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24. The Captain and The Engineer: The Kicked Dog (Part 1)
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**Trigger Warning** This chapter involves physical and mental abuse/violence and excessive cursing.
“Time to wake up, pretty boy! If I’m not getting any sleep tonight then neither are you!”
The jarring, loud sound of a metal object clanging on the metal bars of the cell followed by the angry, taunting voice of Micah had violently jerked Vincent out of what he had hoped would be time to rest. However that seemed not to be the case. Already shivering from the cold and in the most extreme amount of pain he’d felt in a long time radiating through his entire body, Vincent was not looking forward to whatever Micah had planned for him.
Micah had seen Vincent violently jump upon his loud arrival but found his frustration rising as Vincent’s body settled on the wooden hanging pallet once again. There was no further acknowledgement on Vincent’s behalf that Micah was even there.
“HEY! I’m talking to you!”
Again, there was no response from Vincent.
“I know you’re not deaf, you one eyed freak!”
Micah heard a very faint sigh come from the other side of the cell which prompted him to keep talking. So he’d struck a nerve, had he? Micah walked over to place the torch in his hand up on the wall as he continued to speak.
“I hope you are enjoying your accommodations, Freak. After everything, its more than you deserve. Hells, I heard you were supposed to be more of a gentleman; the notorious Captain Vincent Dubois! Heh, that’s if you could call a drunk like you a gentleman. I mean just look at you: dirty, smelling of alcohol and filth…and such an ugly face with those scars.”
He glanced over at the unmoving Vincent as Vincent’s strained voice finally reached Micah’s ears: “Do you mind? I’m trying to sleep.” Vincent gave a bored sigh and actually closed his eyes, visibly trying to settle onto the uncomfortable pallet.
Micah stared at Vincent’s back, wanting more and more as each second passed to wrap his hands around his throat and end him right here and now for being the cause of all the hardships he was enduring right now! Reaching into his pocket, Micah pulled out the ring of keys and went to the lock to let himself in! If anything maybe he could beat some sense into the quiet prick who fucked everything up between Thorn and him!
Vincent heard the sound of the keys clanging and the lock being unlocked. It was only a moment later that the cell door opened and was quickly shut once again with a loud clang! Vincent quietly took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
Feeling Micah’s rough hands on his arm and shoulder, Vincent clenched his teeth at the painful yank as he was literally pulled off the pallet and thrown hard onto his back upon the cold, stone floor! Pain immediately flared to life through his entire body!
Micah pressed the sole of his boot onto Vincent’s shoulder to keep him on his back and deliberately dug the point of his boot into his shoulder! Vincent’s teeth clenched as he tried to focus; determined not to let Micah see how much pain he was in.
“I told you,” Micah growled as he leaned over Vincent, pressing harder into his shoulder, “that you are NOT sleeping tonight.” Micah’s lips curled slightly into a smirk, waiting for Vincent to cry out or plead for him to stop. Instead, he was surprised to see Vincent roll his eyes and give a small sigh.
“Aw, is the puppy sad he doesn’t get to sleep at his Master’s feet tonight?” Vincent antagonized him in a bored voice, pushing past the intense pain surging through his body. Micah’s eyes widened and the smirk quickly dropped from his face as Vincent actually snorted and glanced off to the side towards the window. “Can’t blame him. All bark and no bite; couldn’t even put me down yourself. Some puppy…tame and useless.”
By now, that smirk was long gone and Micah felt a rage consume him that he’d not felt before! With no warning, Micah took his boot off of Vincent’s shoulder and sent the heel of his boot kicking hard into Vincent’s ribs directly over a deep cut he’d gotten during their earlier fight in the city.
Vincent, having already expected such an attack, merely grunted despite the feeling and sound of his ribs cracking under the heel of Micah’s boot! He winced every so slightly, keeping himself in check. He refused to let Micah see how badly it really hurt. Fuck, did it hurt!
“SHUT UP!!!” came Micah’s enraged scream. Seeing that Vincent had barely reacted despite the hard kick, Micah became enraged! He wanted Vincent to hurt! He wanted to see him scream and beg for relief whereas Vincent was barely giving any reaction to anything he was doing to him!
Dropping down while Vincent was still steadying himself at the kick, Micah pressed his hands to Vincent’s shoulders and dug in his fingers, moving to straddle his hips as he leaned down and snarled in his face, “EVERYTHING WAS GOING JUST FINE UNTIL WE HAD TO DRAG YOUR UGLY FACE OUT HERE!”
