Chapter 28: Apocalypse Please

A/N: Last update for the day, lol, four of four. Very short, but very pointed. Enjoy. Review, please:D

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Slowly, Richard Ashford opened his eyes and was born into a world of pain. Every muscle seemed to wail in agony and despair as he fought for the strength to move.

After a moment, he realized that he was bound to an examination table.

After another moment, he realized that one of his arms was missing, and that from it protruded several sharp tentacles and one long, scorpion-like claw, black and cruel. The tentacles waved before his eyes, drenched with what he knew to be his own blood. His mouth opened in an agonized yowl of terror and confusion, and from the shadows, he saw a glimmer of metal. His mouth snapped shut, and as thick beads of sweat rolled down his face and into his eyes, he prepared to beg for his life.

A masked figure came forward from the shadows with a syringe, filled with a faintly luminescent green fluid.

Richard opened his mouth and began to scream again, and then the masked figure fell upon him.

There was a prick of a needle, and Richard knew no more.

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