#but then my chest started hurting so bad like stabbing pains yknow. and then i figured out why a few mins later.
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#beeep#not to be hashtag annoying and melodramatic but its hot and i have no ac and i had the window open#and a fan going to try and get in the air#but then my chest started hurting so bad like stabbing pains yknow. and then i figured out why a few mins later.#smellt the cigarette smoke#and i cant plug it into any other window because the cable isnt long enough#and ive been coughing for like ten minutes and im so tired and too hot and what if i killed myself Lol!!!!!!!#i dont want to be hot. i also want to breathe. this sucks!!!!!!!!! i hate teh worlddddd
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The Trolley Problem by Angel.
TWs: Descriptions of Child Abuse, Specifically Emotional and Physical, and also Torture/Scientific Experiments.
Chapter 1
Memories before the war.
Hmm… I guess there’s no where to start but the beginning.
I actually remember being born, funnily enough. It was a horrible experience, If I could do it over I would never do that again. But hindsight is 20/20. My mom, Maria, really wanted a daughter. I remember she use to tell me how much of a disappointment I was, she was expecting so much more out of me.
I don’t blame her for hating me. I was a mistake, I didn’t give her what she wanted. I was a gross fleshy blob, and at the time I didn’t know how to make my momma happy. Actually, I wasn’t really useful to anyone really. Yknow when you walk into a room and you have this aching in your chest that everyone there is annoyed by you?
Most of my family looked at me like that, with complete apathy. I don’t blame them, I would hate me too. I tried really hard as a kid to impress my family but none of them really cared much. The closest I got to care was from Stellan, our A.I maid, but even then he stayed away from me for the most part.
For most of my childhood I was locked up in my room, with nothing to do really. I didn’t have any furniture or toys or windows to look out of, I don’t think there was even a lightbulb in the ceiling. So, to pass the time I would imagine. I would write stories in my head of fantastical worlds and happy endings.
This was both a good and a bad thing. Mom got really mad when I accidentally ignored her in favor of slaying a dragon. I remember she always had the most creative punishments for me when I misbehaved. Though getting things cut off like your hair or fingers hurt like no other.
At least both grow back though. So I wasn’t too worried about it. Mom hated that, she always used to yell at me for being so nonchalant about everything. I don’t know why I was, I guess when things would happen I would just retreat into my mind.
I think about her a lot. It’s hard not to. Me and her share a face, my Grandpa always joked that my mom was like a printer as she made an exact copy of herself. Which I always found funny because of how different me and momma are.
Grandpa was always weird like that though. He was the only person who would talk to me when I was a child. He use to teach me things about old currency, like how we use to have paper money and coins, he actually showed me his huge coin collection and it was very cool. He always told me that I was a miracle.
My dad hated that his dad would give me so much attention. My dad hated me in general, he always said I was “Maria’s problem.” And not his. But I still always tried to impress him. He was home a lot more often than Mom was. She had to work late hours passing laws and doing speeches. So when dad would get home it would often just be me, him, and Stellan.
Honestly, I kinda preferred my dad sometimes. He still hated me, but he was quiet and predictable unlike my mom. Mom could find anything about me to be mad at, but Dad only got mad if I did something wrong, like talk to him. His punishments were less severe as well, getting hit is a lot less painful than getting stabbed or something like that.
Even though my family was in the public eye, nobody in the outside world knew about me. My grandpa said I was one of the best kept secrets in New America, which I thought was funny. Honestly I’m glad nobody knew about me, Mom and Dad use to get hounded by people wherever they went, even Stellan sometimes got stalked.
The bad thing about not being known though was that I wasn’t allowed outside of our apartment. Which was okay, but a little cramped. I remember when Mom wasn’t home I was allowed to go outside of my room, and sometimes I would peek out the windows and just watch the city dwellers on the streets before us. I remember thinking they looked like Ants.
That was my life, I had a very specific routine and I followed it to the letter. Until one day when I was ten years old. A year ago, the incident had happened, and I knew Mom had been stressed out since then, I didn’t know much about the war, only that it seemed to get worse every day, and Mom wasn’t coping well.
Our entire society relied on technology, and that technology had completely rebelled against us in the worst way possible. Most people on the news believed the war would only last a few months at most, maybe causing a few supply chain issues. But the A.I were brutal.
I didn’t know this at the time but Mom had been funding experiments throughout the past year in order to find a way to stop the A.I, however none of it had been working. Until one day, Mom picked me up and took me on a trip to West Virginia. This was super exciting for me as I had never been outside the apartment let alone outside of the state.
I didn’t understand what Mom was doing at the time. But we eventually drove up to a large building in the middle of nowhere, and some scientists took me out of the car and dragged me into the facility, I kicked and screamed for my mom but she ended up driving away.
I remember being so scared as the scientists put me into my new room, it was large with tall concrete walls and floor, and the only light source came from the observation deck above me where the scientists looked down. There were no doors, no known way to escape.
I remember the first day they didn’t bother me. Probably letting me acclimate to my new surroundings, I sobbed the entire day and didn’t get much sleep. I was use to being in an empty room but not one so cold and uncomfortable.
I’m going to save you from most of the details of my stay at Salendine, I was there for four years and to be honest, every day was the same. They would experiment on me somehow, usually with some method of torture like electrocution or starvation, and after the torture they would give me a task.
They essentially were trying to train me into being an obedient computer. They wanted me to obey their every command by frying my brain. I never was able to please them though. I was still a human, after all. No matter how obedient I was, I would never be a robot. But they believed if they just tortured me enough that I would eventually become the perfect weapon for them.
Unfortunately for them, I am not so easily broken.
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Chapter 2.
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I’m Not Leaving
Agent Haggard x (M) Reader
Warning: Langauge, Injury
“You have to stay with me...please. This isn’t how you end”
“It’s...the job Hag”
That’s not where we started. Leading up to that...made me feel like my world was ending.
Y/N stepped into the agency checking his watch to make sure he’s on time. Even if any time is on time depending on assignment. But he’s new. The chief told him he’s assigned to one of the field agents for the extraterrestrial division. It’s just a matter of finding him since...most dress code is suits.
