//------------------------------// // Chapter 50: The Dark Descent, Part 7 // Story: Le Retour // by k12314 //------------------------------// CHAPTER 50 (Listen to this) Twilight led me through the halls of her castle, telling me everything she was going to do to me. Every word that came out of her mouth made me more and more terrified. She spoke of dismemberment, skin-swaps, new eyes... It disgusted me. I wanted to get away, by any means necessary. The though of just killing Twilight right there crossed my mind, but not even I had the heart to do that. She may have been a crazed killer, but she was still Twilight, in a way. It was like trying to decide to shoot a loved one who had turned into a zombie. You know it's you or them, but you can't bring yourself to pull the trigger. But there really wasn't any other way out, at least, not at that moment. I decided to give it more time. "Just be patient, Kyle. You'll get out of here soon... Just keep on trucking. Think of everything waiting for you... Think about Dashie, think about your REAL friends, think about court... Think about getting to help Sean kick Torrie's ass again." After those thoughts, I couldn't help but smile. Twilight noticed this. "Ah, I see you're finally realizing how wonderful your decision was." She gave me a smile in return, and it was enough to almost make me flinch. There was no innocence in that smile. Just malice, and insanity. A smile, something so happy, so pure, turned so evil and terrifying by the human mind. My mind. "Right..." I crossed my arms and looked away, a few beads of sweat forming on my head. "I'm happy with my decision, yeah..." I patted the pocket on my chest I'd put Stephano in to make sure I still had him with me. Thankfully, I did. "Ah, here we are..." Twilight opened a large metal door, revealing her lab. There were normal lab things, tables with chemicals and tubes and the such scattered about, an operating table, which was covered in blood, and... Limbs and skin hanging on the walls. I almost threw up, and my head was practically on fire now. I could feel myself going insane from all of this. "Now, lay down." She pointed to the operating table. "I'm..." I rubbed the back of my head. "I'm having second thoughts. Would you mind explaining exactly what you'll do to me, in very great detail?" The gears in my head were turning. My plan was coming together. Twilight sighed, and turned around, gathering all of her thoughts and plans into one speech. "Well, first I'm going to remove some of the patches of skin with little or no muscle underneath, and place muscle and other tissues there, to create a sort of natural armor." She tapped her hoof on her chin. I pulled Stephano out of my breast pocket. "Then, I will-" "You ain't doing anything, PSYCHO!" Time seemed to slow down as I slammed Stephano down on the back of Twilight's head, and she fell right down onto the ground... But she was groaning. She curled up, blood starting to run from her head. I could tell she was trying to muster some strength to get up. I started frantically looking around for an exit. There were only two doors: The one we'd come in through, and one on the other side of the room. I chose the one on the other side of the room, since going back would only mean a heightened chance of running into another monster. "Gotta go... Gotta run..." (Stop the music, listen to this now) Everything still seemed to be in slow motion, but I could tell I was sprinting at top speed. I stuffed Stephano back into my pocket, and focused on the hallways ahead of me. Everything had a strange red tint to it, and my vision was pulsating and bending. My head felt like it would burst at any moment. Tears formed in the corners of my eyes from the pain, but I ignored it and kept on going, determination and willpower being my only source of energy. "I have to..." I stumbled, and knocked over a stand with a pot on it. "Get out of here..." I looked behind me, only to see that the hallway was falling apart. Instead of the sky and trees outside, I saw black nothingness in the place of what was the castle. I picked myself up and tried to keep moving. Each footstep seemed to take an eternity, and the sounds rang at my ears. Images and scenes started to replace the walls and doors ahead. All of them were traumatic or harmful experiences from my life. "What the...?" Sounds started coming from the images and scenes. The sound of punches landing on my skin, the voices of all those who tormented me, the sound of a switchblade flicking from it's handle, the sound of a car making contact with a human being, and the resulting popping coming from that person's knees... I was the victim in all of these things. Every single time I'd been insulted, attacked, injured, or anything of the sort... All of those memories were flowing back, taking control. I couldn't take it. I wanted to end it. I looked back to see the darkness catching up, all the scenes and images falling away into the void. "I can't stand this anymore..." Everything went quiet. "I just want this to be over..." The only thing I could hear was the sound of my heart racing, trying to pound it's way through my ribcage, threatening to stop beating at any time. "I just want to die." I stopped, and closed my eyes. I eventually felt the floor fall out from below me, and the feeling of rushing air across my body. I was falling into the abyss. It was all over at that point. (Stop the music) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Third Person) Rainbow fell onto her haunches, not able to believe what had just happened. She just stared at Kyle, who kept falling, and falling, and falling... A single tear rolled down her cheek. She knew he'd never wake up from this nightmare. "This... But he..." Twilight pulled her into a hug. "It's alright... He'll be fine... He always is." She stroked Rainbow's mane, hoping to comfort her friend. "But where will he go from here? He's just falling. Forever. What'll happen now?" Twilight stared into Rainbow's eyes for a moment, before looking away, and letting out a heavy sigh. "I don't know... But I know that he'll find a way out of this. Kyle's a clever guy, he can figure this out. Somehow..." "I hope..." Rainbow wiped her face off with her hoof, and sniffled a bit. "I just don't understand why he just gave up like that. It looked like he was in a whole lot of pain." "Maybe an old memory came back, and it was too much for him. I can't really say." Twilight looked off somewhere, starting to drift into deep thought. "Maybe it was a memory. Maybe a traumatic one... But knowing Kyle, he'll shrug it off and try to ignore it. Or maybe he'll use it as motivation to keep on going after he comes to his senses." Twilight smiled, and gave Rainbow a nudge on the shoulder. "I bet he'll be up and back to figuring this out in no time." YES. FINALLY. HOLY DEAR SWEET FUCKING CHRIST THAT WRITER'S BLOCK WAS HORRIBLE. I'M BACK BABY! Now then, expect updates every Friday, at least until further notice.