Day In, Day Out

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Lily sighed as she walked out of Raph's house. It was just after nightfall and the stars were just starting to peak out through the daytime haze. streaks of red still colored across the dark sky from the sunset as Lily stood infront of the straight driveway at the crosswalk, waiting for the road light to turn red. Cars zoomed past speedily, not even obeying the traffic laws as everyone was in a hurry.

She'd left her dog back at Raph's for the night since she couldnt watch her, besides the two liked to play together. She shivered as the cold and rolled her shoulders. She'd had the feeling that she was being watched and she'd recently become pretty paranoid. Evem Raph noticed. Lily sighed as she continued to wait for the cross walk to change.

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Quietly, I stalk the bushes. Fere tempus mi. Præparábis socks et scarves et posside meatum tape.Yes I know Death. Shush. I need to concentrate. I take the duct tape from my jacket and hold it tightly in my hand. I slip the scarves from my coat, trying to steady my hand. Mitescere meus amicus. Opus comperta, inquam, male. Ostendes ei qui proprium caput venatus factorem est. I will not disappoint death. This shall have not worry about.Slickly I was on, getting close enough to touch her before she turns around and I slip into the shadows again. This time Im so close I am barely not touching her. I put my hand over her mouth, taking my hands to tie hers behind her back.

Slowly, I guide her to a corner right near my house so I could sneak through easily. She tumbles and rumbles, stuggiling. She is too weak though, to escape my grips. I throw her to the ground in the small corner, placing myself too her in which she could not move. Quickly I stuff the scarves and garmets into her mouth, the gag reflex sure to go off. I take the ducktape and wrap it around her head several times before letting go and she is unable to speak. She is still struggling. I try not to laugh at how weak she is. I am not so strong myself. Slowly, I guide her through the shadows, kicking her in the spine every so often to keep her from squirming.

We finally reach my house and hold her close to the door, making sure she never gets out of my sight. I pick out the key and open the door. My avox looks terrified as I take her to the basement, letting her close the door. She knows what's down there because she's been there. I allow her to clean them every so often just to keep her in line. I throw Lily in a corner and give her a glare. She knows it's me, obviously. I crouch down to her, slowly unwraping the tape from her mouth, making sure the feeling is slow and painful. As soon as the tape reaches the final roll I pull it off quickly. "Now speak maggot. This place is sound proof..." I state it before she says anything. I stand, leaving her there for a moment. I can hear Bella, my avox, already slam the basement doors shut.

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Lily tried to scream as a hand clamped over her mouth from behind, gagging as scarves and other accessories were shoved down her throat. She wretched trying to fight back. She struggled as she was dragged through the dark, unable to see whe was abducting her. A button popped on her shirt as she turned sharply, struggling to break free of the vices around her. Fear shot through her like a flash of lightning, blinding her as she fought. She wanted to get out. She wanted to be back at Raphs...

Suddenly, Lily felt herself being thrown into a corner, her hed cracking loudly against the cement wall. She was spun around to find a Cordelia staring back at her. She felt her face grow hot with anger. Tears welled in her eyes but she dared not let them fall as the tape was ripped from her skin and hair. "Now speak Maggot. This place is soundproof..."

Lily tilted her head back slightly and pursed her cheeks, gathering her saliva in her mouth before spitting into Cordelia's bright red eye.

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A plaster of spit taints my face. I look at her and roll my eyes. Slowly I wipe the spit from under my eyes and call for Bella. "Bella!" The door opens, her eyes already wet with tears. "For one, try your eyes. TWO! Feed her. THREE! Prepare her for the water torture. First, we make her a little um-insane." I walk up the stairs, leaving her in the complete darkness of the room before Bella goes rushing down. I watch her quietly from the corner. She looks at Lily and signs the words "Im sorry," That's when she knocks her out, a straight hit to the pressure point in the neck. I keep watching her, slowly, as she unlocks the shackles on the dirty brick wall and places one of Lily's hands into his. First one locks in, then the second. I step away from the door so she won't see me as she rushes up the stairs, forgetting to shut the door behind her. Fixing to shut the door I do it for her. She is now rushing to put something together for her to eat. I roll my eyes and take some fish. "Cook this up and give it to her. My goodness. Also, bring some water, she's going to need it after i'm done with her." Bella nods, only running down the basement. I stay standing there, looking down at the sink. Slowly I wash my hands, the soap a fragrance of flowers. It rinses off and I run to my room.

