Chapter 7 - Colt
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“Who are you? Are you with the ones who put me in here!? I need some fucking answers!”
Cloud flails about trying to buck the stranger’s grip, her metal collar going live and starts to beep slowly.
“G-Get your hands off of me! I-If you don’t my collar will kill me!”
“Well then, that should make interrogating you easier, now tell me what you know or you die. . .”
“N-No! I’m not working with the facility’s staff! I’m a test subject!” The collar’s beeping slowly increasing with his hand still wrapped around the Cloud’s neck.
“Fine. Daimon, let her go she’s no use to us dead.”
“Aww, but I wanted to see what the collar did,” Daimon said removing his hand from the Cloud’s neck.
The collar goes silent as he lets go of her neck. She drops to the ground, gasping for air, only able to get a few words out.
“27! Help!”
“Ah yes, the annoying stallion over the intercom told us of him after we killed his pet manticore.”
“Hahaha, what idiot names a manticore Lamar?” Someone says as a shadowy figure appears next to Cloud.
Cloud still gasping for air on the floor, her eyes lock onto the newly formed shadow standing next to her.
“W-What is that?”
“You could say I am his dark side. I am the one who thinks nothing of the rush of adrenaline brought by each kill.”
Cloud quickly backs up, her back hitting the wall behind her, her eyes still locked onto the shadowy figure standing next to the stranger.
“27! W-Where are you?!”
One of them steps back around the corner, trying to hide.
“Aww, want your friend to help you? Too bad no one is here, I guess we can have a little fun while we wait for him. . .”
Cloud still has her back against the wall, a tear runs down her cheek as she cries out for me once more.
“27! W-Where are you?! Help me!”
I begin to charge as I let out a primal scream.
“27, i-is that you?”
I keep pouring on the heat as I charge down the darkened hallway to Cloud’s cries. Seeing Cloud and a shadowy figure standing over her puts my mind into overdrive. Running down the hallway on all fours like a timberwolf, my speed increasing with every step I take. Getting closer and closer to Cloud and the shadowy figure, I lunge out trying to tackle the shadow over Cloud. As I make contact I fly through the shadow, landing on the opposite side of them as I slid into the middle of the room. My claws tearing into the floor bringing me to a stop.
“Oh, look how helpful your friend is,” He says as he begins laughing hysterically at the attempted attack backfiring.
“27... I-Is that really you? W-What happened to your body”
Staring down the shadow, I change my limbs back into their normal form, standing on my legs now noticing the other human that was around the corner
“What do you think you’re doing to Cloud?” Breathing heavily as I stand there staring down the Shadow and the human hiding just around the corner.
“I was doing nothing, but what I am wondering is why some feminine voice entered my mind and tried to eat my soul before Daimon promptly. . . removed her.”
I quietly stood there, asking Fade if that was correct.
“Yes, he is telling the truth Subject 27....” My eyes still locked onto the other human. Cloud quickly ran behind me while the shadow watched me carefully.
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“Subject 27, his mind it was... Disturbing, he had every single kill archived in each one was very detailed... At the end of it there was this chest that I tried to open, but I was ambushed by his friend... H-He tortured me in ways that I never thought was possible... He used devices that where from your realm... The horror that he inflicted on me was....” A tear runs down Fade’s cheek as she recalls this nightmare.
“That’s enough Fade, I’ll make him pay for what he did to you. I promise you that.”
- - -
“Fade told me about you and your friend... And how you tortured her. I’ll have to make you pay for this.”
“Well I think that should be easy for us, as I have had to kill seven ponies, one manticore, four homunculi and your shadow friend there before reaching this room, and as you may notice, I don’t have a scratch. You on the other hand have torn clothes which make you look as though you got injured but recovered. This speaks of your fighting ability.”
I stand there silent for only a moment.
“Well, you're an observant one, aren't you? I would enjoy reminiscing over war stories with you, but there’s a problem, I can’t remember anything. You’ll have to forgive me if I don’t feel like talking to you.”
“No problem, now as for your friend who invaded my personal space, it’s an unfortunate circumstance as I cannot let you leave here alive. . . Daimon, return, it’s play time. . .” As he says those last words, his voice deepened and his eyes turned crimson red as Daimon returned to him, ready to fight.
“Cloud, stay out of the way, no need for you to get hurt. And as for the contract Fade that I’ve made, that’s none of your business. Now, please forgive me, as I must say something before we start fighting.”
Kneeling down on one knee, I put my head down and bring my hands together, resting against my forehead. Then I started to call upon my pack.
