The gloomy and empty corridor whistled with an eerie silence. Uneven broken moss tiles covered the ceramic zombie green floor. The walls were chipped, cracked and un-cared for. Only the sound of water dripping from ancient wrecked pipe-works on the high ceiling could be heard; the echoing of footsteps trailed distantly down the dusty hallway. A medium figure, under cover by the darkness cautiously made their way past the many doors that lingered in the background.
Eventually the figure turned the corner and halted for the moment, unlatching their lilac backpack which hung from their right shoulder. They heard something rummaging about in there and sighed knowing that their partner wanted to come out and un-zipped the bag.
A little azure blob shaped creature excitedly floated out from the bag and affectionately nuzzled its owner's cheek, a soft purr emanating from its non-existent throat. Its silicon jelly body was round as a globe and it had lustrous pearl pink large round eyes shaped like orbs that glowed as bright as the stars. It had a small pink nose with thin whiskers; a sapphire diamond shaped marking was imprinted in the middle of its four head as a galactic patterned patch surrounded its right eye. Its long ears were pointy like stalactites; it also had a long tail that was tied with a midnight ribbon indicating it was female as it swished its tail about in contentment while its small little paws hung by its sides.
After giving their pet a little stroke the figure switched on the torch light they retrieved from their bag, brightening up the path a little as the two continued their walk. They eventually came to a large door that revealed a labelled bronze bar with the titled words Documentation Room in a thick bold text when they shone their light. The figure smiled, knowing that this was the place the doctor had sent them to check out. They opened the door hearing a loud creeeak then beckoned their pet in with them, as they placed their backpack onto their back again.
They entered the room switching it a glow; they had to shield their eyes from the light's intensity because of how bright it was. They waited for their eyes to properly adjust to their surroundings before surveying the area. They saw that they were in a room that looked like an office from the way things were displayed.
There was a large grey cabinet with four wide draws to the right, a desk to the left side of the room with a swivel chair, another cabinet right by the desk with a pile of four opened boxes and a large tall dusty mirror that seemed to be on the right side as well. Curiosity struck them for the moment as the figure moved towards the tall glass canvas, wiping away some of the dust with their hand as their reflection stood, staring straight back at them.
She stood at four feet and two centimetres tall. Her milk chocolate skin was a bit darkened from the dust that accumulated from her stroll in the lab's hall. Her sun golden amber eyes glistened with the same amount of excitement before she set foot in this area, however, they now drooped with a little hint of fatigue that were encased by her black and crimson rounded glasses.
She lifted them a little and rubbed one of her eyes with her right hand that was covered in a soot black leather fingerless glove- an oozing, toxic purple intimidating looking skull head was imprinted on it; her other arm hung loosely at her side with the same pair of designed glove. She was dressed in her usual attire of a black short sleeved shirt, emerald trousers that were held firm by a silver belt which was marked by a dark pink heart shaped emblem that stood in the centre and she wore oak brown boots at her feet.
She was wrapped in a magenta hooded jacket that was firmly zipped which protected her from the cold temperatures. Her medium shoulder length shadow purple bob lay against the back of her neck showered by a hue of gleaming snow white sparkling stars illuminating the midnight and bright azure flames that emblazoned the bottom of her frizzled hair like a firework.
Who would have guessed that Aurora Nebulem was the assistant of the great royal scientist at the age of only 13 years?
"Jee, I really could use comb right about now. And a face wash too" she chuckled quietly to herself after realising the state of her appearance.
A moment later a loud clattering noise sounded across the room not too far from where she was standing which made her jump a little in fear. Turning around slowly, she saw her pet jelly cat peeking out from one of the draw cabinets, as she breathed and relaxed; shaking her head at silly reaction that she thought something was out to get her. Aurora couldn't help but smirk at the ridiculous sight that her pet was in; a paper was stuck to the jelly cat's head.
"Come on Galaxy, stop fooling around girl," she scolded her "We gotta find those papers and take them to Alphys before dusk" the cat only responded with a soft playful meow, blinking at her owner who tapped their foot impatiently, arms folded. Galaxy understood that when Aurora became stern with her that it was time to get to work. So the cat started her search and her owner joined in immediately after.
As they searched and searched Aurora looked all around on her side as she quickly skimmed through things; she wanted to be done as fast as she could, the next live show on TV which was on tonight that was presented by the famous Mettaton was something she didn't want to be missing. She looked through all four cabinets by the desk, unfortunately stumbling on a letter or two that was written to Undyne about how the doctor expressed her awe of the fish; that made her giggle. In the end though, she couldn't find much else after poking around in the boxes. She expelled a little frustrated sigh.
"Damn, looks like there's not much here then..." she said, a clear disappointment in her tone. The girl stared out of the corner of her eye at Galaxy whom she thought was playing around again as she didn't properly look at her partner "Well, looks like what we were looking for wasn't here after all. Come on Galaxy, I know you're just playing again so... let's just go home"
Just when she was about to give up the search, to her surprise the cat came floating over with the papers that read Studies upon how the SOUL and DETERMINATION work nipped in her small mouth, giving what Aurora always thought was the most adorable stare in the world. It always made her heart melt whenever Galaxy made her eyes larger than they already were.
