"Oh hello eight thirty one." A fat guy in a lab coat showed up with a hoard of people with tools that looked like they did damage. All these people appeared to be scientists.

"Have a nice day? I hope you did because things are about to get very bad for you." The fat scientist said with a sick smirk.

All that was stuck on her face was horror and fear. Fifty days of experiments. Fifty days of agonising torture. It was enough to make someone lose their sanity.

They kept cutting, electrocuting and bashing objects against her. All she could do was scream and cry out in pain. It went on for hours without any end.

"Why are you crying? You're only just a-"

"Aaaahhhh!!!" Carly yelled as she shot up sitting up right. She was panting heavily. She looked at her hands and around her body. A look of pain and trauma was on her face. That dream felt to vivid, too real to be a dream.

"Carly?" Axle spoke up showing that he was now awake. "Are you okay?"
She looked at him with tearful eyes. Axle felt bad for her but he also realised that even though she was in tears, her eyes glistened as she looked at him. He saw the fear and trauma on her face. It has been happening for a few nights now but it wasn't as bad as it was now. This was different. Axle knew about her nightmares and how much worse they've been getting.

He pulled her in and wrapped his arms around her. "What's wrong Carly?" She just whimpered as she buried her face into his chest. Her tears started to soak into his shirt and with how much she was crying.

"I had another nightmare." Axle took a deep breath and ran his fingers through her silky hair. "What happened this time?" Axle asked her with in a calm welcoming voice. He felt bad that Carly was getting nightmares like this and he wished he could help end these nightmares. She's been helping him so he was annoyed with the fact that he couldn't help her at all.

"There were a lot of people. They used these tools to... hurt me. They enjoyed it when I was hurt. I saw their faces, they loved it. Those twisted sadistic grins... I can still remember them. I'm scared Axle, this felt way too real to be a dream."

She couldn't hold anything back. She cried, soaking Axle's t-shirt further in the process. He felt bad for her. It clearly was worse than the previous times. "Did that happen to you... I mean, was it a memory?" He asked with a lot of concern in his voice.

She said nothing. All she did was nod yes. Axle tightened the hug to make her feel safer. He hated how much this hurt her and she he cursed himself being too helpless to make this innocent girl feel safe.

Wow, and I thought my life was absolute shit. She had a bunch of sadistic fuckers hurt her continuously with no end. She's suffered a lot and I can tell it's been happening for a long time. Why would someone torture her like this? It pisses me off just thinking about it. The very thought of someone hurting her makes me want kill someone... well more than usual. Axle thought.

"Carly... I promise you..." Axle said, "I promise that I won't let anyone hurt you anymore. I promise to stay with you and protect you for as long as I live."

"Thank you Axle. I promise to do the same." Carly said as she wiped her tears away.

"Don't." Axle said. "Don't what?" Carly looked at Axle all confused like. "Don't steal my thunder or copy me... I don't need help. I can take care of myself, plus I told you that I was gonna take care of you and that's a promise that I intend to keep." He said before staring into her silver orbs.

He didn't think after that. He closed his eyes and did the last thing he thought of doing. He gave away his first kiss.