Remy was injected with nanites that would keep his blood oxygenated for more than an hour. Meaning that he didn't need to breath in that time to stay alive. They dragged him into a room with a water tank. Ever since he nearly drowned as a child and his older brother actually drowned saving him, he'd been terrified of water, of drowning. He started resisting when he saw what they had planned for him. They got him into the tank and closed the lid. It was half full and they commenced slowly adding more water. Lining the tank were pictures of his dead brother. Eventually the last of the air was expelled from the tank and Remy started drowning. Except he wasn't really drowning, not technically, not yet. It just felt like he was. His lunges filled with water and he trashed around trying to find a way out. There wasn't one. He didn't know if they were keeping him alive for an unnaturally long time or it just felt like it. His brother's smiling face, staring at him from every direction. 1 hour and 19 minutes. That's how long he took to drown to death, the first time. When he awoke, he was already underwater. They drowned him 1000 times exactly. He went insane somewhere around number 17. But they kept curing his insanity. Insanity is a way for the mind to retreat. He would not be afforded that luxury.
The last arrow was used up just below Marco's lung. His chest had been spared, as had his head and most of his neck. His legs, genitals, stomach, arms, and ears were filled with arrows (including straight through the bones) and there were even a couple trough non-vital parts of his neck. He took 3 days to die.
Lexie woke up surrounded by spiders. Every few hours, for 2 months.
Jaxon & Marco woke up facing each other, tied to chairs. Jaxon, who had been cured of his insanity as well, Burst into tears seeing his lover alive. Several guards walked in and one of them informed that their minds had been probed. They had found some interesting things. Jaxon's biggest fears were being cheated on and being left all alone. Everyone he'd dated before Marco had cheated on him. The guards were about to exploit that. "Marco," the guard began, "what's this?" A video began playing, it was from Marco's point-of-view. He was fucking someone. Jaxon started to hyperventilate. "What the fuck? You cheated on me with my dad?!" "No, I swear, it was just a fantasy. I would never cheat on you." "My dad! You have the hots for my dad? To the point where you are visualising screwing him?" "I couldn't help it. It doesn't mean anything." "Is it him you wanted all along? Was I your consolation prize? You've always had a thing for older men." "No! I love you, so *fucking* much. You know that. Please! You have to believe me!" The guards looked on in amusement. "Marco?" the guard asked again, innocently, "who Gerard?" A middle-aged black man appeared on the screen. He had his cock pressed against Marco's and was stroking them both at the same time. "Who is that?" Jaxon asked. "No-one, just another fantasy," Marco stuttered. The guard leaned to whisper into Jaxon's ear, "I'm guessing that you know him well enough that I don't need to point out that he's lying this time." "Who is he?" Jaxon begged. "I'm sorry! It was a once off, I swear!" "WHO IS HE?" "Just some guy I met through work. He doesn't live here. He's from Switzerland. It meant nothing to me. Just a senseless fuck. I love you!" With that, the guard doused Jaxon with fuel and lit him on fire. His screams were so high pitch, the guards left the room. They came back in when he'd been burnt to a crisp. Marco was sobbing as well as choking from the smoke. The guards wouldn't let these 2 see each other alive again for another 2 months.
After a few days of gang-raping Marco, the guards decided that was time to force him to face his nightmares - heights. When they dragged him onto the airplane, he knew why. He was hogtied. When they reached the correct altitude, the dangled him out of the door. The fake dropped him several times, causing him to lose control of his bladder. "Jesus, I hope no innocent people get hit with that!" joked the guard. When they eventually let him go for real, he spent his descent alternating between blind terror and begging the universe to find a way to let him and his loved ones stay dead. His body splattered everywhere. The field he was dropped into was marked into a giant numbered grid. The public gambled, each time he was dropped from the plane, where he'd land.