Slowly I take my hair down and put it into a regular pony tail. Rubbing my eyes I change from my regular jacket and crazy outfit to something more district looking. I slip on a black shirt with some pajama pants. I know its going to be a long night. I slip on a pair of black slippers and rush down to the basement where Bella is feeding her. Slowly but not making her work for it. "Oh my dear Bella. Dont do it like that. More like this," I snatch the food from her hands. "How much do you want this?" My eyebrows arch."Hmmm?" I walk up to her, taking a knife and placing it on the tip of her nose. "Now, scream it! How bad do you want to eat this?" I smile devilishly, shoving a gigantic piece of the meat into her mouth. "Now chew!" I turn around, walking to a small seat placed in front of Lily and the chains. "Oh and Bella. Chain her neck. She wont be able to move her head much. OH also, no babying her. If I catch you..." I don't have to finish before knocks her out again, placing the metal around her neck. "Good. Now let her sit there for a while and come with me. Later we will get her ready for her first "investigation". " My fingers crunch together as we walk up the stairs, the only light in the room are the torches and they are very well lit. Sitting down on the couch we just wait.

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Lily rolled her head from side to side as a throbbing pain arched between her temples. She groaned quietly as she looked up, blinking several times to see in the low lighting. A coldness seeped from the middle of her neck in a ring. She was wearing a collar! That bitch put her in a god damn collar! Anger seethed through her and she jerked hard on the shackles that held the chains connected to the wall, hard enough for blood the run down her forearms. The more she yanked on her chains, the more pain she was in, the angrier she got, the angrier she got, the harder she yanked. It was almost as if she were stuck in an endless cycle of yank, pain, and anger. She did this until the chains strarted to loosen from the bolts in the wall. A little bit of dust scattered onto the floor on either side of her.

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I slowly stalk down the stairs and stare at the now furious Lily. I suspect she can't see me in this lighting by the way she is just sitting there. I'd expect her to curse me out now. I sit down, watching her. I want to see her weak points. So, well, if she escapes I am able to pen point the area and strike her down. I look around at my surroundings when Bella stalks down the stairs and sits beside me, also unnoticed. We stand there for what seems like hours but is only 30 minutes so I get up and walk over to Lily who is still strapped to the wall. "Bella!" She comes running towards me. "Get her ready for the table," Bella nods, cutting the back of her ankle to which Lily can't move but not without getting kicked in the face first. Unlocking the shackles I watch as she carefully takes Lily and places her on the table in the back corner and straps her there, making sure to put the water dripping at an angle right on the crease of the nose. This is going to be a long night...

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Lily cursed loudly as she felt pain run through her body, starting from her ankles. The bitch had sliced through her achillies tendons! Now how was she supposed to get out? Well, she supposed she could always crawl, but the steep concrete staircase would be a problem. She hoped Raph would come looking for her, he'd know something was up if she didnt show up for work tomorrow, or would it be today? She couldn't tell how long she'd been there or how long she'd been unconscious for. All she knew was that she was in the Crazy's freaking basement that wasn't even two miles away from her own damn apartment.

Lily felt her brow forrow when she was strapped to the table. What had happened? Oh right, she'd been kicked in the face. She could taste blood but it didnt feel like any of her teeth were loose or missing. Her frown deepened when she felt the water begin to drip onto her nose. Really? This is what she calls torture? Hell I've done way kinkier sh*t than this when i was in college Lily was forced to blink everytime the water hit her face, but she didnt say a word, having no intention to find out what Crazy would do if she taunted her.