“Which desk is Agent Haggard’s?” Y/N asks one of the wanders as he pointed toward Zoil’s office as Haggard was placed in front of his. “Thanks”
Y/N makes his way over to his desk seeing him indulged in his work. “Agent Haggard?”
“Yes?” Haggard looks up from his desk seeing a new face. “Um. Have we met?”
“Oh, No. But I am the new guy. Zoil had me assigned to you?”
“Oh. Fuck right. You’re Y/N”
“Exactly” Y/N laughs a bit as Haggard points to the empty desk in front of him.
“You can set up there until we get assigned” Haggard smiles as Y/N sits down already getting situated. “So...when did you get transferred here?”
“Uh. I wasn’t transferred. I got assigned here after training and then Zoil assigned me to shadow you until I know my place” Y/N smiles as Haggard was about to ask something when they both got alerted for a case. “Guess I get to see you in action Agent Haggard”
“More like I’ll be seeing what you can do Y/N” Haggard smiles leading the way.
He’s...not bad. Thought rookies would usually suck since...I’m usually assigned the ones that were last in their class. But Y/N’s different. He actually knows how to aim that’s a plus right there. But that’s not it. He’s great at the forensics stuff. We don’t even need the forensics guy to come down to the scene to check everything out. Just give the gear to Y/N and he can immediately get the next lead we need just from the crime scene. I know we tend to mainly focus on the extraterrestrial but if he wanted a recommendation to be in any other department. He has signed his own ticket anywhere. Y/N is a utility player. When assignments for departments come up, I hope he stays here.
Because I wouldn’t mind a new partner...
“So. You’re staying in my department after all?” Haggard smiles as Y/N laughs at the comment when they were out on a stake.
“Yeah. The extraterrestrial is where it’s at. Even if some of the document shit is weird to look at” Y/N smiles checking the radar for anything. “Plus the dessert at night is better than mid day. Fuck that heat man”
“Exactly. Fuck that heat. But yknow. It’s the job”
Y/N laughs nodding before handing off the tablet to Hag so he can put his seat all the way back and kick his feet up on the dash. Haggard enjoyed the quiet stake out nights, not much happened and they were mainly watching a warehouse from a distance. Thinking they wouldn’t see any activity today...
But things change.
“This is a very stupid question”
“You didn’t even ask it Hag”
“Well”
“Just ask it man” Y/N laughs as Haggard closes the tablet for a second.
“Do you know what at-risk is?”
“Hm. With agents or hospital criteria”
“Agents”
“Usually means they have someone or something in their life that people can take advantage of. Including the agency. It’s a fucked thought but yknow. That’s how it is” Y/N looks at Haggard confused on why he asked as Haggard was about to clear that up when the tablet starting beeping.
“Y/N—“
“Get ready to get physical Haggard” Y/N steps out loading his gun as Haggard tosses the tablet into his seat stepping out to approach the scene with Y/N.
“Calling base—activity spiked” Haggard tells his intercom receiving word that back up will be on stand by with a call.
As the two were on opposite sides of the door giving each other an exchange. Y/N didn’t want to tell Haggard what was on his mind as he darts his eyes in.
3
2
1
Silence when the two entered and slowly scanned around the perimeter. Y/N lowers his gun before putting it in it’s holster quickly examining the crates on one side. Haggard still kept his gun in hand as he examines the more hospital like side of the facility.
“If we call in forensics and clean up we can get some of this stuff examined back—“ Y/N stops talking when he spotted something on the upper deck and instead of telling Haggard he went to handle it.
Taking big steps New Guy
“Y/N, this is more of experimentations than extraterrestrial” Haggard turned around not finding Y/N which kick started his anxiety but before he could say anything more—
A body slams on the ground in front of him making Haggard take a step back.
“What the fuck?”
A ladder kicked down from the upper deck and Haggard saw Y/N slide down it locking eyes with Hag.
“What?”
“You’re bleeding”
“It doesn’t matter” Y/N buttons his suit jacket to cover up the wound in his side from Haggard’s eyes but he was still fixated on the fact that he was hurt.
“You should let me call it in”
“Hag. Everybody gets hurt on the job”
“I get that. But you’re still bleeding” Haggard stood behind him trying to get a better look as Y/N knelt down taking the man’s arm and checking for a pulse.
“It’s faint but there.”
“What were you doing?”
“Investigating. Doing my job?” Y/N stands laughing a bit before handing Haggard what the man had on his person. “We need to get this guy back and get answers”
“Need to take everything in this facility” Haggard states reading the file as Y/N looks around them for a moment.
Stop
Take it in.
Breath.
I like you Hag.
The business makes it difficult for everything.
“HAG—“
Haggard was suddenly pulled to the ground when a gun shot was fired. He drops everything in hand and before he assessed he grabbed his gun aiming toward the fire and taking down the fireman. Y/N pushes himself onto his back before pressing the gun shot wound in his chest even if it did go through.
“Call it in—-s-should’ve—s...shouldn’t h-have said no earlier” Y/N chokes on his words feeling Haggard press his jacket on his wound. “Dude—“
“Calling in Medic—agent down” Haggard tells his communicator before placing both hands applying pressure. “This ain’t the end you know”
“Heh...f-feels like it” Y/N felt a new pain grow in his chest as he gave Haggard a worried expression. “Hey-...um I gotta tell you something”
“Stop talking. You’re gonna stay with me”
“Hag—“
“You have to stay with me...please. This isn’t how you end”
“It’s...the job Hag” Y/N laughs before coughing slowly pressing his fingers against his lips feeling blood. “That’s new...”
“Y/N...please.”
“No...listen please...” Y/N begs dropping his arm and feeling his breathing slowly grow faster. “Come on...we both know w-w-what we are....a-a-I...I’m...y-your partner”
“Yeah...yeah I know. You’re my partner...God. I want you to be...Y/N please—“
“Hag. N-Not in t-t-the business...” Y/N laughs more coughing as Haggard felt his face burn from the tears streaming down his face. “C...Come on...I-I...s-saw you...”
