Violet giggled as Peter pushed her into the wall, "what's gotten you in such a good mood this morning?". He hummed at her as he kissed her.

She wrapped her arms around him smiling lightly into his lips as he held onto her. He moved back "I just wanted to see you before training".

Something was so different in Peter, she could see it the second he pushed her into the storage closet. She knew he was slowly befriending Eleven, the little girl who would surely help them.

Violet couldn't help but still feel nervous about all of it, if anything went wrong they'd be trap here. "You always see me before training, we walk to breakfast together Peter".

"Let's get married once we leave this place, we'll be together forever if we get married". He smiled at her his eyes shining as he grabbed her hands.

"Of course, you know I'll do anything you want Peter, of course we can get married". She kissed him her fingers touching his neck.

"We'll get them out soon, I just need a few more days" she nodded as she leaned into him letting out a light breath.

"I wish we could stay here forever, where it's just me and you" he pushed her hair behind her ear.

"Once we're free, it'll always be like this, I promise Violet, nothing will get in our way". He kissed her one last time before quickly leaving the room.

Violet smiled sadly as she walked out after waiting a few minutes, but she gasped lightly "papa". He grabbed hold of her arm roughly making her cry out, "you've been lying this entire time!".

"No, papa! Please nothing happened" she was forced down the hallway, her entire body aching. "You two have been sneaking around for weeks, don't think I haven't noticed".

She looked at the guards with fear as she was roughly thrown into a room. "Make sure she suffers" she screamed when the electricity ran through her body, the pain of it making her cry.

—

Peter looked at all the children, but his eyes locked on Eleven who sat alone. She let out a frustrated breath when she failed to get the number she wanted.

"Which number are you aiming for?" she turned around looking at him "three" she gripped the red chips tightly.

"You know, sometimes it's helpful to take a step away for a moment. Let the mind clear".

He sat beside her and she stood up letting the chip go and it fell into the number two making her sigh.

"Determined, aren't we?" he looked at the bold number two his facial expression changing for a splint second. He thought of Violet who should've been in here by now.

She often liked to play chess with number three who was always losing to her. But today she was no where in his sight, making him nervous.

"You know you remind me of someone" he smiled at her his eyes looking at her camera then at her.

"Someone I used to know really well. Can you guess who that is?". He grabbed the red chip from Elevens hand setting it into the one slot.

"One?" she looked so confused as she looked at him. "Papa said that he doesn't" Peter smiled "exist? I know...But can I tell you a secret?".

The distant sound of a scream entered the air, one that oddly enough Peter could only hear. The others likely heard it and chose to ignore it.

"Sometimes, Papa doesn't tell the truth.I spent years with One. Right here. In this very room, surely you've meant Violet. She's helped him as well".

"Where is he?" Peter grew tense "maybe we'll save that story for another day. It doesn't have a happy ending, I'm afraid".

She smiled sadly as she put another chip into the thing watching as it fell downwards. Landing into four, she sighed deeply.

"But he was a lot like you. Everything was hard for him. Then, out of nowhere, he walked in here and it was like something had changed".

He seemed so lost in his thoughts "Violet asked him what was different and He said he had figured it out. He had found his strength in a memory from his past".

"She didn't want the other children to think little of him anymore, so she asked him what the memory was and he said it was something that made him sad. But also angry".

Eleven let the chip fall once more watching as it landed into two again.

"Do you maybe have a memory like that?" he could see the expression on Elevens face change at those words. She was surely thinking of it.

"Do you remember the day a strange woman came to see you? This would've been when Eight was still here". Eleven looked at Peter who seemed on edge a lot more then before.

"The woman, she was calling a name to you" Eleven frowned deeply "that was your mother".

"Mama is dead. She died making me" she let the chips fall towards the ground and Peter picked them up.

"And who told you that? Papa" she paused "who doesn't always tell the truth".

He let the chip fall and it landed perfectly into number three. "This place and the people here, Are not what you think".

The door opened and he stopped talking.

