Authors note; I am not at all used to writing anything dark or gritty, I'm best at writing cute fluffy nonsense like in the Mark Bakes a Cake story. I'm still a beginner in all aspects, so if this story isn't exactly the kind of edge you're looking for, reviews would be nice. Also this story takes place directly after Fairy Foxes episode 11, gore warning for those who are sensitive to blood.
All he felt was scorching torment, each breath was ragged, coming out slowly and shakily as he attempted to pull himself up.
A black furred hand grabbed onto a long broken down machine as the weakened fox pulled himself up-right, the world was spinning around him as his headache become worse. Loud thumping embracing his being as bolts of electric ice split his skull open like an eggshell. Kai inhaled slowly, lungs greedily taking in the stale air of the lab as he attempted desperatly to regain control over his form.
Everything that had let up to that moment had been a blur, a shaky unstable memory that made his fur bristle as shivers ran down his spine. He had been betrayed, though it hadn't come as much of a shock. Kai had known Mimi suspected him of being a trader for weeks now, though he wasn't entirely sure what might've given' the lavender vixen the idea in the first place.
Sure he was quiet, he had the right to his own privacy, yeah he was very cold and calculating, but shouldn't everyone be in such a time as this?
For god's sake's he'd drunken POISON to save Mark's life, plus if the poison hadn't been drank within' the hour an entire army of hawks would have attacked their hideout... But hawks DID attack our hiding space, is it possible she believed that was of my doing? Kai shook his head slowly, ridding himself of such thoughts. There are more important things at hand, I must get back to the others, and warn them of- Kai's thought's were cut off as he felt something hard thud into his side, his breath being forced out of his body as he felt himself hit the hard stone floor with a meaty thump.
He heard a soft menacing laughter emit from his attacker, it was a voice he recognized and the realization that he'd just been caught weak and alone sent a small spike of dread up his spine.
"Ohohohoo, Kai! What a nice surprise, Andre was right to have me check here immediatly after arrival. Hm, you seem to be having a bit of trouble, let me help you with that~" Quick as lightening Kai shoved himself away from the orange colored fox before he could land another blow, and before Spencer knew what had happened Kai lunged toward him, knocking his teeth in with a still weak yet firm punch.
Spencer fell backwards letting out a grunt of pain, the gross feeling of warm blood running down his now surly broken nose.
"I see you're not in the mood for games, same old boring Kai as usual I guess. Alright, let's get this over with, I'm sure Andre will LOVE it if I bring him your pel- AH-"
Once again Spencer's world exploded into pain as the still conscious black kitsune rammed him in the stomach, effectively cutting him off and succeeding in pinning the too talkative for Kai's tastes fox to the hard concrete. Spencer growled in irritated fury at his opponent, his words coming out as a his as if from a deadly snake, each word aimed to maim.
"You know, Kitsune, it's very rude to cut off someone, especially when they're in at a much higher rank then you when it comes to work strategy." Kai raised an eyebrow, but decided to pay the sunset colored fox no mind, raising his fist and swiftly bringing it back down again, causing the younger foxes jaw to audibly crack from pressure.
"Says the boot-licking piss colored fox who hasn't gotten a promotion in five years. I wouldn't be so quick to judge if I were the one currently eating fist."
"BITE IT TRAITOR-" Spencer's remark didn't pay him off well when once again Kai's fist met the messenger fox's face. Except this time Kai didn't give his opponent the opportunity to talk back, he raised his fist swiftly again and brought it back down, then again and again, each blow rewarding in sickening cracking and squelchy pops and gurgles as blood flew and spluttered from the head of the almost unrecognizable Spencer. Even after the other stopped struggling and only small twitches were felt, Kai kept beating the straddled fox over and over, not out of rage or any noticeable emotion, it was simply just seemed like the right thing to do.
He found himself sort of enjoying the feeling of bludgeoning the fading life out of the gory fox below him, but Kai was able to pay no mind to such thoughts, simply brushing them off as wanting to teach the enemy a lesson.
Finally after some time, Kai stood from the bloody mess before him.
He could tell that Spencer was still alive, if not barely, and for a moment the onyx furred vulpine found himself wondering if maybe he should finish the poor bastard off or simply leave him to be found by Andre and his other minions... Andre would not be pleased with his failure, he'd probably just slit his throat... Then again, I doubt Andre will even come looking for him, he's smart enough not to assume Spencer would be any match for me, not even in my weakened state.
His choice made, kai began his slow walk up the basement steps and into the warm light of the sunlit royal hall-way. He inhaled deeply, only then realizing that his body was still attempting to recover from the effects of being nearly electrocuted to death.
Plus the two weeks without food or sleep. These thoughts are what brought him back to thinking about Mimi and how she'd deceived him into letting her follow where he went, only leading to her attempting to murder him in cold blood.
