She didn't remember the drive. Just fragments. The click of the door locking. A detour that didn't make sense. Trees where there shouldn't have been trees. Then silence.
Then panic.
She should've left the moment he turned off the road. But she was tired. So tired.
He took her to a warehouse. The inside smelled like rot and rusted metal. Her instincts screamed. Her legs didn't move fast enough.
When he hit her, she didn't even scream—just gasped, the sound trapped in her chest.
The rest came in flashes.
Hands tearing. Body slammed against cold cement. His breath in her ear, hot and sickly sweet. Rape wasn't the end ,It was only the beginning.When he was done violating her, he hummed while dragging over a case. Opened it. Blades. Wires. A camera.
He looked giddy.
Like this was art to him.
He carved into her. Slowly. Like he wanted to savor every inch. Her screams were music. Her pain was his performance.He talked while he worked.Told her about the others.
Said they didn't last as long.That she was strong. Pretty. A challenge.
Amara blacked out. Came to. Blacked out again.
She saw her own leg twitching on the floor. Detached.Saw her blood paint the wall.
Felt herself leaving, piece by piece, breath by breath.
Before she knew it she stopped feeling and was consumed by the darkness
Not quiet. Not peaceful.
"Where am I ? Is this supposed to be hell because I sure deserved it . "
She laughed a dry tired laugh and cried as the tears made way to her eyes, she couldn't help it " Why ?!!
"Why ?? What the hell did I do to deserve this ? I am useless, I couldn't protect my brother I failed him , failed us and died a pitiful death. " I just want to disappear forever, I want everything to just end ".
Just… empty.
No body. No time. Just drifting.
And then;
A voice.
Dry. Low. Not kind. Curious.
"Well, well… would you look at that."
"A broken soul, adrift in my void."
A pause.
"Hmm. That scream you made when they took your brother. Still echoing. That betrayal… delicious."
She didn't move. Couldn't.
"You wanted to die. And yet here you are."
"But maybe... just maybe... you're exactly what I've been searching for."
A presence moved closer. Heavy. Amused.
"Tell me, Amara ,how does it feel? To have given everything. To have no one left. To be nothing."
"Perfect."
"A soul like yours is just the right kind of cracked. I have a task. And you? You'll do it beautifully."
Her voice broke through the dark.
"What do you want from me?"
A smile she couldn't see.
"Only your hate. Your emptiness. Your will to make it hurt."
"Say yes, little villain. And I will give you the power to make them all remember you."
A beat.
Her breath hitched."Yes."The void shivered.
"Delightful."
"Let's begin."