Grunting from Micah’s weight and breathing heavily, Vincent glared up into Micah’s eyes and said in a challenging voice, “You didn’t HAVE to drag my ass anywhere! What? You couldn’t stand the embarrassment of losing to me? Trying to prove a point?” As Micah opened his mouth to respond, Vincent cut right in and added, “Or does this have to do with you guys lying about my betting? Hmm?”
Micah’s eyes widened as he stared down at him, clearly surprised by Vincent seemingly calling him out on multiple levels. Even though his lips were parted, he couldn’t even formulate a response! All he could do is glare down at Vincent which caused Vincent to smirk up at him and remark, “Oh look….now he can’t even bark. Cat got your tongue?”
…Meanwhile, Aiden had followed his informant’s instructions and made his way across the Southern river bridge and then a left along the river. Now he’d reached a quieter part of town; the kind where the silence was eerie and people tended to mind their own business. Aiden squared his shoulders and reached down to slide his fingers through the lantern’s ring and lifted him as if he were any other lantern and continued along his way with determination.
It had only been in recent years that the peelers* had been officially formed and grew into power across the nation. Prior to their creation, there were private jailers who were called upon to serve personal justice for a price. It didn’t matter who was guilty or not as long as you paid enough. But ever since the rise of the peelers, their private operations had been put to a halt and deemed illegal. However there were rumors that some still operated in secret through dealings with the local officials; such as the one Thorn seemed to run.
When told what to look for, Aiden knew exactly what the man was talking about. If Vincent had really gone and crossed someone who ran a place like that, that was just bad luck!
Near the edge of town, he came across a large house-like building that looked more like a small fortress built into a hill that was a distance from the other buildings. With the river serving as noise cancellation, he knew he was in the right place. It seemed this one was still privately owned as some of them were; turned into large houses with rather large wine cellars. But from what his informant had told him, the jail was still very much in use.
Studying the large building, Aiden could see light coming from the top floor in a room but there wasn’t much light coming from anywhere else. Clearly there was no one keeping watch. Praying that his informant was right and that this wasn’t just someone’s house, Aiden set Pete down and quickly strode across the yard and began to peek along the wall. Along the curve of the hill away from prying eyes of the street or across the river were heavy cellar doors leading downstairs.
Determination fueled Aiden as quickly made his way along the wall heading towards the cellar doors. As he did, he noticed a dim firelight coming from what appeared to be a small set of cell bars to let in light and air right by the ground. In fact, there were a few of them but only one had dim light coming from it! Approaching, Aiden’s brow furrowed as he heard an enraged shout of frustration over the sound of the river.
“SHUT UP!”
Aiden’s stomach lurched at the sound and quickly found himself on his hands and knees, peeking through the bars! What he saw made him see red! Laying in the dimly lit cell on the ground, beaten and bloody was Vincent! And he was towered over by a very angry Micah who was setting his foot down, clearly having just kicked him! Aiden barely had a chance to admire Vincent’s ability to keep from crying out before he was scrambling for the cellar doors!
Wrenching the teeth of his wrench into the lock, Aiden pushed hard and broke the lock over the doors and heaved the doors open! Adrenaline was pumping through his veins with his desperation to rescue Vincent! Maybe he could distract Micah somehow! Letting the heavy wooden doors drop to the dirt, Aiden could see a stairwell going down, moonlight pouring in from behind him and illuminating his way into a very apparent dungeon type of cells! “Pete, come on!” Aiden growled, grasping his wrench tightly and hurrying down the steps, Pete clicking and scrambling after him.
As soon as Aiden turned the corner he was greeted with the sight of Vincent laying on his back in a locked cell with Micah on top of him, pinning him and snarling angrily down at him as Vincent began to try pushing Micah out of his face!
“You-!” Micah began but he was quickly cut off as Aiden slammed his wrench against the bars, causing both Micah and Vincent to jump and turn their attention to the Aiden with wide, startled eyes.
“HEY, YOU PATHETIC SHIT! GET OFF OF HIM!”
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Vocabulary:
*Peeler(s)- the term used in early 1800s in England for the first professional policemen and were known in slang terms as “bobbies”; named for Sir Robert Peel who founded them (info found on Google)
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***Please note this is a BOY LOVE (BL/yaoi/gay) series. It is a slow burn and rated PG13!***
Special thank you to Vin Aydin Raven-Mysterious for collaborating with me on this series and co-starring as The Captain!
And thank you to Toxzen Owo for starring as Micah!
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