This Dream (Benjamin)

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kakeru watches as his brother is arrested, along with his brother's lover Fyrann. White Rabbit had won the war and those who were against them were being punished. Kakeru was already bound and there was nothing he could do to get out of the bondage he was stuck in. He was on his knees his wrists bound to his ankles behind his back. A woman walks over to him, she puts her hand on his face and smiles, "You know we can't kill you Kakeru, but we can make your life hell. Call it fair for what you did over the past 200 years." A much larger man comes over and punches Kakeru after the female leaves. He spits out blood and glares at the man, "You hit like a bitch." He says. Then he watches as his brother and Fyrann are beat in turn. This actually managed to anger Kakeru he yelled for them to stop. Threatened them, anything he could think of to get their attention back on him. His brother was thrown into a cell with his lover and could see his brother. A woman looks at Fyrann, "Your son Rilaran has been adopted, you are lucky, not many people would want to adopt the son of a traitor." Then they walk over to Kakeru, "Your daughter... we will find her wherever you and your lover have hidden her. If we find that he is guilty as well he will get that pretty little cell across from you." Kakeru spits at the woman. Anger was all he knew at the moment, there was nothing else he could feel. He takes a deep breath. Then watches them walk out. As soon as they were gone the bondage on the three men was released. This allowed them to move about their cells, though Ayden wasn't moving very much. Kakeru moves to the bars and looks at Fyrann, "Is he okay... is he alive?" He knew they couldn't kill him but he was still afraid... scared enough that he couldn't think straight.



Kakeru was asleep in the bed that he shared with Ben, Kake had just returned from England where he had brought Ben's charge back to stay in the spare room they had. The blind girl though was out for the day looking for some kind of job. Kakeru hadn't slept for almost a week as far as Ben new though it was possible it had been much longer than that. He was shaking in his sleep sweating, obviously scared, but he couldn't wake up, and Ben would not be able to wake him up.

[Benjamin Gauge]

The face of a once war hardened Fyrann looked tired from the beating that he took. His left eye was blackened with a bruise, scrapes decorating his face, and fractured bones all apparent by the way his chest rattled when he breathed. All his mind could focus on was the loss of his son and it was visible on his face.The pain showed itself in quiet anger as tears that welled in his eyes; the question Kakeru asked about his older brother took a minute to cross through his mind. "He's alive...", Truax responded looking from Ayden back to his older brother.

Ben had gone out for a short while to grab some food for Kakeru. He was making sure that there were groceries in the house. Even if his boyfriend wasn't eating much, he'd be sure the man he loved had some sort of meal or at the very least foodstuffs available. When he noticed the rooms Kakeru was normally in were empty, he shrugged it off and put everything he purchased away. The man went up the stairs just to check their bedroom and found his lover quivering in his sleep and looking sickly from the sweat on his body. "Fallen. Fallen..?", he called out to the prophet concerned as he tried to awaken him, but was unable to.

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kakeru yells and pulls at the bars, "Please let them go!" He begs before falling to his knees. , "This is all my fault..." He says with an apology in his voice. Tears fall down his face. Ayden was wheezing, he barely opens his eyes. "Fy... Ran... Is... Rilaran okay?" He whispers. Kake screams out as loud as he can before falling to the floor. "Ben... Gods... Fy... Ayden..."

Kake does not wake up he whispers Ben's name. Tears falling down his face. He began sweating more.

Days pass with daily beatings for the three. Kake had no more energy. Ayden couldn't stay awake anymore. A woman walks in, Fy is moved to the same cell as Kakeru away from Ayden, "Tell us... Where the information is hidden... Where is Alyce?!" Kake was trying to talk but his jaw was broken. Then he got a harsh feeling in his chest, even with a broken jaw he forced himself to yell, "Don't kill him! Please don't please! I'll tell you anyth-" Kake is interrupted as a bullet goes off into his brother. Kake drops, he couldn't move or think. He felt like his whole life came to a screaming halt. The woman looks at the blue haired elf, "I'll be back to kill Fyrann tomorrow... Have Alyce's location written down or he dies." Ayden's dying body is thrown into the cell with Kake and Fy, "Someone will be by in an hour..." Ayden is gasping for every breath but looks at Fy, "F-Fy... I'm... I'm cold... Fy... You... Have to li-... Live... Watch Kake... Es... Escape here... Explain... The truth of this.... This place to Kake..." With him dying he understood this was a dream, he only hoped the other two would figure it out. Ayden was struggling for every breath but fighting with everything he had to live.

[Benjamin Gauge]

Fyrann willed himself from the laying on the floor to onto his hands and knees. He only realized his lip was busted when he went to wipe at his face with the back of his hand. Dark crimson smeared diagonally from his knuckles in a clean streak and a smaller formation of red trailed lower on the same hand. "They took him...they took our son", he responded though it wasn't directed specifically to either of the captive men. "I will…get him back…and I’ll get you out of here". The promise was the last thing he whispered before blacking out.

* * * *

Pain. It was unavoidably harsh as the former commando awoke to his dreary cell on a hard slab on concrete. With all the days that had passed, they all seemed to blend together in a never ending cycle. Time seemed to drag on forever here with only daylight being the small rays of sunlight in the early morning and once more at dusk. Fyrann looked around with blurry vision blinking crimson from a gash on his forehead out of his eyes. It took a moment for his eyesight to become clear as he heard Kakeru pleading to their captor. "Don't kill him! Please don't please! I'll tell you anyth-"

Bang.

A shot had split the air and set the man’s senses on edge. Though much like Kakeru, Truax’s heart had stopped in that same instance shocked still by the suddenness of it all. “Ayden!!”, Fyrann cried hoarsely though at this point in time it was no better than a murmur—like someone had taken out his voice box despite his throat being intact. A sharp wheeze expelled from his lungs as he lurched just enough upright to drag himself over to his lover. “No you can’t go…stay here Ayden…gods…please don’t go” the man pleaded confusedly, barely able to grip the doctor's hand. “We’ll get out of here. I won’t let you down again…”. He was trying to piece together what his boyfriend may have meant though at this time the idea of losing his lover too was clouding his logic…

Ben pushed with trying to get Kakeru to awaken though it quickly devolved into the Gangrel pulling his lover into his arms. “Fallen, hey it’s okay. Wake up. I’m here…I’m here for you”. Sometimes the nightmares were something Kakeru snapped out of and Ben was preparing for his partner to jolt awake any minute, still offering calming words to try to wake his conscious mind.

[Kakeru Kun Fallen]

Kakeru moves over to his brother, and pulls the bullet out of his brother he wasn't all there. Once it was out he puts pressure on the wound. Ayden gasps in pain,"Fy... Help Kake... Fy... I promise you... You have not let me down... I will be there always... Fy... If I die... I am not dead." He says coughing. Ayden was still holding onto his life.

Yoya shows up to Ben, "You need to go into the dream... He won't same up on his own Ben."