Chapter 50...Well...That escalated quickly...This is some full length shit. And 200 reviews...The double century! I want to thank all of the readers who made this possible, way back from TLK MHV 1. This has been real fun, and thanks for all the feedback. The end of this story is near, and I'm doing my best to write a chapter every day now! Just like old times!

Scbenson2001: It's all good mate. I guess I'm sorry I lost it at a misunderstanding, as if a story is posted under a particular category, and uses elements from that category, it isn't plagiarism, so I'm sorry if you didn't know that. I didn't mean offense when I say the 11 year old thing, its just that my co-author and myself have had problems with 10/11 year olds on this site before. Glad to hear that actually like the story other than that chapter :) As for your question, its a surprise ;)

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CHAPTER 49. DEEP INTO THE HEART OF INSANITY

Kovu panted and sweated as he struggled against himself, against the side of him that told him it was over; the side that was brought on by the chemical E115. That was the side of him that taunted him in his mind and reminded him of all the failure and loss of the last few weeks, in the voice of the monster Friedrich Heckler. Each centimeter his hands moved closer to the ropes binding his feet, the more the discouragement, pain, fear and sorrow grew. I can't do it...NO! I can...make yourself do it.

Heckler was almost immune to his own toxin. How? He felt no fear. Why did he feel no fear? He was insane. The only way through the E115 intoxicated mind was insanity; to forget fear, and accept all the evils you do and that are done to you as simply part of yourself. For once, Kovu let go of his fear, and felt himself start to not care. Slowly, the hissing voices and visions started to cease, and Kovu found the strength to tear the ropes off his feet. Suddenly, it stopped. The voices, the pain, everything.

Kovu stood up and slowly walked over to Kiara, who didn't know what she was seeing. Kovu shouldn't have been able to do that, the psychological effects of the toxin were normally too great. Kiara's jaw shuddered as she watched her husband, the father of his child, and the only man she ever loved walk over to her menacingly, with a chaotic fire in his eyes. He looked crazy.

Kovu looked her over, before searching the room to find something to cut with. Eventually, he found a Leatherman utility knife and used it to slash off Kiara's tight bindings. Kiara rubbed her sore hands and looked into Kovu's solemn face.

"Thank you my love...How did you-" Kiara panted but was cut off.

"Insanity." Kovu replied abruptly before bursting into maniacal laughter.

Kiara's eyes opened wide in shock.

"You...you're just like him..." Kiara almost cried. This wasn't the man she fell in love with.

"NO! Never! I still and always will love you Kiara. Find my sister and Sergeant McKay, and then release them. I trust in you." Kovu replied and planted an unusually wet kiss on her cheek.

He then handed her the knife and left the room; to finish it all. Kovu found himself in a long corridor, with several doors and exits. He had no idea where to go, other than he knew wherever it was, it would only be deeper into the heart of insanity. The voices in his head started again, but not the E115 induced ones. They were the voices of the great kings, whispering to him eerily, guiding him.

Kovu seemed to be almost supernaturally drawn to a door at the end of the corridor. It seemed to glow for him, telling him where to go. Kovu trudged that way, hearing and seeing nothing other than what was being played out for him. He heard the voices, flashbacks and the thumping of his heart. The voices started chanting the same things he heard before in his sleep...

Hunt

Kill

Avenge

Free

Fuck

Eat

Stop

Steal

KILL HECKLER!

He wearily twisted the handle of the door, and entered another pitch-black room. It seemed to light up automatically for him, and he limped through it. His abnormal vision or 'insanity' seemed to highlight paper lying about the floor, and read aloud their words. He heard the words of evil, in planning for all that had happened. Kovu yelped in pain from just thinking about it and struggled onwards, with images of the past few days still flashing in front of his eyes. The voice of Simba played again to him

Believe my son, and one day, everything will be right.

Take my Desert Eagle pistol, the sword of the kings, and fight through the pain. It will only leave as weakness.

Find Doctor Friedrich Heckler, find my daughter your wife, find the weapon.

Serve Justice.

Remember, I will always be there to guide you, if you let me.