“I didn’t want to look away from you...Keep breathing please...they are on their way. Medic is on their way.”
“Hm...Hag?”
“Y/N...”
“W...Will...y-you.....” Y/N scoffs resting his hand on top of Haggard’s. “b....be mine....” and the silence filled the room after.
The inaudible silence...
Haggard
Agent Haggard?
Haggard!
Agent fucking Haggard.
Cmon Hag...
Hag.
Haggard?
Hag...
Night Count: 1
“Agent Haggard. You are not allowed personnel files on an injured agent!”
“He’s my partner. I was his mentor in the beginning. I should be allowed to know his condition!”
“Stand down Haggard. Or you’ll be suspended”
“Fuck off Zoil! Do you have any idea what it’s like—“
“DONT FINISH THE FUCKING SENTENCE” Zoil snaps at Haggard as the volume alerted almost everyone in the building. “I’ve lost HUNDREDS. This is ONE MAN. And he’s still alive! You should be happy with just that fact!”
“I won’t be happy until he’s out of the infirmary”
“Hag-“ Zoil stops himself before finally caving. He sat down and pulled up Y/N’s medical file from last night since it’s very recent everything is still updating. “Agent Y/F/N Y/L/N. Stab in the left side resulting in the loss of his spleen and his stomach needing repairing. The GSW located in the lower quadrant of his abdomen hitting the spinal cord and small intestine. Both needing to be repaired and bone fragments being removed. Condition being critical he was put in a medically induced coma and the doctors think he won’t be able to walk again”
Maybe he shouldn’t have heard that.
Night Count: 5
Haggard steps into the infirmary seeing the doctor do his routine checks on all his patients in the facility. He stood over Y/N’s body writing down the new vitals before getting a nurse to take new labs.
“Anything new?” Haggard asks as Y/N’s Doctor was hesitant to say anything since the night he came in—-
Haggard threatened everybody if Y/N didn’t pull through.
“Nothing changed Agent Haggard. We’ll know with the labs”
“You should order new scans”
“If this is about his spinal injury. We wouldn’t know until he wakes up to tell us if he can feel anything. Sorry Agent Haggard” The Doctor left shortly after stating that and Haggard took the seat beside Y/N’s bed watching him like he did the other nights.
Zoil walks by the infirmary when it was starting to get dark spotting Haggard in the chair still. He rolls his eyes stepping in and smacking the poor guy in the back of the head.
“What?”
“I put you on leave today and you’re sitting here waiting”
“Can’t go home. Can’t just sit there and do nothing”
“But you’re sitting here and doing nothing. Haggard. There’s nothing you can do or we can do besides wait. Now get out before I force security on you” Zoil threats as Haggard stood to his feet when Zoil stepped away.
He walks up to Y/N’s up resting the back of his hand on his cheek caressing before composing himself and leaving.
He didn’t like leaving.
Night Count: 11
Haggard storms into the facility heading toward the medical wing and he was immediately stopped by a few other agents. They were assigned to keep Haggard out until Zoil and the doctors knew exactly what was happening.
“Move”
“No”
“Don’t make me push you”
“You’ll be fired Haggard if you harm any of them” Zoil states shooing them off before moving out of the way. “You hurt him. You pay the price Hag”
Haggard didn’t like how he said that but he immediately went in. The closer he got to Y/N’s bed the more relived he was to find him sitting up and smiling. No more of the scary machines doing the work for him that’s for sure.
“Sup...H-Hag” Y/N chokes up a bit before clearing his throat. “Jeez...” he laughs as Haggard sat down on the side of his bed taking his hand into his. “So...how’s it been being by at my side for eleven nights?”
“Hell. Pure fucking hell”
“Hmm....at l-least I’m here bitch” Y/N laughs punching Hag’s arm before resting his hand on his knee. “You fucking moron....”
“What?”
“Threatening. Waiting. Crying. When you should’ve just had the benefit of the doubt that I won’t be leaving your side any time soon” Y/N smiles feeling Haggard’s hand rest on his cheek instantly making him ease into it.
“You have no fucking idea how much I care about you”
“Hm...I saw that that night Hag...now are you going to continue to look at me or actually answer my question?”
Haggard laughs a bit before taking Y/N’s face gently in his hands close the space between the two. Y/N grabbed his jacket keeping him there enjoying the sweet kiss.
Gladly accepting this as a yes.
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A DBH fic where Connor gets whumped up an electrocuted! The worst part about Hank's job was when they're a deviant and they ran away. Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to be a human dude and run after a God Damn robot? Sure, Connor always charged after the android without any hesitation and was more than capable of keeping up with them, but that didn't help Hank at all emotionally. It just stressed him out, if his hair wasn't gray before it would be now. Any time Connor runs after those things he always thinks he's gonna end up dead somehow. And now there's no Cyberlife to trust with relating Connor let alone getting the kid an entire new body.
This case was no different from his fears. In fact it'd completely shocked Hank down to his bones. This time instead of the usual schitque, the deviant was hacked by another human at an attempt for a no energy, no risk break in. The owner of the android had called in asking for help, as the android was acting weird and taking everything, only to be cut off with a bullet to the back of her head.
Connor and Hank, yeah Hank can help too ok they're a DUO, quickly figured out after a search of the Android's room that there was someone else controlling him. Using the signal, Connor narrowed down the location of the hacker to an apartment down the block. But the second they were in the apartment? The Android greeted them. Out of shock Hank had shot him in the arm when it attacked, but he quickly recovered and shoved them both, jumping off the damn second floor balcony and booking it.
"Mother fucker-" He cut his upset rant off when Connor perched himself over the rails of the balcony, "You're not going after him are ya?!"
Connor looked down to where Hank had grabbed his arm, LED yellow and red. He looked back to where the deviant was running, "No time. I can't let him get away. Find the hacker" and with that he shoved Hank off of him and jumped down, giving way to the rush of chase.
Hank continued to swear. There was no way he'd be able to follow them, so he supposed Connor was right just...look for the hacker. Well except that the entire apartment was abandoned. Figures a top notch hacker like that was too smart to hack in their actual house. But...just dumb enough to leave their laptop on. Or rushed out too quickly...
