He woke up only to find that he could not see.
"Where.... where am I? Hello? Is anybody there? Can anyone hear me?"
Something thick and meaty drove itself into his stomach, cutting him off before he could say anything else. He choked back the bile threatening to make its way up, fighting the urge to vomit, gagged in pain and gasped for breath.
"You quiet! No talk!"
A deep, harsh voice that seemed to echo in his head. A stern and harsh tone that reminded him of his father. A thick accent he could not quite place.
"Please, I-"
This time it was the face. A brutal slap that set his cheek aflame, burning, painful.
"You no understand? No talk!"
A hand grabbed him by the chin, and wrenched him forward. A soft panting, the smell of unwashed filth and cigars, the sensation of hot air blasting into his face. Someone's face, he presumed.
"No talk. Just obey. Good for you. If no, then bad. Very bad. I talk. You listen."
Suddenly he could see, as the blindfold was removed from his eyes. What he saw terrified him.
Under a dim light was a massive face. Two large eyes, a thick bulbous nose, two thick lips filled with crooked teeth. Behind the face, back in the corner of the room were eyes. So many eyes. Staring. Glaring. Looking at him, into him, inside him.
Something soft and wet slapped into his face, sliding down his cheek before falling to the floor with a slight thud. He looked down. It may have been once red, but now it was something else entirely. Like a pauper turned prince, it had decked itself in a garb of green and grey, a tinge of black and even some royal purple.
The face grinned. The hand reached down and picked it up, thrusting it into his face.
"You eat. Now."
Horrified, he shook his head. The face frowned, and the fist struck him again. It grabbed his mouth, forced it open, and shoved the meat inside his mouth.
"No say again. Now."
Weeping, he choked it down.
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"No... please! Anything but this! Please!"
The fist flew towards his nose. A familiar sensation, yet he could never get used to it. A paradox. Blood streaming from his nose. Pain. It meant he was still alive. Once, he would have taken that for a good sign. Now, he knew that it was proof that he was stuck in a living hell that he could not escape. A second fist hovered near his face. Warning him. Daring him to make another sound. Even so he tried.
"I-"
This time it caught him in his mouth. A tooth fell out. Another shattered. They would never return. Once broken, forever broken. How apt. Much like the situation he was in. Perhaps that was why he struggled so, despite it all. Because if he lost
that too, he would never be able to get it back.
"Please! I'll do anything! Just don't do this! I'm begging you! I-"
A gag was stuffed into his mouth, and all he could do was moan and groan in vain. He tried to twist his way free, but the hand holding him in place was too strong. He could barely struggle. His face met cold concrete as he was pushed down. The blood spewing from his nose, at least, provided him some warmth.
It entered him from behind. It hurt more than anything else he had suffered through, yet it was the most familiar. He closed his eyes, but he still saw them in his head. One did not need eyes to see what had been burned into the mind, after all. His father, pushing him down, entering him despite his protests. He had been only ten then. The sensation of something hot and sticky being sprayed across his back. The pain. Not just physical, but also emotional, wracked with angst at a betrayal of guardianship. He snapped back to reality, tears streaming from his eyes.
A grunt, and it pulled out from him. He shuddered in a mixture of disgust and relief. He was free. Finally.
He found himself being turned over, and saw the face. And to his despair, many, many more.
The face grinned.
"No done yet. Them too."
By his fourth penetration, he was no longer conscious.
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He woke up to find himself in an alley, a piece of paper clutched in his hand. His clothes were back on, and his face was no longer bloody. Only the memories that persisted, and the absence of his teeth told him that what had happened to him was not a dream.
He pushed himself up, leaning against a dumpster to balance. And with trembling hands, he unfolded the paper, and gaped.
"Thank you for dining at the EthioCuisine. We hoped you enjoyed our full-course Ethiopian Experience!"
He fell to his knees and wept.