Chapter 6: Regret (Part6)

They then took me to a wall in the basement of their castle and chained me up. Each one of my hands and legs was held by a chain which ended up suspending me in the air. 'Reminds me of when Vilgax tried to remove the Omnitrix from me by force when I was a kid.'

I then turned to see them standing right in front of me. Hex said "So after all these years, how does it feel to lose? To be far outmatched by another and be pushed to the limit." I stopped him there

"This isn't the first time I've been chained up and it won't be the last. I've lost before but even then, I still overcame the odds and ended up saving the day so save your speech."

"Let's see how long you'll retain your confidence after I take away everyone you value dearly."

"Wait, you wouldn't" All he did was smile and walk out of the room.

The next week passed. Hex would come in daily and torture me, either by burning my skin or stabbing me in non-lethal places. It was hard the first 2 days but then I got used to the pain, so they ended up raising the intensity each day just to keep me suffering. Charmcaster didn't seem to care much as she would sometimes watch him torture me with a bored expression.

I wanted to escape. I tried to escape but I was magically bound. They even took away my voice with magic as if to stop me from finding a way to transform somehow with my voice only. I tried to mentally make a link with the watch, I tried to speak with it, I begged it, but I got nothing back.

I then had an idea, if I can't use the watch to transform then I'll just force it to transform me. 'If I'm not mistaken, the Omnitrix should have a failsafe that wouldn't let me die. So, in a situation where I would be killed, it should transform me automatically…At least I hope so.'

In our next torture session, I started taunting Hex by making faces and flipping him off with both my hands. He then lifted the magic on my voice and asked "So, you must have started fighting back believing that your rescue is near, right?" I then responded with "Nah, just tired of seeing your pathetic attempts at breaking me. Come on, is this all you've got."

He then started stabbing around my body with a heated sword making wounds all around. But then when he stabbed close to my neck, I slightly moved, making him stab my neck.

Right on cue, the Omnitrix transformed me into Swampfire to heal my wounds. Taking this as my chance to break out I started exerting all my strength, but the chains didn't even budge. Hex then started laughing and spoke

"So that's what you've been trying to do. Well sorry to burst your bubble, but I designed these chains in a way that even your transformations' strength won't break you out."

"Fuck"

"Well now that I know you won't die, then there's a lot of fun for us to have. Our sessions are going to be much more intense now."

'Well, I'm out of ideas. I hope grandpa can do something when he arrives. He should be here soon.' And the next few days consisted of him torturing me to death and then the Omnitrix regenerating me through the DNA stored inside.

Then the day I was waiting for arrived. Someone broke into the castle and was making chaos for Hex and Charmcaster. 'Has to be grandpa and the helpers…maybe plumbers with them as well. I didn't stand a chance though, so, will they?'

Time passed without me knowing how long. Days or weeks, I wasn't sure. All I knew is that Hex was too occupied to spend time with me. With some more time passing Hex walked into the room with some bodies flying behind him. 'Helen, Pierce, Manny, Alan, Grandpa Max, and a bunch of other bodies in the signature white plumber suits.

So, they failed huh? Guess hope really is lost.' I was already numb due to the torture I went through, so I didn't react as strongly as I should've.

Hex started bragging "See what happens when anyone tries to STOP ME. I told you that I AM SUPERIOR. And now you are cursed to live in my basement as a trophy signifying that I was the one who took down the great Ben Tennyson."

He then walked out of the room leaving me there… hopeless.

And just like that, 2 years passed…