The laptop blinked to life when he poked it, it was an old thing, one Hank used in his college days when androids were just starting to be designed. Now yeah Hank wasn't exactly...tech savvy. That was Connor's job. But he could at least tell that this wasn't the hacking computer...BUT it DID have a tracker for the deviant on it...
And if he followed it by car...he could help Connor!
Hank hopped into his old ass car, laptop down in the middle of his dashboard, and popped up his handy dandy police siren. He just needed a point in which he could cut them off, or even better block their path.
Soon the deviant was running up the street ahead of Hank, he stepped flat down on the gas. If he waited for just the the right moment...he could cut it off in a place where Connor would block it from the turn behind it.
He skidded sideways, blocking off the road. The android was running near him, but stumbled to a stop when he saw the car. The android was shocked, scared, LED bright red. And even worse his chest was open, wires bright and sparking in his face.
He looked at Hank, hands shaking as they fumbled with the chest plate, "please- please help me I'm not doing any of this please I-" he was cut off as his voice sparked off like an old tv.
Connor must be right behind the deviant as planned, because next he heard "Give it up! You're corned, let the android go!"
Hank stepped out the car with his gun, because sure the android wasn't doing anything on his own freewill but you never knew what could happen next in this line of work. He stepped into the dirty mud that reminded him just how much he hated this side of town. Connor had chased the android all the way into the bad side of town, the road they stood on wasn't paved, trash was thrown askew all over the place and his shoes just felt gross as they sunk into the sticky mud.
Hank aimed his gun, "stand down"
The android looked at Hank, then at Connor. It looked like he was trying to talk, but nothing, not even a little bit of static, sounded out. His hand rose shakily, causing Hank to step closer and unlock the safety on his gun, "Don't reach for a weapon scumbag!"
But the android didn't stop, instead he ripped out the wires from under his open chest, the android now beginning to cry.
Hank stumbled back in shock from the sparks that rose and snapped at his legs "oh my god!"
Connor now rounded over to the front, now that the android was too compromised to run far, "the hacker is destroying the evidence! We have to stop it!" Connor grabbed at the Androids hands which were still trying to rip itself apart. But the deviant still had some struggle in it, and despite Hank wanting to help, the sparks prevented him from helping. Connor could withstand smaller shocks like these.
Hank could only keep yelling at Connor to stop as he fought the dying android. The thing was still strong, a lot of its connections were completely broken so it could only use one arm, but the other arm that stayed in tact had a mean punch to it, it split open Connor's jaw, a blue bruising already flushing across his cheek. Hank didn't even know androids could bruise. The blue blood must be leaking in his face. But it was getting weaker, and Connor threw it to the ground.
Connor briefly looked at the colorful array of bruises and cuts patterned blue up his face and arms with a frown. Even his abdomen was sliced open from the chest board that the android had ripped off of itself and stabbed him with. Pain was still a new foreign feeling to him. But damn everything stung now that he had a chance to think about it. He shouldn't have gotten this hurt in a fight against a DYING android, but he wanted to save him. He didn't deserve to die because he was being controlled. Connor held his bleeding abdomen with one hand, and went to help him to his feet, hoping to fix up it's wires somehow.
"Connor no!! Don't move!"
"What?"
But it was too late, Connor stepped into the puddle that the android was laying in, exposed wires down. It had just looked like another muddy spot but it was so much worse. Connor braced himself against the wall of a house next to him as electricity ran up and down his body, his vision black and static and panicked. He had to run the course until the android ran out of its last bits of electricity. His body stiff, and his mouth open in a loud broken scream.
Hank covered his ears when he heard the noise his partner was emitting. Gurgling, scraping, grinding, grating, sharp and mechanical. He looked over to see the Android leaning on a wall with on arm, another that was moving from its place resting on his abdomen to hold onto his neck in an attempt soothe his now burning trachea. A globby puddle of Thirium was at the Android's feet, and saline dripped from his lips and nose. Hank felt his eyes widen at the sight. Connor visibly shook and in his vision displayed a low Thirium warning, he felt like he was about to heave again... but that would bring him too close to having none of the blue substance that kept him alive.
"Connor..." Hank mumbled in shock, slowly uncovering his ears and unable to stop looking at the way Connor's eyes were twitching and fluttering. Unable to stay open like a broken toy, eyes rolling around strangly under the glitching lids. "Connor oh my god!!"
Connor stumbled stiffly out of the the puddle and collapsed onto the ground with a grunt. He was still twitching and shaking, hands shaking over his face in shock at how much was dripping out of his body. Just all fading away. His vision was somehow black and white and mixed with all the wrong colors at the same time. Things fading in and out. He was losing feeling in his right leg.
Hank was suddenly in his face, dragging him closer to the car. But Connor couldn't focus on him, all he could do was focus on how he could still feel the over load of electricity inside him, how his eyes twitched way too much to even look at Hank correctly. He was breathing weirdly and strangly, he felt sick to his stomach. Was he dying? Oh god. It hurt every where, pins and needles up his body, his broken jaw felt like it was gonna fall off.
"H.....h-hank...."
Hank winced at how helpless Connor sounded, "it's ok son, you're gonna be ok, we're gonna get you help you hear?" He was grabbing his phone, to call the police station for back up and a mechanic.
"Just breathe Connor you're ok"
"I-i don't...don't need to breathe."
"Then what's that weird ass noise you're making?"
Connor licked his lips where saline was running from his nose, "I'm- I believe I am going to be sick"
"Oh shit" Hank grabbed Connor and lifted him into a half sitting position, leaning him over so he didn't get all sick over himself. But Connor continued to make the pained breathy noise, "c'mon Connor just get it over with dammit"
"I-I I cannot" he shook. Oh god everything hurt. He's gonna die here. Oh god. He can't die like this not when he jist started to feel like what it was like to feel whay it was like to love a father.
"Why the fuck not Connor?!" Hank was freaking out. He knew nothing about this shit. He should really read up on am android manual or something.
