the doc tells him what happened, about the scars… and the…” Em bit her lip and I nodded “The pureness”
Our old doc had lied to our father before, we could convince him to lie for us, would he still do it?
And what if there was someone else now? What would happen then?!

“I need to see Brian” Emery said silently and I nodded “I want to see Matt, too. But we need to make a plan. No matter what the doc will tell our father we need to come up with something… if the doc tells dad that we were hurt, we have to come up with something convincing that it wasn’t Avenged, you hear me?!”

Emery nodded “Yes, and we need to convince Chris and Jeremy to help us. You know Jer will help you, Jo. Please you gotta bring him to help us” Em begged and I nodded “I will talk to him, but he… he wasn’t happy when I already asked him to have a look at the guys.” I said silently and Em’s eyes lit slowly up.

“He wanted to look for them? We need to know where they are exactly, if they are alright.” She gushed and I nodded “Yes, but we have to make this quietly, no one else is supposed to hear this.” She added and I closed my eyes, could we really make this work, could I convince Jer and could Emery maybe convince Chris to help us?Would they go against our fathers commands?
“Emery? Jolie? We will come in now” Jeremy’s voice sounded again and I sighed, it was about time. I kind of felt like we were going to our last appointment, like after this everything else was no more.

I felt my hands getting sweaty and tried to brush the stickiness onto my sweat pants. Jeremy took my elbow gently and guided me down. He looked at me with something that looked like remorse and my feelings was sinking more and more.

“Your father gave us strict orders. We will come inside with the doc until he does the examination and right after we will be back inside too. You two will be separated.” Jeremy stopped with the sentence and my heart was beating faster, did he mean we would be separated during the doctor’s visit or even afterwards?

“He plans on keeping you on the tight leash, Jolie. He knows… things have happened, he wants the proof and then… well… god be with those guys down there” With that he pushed me forward and into the van, just when he buckled up me seatbelt I leaned into him “Have you seen them?” I whispered barely audible.

He gave a loud sigh and then turned his head to me “Yes, they are… alive” With that he moved away and my heart was beating painfully fast in my chest, Matt was alive and in the building, I needed another quiet moment to question Jer more about the situation, where exactly, how many guards and if he was willing to risk his job for me…

Emery and I were separated when we arrived at the doc, I guess that was my father’s plan in not letting us design a plan together. But Emery and I were able to do some whispering during the drive, but probably only because Chris and Jeremy were our guards and letting us be, most of the time.

“Jolie, you are up first” Jeremy announced and I sighed. I knew what was coming now generally, but was it still the same person on the other side of the door?!

Jeremy grabbed my elbow again, but I turned around to Em a final time, I have her a reassuring smile, or one that I hoped would look like that. Em gave me a small smile back and I followed Jeremy’s lead.

When the door to the examination room opened Doctor Morris was at the other side and I almost sighed in relief, I didn’t mean that this would be even more pleasant but maybe it would help the situation just a little.

“Ms. Pagano, it’s nice to see you again” He took my hand and smiled at me, even if it was a sad one.
“Thank you, Doctor.” I walked in and Jeremy followed, just as he announced before.

“I have orders to do a while check up, blood samples, blood pressure, some scans and… well everything” He looked down and I nodded, ashamed of what that meant.

“Let’s start with the weight control and blood pressure.” He ordered and I stepped onto the scale.

The doctor looked at the scale and frowned “You lost some weight, Jolie” He pointed out and I saw Jeremy move forward and then take a step back.
“I was ill… a couple of weeks ago” I said and the doc wrote on his pad.

“Hmm.. sit down please”
I sat down and he took my blood pressure, then samples and noted everything onto his pad.
“Please lift your shirt, so I can see your back” He instructed and I felt sweat form on my forehead, he would be able to see my scars now.

I turned and lifted the shirt Jeremy sucked in a sharp breath, seeing my stomach and the doctor sighed loudly. “What happened, Jolie?” He questioned and I told him the story about the Vipers kidnapping me, I was making sure I told them every detail also how Matt rescued me and how they saved my life, how I was on the verge of dying.

“He did?” Jeremy asked and I nodded “He did”

“Jolie, I am not able to keep this information from your father, he will know about this, he must know about this” Doctor Morris said and I sighed, I knew something like this was about to happen. And I was hoping to make a deal with the doctor, but for that I needed Jeremy to leave.
“I know” I said softly, looking down onto my feet.

“Would you please leave us alone for the last examination?” The doc said and Jeremy turned and left without another word, knowing what was to come now.

“Jolie” He asked and I sighed, sitting down on the chair. “I know… you have to tell him, doc. But… could you please keep this between us, you know what my father will do to Emery and me when he finds out we are no virgins anymore.” I said it out loud what we both knew was standing between this.

“Jolie, I know that, but… Your fathers orders were strict, even more so than before.” The doctor announced and I sighed, knowing that right now all my and Emery’s world was falling apart even more than before.

“Please, you cannot do this-” I started and the doc shook his head “Listen to me, Jolie…I will, I will have to write a long report for you father about all your injuries, I have to note down the scars, the whole story you told me about them, also the weight loss and all the blood results, what I will leave out is the missing hymen. But that is all I can do for you and your sister and as soon as your father will call in another doctor, you know what will happen to me, right?” He asked and I felt tears prickle my eyes, I knew what he was doing for us.

“Thank you” I said softly and he nodded. “That is all I can do, he will probably freak out about the scars on your body already, about the weight loss, don’t thank me to soon.” With that he guided me out and let my sister come in.

I waited together with Jeremy in the waiting room secluded from everyone else. “Are you okay?” He asked and I nodded “So far, it’s pretty humiliating to have to go through this.”

“I’m sorry” He said and I nodded, it wasn’t his fault really. “Jer?” I looked at him from the sight and he sighed “Please, don’t” He shook his head and I put my hand on his arm “Jer, please… I…We need your help.” I said softly and Jeremy closed his eyes.

“You know I wish I could do something for you, but I can’t… Jolie, I just… can’t!” He whispered and I grabbed a hold of his hand “Please, let us talk when we are back. Let us talk about it all with Emery and Chris.” I whispered and Jer let his thumb run over my hand, I almost pulled away in surprise but then decided against it.

“We need to find a good situation, Jolie… Your father-” He started and I pulled away finally “I know”

“Good” We sat there in silence, Chris joining us soon when Emery’s private examination was ongoing.

When we were done, we had to wait till the Doctor had his report written and done, because Jeremy and Chris were responsible to bring it with them.

When the Doctor handed two envelopes, one to Chris and one to Jeremy we were allowed to leave. Emery looked at me from the side and touched my hand “It’s gonna be bad, huh?” She asked and I knew, she meant when my father knew about all the little hurts we had gotten onto our bodies.

Not because we were really hurt, but because his to selling good weren’t in the same shape as he had them kept for so long…

When we arrived at the Pagano mansion, Jeremy and Chris guided us towards the office, just as our father had demanded. No funny business, direct orders.

They put both envelopes onto my father’s desk, with both our names up. Emery and I sat close together on the lounge chair, while Chris and Jeremy stood behind our chair, waiting for our father to arrive.

When the door banged open suddenly, both Emery and I cringed. “I want to talk to my precious daughters alone for now. Stay close, if I need a report or have questions. Any troubles at the doctor or on the way?”

“No troubles.” Chris announced and then with a move of our fathers hand, the guards were dismissed, leaving me and Emery alone with our father and the reports, deciding about our future treatment.

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