"Awww, you are just the cutest thing in the world. And here I thought you were just messing around again. I'm sorry I doubted you... Kudos for finding the papers Galaxy!" she praised her pet as she took the papers and placed them into her backpack then held out a little piece of cat treat that was wrapped in a small paper bag and fed her one as a job well done. Galaxy purred in satisfaction as the food that was floating in her body evaporated, letting the aftertaste fill her with joy.
Done with their errand, the two were about to leave the room when suddenly...
Bzzzztt...
ZAP!
...CRACK!
The human girl jumped in fright at the sudden power outage, looking up at the ceiling for a bit as everything went dark. That's strange... the lights were working fine before... she thought.
Aurora and Galaxy were halfway down the gruesome hall. Striding with caution as they made their way down, for some reason the air seemed to be getting a lot colder than it was before. Every step they took only seemed to get more intense with cold... when all of a sudden Galaxy started to growl protectively. Aurora couldn't tell why, but the cat seemed to sense that something or someone was watching them and that had given her enough of an understanding that they needed to be more careful; who knew what was really out there. Before she could even take one more step, out of the shadows something moved, it rushed right passed her barely clipping her face.
Ouch... she winced at the little cut she now had on her face, feeling the heat on her skin from where the small droplets of red blood oozed out from. She was starting to get a bit annoyed from all these sudden things happening out of the blue. Whoever was lurking in the shadows now had her attention and she was going to find out exactly who it was. She told herself that she wasn't going to be scared- well, try her best not be as she shook a little, now holding a medium sized frying pan in her hands.
"A-alright, whoever the h-hell you are I suggest you c-come out of there r-right now! I-I-I know we're not alone in here a-and I have a frying pan! I-I'm n-not afraid t-to use it!" she yelled
Silence...
Everything seemed just a tad too quiet for her liking but she kept her guard up, preparing to defend her best friend if anything was to happen, because she knew Galaxy would do the same as the cat was by her side preparing for the danger.
What they didn't expect... was an ambush.
Swiftly striking forwards like a hungry snake two void black tendrils shot out of the darkness wrapping tightly around the human girl's ankles, attempting to pull her down as she struggled.
Galaxy immediately came to her aid as she saw that more vines were entangling themselves around her owner and the human girl was beginning to scream in panic as the frying pan was forcefully flung out of her hands and she was being dragged across the floor. The cat's paws lit up like a firecracker; they formed two large sabres that sawed through the vines like a hedge cutter that immediately had them evaporate.
Sighing in relief for the moment Aurora slowly got back up seeing her cat float towards her and meow in concern.
"I... I'm okay... I'll be fine." She mumbled, still feeling scared "C-come on let's get out of here before anything els-" before she could finish, a large swarm of black vines sprung out of the murky hall instantly grabbing the cat this time attempting to speedily pull her away from safety. Frantically searching for her frying pan as she saw Galaxy fighting for their life, Aurora turned left and right, panic beginning to rise within her chest as her heartbeat quicken I have to do something, and quick! She thought, though she couldn't see her weapon anywhere.
All she could think about now... was saving Galaxy. She knew what she was about to do was very risky but knowing that she would get hurt, she was going to do it anyways.
Giving it her best shot she bolted up to the army of vines that were keeping up the oncoming attacks on her cat who was struggling and becoming more exhausted the more she used her powers. Aurora rammed as hard as she could to try and knock away the vines that were desperately trying to swallow Galaxy but in the midst of the battle, one of the vines drew up from beneath whipping her hard with a blow to the stomach.
Her body was sent sprawling as she landed a few meters away from them, slamming hard on her back as the wind was knocked out from her. She tried to stand, but couldn't get up... her vision became a little hazy as she staggered to straighten herself, the pain shooting up her back and around her shoulders made her wince.
When she squinted into the distance, she thought she saw something of a blue colour; hope filled her heart because she thought Galaxy had got free, but as her vision became a lot clearer she couldn't help but feel a knot tighten in her chest and her stomach lurch with a very deep worry...
To her horror Galaxy... was gone.
She slowly stood up desperately calling out to her cat as loud as she could, but she knew that the vines consumed her closest friend. She was all alone.
Alright calm down... I'll figure this out. When I find the person who did this, I'm going to make sure they pay if they lay even a finger on her.
She didn't want to see what would happen next. Something snapped within her as her fears were replaced, replaced with a strong feeling, a strong feeling of justice. She had enough, a torrent of hot flames furiously burned deep within her core. She was really angry that her friend was taken, knowing she was defenseless without her weapon, she was determined she going to get her cat back; even if it was at the cost of her own life.
"Nggaaah! Alright now I'm really, REALLY mad! Whoever you are quit playing your dumb tricks! Give her back or I'm calling the authorities! I don't care what kind of monster you are, but kidnapping another monster is a criminal offense and you wouldn't want know what happens when you go to monster prison!" she bellowed loudly as she stood there waiting.
