NOT ALL MOONLIGHT AND ROSES

As if fate decided to mock Five. The next day both him and Forty four opened the door to get to class but what they saw was two guards in front of the door. Before they could understand what was going on, two tranquilizer darts was sticking out of their bodies, which immediately made them to lose consciousness.

Both of them were carried away by a guard each in opposite direction.

Five woke up in a cold and dark room, he tried to stand, but instead he felt himself actually floating in the air, it later dawned on him that he was actually tied upside down with his long hair flowing downward and it seemed he wasn't wearing any pants or shirt except for his briefs.

He didn't know how long he had been like this after waking up until he heard a door opening in one side of the room, this allowed little light to come inside the room, but this didn't take long cause who ever came in didn't waste time to close it back. Five wasn't able to see the person cause he was already having a hard time thinking straight since he was feeling utmost pressure in his head for hanging upside down for so long.

"You disobeyed the only rule set and revealed your name." The newcomer said as Five could hear his steps getting closer and he wondered how the man was able to see in this total darkness.

Standing in front of five" You are now a shadow and a shadow doesn't have a name"

Five wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying, but was thinking about Forty four and hope he wasn't in the same situation as him which he was likely to be as well, cause he also revealed his name to him. A sense of guilt washed over him, if he didn't tell Forty Four his name, he believed he wouldn't have revealed his as well.

Another thing bothering him was how did they find out, he didn't think there was a camera in their room cause if that be the case they should I've known that Forty four must have developed his shape shifting ability. But if they found out about revealing their names to each other, that means they must know now that Forty Four has developed an ability and must have been taken away like the rest right?

"Where's Forty Four?" Five finally decided to ask

The man chuckled instead."worry about yourself first, this isn't a place to make friends. Now let's proceed with your punishment."

If the man could see his face right now, he will see that he had a confused expression on it, he thought that hanging upside down was enough punishment already but that belief was immediately shattered when he felt a sudden sting on his body and a loud noise.

The noise was from a whip which just made contact with his bare body. Even if caught unaware Five endured it and tried not to give his punisher the benefit of hearing him cry out in pain.

"A strong one, this will be fun." The man said in a mocking voice.

The second whip came, third, fourth, fifth. They came into contact on any part of his body and due to the darkness he couldn't predict it's trajectory and where it will hit next.

*Crack*

With every whip that made contact with his body it became more and more difficult to bear. You couldn't really blame him, how much pain can a kid really bear? And with the 38 whip he finally let out a scream. But that was actually a mistake on his part cause the person whipping him was a sadist for hearing his scream the whipping intensified and became much faster when been delivered.

It got to a point that Five couldn't bear it anymore and he fainted.

"His a strong one indeed." The man chuckled once again. He raised his left palm and electric current suddenly started dancing on it which he placed on Five's body and the current travelled round his body that he immediately regained consciousness from the electrocution. "Let's continue from where we stopped."

Forty Four was currently in a similar situation as Five. The major difference was that instead of total darkness the room was fairly lit and instead of hanging upside down from the roof, he was on a chair with metal clamps keeping him in place.

Forty Four found the situation ironic cause the chair was a similar one with the one they all first sat in when they arrived here.

"Why did you stay back, when they said we can leave?."

That was the question Five asked him on one night, but he pretended to be sleeping and didn't hear him. But actually he heard him clearly, but was too ashamed to say he stayed behind because he thought there will be food shared later and funny enough his stomach growled signifying that he was also hungry right now. But as usual no food will be given at this moment, but possibly another period of pain.

Soon the door connecting to the room opened and a beautiful lady with nice curves came in. The blue military uniform she was wearing didn't do anything to hide her accentuated curves. She exuded charm, sexiness and gentleness which was not common with military women.

She walked gracefully and stood before Forty four."I heard you've been a naughty boy." Her voice sounded very sweet with a sexual tone permeating from it.

"Not really, I've been on my best behavior since I was forcefully brought here." Forty Four Joked, which made the lady to smile softly.

"That's not what I heard. I was told you impressively hid your self after becoming a Neo and also revealed your name, that's very naughty."she stated.

"I didn't exactly hide my power, I only got it when I was in the bathroom and not in the class or cafeteria like everyone else and how the hell did you people find out?" But that question doesn't really need an answer cause he already suspected there was a camera in the room and probably not the bathroom cause they would have found out earlier then.

Not answering Forty Four's question the lady asked hers "You know naughty boys get punished in right?"

"They are also let go too".

"A funny one." She said with a smile on her face.

She then removed the military hand glove she was wearing in her right hand, revealing a hand which looked really delicate and a little pale.

She slowly brought her index finger to Forty Four's neck. Forty four felt a cold sensation from the hand before realizing that he couldn't move a muscle not even his eyelids. The cold sensation he was feeling earlier immediately disappeared as if it never happened but instead his body became very hot as if he was being cooked from inside. The pain now can almost be comparable to the one he felt when he first came here and once again instead of being served food he was served a nice meal of pain.

His ability to scream has been taken away, he could only stay in that position with a pain no man can bear and sweat pouring out of his pores. Anyone who saw him will think he was simply enjoying the best service a sauna room can offer, but the way his pupils dilated and became larger was a testament to the pain he was experiencing. All this while the beautiful torturer had a sweet smile on her face.

Five didn't know how long he blacked out in that dark torture room, but the next thing he saw was waking up in a bright room, totally the opposite from where he was before. It took him four seconds to get his bearings. The first two seconds to realize he was on the bed in his allocated room and the next two seconds for the pains in his body to sink in.

There was faint burn marks in the part of his body that his punisher placed his hand to infuse electric currents into his body.

Five turned around to look at the bed opposite but as expected Forty Four was not there. Even if he knew this will happen, it still made him sad that once again he was all alone.