I Scored Myself A Mate

When Theseus had finally found the hide out of the wolves he stormed in with all of him men and the royal guard ready to destroy them but first he had to search for Allias, his lover who had been abducted at the battle field together with his brother for a whole month.

He was alive. Thankfully he was alive but with what cost? The moment their eyes met Theseus realized it. From his state, from his expression from the way he looked at him, he knew he was only alive physically and nothing more. The General stood frozen at the door frame, a sudden fear had overtaken him when he saw him. He took a step back, his eyes turning slightly blurry at the sight. What had they done to him?

He was chained from his ankles at one of the legs of an old and broken down bed. He was curled up in a corner of the room his knees close to his chest as he hugged himself. The surrounding area of skin the chains were touching was swollen and bruised, filled with patches of dried blood. His nails were chipped and bloody and his body was filled with bruises and cuts. Small pools of his blood were surrounding him. He was trembling and he was naked. His skin pale as he froze in that dark place of the room. There was also a bloody patch of hair on his head, they had hit him there, his wounds weren't healing and when he looked at Theseus it was almost as if he was facing the wall. He didn't say anything. 

"What did they do to you?" He asked him his voice shaking as he finally found the strength to approach him. He grabbed the chains and with a simple twist he managed to break them. "Why didn't you use your powers to escape?" He asked wondering why? He was so strong, stronger than anyone so how did they manage to make him like this? He had needle marks on his arm, inside of his elbow, they had probably drugged him. 

"If I did your brother would be dead too…there are children down there Theseus, teenagers. I couldn't…I" 

Theseus squeezed his eyes shut and his shoulder's slouched as he lifted the exhausted boy in his arms. What was he supposed to answer to that? What could he say to collide with his kind hearted nature? He endured all this just for the sake of others so what was good enough for him to utter? He was speechless.

"What did they do to you?" Theseus asked again, holding him. Finally feeling him on his embrace. There wasn't a moment in his life that he had felt more ecstatic but at the same time depressed. Yes, he was holding his lover he was thankfully alive but he didn't know what to say to him. He wasn't aware of his struggles or his pain and he felt useless. So useless because it took him so long to find him. He could have done things so much better, he could have saved him from the first moment. From the first very second but he didn't. Because he was good for nothing. He couldn't protect the only person that mattered to him.

"They killed me. Again and again. In many ways" Allias said and his head fell. He closed his eyes and remained quiet the slow pacing of his chest the only sign he was still there with him. 

He teleported back into the Avgee palace where a swarm of people surrounded him. Doctors, maids, guards. Everyone was asking questions and at the same time they judged him with their eyes. Why didn't you do anything? You were supposed to protect him. He knew all that and the pain on his chest was never ending as they took him from his arms and told him to return to his commanding duty. It was an order of the queen, there was a war still raging on out there but all Theseus wanted was to be next to him, take care of him.

Five days had passed since Allias had return home and he refused to open his doors to everyone, even Theseus. He wouldn't even eat and every day once he was finished with his duties the general would go to his door, holding a tray filled with food and would beg him to open the it. He was quite surprised and disappointed that not even him would be granted access, no matter how many times he asked or how long he pleaded. Many times he had fallen on his knees and knocked at the door crying even though he knew Allias couldn't see him. Every day his heart was breaking even more because he was being shut out. He wished to see him so badly but every single day Allias' answers would be the same. Go away, leave me alone, I don't want to see you. The sixth day Theseus felt like he had reached his limit. He needed to make sure he was okay, at least look at his face for a mere second to ease the pain on his chest. 

"Do you want to open the door today?" he asked him, calm at first.

"I don't want to see you" Allias said and Theseus knocked at the door, this time a bit louder. 

"What the hell happened at that place? Please talk to me. I am begging you. For fuck's sake open the door! Just open it. I can't stand this anymore!" he shouted and kicked the door with his foot. "You were a whole month away from me. I almost went insane. The pain I went through…Allias…"

"The pain you went through?" Allias suddenly shouted and for the first time he heard his footsteps behind the closed door. He opened it and grabbed his arm pulling him inside, like he didn't want anyone else to know he had made an appearance. "The pain you went through?" 