Kovu persisted on, and exited the dark room. He then entered another corridor, and again, the voices, the insanity; the belief guided the way for him. He took a left down the corridor, and started down another. This one older, more run down, and had cobwebs and bloodstains riddled across the walls and floors. It was also very dirty; looking like few had been there before. The door at the end glowed red; it seemed to pulsate, drawing Kovu towards it. I'm coming for you Heckler. COME ON! He moved forwards at an agonizingly slow rate, and again had to fight the E115 induced pain and fear with insanity.

He seemingly knocked down the door, and entered a dimly lit laboratory. Wind blew through the boarded up windows, making a chilling moaning sound. Kovu felt his heart sink when he entered the room. This was where it all began, way back in 2015. This was the heart of insanity. This was the lair of Friedrich Lukasz Heckler.

As Kovu slowly entered the room, the voices, the visions, and the guidance ceased. All he could feel was the uneasy haunting feeling the place brought, and fear. Natural fear. He slowly proceeded forward, and the wind slowly picked up, making the environment feel even colder. As Kovu walked, he heard voices, not like the ones from before, but like ones of ghosts replaying a scene.

"So what am I trialing doc?"

"Painkillers of the newest type."

"Really, what's in them?"

"That is my business. Now sit back."

*Pause*

"Wow. That was quick. It worked, can I leave now?"

"No. You volunteered for more than this I'm afraid."

"Wait, what? No...no...WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?"

"Yes...These are the results I wanted to see."

Shrill screams break out followed by Heckler's sadistic laugh.

"PLEASE... HELP ME! YOU'RE EVIL, DOCTOR! "

"No...Evil is only what you make of it, remember that for future."

Slowly, the screams fade away.

Kovu looked to his left and saw a medical observation table, stained by blood and some other liquid. He walked forward slowly to investigate, and found that that this was no ordinary medical office, it was a sealed off booth. Probably where Heckler tested his terrible drug on some poor soul while they were trapped like a rat in a box. There was blood writing all over the walls to prove this; telltale signs of E115 intoxication. Kovu saw the message FrEdDy iS a LiAr stained onto the tiled wall. That was how Heckler got to the final version of his toxin, by lying to people and testing it on them, slowly killing them horrifically.

Kovu continued to hear more and more flashbacks of innocent people being tortured by him, so he quickly walked away from the test booth so that he would hear no more. Most of the lab was run down, and looked like it hadn't been touched in years. But Kovu saw the signs of recent work there; fresh test tubes, bullets, papers and plans were splayed out all over the place.

This lab, was truly hell on earth. Kovu shook his head, before he was suddenly startled by a voice.

"Five minutes till Zero time." The female, digital voice announced. Kovu snapped his head up, and listened carefully.

He closed his eyes and focused, and eventually he began to hear a soft beeping, coming from the corner of the room. He slowly walked towards it, but heard another noise...

It broke the silence and Kovu spun around to see a tissue box fall onto the floor from a countertop behind him. Weird. Kovu looked around, but saw that he was still alone. There was nobody there but him. He felt like he wasn't alone though, as he knew that Heckler was still running around somewhere in the building, now that Kovu had destroyed his evac chopper. He could be anywhere.

Kovu composed himself and followed the beeping sound to a corner of the room, where a stack of boxes was covered with a grey tarpaulin. The beeping seemed to be coming from in there. Kovu lifted off the tarpaulin, and it knocked a picture frame into the ground, which shattered on impact. Kovu flinched at the sudden loud noise and checked behind him to see if anyone had heard. Nothing.

Kovu picked up the smashed frame, and found a picture of a much younger Heckler with another man, and they both held a certificate together. The caption read; Ivan Dimitrov and Friedrich Heckler, winners of the 2006 medical science exhibition. Kovu put the frame down and shook his head. So this was before he went bad.

He then completely removed the tarpaulin, and was met by the sight of the nuclear bomb. The one that was going to blow in under five minutes. the red digital counter on the outside of the box read: 00:04:38 Kovu took a deep breath and opened the brief case, revealing the E115 and plutonium tubes as well as the plutonium. There was also a series of wires and Kovu needed to figure out which to cut.