Scuttle... she turned around but nothing was there, she was beginning to get extremely fed up now.
Scuttle! SCUTTLE! She turned the other way but still nothing was there. She felt fear slowly seeping back in as she tensed a little. A lone vine sneakily crept up from behind... twisted around her out of nowhere... and launched her right into the wall making her whole body vibrate with an intense pain before she slid weakly to the ground! Luckily she had her backpack cushioning her back so it didn't hurt her too much this time.
She opened her eyes, it took a moment for her eyes to clear up from the impact she had just taken but for a split second she thought it was just her imagination.
Then she realised... someone... or something had emerged from the darkness.
Tap...Tap... Tap! They were drawing closer and halted just a distance away.
She couldn't help but shiver. A cold chill ran throughout her whole being as an ominous, gruelling laugh sounded from the one who stood in front of her.
Bone-chilling venom glowing eyes stared directly at her from pitch-black sockets. She couldn't distinguish much from them because it was so dark, she could only see that they were all one colour; a smoky grey like thick rain clouds when a storm was brewing.
"Call the authorities eh? ~ HAH! Don't make me laugh. "a distorted voice rang out, smugness in its tone. Though she couldn't say for certain whether the voice was a girl's or a boy's, when the creature approached a little nearer, a small light hitting its face revealed it to have an appearance that seemed more boyish.
Their hair was smoothed back but spiky at the front with two blood red streaks. They were dressed in a light grey long sleeved silken sweater streamed with a coal grey stripe on each sleeve near their clawed hands while in the centre of their clothes was a black flame surrounding a white skull. They wore coal grey track suit pants that were painted in light grey stripes and clad in short boots that were of the same colour scheme as their whole outfit, a flame pattern trailed from the side of the shoes to the soles with a little dark skull on the side.
"So, you really think anyone will believe a word you say if you told them that you saw a mysterious creature in the dark that looked like a human but was covered all in grey?" he grinned confidently as he saw her expression wavering.
"W-well... while that may be the case that no one would believe me if I said that, I could still prove that th-there was someone here!" she tried to sound brave, glaring at the entity.
"Oh...? And exactly what were you going to prove it with?" they eyed Aurora's backpack with a hint of curiosity, a sly smirk played across their face as they unleashed a black vine that forcefully seized the girl, pulling her toward them as she screamed and was hung airborne, wriggling like a worm in her attempts to break free as she saw her bag being taken from her.
"I'm assuming this backpack of yours?" they enquired ... they saw her tense up at that as she stopped struggling, "Or is it because of what you're hiding in the bag? Is that what this is all about?" they unzipped the bag, pulling out the papers with a claw and presented the evidence to her face! She froze on the spot. Her eyes had become the size of peas, the entity chuckled in satisfaction "Ooh, now that's the reaction I was looking for~ as for how I found out about these, I was keeping an eye-socket on you the whole time" they grinned
She couldn't believe that she never sensed them before, she felt... ashamed.
"So... n-now that you've found that out... w-w-what are you going to with me?" she nervously asked trying to think of a way to escape the freak.
"You know, that's actually a pretty good question," the entity bought her down so close that their faces were only a few inches away from touching as they still held her in the vine tightly "What do you think I'm going to do to you?"
"U-um... let me and my friend go and leave like n-nothing ever happened?" she grinned out of sheer anxiety, nervously fiddling with her hands, beads of sweat dripping down her face, her heart beginning to pound harder than ever before... she had a feeling in her gut that something really bad was going to happen.
They gave a softened expression for the moment which made Aurora feel relieved but then suddenly she saw the monstrous, psychotic look in their eyes as she saw Galaxy being violently thrown out of the darkness and slamming against the wall before toppling to the floor.
"N-n-n-noooo! Galaxy!" she wailed in anguish. She shook all over, scared to death about what they really were going to do her as she heard them laughing maniacally in pleasure of the pain they caused the animal.
"She's getting discharged from the hospital for sure; but you, YOU'RE coming with me!" they cackled evilly, their eyes filled with malice, their mouth widening into a crazy gaping smile as they eyed the girl, seeing utter fear displayed openly on her face as she started screaming loudly while they took over her body. Their work done from this place, the entity took a moment to marvel at their new body before they proceeded to move on, vanishing gracefully under a cloak of dark aura with their new captive.
This wasn't the end of a rising darkness.
In fact, the fun was only just beginning.
A figure awoke with a sudden panic in her laboratory bedroom. Her racing heart and the quickened short gasps indicated she had a nightmare. Her tanned golden scaly face was beaded with sweat drops as she trembled a bit shakily, a heat vibrating throughout her body from the cotton sea blue blanket that was draped around her while she was seated in her bed. Rubbing her sleepy eyes, the little sacs underneath proved her sleep deprivation. After a moment or two, she calmed down a little but was still in shock from the dream that had just occurred only minutes ago.
"W-what...what was that all about..?"