“Darkness that resides within my soul, please protect me while I borrow your power. Make our movements swift and our actions just. If we take any souls while you or I are in control, please be their shepherd to the abyss. When the day comes that you call upon my debt, I’ll gladly pay. Please grant these poor souls passage to the abyss and grant me protection from our scythe. May the abyss be vast and always welcoming to any unfortunate soul that is harvested by our scythe. May the abyss watch over me.”
“Praying for us are we? A bit late as we have already died, but thank you for the gesture...“ He says as he leaps across the room landing in front of me with a malicious grin spread across his face.
After I finish saying the pack, I slowly stand up, looking eye to eye with the other human. The darkness now flowing through my body, making my veins visible through my skin has they turn black.
“Shall we begin?”
“Lets. . .” As he says this he leaps onto a wall and begins to crawl up it.
“Very impressive little trick you have there, now, let me show you something in return.”
My arms both morph into a new shape, he watches as my arms start to morph into a new blackened form. Scales grow on the top of my arms and hands, and a red vein travels down my underarms.
“Let’s end this quickly, I have somewhere I need to be.”
He takes his chance to go for my throat as he lunges towards me. I stand there, shifting into a defensive stance as he lunges at me. As he gets closer to me, I grab his arm and use his momentum to toss him. I send him flying into the wall with a sickening crack as something had broken upon impact.
“You’re going to have to do better than that. Now show me what you’re made of!”
He slowly stands up with a bit of difficulty as he holds his ribs. He cracks his neck and begins to walk towards me.
“Good, I thought I might’ve broken something, glad to see you’re still able to walk.”
I shift out of my defensive stance and start to charge at him. As I pull back my fist as he took a stance to counter. I threw a punch aimed for his damaged ribs, but he took hold of my fist using my forward momentum to help pull us closer. He slams his knee into my stomach with great force, knocking the air out of me.
I stood there for only a brief second gasping for air before I place my left hand on his shoulder and quickly make the red vein in my right arm pulse with energy, creating a massive amount of force. I throw another punch to his side while we were still in close proximity with each other.The punch makes contact and I began to grin as he falls to the ground..
I take a few steps back as he falls to the ground, my right arm no longer pulsing. I bring my right leg up above his head right before I try to axe kick his skull. He takes this opportunity and rushes me, my leg in mid kick he easily throws me off balance and I fall to the ground. He jumps on top of me slamming me down into the ground and then sinks his teeth into my right arm causing me to scream out in pain
With him now on top of me, I try to grab him with my left hand but he sees this and pulls back, taking a little bit of my flesh with him. I cringe as I watch the flesh being torn from my arm. As he looks down I bring my legs up around him, forcing him off of me as I turn the tables. A small bit of blood drips onto his face as I lean over him and bring down both fists into his chest.
As I hit him, the previously fractured ribs break under the force of my fists. As I look down expecting him to at least be somewhat hurt he sucker punched me in the right side of the head, sending me stumbling backwards. Now staggering off of him, he stands up and rushes me, sinking his teeth into my ankle causing me to scream in pain as he gnaws his way into me.
Now realizing what he’s doing, both my arms pulse with energy, bringing both fists down upon his back, trying to shake him loose. Trying shake him off was a bad idea as it only caused him to bite down even harder, taking a piece of my ankle with him.
“Now that we have had our fun, it’s time to end this. At least you won’t have worry anymore about your friend there, she will be joining you soon.”
I collapse to the ground as my legs buckle beneath me. Now on my back, I bring my right hand up, flattening it and jabbing at his chest.
“Don’t you DARE think about hurting Cloud! I will kill you before I let you harm her!”
In a blur of black my claw like hand pierced his chest. With my hand digging deeper nearing what I hoped to be his heart, desperate to kill him before he hurts Cloud. As my hand dug deeper into his chest he began to freak out and try to go for my eyes. As he digs his thumbs into my eyes I scream in pain and my hand begins to spasm a bit from the pain doing more internal damage to him. I could no longer bear the pain, causing me to collapse to the ground blind and crippled. I hear him start to walk away, but just as I’m about to pass out I hear a loud thud, I prayed that it wasn’t Cloud just before I passed out.
- - -
“Fade! What the hell was that?! Why did you try to consume someone else? Let alone another human?!”
“Subject 27, how would I know he had something else inside his mind like you? He just looked like another tasty soul to eat.”
“You led him here! You nearly got Cloud killed and caused me to almost die in the process!”