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I made no noise as the water dripped. Drip! Drop! I could only smile as her frowned thickened as I sat in the darkness. I held a small knife in my hand ready if she tried to get out of the restraints. soon she would be seeing things, well, if you count soon as in forever. I slowly fiddled with the knife. Throwing it in the air and catching it in my hands. I did this for about 30 minutes, then to my mouth. Another 30 minutes go by and the water continues to drip. Drip! Drop! I want to burst out in random laughter but instead I get up and leave the room to let her completely go insane. I give Bella the signal to follow and she does, simply. I walk up the stairs. A click against the concrete and my shoes fills the room before slamming the door. The only light in the whole room in the basement would be a small torch that was barely lit. I open the small flap in the door and stare at her faint figure for a few moments, hoping for her to start struggiling. Instead of continuing to stare I go to get something eat myself. My stomach has been rumbiling this whole time and yet I ignored it because I was hoping she would go crazy by now. I search in the pantchery, grabbing some peanut butter and crackers. I start to paste the peanut butter to them. I do it slowly just to savor time. The more time the better she will crack. By now I feel like going to sleep and checking on her in the morning so, you know what, I will.

I devour the crackers and head upstairs. Bella takes off my large coat, setting it onto my dark red chair in my room. Next I slip off my shoes and put on my slippers. Bella picks the shoes off the floor and puts them ontop of the jacket that is now on her arms. Finally I take off my shirt and pants. She takes those too. The last thing I take off is my bra to which she gladly takes. I look to her, putting on my pajama shirt. "Now, wash those and dry then you are permitted to bed. If you shall not do these things I shall use my "devices" on you as an example. Understood?" She nods and rushes out the room. I stare down at my top which is a shirt from the 25th Hunger Games. It includes Mrs. Felix Hades and his family. How sweet... I slip on my pants which match the shirt. Lastly I put on my slippers which reveal district 11's symbol. Then with that I snuggle into bed and fall asleep.Morning creeps through my room and blind me. I shake my head and pull myself over the bedside. I rush down the stairs to the basement where to my surprise Lily is still there on the table, water still dripping. "Morning! How was your night?"

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Lily stared bored at the ceiling as water continued to drip onto her face. Seriously? Water? What kind of torture was this supposed to be again? Obviously it wasn't working. Or was it? A spark of panic speared through her thin body before she squashed it down. She'd woken up about 30 minutes ago, judging by the angle of the sunlight creeping through the boarded up window near the ceiling. Had it really only been one day? Or had their been more? She couldn't tell fromhow many time's she'd been knocked out lately. The room tilted sharply from side to side and nausia had been hitting her in waves since before the torture had began. Concusion? Probably so.

Lily glared at Cordelia as she approached her strapped down form. "How was your night?" Her over confidence was disgusting. She flashed the other girl a snarky grin. "Oh you know. The bed is comfortable and all but the room service here is terrible."

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Lily's body shook with exhaustion, pain and stone cold fear as she lie strapped down to the wooden table she'd been forced to reside on for the last two weeks. She was bleeding from several of her unhealed wounds, while bloody bandages wrapped around others. Cordelia had had her wounds cleaned and dressed only to remake them all over again in a vicious cycle that had left her reeling. A forebodding knowledge that she stood on the threshhold of death swarmed through her. Her light brown eyes gazed almost lifelessly at the high basement ceiling, small quantities of lights streaming through the high windows. She'd been tortured countless times in the last two weeks for information and she still refused to speak a word, yet her hope for escape dwindled to almost nothing as she doubted that she'd ever get the chance to speak again...

