I drew myself to my feet. I looked straight down into a puddle. I had only one thing on my mind. Kill. I didn't know why, but I just wanted to kill something. I had no weapon, so I looked around. I saw a board with a nail through it. I grabbed it, and turned around. A hideous man was standing before me, he didn't move. His face was swollen and covered in odd growths. I swung as hard as I could. He fell with ease. I looked around for an exit, and saw a flight of stairs. I walked up them, and kept going into a hallway. I walked into an area that looked like a reception hall. I looked around, no one was here. I kept walking. I found myself staring at a group of people, all of them like the one man. The never attacked me, just stared. They came in closer, and I raised the board. But they kept coming. I smashed one, and then the others cheered.
"Come with us ya big lug." A man instructed.
I didn't have much to lose, so I did. They led me into a room with three women in it. Two looked armored and ready for a battle. The third sat in a chair, staring at me. She got up and walked towards me. She had blonde hair, and was the only clean looking human here. She approached me, and circled a few times. She stopped in front of me.
"Kneel." She commanded. I couldn't help but to do as she says. It's like I'm cursed.
"Stand up." I did.
"Good, now I have a very special task for you. You are to guard my daughter with your life. You are to do as she asks, when she asks. If you do not, I will make it very unpleasant for you. Do you understand?" I nodded in conformation.
"This is going to hurt me much more than you. It pains me to see a follower hurt." She motioned towards the other two. Who approached me in an aggressive stance.
"Do not fight it, it will only last a moment."
I struggled to defend myself, but it was useless. I threw my weapon down on her say so. I'm being controlled. I know it. I backed myself against a wall, bad move. The women cornered me, and they both stabbed at me. I fell to the ground; the last thing I remember before I blacked out was the woman saying this.
"Take, him to Persephone. Quickly"
I woke up hearing the woman talking to someone. She said I was going to protect her daughter, so that was probably her.
"Now, Eleanor. This man is here for your sole protection. He will follow each and every word you say. If you find him annoying or frustrating, say these words. Would you kindly." As she said the words, I felt an extremely painful jolt of electricity fly through my body.
"GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I moaned in pain.
"Mother! That's the cruelest thing you could've done to him!" I heard a very innocent voice cry. That voice, I was designed to protect it. I will not fail. After a few minutes, the girl's mother left, and the girl came rushing over to help me.
I struggled to my feet. I looked around to find the girl. I looked down, she was staring at me. She seemed to be around 15 or 16. Raven black hair, and deep sea blue eyes.
"Father? Father is that you?" she asked. I shook my head. She looked disappointed.
"Gwooh?" I moaned in confusion. She looked up at me.
"Please forgive me. I thought you were someone else." She looked down at her feet.
I had no idea what to do. I just stood there, confused. I felt like such a moron. After a second or two I couldn't help but feel unwanted. I looked down and began to walk to the other side of the room.
"No! You don't have to go."
I turned around, and the girl had a very sad look on her face. I walked back over to her.
"Gwuuh?"
"I'm Eleanor." She extended her hand.
"Gwaah?" I moaned in confusion.
She pulled her hand away, and was blushing. "Do you have a name?"
I looked at the back of my right hand, and it had the Greek letter Gamma on it. I showed her.
"So, your name is Gamma?" I nodded.
Eleanor motioned for me to follow, and I did, not wanting to risk the most painful experience of my life again. I was hoping she wouldn't feel any resent towards me, I don't want to hear those words ever again. She pulled a box out from under a bed placed in the middle of the room. She opened it and it was full of security pictures. The pictures were all of some man who was wearing something similar to me, just newer looking. It looked like Eleanor had a few connections here. The pictures were from the Atlantic Express repair station, and Ryan Amusements. He had Delta printed on his arm. That means I'm his predecessor. He was right after me.
I only remember lights, and shadows. They said something about making me perfect. Ugh, enough of these flashbacks. She pulled out a very old picture, hand drawn. Looked like it was from her early childhood. It was a little girl (Most likely Eleanor) holding the man's hand.
"This is a drawing from when I was 8 years old. The man is my father. He will be here soon, I hope." I looked at the picture.
I remember, a little girl who called me Daddy… everything here is still a blur though. I can't remember anything from what happened before this. We heard racket from the door to the room we were in. Eleanor put the pictures back and slid the box under the bed. The woman from earlier walked into the room. Eleanor got up, and the woman walked over.
"I hope he hasn't given you any problems yet."
"No mother. He hasn't."
"Good, now I have one thing to tell you. Now that you have the proper escort, I will allow you to wander rapture during the day. But you will return here at night. You will have a curfew of 10:00. If either of you fail to follow the curfew, you will both be knocked unconscious and brought back here. Now, here is the keycard. I'll be back in tomorrow to check on progress." She handed me a card, and left.
"She's actually letting me go? That has never happened before. I guess we better get going." She motioned for me to follow.
I slid the keycard in the scanner. The door opened, and we walked out. She started walking towards a door labeled Atlantic Express. I followed. The train started, and we left for Paupers Drop. It took about an hour. When we got there, it was about 1 pm. She started to walk towards the exit of the station. I ran after her. We walked out into an area filled with people, and they all stared at us. I followed Eleanor to some kind of market. People were all over the place, staring at us.
"Don't worry. Mother's agents won't hurt us." Eleanor assured me.
We walked into a karaoke bar; at least I think that was what it was. Eleanor sat down and I did the same. After a few minutes, a group of men approached us.
"You're kind ain't allowed here tin man. C'mon girly." He reached for Eleanor's arm.
"GWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!" I flipped the table on one of the men.
I got up, and grabbed the chair I was sitting in. Most of the people in the bar had fled already. I swung the chair at the 2nd of the three men. It smashed over his head, and he fell. The third one fled the bar. Eleanor was standing next to the wall, staring in horror. She apparently didn't believe in my aggressive ways.
"You… you just…killed them…" her eyes were starting to fill with tears.
I walked towards her, but she ran out the door. I ran out after her. I chased her all the way to some kind of maintenance room. She ran up a few flights of stairs, and stopped in some kind of monitoring room. She was staring at a playback screen of Delta running down a hallway.
"Gwooh?" I extended my hand to her.
"Would you kindly leave me the $# alone?" she muttered under her breath.
I fell to the ground, electricity arcing in every direction from my body. I could see a blue glow being emitted from the lightning that was running through my veins. It lasted for several minutes before I was released from a force field of lightning. I drew myself to my feet, and Eleanor was gone. I looked around, and saw a figure rush down the stairs. I ran after it, and leapt down the first flight of stairs. I landed wrong and collapsed.
"GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" I felt unbearable pain. I tried to get up, but I fell over again.
I gave up. I sat and waited for someone to come and finish it. I looked down at my leg, it was defiantly broken. I lay down and closed my eyes. I heard some kind of humming from above me. I opened my eyes only to be greeted with a brick to the head.