Theseus didn't expect to see him like this now that he was back. His hair was messy, there were huge bags underneath his eyes, a deep purple color and his clothes were disheveled, not neatly worn like he used to. His eyes had a weird glow in them but their radiant color had turned blunt, the spark of life had disappeared. His wounds were mostly healed now but still Theseus noticed new ones on his arms. Long cuts. 

"Did you do this to yourself?" Theseus asked him and grabbed his wrist to examine the markings better. "We need to call the doctor…"

"Shut up!" Allias shouted. "Shut up, everyone just shut it already. Coming at my door every day. I just want all of you to disappear. All of you" he screamed grabbing his hair and Theseus gasped and his reaction. What was this? He had never seen him act this way. "Your pain? Your pain?" He repeated again and again and the room was filled with a vicious laughter. "Do you really want to know what happened Theseus? I will tell you then." He said and began frantically pacing back and forth in the room. His expression was manic and the irises of his eyes would be in constant movement as he talked. "First they began beating me. With sticks, with bats. They cut my skin again and again with sharp knifes but I wouldn't budge. I wouldn't say anything. They smashed my head in the wall three times. Three times! Oh, I never regretted being immortal more in my life. But that wasn't it. They kept torturing me every day by telling me how they would kill you. Every morning they would enter the room with a body wrapped in sheets telling me here is your lover and they would throw the dead person in front of me but far enough so I couldn't reach them. I would claw the ground and kick my feet trying to get close but they put poison in my veins. I would frantically try to see the body to know if it was you and I would beg for hours crying for them to stop this mental torture. Hit me, break my bones but please don't tell me he is dead. They laughed at me, again and again. Called me weak and they belittled me. Once they were bored with words they brought Ares one day in my room. He was beaten up but I realized they weren't giving him the same attention as me so I was glad. Do you know why they brought him in my room Theseus? Why they brought your teenage brother in there with me? The child that I had taken care of, every time he visited together with Ea all of my life? The child that admired me and years ago had asked me on a date, do you know why they brought him there?" Allias asked and tears streamed down his bloody eyes. 

He couldn't stand still and Theseus was scared to stop him, he was scared to even touch him as he spoke. He couldn't fathom the events that took place back there, he couldn't do anything to fix his pain. They even had used his existence to make him hurt more. He had been an asset to his torture and that for now was the most painful thing he had heard. he never wanted to be a torterous thought for him. 

"They said they would rape him. In front of my very eyes. They pushed him into that dirty bed and he screamed he tried to fight but he couldn't. They offered me a deal. To switch places with him. They wouldn't bother him anymore if I did. They said I was pretty and they would love to fuck a royal. How could I just sit and watch? HOW?!" he screamed and sat at the edge of his messy bed. He hid his face with his palm, sobbing loudly. 

Theseus wanted to touch him, caress him and he took a very careful step, his arm hovering at the top of his head. It trembled together with his heart and his eyes began brimming with hot tears. 

"Don't touch me" Allias mumbled and Theseus instantly took his hand back as the boy continued talking. "Every single man in there fucked me at least once! Every single one of them. Oh and hear the best part, sometimes they would go many at a time like I was some kind of whore. At they would hit me and laugh as I cried. I would always end up with blood dripping between my legs and I want to rip my skin off so badly! And they…and they would hold me down and once I kicked one of them and I have never regretted it more. They brought your brother in to watch. I was a freaking show and all of them never seemed to be satisfied. I really hoped someone would kill me. Destroy me because I was sick of getting raped every single day! It hurt, it hurt so much and their laughter I can still hear it at night. Their grunts and moans echo in my fucking head. I am going insane so shut the fuck up about your pain! Everyone just fuck off."

"I am sorry Allias. I am so sorry" Theseus said as he cried with him. He couldn't stop. He had never felt such crippling anguish before.

"Where the fuck were you when I needed you?" Allias asked him his eyes filled with hatred 

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I won't ask if you enjoyed this chapter bc yeah...that wasn't the goal.

To be continued...sadly

Thank you for all the support this far!! Sorry if it was a long chapter.