Chapter 2
There was nothing…silence, an uncomfortable dreadful silence that echoed through the room. The viewers staring at the screen as everything faded into black. Each one was shaking as they tried to regain their composure.
Even the sword saint himself was prone to vibrant quivers as he held his mistress closer to him as he could only grind his teeth together. "So, useless…" He whispered those words as he felt his eyes sting with tears, to call Subaru a friend…how foolish.
Julius's hands trembled as he formed two steady fists. Jamming them into his pocket so his lady would not see but there were significant jerks in his body as the horrible monster would appear in the depths of his mind.
"Garf, are you okay?" Otto spoke to the young warrior as he peered at Garf. His eyes simply trained to his kneecaps. Otto, simply placing a hand on his shoulders as the boy began to quiver, and a faint sob echoed through the theater.
"It's all my fault, capn…he!" Garf quivered until Otto brought him into a hug, holding him tighter as Garfiels sobs echoed around the pair. Otto and Frederica's eyes locked onto the other as she mouthed the words 'thank you' to the merchant boy.
In Frederica's arms she was already tending to another person. A little maid that was simply decorating her dark black outfit in tears as she struggled to remove herself from her senior's grasp.
Petra wailed for everything…for the prior deaths, for the suffering that her hero had to endure as he so desperately fought against fate himself. Now, this!
How much longer does Subaru have to steep in darkness, to confront these impossible odds until he reaches his happy ending. The blond maid looked into her junior's eyes and gave her a massive hug as Petra began to feel a ting of warmth.
"Why…" She spoke so quietly like a mouse as she struggled to speak, spit and snot flying out of her mouth after every word. "Subaru, he is a good person…why is he forced to go through this?"
Frederica could only glance down as they both held the other eyes. "Petra, Subaru is an amazing person. To keep on moving forward, and even after all these horrible things that have happened to him, he was able to smile."
Frederica's remembered the monster…it's talons slicing through the man cleanly as Subaru narrowly escaped with his life. It's disgusting skin, it's intestines brutally sprawled out as the creature formed disgusting miniature hands to try and catch its prey.
She took a deep breath as she placed the memory into the back of her mind. She knew she had to be a good senior to her junior now.
"Crusch…forgive me, for my display of cowardice…" Wilhelm spoke with a sturdy bow as he leaned down to his mistress. "For…"
"Wilhelm, you were not a coward for realizing that something was horribly wrong." Crusch spoke as she tried to form a reassuring smile, to only be left with an exhausted expression. "It's been rough on everyone…"
Wilhelm, his body slouched as his palm went to his forehead. His eyes locking on the nasty eyed boy which he loved as a second son. He collapsed into his chair as he struggled to make eye contact with him again. "I don't want to lose…any of my family, ever again. That includes you, Subaru."
The old man finished the last word with a smile. A promise blooming in his heart to take Subaru under his wing as an apprentice or even just as family.
Anastasia and her camp were surrounded outside of the rest of the other camps. They were the only ones that purposefully choose to stay away.
Mimi and Tivey both held Ricardo's hand. Mimi on the left, while Tivey on the right. He stared down at the silent children as he struggled with what to do. 'Should I talk to them about what they saw?' he thought as he peered down once again, he nodded his head, but he saw them.
Shaking, like a wooden house in the rough storm. Instead, he picked them up and pressed them both against his chest in a messy hug. They did not resist as they felt safer closer to Ricardo.
Anastasia scanned the group. "How do you think those machines Natsuki wore worked?" She spoke as she observed the members of her camp. Their eyes widening in shock. Mimi, Tivey, Ricardo and Julius as they listened closer to what their camp leader was speaking about.
"It must be some hard material, but it looked foreign…if Al did not know where it came from then there is a good chance that it could also be a material that could be found here."
Julius's eyes opened in shock. His hands were still quaking underneath his pockets as he stared at his mistress.
"Miss Anastasia, why do you care about this…Subaru's comrades were both slaughtered by monsters, and Subaru narrowly escaped with his life."
Julius words reached her, but they were quickly smothered by her greed. He could see that faint look in her eyes. That uncompromising gaze as Julius simply sighed.
