The Joy of Sadism

Zero had been carrying Joy across the avatar realm, and across the country in the process. He held her by the throat as the blade he had stabbed into her from earlier had managed to seem deep inside of her. It was almost as if her body had been infested with sand, and without a doubt she could feel it moving its way inside of her, cutting away at her insides. Zero had more planned for her, as he was planning on breaking her, getting all the information he needed out of her and tossing her to the side once finished with her.

Once they had made it to the desert, Zero had felt that there was no where she could go at this point, as it was nothing but endless sand, free and ready to be molded for him to do as he pleased. The sand began to circle around them as a mountain revealed itself underneath the sand, it was a small mound, but it would do none the less, as binds also made of sand grabbed a hold of Joy as she was pinned to the cold rock walls of the mountain. "Sister... Sister.... let’s play a game... Where are my brothers and sisters...?” Sand could continue to be seen seeping from her lips as it was inside of her now, no doubt her entire body was at this point completely under his control.

It had seemed like forever being stuck with Zero, after his many days of torturing Joy she became almost dead to expression. Helpless to currently fight him off because she had never been equipped to actually fight anything like this. And now being surrounded by nothing but sand, Joy began to feel even more like she would find her end soon. Once she was pinned against the freezing wall of a mountain barely even being able to comprehend anything happening anymore. Joy could not even attempt to fight anymore, the small body that held the old aged woman was losing its push. Her arms simply fell to her sides and began dangling against the stone. She gave up on fighting against him because with each moment she was losing her own movements.

She could hear his words, but at the same time she questioned them. It was obvious this figure acted very much like her brother and sisters but he was clearly different. She may have had a talent for finding her siblings but, if they had to endure this she would not tell him. Choking on the sand over and over, Joy let out a simple reply, the only one she could recognize. "Neber" She started choking on that very sand entering her body, and her tears were being stolen by it just as quickly as they fell from her eyes.

Seeing the defeated look on her face only told him that she was ready, and for the next six months she would hang there, alone. No one had ever come to the desert due to the terrain being far to impossible for one to survive in it. Thus it was indeed the perfect place to have someone left, day and night Zero would appear and torture her for answers, each day coming to her with one question that he would ask over and over again, they would be odd questions like what was something rage liked to do on a regular basis, or what did Empathy do with her champions, it was often things that Joy had no true way of having knowledge of, and for that she was punished.

Zero would use old avatar abilities that a majority of the other avatars had given up finding them useless, because when given the chance they would rather kill then torture. He carved ancient spells into her skin, these markings disabled her abilities to heal, or teleport. They forced a mystical block on avatar abilities. They had originally been designed to be used on Zero should he ever wake up from his slumber, but they would work on other Avatars as well. It was no wonder that Joy had no idea who he was because she came into existence after his imprisonment.

His torture methods were odd in the sense that he didnt exctly torture her but he used her to perfect his abilities. He knew he could control other elements, but unfortunately he was only capable of destruction, and due to his inablity to conjure up the essence that powered his existence, he used energy that he would siphon and take from Joy instead. He had discovered that with the absence of Joy came ice, a new element that he could control without issue. He would start off by using sand, which he was able to manipulate thanks to the absence of Pride, but as Joy grew less joyful, he had learned of his ability to control ice, and by fusing the two he came up with far better ways of torture such as lowering the temperature around Joy so that she would not be able to breath in the cold air without choking, and freezing her lips to the point where a slight touch caused them to crack and burn. He had even taken things as far as freezing her entire left foot to the point where it would die, but he would not seperate the foot from her and would rather cause further injury towards the foot, the nerves still slightly active, just active enough to where a slight touch could cause immense pain.

As time went on Joy would go beyond the point of broken, what she was becoming was something twisted, something no one would expect from her.

How long had it been since she had been here. Joy had forgotten the days and nights that had gone by. Unable to move because it hurt her so badly, she could always feel him come back to her. Forcing her to speak of things she had not known about, Joy was confused beyond reason. Zero had done so many different things to her, she could not even heal now. Any tears she used to have would not even fall anymore, and Joy gave up on trying to feel happiness. It was obvious whatever this brother of hers wanted he was going to torture out of her. Even if she knew things, these things were not helpful to him and she just did not know what he wanted.

Each time he came though, every moment he forced pain upon her her mind grew accustomed to it. Until he changed the way he tutored her then she would feel the pain once more. Joy could feel the ice growing within her body, mixed with the sand that haunted her. As he forced her to become in the state of close death once again, this element was too much for her.

Within the time of this happening, she started to feel less and less joy within her soul. The ice began to feel better than the happiness she used to have. She did not want to be the useless "child" anymore. Did not want to have to worry about anyone, not even herself. If anyone looked at Joy from the outside, they could see not someone who was beginning to enjoy the pain, but someone who was beginning to not feel it. The ice began to feel pleasant within her body as if it had started accepting Joy as one. Her eyes had began to show differently in color each day, slowly fading to the colors of bright red and a dark blue. The hues they had once been of bright colors, welcoming colors were now lost. And as each of those days passed Joy's hair became longer, it grew so long that it went past her feet. Her body stayed small but one could notice the change in her height. A slight change but enough to make one think she had grown like a normal human. The wings she once had, were now gone. "Brother." The words escaped her mouth as she called for Zero even if he had not been in view. The ice that froze them only seemed to crack with her lips moving.

