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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage
  Category:
      Gen, M/M
  Fandom:
      Ben_10_Series
  Relationship:
      Albedo/Ben_Tennyson
  Character:
      OMC, OC_-_Character, Original_Characters, Original_Male_Character(s), Ben
      Tennyson, Albedo_(Ben_10_Series), Kevin_Levin, Gwen_Tennyson
  Additional Tags:
      Rape, Rape/Non-con_Elements, Rape_Recovery, Rape_Aftermath,
      Hospitalization, Coping, Cops, car, smoothies, Hunted, Mind_Games, Games,
      Serial_Killers, Alternate_Universe_-_Serial_Killers, kelp
  Stats:
      Published: 2015-03-19 Completed: 2015-05-18 Chapters: 14/14 Words: 15605
****** Shedding Blood ******
by Serabelus
Summary
     Albedo has tortured Ben for years. Yet why then is Ben free now? What
     twisted reason is there after all these years?
Notes
     Ben/Albedo Ben/Kevin male/male rape non-con infliction pain
     psychological abuse physical abuse... The list goes on, people, the
     list goes on.
***** Can you enjoy this tune? *****
-All we ever knew or know was given to us by another, that is why life is such
                    a painful tragedy or a lovely romance-
 
The knife easily cut through his skin across his inner thighs. A small moan was
granted access to leave his throat as his head tilted to the side from the pain
and feeling of his blood dripping down landing on the cold grimy concrete.
Shuffling came from beside him as lips and a tongue trailed over the wound,
lapping up the blood, before moving away waiting for the next wound to be
carved into the soft pale flesh of the naked teen.
"High." The voice had a smirking tone to it as the teen made a cut, opposite
leg, closer to the deep abrasion near his dick and torn hole. "Yeah, that's
it." The voice leaned down, white hair touching the growing erection, as he
lapped and sucked harshly on the wound. "Stomach."
The teen looked at the other, his eyes glazed over with pain and desire. A firm
nod came as the hunting knife was placed at the tip of his six-pack and trailed
down past his navel and to end a few inches from his waist line. The other,
straddling the teens' legs, trailed his tongue along the wound, his hands soon
following causing the teen beneath him to tremble when the fingers began
pulling apart the skin.
"Neck." He commanded, pressing his hand against the stomach wound as trembling
hands holding the knife raised to his throat and cut a thin deep line, not
enough to kill, from ear to ear making a grim lunatic smirk cross the white
haired teens face as he licked, bite down, and ripped the wound open for more
red oozing blood to be swallowed by his hungry mouth.
"Wrist." The white haired teen pulled back watching how the skin beneath him
paled. "Both." A small nod came as a response as the other did as told; blood
dripped from the knife's handle as it was dropped to the ground.
He raised both hands to his lips kissing them as he wrapped his mouth around
the wounds drinking the blood from the teen beneath him, whose growing erection
was already pre-cuming. The hands dropped to the ground as the white haired
teen's fingers teased the hardened flesh.
"How rough?" A whimper escaped the throat as a few drops of blood dripped from
the blood drinking teen's mouth onto the floor. He didn't wait for an answer as
he pushed his own member into the other causing him to buck and scream in pain.
The cut up teen lashed out before gripping the white haired teen's shoulders,
nails digging into flesh, before looking into the red eyes. The grin looking
down at him made tears trail down his face.
"Scream." The teen did as he was told as a horrifying scream left the others
lips before silence, his mouth still opened to scream, before he gasped out for
breath as something flashed in his vision. "What is my name?"
The other didn't respond to the red glowing eyes.
"My name." the sadistic grin grew as the other noticed the hunting knife rose
to pierce his chest.
"Albedo." The other coughed out as the knife lowered slowly, gently, to cut
into the others shoulder the name of his torturer.
"What is your name?" confusion wept passed the eyes as they closed trying to
remember.
He had forgotten his name in the years he had been with 'him', even that amount
of time was something he didn't know.
"Your name." the blade rose ready to strike.
"I don't have one." The grin returned as he nodded.
"That's right, you haven't been given one." The blade trailed down the air to
rest on the others cheek. "I'll give you a name." the blade nicked the flesh.
"Benjamin Tennyson." Both nodded.
"Ben." Again they both nodded.
"Ben Tennyson," the one below Albedo stated. "That's my name."
"Good." Albedo dropped down kissing Ben's lips. "Now you have to go." Confusion
again drifted over the face of Ben as he stared up into the red eyes. "You have
a family meeting, a family that I picked out for you." A jolt of happiness
erupted from Ben's chest at the thought of finally being given a family.
"When-." He was stopped as the lips were against his own.
"Don't talk." The knife was placed in Ben's hands. "Hip." Ben responded with
the slicing of his flesh. "Forehead." The tip dug into the middle of Ben's eyes
and jaggedly went up. "Bottom of your feet." Albedo moved for this one as Ben
carved circles into his own feet. "Calves."
"Shins." His voice echoed in the silence as the teen submitted again.
***** My life in Your Hands *****
-Pain and Misery got married and their children ruled the world with two grins
and blood soaked clothes-
 
The first sound of panic was the sound of clattering metal on the linoleum
floor at the shock of one of the cops when the teen, naked and covered in cuts
and bruises, walked in through the door at three in the morning in the devoid
traffic and inactive part of the day in Bellwood.
A gun quickly shot up into the air as the male teen raised both hands, one
pointing a knife at each of them. The man raised his gun higher pointing at the
teens leg instead of the floor, "Drop the knife!" he shouted.
 
The teen looked at it before back at the cop, he tilted his head as his hands
fell to his side the knife also crashing against the floor.
 
"Kid," the cop who had demanded the knife to be dropped moved forward kicking
it backwards away from the unresponsive boy. "You okay?" he wasn't sure how bad
the wounds were but the more he inspected them from his slow creep toward the
stock still teen made him positive it was bad for this amount of blood. "Phil,
call an ambulance, now."
 
Phil nodded as he picked up his phone dialing the memorized number while the
other cop continued to walk forward, others waiting patiently to make sure
nothing happened to either hurt the cop or the teen.
 
"Hey, my name's-."
 
"Luke." The teen's eyes swept from the blood on the floor up to the stunned
cops. "I was told to talk to you." Luke looked into green eyes and gulped. "Why
are you gaping at me?"
 
Phil hung up as he looked at the boy and Luke nervously, "They said they'd be
here soon, but there is a major traffic jam." Luke nodded as he snapped his
fingers making a few of the cops realize that the teen was shivering from lack
of blood or the cold of winter having been walking in the deep snow and still
fresh blood dripping from the wounds from his naked body.
 
"What's your name?" Luke asked after someone handed him a thick wool grey
blanket which he proceeded to drape over the teen.
 
"Ben… Benjamin Tennyson." Ben tilted his head with a small empty smile. A few
cops began gathering things to help Ben while some worked on getting a
background check running on the name.
 
"Do you mind if I patch you up, Ben?" Luke was handed the kit while two other
cops, Phil was one of them, stood behind him in order to help.
 
"I don't mind… I was told to listen to you." Luke nodded as he opened the kit
and guided Ben over to a chair, his chair, and sat him down.
 
"Who told you that?" Luke pressed for an answer while the three cops worked on
cleaning and binding the wounds to their best.
 
"Albedo." The room grew silent as all cops turned to stare up into the boy's
emotionless face. "He said 'Luke will help you, only listen to him; say only my
name if he asks'." Ben repeated the words before he leaned back into the chair.
"I'm tired."
 
"Yeah, but I need you stay awake, okay, Ben?" Ben nodded weakly as Luke
finished his stomach wound, the neck and head wound were dealt with by Phil
while the wrists were done by the other cop.
 
"Shit, I knew that bastard was disgusting but… look at the kid!" Luke nodded to
the whispered voice.
 
"Ben?" Ben lifted his head to look at Luke. "Do you have any other wounds?" Ben
nodded. "Where?" thin pale fingers trailed across his inner thighs and pointed
to the others. Luke gritted his teeth and he looked at the other two, both knew
what they'd find when dealing with that sick killer, although this was their
first time having a living victim from Albedo.
 
Luke pulled the teen's legs apart and he gasped as the bites and cuts, along
with the fact that the teen was raped (countless times) violently. Swallowing
the bile rising he worked on cleaning the blood away, putting some antiseptic
on the wounds, and bounded them tight enough that they wouldn't cut off blood
circulation.
 
It had taken them an hour to bandage the wounds before Luke deemed that they
must have gotten all the severe ones. He was also beginning to worry about the
lack of response from the teen as his eyes swam beneath the fog covering his
face.
 
"Ben!" he snapped as the teen's eyes closed before jolting up to look into
Luke's worried gaze, several other cops were rushing forward hoping Ben didn't
fall under 'Death's cape'.
 
"I 'ake." He slurred. "'ired." Luke nodded as he gently patted the unwounded
shoulder.
 
"Yeah, but you have to wait for the ambulance and EMT's to arrive to take care
of you, okay?" Ben turned his head narrowing his eyes as his lips pulled back
to show his teeth. "Ben?"
 
"I won't!" he screamed kicking his legs, his heel hitting Luke's chin. "I
won't! WON'T!" The cops looked shocked as Luke hit the floor hard on his back
until he pushed himself up and practically pinned Ben in the chair.
 
