TW: Mentions of Abuse/ Harm, Needles, and a tipsy mention about suicide. If this triggers you, please do not read further!!
It was a day like another, lifeless, empty, cold and irritating. The screams, the cries, all of it. You
couldn't take it anymore, after all this time, you finally broke. It took long, and so it probably will
be too with the other "experiments", and that day, you hoped to never see. You were waiting in
Eri's and your shared room, you knew that she was suffering, you knew how it felt.
But what could you do? The least was to comfort her when she came crying, sometimes even
screaming. You didn't want her to get used to this. This wasn't normal.
It shouldn't be.
But it would help, wouldn't it? You kept on believing the day would come where a hero would
save the day, but that never happened. Fine then. I'll do it myself. Eri still was young. She still
had a future. I will save her! We will watch the sparkles, and eat weird frozen milk.
(AN: so sparkles=stars and weird frozen milk= ice cream; I did that because they dont know what
it's called Imaoo)
That was what normal free people did, right?
Well that was at least what you had read in the books Overhaul gave you. Yet you wouldn't be
surprised if all of it was fake. He kept on trying to keep us "happy" with toys and books, like
some games can erase the trauma and all the scars he drew on us with the needles. Such a
disgusting thing to believe.
Just then the door opened, and into the room came Overhaul and Eri. She, again, had bruises
and cuts all over her. It hurt you to see her like this, but you knew she was in more pain right
now. The tall man eventually left the room, leaving the poor girl inside.
You walked over to her, just in time to catch her. By now she had collapsed into your arms,
seeking for comfort. You didn't say anything and neither did she. The both of you had already
gone through the same exact scenario like a hundred times.
Overhaul hurts her, she feels pain, you comfort her until its your turn and then repeat. It was
more of a routine then really a one time occurrence. You took her into your arms, slowly lifting
her up, rubbing circles on her back, walking to the bed, before laying down with her head on
your chest. You could hear the small sobs escaping her mouth. Most humans would try to stop
her from crying now, but not you.
Why shouldn't she cry? It does kinda help with all the sudden emotions of betrayal, sadness,
anger and the humongous pain. "Let it all out honey. Its not your fault." You planted a small
gentle kiss on her forehead looking into her eyes, them slowly loosing hope. How could you let it
happen? Why was it like this? Why her?
You didn't even have the time to realize how attached the both of you had become to the other. You were attached, and that was okay. That was one of the few problems that didn't really
needed solving. The both of you weren't related, yet you had a strange connection to each other.
Eri appreciated your company, and you appreciated hers. It made the time in this hell of a life
better.
"Eri? Please listen to me" you said slowly, not trying to sound forcing or anything, not wanting to
overwhelm her. She didn't need that right now.
"mhm?" she hummed in response, eyes tired.
You leaned forward, whispering into her ear.
"We're going to escape"
"Now?"
It wasn't a surpised "'Now?" or an angered "Now?!?!" It was more of: a give me a reason to. She had lost hope.
"Yes. I got the route and all. You don't have to worry. Its safe."
"B-but if we g-get caught h-he will hurt you!" She said to you. Such a sweet inoccent child.
Always caring about others first. She was a firefly, bringing light into your dark world. She didn't deserve anything bad happen to her. Still, there were people who stamp on them, with no
reason what so ever.
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"Don't worry. When he says that he tortures me he actually forces me to clean everything after a
experiment." You lied. But you had to. She has to believe you. For her future. You gave the
thought of a future where the both of you were alive up a long time ago. You didn't have a will to
live anymore, yet you wouldn't try to kill yourself, that would have to mean that you would leave
Eri here. Overhaul would get you back either way, so, why not help Eri as much as you could?
(AN: I don't know if Overhaul can actually do that imao just pretend he can)
"Oh....ok! Lets escape! We can do it! Can we see the sparkly things on the roof out there?" She
asked looking at you. There were stick on stars that glow in the dark on your ceiling. It made you
incredibly happy to see her like that. Hopefull and happy, just like every child should be. That's atleast what you think. You had been here since you were 3.
You're 15 now.
