//------------------------------// // Captured // Story: Past Problems // by SteelyThePally //------------------------------// Jason woke up in a dark place, his head aching horribly. He wanted to bring his hands to his head, but noticed that they were tied together behind the wooden chair that he was siting on. The air surrounding his body was thick, making it difficult to breath. The Wanderer then saw that he was in a dark cell, the door's bars being the only things that he could see properly. Blood was still coming out from his wound, but he didn't care as memories from his past moments with Celestia played in his head. "Jay? Jay! You're awake! Please, you need to stop her! You need to get us out of here!" Fluttershy tried to whisper in a volume that only Jason could hear, but the mad princess appeared in the door, unlocking it with it's key. "Shut up, idiotic creature!" She exclaimed, throwing a small rock at the shy girl's face, leaving a large bruise in her chin. "Ah, so now my tough human is alive, isn't he?" Celestia said, nearing the young paladin with his own knife. "Great, now I'm locked up in somewhere else with a crazy bitch. I love my life." Jason cynically commented on his situation, looking down to his legs. He was still in his armor, but his helmet was taken off by obvious reasons. "Mr. Miller, don't be so frustrated. I just want to know were can I find a portal." Her last sentence made The Wanderer nearly jump off from the chair. "GO FUCK YOURSELF, YOU INSANE BITCH! YOU'RE TRAPPED HERE FOREVER! FOREVER!" Jason shouted in anger, but suddenly a sharp object swept quickly through his face, leaving a large cut, blood dripping from it. "Quiet now, my little wanderer. I have planned many things to you!" Celestia malevolently, her eyes reflecting the weak light that barely lighted the room. She looked around, various torture tools siting on top of a small table. "Let's see this one, napalm..." Jason's eyes widened, fearing whatever she wanted to do with the highly inflammable substance. He desperately moved his tied arms, failing miserably in his objective of getting off that torture chair. Celestia slowly turned to him, carrying a small bottle of said and feared substance in her hand. "Let's see how can we change those pretty cheeks of yours..." She poured a small quantity in Jason's left cheek, the young paladin shaking and breathing heavily. Celestia then lighted up a match, dangerously hanging it over his face. "For Christ's sake, take this thing off me..." With a small swing, she lighted the liquid, flames coming from Jason's soft cheeks, burning it painfully to his teeth. The Wanderer yelled in pain, his agonized screams echoing through the dark halls. He tried to move his hands in order to put the flames down, but was unable to do so because of the ties. He couldn't take the high temperature anymore, and let out another but way more painful scream. The flames finally died, leaving his teeth exposed to the air. Blood came from his horrible wound, filling the space that was once full of skin and muscles with a small pool of vital liquid. Fluttershy couldn't help herself but to look away. The Wanderer's face was completely different now. Celestia laughed devilishly at the damage that she caused. Jason could only groan in pain, trying to remove his ties again, meeting no positive result. "Ah, you're so pretty now. This is what you get for kissing my loyal subject, fool." She stated, obviously mentioning his relationship with Twilight. The purple-haired girl heard her mentor's mocking, sighing sorrowfully. Jason was now weak due to his new and painful wound, barely understanding what was going on around him. The insane princess, noticing his near-faint, injected a large dose of adrenaline in his chest, his eyes opening quickly. "You..can rip... me open...you won't...go back to your...damned homeland." He taunted his torturer, his speech being overly cruel due to the large opening in his cheek, Celestia clearly seeing his teeth going up and down as he talked. Jason's eyes were full of hatred and pain, penetrating Celestia's firm and terrorizing stare. She understood that he was still provoking her, and began her new stage of torture. Untying him, she put his hands over the chair's armrest, tying them up again. Putting a wooden plank under his right hand, she removed the knife from her waist, opened small gaps between his fingers and began one of the most dangerous games ever: the knife game. She rapidly moved the knife from gap to gap, as Jason tried to remain strong considering the pain that he was going to receive. His expectations were right: she intentionally stabbed his ring finger off, blood spouting from it horrendously. The Wanderer couldn't take that anymore. The sharp pain that came from his missing finger was intolerable. He just wanted that she sliced his head off or shot him to death. But she was completely far from that. She then picked a pliers and menacingly fumbled it. "Now, let's pretend that I'm a dentist and that you're my patient." She darkly commented, laughing out loud, spreading fear in his fellow friend's hearts. She then pressed the pliers in one of his teeth, and painfully turning it, it's roots getting ripped, blood flying through the thick air. Removing the tooth with medicinal skill, she gazed at it as if it was a diamond. Jason in response only coughed blood in the ground, augmenting the pool under his feet, the taste of the crimson liquid filling his mouth. Now he really couldn't take it anymore. But suddenly, a scream stopped his cruel torture session: "JASON!! IF YOU'RE ALIVE, STOP THIS CRAZY MAR- WOMAN!!! PLEASE, SAVE US!!" Rarity. Her voice was enough to spread some hope in his heart. Celestia let go of his tooth, and walked viciously to the cell were the poor girl was imprisoned. "What did you say, my fellow subject? I said before that you couldn't open that pretty mouth of yours. Now, you're going to be punished." Jason could only hear a sound of metal being lifted from a hard surface, and the gruesome sound of blood dripping on the ground. Rarity yelled in pain, as Jason's wish for revenge grew even more violently. He moved his arms with enough strength to loosen up the ties that held his weak wrists. A small sense of hope flooded his chest, but he knew that Celestia would kill him easily if he tried to sneak up on her, considering his weakness. Waiting some more time, he heard his captor and torturer speak again. "And you? What are you looking at? Does this gives you