Kai shook his head again, remembering that he must focus at the task at hand, finding the others and warning them that Andre may very well be hunting them down right now. Kai took another step, but it was this time he moved that he finally felt the warm liquid that painted his fur red and caused it to stick to his skin in such an odd feeling way. Kai looked down to see that he was indeed covered in the ruby substance, nearly his entire torso was drenched in the stuff, it dripping off of him and landing on the floor below with soft drips and plops as it made contact.
"Oh goody. I'm sure Mimi and whomever else she's convinced against me will be just pleased to see me arrive in the library drenched the blood of some helpless bloke..."
Kai stared downward at himself, biting the inside of his cheek as he knew he'd need to come to a decision. Having worked here before he was well aware that a bathroom for washing blood off of lab workers was situated down the hall, however the problem lay where'inst there were often young maidens working down there. Tending to cleaning and tasked with the welfare of anyone who entered, and last Kai checked murdering a bunch of teen girls was not exactly how he imagined his ideal relax-before-bath time.
I don't want to, I don't even think it's necessary to clean up before attendance, but I cant feel comfortable fighting around my friends looking like... Like a murderer.
The dampened fur of his hide bristled slightly as Kai grimaced at the word, but he quickly steeled himself.
These foxes wanted to destroy the whole human race and take over the world, they were the enemy and it certainly did not count as murder to put a few of them in their place, young or not. Kai hastened his walk as best as he could, ignoring how gross and uncomfortable the blood staining his usually pristine midnight coat felt against his taught muscles. He needed to help his friends, his friends wouldn't appreciate him showing up covered in someones life essence, a bath was required...
Some throats can be slit to get a little needed session done, regardless of if anyone perceives them as innocent or not
Back at the library the rest of the Fairy Foxes gang were facing their own dilemma, a cooperate by the name of Paul was currently attempting to cut their heads off. He lunged forward at Mark, blade ready and aimed to impale, luckily the brown furred fox was quite speedy for someone carrying his own heavy weaponry.
Mark jumped out of the way at the last second, landing somewhere behind Kiki, who as soon as the chance arose shot a ball of burning hot embers at their sunset colored opponent. Paul was just barely able to dodge with only the fur of his arm being singed, he growled in anger and lunged at the ruby colored vixen, aiming for her throat as he jumped toward her. His attack was cot short however as a purple colored foot slammed him right in the face, sending his body flying through the air, an "OOMPH-" emitting from him as he rolled and tumbled accross the hard stone floor.
"That's what you get for being such a jerk!" Mimi scolded loudly, but was taken aback when the opposing fox swiftly jumped back to his feet and teleported right behind her, she didn't have enough time to dodge as he slashed his blade at her face.
However his aim was thrown off as he hissed in pain from an arrow that now stuck out of his back, he turned ready to attack the small brown dragonite that wielded the bow from which the arrow was shot, but that proved to be a mistake has he was promptly shoved and pinned to the ground by the female behind him.
Mimi held the struggling mango colored fox still as Kiki kicked his sword to the other side of the room, far from his grasp. "Ha! Good job Louie, Mimi would've been a goner if you hadn't been so quick with that bow!"
The much younger chocolate colored fox blushed as the taller fiery red vixen ruffled his hair playfully, in the background Zoey running over to Mark to inspect his injuries. "Zoey I;m fine I promise!" However the pastel blue fox was having none of his games, Mark had been the first to be attacked by Paul and as much as he'd not want to admit it, everyone saw him take a beating. "Don't try to make me feel better Mark, you're injured and you need some rest, now stay still and let me see your wounds"
After some more congrats and head ruffles shared between Kiki and Louie, the aforementioned ruby furred female walked over to her lilac colored companion, who'd just finished swiftly knocking their previous attacker unconscious.
"So Mimi, did'ya manage to get anything useful out of him? Like maybe, how many cooperates should we be prepared to deal with and what time can we expect the probably-whole-army to arrive? C'mon sis, gimme the details!" instead of an answer or even an actual acknowledgement, all Kiki got from her lavender friend was a sigh, a grunt, and a glare that seemed to be directed more at something far off in space rather then the ruby fox it was unintentionally aimed at.
'Nope, nothing at all! In fact, I got SO much of NOTHING, that I have absolutely no idea what we are to expect coming our way... I would've tried pulling his whiskers out one by one until he gave me the answer, but unsurprisingly I guess, he refused to even try to cooperate. Funny, how there name is literally BASED on cooperating." Kiki stayed silent for a second, then smiled warmly at her friend. "Well, even if we didn't get any information out of that sorry-excuse for citrus rip-off, I'm sure we'll pull through like we always do. After all, Kai knows the layout of this place like the back of his hand, I'm sure if an army does come hunting our hides, Kai can just help up lay low and find a way to sneak attack em'!"
