Hello people of BioShock! I'm DeathOnWings1203 and while I normally stick to the area of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy I just finished the Original Bioshock game! It may have scared the hell out of me at first, I quickly got used to it and played through the game -while saving all the little sisters. So without further ado here is my Bioshock story.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Bioshock Series. I do own the O.C that you will see though.
It was suppose to be a nice peaceful day. No fights, no training, no nothing except me relaxing... I guess that will never happen. To be fair though the young lady in front of me really isn't a annoyance; She is more of a curious and inelegant young lady, but I guess I should explain a little bit about the situation. I'm currently in the city of love Paris taking in the beautiful sights and the interesting people -also eating a lot of croissants because even though they have their own food culture the mention of Escargot or snails are enough to drive me away from anything else. That day I was admiring the rather famous Eiffel Tower for the umpteenth time when a lady that looks to be just coming into her twenties with long dark hair flowing behind her gracefully as her heels click against the pavement to the little cafe I was sitting at. I took the time to examine what she is wearing which consists of a blue jacket that stops below her chest while covering her arms completely with two white cuffs at her wrists, a white corset that helps show off her figure while emphasizing her chest in a modest fashion, a blue dress conceals her legs as she walks to the chair across from me, but what truly got my attention was the simple necklace around her neck that had the symbol of a bird in flight.
A bird in flight...as a aviation hybrid it means freedom, but it is also generally known as freedom. What does this young lady have this and why do I get this means more to her then I can currently understand? Regardless the young lady politely asked me if she could sit across from me in french, but unfortunately despite my cast knowledge across a vast amount subjects I have yet to learn how to speak french- Latin and Japanese is a completely different thing though- so I tell her that I can't speak the verbal version of the language of love. To my amusement she blushed slightly understanding what I was hinting at, but she repeats herself in English before I apologize for the crude statement as she sits across from me. We start talking about a few things as my order arrives, and once I took a small drink of the red wine I ordered she dropped a massive bomb. She asked me to tell her what I know about the underwater city of rapture making me choke on the wine as it goes down the wrong pipe causing me to cough uncontrollably, and after a few moments I could feel a worried hand on my back as the young lady must have moved to my side to help me. After my hacking fit is over and I wave her off I contemplate what she is asking of me and of course mentally asking how she knows that Rapture exists in the first place, but anyone that has ties to that place wouldn't just flat out tell anyone. So after a while I agree rather reluctantly before gathering my thoughts on the subject at hand.
Rapture.
To some it is an event of religious providence, but to me it just forces me to recall the horrors of a place that is somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean with a lighthouse to signal the entrance of the underwater hellhole. Before we continue though I should introduce myself; My name is David Graves and I am a Universal Wanderer of sorts. I go from universe to universe in an attempt to find a place that will except what I am while helping people who need helping from the shadows, but I digress. You aren't here to hear the woes of my past -not that you would be interested in that anyways- but your here to learn of the underwater city... I must warn you though; What you are about to hear isn't for the faint of heart or isn't for someone who is easily scared. Hm? Your gonna listen anyway? Well just don't say that I didn't warn you my friend.
Now...where to start... Ah I know. Alright back when I was the age of 13 I had encountered an enemy of mine named Ari, and we started to fight before I created a Rift to escape him...
-Rewinding the clock 4 years-
A lighthouse stands out in the middle of the Ocean overlooking a seemingly random area of the vast territory the waters command while the rotating light sends a powerful beam of light to help light the way of any lost travelers. The Ocean is perfectly calm in the middle of the night with not a wind blowing as a Crescent Moon is looming over everything right in the center of the sky with numerous Stars aiding it's task of watching over the earth. The only sound in the area is the sound of light waves crashing against the lighthouse or it's stairs until a sudden green light appears in the air that slowly gains grid lines making it look like it is made of some sort of physical material. The Barrier starts to gets cracks in it while sending out shockwaves that sends waves in every direction as if something is pounding against the barrier from the other side of it, and before long the cracks spread throughout the entire thing as the shockwaves get more powerful.
Finally, the Barrier shatters like glass as a figure gets sent through the gaping rift left behind towards the lighthouse's glass section before it snaps out twin brown wings letting it straighten itself in mid-air as it hovers with it's 14 feet wings flapping. As the beam of light revolves around behind the creature it's features are revealed showing the creature to have a rather muscular humanoid build while wearing only a pair of tight fitting jeans, but the thought that it is a human with wings is quickly cast aside as it's entire body is covered in brown fur and instead of nails on it's hands it has claws instead. It's fearsome fangs are seen as it growls in anger and annoyance at whatever sent it hurtling at the Lighthouse.