awareness of what happens when you look at your master when she doesn't want to?" Another yell of agony and pain was heard, echoing together with Rarity's. After taking care of who interrupted her, Celestia came back to the cell where Jason and Fluttershy were locked, carrying a screwdriver with a bloody eyeball in it's edge. "See, human? This is what happens when they look at me without authorization!" She hovered the eyeball near his face, Jason turning his face to the right, exposing his open wound to the insane princess. Gruesomely, she stabbed his fresh muscle with the screwdriver, viciously turning it inside his face. The Wanderer shouted in pain, nearly getting out off his ties. Celestia noticed that his prisoner was loosing the ties, and put his weak arms behind the chair again, this time tightening the rope that held him still. Another cruel idea came to Celestia's mind: skinning. Ripping part of his right arm's armor, she picked up a sharp knife, opening a small cut in his neck. Jason managed to withstand the pain, considering the multiple wounds in his face and body. But what the insane Sun-raiser was about to do was something that even the toughest man or woman in the world couldn't withstand. She slowly but deeply cut through his skin, and moved the knife calmly, his skin falling like if it was a piece of cloth, revealing his red muscles. The young paladin groaned in pain, a burning feeling sweeping through his arm, painful warmth concentrating in his exposed red fiber. His finger twitched unconsciously, being colored crimson as the vital liquid covered his missing finger. But suddenly, loud sobs were heard, eventually turning into sorrowful screams. Jason was too weak to understand who was crying, resting his severed face back. The Wanderer was now fighting bravely against hunger, thirst and pain. But suddenly, a familiar voice whispered: "Jay! Now! Use the razor behind you! Get out of your ties!" The shy girl tried to lean towards the young paladin, who began to slide the chair back until his hand could reach the razor. Picking it, he tried to cut his rope, slowly loosing it. Hearing Celestia's sledgehammer being swung and hitting someone's body, he quickly cut through the rope that was keeping him in the chair. Getting up, he stumbled, seconds before nearly falling flat in his face. Getting on his feet again, he set Fluttershy free, the frightened girl cowering in the room's corner. Walking in the darkened halls, he finally found his captor, who was on her way to deliver a killing blow over his girlfriend's head. With vicious strength, he punched the crazed woman in the head, the move being strong enough to make her trip in her own table. Jason crouched to see Celestia, a small trail of blood coming out from her mouth, a devilish grin in her face. This fueled Jason's anger even more, as he punched her again in the face. Completely out of his mind, he got the princess back on her feet, smashing her head against the wall. "You like that now, you son of a bitch?" He smashed her head once more, strong enough to open a small hole in the decaying structure. Finally, he threw her body on the ground, landing violently on her back, oxygen escaping from her lungs. He stomped her in the stomach, kicking her legs with anger and hatred. But the crazed Sun-raiser wasn't dead: she managed to grab her sledgehammer, and swung it against his leg, breaking his bone. Jason staggered, both hands on his now disabled leg. With incredible resistance, he grabbed one of the various knives that rested on the ground, cutting off one of her arms. Celestia yelled, but was quickly silenced by The Wanderer's severed hand, covering her mouth as he stabbed her in the chest. Letting her last breath, the mad princess closed her eyes, apparently dead. Jason stood up wounded and bleeding, but victorious. "Is, she... dead?" Twilight weakly asked, but only got Jason's deformed and vicious stare as response He looked around in the room, finding some of his friends tied to their chairs. He saw what Celestia did to Rarity: cut her forearm. The indigo-haired girl was unconscious, a small quantity of blood still coming out. Rainbow was muttering barely understandable phrases, her left eye socket empty. Twilight was struggling to remain awake, considering the violent blow that she received in her abdomen. Setting them free, he immediately helped Rarity, covering her wound with bandages that were available in the cell. In a matter of seconds, the bandage was painted red. "Jay, what happened... to you?" Twilight asked worried and scared at the same time, her eyes focused in his burnt cheek. "That doesn't... matter now, Twi. I need to... get you out... of here." Twilight hugged her boyfriend tight, taking care not to touch his skinned arm. Tears came down from their eyes as they shared their warmth in that dark place. After looking around, Jason found Dogmeat. The dog was whining, showing it's missing leg. This brought even more sorrow to The Wanderer's soul, whose mind was nearing depression or a mental breakdown. Eventually, he found Applejack, who was left with numerous cuts through her face. And Luna? The sister of the insane woman was left unscathed, but mentally damaged. She stared at Jason with a paranoid look, resembling Celestia's. Setting her free, the woman desperately hugged him, The Wanderer calmly returning her gesture. But at the room's darkest corner, was the last girl: Pinkie. Celestia cut her cheeks widely and terribly sewed it, so when the girls smiled, the smile would be enormous and way more horrid. "Jay... What... is this on... your face?" The young paladin felt Pinkie's panic in her voice. Celestia was so insane that she managed to let one of the most happy girls in the world turn into a scared and terrified woman. Wanting to save Rarity's live and leaving the location that was a living nightmare. Carrying Dogmeat in his arms and limping due to his broken bone, Jason and his group left the building, who turned out to be Springvale Elementary School, a raider base that The Wanderer managed to clean during his earlier adventures. They then began their desperate trip to the Citadel, trying to save both Rarity's and Dogmeat's life, and give proper treatment to his and the other girls wounds. But deep inside the decaying school, the body of the psychopath moved, eventually getting on her feet. Incredibly getting back to life, Celestia walked slowly towards the Wasteland, with only one objective: to wipe out the 'Equestrian Knights'....