Just when I thought I was going to pass out, they lifted my head, and I vomited water. I gasped desperately for air. They shoved me back under. They drowned me. Held me under until my monster woke up. It bellowed against its cage. I screamed. My lungs burned. My monster bellowed. Back. Agony. Pain. Everywhere. They didn’t stop. They had no mercy. But in the throes of agony, I rediscovered my will to survive. They drowned it into my subconscious with every cruel movement. My new life purpose—I would destroy Malum and Scorpius.