He closed his eyes, and felt around, waiting for guidance. Soon, he heard a long breath in his mind and his fingers seemed to wrap themselves around a blue wire. He opened his eyes, and didn't hesitate. He yanked it out with all the force he could. There we go, what next... A button then lit up, which had the word Deactivate written underneath it. Kovu smiled smugly and cracked his knuckles. Finally, it was over.

He raised his hand, about to push the button, when suddenly a shadow consumed him and the nuke; the shadow of a man behind him. The shadow had his fingers outstretched, and that was when Kovu saw the sight that he would forever associate with evil...The four-fingered right hand.

Then, panic swept over him and he tried to turn around, but it was too late. A cold needle plunged into his shoulder, and he fell to the floor...

Back in the city, earlier...

Servaas and Tojo watched in delight as the Delta-Shadow reinforcements were suddenly consumed by balls of fire, delivered by Corporal Lorenzo's fighter squadron. Nala and Lorenzo had made it, and it was just another bonus for the Pridelander cause. But it made Servaas wonder if Kovu had succeeded in his mission, otherwise all the blood and effort would have counted for nothing. Right now, he just needed to focus on defeating Delta-Shadow.

Servaas watched the survivors from the air strike slowly get to their feet and crawl away from the fight. Not on my watch, cowards. Servaas thought and stood in front of his civilian army again, and they became silent immediately when he turned to face them. He had led by example, and fought braver than anyone there, so they would listen to him.

"WE HAVE RAINED FIRE! NOW FOR STEP FOUR!"

"UNLEASH THE HORDE!" The crowd cried in unison and pumped fists and weapons into the air.

"DO WHAT MUST BE DONE! SHOW NO MERCY!" Servaas screamed as the crowd rushed past him, towards the stricken Delta-Shadow survivors.

Servaas limped with them, and watched his people destroy what was left of the 'dopes'. They crowded around survivors in a completely unorganized and vicious manner, beating them to death. Servaas just watched as the Pridelands for once, worked and fought as one body. No guns were required, just the will to win.

Soon, the horde had finished the last of them. The enraged citizens composed themselves and awaited their next instruction. Servaas pulled himself on top of a piece of wreckage so that he could be seen and heard by all. They had made it to the city, ascended to the capital, rained fire and unleashed their horde. Now it was time to chase them until they could run no more.

"STEP FIVE?"

"CHASE THEM UNTIL THEY MEET THEIR END!"

Servaas nodded and pointed forward again. Down the main road a few hundred meters, more Delta-Shadow troops turned up. Full combat squads, ATVs, gun trucks and much more. They were no match.

"CHARGE!" Tojo screamed and sprinted forward, and the other thousands of people followed his lead, running suicidally at the assault force.

The sight of thousands of armed, crazed civilians was one to behold, and Delta-Shadow slammed on the brakes of their vehicles, before starting to reverse backwards. The people only quickened their pace. They reversed back around a corner, but were stopped again.

Delta-Shadow found themselves staring down the barrels of hundreds of Pridelander soldiers' guns. It was Lt. Tyler's unit, with all their Humvees, and other vehicles. They had been flanked again. For the first time, the Pridelands used all of its chess pieces to perfection.

"Surprise Dopes!" Tyler cried out, and closed his fingers to form a fist.

"OPEN FIRE!"

BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BANG!

The machine gunners opened fire, and butchered many Delta-Shadow troops, who stood no chance against the combat veterans of Afghanistan. They reversed whatever intact vehicles they had, and found themselves retreating into East Side, where they were blocked. Blocked by their own forces. It was the entire Delta-Shadow ground force, sent to counter the growing Pridelander threat. But they were the world of hurt now...

They turned back and fled, leaving the Prideland Army in their wake. The surviving Delta-Shadow soldiers panted and got their breath back.

"Where do we go now?" One panicked soldier cried out.

"North!" Another man replied.

They headed on in that direction before they started to hear things that spelt doom for them, the sound of many, many motors, and AC/DC. It was Kopa and the Cavalry.


How was it? I would say the story is resolved in the next two chapters, but I have one final surprise after that :O Let's see some reviews!

This has been JJZ-109, and as always...Have a nice day.