"Calm down!" he shouted causing the screaming teen to pause opened mouth to
look into Luke's fearful brown eyes. "Calm down." He said again in a less
fierce tone. "What 'won't' you do?"
 
Ben hiccuped as he leaned forward, surprising them all, as he nuzzled wearily
into the cops stiff shoulder. "I have to stay with Luke or Albedo will not like
it." He weakly spoke before going limp.
 
"Where's that damn Ambulance!" Luke was frantic now as he felt the teen's
weakening pulse.
 
"It's here!" Luke swiftly, with far too much ease than he liked, lifted Ben's
body up and ran to meet the EMT's as they began pulling their equipment out.
 
"Hurry up and take us to the hospital!" he shouted as they looked stunned while
they pushed all of it back into the emergency vehicle as Luke jumped in,
protectively holding Ben to his chest, before the EMT's demanded him to place
the thin form on the stretcher.
***** In Bed, in trouble *****
-When one falls down, someone helps to pick up the pieces and pulls you to your
feet, but when someone drags you down no one ever comes to save you-
Ben opened his eyes to stare at the sleeping form on the bed pulled next to
him. He pulled at his wrist, still restraint, and he moaned out Luke's name.
Said cop woke up startled before looking at Ben.
"Shit." He moved forward nearly falling out of the high bed just to get a
doctor into the room. "Hey, he's awake." He turned back to stare into Ben's
green acid eyes with a smile of relief.
It had been a week since Ben was brought in here, his wounds were healing
nicely, and his parents had arrived over three times that week, once to
identify that this was their son, and then for random visits. They never were
good, Luke realized, when Carl Tennyson, Ben's dad, had asked if he and his
wife could talk to their son alone, Luke had nodded. That had been their first
time visiting and the reason Ben was cuffed to his bed. He had turned ballistic
when he realized Luke wasn't in the room. He had reopened a few of the wounds,
nearly chomped off his tongue, and he attacked his own father who tried to calm
his boy down.
The doctors and cops decided that any visits were to be held with Luke in
attendance; even his boss decided that this would be a good idea to keep him
with Ben considering… After Ben's admittance into the hospital there had been a
letter sitting on the bed waiting for him, Ben, and Luke written by the one who
had started this 'game'.
"I'm thirsty." Ben brought Luke out of his thoughts causing the cop to nod and
bring the straw to the younger's chapped lips. A few sips and Ben beamed,
emotions finally returning almost as if he was given the 'okay'.
"How're you holding up?" Ben gave another warm smile. "I'll take that as a
great, kid." he chuckled as he sat in the chair.
A knock on the door brought his attention to the doctor who smiled, "How's our
survivor?"
"The usual, but he's smiling, so I hope that means he's getting better." The
doctor nodded running a few tests before nodded as she turned.
"His vitals are normal." She made to leave before looking to the side. "Oh,
Luke, Ben's cousin and friend arrived earlier; do you think Ben is up for
visitors today?" Luke gave a small nod as he moved a little bit back, but still
in view for Ben.
A teen, maybe a year older than Ben who was only sixteen, walked in with a
girl, he knew instantly that this was Gwen Tennyson. Her eyes were identical to
Ben's as she rushed forward tears in her emerald gaze as she called Ben's name.
The first thing Luke feared was Ben screaming or trying to lash out, but he
didn't seem to do anything but freeze as if hoping that this would 'appease'
someone.
"Shit, Ben, you look like hell." The boy spoke with a low threat and worry
sitting in the chair Luke had earlier sat upon when he woke up and the doctor
scanned over Ben.
"He doesn't talk much, erm…"
"Kevin." Luke nodded as the older black haired teen gave his name.
"Kevin." Luke moved to stand closer to the two teens as they watched their
friend and cousin look warily between the two than to Luke as if hoping for
some answers. "They know you, Ben." Ben gave a nervous look again. "This girl
is Gwen, your cousin." Kevin and Gwen looked at Luke confused as to why he was
explaining to Ben who they were. "This is Kevin, your friend."
"I don't like them." Ben gave another look at the two before closing his eyes.
Kevin, Luke noticed, was beginning to look angered by Ben's words and growing
silence while Gwen had broken down in sobs.
"Sorry, I think it is best if you two-." Luke started but was stopped as Kevin
jumped to his feet and growled at Ben.
"Tennyson," he spat as the boy opened his eyes to stare into the black orbs of
his friend. "What the hell is your problem?" Luke watched as Ben's lips pulled
back and he rushed into action pulling Kevin and Gwen, with difficulty due to
Kevin's strength, out the door before he heard Ben beginning to scream from
being unable to see Luke.
"You are not going to be allowed back if you do that again, got that, Kevin."
Luke turned and walked back into the room as two doctors rushed in after him.
Kevin looked down as Ben's screams died down a little, "What the hell did that
bastard do to him, Gwen?" the girl didn't answer as she dropped down to her
knees crying.
***** Wounded Soul *****
-Days might heal wounds, but memories are gained through a great trial, but
what trial is it that causes our memories to be so scared-
Ben couldn't sleep at all as he thought of how defensive Kevin became, he
wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he actually remembered both Gwen and Kevin and
it had surprised him because he didn't have anything before Albedo named him
and allowed him to have a family. So in this odd situation he said the one
thing that he hoped would make them realize that 'they were wrong'.
"You still awake, Ben?" Luke groaned out as he turned to face Ben's owl like
eyes. "Get some sleep, kid, your body still needs it." Ben didn't seem to want
to agree as his eyes showed that his mind still was working on something that
troubled some part of him. "Fine, what is it?" Luke sat up, lying down would
make him tired.
"I know them." Luke raised a brow. "Kevin and Gwen… I know I've never met them
before in my life, but… I know them." Luke seemed to brighten at this though,
only that fact that he slightly remembered them.
"Their your friends and family, Ben, from before Albedo took you five years
ago." He wasn't sure what he was going to say now. "Ben, you have to realize
that when everyone learned that Albedo, the mass rapist and murder, had taken
you they all just put down that you were dead… You're the first to be alive
after… after what that bastard does."
Ben wasn't sure what he was saying but he nodded. It didn't make sense with
what Albedo had told him every day for as long as he could remember.
"Ben, go to sleep." Luke's voice was soothing enough for Ben to drift off.
-
Kevin knocked on the door waiting for Luke, the cop watching Ben's best friend,
to open and talk to him. He wanted to know what had happened yesterday and what
his friend must have gone through, no one would tell him anything.
"Oh, hi." Luke looked at him than at the bed with Ben on it. "What do you
want?"
"I want answers." Luke, Kevin watched, narrowed his eyes as he gave a sigh
resigning. "What happened to Ben yesterday?"
Luke didn't respond as he looked around the hospital than to close the door in
Kevin's flustering face before opening it wide with a chair next to it. He
seemed to desire to be close to Ben, Kevin wanted to know why more than ever
now.
"He was confused; Kevin, Ben had a traumatic experience-." Kevin snapped that
he already knew that. "His brain," Luke pushed with a little force, "made him
forget and believed everything his captor told him… it was a coping method that
might or might not go away." Luke gave a deep breath as he slouched in his
chair.
"So… he might never return to the 'Ben' I knew five years ago?" Kevin felt the
frantic rush of fear and guilt wash through his heart.
"He's been gone for five years enduring everything his captor made him do or
did to him." Kevin leaned against the wall as Luke went on. "At that moment
yesterday he had a spark that he knew you two; it frightened him and that must
have been new to him."
"NEW!" Kevin spat out with a raised tone before lowering it down. "He was put
through hell for all we know and just seeing his cousin and me made him scared-
don't give me that bull, cop, got it!"
"Lower your tone, kid, and don't wake Ben up!" Snapped the cop and he spun out
of his chair to slam Kevin's shoulder into the wall. "I've been at his side for
this whole ordeal! Hell, I was fucking picked by that bastard to 'watch' over
your friend until he decides whatever is on his mind that needs to be sorted
out…"
Kevin watched as all the fight faded from Luke shoulders, "You didn't capture
Ben's torturer?" he whispered. Luke chuckled a weak 'no' before he felt Kevin
shake with fury. "He's still out there… still… you didn't stop him!" a hand
flew to Kevin's mouth stopping him from speaking in a higher tone by Luke who
hauled Kevin up a little straighter.
"Let me tell you something, Kevin, Ben came to us for some twisted game that
bastard is planning." Kevin didn't do anything while the cop rant until he
pulled back much calmer than before. "Kevin, why don't you go check on your
friend, it could be good for him… but don't lose your temper or I won't permit
you back, got it, kid?" Kevin's grin was child like as he rushed in and sat
down, Ben still asleep, and he began talking about the most random things; Luke
chuckled while listening in.
Kevin stayed far past the visiting time, but the doctors were stunned that even
after Ben had woken up he allowed Kevin to refill him on what he had missed,
and he was granted more time and chance to stay the night with Luke's word
saying he'd make sure Kevin didn't rile up Ben like last time for the boy's
health and mind.
***** Finding Even Ground *****
-The mind is curious but deadly, it can cope with anything though it does it
with strange and unnerving methods-
During the hours that had pasted Ben had grown fonder of Kevin's presence even
starting a conversation with the other teen about what he did with his life and
Luke was mildly stunned to learn that the teen owned and ran his own garage
that was already popularly known, not by him but Phil told him that even the
police used his shop for repairs, and Luke grew jealous that nothing mechanic
or machine like had worked for him at the boys age… or even now.
"Yeah, I… I'm glad your back, Ben." Kevin stated as he messed up the hair that