Connor felt thick thirium trying to run up his throat and forced it back down, nearly choking on it. His lips stained blue from the force of it. "I-if I expel that amount of thirium t-then I won't..." He couldn't finish talking, feeling too weak. He leaned into Hank and tried to grab his hand but he was too shaky and uncoordinated.
Hank grabbed his hand and squeezed tightly, "shit." He laid Connor on his back, "ok so don't throw up. But don't- yknow don't choke on thirium either. Fuck. Fucking shit. It's ok help is on the way, kid. How can I help you I don't know what to do"
Connor shook his head, "I have 8 minuetes until shut down, 1 if I throw u-up" Connor cringed, closing his mouth at the wave of nausea that rushed over him. He groaned, leaning further and heavier into Hank's lap.
His eyes were starting to focus again, he could see the panic in his eyes. "The...the deviant?"
"...dead."
Connor closed his eyes, but it wasn't peaceful at all. He tried to hold himself back from crying with all this pain. He let out pained gasps.
"It's ok. It's ok. It's ok." Hank smoothed over the hair on his forehead and rested it there, "please Connor buddy you gotta be ok"
Connor nodded, but felt rest mode taking over. His eyes fluttered again, the strange array of greens and reds he saw in Hank's face fading away.
"No. No no no Connor stay with me you gotta stay awake I don't know what to do!" Hank shook his shoulders.
"I-i. Can't. Forced sleep mode- i-i will be fine just...ngh....Hank......" His head rolled off to the side limply, broken chunk of jaw moving in the wrong direction as it fell against Hank's knee.
"Connor?...oh god...fuck...no"
All he could now was sit and wait for help with his son in his lap, watching over him best he could. The amount of blue all over Connor was freaking him out, bruised bloody beaten and electrocuted. Why him. But...Connor trusts him to keep him safe. He knew that. So he could and he would.
He just wondered why Connor only used his first name when he was dying.
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Pour Me Another
In which Jade visits Dirk at the bar and they drink while sharing feelings. Also a brief meeting of Arquius. @sangriaprince @aihorse100seinamanor
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/06/2019
> You need a drink. Or five. This week's been trying and while talking to PI when he came to your shop helped, it still was painful. You... haven't even gotten to see her yet. Droog is still with her body; you can't blame him, not one bit. You admittedly don't know if you want to see her corpse. > So thus, you need those drinks. And maybe a friend too. Hence you going to the Angel's bar closer to the end of his shift. You dress a little more modestly, hair still pinned up, but you keep on your glasses tonight. If you pass out drunk you don't want contacts in again.
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/06/2019
> It's a little tough having to run this singlehandedly now, especially when you've got a shot leg. Regardless, you shuffle through and sigh. > When you see Jade walk in through the entrance, you can't help but smile. You walk over to the counter after whipping up a Manhattan -- just like how you and she first met -- and you place it in front of her. ".. hey..."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/06/2019
> You smile back, taking the drink with a wink. Man he knows you so well at this point huh?~ "Hey yourself. Hope you don't mind be coming by. Felt like seeing a friend tonight."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/06/2019
> Shake your head, and shrug, leaning against the counter to let off the weight off your leg. "Nah, of course not. Why'd I turn down a visit from Jade?"
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/06/2019
"Heh, Flatterer~" > You take a sip from your drink; still the best Manhattan around. "It's just... been a long week for me. You?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/06/2019
> Shrug again, running a hand through your hair. "I getcha. I may not know what's up with your side of the city, but it's been a week for me too."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/06/2019
"Oh? Well now I'm curious~" > You grin as you study him. He... looks tired actually. Poor guy; was he working more than he should? "Anything you'd be willing to tell a friend about?~"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/06/2019
> Sift through the information you can tell her without giving too much. > Smile a little, putting away a few glasses that were left on the counter. "Well, I had to force myself to take a leave to attend to some business. I do robotics as a hobby, you know. Had to make something for an old close friend."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/06/2019
"Ooh robotics huh?" > That sounds really neat, if illegal. Not that you care! You keep your vice low, just in case. "Were you successful? It's not easy finding certain pieces yknow?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/06/2019
> Nod. "It was easy when you know someone with the knack for technology.
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> That made sense. "That's good! How'd your friend take to your finished project?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"Not that well. It's temporary anyway, so when I can again, I'll work on it again." > Clear your throat as you mix up a single drink -- your hours are almost over anyway, you can have one for yourself. "And then other things happened and said buddy is taking care of me. Helping me out with things that don't concern the bar."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> You frown a little as you drink a little more from your glass. "Hmm, well I hope your friend didn't rag on you too much; you need a real good dealer for the good materials these days." > Wait taking care of him is that why he leaning who tried harming your friend? "Hope you aren't too hurt then?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"It wasn't the material really, it was more of the model itself. But he's telling me not to focus on it yet, so there's that." > Chuckle and nod. "Nothing too bad. It was just a bit of a stab to the knee, but it'll heal."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Eh?! Dirk a stab to a knee can be pretty bad!" > You would know; you've stabbed many people this way. " You sure you should be walking around tonight??"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You nod again, taking a sip of your tequila. "Yes, I'm fine. I had a day's rest and I'm alright. Nothing too much."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> You pull a face at him but don't press. You are far too familiar with the Strider Stubbornness after all " Well then, anything else of note happened?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"..." > Clear your throat again and shrug. "... I think I found my bro."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Blink. Blink again. "Wait but--" > Lowers voice again "I thought you said he died??? Is he this world's version ooor...???"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"I know what I said." > Push shades up and pinch the bridge of your nose. "I know what I said... What I still don't know is that if he's actually my bro, or some other guy from another universe. I just... It sucks, Jade. To think I was such an idiot and wanted to approach him immediately?" > Cover your eyes. "God. Made the guy uncomfortable as fuck -- he's more open to Sock now, for Christ's sake, so much for being a great bro."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Swirl your glass before downing the rest and reaching for his hand. "Dirk you're not an idiot. Not by a long shot. You're human; of course when you see someone that have been your Bro you'd war to meet him!" "So you made him uncomfortable; that was an accident! I don't know what you said but may be just give it time. Okay?