Her thoughts turned to Raphael. Lily felt as if she were lost to him now, wandering vaguely if he missed her or even noticed if she was gone. With the games so close to starting, or had they started already...?, he'd be over whelmed with work. Who was keeping his work organized? Who made him breakfast? Who woke him up for work in the first place? Who was keeping his schedule in check and making sure things started and ended on time? So many questions that she knew she would never find the answers to swirled through her. Just about everything she did was for Raph. She had no family to keep in touch with, a few friends outside the work place but were too shallow to really care for anyone but themselves. She had her dog, but other than that, her life practically circled around work. Even then, Cordelia wanted Raph's job and was willing to kill him to get it. She knew that she could have told her everything she needed to know and would probably have walked out of that house home free, yet she never said anything. She hadn't screamed through the pain, never said the sarcastic comments to the Crazy just to piss her off that circled through her mind.

The air temperature suddenly dropped as the sun sank below the horizon, chilling her exposed skin revealed from her tattered clothes. Her skirt barely served its purpose anymore due to the several rips that travelled up her thighs, her legs bruised and several lacerations marked deep into her skin. Her shirt was riddled with holes and shredde, several pieces just plain missing, barely covering anything at all anymore. The pallor in her face had gone waxy and the purple that was once in locks had now disappeared, the moussy blonde hair plastered and curling with sweat and grease against the skin of her face and neck. The colour washed out from the water boarding. Her body had gone gaunt due to the lack of food, and bore the marks of the tortures she'd endured.

The only things Lily hadn't lost were her stubborn will to not give any information tobCordelia, the need to make it out of the hell she currently lived in, and the yearning to see Raph again. Just once before she died. Only then would she be willing to let go....

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He thought as he literally ripped the poor machine from the wall and through it against the opposite wall; listening to it shatter as the pieces of it fell to the ground. He managed himself out of the bed and got dressed in his normal suit he had been wearing since Lily had been missing. Since she had normally color coordinated them with the days, he had lost track rather easily and, in turn, went solely to the black or white suits he owned. It was wearing on two weeks and Raphael was more than worried, but his advisers and so on kept telling him she'd show up, or that she was like the other girl and just wouldn't come back - that the stress had finally gotten to her and she didn't want the job anymore. That wasn't like the Lily he knew though. He knew she wanted to work for him, or that stubborn woman would have quit by now. A slight smile slipped its way across his tired lips as he thought about her. He began to dress shortly after he got of bed as he tried to remember his routine with Lily. His bow ties remained untied hanging around his neck - he had long since forgotten how to tie them with Lily around - and the white dove stood out a little crookedly since he never bothered to straighten it on his collar. It was a damned mess seeing the Head Game Maker like he was without Lily. With lack of sleep and anger beginning to pour its way into his system, he yelled a curse and slammed his fist into a wall. Through a wall would be a better definition. As he yanked his hand back from the plaster and wood, two avoxes came around the corner to see what had happened. He didn't acknowledge them, he simply went out his bedroom door and began down his stairs to the ground floor. "I should've realized this a long time ago..." He growled. He hollered for Grendel as he opened the door; the large pure blood ran down from upstairs and out the door to follow at his master's heels. It took him hours to realize how crazy his idea was. He didn't know if it was actually pliable or not either, but that was the only idea that came to his mind. Cordelia had been acting strange to him; Nicer perhaps? Or simply amused by the fact that Raphael was heading into a mental breakdown without Lily to keep him in line with all of his things. He didn't know what to do without Lily, and he knew Cordelia knew that. She had been working with him the longest next to Lily of course. That came up to the real question if Cordelia was actually sick and crazy enough to take Lily from him for him to have the said mental breakdown. At this point, he thought he'd risk the idea of being wrong as the night began to sink in. Raphael pulled out a cell phone of sorts and called in a favor to the local 'security' department of sorts to meet him at Cordellia's house. If he was wrong, he knew the excuse he'd make, but for now, he was more than positive he was right. With his rank and title, he could make this whole thing even look like a misunderstanding if he was wrong. The idea didn't matter to him, but by the time he and Grendel arrived at the property the security detail was there too. They were fully armed and ready to invade a heavily armed building it seemed like. "Grendel, find Lily." Raphael commanded. He motioned for the security detail to open the door; which they broke down within a mere second. Grendel barked and put his nose to the ground as the guards followed him in with guns raised to shoot if someone would threaten the dog or Raphael. Raphael followed after the guards and picked his pace up to follow Grendel as Grendel pawed at the way to the basement. "Over here." With the words, Raphael had the door open - chains or not they wouldn't have stood against Raphael's adrenaline rushed strength. He made his way down the stairs; Grendel ahead of him. Grendel hopped up onto the table beside Lily and began to lick her face. His tail was wagging ninety to nothing, but Raphael got him off of her and began to work on the restraints holding her to the table. Finally highly annoyed, Raphael pulled one of the pistols from the Guards' belts and blew off the chunk of the table under Lily's wrists etc with the bullets. Once the dreadful act of barely missing Lily's limbs was done, Raphael gently and carefully picked her up into his arms, bridal style. "I've got you Lily" Was all he could say to her, but his eyes showed his anger through his relief. "Get me Cordelia." He commanded of the Guards. With his orders done, Raphael carefully took Lily out of Cordelia's house with Grendel on his heels. "I'll get you to a hospital." He said in a near whisper, trying to comfort her. He knelt down in a very careful motion that ended with her in his lap in a position similar to that he had carried her in, but with her head and torso more balanced against his chest to keep her up. 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Lily was barely able to open her eyes in shock as she felt something wet touch her face. Please not again.. She didnt know if she could handle another turn for torture. Her wounds still ached from the metal spikes pearcing into her flesh from the Iron Maiden, although she'd been able to avoid the spikes that would have given her the worst of her wounds, as in the internal injuries that would have killed her by now. Maybe she should have just let herself die. She'd have been out of this situation by then, but she wouldnt have felt the rush of relief that washed through her as she saw a very large Grendel standing over her limp frame. A swarm of people surrounded her, looking about the place as if searching for something... or someone. Had they seen her yet? She doubted it. Barely able to move, the chains rattled sharply against the table they bhad bound her to, sending noise out that she was sure everyone could hear. A shadow fell over her, a sillhouette of a very familiar looking man stood over her.