“Subject 27 calm down, if I knew he had something else in his head like you, I would of not gone for him. You humans are very weird race.”
“Fade.... Please just don’t try that again, I don’t want to see you or Cloud get hurt again.”
Fade stays silent for a moment after hearing these heartfelt words coming from someone she tried to consume.
“Subject 27... I-I didn’t know you cared for me... No one has ever liked me before...”
“You and I made a contract, that doesn't mean we can't be friends.”
“T-Thank you Subject 27, this means a lot to me.”
“Fade, I need you to make peace with the other human if we survive this.”
Fade stayed rather silent after hearing this, she looked like she was in deep thought.
“Subject 27... After what he did to me.... After the hell he put me through... I don’t know if I can trust him, and I would advise you not to trust him so easily.”
“If he can help us escape from this hellish lab, then I can trust him until we are free. But I’ll keep an eye on him, just to be safe. I’ve taken some serious damage during that fight, do you think you’ll be able to help me Fade?”
“I-I could help you. I can minimize blood loss if you let me take control. But there is a side effect, though. While I’m in control, your internal organs will be damaged the longer I’m the dominant one. I can put your body on ice, slowing the blood flow, but your organs can become frostbitten the longer that I’m in control.”
“Very well, when I wake up, take control. Do what you can to keep me from not blacking out again from the blood loss. While you’re in control, Fade, talk to Colt and see if he is willing to come to an agreement.”
“Very well Subject 27. If he attacks again, should I deal with him?”
“If and only IF he tries to hurt Cloud or us, do what you must.”
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As I wake up with Fade in control, she lets out a moan of pain as she quickly goes to work. The air around me starts to freeze as her aura chills the surrounding area. Her freezing presence in my body slowing down my blood flow to a crawl, minimizing the blood loss from my bite wounds. My organs slowly start to freeze making breathing a little difficult, Fade slowly starts to rise as the blood oozing out of my closed eyes freezes on my face.
“So, this is what a human body feels like to control? Very strange.” My voice was not its own, every breath I exhaled hang in the frozen air.
“Colt, we have a proposition for you, stop this little fight and join up in escaping from this hell.” Fade trying to persuade Colt.
“Why should I trust you? Your little friend there tried to kill me for no reason at all, and if it weren’t for Daimon, I would be dead. She deserved what he did to her. . .” As he glared at me, still laying on the floor too weak to stand.
“He was merely defending his friends from you and your friend. And yes, I do deserve this punishment after trying to consume your soul, I did not know who you were. you did not have a slave collar on you, so I assumed you were part of the staff. If you say no to our proposition that I’m trying to make, then I will have to kill you.” Fade’s voice speaking through mine.
“Wait, he? OH, it’s you. Oh Daimon, your play thing is here. . .”
“Oh, lucky day! What shall I do to her this time? Water board her, use the electric chair? Oh wait how about I tear the soles of the bottom of her feet off and make her walk across shards of glass.” Daimon said as he began to materialise next to Subject 27 and he brought his hand to his face trying to think of a new way to make them suffer.
“By the looks of it, your body still hasn't fully healed yet, nor healed enough for you to start moving.” I was now getting to my feet, favoring my torn ankle.
“You may be able to stand, but I don’t feel pain, so anytime now I could take control of his body and tear you to shreds and then get back to the minor internal repairs.” Daimon said as Colt’s eyes turned black and he got to his feet as if nothing was wrong.
“If that’s your answer, very well then. I tried to end this in a peaceful manner.” Fade drawing power from my friend, creating black scales to grow over my body, quickly traveling up my chest and working its way to the rest of my body.
“NO! It can’t be time yet!” My voice turning back to normal as I take control back from Fade.
I fell to my knees. The black scales stop progressing up my body, stopping at the base of my neck. Kneeling there shivering from the intense cold that Fade created in my body. I cover my face with my hands trying to mask the tears of blood.
“Colt, Daimon, please. I have a request to ask of you.” My voice quivering with each word I spoke.
“What. . . “
“P-Please take Cloud and leave this room, get as much distance between us as you can, hurry before I lose control.”
“Fine, you stay here and rot and I will take her as a travel snack, see ya!” Colt said as he ran over to the still weeping Cloud , and picked her up.”
“Have fun, fucktards!” Daimon yelled as they ran out of the room.
“If I find out you hurt Cloud, I will find you and kill you! Cloud I-I’m sorry.” I shout at Colt as he picks up Cloud and runs out the room.
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