This is my first fanfic that is not of a video game or TV series but a movie. Hope you enjoy it!
(But if you haven't seen Hardcore Henry yet, don't read until you do. And as always own nothing of Hardcore Henry, and it belongs to the brilliant directors, and writers of the film.)
Henry wasn't the only experiment created by Akan and Estelle. In case Henry went haywire like he did, Akan had another subject created; Raven, a woman with the same agility, amnesia and strength as Henry, and was fed a lie, just the same as him. She is told that Akan is her husband, but Jimmy soon finds her and tells her to find Henry and save him before his battery that is keeping him alive dies.
Rating: T
Hope you Enjoy!
Cold dark red water. That was the first thing I saw. I could breathe, but I was in water. My eyesight was showing my two different sights. That's not possible. How is that?
I suddenly felt a hand, I think moving my eyeball cords to slowly go back into my eye sockets as my eyesight becomes more usable and normal, and I to starting blinking again.
I start spinning around, until I'm out of the water, and the cold air touches my skin. I try to move my head around, but I then feel the cold metal bars that are keeping my head on the bed I'm strapped to, and some sort of thin metal piece covering my mouth, preventing me from talking, or screaming.
I look at the ceiling and I notice that it's all white. Everything is white in those room. Its really blinding. I keep my eyes closed for a second, but when I open them again, I see someone standing over me. A man in a lab coat with white hair, and yellow eyes that are slightly red around the iris'. His face is young and soft, but his gaze on me is strong and intense.
"Hello Raven. Do you remember me?" He says to me, as his hand finds my arm. He caresses it as his other hand slowly release the latch on my mouth guard. I open my mouth to speak, but he suddenly places his hand over my mouth. "You don't want to speak yet, darling. That pretty voice of yours isn't ready yet. Just nod ok?"
I did as he asked, and nodded. He undid the clasps on the the thing holding my head down, and grabs a small metal strip attached to couple things of leather. It was a new mouth guard for me to wear. He pulls my head, moving my wet dark red hair off my face as he slips it on my head, and places the thin piece of metal over my mouth.
"Good. This is only to protect you from using your voice too soon. Now, answer the question. Do you remember me?"
I shook my head.
"Just as I suspected. Alright then, just to make this quick and painless, my name is Akan, your name is Raven, and you're my wife."
I had an expression of shock on my face, that made him laugh coldly, and sent shivers down my back. Is this guy really my husband? Why the hell can't I remember?
"If you're thinking why you can't remember it's because you died." He said. He then went over to these controls, which started making me feel funny, but due to the shock of getting the news that I had died kept me nullified. But I then seen what he was doing to me. "Hold on love. This won't take long, and soon you'll be able to walk."
He presses another button, and out of nowhere, three robot arms appeared, holding a pair of feminine looking legs with an intricate tattoo designs of dragon scales on the calf's and ankles, and there was a name written in cursive on it, but I couldn't see it clearly. I tried to sit up, but Akan pushed me back.
"Stay still while this happens Raven." He said as he pushed a button and the arms found the metal stumps I had for legs, and attached the new legs on them.
"Sorry, but this may hurt a little bit. They're your new legs." They began spinning and I felt a strange feeling in my knees, like someone was tapping them with a small hammer. It wasn't painful but it certainty wasn't pleasant. I closed my eyes, waited for at to end. When it was over, I felt my toes move involuntarily, but then I realized that it was Akans hand on my foot that made my toes twitch. And man, I'm so freaking ticklish on my feet! He notices, and stops.
"Can you feel your feet?"
I nodded. He smiles and presses more buttons. The metal clasps that were holding my arms down were suddenly gone, I raise my left arm up and looked at my knuckles. I notice a small diamond ring on my wedding finger, and I look at Akan. He's also wearing a ring on his wedding finger. I pull up my right arm, and my knuckles were certainly a sight to see; the tops were metal and red and blue cords were showing out of the empty spaces. I slowly sat up, and got a closer look at what I was wearing; a simple black sports bra and boyshorts. I then look down my chest to see that it was open not too long before. I gently run my fingers over the wounds, but Akan grabs my hand and moves it away from my torso.
"Do. Not. Touch that." He says with such intensity. "That is what is keeping you alive love."
I nod, and turn to set on my feet on the ground, and I stand finally. My legs hold my weight pretty well, but I feel Akan hand on my shoulder keeping me steady. I turn and see him smiling at me. I turn to look around at all my surroundings; the windows were made of glass, giving me a clear view of the sky, and the doors were not the kind you find in a hardware store, for they were made of metal, and it seemed like they needed to be opened with the holographic keyboard.
I looked at Akan, and was holding another lab coat similar to his. I went towards him and put the coat on, covering my body. After I secured it, I felt his hand snake around my waist, and he then began leading me to the door.
"This way love." He typed in a series of codes, and the door opened. What was behind it, were numerous computers, and a group of men sitting in front of them, typing on the keyboards. "This is where the research for your resurrection began, as well as the construction of your limbs were built." He stops abruptly to turn me to face him. "Raven you cannot leave my side. Ever. Do you understand?"
I shake my head. Why would I need to stay by his side at all times?
He sighs. "Your heart is basically running on a battery. A battery that can only be made, and recharges here. Until I deem you ready to leave my side, you must stay with me. Now do you understand?"