had grown far too long in the week since it was trimmed back upon entering the
hospital. "Hey, cop, do you think he can eat something other than hospital
food? … he's so thin." Luke pursed his lips in thought making Kevin snicker a
little at the girlish look, before he turned and walked to the door looking for
a doctor who worked on Ben's case.
"Ah, Ma'am." He called out spotting the main one that did checkups. "Is it okay
if we give Ben some outside food?" the doctor didn't seem pleased with this but
as she looked over the chart she gave a sigh of resignation.
"I think at the time being a small portion won't cause too much problems, but-
!" she stressed out. "I don't want anything that is greasy, got it."
Ben perked up at this, all three noticed, as he gave a feline smile, "Can I
have chili fries?" Kevin busted out laughing because that was the 'teen' thing
to say, but the other two were more worried. Ben had only asked if he could eat
small portions that were more considered leftovers from dinner or scraps from a
meal.
"Why do you want that?" Luke asked with the doctor right at his heels stating.
"I'm sorry, Ben, but chili fries are what I classy as Greasy." The look on his
face dropped as he seemed to give up on the idea of actually eating at that
point.
"Oh, okay… I'm not actually hungry anyways." Ben gave a small smile as he
closed his eyes making it seem as if he was falling asleep.
"Shesh, doc, he looked happy as a four year old on Christmas and you strike him
down with the words 'you got nothing'." Kevin glared as he slouched to the spot
by Ben's bed, it was nearing seven and the smoothie place was nearly closing in
an hour and a half; Kevin was sure Ben would love to have gone there at least
once before 'who knew what' happened to him.
"Doctor," she interrupted Luke to ask him to call her Alicia. "Alicia, we both
know his condition is getting worse, I think it would be a great idea to
indulge and see if this helps him actually eat something for once instead of
injected nutrition, please?" Alice seemed to agree with Luke's weak, but
extremely given, argument.
"Fine, but I don't want my patent to be sick… we don't know what foreign food
he's ingested over these five years." Luke seemed to frown at that, he knew of
how hard it was for people to try something new and not get 'too' sick from it.
"Fine, I'll make it a small, does that work?" the doctor gave a small and
fragile understanding nod before turning and calling to a doctor for a specific
forum.
-Not all foods we can eat without fear of some form of death, take the off
chance you might find out you'll never live again from it-
After half an hour of work, a few calls to the parents and one cousin, they
decided that Luke would drive Ben, Kevin, and Gwen, barely dropped off by her
cousin's parents, to the smoothing shack. The four in the car seemed to be on
some high for each a different reason, color had returned in small measurements
to Ben's face as he watched everything go by. Kevin and Gwen enjoyed seeing
their friend/cousin extremely happy as if this was another trip from that
horrid summer camping experience.
"So," Luke asked pulling into the parking lot and turning around with a pen in
his hand the other holding paper. "I'll buy. So, what do you guys want." Kevin
smirked as he ordered chili fries and a banana strawberry smoothie. Gwen just a
plain strawberry smoothie before looking at Ben, as the others had.
"I'll have the chili fries… um, banana, avocado, and seaweed smoothie if they
have it… if not what Kevin has…" Ben blushed slightly before returning his gaze
to the outside world and watching the people give wide berth to the cop car
with three people in the back of the tinted car which they could barely tell
the faces.
"Alright…" Luke responded slowly with hesitance. "I'll see what I can do." Ben
turned to give a smile before nodding.
"Thanks, Luke."
Elsewhere nearby the excited four sat Albedo as he leaned forward lazily while
being supported upright by his knee from where he sat awkwardly on the bench
all the while sipping a banana, avocado, and seaweed smoothie he loved so much…
which Ben also loved so much and the chili fries which the two ate for the last
five years twice a week before bed.
"Exactly as I planned." He sipped before realizing that the smoothie was gone.
"It's a shame you only have so long, Ben, to figure out why I gave you this
small amount of life back." He stood and left but soon it would be best not to
come back; the clerk at the desk would surely find it funny that another person
was requesting his desired smoothie if he did not accompany.
Yes, it would be a horrible loss, but one he could and always can live with
until a new fetish came with the next victim.
"Or the same one, but I'll be ready for a new… love-lust between us."
Luke sighed as he came up to the counter, credit card in hand, and looked at
the order. "One strawberry smoothie. One Banana strawberry smoothie. Two small
chili fries… uh, by the off chance do you mix drinks?"
The woman behind the counter laughed as she nodded, "What type do you want?"
"Avacado, banana, and seaweed?" Luke looked to the left rubbing the back of his
head. This was embarrassing.
"Wow, you're the second person to order that in the last half hour." The woman
looked a bit taken back before she nodded turning around and beginning to get
the ingredients.
Luke blinked a bit surprised, "What do you mean by that?" was it really… common
of a smoothie? He wouldn't think so, it sounded disgusting to him.
"Oh, for the last five years we get the same man coming in here asking for two
of them. He's always stating it is for his baby brother… He came in today and
he bought one… we thought it was a bit… weird, but I guess his brother isn't
with him today." She set the two banana smoothies down before working on the
avocado, banana, and seaweed. "He's really weird to, you know, always smiling
at the teens when they come in. He always says, 'They die so young'. Whatever
that means."
The woman in the next booth chuckled as she walked near them for her own
customer, "That is an easy one. I doubt he even has a brother anymore. He
probably is just celebrating alone this year and not at that stupid graveyard.
I know for a fact that that man is ALWAYS at the graveyard." She walked behind
the double doors to the kitchen.
Luke blinked before he frowned, "Ever learned his name?"
"Yeah, after a while we just asked, gets boring saying 'sir sir'. He said his
name was Ben Kirby. Funny last name, don'cha think?" she set down the smoothie
and the fires. "The total is $14.56, uh…"
"Luke, I'm a cop." The woman smiled wider at his name and what he worked.
"You get a discount then. The total is $9. 43." Luke leaned forward making the
woman tilt her head again.
"And I'm going to need to see your security tapes for that man."
Luke came out of the building handing the drinks and food to the three in the
back before setting the video tape in the passenger seat. He sighed before
pulling his hand held up, "Ninner ninner, Dane, come in."
A man's muffled voice came in, "Yeah, this is Dane."
"Call the hospital, tell them Tennyson is going to the police station…. Oh
yeah, Dane… got some bad news… we got five years worth of videotapes to go
through." Luke shut off the handheld before pulling out. The two in the back,
one not really caring as he began gorging himself on his food, looked at Luke
concerned.
"What is going on?"
"Well, good news is, we got a lead on the case, bad news is we got a lead on
the case and it's from Ben's drink." Luke made a face as the pulled onto the
road and began driving to the station. "Ben, what did you and Albedo usually
eat or drink?"
"Tuesdays and Thursdays… before bed…" Ben swallowed his food smiling. "Chili
cheese fries and a smoothie. Other days nothing, Albedo 'ate' if you consider
blood being food." The car grew colder as they all looked at Ben, Luke from the
rear view mirror.
"Repeat that?" Luke questioned.
"Blood," Ben motioned with his thumb across his throat, "that is what he
normally ate." Luke felt sick to his stomach, he could tell the others did as
well as they set their drinks down, and he pulled into the parking lot of the
police station.
He quickly got out and allowed the three also to come out before he walked
behind them into the station. Dane rushed forward his glasses slightly slipping
from his nose, "Hey, what are those two doing here?"
"No time to drop them off put them on a bench… Ben, come with me… we got more
questions to ask… but… mind watching a video?" Ben nodded as he set his cup
down and walked behind Luke to the room that he wanted to go to.
***** My will, I thought truth *****
Chapter Notes
     Happy EASTER
-Upon our mantel our memory fades, but horror of a scene captured in photo
brings out the devil in us all-
Ben froze as he looked at Albedo looking into the camera at him. He felt his
body tremble slightly before he reached out and touched the face, his finger
trailing down Albedo's body, before tears welled up in his eyes that he fought
not to spill over. He looked questioningly at Luke who looked at the picture of
Albedo.
Luke gave a soft smile as he tapped on the window to announce they finally had
Albedo's picture. They finally could tell the world what that bastard looked
like. Albedo had given them his end with Ben still being alive. "Come on, why
don't we go back to the hospi-." Luke watched as Ben's face twisted before he
stood up and looked around the room his teeth slowing showing as Ben pulled
back his lips in snarl.
"He gave me my name!" Luke was taken back as he was slammed into the wall, he
didn't expect that from Ben, before he was pushed to the floor his head being
lifted up and slammed back onto the ground. "He gave me my name!" Luke blinked
as all he could see was Ben on top of him tears spilling down his face onto
Luke's.
"GET OFF HIM!" Luke knew that voice… who was it? Ben dropped his head down
rubbing his cheek, longingly, against Luke's. He was still crying as he wrapped
his arms over and under Luke's head before Luke realized he was being held.
"Why did give me …" Ben didn't finish as he was pulled up and off Luke before
tossed to the corner a few guns on him as he shivered and pulled his legs up
into a ball he soon looked to be.
"Luke?" Luke looked into Dane's face before smiling, he tasted blood… that
wasn't good.
"Damn… we didn't see that… we… damn, it looks like he tried caving in your
head." Luke turned his face to look at the ceiling before he winced.
"We got the picture?" he questioned as Phil came into his view nodding with his
gun out.
