Gerard's POV

My arm was burning so badly. Cole had bandaged me up before he left, grinning at me and going on about how he didnt want me bleeding to death just yet. I think I passed out after the tenth cut to my arm. It was all just a blur. Now, I could barely see properly and my leg was covered in dry blood. I needed water desperately and the bottle was sitting on the table in front of me, torturing me even worse than the fucking cuts. I must have been down here about 8 or nine hours by now. I couldnt see any light coming through the cracks of the trapdoor. I tried looking behind me but couldnt see anything but the walls. The door must have been directly behind me. I tried shouting out but my voice cracked and only a whisper of a sound came out. I dropped my head in defeat and passed out.

-time lapse-

Its funny how quickly no food and water can take effect. It felt like my stomach had eaten itself and everytime I swallowed it was like swallowing cinnamon. The pain in my arm had dulled down to a low throbbing, barely there at all. I had no idea how much time had gone by since I had passed out but enough to have dried my insides out some more.

My head jerked up at the sound of a gunshot really fucking close. Another one sounded further behind me. The they started echoing everywhere. The door behind me banged open and Cole strolled in.
"How you doing Gerard? Need some water?"He smiled, almost kindly, and put the bottle to my lips. I eagerly drank it back, struggling not to moan in delight.

Cole chuckled and set the now empty bottle on the table and stared at me.
"What-"I cleared my throat and tried again,"Whats going on out there?"
"Oh that? Your boyfriend staged a search party but our cameras caught them coming into the forest so I sent some guys out there to stop them."

"No!"I shouted, straining against the ropes. At the burn of the rope on my cuts I stopped, wincing in pain as Cole laughed at me.
"Dont worry. I wont kill Frank. Yet. I'm gonna bring him down here. So you can both see each other die."
"No please! Leave him out of this! He has nothing to do with this!"I sobbed.

"Oh but he has everything to do with this!"Cole clapepd his hands gleefully like an insane child,"The best way to hurt you is by physically hurting him!"
"No please I'll do anything just dont hurt him!"I cried, pulling against my restraints despite the cuts.

Cole winked at me before walking out again as the trapdoor opened. Loud grunts and swear words reached my ears. Two footsteps came out of the darkness and started descending the steps.
"Get your hands off of me! I'm not going to run, for fucks sake."
"No... Frankie no!"I shouted as he stumbled down to the floor.

As soon as he saw me he rushed over, falling to his knees in front of me and taking my face in his hands.
"Gerard.... Oh god Gee,"He whispered, his breath tickling my face.
"Let him go!"I shouted as someone yanked him away from me, holding a gun to his head. Cole came back in and smiled at us both.

"My my, I've hit the jackpot,"He chuckled,"Now... How to do this..."
"Pumpkin,"I whispered as Cole grabbed a gun from nowhere and aimed it at me. He snatched the gun out of the guys hand and aimed it at Frank.
"I want you guys to look at each other okay? I want you to watch each other die."

"Frankie, I love you okay?"I sniffed, turning to look at his precious face.
"Gerard, ever since you came into my life, its never been the same. I love you with all my heart Gerard and I'm so glad I met-"
"Oh shut up,"Cole shouted and pulled the trigger on the gun aimed at Frank,

"NO!"I yelled. No matter how hard I tried, I couldnt look away from Frank's lifeless body lying on the ground at my feet, blood leaking from the side of his head. I closed my eyes, squeezing out the tears before looking up at Cole's twisted smile

"You said you would shoot us both..."I said quietly, my voice shaking with grief and anger.
"I lied. But man oh man was the look on your face priceless. Sooo worth it,"Cole walked past Frank's body, kicking him aside like a piece of dirt.
"Dont touch him!"I cried,"Untie me please! I wont run I swear just let me hold him!"

Cole looked up from a piece of paper he was reading and sighed,"Fine. Only cause its really quite entertaining seeing this,"He came over and untied me in a flash. I fell to the floor and somehow pulled Frank's body into my lap, cradling his head and rocking backwards and forwards.
"Oh Pumpkin. Frankie,"I sobbed. Back and forward, back and forward, back and forward I went. I dont know how long I held him against me. Long enough for me to be covered in Frank's blood.

"Are you done yet?"Cole asked without looking up from his paper.
"You're a sick and cruel bastard,"I sniffed. I looked up at him and blinked the tears out of my eyes.
"Yeah yeah whatever. You wanna get back in that chair now? Do that for me and I wont kill your brother,"He set the paper down and clapped his hands twice.

Suddenly grunts and scuffling sounded and two more pairs of footsteps came down through the trapdoor.
"Mikey?"I sniffed as I climbed back into my seat,"Mikey no."
"Gerard? Gerard!"Mikey tumbled down the last few steps and crawled over to me.

"Mikey he killed Frank he shot him in the head,"I sniffed, putting my head in my hands and squeezing my eyes shut, doing my best to banish the sight of Frank's hazel eyes, no longer a swirling pool just- dead. That was it wasnt it. I didnt really care anymore. Cole was going to kill Mikey no matter what and there was no chance that Ray, Bob and Pete were alive out in that forest. I literally had nothing left to live for. There was no point in even trying any more because everyone I loved was dead.