Fanfic Time: My Baby Now (16)
He didn't see the blade until it was almost too late.
"There. In the bushes. Can you see it?"
The fancy clothing had put Aldiirn off guard. He didn't see the blade until it was almost too late. Years of training in the Art of Shadows kicked in and he threw the pale Elf, taking the dagger off him on the way.
His veneer of confidence and bravado stripped away like cheap paint. He cowered, trembling, in the dirt. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't hurt me!"
"Let's not try that again," said Aldiirn. "What were you trying to prove, anyway?"
"You're with them, aren't you? What were you and those tentacled freaks doing to me? What have they done to me?"
"But I'm not with--" The splitting headache. The now-familiar rush of images through another's eyes. The light. The fear.
"What was that?"
"Head worms," said Aldiirn. "If we don't find a way to be rid of them, they'll turn us into more mind-flayers."
"Turn us into--" There it was. That look. Another lost soul who expected nothing but pain and knew no help was coming. "Of course it's going to turn me into a monster. What else did I expect?"
He couldn't not rescue this man. Dad wouldn't have it any other way, and now neither would Aldiirn. Whatever it took to show him and keep showing him that there was kindness and comfort in the world... Aldiirn would do it.
Even if he had to fuck this guy to show him he deserved love.