Chapter Ten: Heart And Eye
Frost's POV
Blood. Blood everywhere. There was not a single atom not coated in blood. Red, unlike my heart. Black, just like my soul. Demonic, just like my subconscious. As tempting as it was to enter my horrendous blood thirsty mode, I kept my composure and silently ventured through the forsaken red corridor, seeking for an answer to why I'm here. The diabolical place where bad memories are made to earn power. What am I going to get this time? Only time will tell.
The sweet smell of the blood filled my lungs with every heavy breath I took, poisoning me with a stronger urge to feed on the shredded blood. The air tasted sweeter than it smelt and had a fine texture that threatened to unleash my diabolical desires. It's weird. As much as I hate having to shed blood, I actually like it to the point where I'll bathe in it and drink it like juice. Just like my female counterpart. Except the pain becomes pleasurable and I end up becoming sadistic. But I don't end up randomly killing people... No... I can control myself. In this body however... That's almost like a lost dream.
As I ventured further into the hallway, a soft ticking noise similar to a clock began to emit from seemingly nowhere, making my heart race a little as my blood cooled down to negative zero. Scary. I couldn't tell what material the ground was made out of, let alone the walls and the ceiling. There was too much blood. At the very far end of the hallway, a soft, warm light shone brightly like a second star, acting as my guide through this uncharted corridor of gore.
Tick tock, went the clock. The sound began to have a slight ring to it, having this sort of strange vibe that struck my ear drums in a trance-like manner. That was the only noise. The song of this wretched place...
My breathing was stable. My heart's pace was normal. The warmth of my blood was slightly below average and my mind was in it's peak condition. The only thing that wasn't, were my still-existing wounds that smelt of a more sweeter, delightful blood. Even humans would be able to find the distinctive difference between mine and the ones all around me. Endlessly, I walked through the blood with the sound of a clock ringing in my ears...
It didn't take long for me to suddenly realise that no matter how much I walked towards the inviting light at the other side, almost no progress was made. Nevertheless, I still walked and thought about it. The blood on the ceiling never seemed to collapse, and the ones on the wall never dripped down like honey. It was logic defying and twisted my mentality, straining it with an array of questions that made little sense. Zero gravity? Definitely not. Solid blood? No, it's moving. Some force keeping them in place? Nope, I would've felt it. Then a strange question emerged. The very last of the bundle... The very, very last of the bundle...
What if 'time' itself is frozen?... It got me thinking. Thinking hard of the possibility. Can time really be frozen? If so, how?... I wonder... It's more plausible than every other theory available. But to be able to stop time... Slowing down time is possible but... Just how powerful do you have to be to be able to freeze time?
Suddenly, a creepy, unrivaled, uncanny voice whispered behind me into my right, light grey cat-like ear, sending unnerving chills down my spinal chord...
"What do you think happens when the gears begin to turn?". Instinctively, I spun around as fast as I could with broadened eyes that were filled with anxiety and fear.
I took a swift step back, slamming my right foot hard against the liquid-solid blood and grit my teeth, pulling both my fists up to my face in balls of capital 'H' for hurt. Colossus Fragment! The entity that lives freely within the Realm of Insanity! A Reaper... Dammit, what does HE want?
"Don't look so alarmed", The shadowy entity with red, glowing, misty eyes said as it hovered about an inch from the bloodied ground, swaying to the left and right ever so softly and elegantly. "Relax yourself. Time won't move if you're so tense", He stated, inducing a restless vibe that traveled down my spine.
"How can I relax after you tried to kill White the last time we met?", I growled painfully with so much edge that it felt as if a saw blade had left my mouth.
A swift and deadly silence fell before us, clawing at my mind and soul ruthlessly as I grit my teeth with more force and dug my nails deeply into the soft flesh of my palm to the point where it could potentially rip through. I can't stand him! I want to just end this by walking away but... My legs won't budge... Wait? My legs won't budge!
