Broken Hart

Coming to his senses ,  Ven stared in horror  at Hart . He was on the floor  unmoving . His mind was still hazy , but Ven still had enough  presence  of mind to check on his friend .  He moved  toward Hart  slowly  and hesitantly  touched  his face ,which  was covered  with the others black hair . Ven was both surprised  and relieved  when a hand slapped his away .

"Don't ...touch  me ." 

Hart maneuvered  himself  into a sitting  position . With his eyes covered by his hair , Ven couldn't  see his expression . 

"Hart -I'm ..."

Ven stopped when he saw Hart run a hand through  his hair , moving  it from his eyes . The look in them stole his breath away . It wasn't  the anger that floored him ,no , it was the betrayal  that he saw . They told Ven what words couldn't .  He lowered his eyes  in shame  as he tucked himself  in and zipped his pants .

Hart spotted  his pants and tried to retrieve  them , but cried out as pain knifed through  him . Ven's  head snapped  up at the sound . He saw Hart trying to reach for his pants . Without  thinking  he crawled  toward the pants and turned  to give them  to Hart , who took them . Several  agonizing  moments later  Hart had on his pants and was working on putting  his boots on . Ven wanted to help ,but he knew his offer would  rejected . He sat back with his eyes averted while Hart occasionally  groaned in pain . 

After a while  the silence  grew too much to bear .

"Hart--I know you're  angry , you have every right  ,but we need to get out of here ."

Hart gave Ven a hate-filled glare before  he closed  his eyes .

"Please , be as angry as you can get  ,but we have to get out if here ."

Hart just leaned  against  the wall trying  to  find  a  comfortable  position .  Ven sighed , he was still trying  to clear his mind ,when he heard a commotion . Then an explosion . 

"Major  Langston , Major  Torres ! "

Confused  Ven walked to the door and peeked out . He couldn't  believe  his eyes . It was a squad of his rebel crew ! He turned to Hart excitedly . 

"Hey, we got reinforcements ! " 

Hart frowned  before  he his eyes went wide . Turning back ,Ven hit the plastic surface .

"We're here ! Here!"

Hart winced as he struggled  to get up . He slid down  with a cry of pain . Without  thinking , Ven went to him and threw an arm over his shoulders  and lifted  him gently  to his feet . As soon as he was standing ,  Hart slapped  him .

"Don't  touch me ! "  

Unable to meet his hate-filled  gaze ,Ven moved away just as the  door burst  open .

"Majors ,good to see you . Wanna go home ?" 

Despite  the  situation ,  Ven forced himself  to grin .

"Yes , please ! " 

 Ven and Hart were led down the corridor  . Suddenly  Ven remembered  Ronnie . 

"What about Major  Glass ? Is he okay ? "

"He us . In fact he's waiting  outside  for you ," 

"Are you okay , Major  Torres  ?" 

Hart glanced at Ven briefly  then his gaze went to the soldier . 

"I just want out of this hell hole ."

Once outside  Ven saw how may of his fellow  rebels  were there .

"Ven! Hart ! " 

Ronnie  came running  towards them . A  look  of relief and anguish  on his face .

"How did you escape ?  "

"Our squad met up with some other soldiers  and took them to the base . Then they got reinforcements .  "

"Thank God . What about  Lynch ? "

Ronnie  nodded  solemnly . 

"We have him . He's on his way to the base ." 

Ven felt a sense  of  relief .  That monster  was finally  caught .  He was going to answer  for all he had done . He felt a savage  glee so strong   , Ven was shaken .

"I hope he dies ." 

Ronnie's eyes went wide .

"It's not for us to decide . Let's go back to the base ,our guys have this ."

"An evil bastard like that needs to be put down like the animal  he is  , Ronnie .  Too many people suffered  because of him !"

"I agree . But if we go around  and kill people who wronged  us ,then we're  no better  than  Lynch  himself . "

"It would  be  justice . "

"It would  be revenge  " 

Ven knew that  Ronnie  was right . Besides  he needed to get out of there  , and from the looks of things  , Hart  wanted out too . So they got into a waiting  vehicle . 

Although  he hated being anywhere  near Ven , Hart couldn't  stand being at the compound .  He slid in next to Ven . He just wanted to get back to the  base and shower away  the filth on and in him .

It was a long and uncomfortable  ride . Ven would hear Hart's  breath hitch when they hit a bump . Ven kept  his  eyes lowered to his hands while he thought of something  to say to Hart . They reached the base and Hart slid off and walked to his apartment . Ven got off and followed him .

"Hart !  Wait up !"

Ronnie  looked on saddened .  Lynch   had reached a new low . He wanted to talk to Ven  , but not now .

Hart froze as he Ven call  his name . He wasn't  ready to deal with him or what he did to him .

"Whatever happened  back at the compound...if you're  worried  about  me saying something  ---I won't . But you leave me the hell alone ."

Stunned  by Hart's  cold words ,Ven's  shoulders sagged with guilt . 