A bright red metal pierced the veil of reality before her, a shine of light came through as a man with pale while flesh peeked his head through, a single vulture making its way through the opening as Pain reveals his full self. He looks at Joy, the feeling of pain overwhelming his senses "Why hello... Sister" Pain says darkly watching the imprisoned Joy intently; the portal behind him closed on a portion of his wing completely severing it causing blood to drip decorating the sand underneath him. If he had eyes they would gleam with interest, his lip curls into a smile as he puts one hand forward touching Joy's face, his hand was cold and rough but much more pleasant than anything she had to deal with in the moments before.

Pain looked at the bindings on her and couldn't help but to not unbind her just yet. "Poor, poor Joy, what happened to you?" Pain says moving his hand away from her face and touching the rock behind her trying to assess the situation. Stretching his wings he held his sword in his hand defensively not willing to take chances now that he was no longer immortal.

In mere moments Pain had his share of enjoyment staring at Joy's misery, there was only so much that he enjoy inflicted onto someone without expending his energy. "I do feel this is an awful idea, but I do not wish to leave you here where I cannot enjoy your suffering sister." Pain finally accepts as a reasonable conclusion most of the time he seemed to talk towards himself more than the other. Making a cute spiral, his blade going from a straight edge to serrated slashing at the bindings in hope that he would not have to expend to much energy to remove the metaphoric chains that bind her.

A voice came from in front of her, the voice of her, brother but not Zero. It was Pain, as he spoke Joy's eyes opened; the ice upon them cracked off her eyelashes; eyes still halfway closed seeming almost impossible  to see. Feeling a tiny hint of the hand touching her face she let out a small sound, the vapor easily showing from it. Still unable to heal she growled slightly when Pain reach to the mountain behind her. Only watching him from the peeks of her eyes, as if she waited for something. "Down." was all she could manage to say as he moved in closer.

The wounds Zero left in her skin of the inscriptions were still showing carved within her skin deeply. As if frozen but still attempting to heal in those spots, however the wounds around her body seemed to be healing faster but still all frozen as the rest of her body. Feeling her binding begin to slowly release her until she finally fell to the sandy ground. Her body not understanding how to sit up or even move from the time she had been there. Her body just lay there until she began moving her arms through the sand beneath her. A laugh could be heard from her mouth, this laugh was low and dark; emotions could not be heard as she had once before shown.

"Pain..Oh, my brother. I want to show you my pain you seek to see." Her voice echoed within the walls, not loudly but they had been empty, uncaring. Before she attempted to sit up, Joy was grabbing her head "No!! Please stop!" Her voiced screamed as she began to pull at her hair thrashing her body around as she did so. Uncaring for the pain she was feeling for moving so quickly but as if she was conflicted within her own mind. When she calmed the setting changed once more. Her eyes peering up to her Brother Pain her blue tinted lips smirked. "Saving poor little Joy. All for the pleasures you seek. That of Pain. You should fear more what will come for you Brother." Knowing she would fail if she attempted to stand she began to freeze the ground around her until it formed ice chunks to help her stand. The entire time just the sneer upon her lips and her eyes slowly finally opening all the way staring at Pain.

Pain smiles at the words spoken, in particular the scream from Joy brought warmth to his heart. Pain took a few steps forward, his body a mere foot away from Joy's frail frame. "Joy, or who ever you are now." Pain lets loose a low growling voice, not enjoying being talked down to. "Your condition right now leaves you in no state to make threats." He hissed the word leaning forward setting the hole in his face right next to her uncaring expression. "You can enjoy your freedom for a bit or get back on that forsaken rock, either way your existence feeds me power." Pain seemed strangely irritable, his usual calm demeanor was signaled to be off with the intense grip on his sword, contemplating whether or not to actually attack Joy.

He paused in front of Joy's face for a few moments before leaning back turning around, the ferocity in his slash behind him was almost sickening watching his sword cut through the air ripping a hole in the fabric of reality. Sunshine beams through it as if he cut straight to Heaven itself. "Well Joy, I am not sure if your even are able to make portals anymore, you have two minutes to decide." Without waiting for an answer he disappeared into the light, trying to consider why he did not slaughter Joy right then.

The portal itself was facing upward so as soon as he stepped out gravity changed causing him to stumble slightly regaining his composure feeling the moist grass beneath his feet. A quick glance around and he realized he had failed rather terribly at teleporting to the swamp and pursed his lips frustratingly spinning he slashed one of the trees in the area, the blade grew bladed hooks as he swung causing him to shred through the tree with great effort a sigh exiting his pale lips "I see today is just turning out to be lovely.". His voice laced with sarcasm as he grinds the awkwardly blade into his shoulder only then allowing it to revert to its normal form.

(I don't plan on coming back as Zero until after Joy is gone, and out an about)