Breaking Point

Today was the same as every other day, I sat in my cell thinking about how to escape. If I could have broken out I would have done so but all the brutes are easily level 4 if not level 5 and Brad was close to 6 so busting my way out wasn't an option. The taint could push me from level 2 to a pseudo level 3 and even 4 if I pushed it hard enough but I took a huge amount of energy for that to work and not eating properly doesn't work well with that.

I have tried waiting for rescue from either other Piglins or even my familia but even after 3 years, nothing has changed. I did figure out that all the Piglins brought here are either criminals or were special ops agents that were 'killed in action.

I have tried to not get angry with the council for missing this issue, but we are literally right under them and the Brutes aren't quite in any fashion. By right under them I dont mean in a hidden basement floor I mean the roof above me is their main meeting hall! So when I do escape I will be heading straight for that room to mouth off some rather mean things.

I watched as one of the Brutes unlocked my cell and stepped through bringing a small box of tools with him.

"Do you all never get tired of stabbing me?" I sighed

POV Change

Stella watched the Brute pull out 2 large stakes and screamed as he drove them through her palms pinning her to the wall. No matter how many times they hurt her the pain never seemed to dull although she had learned how to ignore it to an extent.

The Brute proceeded to then rip her fingernails out followed by her toenails causing her to whimper a little. The Brute didn't seem to like her response and took a sword and drove it through Stella's chest breaking multiple lungs and going straight through her lung.

She couldn't scream due to a collapsing lung but the taint could keep her alive it however didn't dull the searing pain she was feeling. The brute then proceeded to take a dull and chipped knife and began slowly peeling away her skin.

Stella began to cry as the brute continued to clumsily rip at her skin, she could feel the skin slowly being ripped off her body. This had never happened before, normally the Brutes tried not to kill the subject, they often failed but they tried to prevent blood loss to an extent to keep them alive for as long as possible.

Stella could feel her consciousness fading, the blood she was losing was too great sure the taint could help slow down the loss of blood and prevent organs from failing but there was too much blood her entire left arm was missing skin along with a good portion of the muscle, you could see the tainted purple flesh in clear view now that she was missing the skin.

Just as Stella was about to drift off to sleep she heard a voice.

"You know, I hated you for declining my offers but even I pity you for being in this situation. I'll help out just this one time, after all you are my host I can't quite let you die just yet…"The taint said

The Brute watched in horror as small spiders started to come out of Stella's arm and proceeded to jump onto him and slowly eat away at his flesh. As he roared in pain Stella started to regain her vision and she watched as the Brute was slowly being consumed by the small purple spiders, she also watched in morbid fascination as her arm slowly healed with more spiders coming from out of her arm.

She watched with delight as the Brute was slowly eaten alive by the spiders, and she relished in the screams he made. After the Brute was consumed the spiders looked up at her and she felt a mental tug saying that she was their 'mother'.

In response to the thought she had she asked the spiders to free her from the manacles, and she watched as the spiders crawled up her body quickly eating away at the manacles that bound her.

Within a few seconds, the manacles fell off her limbs and she pulled herself from the wall pulling the stakes and sword out of her hands and chest. As she freed herself another Brute had made their way into the dungeon and saw her, as he rushed in Stella ordered the spiders to kill him and she watched as the spiders swarmed the Brute and quickly consumed him clothes and all.

While the spiders were eating the Brute she could feel her strength return to her. After the 2nd Brute was killed she gathered the spiders up and used them to cover up her naked body. Stella had to admit from an outsider's perspective she must look terrifying, as she had easily a few thousand small purple spiders crawling all over her body.

Now that she was free she quickly grabbed the sword that she was stabbed with and one of the small stakes and slowly staggered out of her cell. Stella slowly limped through the dungeon, she was still healing from the damage the sword had done to her body so she took it slow and steady.

With the spiders having eaten those Brutes in a matter of seconds she decided to take things slowly to let her heal. As Stella turned the corner she saw one of the Brutes 'enjoying' one of the prisoners, she got behind the Brute easily due to the noise he was making.

Stella took the sword and shoved it up Brute's ass while using the stake to prevent him from screaming. As she twisted the sword he fell limp on top of the other Piglin. She had to admit if there was anything special about the Piglins that they kidnapped it was that all of them never broke down.

"You good?"Stella asked

"No, I highly doubt it, who are you though?"The Piglin asked

"Fair enough I doubt anyone would after being down here for any amount of time. I am Stella. I have been stuck down here for 3 years and got lucky enough to escape. What's your name?"Stella said

"My name is Wix. I was the team leader for one of the spec ops teams, can you get us out of here?"Wix asked

Stella smiled "I sure can but you are helping me out, my cute little spiders please break her bindings."Stella commanded

Wix watched as the spiders ate through the gold with ease before moving on to the Brute that was killed.

"We are going to free everyone here and break out of this hellhole."Stella said, hoisting Wix up and handing her the sword that she was carrying.

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It's time for a prison break and revenge! Suggestions and power stones are always welcomed!