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> When she takes your hand you lower the one over your eyes and you look at her tiredly, gaze flickering from her to your hands before you sigh. > You nod lightly. "Yeah... Yeah, I'll give it time. Thanks."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> You give him a soft smile; though one that slowly fades from your face. "Besides, at least you still have a chance to speak with him, even if you have to wait..." > Now it's your turn to bow your head. "I.... don't. Not anymore."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You know. But she doesn't know that. > So instead, you lean a little closer, sympathy on your face as you frown a little. "... What do you mean?"
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> You can't give all the details. Besides it still hurts to talk about it. > But isn't that why you're here? "My friend... she passed away recently."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Hearing it from someone who wasn't responsible for the death was... An experience, to say the least. > You frown a little bit more, looking around only to find the bar almost empty, so you limp your way to the back, grabbing a bottle of sipping whiskey and two glasses with ice before you move to go around, gritting your teeth everytime your leg feels the weight, and you sit beside her, pouring whiskey for the both of you. "... Do you want to talk about it?"
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> It was an experience wasn't it? And strangely enough, it's similar to how you felt when your Grandpa died. > You note his leg and feel that Dirk was downplaying his injury, but you take the whiskey with a murmured thanks. "...she was my friend. A very close one. We were supposed to meet up on New Years Eve, but she was late. That wasn't like her, not without telling." "...later I got a text from her dad that she was d-dead." > You knock back the whiskey, pretending the burn is why your eyes get teary
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You sip your drink, carding a hand through your hair as you lower your shades and sigh. > You want to smoke. > But you move your free hand to rest on Jade's shoulder over her back and you give it a squeeze. "... can I ask if this was related to the fire?"
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Fire? Ah, yeah, that was in the papers wasn't it? Aradia's name nor her murder was but there was all sorts of speculations. "Kinda... she wasn't burned... actually I'm not even sure how she died, other than she was killed." > You lean into Dirk as you clutch your glass "She was a good person; it shouldn't have been her time..."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You know too much and when Jade leans into you, you just pull her close, tucking her head beneath your chin. "... I know how that feels." > You close your eyes. "... and I'm so sorry."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> You're not able to say much, not with your throat constricting and tears threatening to spill once more. > Instead you just wrap your arms around him and hug trying to show your appreciation all the same
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> ... > You lower your glass and you wrap your now free arm around her, rubbing her back and burying your face into her hair. > This was the least you could do.
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> You probably stay like that for a few minutes before reluctantly pulling away. "Heh, sorry; didn't mean to cry on you." > You've been doing that too much. You gotta stop that...
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You let her pull away if she wants, but the arm closer to her stays on her shoulder. > You shake your head and you give her a small smile. "We all need to let it out sometimes. It's better if you do, instead of bottling it up, you know."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> You don't mind the arm there; it's genuinely comforting "I suppose so... though then you should probably take your advice too.: > You gently prod his chest with a finger "I feel like finding your Brother is more of a bigger deal than you let on Dirk."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> The prod makes you chuckle and you shake your head. "I don't know." > You shrug and let out a heavy sigh. "I'll let it do it's own thing for now. Approach him when it's under better circumstances."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"That sounds safe. Besides maybe observing from a distance will help you figure out exactly who he is." > Information is always vital in situations like this "Though I gotta admit, the city is starting to get real crowded with all you Striders~"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> That draws another chuckle from you. "It sure is, huh? All seven of us... wow."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Seven?" > Wait did you miscount? Dirk, Dave, Sock, Sock's brother, the Hal guy, now Dirk's brother... maybe Cal? But you don't know if he knows Cal so...? "Who's Strider Number Seven then?~"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"There's me, Dave, Sock, the other Dirk, his Hal, me, my Hal -- of which I call Arq -- and then maybe my bro." > Shrug.
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Oh! I didn't know you had a Hal of your own." > puts two n two together "Wait is this Arq the friend you were helping then?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Nod. "He's the one."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Sooo does that mean you were building a robotic body for him?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"Yes."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"... cool." > giggles suddenly! "What's he like your Hal??"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"Well, for one thing, he isn't Hal anymore. Due to consuming some data, I've asked him if he wanted to be known by another name. So I call him Arquius now." > Card a hand through your hair. "He's AI I developed way back when."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Arquius is a unique name~" > Kinda sounds like Equius. What an odd coincidence! "Oh! Then did he come with you when you.... first arrived here?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Shake your head. "No, he came after. He... he came for me."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Oh shit "Dirk, does that mean there's a way back... to the other place?" > Hey there's still one or two bodies around
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Chew on the inside of your cheek. "It looks like it. But he's .. he's been having trouble with his plans.."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Oh..." > You feel... odd about this. You would be happy for him to go home, but you feel you'd miss him terribly "Well.... what sort of trouble?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"It's not really trouble? More of like... things stopping him from doing his plans with the danger of him being reprogrammed." > Take a loooooong sip and sigh as you put the glass down. "And I'm scared to lose him that way."(edited)
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Being reprogrammed? Oh no that doesn't sound great at all "I'm sorry Dirk... maybe... you can save some of the way he is? Just in case?" > You don't know if that is morally wrong?? Wow you need more of that whiskey
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"He told me he already had it backed up, so I trust him." > Pour yourself and her another glass of that whiskey. "I just... don't think I'll be able to handle that."(edited)
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Honestly I don't think I would either." > Leans against him as you take a sip "Is there no chance to protect him form that?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You chuckle dryly. "If there was a chance or a way, I would have done everything."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> That's a good point. You fucking idiot. "I'm sorry Dirk, I really hope your friend will be safe."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> But maybe you haven't done everything. > Though you don't know how to make him seem loyal to the Felt without pissing him off to the next planet. > ... You wish it never came to this. > You lower your head. "I hope so, too."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Oh, you made him sad didn't you? > ...gently hugs him again because hugs are good; and you give the best hugs "Hey, whatever happens, you can get through it. You survived a lot so far Dirk. I doubt it's been easy but if you can handle that, you can handle this too."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You return the hug, giving her a gentle squeeze before you sigh. "... thanks Jade."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"No problem." > You give him another smile as you let go before downing your glass "...think you're off shift now?~"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You look at your wrist watch and chuckle. > Nod. "Yeah. I'm off now."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Awesome." > Stands to stretch a bit "Wanna go to another bar then?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You shake your head. "I'd rather not tonight. Not with this leg."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Oh right that leg! Hmm... "How about I help you back to your apartment then?"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
"I can handle." > Shrug and get up, moving to bring the glasses to the back again. "You go on ahead."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"Dirk you dumbass." > Gives him such a Look "You're not going to get home at a reasonable time without help."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You roll your eyes and shake your head. "Alright, alright. Geez."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Helps him up all the same > You are unapologetic. Nope! Not one bit. "Time to go home Strider~"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Chuckle as you set away the glasses. > Lean a little against her. "I hear ya Harley."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Giggles and helps him out of the bar > Hey, maybe you'll get a glimpse of this Arq guy~
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You make your way to the apartment and you unlock the door. "Well, we're here."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Hums a little as he opens the door "You sure you're gonna be okay? You better rest your leg."