12 years you had to endure this pain, this shit, this destroying form of torture. You grabbed Eri's
hand, lifting her up to your level and spun her around. Maybe this would be your last moment
with her, who knew?
"Yes, we will see the sparkly things." (You didn't know they were called
stars) she giggled smiling at you. Such a nice, cute, little girl.
"Now we have to go"
You ran through the building, finding an unlocked door. Thank god Overhaul hired these
alcoholics, if he wouldn't have, you would'nt have been here. That was when you heard loud footsteps. Overhaul. "Fast! Run!" You got out of the building running through an dark alleyway.
At the end of the road you saw a blonde and a green haired boy seemingly arguing.
When you were there Eri latched onto the green haired boy and you onto the blonde one.
"O-0i! What do you think you're doing?!?" The blonde screamed while the green haired one
picked Eri up in his arms. "Please....help....." you just said, still not letting go of his arm. He was
surprised that he could feel..... your fear.
That was when the boys looked at how the both of you were dressed. You had long white robes
(idk this ain't hogwarts) on your body. The blonde looked over to the greenette, him nodding. He
laid a reassuring arm around your shoulder, holding you just a little tighter.
Just then Overhaul came from the end of the alley way. He didnt have time to put on the black mask he had once bought, that was the reason he was
still wearing the bird mask. But you could've sworn he was wearing it to scare Eri too. He knew
how scared she gets when she sees his mask, reason beeing; he wore that mask when she was
beeing experimented on too.
He had always been so cruel, and in that moment you really felt that.
How could he? Why
wouldnt he just let us alone? Our lives were already bad enough, so why did he have to add onto
it? Why wouldnt he stop? Why didnt he have a heart...?
Maybe he had been hurt before, maybe it
was just how he had been treated as a child, but that wouldnt even help his situation. It didnt
justify his actions. The exact opposite to be honest. Why would he do that if he knows how much it hurt?
Eri just couldn't get away in this moment. You knew he wanted to threaten Eri.
Now you got it.
Now you understood. This wasn't a fairytale. There wasnt a happy ending in sight. There never
was. You just werent meant to be.
You slowly got out of the arms of the boy. He looked confused, mad and a tint of worried too. The boys wouldn't be able to save the both of you.
But "Atleast Eri?" you said to Overhaul. You looked up to him. How much it would hurt, the punishment, but it would hurt even more to see Eri hurt, never beeing able to smile again.
Overhaul looked down to you. The both of you knew where this was going.
You weren't going to give up.
You weren't born that way. The two of you already knew that you
were going to fight. You had tried to fight against him often, when you first started getting
experimented on. But he had always won. Of course he had won. You are just a child. What could
you have expected?
But now, now that you're older, you could at least try, try for the future you wished for her to have.
"Eri, run!"
You punched him in the cheek, hitting him harshly, thinking you had found his weakness, his
face. But oh no, no, no. Just as he was about to take off his gloves the thinking of yours was immediately stopped when something tugged on your robe. Eri.
Why didn't she run? Why didn't she save herself? Why didn't she reach for the future made for
her,one she deserved?
Overhaul smirked. He obviously wasn't taking us seriously, one could see that on his face. "Im so
sorry, my daughters were playing in the neighborhood after a argument with me. She has
mental problems." he ended his sentence pointing at me. It disgusted you how he called himself
your ,father" when he had killed him.
You should have known it wouldn't work. Known Eri
wouldn't leave you. Everyone knew, Overhaul too. Still you didn't. He was a monster.
So why?
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1600 Words! Ayyy! So this was my pathetic try at writing a chapter, hope you liked it! I'll be
updating not too soon, well, definetly in less than a week. I have some exams so l'Il have to
improvise. I'm also sorry for the lack of screen time Bakugou got. In this AU (Alternative
Universe) Bakugou was patrolling with Deku, not Lemillion because he was sick. I sent this
chapter to my englisch teacher, hope she doesn't find my account! And if my englisch teachers
IS reading this, hi I guess, (let this be our little secret ok?). Also don't be shy tell me if you found it
(so I don't embarass myself) This is also available on my Deviantart acc: Tekamoon. Check it out if u want :)