"Good… I… I think I'm going to pass out now…" Phil's and Dane's eyes grew as
they tried to keep Luke awake but they couldn't stop it.
Phil looked at Dane before at Ben's bed then to Luke's. Luke, persistence of
the doctor's on Ben's case, had placed him here with Ben who was heavily
sedated. They didn't like the fact that Ben became violent from just seeing
Albedo's face and body. The man in the picture, dyed white hair, was around
Luke's age in his mid 30's. Tall, muscular build. The man was evil and they
knew for a fact he had been doing this sort of thing for fifteen years.
"Thirty years old… he was… Can you believe this? Fifteen when he did that-,"
Dane pointed to Ben, "to his first victim." Dane shivered as he looked downward
at his hands with a shaky breath. "The only thing is… looking back at all the
photos… Damn, why didn't we see the connection before, Phil?"
"We weren't looking at that, we were just looking for the corpse." Phil turned
his head as he relaxed into the chair he was sitting in watching out the
window. "They all look alike and from Albedo's picture… they look alike to a
point."
"The key… the key to break this case." Dane looked at Ben before at Luke as the
man shifted his head groggily waking up. "Hey!" Phil and Dane shot out of their
seats and rushing to Luke's side as the man opened his eyes and blinked
owlishly to them.
"Hey, man!" Dane smirked as he and Phil greet, with caution, when Luke woke up
a slight groan coming out of his lips before sheer panic overcame the man in
the bed. Dane carefully pushed Luke back onto the bed giving Phil a look that
made the other nod slightly and leave to get a nurse for the downed yet waking
up cop.
When a man rushed in, dark blue scrubs under his white coat, shifted to get
Dane to move he looked over the cop who was blinking profusely eyes adjusting
and then another groan as the doctor checked his pupil dilation and smiled,
"Glad to see you awake, how do you feel? Nauseated?"
"When you shined that light, yeah." Luke shifted slightly being helped up into
a sitting position where his lungs were tested and his eyes turned to Ben on
the other bed beside him, "What... happened?"
"You were taken down by the kid, Luke. He pretty much cracked your skull.
You've been our a whole day." Phil stated pulling one of the chairs over when
the doctor said to take it easy and they'd be back in a bit for more tests.
Dane snorted knowing Luke would protest a bit to them but would relent anyways.
Dane smiled at his best friend sitting down to the side opposite of Phil, "We
got a warrant on that bastard. We're hoping things go well enough in the first
few months to get any sort of leads." Dane leaned back looking at Ben on the
other side of the room, "Kid's knocked out also. They didn't want to take any
chances until they could make sure you were fine to wake him up."
Luke nodded his head before he made a small coughing sound. With a sigh he laid
flat again, "So, we have any clues to why the kid flipped out on me and kept
saying his name was given to him by that bastard?"
Both other cops shook their heads before sighing a bit more. It still was a
mystery for the trio but they figured when Ben awoke that would question it
like any interrogation with kids.
***** I need to feel something *****
-Things are not always as they seem, but that doesn't mean the unseen are
there-
It was as if a switch in his head turned on. To him, at that exact moment, Ben
felt the desire to be punished. The growing need to be taken like a cheap
whore, which Albedo had said before he was as such taken. Ben could not think
straight with this lust growing in his stomach but he knew when his eyes opened
that that pleasure he had felt with Albedo, his master, was one that would not
be given again. His head turn and spotted a mess of long shoulder length hair,
black, from the one who he now knew as Kevin. His eyes lightened up just enough
that when Ben's eyes finished examining the other teens body he knew he wanted
it pressed against him.
'Would he be rough? Take me like Albedo?' Ben wanted that to feel the weight of
a knife or metal of any sort to be clasped around his hand, along his body.
The mere thought of it was enough to send Ben into a wave of overpowering
hunger, "Kevin." He moaned out shifting his shoulders. That was when he felt
the first tug on his hands of something soft holding him to metal bars on the
side of the bed. His eyes lazily looked down at them until his mind purred. Oh
god, he couldn't stop the surge of fearful want. Would it feel just as good
with Kevin as being taken so violently that he became ill for days as it would
be for Albedo? He begged with his eyes to the black haired well developed teen
that he'd be fine with it.
The shocked, fear, and disgusted look was returned making the brown green eyed
strapped down boy confused. Was there something wrong with Kevin for him to
give that look? Or... Was there something wrong with Ben that would cause such
a look like that?
Fear grew on Ben's face as Kevin stood up heading out the door looking as if to
find a bathroom. Ben slightly heard Albedo's voice mocking him for being such a
failure.
Ben's eyes turned to another person he had not seen before in the room. The
eyes looked sad before they took Levin's seat and just stared at Ben, "Sorry,
kid, that ain't going to happen." The guy looked behind a curtain looking at
someone, "Do you know why you are strapped down?"
A small quick nod came back from the boy a few minutes later, "Can you tell me
why, kid?"
The boy nibbled on his lower lip until he opened his mouth, "Because I need to
be punished and taught again what I have failed. To listen. "
The guy blinked though paling a few shades then shaking his head. The person
behind the screen yelled a bit angrily. It caused Ben to blink and then smile
before the smile waned. He shifted struggling in the bonds, "Luke, why are you
behind that?"
"Sorry, would have it down if not for the fact I'm getting pinned down." The
cop, the one Ben had to stay with, spoke in a low annoyed tone. "Hey, Ben, why
do you feel that you need to be punished?"
"Because I deserve it, I want to feel it." Ben smiled in thought of taking such
pleasure again.
"Ben, you are not going to be beaten." The one sitting in his friends chair
said.
"So... No sex?" The sheer disgruntled sound out of how Ben put it in a tone
that made it seem as if normal for sex to be in a conversation over punishment.
Phil shifted uncomfortable now before he laughed, "I am not kidding!" Ben
grumbled at the lack of response.
"Kid you're confused and hurt. Shut up, no one is having sex with you for any
reason other than 'love', if you understand."
Ben's eyes widened before he looked away sad the thought not enjoying it at
all. He wanted to feel needed in the way or any way but he wasn't sure if he
would.
Albedo wasn't happy at all. He wasn't expecting Ben to lose it so fully. To
attack the one Albedo had assigned to him because Ben had become protective of
Albedo. He frowned thinking a bit over how strong he had pulled the child's
will towards him. He would have to leave a message to Ben. His pets couldn't
fight just yet.
Albedo smiled a bit then he got up from his current hideout. He chuckled a bit
shifting and he was safely walking out of the warehouse and thinking long
enough before he turned to buy a gift for Ben. Oh he knew Ben was going to love
it.
***** Daunting Reality *****
-All things given are taken so easily by another who hasn't given anything-
Kevin's eyes looked at the package next to his mail on the counter that was
between his front room and his dining room. He growled unsure on it before he
moved closer giving it a hard glare. It had the name 'Benjamin Kirby Tennyson'
written across the top from a person named 'Odebla'. Kevin wasn't stupid and he
knew the name even backwards. It was that bastard who ruined his friends life.
With a final glare he moved to open it but wondered if it would be a good idea
to call the people who were taking care of the case over this? He frowned
before giving up opening the package letting his curiosity take control. He
could handle anything that sick bastard sent him...
Alright...
Maybe he was lying on that when he stared at the small dart he extracted from
his neck turned it around in his fingers before the world turned black and he
fell to the ground. Maybe he had thought Albedo was that stupid since he did
'hurt' people for a living, but of course Kevin never counted in the fact
Albedo did hurt people for a living and had gotten away with so many years of
it from Ben's life.
Luke paused when one of the cops stationed out in the hallway told them of a
letter addressed to Ben came from Kevin but the message was clearly from the
rapist, Albedo. They all, except Ben, looked at each other with some degree of
worry and confusion.
This wasn't such a good thing. Kevin didn't fit Albedo's profile. They shifted
for a bit in their spots but Luke reluctantly sat still watching the others
leave after some time. Though he did demand to see the letter to figure out the
meaning behind Kevin's abduction and the 'written' words.
As time passed and an hour had went Luke shifted getting up out of the bed with
a bit of difficulty due to how hard it was to not stumble. His head still swam
at times but he moved closer to Ben happily. He growled pleased when he sat
down on the chair sliding it more to Ben's bed side. He took a breath then he
hummed head slipping forward onto Ben's bed.
"You don't look good, Luke." Ben frowned looking rather surprised and he found
that he could slightly touch and move his hand through Luke's hair. It was
soft, a bit oily, and Luke seemed to seek to be closer to Ben's hand happily.
Luke couldn't see but Ben's smile grew even wider eyes roaming Luke's
shoulders.
It stayed like this for a while before Luke looked up starting to drift off as
a person in the room was smiling at them. Luke paused noting the police uniform
and he couldn't really piece together that the hair looked rather off. The eyes
as well. It was as if his head was spinning and his eyes so hazed by drugs he
had been given.
Luke could feel a bit of pain on his scalp when Ben's hand pulling
uncomfortably. Though in a way he didn't find it all that problematic since the
boy was struggling at that time with sexual urges. Luke shifted when Ben
relaxed his hand and Ben seemed to be talking to someone. The conversation
seemed to be more one sided with Ben listening rather than putting his two
thoughts he obviously had with how he massaged or gripped Luke's hair.
Ben was quiet as the cop left and Luke smiled as he started to wake up more to
