"Oh my gosh, what is that thing?!"
"Why is its head upside down?"
"Is it dead? I think it's dead..."
"What are you doing?! Don't wake it up!"
"Well, shouting isn't helping!"
...Voices. Will there always be voices in the darkness?
Am I stuck in the Omnitrix again?
I felt so exposed, my flesh feeling like it was burning. Something was causing it to be aggravated...
I opened my single eye, my sight fading as a blinding light was shining in my face. With the pain coming back from the intense light, my instincts took over my reasoning, and I lashed out towards the wielder of the light. My claws sliced through flesh, causing him to cry out. I stood up, seeing that the owner of the voices were children. They screamed, horrified and frozen in fear.
"What's going on here?"
Behind them in the darkness, I could see the figure of a girl standing in a door way. Desperate to find relief from the light, I became transparent and went after her. She screamed, running as fast as she could, trying to escape. But I ultimately caught up, her fear full of adrenaline being pushed to the side as I took over. The pain vanished from my being, a sense of security, but it only lasted a few seconds.
"Tiffany!"
Turning around, the children who blinded me with light were coming out of the tower. I made eye contact for a split second with them, before running off to find a way out. There was daylight when I fought Ben, and now it was night again...
How long have I've been out? Hours, days?
Was Ben gone?
"Tiffany!"
"Stop that girl!"
"Stop, halt!"
Many of the humans in charge of the school, prison, tried to stop my escape. I used Tiffany's smaller size and speed to get around the adults and security. Remembering how I got in as Ben, I raced for the entrance, Tiffany's heart pounding. I managed to escape, having no walls around me with endless amounts of space. I hunted through the parking lot, searching for Ben's grandfather's RV. It was nowhere in sight, gone from its original place in front of the school.
Ben was no longer here, he had escaped with the Omnitrix...
And only god, if there was one, would know what happened to the Circus Freaks. I was alone, barely alive and in a strange...yet different world.
After my nonstop running, I suddenly decided to stop. I abandoned my host. It was night, there was no light to hide from. I had the chance to be free, free from everything. I heard Tiffany groan as she fell unconscious, smiling at the fact that she turned out to be the brat who was snubbing Gwen. How convenient. I then turned invisible, leaving the site of the school and wandering off in a random direction.
I didn't care where I was going, didn't care what I would run into. Nothing, nothing was going to hold me back! No walls, no Omnitrix, no nothing!
Though the sun was gone, the air was still fairly warm, but cool enough to feel good on my healing skin. The stars glowed in the endless black sky, the tall, thick trees shrouded in darkness. This planet, even in the familiar shadows, was still captivating. It wasn't bleak, bland, and lifeless. There was still the color, the richness in variety and nothing looked the same.
Becoming solid, I touched the trunk of one of the trees beside the road, delicately moving one of my claws against its surface. Being free like this, I could feel myself calming down. My worries fading, Ben and the Omnitrix far from my mind... Almost in a trance, I moved from tree to tree, exploring as much as I could of this forest, of this world with no limitations set upon me.
And with no limitations, I could examine this world as much as I wanted.
It was hard to tell how much time had passed. Day and night, I wandered the Earth from place to place, exploring its unique beauty and openness. During the day, I would possess a human host, sometimes multiple hosts, seeing through their eyes and learning more about human culture. When the dreaded sun passed, I headed out on my own and did most of my traveling then. I didn't care if it took me so long to get from one human civilization to another, I was far too entertained with my surroundings. It would be days before I would have time to sleep, only resting when I was at the point of fainting from exhaustion. There was so much to witness... To see, to feel, to interact with...
Oh yes, the interaction was the best part!
Aside from Ben, I've been so isolated from any intellectual being, and he was nothing more than a clueless, closed minded child. The Circus Freaks only brought back my longing for contact, even if was from aliens. What was worse than the dark, closed in, empty prison, was the loneliness that could unsettle even the most introverted of personalities.
I could talk to them as my host, interfere with their night time walks and scare them with my 'hideous' appearance. Some of the scares were truly amusing, like this one young couple walking across the beach in the dark of night...
It was quiet, less crowded. The male was about to make a move on his mate, or mate to be chosen. But before he could lean in for a token of affection, a large tentacle appeared out of nowhere and grab her by the neck, tugging her towards the body of a floating, corpse like monster! The male's dark eyes grew wide at the sight of me, his mate's face turning pale and screaming for me to let her go.
I didn't even bother to come off as an intelligent being, taking in the thrill of their terror. While it felt like a long moment for me, it only lasted a matter of seconds, as I gently scratched the young girl's thin arm with a single claw. I let her go, her and her mate running, screaming, with my laughter echoing in the distance. The more I grew to love this planet, the more I grew to love those who inhabited it.
But not all of it was pure bliss.