I nod.
"Good. Now lets continue."
I'm now starting to feel uncomfortable about this. I know I
He guided me across the room, to another which opened as he approached. When we were inside the room, all I saw was a man crouched over what looked like an extra limb. This one was similar to how mine looked; the tattoos were exactly the same, the name was readable this time.
It looked like a name. Henry? I looked at my leg, and saw the same name on both of my outer calf's. Was he suppose to put something else there?
"What. Is. That?!" Akan moved away from me, and pushed the man away from the artificial limb. He was wearing goggles onhism, and had a biker beard. The man was smiling as he removed his glasses, revealing his entire face.
"JIMMY?!" Akan yelled, as he put his hand around the mans neck, lifting him up into the air, almost without effort.
Immediately, I react by grabbing Akan arm, pulling it down.
"Raven stop!" I thought I heard that from Akan, but it was actually the named Jimmy. "Find Henry!"
With those last words, Akan tossed his body across the room, as it landed with a loud crack.
His neck was broken and he was dead.
"RAVEN!" Akan screamed at me as I loo at Jimmy's dead body. But that name he said; 'Henry'. Why do I know that name? Lost in my thoughts, I couldn't hear Akan yelling at me.
"RAVEN! Did you hear me?!" I snap out of it, and I see Akan in my face. I react by pushing h away from me, and I make a break for it out the door.
The computer geeks don't notice me running away until Akan yells at them to grab me. But when they do, I run faster to avoid them, open a door to find myself in this weird looking hallway. I finally see a fire exit sign, and I run straight for it.
I hear Akan yelling at me to stop. But it wasn't until I opened the door to realize he was actually warning me. There was no staircase. No fire escape. Only the door could keep me from falling to my death, as this laboratory was literally floating about 60 miles above land.
"RAVEN!" I hear that voice again. Not Akans but that man Jimmys. But what the fuck?! I thought he was dead! He suddenly appears from the hallway, grabbing my arm to pull me back in. My lab coat is torn at the shoulder and the sleeve is at my wrist. I take it off real quick, leaving me in my bra and boyshorts underwear, and when I look at Jimmy, he isn't what he looked like before Akan killed him. Instead of having a biker beard and goggles, he has a pompadour haircut and sun glasses, wearing a janitors uniform. Maybe this was his twin brother or something.
"It's me Jimmy." He said grabbing a leather jacket he had on the ground next to his feet. "Here, we've got to! Now!" He grabbed my hand and began running.
Several men began chasing after us, but Akan was not one of them. I didn't pay much attention to it. All I knew at this moment was that Akan killed Jimmy (or maybe his twin), for tattooing the name Henry on one of my artificial limbs. Maybe I'm better off going with this guy than staying with Akan.
He leads me to a room that has this large metal and glass cage with an engine connected to the side and two rocket boosters connected to the sides. I think these are escape pods or something of the sort. He shuts the door quickly, and I then notice that underneath us was only glass and hopefully it was unbreakable because I can hear the guards, as well as Akans yelling approaching the door to the room.
Jimmy grabs my hand, and leads me to the escape pod. He pushes me in, and types into the holographic keyboard a location to some city I didn't know.
"Listen to me carefully Raven." Jimmy says to me as he secures my seatbelt to the pod. "This will take you to Moscow, and you need to find Henry. Here. Take this, and do not lose it." He pulls out some kind of container long enough to hold glasses. "This is for your heart. You have 60 hours before yours is energy is completely drained. You need to find Henry, and give him this one. He only has around.. I don't know, but just find, and as fast as you can." He pulls out another one like mine, but it had a giant 'H' written in red on the top of it.
"He doesn't have long, so you need to find him as quickly as you can. When you land, go to these locations in this notepad."
He pulls out a leather notepad, secured with a lock. He hands the key on a chain to me as well. After I put it around me neck, I reach up and take the mouth guard off. I open my mouth to say thank you to him, but I realize I can't talk. I was about to scream, but Jimmy put his hand over my mouth like Akan did. "Raven, just like Henry, you're a mute. At least for now. But don't ever scream unless it is completely necessary." He steps outside the pod and closes the door. "Go to the first location and get what you need from there, then start looking for Henry at the other locations. He has metal knuckles just like yours. Now, if he isn't in any of them, then go to the address listed in purple, and find my laptop. Good luck Raven, and I'll see ya later." He says to me before the guards and Akan break in. Jimmy pushes a button and then I'm falling at a really frightening pace.
I cover my mouth with my hand to keep me from screaming, and soon I can the city if Moscow Russia clearly. As soon I the pod detects the ground coming closer, it lets a parachute, slowing down the impact to the ground, but it wasn't enough. The cables to the parachute snap, and I'm falling to the ground again.
When I crash, I fall out the pod completely, and I'm completely dazed. I feel blood dripping down my temple, as I stand up to see where I am. I'm on a highway, and thank god, it had no one on it. The pod created a giant crater in the middle of the road.
During that time I evaluate my situation. Right now, I'm running from my homicidal husband Akan, I have to find a man named Henry before he dies at a time I don't know, and I have to go to a place I never been in before in a country I have never visited in all my life. Oh god. What have I gotten myself into?
Thanks for reading and I'll be back soon! Catch ya later!