Kiki failed to notice the flinch and sudden tensing of her best friends muscles at the mention of that name, Mimi had yet to actually tell her friends what she'd been forced to do when exploring the lab alone the midnight traitor. They wouldn't believe her right off the bat that Kai was planning to kill them all, and Mimi knew for sure that Kiki would be especially hard to convince, seeing as how she was head over heels in love with the recently deceased vulpine. Mimi simply stood, and coldly walked over to the other side of the room where a water cooler at.
She needed water, the room was starting to close in on her, and the air was suddenly very hot. Her fur felt tight on her skin and everything was itchy, oh so grossly itchy. Mimi was becoming aware that none of them had slept or ate well in weeks, they were all constantly on guard in case of an attack from the hawks, and the only one who was truly capable of helping them win this unimaginably unfair war just so happened to have been the very fox she'd murdered to save him from slaughtering her friends...
Mimi felt sick. That was all there was too it, her thoughts started to blur together as her brain became numb, she didn't register herself sitting down on the floor in the far corner of the room, water dribbling out of her mouth as her throat failed to work during her current state of a break down.
Kiki was currently chasing Louie with the the cooperates sword in some variation of a game of tag, said cooperate was still knocked out cold on the floor, Mark and Zoey were happily chatting away, their fur highlighted by the bright sunlight that shown down in colorful beams through the beautifully decorated none of it registered to her slowly numbing mind, not even the smell of her own unwashed body could deter her from her slow descent into madness. She needed a break, the all needed a break, that was the last thought her mind was capable of registering before she slowly drifted off to a sleep that would surely be riddled with nightmares of her and her friends being skinned alive, burning corpses littering the ground as the whole world was set a light from the flame of the enemy's rage.
Mimi didn't feel anything as she curled up into a tight ball of misery on the floor, her water long forgotten, spilled from it's cup that rolled accross the ground since she'd not been strong enough mentally to keep it in her hand.
She would rest, and hopefully the next time she woke, it'd be to the blade of the enemy piercing through her organs and delivering her final breath for her. As the last strands of consciousness started to fizzle away from her being, Mimi felt a small smile grace her lips, for she could finally rest without a care in the world to shake her. Everything was most certainly not going to be okay, and that comforted her, as she slowly drifted off to a mentally broken sleep.
Kai woke up slowly, feeling himself surrounded in water that was quickly cooling to room temperature. He glanced around the room he was in, memories slowly fading back into his mind. He'd entered the bathroom, murdered the three maids that had been on patrol, and gotten into the bath. Everything after that was just darkness, leading Kai to assume he'd fallen asleep shortly after getting in the warm water. He sat up and grabbed the metal bars located on the wall next to the bath, pulling himself up and using the wall to support himself as he stepped out.
Red lukewarm water dripped from him, and it became apparent that he'd need to restart his cleaning time. He let the water out of the tub, using the shower hose to spray it clean of all blood present, then he stepped into the shower and started his task.
Kai sighed heavily as he felt the hot water run down his tired form, he squirted far too much soap into his hands and started to lather himself up with the cherry scented substance. It didn't take very long for the blood to flow completely down the drain, and once he was sure his coat was once again spotless, he stepped out of the tub and onto an area of the floor that was still clean from blood.
Turning the water off behind him, Kai grabbed a towel and quickly gave his body a dry off, it didn't take long since his fur was naturally light and fluffy, and once he was done he looked toward the entrance for a way out.
There was blood all over the bathroom, only a few select places on the floor and walls were spared from the crimson result of his massacre. Kai estimated the small amount of time he'd had of sleep whilst in the tub, guessing it to have been around thirty minutes by the temperature of the water. He'd reserved just enough energy to teleport twice, once out of the bathroom, and once later on if he needed a quick escape.
With that Kai did as he needed, teleporting into the hall way outside of the door, free from any possibility of becoming soaked in blood once again... That is, until he came accross another corporate.
Without another moments hesitation Kai started to make his way back to the library to meet up with his friends, once there he would do his best to deny and defend himself against that bitch Mimi's claims... I don't know about Zoey and the red one, but I do know for certain that Mark and Louie would not believe her for a second. I don't care what she tries to tell them while I'm gone, we will not loose this war because of her silly assumptions!
His form stiffened and he stood a little taller, resolve hardening as he allowed himself to feel confidence. They would win this fight, everything would go as planned, and then finally they'd all be able to sleep peacefully. Kai kept up these thoughts as he sped up his pace, a small smile grazing his lips as his eyes shimmered with unbridled confidence. Nothing could stop him now, of that he was sure...