Some memories are worth forgetting...

Chapter 37

Victor and Riven were back in that dark space again, Victor feeling more conflicted now about the current development.

"Well, now that we've gotten all this out of the way, your will muddied, let's get back to reality so I can finish my mission, "Riven.

"You ruined my life..." Victor mumbled.

"I couldn't catch that, Come again " Riven.

"You ruined my life, you just made everything I know about myself a lie! don't even know what to think anymore, " Tears streamed down Victor's face.

" 'Ruined your life?' I showed you what your 'Life' has been truly about, a series of bad things connected by fate to bring you here, I'll admit these memories were worth forgetting, I showed you a memory of the past, something that doesn't even affect your future all that much, you haven't suffered half to begin to understand what a 'ruined life' is, " Riven.

"I'll kill you!"

Victor dashed towards him trying to throw a punch, he didn't even care anymore he just wanted a chance to hit Riven hard enough to get his frustrations out.

Riven kept dodging effortlessly with a sneer on his face as he watched the desperate Victor struggling to land a hit.

"TIME LAG!"

Nothing happened.

"We're in a space where time doesn't flow, the worse place for someone with your power to fight, Ha! And without your power... You're nothing" Riven.

Riven punched him in the stomach, Victor groaned, he felt like he was about to vomit, then started crying.

"Arrghhhh!!!"

"Did I forget to mention? Pain felt in your conscience is a hundred times worse than any you could feel in your real body, So in order not to break you to the point of no return, I'm holding back" Riven.

"That *Cough-Cough!!* was him holding back?" Victor thought.

"I'll give you credit though, your mental fortitude is higher than that of an average human, is it due to the bullying that you've steeled yourself this much?" Riven

"I'll.... I'll never...give... into you"Victor.

"Then I'll just have to kick it up one more notch, there are many ways to break a man but since I need your mind, not your body is broken I'll just leave you with this..."

Riven made Victor kneel.

"Gtch!" Victor

"I'll just have to break your mind only, " Riven

Riven touched Victor's head...

"AAAAAHHH!!"

He then began to show him unimaginable nightmares, he force into him Visions of him dying over and over again, with each death more horrid and painful than the last, he made his senses feel every single death right down to the last detail, He showed him the moment of his mother's death and replayed it with different deaths falling upon her.

Victor experienced and witnessed over 1000 deaths in one second.

"Ahhh-- Argh-- Ahh!!!"

Why Riven chose to use his mother? Because he knew how close he was to her compared to his dad. The fear and suffering Riven implanted into Victor were so strong that they broke out of that Dark space and we're brought back to reality...

"Ahhhhh!!" Victor screamed in pain

"What's happening over there, Riven just touched his head for a minute and he's screaming like that? I'd...better....get...up!" Anna (present) strained to stand after the beating received by Riven.

"Hahahaha, To think you'd make this kind of face is hilarious, hahaha." Riven

"To think you were laughing in a hotel room a few hours ago is unthinkable, hahaha, " Riven.

"What did you do to him?!" Anna.

Victor was traumatized by the things Riven showed him his consciousness came back to his body, but...the fear in him runs much deeper than she knows. Victor used his other still attached arm to drag himself away from riven.

"Ahhhhh! let me go! Please Stay Away!!"

"Hahahaha, that face's hilarious!" Riven laughed at Victor crawling away.

Anna managed to stand up.

"Vic... tor?" Anna

Victor looked at her with the craziest eyes he's ever had.

"YOU....! I'LL KILL YOU, ANNA!", you're the reason for everything! You're the reason for this messed up situation! You're the one who made me this way and ruined my life!

"I'LL KILL YOU, BITCH, YOU HEAR ME?! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!" He yelled struggling to get up.

"You...found out?" Anna quivered.

Anna fell to her knees due to the shock. Of what he said and started crying.

"I... I didn't want this to happen...I was...No... I'm...I'm... sorry." Anna

"I don't wanna hear that from you!" Victor.

"Argh!"Victor.

Riven stepped and broke Victor's left leg.

"As much as I love your reaction, I hate noises, and you seem to be quite noisy. Did seeing her again make you think I was invisible? Ouch, my fragile feelings"

Victor's fear for Riven didn't disappear, his hate for Anna just momentarily surpassed his fear for Riven, but Riven has made that fear known to him once more.

"With that broken body, you have like an hour to live more or less, but luckily since I am the gate through which your soul can pass on...I won't let you die, you still have a "future use" for me, in which I can't let you die here"

Riven hit Victor's head so he can pass out and then carry him back to Enoch.

"I'll... kill... you Anna..." We're the last words he muttered before he passed out.

"Wow, he can hold a grudge even this close to death, Welp I've got him, time to take him to Daimos, I almost forgot to take him alive, hehe, Meh, he'll be fine as long as he's next to me he won't die"

Riven picked him up.

"Ewww, you reek of sweat and vomit, plus this rain is making it worse" Riven.

"Stop!" Anna.

"Oh that's right, you're still alive."Riven.

"Give...him back!" Anna.

"Oh? Why should I?" Riven.

"You can have me instead, I'm more useful than he is, so whatever you want him to do I can do it better, I'm worth more than he is, My Grace is memory alterations, it'll serve you better than his, " Anna.

"Hahaha, you'lltrade yourself for a guy that would kill you if he sees your face? Hahahahahaha, I'll never understand human love, "

"Please...Just take me instead, he's been through enough, "Anna.

"Hmm let me think... Since you're asking sincerely...No." Riven.

"H-huh?!" Anna

"We knew about your power, as useful as it is we want him, nothing's changing that." He started to walk away " Oh, I almost forgot, you should better get healed up, interesting things are going to be happening soon, " he smirked.