Aug 21, 2007 13:14
Satanna was taken by a group below the streets, many of them metahumans with nowhere to go. Satanna herself was possessed by Brother Blood.
Papa was part of Blood's church once. Almost became a pastor. He doesn't talk about that much, and judging by what I've seen in the Titan mission logs, I don't think I want to ask any questions about what he might or might not have seen there.
She was hurt...badly. I could tell. There's something in the posture, words that almost get to one's tongue and get choked on before getting put aside in favor of ones better suited for company. Most of the Groundlings had nothing to do with it, but a handful of them?
They tortured her for days, weeks even. Fists, sticks, words. And rape. Probably multiple ones. She was in that shower until the hot water was used up.
I'm...I'm not sure what I can say, or even if I should try to talk with her. I wasn't hurt quite like that in the lab. Had tubes, wires and instruments shoved everywhere and a ton of chemicals dumped in my blood, but nothing like that.
Speaking of that lab? One of the Groundlings was the guy who was in the cage across from mine. He looks like a cross of a rodent, a bat, and the kid of about 15 that I remember. I don't even think he can speak anymore. Maybe he's too changed and his mouth can't form the words, or maybe the beast in his mind has pretty much taken over and he's forgetting what's left of being human.
He tried to attack me, but when we recognized one another, we realized that we didn't have to fight. He ran off somewhere. Maybe he came back to the Groundlings, I dunno. I do know that our positions could have been reversed too easily.