more touches. At first to his scalp that felt abused then to his shoulders and
lastly to his back. He felt rather content as he looked up at an uncuffed
emotionally abused teenager who had been raped his whole life in essence when
words reached his ears, "Luke we need to leave. Come with me?"
Somehow Luke didn't seem opposed to the idea. As he stood up his eyes landed
strangely on the two different needles on the bed and his ears picked up the
faint but should be so much louder and clearer bell of the fire alarm.
Luke felt a sinking in his gut as Ben carried his weight and words whispered to
him set Luke into a near broken down crying mess.
"Bring back my brother, let me hold him tight, bring back my brother so I can
worship him as he dies."
***** Lost Once More *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
-if you can be another person would you take it if the other option was that
much more gruesome-
Luke knew something was wrong with himself as he laid curled on his side in a
ball his stomach twisting, his head throbbing, and vomit had unfortunately
gotten into his hair and on the side of his face. He was feeling as if drugged
and beaten.
But I am drugged... I was beaten, and he knew that the alarms screaming in his
head to get up should have hinted that something was wrong. Something he had to
do, fight for, was wrong. But when he did find the strength to look up and see
the swimming world so distorted.
He found Ben sitting in the seat in front of him but the shoulders bare should
have given him a hint that Ben was naked. Or the tangy smell of copper that he
occasionally tasted on his tongue. Or the words from whoever was driving that
sent shivers down his back and his throat to twist and dry up.
Luke was scared. He had reason to be scared. He was knocked up so bad on
narcotics that his vomit looks like rabbits swimming in green slime!
-----
Ben was uneasy at the fact the smell in the car was offsetting. He was tense to
the hand on his knee rubbing the thought of Kevin crossed his mind. Kevin
visited him every day. Kevin spent time arguing on Ben's behalf. Kevin was
taken by Albedo like Albedo was now taking him again, but this time with a
twist of Luke thrown in this hellish nightmare in the others poor condition.
The cop had started crying when they were leaving. Ben had never thought he'd
see someone break down like that but Ben remembered they had said Albedo was
bad. Albedo 'raped' people, whatever that meant, and that Albedo killed people.
So, yes, Ben was confused but it was a strange confusion that made him actually
start thinking. He liked Luke. Luke was like someone strong Ben wanted as a
father figure, strangely Ben had a father Albedo granted him but that father
wasn't like Luke. That father was busy and visited rarely as the mother Albedo
gave him.
Then there was Gwen, she visited as much as she could. At times looking so
broken down. So bruised, so... beaten up. She made trips. She made plans. She
brought gifts or tried like Kevin to do things for him that Ben wanted. As if
Ben was a normal person. That made Ben happy.
He had not once yearned for Albedo has he had when he woke up. He had not
desired to be with the other white haired red eyed man since he had beaten Luke
up over seeing Albedo's face.
'And I didn't want to see Albedo's face... I was happy without Albedo. I was
'loved' without Albedo. And Luke was sad and crying and... and...'
"Ben?" Albedo called out, "What's wrong? I thought you would be happy I came to
get you?"
"I am," Ben whispered, "But I want to go back. Can I?"
The low mirthless chuckle said 'no' and Ben felt for the first time, so
familiar that it had not happen in years, fear.
"Oh it looks like you've gotten some fire back into you. Don't worry, Ben,
you'll see them all again. I promise." Albedo's words made Ben feel hollow. He
lowered his head and he felt he was crying harder.
Words of his first time seeing Luke crept to his mind 'He killed them all, why
did he spare this one?' and Ben felt he knew why. Albedo was looking for a new
high. New fun. New...
Didn't Luke look like Albedo without the white hair and red eyes or was Ben
seeing something he shouldn't have in this moment of fear trying to place some
comfort in something that was obviously preposterous... and yet Ben thought
upon it because it was a distraction his brain desired from the wandering hand
and the obvious lust the bastard who harmed Kevin was enjoying from Ben's
willing, albeit shaking, body.
Chapter End Notes
     Ohh... wonder what this realization is that looks like prior victims.
***** Caged Again *****
-Thou I walk upon the heaven's hearth, I fear my heart is tugging and
spiralling down into the murky depths of a past I tried not to wish upon memory
lane.-
Kevin's eyes were trained upon the door in the dark room where he had seen it
open several times. His head was still thudding in a dull ache from the attacks
that had come on and off for a whole day. His lower body still pained by the
assault, not rape he was thankful for but in away he knew the cops and others
would classify it as such. Toys used, red with dried blood, sharp edged, and of
course he could not forget about the damn styrofoam baseball bat he swore had a
metal center.
He didn't walk, nor did he dare attempt because this spot he was in was the
only dry spot in this god forsaken room he had found after an hour or more of
wandering the ridiculously large for a single captive room Though another
reason he was here was because he didn't want to know what was coating his legs
and feet. He didn't want to know what that scurrying sound was, he didn't want
to know what that damn smell that clung to this room like a disease, he did not
want to know what occasionally scuttled over his feet, and by god did he not
want to know what was on those toys or in fact the one still lodged so deep
inside him he couldn't REACH it. And that thing in him was hurting greatly.
Did Ben go through this with this bastard? Feeling so trapped in a dark, dank,
smelly, god awful... Kevin flinched as the door was open and there stood that
bastard in all his glory the light surrounding him in a blinding white turning
his silhouette into a black void.
"Ah, Kevin, good you're aware more. Are you enjoying your toy?" That bastard
spoke with disgust in his voice.
"Screw you, bastard!" Kevin spat back trying to sit up seeing the arm lifted
and a sudden spot of movement from the toy sending him down onto the floor
grabbing his stomach tightening his legs as it hurt. He still felt the god damn
gunk around his inner thighs. He hated this device forcing his body to have
soiled himself.
The bastard laughed stepping in a foot or so before bending down, "Don't be
like that. Once you're ... properly trained you'll be the intro to my new game,
boy." Kevin paused feeling eyes roaming his naked body and he shivered
disgusted. "Granted you lack my usual 'tack' in taste but..." Albedo stood up,
"One must not always settle for beauty in the design of an ever lasting perfect
plan." He turned, "I'll send Ben to fetch you when it is time for you to be
used." He smiled at even as Kevin had a growl in his throat as Albedo was out
of the room
"I will...kill you... bastard!"
Albedo walked over to the bed looking down at the cop with a sigh. He sat down
and he started to tend to the wounds in his normal detached method. He had
gotten so use to this over his life and his victims. He smiled finished and he
looked over the tan, muscled, body and Albedo was smiling.
Things would change. Things would be better soon. Soon his plan involving Ben
would be fulfilled.
Ben sat alone in the room his legs pulled up to his chest and he thought
slightly over things. he was missing Luke for the protection the other gave. He
was missing Kevin and Gwen for the ability to feel wanted. He was missing the
outside, granted he had been in the hospital. He wasn't sure why he was for so
long. But as he looked over his wounds he figured why. They still looked
horrible and still needed time to heal.
With a long drawn out breath he laid back hearing the sounds of the door
opening to this room before closing and locking with a key Ben was sure to be
placed somewhere upon Albedo's body Ben looked up eyeing the man who was
looking at the boys body.
Ben shivered in fear his legs crossed in a sort of form of protecting what he
knew Albedo would soon come to steal. To maim... rape.
Ben looked away as Albedo moved over to his body. Ben nearly yelped in fear as
he felt Albedo move pulling his legs apart. Ben's eyes moved catching Albedo's
blood red eyes and the sadistic smirk. With a small breath Ben closed his eyes
looking away. He couldn't stop this. He knew his body wanted Albedo.
Albedo chuckled as he slowly moved lying his body on top of the boys, "Don't be
like that. We have a while before we have to do anything... dirty. Let us just
enjoy being back together. I missed you terribly, Ben. So, so terribly."
"I missed you as well." Ben whispered, "I missed... so much." Ben felt these
were the words to be spoken. He could see how 'happy' Albedo was with this
response.
***** I’m a Doctor *****
-I sentence myself to death. I have surrendered and for such an act I become my
own grotesque monster.-
Ben's, eyes watered, rose as his back had arched in a way he had never felt
once in his life. He was drooling and his eyes that had been staring at nothing
turned and caught the red eyes that were over his body. This was their first
time together in a way that was opposite of a knife in Ben's hands and Albedo
pounding into his body in such a demented abusing way. Ben's eyes closed when
something, a pleasured sound, left his lips and he wanted to scream. Not ten
feet away on a bed of white with straps and vines and other 'things' that kept
the captured near dead cop alive. The cops weak looking eyes was trained on
them. His eyes showed his sorrow of failing to protect Ben.
The other looked so pasty that Ben knew the sexual pleasure he was doing would
hopefully pay out. Albedo had promised to let him go. To free Luke and return
him to a hospital for care, proper care. What Ben didn't know was that the
medicine and blood was what was causing such a bad reaction in Luke's body.
Albedo was doing much to make these last few hours perfect. He had to get
things ready before he set his plan into motion on the final stage.
Albedo grinned as he laid his head down finally finished with the pleasuring.
Reforming a bond that was starting to vanish due to the absence of Albedo in
Ben's life. He rolled over onto the bed thinking, "Ben, I have a few questions
