Chapter 4
Identity
I was dragged, frozen with fear, to the parts and services room...Jackal seemed scarier than any of the others at this moment...The room was dark the faint glimmers of metal could be seen with what little light got in...I forced myself to move, to try and fight out of Jackal's grasp...Jackal tightened her grip on me…
" Jackal you don't have to do this! I know you probably feel pressured and You want to be a strong, and honestly kinda terrifying leader, but this isn't the way!"I said desperately...I don't want to die…
"Just be quiet…" Jackal growled...She pulled out the owl from the closet...there was another suit in the back...it appeared to be a blue canine of some sort...Jackal hesitated for a second…
"I never thought it would come to this...I am honestly disappointed in you, I expected you to make it farther, to at least make it to the end of the week. And don't bother to try and talk me out of this...I've already decided and there is nothing you can say to sway me from my goal." Jackal growled all of this seemed abrupt, but something about it seemed premeditated, perhaps she had already decided when she first saw me, I don't know...Jackal never asked my name never asked how my day went or anything about my life. She had created a kind of disconnect between us, After all you wouldn't give a name to something you were going to kill...Jackal's eyes were dead, The few human aspects she had were hidden away and all I could see was the machine...Cold,dead,I will most likely end up like that...I don't want to...I don't want to be like that twisted machine that has a poor tormented soul locked inside, full of hate...I had a question to ask before I reached my doom, who was she? Who was she before she became this sad twisted being that was about to snatch my life away?
"Jackal Who were you?" I asked her.
Her ears twitched and she looked at me with those cold,dead eyes of hers she sighed and leaned back slightly…
"The name was Bright...I was fifteen and me and my friends were gonna get our first jobs here…Neon and Blue they were my best friends...But I guess Blue didn't see me that way...Kiled me in cold blood to keep me quiet bout the dark deeds she did..." She said she had a bit of pain in her voice...the tears started running down my cheeks… I knew who Jackal was and I had no idea that this is what happened to my old friend.
"Bright, Don't you remember me?" I asked I hoped she would make the connection.
"Remember you? I don't think so..."Jackal said after thinking carefully…
"It's me,neon!"I said my voice cracked.
Jackal looked me up and down and studied every detail of me down to my eye color and cross referenced me with her memory of me. Something must have clicked in Jackal's head cause she seemed shocked about what she was just going to do…
"N-Neon I am so sorry! I didn't realize it was you! I could have killed you and never known!"she said her more human aspects shined through her cold,dead,mechanical facade… I hugged my old friend,however when I did the metal spikes on the other side of her hoodie dug into my flesh,Oh yeah...Her suit's torso was never finished...On the other side other hoodie was just sharp metal frames...I backed away looking at my bleeding wrists and arms...