The Puppeteer Part 3

The Puppeteer : Until the very end

He could hear his own breathing, he could tell something is cupping his nose and mouth as his senses slowly came back to his body...One eye slowly parted apart narrowly, exposing the pupil below, the dull, faded green eye, broken and dead. His breathing slowly deepen, picking up the pace as he just woke up. His chest felt heavy with each breathing. The sound of his breathing intensity with the medical ventilator. He cannot move...the pain around him, the pain all over him is too overwhelming it's almost paralysing.

How long has it been...

His dull eye roll to his side only to see the figure he knew so much, he feared so much...sleeping beside him, sitting on the wooden chair that seems too small for him, head pressing down the bed... holding his mutilated hand ... The hand that is covered with wires. Again, his master is treating him...

His master, no...William is definitely a better person this way. But he is unstable...so unstable. There's no way Zylen could be safe with him. Previously, Zylen endure the cruel treatment he gave him, and feels loved whenever he gave him this kind treatment

...But not anymore, now he has a child he needs to protect at all cost. It doesn't took long before his eye slowly closes once again.

.......

This time Zylen woke up again, struggling to figure out if he is still sleeping or fully awake for a moment. He cannot open his eye, cannot even move his mouth even his own body. This is not unusual for him, so he knew to wait, until he eventually heard the sound of some metal hitting the ground. It doesn't took long for him to know what is that sound. Its the sound of someone digging the ground. Zylen had been used to it as he has buried many unfortunate soul before. But still he remain silent to avoid even more pain. Being abused all his life he learn sometimes it is better to not fight back and just see how things went by. But he was wondering what is his master is planning to bury this time? Deep in his heart he actually knew, but to think his master actually made up his mind seems so.. unconvinced. It doesn't take long before he heard him sitting on the wooden floor nearby him, smoking. He could hear the sound of him exhaling heavily as he smoked. He must be drinking as well, the sound of him gulping the liquid was impatient but at the same time he place the bottle slowly to the floor, not slamming it as he usually does. Drunk William is definitely a bad news, but he is pretty calm base on how he behaves.

Soon enough he heard heavy footsteps approaching him, a hand roughly grabbed his hair and start to drag him easily. Zylen cannot help but to trembles in pain as he was dragged and he took a deep shaking breath from his nose when he was thrown to the ground mercilessly. His whole body started shaking and it doesn't went unnoticed by his master. "So you're awake, my slave" his voice sounds different, there was some nasal sound, It was rare but Zylen surprisingly remember this rare voice of him when he cried for him back then, perhaps because it was so rare and surprising , it was hard not to remember it.

William must had been crying earlier, Zylen could tell. Did William made another cruel and bitter decision for him to make him cry? What could it be this time? Surely it will be painful and cruel, but what exactly is it this time? Does this mean Zylen have some hope? Since William is so bitter and vulnerable this time?

Should he take a bet? Should he try something this time? But did William really meant to get rid of him this time?

"Maybe it's better this way hm? Since yer awake yer won't miss anything, yer can feel all of it hm?" His deep voice spoke again.

That definitely does not sounds good, Zylen started to brace himself unconsciously

After a moment, Zylen felt his hair was tugged painfully again, making him inhale from his nose trills sharply. Zylen is at his mercy right now...