Chapter 2-Ryan

Ryan woke with a start he tried to move his arms but they were restrained. He looked up to see his arms tied to the top of the bed. His feet were tied to the bottom. He looked toward the door and saw a woman stride into the room. She had blue hair and stunning silver eyes. She was dressed in a violet dress.

Think of something smart to say, COME ON Ryan

"Uh...who are you?" Ryan asked.

S**T

She casted a sideways glance at him and smirked. "Call me Fay."

"Okay...Fay...what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see you obviously."

"Do I know you?"

"No, do I know you?"

"I...don't think so at least..."

She walked toward the bed and sat at the edge of it.

"Um...why am I tied up like this?"

"I didn't do this if that is what..." she paused and blushed.

"Are you sure this wasn't you..." Ryan smirked and winked at her.

"PERVERT!" she yelled slapping Ryan.

"OW!"

"Thinking that I the king's daughter...stupid...doesn't know what he is saying..."

"Wait YOU?" Ryan scoffed, "The king's daughter?"

"Yes, and as a matter of fact I think I have to go..."

"Aww but it was getting so good!" Ryan laughed.

She giggled and walked out the door.

Then with a flash of white light he woke in the same bed, still tied up, and still in the dark room. Ryan heard the door open and was expecting to see the woman again but instead saw the opposite of beauty, a surly old man with a silver crown. Accompanied by two gaurds.

"Who might this be, hmm i'm guessing King Joeseph, and his two gaurds, um ah James and Alex."

They all stopped in their tracks and looked at Ryan with shocked eyes.

"How do you know our names?" King Joeseph asked.

"Hah, do you really think I would tell you...ah well alas..." Ryan smirked, "...I am going to tell you...I was tasked to kill everyone in this castle..."

They paused. The gaurds drew their swords and leveled them at Ryan.

"Boys, boys, I don't like short sword fighting...I don't swing that way..." Ryan chuckled at his pun.

The gaurds lowered their weapons and their eyes looked down in embarrassment.

"I notice how you said "Was" like you decided not to." said King Joeseph.

"Yea...too much of a mess you know?"

"Who are you?"

Ryan kept his mouth closed on that one.

"Don't trust us eh?" the King nodded, "Then where are you from?"

Ryan still kept quiet.

"Who sent you to kill us?"

"You see...I enjoy spilling the metaphorical "beans" to a surly old man as much as the next guy...but how about you give me a reason to tell you and maybe we can work out a deal..." Ryan said.

"Oh we will give you a reason all right, and it only costs us time..."

"Oooh, I wanna see what you have to exchange!"

"No this one is free of charge..."

"Normally I don't accept gifts from random strangers buuuut...I can make an exeption for you old man..."

"Good"

The king nodded to the gaurds who pulled two branding irons from the fireplace. The ends were red hot.

"Now this is more like it!"

They walked toward Ryan and leveled the irons toward his chest.

"Anything you wanna say?"

"Yea!"

"And what is that?"

"Make sure you do my chest I have an itch I can't reach."

The king gritted his teeth and nodded.

The irons were plunged into his chest. Searing pain made his chest red. Ryan gritted his teeth and managed to form a smile.

"You know..."

The gaurd's paused.

"You need to press harder."

The gaurd's frustration made them push harder into Ryan's chest with the irons.

He winced but then giggled.

The gaurd's stepped back and one held his iron over the fire while the other pulled out his knife. That he then proceeded to hold over the fire.

"Are you ready to tell us who you are and who sent you?" the King said impatiently.

"Awww, done already?" Ryan whined, "I was just beginning to enjoy it!"

The gaurd with the knife walked up and placed the hot edge of the knife on his chest.

Ryan looked at the gaurd and said, "Alex..."

The gaurd smirked and said, "Ready to spill the secrets?"

"What?" Ryan said confused, "No."

"Then what?"

"Touch me like you do that wench at the brothel."

"I have a wife."

"Same difference."

Growling the gaurd pierced Ryan's skin.

Ryan roared with pain and pleasure at the same time.

"HEY KING JOESEPH!"

The king seemed taken aback by Ryan's cheerful mood.

“Pain...is nothing...nobody recognizes you for how much pain you feel…” Ryan said, “They recognize how much pain that you ignored, how much pain...that others would have been crippled by...but you weren’t.”

The other gaurd came with a sharp iron and plunged it's blazing red hot tip into Ryan's ribcage.

Screaming now with pain and lust Ryan choked as blood spilled from his mouth.

His vision began to get foggy.

As he began to pass out he chuckled as he saw a flash of blue hair and a glint of silver.