My eyes broadened by a tenfold as my fingers slowly crept away from my palm against my will. I stood there, completely silent, feeling my arms slowly pull themselves to my sides in a wide, arrow-tip stance with my fingers all spread out evenly. I couldn't move. Not an inch. It was like... I was frozen. Not by a magical force but... In TIME.
All I could move were my eyes and internal organs that functioned normally. My mouth was sealed shut, making me unable to speak, shout or scream for help... But what help am I going to get from this place? Dammit... What is he going to do to me?
Finally, after my feet were aligned perfectly side to side, he slowly hovered towards me, inflicting an abnormal amount of fear that took my internal body by storm. My blood rushed all over my body non stop and were as cold as liquid nitrogen. At about an inch away, he stopped and revealed a deathly, horrific, widened smile that consisted of seven huge white, glistening teeth on both the top and bottom row of his jaw... My pupils contracted as more fear rushed through my body, crushing everything in it's path... Including various parts of my sanity...
"Unfreeze time. If you can't then I'll have to take out your other eye and force you to", He threatened evilly... A...Ack! Argh! I can't... "Oh wait, you can't in that form. You've already accomplished everything for that. Now", He said, ending his phrase in a seductive-like manner which almost drove out my sanity. He's... Going to turn me into- Ah! Ack! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Something is... Burning inside of me! My heart! My heart is on fire! "Let's see how much you can withstand, Frost Richtofen".
"You look scared. Have you softened up?", He asked in a ghastly one of voice as my clothes began to loosen. My jet black eye patch slithered down my right cheek, revealing my right, light blue eye that wields unspeakable powers that not even I have experienced... Yet. "Your eye looks so beautiful. It's like endless time... Oh?", He said, sounding somewhat surprised as he materialised a shadowy right arm from where his right shoulder would be like disturbed flickering flames and brought it up to my face... Dammit... If only I could move! His-His hand is so cold! Ah! Get your hand off my face! "That's strange. Staring deeply into your right eye, I can see gears. White outlined gears. Haha. And in your left, I see nothing but blood". Don't mess with me! What gears do you see in me?! What blood?! Argh
"Are you getting angry, Frost? Do you not get it?", He asked me... Don't get what? Argh! To keep me at bay... In this form... Argh! I can't stand it! I feel more than just exposed! "Unfreeze time. Make those gears move. I know you can. If you don't do it under ten seconds", He said, pausing slightly as I felt his thumb brush against my damp lips... H-HEY! Argh! Let me go! T-There's no way I'm going to- No! Impossible! "I'll have you for breakfast"...
T-Ten seconds. Just ten seconds to unfreeze- H-How?! Ack... He's asking for the impossible! I can't unfreeze time!
"That's right. I forgot to give you", He said as he materialised his left arm right before my widened, horrified eyes that was filled to the brim with fear and anxiety... W...What's that... What is he holding in his hand? "This!"... Before I could even react to his swift movements, a deep, burning sensation erupted from deep within the left of my chest where a hole was breached... AHHHHHHH! I-I-I'm going to go insane! He's putting the thing inside of me! It hurts!
Tears immediately began to pour out of my widened, light red and light blue eyes as blood poured out of me and drenched my black attire entirely... My pants slipped off, revealing just the bottom of my black boxers which were tilted slightly to the right... I felt my blood trickle down my thighs, inducing a strange feeling that made my face turn slightly red as my entire mind screamed in pain... I-I can't! It hurts! My heart! Ah! Don't touch- AAAAHHHHHH!... My ribs snapped under the sheer force of the light blue, hard, spherical object pressing down against it... They impaled various organs around my body, including my lungs which strained me of air and caused black spots to invade my vision... I'm... Going to die!
"Just like your eye, I'm going to replace your heart, Maiden of Time", He said before a surge of pain struck me as if a nuke had been set off within my heart... And without any warning, my body ceased to function... Nothing but blackness... It's so cold... But within the cold darkness, I heard his voice one final time...
"As much as you hate to kill, you can't help but to unleash it"... That's... So true...