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/07/2019
> You are somewhere. You are places. > You are Arq, you watch.
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You nod, giving her a small smile. "I will. Thanks again."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Gives him a bright smile! "It's no problem; happy to help a friend~" > Smile turns a little more softer "Chin up okay? If you do, I will too."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You nod and you give her one last hug. "Yeah. We can do this."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Accepts the hug!!! "We can!~" > Presses a smooch to his cheek before letting go "Have a good night Dirk."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> >:O > Return the smooch. > Pull away as well. "See ya."
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/07/2019
"That is adorable. Is that your girlfriend, bro?" > Eyes glow in the dark. SMILE.
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Jumps slightly, nearly pulling out a knife "Uh... Dirk...? Is that Arquius or....?" > Look if you gotta stab someone--!
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> You roll your eyes. "Yes, it's Arquius." > Turn to look inside. "And no, she's not my girlfriend, Arq."
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/07/2019
>Tilt your head, eyes still glowing red in the dark, you haven't moved besides that. "Then who is she?" >That's a false statement, you know her name. At least you have seen her online, well not her, but Equius has which makes it easy crunchy info for you.
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
"I'm Jade! Though you probably knew that already?" > If he's an AI it's probably bound to happen right? At least, you assume he knows the basic stuff "Nice to meet you!"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Sigh softly. "She's a good friend."
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/07/2019
"You are quite smart, that is excellent. I STRONGLY support this friendship." > finally step out of the dark to a more visible and comfortable spot for all parties. "Nice to meet you too." >Offer handshake.(edited)
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Gives a pleasant smile! A friend of Dirk's is a friend of yours! "Thank you! I try~" > Ooh he looks neat! Shakes the offered hand!!
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Smile a little. "Good to know you like her too."
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/07/2019
"Of course, I would. I don't see why not." > You like the strong handshake! "Fricking fantastic. Thanks for keeping him safe out there"
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Handshakes are hugs for your hands! And you do give good hugs~ "I try my best to!~ I hope you're able to make sure Dirk rests his leg though."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Chuckle awkwardly. > Well it's not like Arq didn't already know about the leg.
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/07/2019
"Oh I will, I will command him to rest and dunk him to bed, and call him a noob if he doesn't"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> BI
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> Giggles!!! "That sounds very effective! I leave Dirk in your capable hands then~"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> BI
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/07/2019
"Thank you, do keep taking care of him from the dangers of the wild, he might break if you look at him for too long tho"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/07/2019
> Pinch the bridge of your nose. "Alright that's enough. Time for Jade to go home."
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/07/2019
> GIGGLES MORE! > Sorry Dirk he makes a good point~ "I promise to do my best Sir~" "Aw alright fiiine~"
January 8, 2019
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/08/2019
"Bro, you sure know how to be a party pooper. Anyway this was a pleasure Jade. I'll see you eventually."
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/08/2019
> >B/
🌺 Shadow 🌺 (Jade/Skylla)01/08/2019
"Pleasures all mine Sir!~ Hope to see you soon then." > A wink n a smile Dirk's way "Sweet dreams Strider~"
Avery (PS/Sol/Dirk/Disci/CS)01/08/2019
> Smile in her direction. "See you around, Harley."
♠ Leo ♠ (CA/AD/KV/PSI/ARQ)01/08/2019
> Wave goodbye!
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Long lived the king
A stupid one-shot I did to escape responsibilities ;) it’s not that langsty, but I just thought on the idea and well, I wrote it. Here ya go.
Warnings: blood, deaths, idk what it called but it will have here some pretty triggering stuff like a hole in the chest or whatever... yknow, bad grammar.
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The loud noise of the bell of the clock rang through the streets of the town, echoing inside buildings and shaking the ground.
It was midnight.
No one dared to step outside, no one dared to look through the window. Everyone knew daring will cause death. Something none of them wanted.
If you had to get somewhere before midnight, you should have gone earlier and come back on time. Now it was too late for you to go. Now you should be safe, with a roof and walls protecting you, maybe even a blanket wrapped around your shoulders to make yourself feel safer.
Every human that went outside at that time, met with the ugly truth of death.
One time was a boy named Oscar.
Oscar never came back.
He went at noon for fishing, and came back at night. 01:47 to be specific.
He tried to sneak back home, he tried to reach his house without running and dropping the bucket full of fish he worked for all day, to the ground. What a fool. He should’ve run, throwing the bucket and be going as fast as he could.
Then it showed up.
And the next day, Oscar was lying in the middle of the town, a hole in his chest and dry blood covering his body and the area around him, the fish bucket still full, standing near the dead body.
They had to close the entrance to the square of the town so people won’t have to experience that view, and mostly because of the children running around. They cleaned it up and left it closed for a few more days before opening it again for the people.
The children never understood why almost once a week they had to close the square of town. They were never told about the monster living in the dark and shadows, killing innocent people and placing them for all to see.
Yes, once a week a person would die and would be placed at the middle of town. Yes, most of them are innocents. And yes, sometimes even kids were killed.
