Manacled

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Rating: Mature
Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Underage
Category: F/M, M/M
Fandom: Original Work
Relationship: Roselyn/Cavanaugh, Lyric/Blue
Character: Roselyn Angel, Cavanaugh Gold, Lyric Bell, Blue Raine
Additional Tags: Dystopian, Survival, Escape, radiation, abilities, Gifts, powers,
Superheros, Slaves, Masters, Rape/Non-con Elements, Underage
Rape/Non-con, Consensual Underage Sex, Friendship/Love, Boys In
Love, Mates, Falling In Love, Girls in Love, Love Conquers, HEA,
Abuse, Bullying, Non-Consensual Drug Use
Language: English
Stats: Published: 2022-11-24 Words: 726 Chapters: 1/?

Manacled
by Cangel1915

Summary

This is a Dystopian world in which the world was destroyed in a global nuclear war. There
are now only a few cities around the world that survived. They live in Domes that are
supposed to provide quality life and protection against the unpredictable outdoor weather.
The acid rain and dust storms are just a few of the things that occur. Due to exposure to the
nuclear weapons, some children were born with abilities. A child begins to show their
powers around age 8 if they are going to develop them and they are then sent to the
Institute where they are forced to obey strict rules, their powers are bound with manacles
around their wrists. The children are beaten, abused, and beaten down. Their abilities and
their usefulness determine their ‘rank’ in the school. Those deemed useless and are abused
more. But make no mistake, all children with abilities are tools to be used for the
betterment of society. They stay at the Institute until they are 18 years old when they are
distributed within society to the areas that could best use their powers. Their manacles
would be removed, but they would be given a permanent tattoo that would place them
under permanent control of their Master where they would be forced to obey all commands.

Notes

This story will be told from four perspectives.

Rosalyn Angel has tested positive for magical abilities, but her gifts are not known,
therefore she is seen as useless and is abused by nearly everyone at the Institute. Though
even she doesn’t know what she can do, her ability is dream-walking and mind-melding. To
be able to appear in another’s dreams at night and meld in their consciousness. She can also
 form telepathic mind links but she does not have enough control, so it only occurs when her
emotions are heightened.

Cavanaugh Gold has tested positive for magical abilities. He is a wolf shifter and will be an
enforcer once he reaches adulthood. Though his
ability would put him mid-level in rank, his strength and bully-attitude keep others away
from him. After putting three other bullies in their place, others know to leave him alone.
Being a wolf shifter means he has advanced strength and speed. He has heightened hearing
and better eyesight. He doesn’t transform on the full-moon, but when he does transform—
by choice—his appearance is a fur covered male, twice as big as his human form. Claws
extend from his fingers. Golden eyes. Sharp teeth and an elongated nose and wolf ears. His
manacles prevent him from shifting and prevent him from bonding with his mate. Rosalyn
Angel. He’s always been aware of her. Protective of her. He keeps the other students away
from her but is helpless to protect her from the abusive teachers.

Blue Raine has tested positive for magical abilities. He can manipulate water, though he
cannot create it. He can also turn himself into water. He is ranked very high as his gift will
allow him to benefit society gratefully once he turns 18. Though he is highly ranked, he has
no desire to bully and is often seen as a protector to those less fortunate, namely Rosalyn
Angel and Lyric Bell. He is taunted by others ranked high.

Lyric Bell has tested positive for magical abilities. He is a Siren. When he sings or talks, he
can influence any person’s desires and or thoughts. He can bend them to his will or even kill
them by sending a high-pitched frequency and melting their brains. He is very dangerous.
His manacles prevent him from talking at all. He is ranked low at the institute. Though his
ability is very powerful, it is dangerous, and he will likely need to remain voiceless for the
rest of his life. He is highly abused due to his voiceless nature.

Inspired by Vivid (BoyxBoy) (Pipe Dream: Book 1) by MonochromeBlue

Manacled

***

Roselyn Angel

8 years old

Post Test

“Name?”

“Roselyn Angel.”

“Ability.”

“Unknown.”
 The Headmistress pauses and looks over the paper she had been filling out. Her beady
eyes looked me over with disgust. Her wrinkled lips curled in a sneer. She looks over at my
handler.

“When did she test positive then, if she has not shown any abilities?”

“Two months ago. They waited, for the abilities to start manifesting—they wanted the
higher payment…” I ignore my handlers' words as I stare at the tops of my bare feet. Mother and
Father didn’t allow me to take my shoes with me when I came here. Only the dress on my back.
Ever since I tested positive on my birthday, I wasn’t treated like their Angel anymore.

I was a monster. A freak. I think about what my handler said. About them wanting a
higher payment. I didn’t want to believe it…but I knew it was true. At 8 years old Children were
tested for abnormal brainwaves that manifested in abilities and powers. If they tested negative, they
resumed their normal everyday lives with their family. But if the child tested positive, they were
brought here, to the Institute. The heavy manacles wrapped around her wrists felt wrong and
unnatural. They would prevent whatever her abilities were from being able to be used. The family
was compensated for their loss and expected to move forward. The higher the desire for the child
with a particular gift, the more heavily the compensation was for the family. When a child—such
as I, tested positive but showed no abilities, there was a lower compensation.

I never expected to test positive. It wasn’t supposed to happen to me. I have three older
siblings. All tested negative. All were normal.

All except me.

I remember how they treated me for the last two months, and a tear rolled down my
cheek, my eyes stinging. I wasn’t a person anymore.

I was a thing.

An abnormality that’s only value came from the usefulness I could provide to the
Society inside the Dome.

As an unknown, I wouldn’t discover my ability until I was 17. A year before we leave
the Institute, given back to Society to our selected Masters. If still, no ability manifests, I’ll end up
as either a maid, cleaning for a wealthy family, or sent to a whore house. My mother made sure to
tell me this when she was still convinced I was hiding my ability from them.

To punish them.

“Miss Mosley?” Headmistress calls out. Another lady enters the room, pausing at the
entrance.

“Yes, Headmistress?”

“Take Roselyn Angel to the Doctor so they can do her physical and start her medical
charts. Her ability is unknown, so she will need to be closely monitored for any changes. Then take
her to the Female Rooms and assign her bed. She’ll be allocated 1 dress. 2 undergarments. 1 pair of
socks. 1 pair of shoes. And 1 jacket. 1 toothbrush. She will need to be shown the communal
washrooms and where she will find a hairbrush and toothpaste.”

“Roselyn, do you have any questions?” My handler asks, looking disinterested at best as
he packs up his briefcase with my information on it. Case #104679.
 That was me.

I shake my head no and then Miss Mosely is leading me from the room. She stays a few
steps ahead of me as she leads us to the Doctor’s office. She doesn’t look back or wait for me and
as her legs are far longer than mine, I have to nearly run to keep up.

We pass several kids as we make our way, I barely have the ability to pull air into my
lungs, so I don’t pay much mind to them other than the fact that they all wear manacles around
their wrists like me.

Miss Mosely enters a room and I follow behind her, grateful she’s paused so I can catch
my breath.

“Sit here and wait for Doctor Finley to call you back. I’ll be back in 1 hour to collect
you. You will be here when I come to collect you or there will be punishment.”

I nod my head immediately. I may not want to be here, but I will do what is asked of me.

This is my life now.

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