My perfect world

by Lonepone

Things gone bad.

Vinyl’s point of view

I walk along down the street, head held high. I continue walking, the apartments and office buildings eventually giving way to the old industrial district. I walk along the deserted streets, enjoying the quiet, before I come to the building I wanted to get to. It’s an old abandoned warehouse, converted into something else.

“You here, Runner?” I shout to the seemingly empty building.

A dry chuckle emanates from some dark corner of the building on my right. “For my best customer, of course I’m always here. And besides the point, where else would I go?” He laughs again, this time from my left side.

I breathe out, steeling my nerves. “Thats why I’m here, Runner. You and your drugs have really messed up my life. I’m returning the last two pills. I’m done, and I want out”

That same dry chuckle comes from right in front of me now. “Oh, you just think, I’ll return what I haven’t used, and he’ll just let me go” a hint of menace creeps into his voice. “Oh really? How naive are you? What about the withdrawals? How will you deal with them?”

Not going how I wanted it to. “I’ll get through it. I’m tough.”

His voice comes from behind me now. “Oh, you are wrong. I’ve bribed and otherwise influenced people to get you her” I don’t like how he said influenced. “And you’re so tough that you can stop cold turkey, just like that? Good luck, no one has before. And if you’re so tough, lets see if you’re still standing after this”

I see a flash of light, and the last sensation I get is of my limp body hitting the ground.

“Wake up, Vinyl, I have many things in store for you” Runner’s voice cuts through my addled mind, waking me up. He slaps me hard on the cheek. “Are you up?” I’m a little slow, so he slaps me again, hard, on the other cheek.

“I’m up, I’m up!” I say, anything to stop him from hitting me. “Just stop hitting me, alright?”

I open my eyes, to see him backlight my some high powered industrial light. I try to look away, but I’ve been effectively blinded by that light.

“No, I don’t think I will” And with that he punches me hard in the gut. I try to double over, to curl up around the pain, but my whooves are tied behind a chair to a pipe, keeping me from doing anything but wriggling a few inches either way. My vision goes white, and I have difficulty breathing. Once my vision clears enough for me to see, I’m greeted with the sight of Runner. He’s turned off the industrial light, so the only illumination is provided by the windows up by the ceiling, letting the sunlight stream in. By the angle, its way past morning.

I scream at him in rage and pain. “Why are you doing this to me? What did I ever do to you?”

He laughs again. That is getting fucking annoying. “Because, my dear, you aren’t buying what I have to sell anymore. So you wouldn’t be dependent on me anymore. And if you don’t depend on me, what’s to stop you from telling the police? I decided to have a little fun before I decide to drug you or kill you, one of the two” He walks towards me, and he steps into one of the patches of light from the windows. He is a dark grey, his mane a jet black. His eyes are a light blue.

“I promise to not say anything! Just let me go! Please!” I plead with him.

“No, I don’t think I will. How do I know you will keep you promise?”

I sit, waiting for the next blow to come. He walks around me, looking at me, evaluating, calculating. I wait until he’s coming around to my front again, before I stick out my leg and trip him. He faceplants. When he stands up, I’m greeted with the satisfaction of seeing that I made his nose bleed.

“Little bitch. Can’t just sit and take it, can you?” With that, he viciously hits me in the ribcage. I can hear multiple snaps. The pain makes me white out for a few moments, until it fades to just an extremely painful dull throbbing. I sit there, unable to breath, the breath knocked out of me. I feel as though I may pass out, unable to breath, but, whether it’s a blessing or a curse, my breath returns. I take in one deep breath, but I immediately have to cough up blood from my broken ribs.

“Didn’t like that, did you? Just like I didn’t like you tripping me. Now sit, and be nice, or I’ll have to be worse to you than I already am” he says, relishing the power he has over me. and I hate him for it.

I cough another bit of blood from my throat, before speaking. “I would laugh at the thought of me being nice to you, but I can’t”

“You have quite a mouth, don’t you? You’re gonna have to pay for that” He says. He backhands me viciously. “Now shut it. Don’t make me kill you”

“Kill me” I say. “You know you want to. I can see it in your eyes. You hate me” And I can. I can see it in him. He’s holding back. He hates me, and I hate him.

“There’ll be time for that later. But first, I’m gonna have a little fun” he walks off.

“Leaving me so soon?” I shout to his back. I don’t know where I’m pulling all this attitude from, but I know I’m going to pay for it.

“Don’t worry, I’ll be back. Just gonna let you starve out a little. I think that’ll teach you a lesson”

I strain as hard as I can against the rope holding my hooves together. They won’t budge though, and all I’m getting is a sore on my wrists for trying. A little twia-kwon-do would be useful right about now.

I sit there, waiting. The sunlight streaming in changes from white, to orange, to red, and then it finally sets. I have sit in a single chair, arms tied behind me for a single day. Where does everyone think I’ve gone?

Author's Note:

Well, I'm adding some grimdark elements to it. Comment if you like it or not, what you'd like to see in upcoming chapters, that kind of stuff. I'm open to ideas, it's just if you want them heard, you have to say them. Nothing is written in stone yet, in fact, I finished this chapter and right away posted it.

I do not own any of the songs used, nor do I claim any credit for them. They are owned by their respective owners.

I need one more character never in the shows. Someone give me a name please (this would be a good time for one of my reader to guest star in here hinthint)

Enjoy.

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