"It wasn't  my fault , Lynch  --"

"Don't  blame him for what you did ,you fucker !I trusted you , I --damn you ! Leave me alone ."

With all the dignity  he could  muster ,Hart shuffled  away from Ven , leaving the other to his own pain .

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Ven stared at the picture  he  held . One if him and Hart . A knock at the door drew his attention . 

"Come in ." 

He put the picture  down as the door slid open . Ronnie came in as the door slid  close . 

"Hey ."

"Hey."

Ronnie  sat on a chair remaining silent before   he  spoke .

"I saw it ."

Confused  Ven frowned  at his friend . 

"You saw what ?" 

"Ven -Lynch ,he had a camera  in the cell . He ...he made me watch . Everything . "

Ven felt like someone had punched  him  . He found himself unable to look at Ronnie ..He laughed  bitterly .

"So now you're  here to turn me in ? I deserve  that ." 

"What ?  No ! Ven  ,Lynch  wanted to turn you against  each  other . That drink he gave you  , it was some kind of aphrodisiac . It was mixed  with something  else to make you lose your   inhibitions . "

Ven's  brows furrowed  together  as he thought of Ronnie  was telling him .

"So that stuffed I took , it made me hurt Hart ? "

"Yeah , it's not your  fault . Lynch   is responsible  for what happened . "

Ven smiled sadly .

"That's  not true . I hurt him .Lynch  may have drugged  me ,but I hurt Hart ." 

"Ven-"

"Anyway  you look  at it , I still hurt Hart . Nothing you say or do  will change that ."

"I understand  that you feel bad  for hurting him , but it was not your fault !  I'm sure that once he gets a chance  to  think things through ,  he'll  realize  that it was  the drugs , and not you ." 

Ven scoffed . 

"I don't think so . He wouldn't let me explain  what happened . "

"He doesn't  know ? You have to tell him ." 

"Easier  said  than  done .  He hates  me . Not that I blame  him ."

"I'm sorry , Ven . You're  a  good  person ." 

Ven gave Ronnie  a watery smile .

"Hart didn't  deserve  this . I want to fix this .I'm gonna  fix this ."

"I hope so . If you need my help , let me know ."

"Thank you . I can't  tell  you  how  humiliating it is to know that  you  saw--that "

"It wasn't  your fault . "

Ronnie  got up and left . Ven scrubbed  at his eyes with his hands as he thought of what Ronnie  told him . He knew that whatever  Lynch  had  given  him  wouldn't  be good .  He just assumed  that  it was poison .  It all made sense now , with the  way he was feeling  before  he  raped Hart . Now that he knew for sure what that drug  was ,Ven was determined  to help Hart with what he did to him .

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Hart lay curled up on his bed . He had been back at the base for several  hours  since  coming  back from the compound .  Except  to go give his report to his commanding officer , he had not gone anywhere  else . He came straight  tohis room and took a scalding  hot shower   . Still ,he didn't  feel clean . 

He felt ...unclean . Like some used object . 

He was so confused .  First  he didn't  say anything  about Ven raping him . He didn't  know why he hid it from Commander  Hill . He saw the surprised  look on Ven's  face . It gave Hart a smug  sense of  satisfaction  to know that he had  control  of him . He didn't know  what made Ven hurt him like that , but he wouldn't give him another  chance  to  do it again . 

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Ven stopped  in front of the cell and looked inside . The occupant glanced up and gave a surprised smirk .

"I  wondered when you would come by and see me --brother . "

Ven narrowed  his eyes at Lynch . 

"I'm not your brother , Lynch . "

Lynch  got up from the bed  and walked up to the door that separated  them .

"Hmm, still in denial  over your  family , little  brother ? No matter what , you can't change  that ."

"You're  really  a monster . Because  of  you , my best friend  doesn't  even want to see me ."

Lynch  kept  that infuriating  smirk as he scoffed . 

"Really ?  After that  little  performance ,  you two should  be even closer . No?"

Ven slammed  his hands against  the plastic  barrier . 

"You bastard !  What the hell is wrong  with  you ? Our father  gave you plenty  of  love . So why do you hate me ?"

Lynch  's smirk  fell and a look of pure hatred took its place .

"Is that what you think  ? Father may have cared for me , but your mother , she never forgave father for his affair .  That bitch always  threw it in my face the fact that I came from another  woman .  To her I was a nobody ! "

Ven looked at Lynch . 

"So you killed  her ?"

"Yes , I killed that stupid  cow ! She deserved  it !"

"You're  lucky  they want you alive , but for me you would already  be  dead."

"Ah . I love you too ,little  brother . "

Disgusted  with Lynch , Ven walked away as he screamed  at him . The man was truly  demented .  Which was sad  since Ven really wanted  to have that brotherly  bond .

Dum ! Dum! Dum!

OK time to thank all who read my story .

Thank you a  whole bunch .

Huggles , bea