Xenosaga Fan Fiction ❯ Battered and Broken ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Xenosaga.

Warnings: graphic stuff-memories of rape and abuse. chaos torture. Angst and character death.

Enjoy.

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chaos only continued to get worse. He had fallen into a coma. Doctors were confused about how this had happened. They could only assume that chaos' mind was shattered and damaged to the point that he didn't want to stay in the conscious realm.

Canaan spent as much time as he could at the hospital, sitting by chaos' side and hoping that the boy would wake up. But the boy seemed to not want to return from his unconscious state.

Canaan wondered if chaos was dreaming at all.

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“I would like you to do an Encephalon Dive into chaos' mind so that we can see what's going on. He shouldn't be in a coma,” the doctor said to Canaan. “Can you make the arrangements?”

Canaan nodded.

“Good. Please be ready to go tomorrow afternoon.”

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The next day:

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“MOMO, I don't want you doing the dive,” Juli said quietly. She had been contacted to help Allen monitor the dive. “There may be things in the dive that are too much for you to handle. But you can help me monitor things alright?”

“Okay, Mommy!” MOMO chirped. She was a little disappointed that she couldn't do the dive, but she knew that Juli had her best interest in mind.

The two entered the hospital to help Allen set up the equipment.

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“Initiating Encephalon Dive. Today you'll be diving into the subconscious domain of chaos. The subjects entering the Dive are Shion, Jr., Ziggy, Canaan and Jin. I'll patch in KOS-MOS's data from her pod. While you're there you'll be determining why chaos is in a coma and if there's a way to wake him up. Under no circumstances are you to do anything to damage the patient,” Allen stated as everyone put on their red-tinted goggles. “Everyone ready?”

“We're all set here,” Shion replied. “We're ready whenever you are, Allen.”

“Subjects vitals are normal and wave patterns are in acceptable limits,” MOMO reported.

“Starting Dive!”

Canaan cast a final glance over to chaos, lying still on the bed before white light engulfed him.

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“Where are we?” Shion asked as they appeared one by one.

Canaan recognized the place immediately.

“It's the U-TIC vessel chaos was being held captive on,” he said quietly.

They walked down the hallway, looking for any signs of people or chaos.

They found two guards standing outside of a cell, the door barred and locked.

Strangely enough was that the guards didn't seem to notice them at all. It was like they were just being looked through.

“Hey, this is weird,” Jr. said. “Usually in a dive we can interact with the person's subconscious…how come we can't here?”

Go away and leave me alone…

I don't want you here…

Leave me alone in my pain…

“chaos? chaos, is that you? What's wrong, why have you put yourself into this state?” Canaan asked.

I don't want you here…

I don't want you to see…

What they did to me…

“What? But we want to help you!” Shion cried. “Please, chaos!”

This time the boy didn't answer.

They watched as a guard came down the hall.

“Hey, boss said we could have some fun with the prisoner!” the guard said to the two standing watch outside the cell. “C'mon, it's boring just hanging around here.”

The cell door was unlocked and the three guards entered.

chaos was bloody and bruised, bound in chains and curled up in a small ball asleep in a far back corner of the dark cell. His clothes and hair were matted with dried blood and dirt. The once-brightly colored clothes were torn and dull. His hair was a sooty grey now, not beautiful whitish silver.

A dim light was turned on and the door was shut.

Canaan and the others found that they could pass through the door. They followed the three guards and stood there watching the scene.

The door slamming had woken the boy. They could see that his eyes were already mostly blind. He looked frightened and confused.

“Captain said we could use you to relieve our boredom. Even better that you're so pretty.”

They watched the boy's eyes widen in fear.

The three guards moved towards chaos, roughly jerking him to his feet as they ripped what remained of the boy's clothes from his body.

“And you're in no position to resist.”

Shion had to turn away as the three guards used chaos' for their pleasures. It was heart-wrenching to see the boy unable to scream as he was raped. They watched the tears flowing down the boy's face, unable to do anything but watch as the guards used the boy over and over again.

They were unable to stop the new blood that seeped from the boy's wounds and mouth. They watched in horror as chaos coughed up copious amounts of blood.

The beaten boy slumped to the floor, his broken body unable to remain standing.

The scene began to warp and change, the place becoming quite unstable.

chaos didn't want them there. He was forcing them out of his subconscious.

“Allen, pull us out now!” Shion yelled.

“You got it Chief!”

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They were standing back in the hospital room.

chaos' vitals were racing, his waves border lining instability.

The boy was crashing.

Canaan stared in shock at the jagged dancing lines on the monitors. Machines were beeping shrilly.

chaos' pulse was dropping quickly, his heart slowing.

“Why is he crashing?” Jr. asked, looking terrified.

Doctors were rushing in, shoving them out. Canaan watched as the door was slammed in his face.

He was about to lose the one person most dear to him.

chaos…

You can't leave me…

You can't…

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“I'm sorry. We weren't able to successfully revive him. I'm sorry.”
Canaan was devastated.

He went into the hospital room as if in a daze. He sat beside chaos' lifeless body, gently touching the boy's face.

“You're already turning cold,” he whispered. He brushed a kiss across cold lips. “You're leaving me. How could you? How could you leave me? I thought that you were doing so well.”

Canaan closed his eyes, holding a limp, cold hand in his.

His broken doll had finally shattered.

“Don't leave me…”

Canaan wished that he could cry.

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The broken Realian watched as his lover's body, encased in a simple wooden coffin was lowered into the ground.

“chaos…” he whispered.

A tiny ball of fur was in Canaan's arms, mewing softly and pawing at Canaan's chest, looking concernedly up at the Realian.

“It's just us now, Abby,” Canaan murmured, laying some flowers on the grave and turning to leave. It was too heartbreaking to stay.

Please wait for me chaos…

Someday I'll be with you…

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End chapter.

End fan fiction.

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