Lily's consciousness wavered as her mind registered that Raph was the one who stood over her. She'd never been happier to see Raph, then all at once a flood of mixed emotions swirled through her. Anger, sadness, relief, confusion, and something she didnt know the name of all twisted inside of her. She lost her grip on consiousness as the sound of gunshots rang peircingly in her ears.

When she came to, Lily opened her green eyes to see Raph yelling angrily into a phone, demanding an ambulence. He was in the same grey suit she'd picked out for him the day Cordelia had taken her, now she knew that he had been really worried about her if hed been too distracted to pick out a different suit. She tried moving taway from him, noticing that she was bleeding on said suit, but since she handt eaten much over the two weeks combined with the fact that she had so many wounds, there wasnt much she could do. Instead, she just rested her head against his chest and listened to the sound of his breath wooshing in and out of his lungs. it was a soothing sound, the kind of soothing she hadnt felt in what seemed like forever. She wanted to say something to Raph. A thank you, an apology for not being there the past couple of weeks, anything. She wanted to tell him that Cordelia hadnt been around for hours, the hours she usually spent tormenting her. Howver, she could not find her voice. Either her strength escaped her or all the torture and refusing to speak has rendered her mentally unable to. Whatever it was, the reason would have to wait as she lost consciousness for the second time and plunged into the darkness.

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Lily woke up to several people leaning over her, probing her with needles and tools. She'd never liked doctors and the bright lights glared overhead, her fear rising into her throat like bile. Raph.. Had he been real? Had he really rescued her from the hell Cordelia had put her through? She didn't know. For the moment, her entire world was the prospect of being stabbed with needles and scalpels. A doctor stuck one in ER arm and soon she slipped under into the depths of nonexistent reality.