"Good morning, children" Eleven stood up walking towards the others. When they left the room Peter stood up from the floor.

He walked into the hallway nearing Violets room but he stopped around the corner at the sight of two guards. They held onto Violet, blood staining her flesh and clothes as she was thrown into her room.

When they walked off Peter ran into her room "Violet!" she laid on the floor crying as she held herself tightly. "Peter..." he kneeled down gripping her face "what happened?".

She looked up at him letting out a weak breath "papa" she leaned into him gripping his shirt tightly "he's gonna punish you too, please don't leave".

The door opened and the two guards from before appeared grabbing hold of Peter. Violet cried out as she reached her hand towards the doorway.

"Peter!" the door was slammed shut Violet screamed loudly as Peter disappeared from her eye sight. The sound of him screaming entering her ears as she cried.

—

Violet gasped awake her entire body burning as she let out a heavy sob. The darkness of the upside down was all she saw making her stand up.

"Peter?" she walked into the attic finding him looking outside the window. She let out a light breath as she walked towards him.

He turned around smiling at her as she leaned into him his finger wiping away her tears. "I have a surprise for you Violet".

"Really? What is it?" she smiled brightly at him as he grabbed hold of her hands "it appears a few of your friends went through the gate".

"They wouldn't be stupid enough to do that" Peter laughed lightly "I made sure they came through, that boy who took you from me, I want him to suffer for what he did to you".

Violet pushed her jacket over herself "I'll handle them, and don't worry.. I'll take the bats with me in case anything happens".

He kissed her and she hummed as she moved back "I'll come back to you I promise Peter".

She walked off running out of the house the bats following behind her.

Steve gagged when he slammed onto the floor harshly he stood up letting out a heavy breath at the sight of the upside down.

A screech entered his ear making him wince as he quickly grab an oar hitting it. But he was forced onto the floor another screech entering his ear.

He screamed out in pain at the suddenness of teeth biting into his sides, they were sharp and hurt. He gagged when one of its tails wrapped around his throat making him panic.

He felt lightheaded but it faded when the bats were smacked and he let out a heavy breath of relief at the sight of Nancy and Robin.

Eddie moved toward him "you alright man?" Steve nodded as he let out a wince at the discomfort on his sides. Eddie grabbed an oar smacking a bat away from Steve.

But it flew out of his grasp making him gasp as it landed into Violets hand. The bats all flying towards her screeching as she looked at the people in front of her.

"I hope you like my little friends, I told them to eat anyone who came through this gate". She broke the oar in her hand "they don't like being hit".

The shards of it flew towards Steve flying past his head making him gasp loudly when they stopped mid air right behind his head.

"I wanted to talk with you all before I let them kill you, and don't even think about escaping". The gate behind them closed.

"Peter was nice enough to let me come and speak with you myself, he was going to kill you all because of what you did to me, but I stopped him".

She turned whispering into the bats ears and they all screeched loudly before flying off.

"What do you want Violet?" she looked at Steve "I want my old life back, you know the one I had before it was taken away from me".

She lifted her hand into the air letting its form change "I didn't always look like this". Her entire body melted turning into a monster.

"I was happy for being stuck in a lab all the time, all I was to papa was a lab rat, someone who he wanted to control for power".

She moved forward "but he punished me when I tried to help Peter, he took my powers away from me for months. So I made a plan to escape".

She let herself turn back human lifting her sleeve up "but I was not strong enough like Eleven" the bold numbers stared back at the others.

"I failed and was sent here, where I was turned into a monster, I was trapped all over again, while Eleven got to keep her perfect life".

She let out a sad exhale "I'll never get to just be normal anymore, I'm a monster".

She looked at everyone in front of her "you all get to be happy and normal, that's all I want and I'll never get to have that".

The bats all screeched as they flew in the air "I just hope you are all really good at running, they haven't eaten in days".

She turned around walking off "we should probably run!" everyone ran away the bats all screeching loudly as Violet smirked.