When Molly asked her mother why Emily isn’t around anymore, her mother’s face fell and she lied to her daughter, saying Emily moved away. Where in fact, Emily went outside to collect some flowers and was caught.
She never knew about it, all she was told was never go outside at dark.
More and more people were getting killed. All stupid enough to not believe in that monster. All too stupid to dare it.
So the heads of town sat down for a meeting. They talked only on it, and nothing else. They decided to build a castle for the monster, so it may calm down, they decided to teach the kids about it, for their safety only, and they forced people to close their shops at 8 in the evening, so at 10 pm, everybody should be at home.
It took them months to build that castle, 39 more people were killed in that time.
Why won’t they just leave the town, you ask?
Because they can’t.
They were cursed, it was in their blood. The monster haunted their souls every moment, every second. So if anyone tried to cross the outlines of the town, they died immediately.
It was better living in a haunted town than die.
And finally, it was done. The castle was ready. They put a red chair, with gold and diamonds around it, at the end of the main room and left the doors opened for it to come in whenever it wanted.
And it seemed to like it.
George asked his father why the castle chair was always empty, and his father said that “it is never empty, you just can’t see it sitting and laughing on us”. The father growled as he shot a look on the chair when they passed near the open doors.
That night, the father died.
And George watched as his father was holed in his stomach, and fell back as his eyes rolled backwards. He watched from the window.
“God help who disrespects the king.”
There were signs of that one sentence everywhere, at the market, near the lake, at all of the kids' room hanging near the clock.
Crazy, was the word that went through their heads every time they read that sign. It was crazy, how they lived in those horrible conditions.
So they all decided to do something.
The kids whispered to each other as they played in the backyard, the adults sending letters or making it seem like a normal conversation, and so on it passed. I
Until every living soul in town knew about the plan.
And that one night, they all stepped outside of their houses, torches in their hands. The stood all together, hands in hands, at the square of town at time 23:59.
And exactly at midnight, it showed up.
Babies cried, people gasped, kids grabbed to their parents, some cried, some yelled, some smirked evilly because they were so sure of themselves.
Fools.
A dark black thing, that seems like gas or smoke, created itself from the cold air of the night. Slowly it gathered up all together and formed a shape of...
A boy?
He wasn’t that small, in fact he looked more like a teenager. He was made of the black gas, surprisingly making it look like it has an actual body.
It opened his eyes.
Red.
“Hello.” It smiled, making the people shiver and some scream. Kids cried and some ran away, but it knew they couldn’t reach far.
“We’re here to take our town back!!” Someone yelled and held up their torch, drawing attention. The crowd began to roar with yells of agreements and cheers.
It smiled.
“Take me down?” It’s voice was raspy and cold, almost like a whisper coming through the woods in the forest. Then a loud chuckle made it’s way out of it’s mouth. Or what seemed like it’s mouth.
“For what? For killing your people? For making you scared? For taking over the town?” It’s chuckle faded in the air and it frowned.
“Yeah!” Someone in the crowd yelled.
“You stupids!!!” It screamed, making a loud sound that made the ground shake and for small buildings fall apart. Some people stumbled and fell back or forward. “You are the monsters here!! You- You killed them all!”
Only the birds flying away from the city were heard in the background of it’s heavy breathing. “You... I have NOTHING LEFT!!!” It yelled at them.
The black dark gas that made it lost it’s form and blew with the wind. Everyone’s eyes widened. Where did it go?
“And I’m going to revenge my brothers and sisters, I’m going to move from town to town, until everyone WILL BE DEAD FOR THE PAIN YOU ALL CAUSED MY FRIENDS!!!” It’s voiced was heard from behind the crowd, from the entrance to the square of the town. They turned around to look at it, but it was already too late.
It sent his arms, that seemed somehow longer than before, forward into the crowd of people, stabbing them with it’s hands into their chests and poisoning their insiders quickly. And soon, all the people began falling backward one after one while rolling their eyes into the back of their heads.
A carpet of dead bodies lay on the floor.
The gas spread all across town and into the woods surrounding it, leaving no one alive.
It opened it’s red eyes again with a smirk.
It was finally free to move for another town. To revenge it’s family.
The gas lost it’s form again and blew with the wind far away, for a new beginning.
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One day, a young man walked in the forest with his fishing rod held over his shoulder. He whistled his favorite song.
“Excuse me? Sir?”
He turned around and stopped whistling to meet a young boy. “Oh, hello.” He said.
“I lost my way home, can... can I come with you to the town to make contact with my mom?” The young boy spoke quietly, looking down to the floor.
“Of course!” The man gasped. “I was about to go fishing, but you look cold and hungry, come with me.” The man said, walking to the boy’s direction and putting his arm around his shoulder, turning him around and starting to walk.
“Thank you so much kind sir.” The young boy said with a weak smile.
“Don’t thank me, I'm just glad I could help dear...” he stopped and looked at his little new friend.
“Lance, the name’s Lance.” The boy smiled.
“Well hello Lance, I’m Robin!” He laughed and kept walking. Lance followed the man and smiled proudly.
They walked in the woods until a path was formed underneath their legs as they got closer and closer to their destination. Robin kept talking and telling Lance about his children and his wife and Lance just smiled sadly.
He missed his family.
“Oh! We’re here!” Robin jumped and ran forward, pushing a bush to the side to show the houses and buildings of his hometown. “This is my home, and for the past few days it’s going to be yours too Lance!” Robin looked back to where the boy stood a second ago, his face dropping into confusion from the excitement.
“Lance?” Robin asked, looking around as he searched for the boy who disappeared from his sight.
He was about to turn around to look for him as his stomach started hurting like hell and he felt like he was on fire. Black gas surrounded him and entered his mouth, taking Robin’s last breath and leaving him to fall dead to the ground.
Lance stood near the dead body, the gas forming from the air as his red eyes looked hungrily at the new village. He smirked and stepped forward.
He won’t let the Voltron legends to die so easily without him fighting. He will revenge their deaths, even if he has to kill every living person in this stupid planet.
It smiled when the black gas started to surround the sky above the town as it stopped the sun from shining down to the living people.
Lance growled.
For his family.
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