Sino's POV
The way Syringe sliced those bullets in the air said it all. No matter what excuse he has, that's Frost. Heck, that's even his technique! They live in dorm four huh... I might pay them a visit. But first, I need to go check out on Shora... Hehe. I want to show him how much I've improved.
I lay prone on the soft, lively green grass of the field, holding tightly onto my light green, oversized sniper rifle that rested easily on it's integrated bipod. The sun was just beginning to rise up over the mountainous peaks from my right, making me smile as I tilted my head towards the right
and closed my left eye, staring down into the long scope that sat above my weapon. Silent was everything. Not even a stroke of air managed to make noise. Through the lens of the scope, I could see just the tip of a small bottle of coca cola sitting on a wooden picnic bench. Child's play. I don't even have to hold my breath. It was one mile away, nothing too hard. An easy shot to begin the day!
Swiftly aligning my jet black cross-hair just slightly above the head of the bottle, I smiled and pulled down the mechanical trigger which immediately initiated a combustion reaction within the chamber of my weapon. I pushed my right shoulder forward, fighting back the gentle recoil as the loud, unparalleled explosive noise ejected from the barrel with the lead bullet that hit my target perfectly. The bottle went flying back behind the bench, getting me to take in a deep breath of air as I opened both my eyes and looked over my gun. Grey, toxic smoke funnelled out horizontally from the muzzle break before slowly drifting upwards to space. Hmhm! What else can I shoot? Oh! Is that Chaos? Hehe. I'll shot a bullet just past her ears to scare her.
I looked back down through my scope and bit the bottom of my lip, pulling the cross-hair just above her head where her amazing, fury, cat-like ears resided looking as harmless as ever. Haha! She's so adorable! I wonder what her reaction will be!
Steadily, I followed her perfectly, smiling all the way with my right index finger gently stroking the mechanical trigger which felt as smooth as ice... Then I managed to see someone's hand appear just at the right edge of my scope, immediately causing me to flick the cross-hair onto whoever it was... I blinked, grinding my white teeth together and gulped, knowing exactly who it was.
The person who walked behind Chaos, was non other than a girl who looked incredibly familiar... Bingo. He had light red eyes and light blue ones that seemed to have some sort of illusion effect. It was like... There were gears moving within her right eye and blood rushing in her left. She wore some strange clothing. Or should I say, the exact same ones Syringe wore before he left the other night... That's him. Definitely... Haha!
I held the cross-hair right at her head, a little higher to where her ears would be if she was a HUMAN. Syringe, I know exactly who you are. Frost Richtofen... Once I shoot, I bet she'll pull out her sword and slice my bullet before it hits her. I know she can... So that's why... I'm going to shoot her head!
I hope you're ready Frost. No, I know you're ready. That smile on your face is just a cover up. You know I'm here... And now! EAT THIS!
As hard as I could, I pulled the trigger with a smile plastered across my face, fighting back the recoil as the bullet ejected out from the barrel and hurdled straight towards Frost. Haha! She's going to pull out her sword right... NOW!-
My smile dropped suddenly and my eyes both widened in pure horror to what just happened... She... Didn't... Pull her sword out?... She didn't even react to the bullet? The noise?...
The bullet... Entered her skull and exited it... Cleanly. Her body immediately collapsed to the right, dead... I-What... N-No way... She... Died... I was completely lost for words and my mental state began to drop dramatically as my eyes began to swell in tears...
"FROST?!", I heard Chaos scream out at the top of her lungs as I let to of my gun and slammed both my hands against the grass, grasping onto it in between my fingers in anger and guilt... I'm... A murderer. I killed... One of my closest friends... How... No! I-I need to go to Chaos! I need to apologise for the rest of my life in front of her! I... Can't atone for this sin! "W-WHAT?!", I hear Chaos scream out in pure utter shock, causing me to flinch and fiddle with my gun before I looked through the scope one final time... My jaw dropped... Déjà vu... No way...
What I saw, was Frost... And she was standing up... Looking like nothing had happened to her... It's... Like before... She stabbed herself through the skull and survived. Let alone took more than three hundred bullets and still stood as if they were nothing... I can't believe it...