When I had moved far south, in a place called Florida, I had possessed one of the humans in a large city. I was looking around this city, going nowhere in particular, when I suddenly saw a boy with untame brown hair run right pass me. I froze in place, turning around to see him go off into the distance.
It...it was Ben!
I was sure of it, there was no mistaking it... I won't let him get away from me this time!
Going after him, I picked up my pace, pushing away any human that got in my way. Luckily, the human I chose was exceptionally strong, so it did not take much effort. The humans around me got agitated, snapping at me as I went by.
"Hey, watch where you are going, you jerk!"
A very large, clearly uneducated, human male shouted at me as I shoved him out of the way.
Ben...he was almost at arm's length!
"Hey, didn't you hear me?!"
The aggressive male took a hold of my host's shoulder, holding me in place. I tried to fight off his grip, but he was strong enough to restrain me.
Ben was getting away!
"You think you can just push me around and get away without apologizing?" he asked, glaring down. "Well, do you?"
What an arrogant, ill tempered being!
"...Let me go..."
I allowed my own voice slip out, having my pink gaze bleed through my host's green eyes. Green eyes that were similar to Ben's...
The aggressive human's eyes widened, his grip loosening. Gaining the upper hand, I shoved my host's sharp elbow into my attacker's stomach. He cried out, me punching him in the face and having him fall to the hot ground. The crowd around us gasped, staring at me with fear and shock. I ran off swiftly, hoping that I could still catch up to Ben. I ran till I reached a street corner, glancing around in all directions wildly. He was nowhere in sight. Was he gone again!? Where could he have gone?! He couldn't have gotten far, could he?
...Wait, that redheaded girl, skipping on the other side of the busy street! Was that Gwen? And over there, was that their grandfather, walking out of a store?
"Sir, you are under arrest!"
Behind me, I could feel another human, a police officer, attempting to restrain me with handcuffs.
Foolish humans!
I resisted, throwing the handcuffs of me as I tried to escape. But there were multiple police officers, each trying to keep me under control. I was overwhelmed, and in this body, I could not fight them off. I had to get somewhere dark, somewhere I could reveal my true form to them... Back flipping out the crowded circle of officers, I took off into one of the buildings.
It was a hotel, many humans gathering around. As I rushed inside, the guests of the hotel and its workers becoming alarmed and getting out of my way. The officers were right behind me, leading themselves to their doom.
He he he...ha ha ha!
I raced down a fleet of stairs, the officers at this point shooting at me with their guns, in hopes to slow me down. I was able to dance around the bullets, only aimed at my host's feet. Eventually, however, one was able to hit his leg. I cried out, feeling the pain, losing my balance. I fell face first, rolling down at such a fast pace. Once I came to the bottom of the stairs, my host's body was in an awkward position with blood seeping from his mouth.
But...the downstairs area had no windows...no sunlight to slip in. Only dim, man made lights in this storage area.
The police soon met me at the bottom, their eyes wide as they saw my host. They were afraid that they had killed him, me, afraid that they had caused the unnecessary death of another of their kind...
'Unnecessary death'...what an interesting term...
One of the officers, a female with long red hair and green eyes, slowly approached me. She looked so young, inexperienced...
Slowly, I slithered my way out of my host's body, becoming visible and meeting the young officer's gaze. She dropped her gun.
"Oh my God...!"
They began to shoot mercilessly. Hissing, I took a hold of the young female by the neck with my tentacle. I crushed the bones in her fragile neck, watching the light fade from her eyes.
"Natalie!" one of the male officers screamed.
He shot me right in the chest, however, I became transparent to where they just went right through me. I couldn't feel a thing, only satisfaction and thrill to see his terrified expression. I went over towards him, possessing him and killing him from the inside out.
"W-what is this thing?!" another officer cried, his long blond bangs falling in his face.
He was my next target, slicing his throat and turning his blue shirt bright red.
He he he...
It has been a long while since I had killed my enemies. Oh, how much excitement it brought me!
The officers began to retreat, but not before I was able to take one more of them by stabbing her in the back with my claws. I made her death as painful and slow as possible, letting her breathe in all the fear and horror she felt. I whispered softly into her ear, though it was in my own native language. I told her that the sweet, cold hands of death were coming for her, and she will no longer know what it was like to feel pain.
She had no idea this was what I was saying to her, me gently running one of my claws through her thick curly hair. Her warm body shook, her blue gaze trying to meet mine, before I made the final move to let her die. She fell down onto the stairs, her blood seeping down the wooden steps as her glassy eyes stared at nothing. I chuckled, wiping the blood off my fingers and turning invisible.
I went back to the first floor of the hotel, possessing one of the workers and then walking out of the hotel. All while more police officers rushed in, with the sounds of sirens echoing through my new host's ears. And while it would have been fun to see their reactions to my fun, I did not want to waste more time with them.
There was still so much more to explore.