I need to ask of you. You must be honest. How do you feel towards Luke now
after you have spent time with the other?"
Ben paused then looked at Luke before at Albedo, "I... He is much like you? He
is safe."
Albedo smiled, "And of that 'Levin' boy?"
Ben didn't understand these questions but as he leaned closer to seek to hide
his face in Albedo's bare chest he thought carefully of this answer, "He is my
friend who I deeply care for."
"Which one do you want me to kill." Albedo laughed when he heard Luke thrash
weakly against his restraints and he knew that boy he was enjoying playing
with, so much more violent as he was older never having experienced this before
at the age Ben had. Albedo was loving this new game he had formed ten years
prior. "Well?"
"I... I don't want either of them to die."
"Wrong." Albedo leaned in kissing Ben's lips, "Pick one that you want to keep
alive. Your friend or Luke."
Ben started to cry at this before he rolled over and tried to fight back the
thoughts he knew were going to show on his face while thinking this over.
Albedo never asked him these things. Albedo never played these games before...
Albedo never... never... Ben tensed as he felt a knife placed in his hands from
Albedo's own calloused ones. He noticed then the black hunting knife even more
by the semi familiar weight. The same if not brand new than the one he had used
his whole life with Albedo. He felt his stomach drop before he looked
questioningly at Albedo, "Why?"
"Because I am making you an offer you cannot deny. If you do not choose they
both die and we'll use that Gwen girl. I hate woman, you know this Ben, I would
rather flay them alive than use them in fun." Albedo stood up, "I'll bring
Kevin in here. You will them tell them both how you feel about them. Then you
will fuck them." Albedo smirked seeing the pale, drastically pale, look on the
tan boys face the green eyes suddenly upon Luke's body. Albedo could see the
way the other now suddenly looked at Luke differently. 'Fuck them' was a hidden
message he had long since drilled into Ben's mind. It was the final meaning,
final stage, in the development in what Albedo wanted the boy to be. Ben's mind
would only think upon sex, the pleasure of what he had always listened to form
Albedo. The words had wrung tue and it was now taking hold over every first
prior emotions and actions before he spoke them.
Then slowly on another thought he began to think of this almost with a zealous
and humours 'X' factor incident. Albedo had thought that Ben's father would
have been the second person he would have to use for this game not a friend who
was not related, yet after much hard earned digging had shown to have tied to
Albedo's cause, but it paid off because this person had fought and stayed and
cared for Ben better than Albedo thought the father would.
"Me... on their cocks?" Ben questioned with a silent, aroused voice at the
thought of being taken by another and Albedo watched the way the knife traced
the stomach of his own body without his mind knowing.
"No, Ben, you will only ever be taken by me, understand?" Albedo demanded in a
voice that stated respect him or expect pain.
"Yes..." Ben flushed then rolled out of the bed and he walked slowly over to
Luke the other's eyes widening by the second seeing the lust overpowering the
concern. The desire that had attached itself to Ben the time in the hospital
when he needed to be taken returning full force. Though Luke felt in his hazy
mind this was a different desire. The want to see how it felt to be the one who
was in control. To be the one taking and not the one underneath. The power,
Luke saw flashing over Ben's face, showed such hunger for it. The desire to
take charge.
Luke nearly gasped when he heard the laugh and the door closing. He felt his
throat dry as he desperately tried to speak to wake Ben up from this strange
desire. This want to be the one to claim. The knife held in his hand to the
point the grip had whitened his knuckles. He watched the acid green eyes roam
over the clothed body. The sudden jerky movements caused Luke's swimming vision
to dart to the blade, sharp edge, slice the air before coming down slashing and
tearing before in seconds the clothing adorning Luke's body were ripped off
after the brutal knife treatment. The shallow and a few deeper cuts upon his
chest and hips made Luke focus drastically.
It was then Luke realized that the Ben he knew had somehow been replaced. There
in Ben's eyes was a look so murderous that Albedo's furious killer glare met no
comparison to this. Ben had this wicked glee in it that Albedo's had lacked.
Ben's face lowered tongue tracing over one of the wounds and that was all it
seemed to take before Luke screamed in pain.
In seconds Ben had pulled away stumbling and dropping the hunting knife to the
floor eyes wide looking at Luke emotions returning to his green acid eyes
flowing with tears, concern, and disgust in the fact he had hurt the cop who
had done nothing but help him. Ben shook his head seeing the deep bite his own
teeth had placed upon the clammy pale, and salty skin of Luke's hips. The other
was thrashing around in his restraints calling out louder at moments before
soothingly, "Ben, Ben it's alright... It's Albedo... BEN... it's alright...
just... buddy, let me out of these, please? We can talk more and.. and I will
get you things... hm? Anything, just untie me.."
Ben felt that lust grow from the thrashing. The fear was so palpable that Ben's
tongue was heavy in his mouth. He picked up the knife before walking back to
the cot and he moved to undo Luke's feet feeling Luke relax. But the more Ben's
eyes darted over the bite, the flax cock, the face, oh god... he had not
noticed before but Albedo had placed contacts into Luke's eyes making them
bright red. Ben's hands stopped what they were doing. He stepped back and
couldn't stop the trembling. Luke... was now pale as Albedo's albino self, yet
there was somehow an olive tint to some areas of his body that came when he had
calmed down slightly. His hair was still the same color plastered to the skin
but the eyes held Ben's own.
"Ben. Ben look at me. What's wrong? Let me out of this, Let me-." Luke hissed
at the blade tossed at him hitting over his shoulder with the hilt before the
edge of it sliced down his cheek right below his eye then down. "Ben!" Luke
struggled, "Luke, remember, it's me Luke! I'm the cop that's been-. Don't you
fuck come near me kid!"
The cold, lifeless stare was back. Ben's eyes were wide, his chest rising up
and down. Ben stepped forward once before twice. It hit Ben then that this was
Luke but... but this bastard...
Albedo sat down in front of the door to Kevin's room eyes closed shoulders
slumped forward waiting, "Kevin, if you left here would you ever think about
why I have yet to kill you or Ben as I have with countless others?"
Kevin hesitantly responded finding this to be the strangest questions he ever
had been asked by his kidnaper and his best friends rapist.
"Let me tell you one thing. You will desire to protect Ben if this all goes as
I plan. Whether you agree with how he ... does things is all up to you. I have
no doubt that in the end you will act as I believe." Albedo looked up and his
eyes held one longing emotion. Desire for things to be seen and done his way.
"Ben will remember what broke him today. Ben will remember how he came to be in
my possession. Ben... sweet fuckable toy will remember the truth behind my
'pick' of him. I've treated him far more like royalty." Albedo stood up
turning, "Get up. Move in a way I disagree with and that toy in you will do a
lot more than vibrate. It's also loaded with some nice high grade explosives."
Kevin paled getting up and he walked after Albedo's retreating form. He found
silence to be the best option with this sick bastard when he seems off. Less
pain. And this was just from a day at least of being with him. Kevin's eyes ran
over the tense naked body.
The hallway was detestable. It was obviously an abandoned building. They
walked, Kevin stumbling occasionally at the jumping feeling of the toy keeping
him off guard and the pain flaring up again and again. He came to a room hoping
to god Ben was inside. Though the moment they walked in Kevin nearly turned
around running.
There upon a desk, dust covering it, splayed across the desk and papers was a
pile of bones and clothing. There on the side was a cup for coffee, in the
corner was a hand held cop radio. There on the floor was a gun and a badge.
Kevin looked at Albedo who moved touching the bones of the dead cop, obviously
a cop now that Kevin could see the clothing with a few strips of better
preserved clothing, and the broken skull.
"It's been... ten years since I killed my 'partner'." Albedo's eyes looked at
Kevin's, "The one who first took your friend and raped him. Kevin, meet my
partner who I knew only by the name he would let me know him up until the last
few days of his life. Omnitrix." Albedo's eyes looked at the badge, "I've
played hard to fetch with misleading leads. I think it's time people realized
the truth." His smirk grew, "And oh what fun it will be." He turned fully to
Kevin, "I believe you will recognize this name, Kevin. Vilgax."
Albedo watched the tan face pale and the boy moved back a few steps weak kneed,
"Yes, I thought so." He laughed, "But did you know that all my 'prizes' were of
his choices. The moment they became of an age he thought each of my 'conquests'
were no longer able to be 'pleasurable' he made sure I killed them. MEET my
creator. My 'father' who raped my own mother who was in his charge in witness
protection up until her death by his hand in 'having' me. You've met his other
son, a few years older than I am actually. My 'brother' who I keep close eyes
on. Luke changed his name to his mothers maiden name of his mothers family,
father abuse can do such horrendous things to ones family. Look at me! I'm
walking proof! What was his last name before he changed it ... oh yes,." Albedo
laughed seeing the confused face, unsure, "Azmuth."
***** The Painful Past *****
-Steep trails upon dirt that muddy my knees, my pants, my feet. Trip and
stumble, trip and fall, I cannot stand very long. I'm lost and I want to cry
but I must get back up, I must walk, the wolf is at my heel but this wolf is
just a faint memory I thought long ago locked and perfectly sealed away. I
rather like my current tormentor, he's gentle as a butterfly with just a few
simple cuts, this wolf though... This wolf has stolen something so precious to
me that I will never get back: My innocence.-
Ben was freaking out.
