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Nightmares… he wished they were just nightmares and nothing more.
The hands on his bruised body, the teeth biting him everywhere, the words coming out from their mouths insulting him and his family, breaking him, degrading him and his honor.
His body twisted in the sheets, his head moved rapidly from side to side, his breathing was getting forced by the second and he could feel the tears coming out slowly.
He had never pleaded, never begged in his whole life for something.
Yet, this time, he begged… he pleaded at his captors to stop. He screamed for mercy, he hoped his tears, sobs and pleads would touch a least a little spot in their dark hearts and let him go once and for all.
That didn't happen.
They kept breaking him in the worse way possible.
His sobs grew louder; he curled up in a ball hugging himself. He was shivering badly because of his cries and his skin was cold. The door of his room opened in a swift movement and he tensed, closing his eyes tightly. A warm hand touched his shoulder and he screamed trying to get away from it.
Hands touching his body…
Teeth biting his skin…
The weight of a body on his bed made him cry and scream louder, he struggled against whoever was grabbing his shoulders.
It couldn't be happening again…
"Please, don't hurt me… no more" was all he repeated mentally as he squirmed and tried to free himself from the strong grasp.
"Calm down! It's just me!"
Hands touching his body…
Teeth biting his skin…
"D-don't… please… hurts…" the crying turtle whimpered.
Hands touching his body…
Teeth biting his skin…
"Wake up, bro! Nobody is gonna hurt you!"
Pain… suffering…
"Wake up…!"
Pain… suffering…
"Wake up…!"
Pain… pain… pain…
Blood everywhere…
His eyes started to open slowly as he stopped fighting; he was still sobbing. His eyes were blurry because of the tears but he could distinguish the red mask and the amber eyes looking and his dark chocolate ones.
"Ssh… it's ok… calm down…"
A pair of strong arms pulled the shivering turtle against a warm chest as his thumb wiped the tears away from the leaf skinned turtle.
"You're gonna be ok… it was just one of those nightmares"
Nightmares… he wished they were just nightmares and nothing more.
Sadly, they were not just nightmares.