Lily had faded in and out of consciousness over the next several days. She woke up in several different rooms before the last few dips into wakefulness had shown up in the same room. She delicately hoisted herself into a sitting position, her blonde head spinning with the sudden movement. Her thin body was clothed in nothing but a short, thin hospital gown. One that was too big and hung off one shoulder. Several bandages and tubes restricted her movements as her eyes peered around the room, looking for a familiar face.

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Lily's eyes found the red coat, it was a startling burst of colour in the otherwise pale room. A scuffle sounded and she slowly turned her head towards the noise to see Raphael rising from the floor in a suit that almost made him look like a candy cane. Suddenly he was at her side, the left, with one hand on her leg the other on her cheek. The warmth from his palms radiated in waves into her skin.

With some maneuvering, Lily reached up to the hand that covered her cheek, and laid her own across its back. Her fingers held it in place as she turned her head and kissed his palm, her eyes closed already in exhaustion. Hot tears seeped through her closed lids, rolling freely down her face to drip off of her chin. So many questions swirled through her mind, so many feelings crowding within yet she was still struck with the inability to find her words. There were so many things she wanted to tell him but the transition from brain to mouth was blocked. A piercing pain arched through her skull with the effort. She opened her green eyes, locking immediately with Raph's and she lowered his hand from her cheek, still keeping her fingers in his.

((btw she probably has a heavy concussion on top of all her other injuries. Cordelia liked to hit her in the head with blunt objects. A lot o.o))

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A small smile slipped across Raphael's lips as she kissed his palm. His thumb gently began to rub her cheek, wiping away her tears. He leaned up and gave her a gentle kiss on her other cheek to remove the tears there as well. He shifted his body up into a better position on his knees as he watched her. There was something still wrong that; he just couldn't tell exactly what. Something that was deeper than just the wounds she had received.

His fingers, now intertwined with hers, squeezed her hand gently; his much larger hand had easily enclosed it self on her smaller one. He didn't speak as he let his hazel eyes fall in line with her gaze on him. Another smile spread across his lips as he realized how lucky she was to have even awoken from all the torture she had been through. Slowly, he began to speak and his lips moved, but he stopped before any words came out.

Raphael didn't actually know what to say for once. He wasn't even fully sure what had happened to Lily. It was slightly disturbing to him to have realize how long he had waited to save her. In turn, that made him begin to think that everything that happened to her was his fault. It very well could have been related to her job under him since there were so many people out to get it from him.

Shaking his head slowly, he cast his hazel eyes downward and looked at the ground. After a few moments of regaining himself, he let them drift back up to Lily's green ones. "I apologize if this was somehow related to me Lily. You know I never meant for you to get hurt from anything I told you." He said in a quiet tone. His hazel eyes let away his fear and mixed emotions in them that would easily be recognized.

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Lily looked up at Raph as he kissed her cheek, her green eyes widening slightly at the feel of his lips pressed against her skin. When he spoke to her, his voice was full of fear and worry, maybe even something else that she was too dazed to recognize. "I apologize if this was somehow related to me Lily. You know I never meant for you to get hurt from anything I told you." She shook here head fiercly, enough for the room to spin. She opened her mouth as if to say something, then closed it, unable to find the words. She wanted to tell him the words he needed to hear. She wanted tp tell him everything but the words were somehow missing.

Suddenly, Lily jumped forward, onto her knees, ripping the needle out of her arm as well as the heart moniter from her skin causing a loud monotonous beep through out the room. She clung to Raph and kissed his cheek before reconnecting the way for communication, her voice flowing soft and sweet. "I don't regret it Raph, not even for a moment. Hell I'd do it again if it meant keeping that bitch from hurting you... I... I never said a word to her. All that time I was down there, I never gave her what she wanted..."