No, Benjamin Kirby Tennyson, if that was his real name, was not freaking out.
He was melting down, dotting the I's, crossing the T's, and crossing and
scribbling and ripping the shit in every form of the way humans knew how. Ben
was literally unsure what was happening. There before him was Luke but there
before him stood the face of some ghost that in his nightmares he feared beyond
just fear. There was the living embodiment of what fear should be. The face the
one over him smirking down at him when he was so young. The person that he
thought was just a vivid dream that was an imaginary friend that helped him
think two people did the terrible things to him not just one until one day he
gave up and just could no longer believe or fight or whatever therapist or
doctors or whoever you out there might call it.
Ben was stepping back because a breathe and a half later he was thinking back
to that day and it hit him. Oh god did it hit him how stupid he was and is and
always will be. He still was stupid. He had not told anyone how he had enjoyed
his time with Luke in some 'fatherly' way but...
Now the thought was twisted back to that scene that had tossed him to hell. A
single game of soccer he begged his grandpa Max to take him to. It was at the
time his favorite sport because he could easily do it.
Ben remembered this and he wanted to cry. He remembered this life this frozen
painful last moment of this beautiful naive life; God, did he not want to.
He got into an argument somehow and ran off screaming about how everyone was
always against him. He was never understood because he was the black sheep and
he didn't get straight A's like their precious Gwen. He always was furious with
his cousin for her popularity.
Her parents got her everything she ever could want and his would always compare
him to her.
And...
Ben remembered that day he talked to his grandfather on the soccer field one on
one for summer their first real time alone. He swore it felt that even his
grandfather spent more time with Gwen than him, well Max did buy her that new
computer the start of summer and Ben did only get a journal but he did use it
he didn't have an issue writing down the rather lame adventures with his
family- Gwen, Ben swore, was the only one other than Kevin that actually
treated Ben like an actual person on some magnitude.
It was normal up until Ben asked a question, "So, Grandpa Max, my birthdays
coming up next month and I wanted to give you a heads up on what I wanted." Ben
was actually rather excited about this. He wanted it for a simple reason
because he recently had been practicing. Gwen had said he had been good and so
had a few other people who saw. It was just doodles but they were really dub to
dream up: aliens.
So he wanted a sketch book some, pencils, and coloring pencils but when Max
stopped the ball looking at Ben seriously Ben tensed wondering if he had done
something wrong. He wasn't disrespectful in asking. He had done his summer
reading, homework, and Gwen had asked first he was SURE of this so... What
could be the problem?
"Ben, you know I'm strapped on cash this summer. We'll just have to make due
with your birthday with a cake and-." But Max paused because Ben's mouth was
open and Ben just stared at his grandfather for several long hard minutes until
snapping.
The words were more to Ben like a slap in the face because he knew they were
mere lies. He knew his grandfather had money but now obviously didn't want to
spend any of it on Ben himself because, well: Black sheep, bad luck,
unwanted... should he go on?
"Stripped on cash?!" He almost shouted hoarse upon the first sentence of his
fury, "You went shopping for Gwen's gift last week at a fucking fortune store
and you won't spent a few bucks on me?" Ben was at this point in tears being
only ten and yet realizing that somehow he did something that just wasn't good
enough for his grandfather who he had always thought liked him best over his
cousin. He was not just hurt but he was livid, "First my parents and you too!"
And Ben turned thanking the gods he was young and fast as he ran... Running was
why he liked soccer, track didn't have the feel as soccer did nor did football
in his young impressionable mind. Soccer... Everything just worked. Everything
had worked, at least until that point.
Ben was ten when he met the man who changed his life for good. He was starving
and it was dinner. He hadn't seen his Grandpa Max at all and he felt abandoned
but somehow he expected this. He just kept walking until he walked into him.
Officer Vilgax. He was nice, at least that was how it seemed. It didn't seem
bad at all and he spoke to Ben as if he existed. The food that Vilgax bought
was one that Ben to this day will never forget. He drooled over it and had the
older officer laughing. He seemed so kind. So understanding.
When Ben opened up about his love of soccer Vilgax stated he didn't know much
but he would play some. Since he was off work and didn't have kids he would
keep Ben company until Ben was ready to go home. It was one of the nicest
things that Ben had ever heard. So they played. Vilgax was terrible. Hours
passed. Ben wore himself out that when he fell asleep he never knew what was
happening until it was too late.
Ben just remembers hands, that face, that sadistic looks, pinned to the floor
of some van or something after being hit from behind on the field. Maybe it was
the field? He just knew that it was painful. He just knew that he lost one
thing.
He wasn't a person anymore.
"No, you... You're just m-my imagination...you d-don't ex-exist... Vilgax..."
And it was Luke's turn to pale and stiffen as his eyes were on Ben's body and
face staring and baring down at him.
Luke's eyes stared at Ben shocked that the name was known of the dead beat of
an old man of his. For all Luke knew the bastard of his father was somewhere
far away screwing around and ruining another persons life like he had his
mother's and his. Luke's struggling grew slightly as Ben seemed to be lost in
some kind of nightmare-ish trance. His eyes seemed so distant that he wasn't
quite seeing Luke.
The cop had to get Ben's attention to focus on the here, now, and the damn
bastard less fact that Luke was not his father no matter how much Luke looked
less like him when Luke was sick, granted Luke probably looked like hell thus
looked whole fucking lot like his bastard of a grotesque father.
"Ben." His voice was soft, soothing, he hoped it broke through this rabbit
panic that had settled into Ben's once calm nice composure, "Come back to me,
please?" It did, slightly. Ben stared at him, Ben panicked slightly but there
seemed to be more than just panic there as there was more memories. Something
painful. Something so raw, so emotional, so torn and angry, and something that
seemed to be close to snapping and wanting to just give up and say 'I'm not
worth it, I've never been worth it, have I'. It hurt Luke to see this. God did
it hurt Luke to see anything like this on a kids face that had been through
hell and who had been struggling and almost at the end thriving with bits of
nudges and pushes to get back into a world he had never seen.
Bounding and striving and leaping with such vigor with smiles and color to his
cheeks that this colorless 'thing' before him looked nothing like the kid he
had come to know with in the last month... month in a half he had come to be
the child's guardian from that sick bastard Albedo.
"Lu-L-," Ben struggled with his name because his throat was closing up but Ben
was now walking towards him. The closer Ben got the more Ben was shaking though
Luke got the sneaking suspicion it wasn't because of his resemblance from his
dad this time, "Lu-L-k... My C...Cousin... G...Gwe...Gwen... D...Did..did Y-you
li-like he-her as well when s-she came over?"
It was one of the oddest questions that had, in Luke's personal and work
opinion while being strapped to a table in a madman's care with a rape victim
who was on a verge of a break down on oh-so many levels while he personally was
on a verge of some sort of illness break down... Why the HELL was he bringing
his cousin into this situation?
"Ben, first of all, I've only met your cousin a handful of times, so honestly
liking her is going too far. She seems to be a decent person so I would state
she is alright. I would state I can tolerate her... we'll talk on this later,
alright? But I like you?" he tried to make this not a question in case Ben was
worried Ben felt he wasn't liked and emotionally was hurt. They had jabbed a
bit about it and Kevin had stormed off that time when Ben had sexually come
onto him. Ben didn't understand the difference between like emotionally and
love sexually.
A therapist Luke was sure could sort this all out over time. Right now Luke had
to sort our life or death and life seemed pretty goddamn good to him.
Ben's eyes cleared up more the thought that Luke liked, wanted him, seemed to
make him focused, "Oh," Ben's voice gained ground and he flushed just a tiny
bit gaining color to his once drastically pale cheeks that a few seconds before
looked sunken in and hollow. "Can...I ask you another ...Q-Question?"
"You just asked one, but sure." Luke chuckled with a slight cough the fact Ben
was seeming to come out of this phase seeming to be 'him' seeming to be right
was making Luke relax and calming down. "Why did he do it? I ... I thought... I
thought all this time... Why did he do it?" That first time was the only one
that never made it through the monumental ones that came after Albedo's
continuous ones. "I thought cops were suppose to protect us?" Luke's stomach
fell, "Ben, what ... do you mean?"
"Why did -." but Ben's attention changed to the door opening and Kevin walking
in first with Albedo following behind gun drawn sipping some drink lazily
before setting it on a counter sighing. His eyes darting to Ben then to Luke
before smiling at the two.
"Sorry, it took so long, I had to show Kevvy here a pile of bones rotting out
in back. Kev?" Albedo lowered the gun turned it so the butt was facing Kevin
who took it hands just slightly shaking but it was just slightly, "Go mad with
power boy. Take some of that 'Chemical X'." Albedo laughed and turned walking
away to sit near his drink.
***** Crazy Love *****
-Yet no more innocences remains still something in me desires such a curtain,
something that is not that first, battered burning pain, that stripped me of a
life I once walked-
Ben just stared transfixed at Kevin who had on hand on his head the other on
the gun looking at it with the strangest look. It didn't suit him in the
slightest but at the same time it sent shivers down Ben's spine. Ben could see
