Nora groaned at the alarm and the light when they went off. "I am going to shove an alarm clock so far up that dude's ass that you'll have to you his head as the snooze button." She was way past over the chaos. They could beat her and torture her but they couldn't break her. She had some control in the situation. It wasn't much but she was clinging to it.
“Good, I’ll help.” The door opened and three guards came in. Two each held something resembling a gun. The other held a bucket of water.
“Good morning,” the voice said.
Nora sighed and rolled her eyes. "Go fuck yourself, shit bitch." Was her immediate response. Do they really expect anything different at this point? The comments are not going to cease.
One of the guards put his hand over Rowan's mouth as another one unstrapped her and grabbed her around her middle with one arm. Both kept their guns trained on her. The third one ripped the bag off of Nora's head and began to slowly unstrap her as the voice spoke. "You will have thirty seconds to drink water. One wrong move and she is instantly killed. Then you will switch. Understood?" Rowan nodded once.
Nora spat on the guards once again, just a little show of her disapproval. "What's the point of this exercise?" She asked, her eyes narrowed. The other torture was to get answers but this one didn't make any sense. At the very least, they finally will be able to get something to drink. It had been days and she's had no water and no food. She was starving to say the least.
"Very well." The guards started to put Rowan back. "I suppose you are right. You do not really need water, do you?" Rowan's mouth was still covered but she pleaded with Nora with her eyes. They needed water. The guards stopped unstrapping Nora and started to restrap her instead.
One look at Rowan's pleading eyes and Nora instantly changed her mind about the whole thing. "Ugh, fine. We'll do this exercise. It's not like we have anything better to do." She hated having to agree to this bullshit but she can't just let Rowan suffer because of her big mouth.
The voice didn't say anything but the guard unstrapped Nora again and placed the bucket on the floor in front of her. One of the two guards pointing their gun at Rowan turned to point it at Nora. "Go," the voice said.
Nora glanced over to Rowan one last time before she grabbed the bucket and began to drink. All of those parties that she attended are really helping her chug the water. That and the fact that she was about to die from thirst. The water felt amazing.
"Stop." The guard standing behind Nora grabbed her and covered her mouth. The guard holding Rowan let her go and she fell to the ground, using her hands to stop her fall. It felt nice to be able to move freely, if just for a moment, after hours and hours of being strapped down. The voice said "Go." and she drank as fast as she could. The water was not very cold, but it was still water. She could feel it sliding down her throat. "Stop." That had not felt like enough time but with both her and Nora being held at gunpoint, Rowan wasn't in much of a position to argue. The guards started strapping both girls in.
Nora bit down as hard as she could on the guard's hand. "Don't touch me," She snarled, using her now free hand to punch him in the jaw. No one touched her without her permission. Unstrapping her had been a mistake. Before she go a chance to inflict further damage she was being strapped to the table again. Being this helpless was infuriating. She struggled to fight back but it was no use. The constant beatings and the lack of food and water had made her weak.
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After the guard finished strapping Nora in he brought his knee up and into her stomach three times. Rowan gasped and clenched her jaw. She had a feeling this was the tiniest glimpse of what they had been doing to Nora. The guards all left shortly after that. "Oh my god are you okay?"
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The harsh knees to the stomach caused Nora to gasp before she bit down on the inside of her cheek. It drew blood. Rather than just taking it, she spits a mixture of blood and salvia on the guard. "Asshole!'' This was shouted as the man left the room. "Yeah, I'm fine."
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Rowan squeezed her eyes shut for a moment before opening them. "At least we got water," she murmured. She wasn't sure why she said that. It's not like she was trying to lighten the mood. She didn't think she could say anything to lighten the mood. This was hell, moreso for Nora than for her.
Nora didn't know what possessed her to do so but she just started to laugh. Not a normal laugh, an exhausted and desperate laugh. It almost sounded crazed. She felt as though she was loosing her mind but at least they got water. Just as quickly as it started the laughing stopped.
Rowan tried to keep her face as neutral as possible, though she did let a small smile show through. That was concerning. It was probably mostly due to the fact that they hadn't been allowed to sleep in the past 48 hours, but knowing that didn't make Rowan any less concerned. "Don't worry Nora, I'll get us out of here. I'm formulating a plan as we speak."
"Oh you are, are you?" the voice asked. Rowan bit the inside of her lip to keep from groaning, to keep from reacting.
Nora banged her head against the table, just needing to feel something. She was going to loose her mind in here and it had only been a few days. Hell, she didn't even know how long it had been. She had no way to tell. There were no clocks or windows or anything in this room or the torture room. Yep, she was definitely going to loose her damn mind. Just give her the straight jacket now.
"Oh, fuck off!" She snapped and glared up at the ceiling with murder in her eyes. "Mind you're own goddamn business you fucking shit weasel."
Two guards entered the room. Rowan breathed in, quietly but sharply, and bit down harder on the inside of her lip. She bit down so hard, she was afraid she would draw blood. The guards started to wheel Nora out again and Rowan curled her hands into fists to stop them from shaking.
Nora twisted her head into the most awkward position imaginable just in order to look at Rowan. "I'll see you later, Bottom." With that said, she offered a reassuring smile. The worry in the other woman's eyes had been obvious and she had hated it. The position was only held for a split second more before she had to face forward again.
Rowan nodded. "Okay." That was all she could say. She hadn't cried in five years, and she wasn't about to start now. Especially not in front of Nora. She had probably worried her, which was the last thing she wanted to do. So she breathed and focused all her energy on trying to get them out.
"Do you understand the now privilege that was taken away from the both of you yesterday?" the voice asked as Nora was wheeled into the room and strapped into the chair.
Nora, rather than giving the voice the satisfaction of getting a reply, remained silent. Instead of her usual 'go fuck yourself', she merely raised her hand and offered a one finger salute. Today was going to be different. Was she going to scream and bite and kick? Oh, no, not at all. She wasn't going to do a thing. She was going to just lay here and be silent. The voice and the guards seem to get off of her reactions so she was going to try something new. She was going to be thinking of a plan instead of wasting her energy on being a bitch to them.
"Good girl. It seems as though you have learned." The guards both left. As they did, the chair sent an electric shock through Nora without anyone pressing the button. "We shall see how long the lesson lasts."
Anger flashed in Nora's eyes but she remained silent. She told herself that she wouldn't speak so she wasn't. The electric shock caused her to grit her teeth and curl her hands into fists. It still hurt like hell but she wasn't going to say it.