The question of whatever sent it at the light house is answered when a 13 year old boy with twin 12-feet long pitch black wings flies through the rift before forcing the barrier to repair itself and making it disappear. The child turns to the flying wolf-creature with his black hair almost in front of his right bark brown eye before crossing his arms, and while his white t-shirt is sliced with claw marks around his right torso along with his jeans around the knees and lower leg -strangely enough the Black Jacket tied around his waist is completely untouched- signalling that he had just barely managed to escape with his life yet he remains completely composed. After a few moments he is the first to speak "Ari... I can't believe you tried such an cheap trick back there; I mean seriously? A dozen Eraser's ambushing me in broad daylight? I guess your just getting desperate."
Ari snaps his fangs at the child -even though it no longer intimates him- before snarling out "I don't need any help destroying you David! I'm tired of you always escaping, It's time to finish this." David inwardly sighs while thinking "I wonder how many times he has said that to me?" With a roll of his eyes he flaps his wings hard to quickly go at Ari "If you really think you can then come on! Show me what you got!" The Escapee challenges as he closes the distance between them causing the two's clash to begin anew with David landing the first blow with a strong right hook to Ari's face forcing his hunter back a little bit, but his attack is quickly repaid by a slash from Ari's left hand. The attack leaves behind four red lines that start seeping blood, but David ignores the scratches in favor of slamming both his fists into his enemy's head before reaching to grab the Flying Eraser's arm so he could throw him into the Lighthouse; However, he didn't count on Ari's recovery being as quick as it was because he twists his body out of the way making David overreach while giving the Eraser the opening he needed.
David's eyes widen in fear as he feels two massive hands grab his wings "Y-you wouldn't..." David states, but his reply was the feeling of pain surging through his body from his two most fragile body part being crushed under Ari's grip causing him to scream in absolute pain before he feels some wind rushing at his face while the ocean seems to be getting closer until he hits the water face first while he left arm hits the side of the stairs. Ari lands on the top of the steps with a smirk on his face as he mentally celebrated killing off the annoyance that has been plaguing him for years "Finally... with him gone I can get back to more pressing matters." The Wolf-Creature muttered to himself as he fiddles with the device strapped to his wrist before another Rift opens, and before he leaves he casts another look out to the ocean to make sure that David wasn't going to rise from the depths "...Heh. So long Graves. We won't meet again." Ari calls out to the ocean before laughing manically as he leaves through the Rift.
"Pain...so much pain..." David thinks to himself as he is slowly sinking downward with his entire body limp "Is this...the end? To die to Ari of all people? No...I won't let it end this way! I still have some work to do before I can be allowed to accept my punishment." With that thought spurring him on David forces his eyes open, but it doesn't help him much as his vision is blurry from the constant throbbing pain coming from his wings as well as the murky water; Nonetheless, it is enough to see some light above "Get your ass in gear David...start swimming!" He thinks angrily at his own lack of motion, but as soon as he moves his left arm he screams in pain once more while a lot of the vital air in his mouth escapes as he suddenly finds out that it is dislocated"Oh fantastic. If I get out of this I am going to tear off Ari's limbs one at a time." While forcing himself to use mainly his legs to swim upward, but his lungs soon start burning with the need to have some oxygen in them while his sight gets even more blurry and his limbs get heavier.
Despite this he manages to give one last stroke before he bursts out of the water panting hard "Goddamn...Bastard..." David cussed as he gathers as much air as he can into his system before his left arm painfully bumps into something making him hiss in pain. He looks to his left to see the stairs to the lighthouse, and after a few minutes of floating in the water he manages to hoist himself onto the land using his right arm and legs. Deciding that it would be pointless to stay outside and trying to make a rift in his condition would be out of the question the escapee slowly starts to make his way to the lighthouse door, but pauses once he reaches it before taking a deep breath as he grabs his left shoulder then lets out a scream of pain as he puts his arm back into place. Suddenly feeling very tired David opens the door not knowing what hell he is about to experience.
Well that's the first chapter! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did writing it. Please review so I know if this is worthwhile to continue! See ya!
~DeathOnWings1203~