the sway in Kevin's hips like he was dancing to music in his head. Strange
music because he was grinning like some maniac.
Ben's eyes moved to Albedo almost desperate for an answer to this strange
creature that had taken his friends body before him. Albedo smiled in a slight
way showing just a few teeth after swallowing what was in his mouth from his
smoothie. He moved from his spot to Ben's side careful of Kevin as if Kevin was
a wild animal and somehow that gleam in Kevin's eyes stated he was. Ben looked
to Albedo, Luke now forgotten, Luke forgetting himself to a point as well, when
Albedo stood right next to Ben leaning down to whisper for the three of them to
hear.
"Chemical X, short lasting drug. It is a drug that was put on the street about
the time you were in my care. I looked into Kevin's records he was a supposed
dealer and user. From his reaction: Not a user, probably a dealer from how he
knew what it was... I think. I also think a Shifter user. Probably still uses."
Albedo laughed, "legal drug, treatment for insanity!"
Luke glared at Albedo before back to Ben's friend frowning at the way the other
moved causing a jerky motion which made the gun to go off. Kevin stared at it
before laughing.
"What do you mean 'shifter user'?" Luke growled out though it held nothing but
his coughing instead of as a bark.
"Shifter users. It is a drug given out to a few with a genetic defect. It keeps
them sane. Chemical X makes the normal insane. Very power stuff." Albedo looked
at Luke, "Vilgax was selling it, Kevin here was brought in by Vilgax once. Not
to the cops. To a 'cheap' shop he use to run. Oh, didn't you know. But don't
worry. I'm testing something. I'm winning. Ben go see Kevin. Give him a kiss."
Ben's eyes went wide then he nodded weakly walking forward then looking down.
He was going to die by his best friends hand who he secretly crushed for these
last few weeks, if not longer he felt by how easy it was to trust Kevin!
Luke moved his head slightly fearful for Ben's safety as Albedo moved to Luke's
side, "I want you to watch. Son of Vilgax. I want you to suffer. I see how Ben
is 'close' now to this one. He use to always call for 'Kevin'. I did a lot of
research into it. Vilgax didn't like his toys attached to another person so
Kevin's life had to be... threatened. Throw in some 'charges' and Vilgax had
Kevin's life ruined. School no more, life no more. Everything gone. Better
yet," Luke looked up at Albedo, "I found my 'replacement killer'." Luke moved
thrashing in his restraints his mind thinking on how a kid, Kevin, who had a
life was going to be forced into insanity and a murderer by a psychopath.
"BEN! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Luke screamed as loud as he could before Albedo's
elbow landed on his chest the pain so uncomfortable that he coughed-moaned. He
heard three more shots and he wanted to cry out for the boy.
Then the sound of giddy laughter, fist against flesh, a body on the floor
harshly meeting it.
Luke felt the bed shifting and he was soon able to turn his head to watch
better. Luke could hear the slurping sound of Albedo at his side as he watched
Kevin raise the gun slamming it down into Ben's shoulders and chest,
occasionally face. It was Kevin's face that did it to the cop, the sadistic
glee, the lust for more. The splattered blood look and the lust for more.
Luke paled so much more he felt faint.
It wasn't until just a bit later the gun was tossed the sound of it going off
and Albedo sighed, "Idiot." that Luke noticed what was then happening. Ben and
Kevin kissing. What the hell had happened.
***** Breaking, Rebuilding *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
-Oh, dear, did I do something I shouldn't? Well, I'll shoulder the blame if you
silence your mouth, but that isn't to happen, right?-
Ben's mind was blacking out as he licked his lips breathing heavily when Kevin
finally pulled away from him. He was not sure what was going on because of the
sudden violence becoming the sexual tension that was exerted in the kiss. Ben
looked up at Kevin's dazed eyes focusing in and out on him before the other
seemed to focus less rolling off unsure where he was once more. Ben's heart
plunged realizing the other might not have known what he was doing. The thought
of it was hurting Ben's heart.
Ben moved gripping Kevin's hand. Why did he feel so attached to the other so
much? He didn't understand this very much but it didn't seem to be just him
that was attached to each other. Kevin's skin was prickling with raised hairs.
The dark coal black eyes looked back at him now so focused, so wanting, so
happy, yet there was fear there at the same time. Ben was worried why before
Gwen's face flashed in his eyes.
It was strange. Ben got along well, alright on some levels, with her but right
now he felt such fury. He realized that Kevin was 'straight' but the other had
acknowledged that he could have been something different just now. Ben just
looked at Kevin's eyes.
"Ben... I... I'm so-."
Memories of Gwen again resurfaced, painful and scab scraping away what was
poorly healed over, before Ben slapped Kevin's hand away, "WHY! You love her
don't you!"
Kevin's eyes were bright with shocked tears and he nodded fighting the need to
slip back under the haze of this drug he was on. He lowered his head hating to
see the other seeming to be in some sort of suffering from this. It wasn't like
Kevin meant to kiss. They never would be.
Albedo smiled before he sighed, "And here is the root of all my hard work
falling into place. A macho man like Kevin would never accept what I, or your
father, Luke, turned Ben into." Albedo twirled the knife he pulled from under
the tabled Luke was strapped to. "Goodbye."
"Don't!" Luke hissed though grateful he wasn't harmed.
Kevin couldn't dodge the fist that slammed into his face. His eyes closed in
pain before he looked up noticing the haggard look Ben now excluded. IT was
beyond anything Kevin could explain. The sudden flicker from the calm,
understanding, shy, and wanting acceptance Ben he had come to enjoy the company
of... start to feel the unforgettable desire of love for, the brotherly love of
course his mind tried to lie to his heart. Then there stood this Benjamin
Tennyson whose eyes were wide one hand across his body out a few inches from
the punch still fisted. The other hand gripped through his hair.
The scream sent every muscle in Kevin's body aflame. Kevin's mouth watered,
tears falling from his eyes, as he watched Ben's short nails trail down his
face dragging over his skin clawing at it tell it was bleeding. Ben didn't even
flinch.
"Ben!" Kevin tried to scramble to the other side but a shot to his side from
his fallen gun had him blinking. Kevin fell chest to the floor before he
turned, "A...Albe..."
"Thank you, Kevin. I had thought Ben would fall in love with Luke, so willing
was I to kill my own brother." Albedo said a bit with a sorrowful note as he
dropped down pulling Kevin's neck to the side jabbing a needle into Kevin's
neck, "But you, to know that Ben liked you before and now makes me laugh. You
shouldn't be so homophobic, Kevin, because thanks to you..." Albedo looked up,
"You helped me finish creating my monster."
"Ben..." Kevin's eyes rolled into the back of his head his blood was on fire
from the injection.
►☼☼☼◄
-Regret, remorse, redemption. I demand nothing of this but bloodshed and the
thought of murder. I am nothing, you love me though I am nothing? Maybe just a
bit longer in this hell then you'll be my white night in this crimson castle.-
Kevin's eyes were facing the window at the hospital he was in. His eyes were
shadowed with self-doubts and disgust. He had learned so much the last few days
that he never wanted to learn in his whole life. His views of the word turned
up and scattered in an explosion. Kevin only knew that the one good thing in
his life as a child had been returned and he had a chance to make things right.
To be happy with Ben.
Then it happened. Ben's mental state had shattered. It was because the one
person who he loved was with the person who made Ben's life a living hell.
Had... had caused Ben to be raped and abused for years.
Kevin wasn't sure what to say to this but he felt the eyes and the disgusted
looks. As if his desire for a friendship that was lost, from actions of the
parents, grandparents... Kevin turned to look at Luke who walked in. The other
looked like hell but it was not as terrible as before.
"You'll be released soon once we're sure the drug is out of your system." Luke
sat down, "We found Albedo's body mutilated in the next town." Luke looked away
from Kevin, "He wrote a few things down that I... was hoping you would
understand better than I. Or if it is Albedo not Ben."
"What?"
"A vendetta: I'm finished. I'm over. This is the end, no more games, no more
fun. You left me for dead, you let him take me again. I never was worth the
time so I'll take the time I lost because of you all." Luke took a breath, "We
think its Ben who left the message."
"No, Ben didn't write this, he wouldn't have... There's something you should
know about Ben that I don't think his family understood." Kevin shifted the
leashes around his body, the cuffs tightening, "Ben's smart, not just average
smart, but he never wanted to apply it. Ben's smart and I helped break him like
his family did who abandoned him. They had every chance to get him back. They
had every chance to save him, but they didn't because Ben was 'dumb' in their
eyes." Kevin growled, "I want to help find him."
"And not find Gwen?" The memory of Gwen leaving town suddenly filled both their
minds when the news of what both Ben’s family and her own had done, caused, and
allowed to happen to her cousin. To her she felt responsible for being the
reason Ben had lived in such a painful world. Though there was speculations of
doubt if that really was why she left town at all in the police department
investigating the family abuse of Benjamin Tennyson.
"No, I was a fool to think she came here willingly to see Ben. She hardly ever
came and to know now she could every single time I asked but she refused...I
just am sorry I fell for the 'Tennyson' charm." Kevin lowered his head.
"Get some rest, Kevin. When this is over we will either have Ben in cuffs or on
a body bag. As much as I hate the thought the kid ... I don't think we can save
him."
"Don't give up hope, cop'a." Kevin's eyes drooped tears falling down his face,
"Ben will... get sane again... we'll...find him..." he choked up on his words
though he prayed it was true.
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