"Disgusting…" Priscilla uttered out. Her hand shaking with the fan as she rested it neatly on the chair next to her side. She breathed in and out as she struggled to keep calm. She didn't care enough for the boy to care about his wellbeing but seeing him struggle was entertaining to say the least.
Those monsters…the goddess herself could only scowl as her eyes slammed into the dark screen. Al, his helmet hiding his expression as his body shook.
Not from fear or sadness…but from the horrible wraith that was building in his core. His helmeted face covered his anger as he struggled to remain cool.
Another person like him…stolen from there world, stolen from there life without a choice and tossed into his counterfeit world. Losing his hand, and he himself held memories of suffering from this new and cruel world, not as bad as Subaru but still traumatic. Now, even realizing that many years may of have passed after the years he spent here.
There was a comradery that they both shared, a pain that two people who lost their prior life can only understand. Now, he was forced to watch this one suffer…it was not enough in this world but in their old world too.
Roswell could simply smile as he stared at the screen. Wondering how far Subaru would go to save his comrades and if this would lead to the journey that would kick start his adventure.
"The hell are you smiling about."
Roswell turned his head as he stared at the helmeted man to his left side. The man's anger apparent in his voice as Roswell could feel the anger rolling from him in strands of vibrant heat.
Al cocked his helmet back as he stared at the clown. "You think this is funny, watching one of your own getting nearly killed. Knowing a sick fuck like yourself, you must really enjoy it…"
"Subaruuu is doing just fine." Roswell simply replied as the helmeted man continued to stare the clown down.
His teeth gnashed together as he took a seat next to his mistress. He was not a fool…he knew how powerful Roswell Mathars was and knew if he threw the first punch Roswell in this world would be able to execute him on the spot like killing a diseased dog.
So, he sighed as he sat down next to his master. His eyes cold and full of hatred as he focused steadily on the dark screen.
Beatrice, her contractors chin on her hair as she held his right hand. "Betty, wants you to know that she is happy you are safe."
She smiled to the boy with a wonderful gleam, only for the nasty eyed boy to remain emotionless and quiet, drowned down into an endless sleep.
Rem was still cradling Subaru's other hand. Her thoughts going into overdrive…of the monster, of Subaru's strange past, and finally the women he was married to.
"Rem, we must speak Subaru about what happened before." She sighed as she smiled to the boy. "I can be the third but as long as I have you, I can do anything and will be forever happy."
A faint tear rolled down her face as she pressed her forehead along his shoulder. Her eyes tired as she frantically stared.
Emilia was different. Her thoughts around this woman. 'Is she still alive, what happened to her, why did Subaru never tell me?' She knew that there were pressing issues now, but Subaru…he was her Subaru, not anyone else.
She could not understand these strange feelings…this envy that she felt to this Nicole. She shook the thought out of her head as she could only wait and see.
Alright Settle down
The screen sparked back to life. Subaru's shadowed body was highlighted inside of the dark elevator, the broken white lights flickered on and off, and as the decent quickened the only light was the pulsating cyan of Subaru's armor and helmet.
"Big bro…why!" Felt shouted towards the screen. Her eyes locked onto the boy that she called her brother. "He is a good person, why must he go through this?"
Reinhard could only stare down…cursing himself for being so useless. Not just for letting him die, but for not being there for him. Letting his best friend struggle the moment he was summoned here into this world.
"Worthless." Reinhard spat out as he could only look in suspense as his so-called friend could only suffer. All he could ever do was sit and be oblivious to the lives he failed to save.
His breathing radiated through the massive speakers, heavy breathing that was so heavy that it could drown out the fear of everyone in the room. His body shook, his dread eminent as he struggled to move. The elevator opened wide, the horrific screeching echoing through the dark halls as Subaru hesitantly got up. Subaru, his breathing slightly calming back down as he made his way through the hall.
Mimi and Tivey both shook in Ricardo's hands. Pressing themselves next to the massive Demi human as all they could do was stand in silence.
"Miss Anastasia, may I have a word?" Julius spoke to his mistress.
Anastasia looked towards her knight, knowing by his facial expressions that something was wrong. It was unlike Julius to talk to her like this, so uncertain and so anxious.
He ran through his straight purple hair. "Miss Anastasia, when we were speaking about what we saw…you didn't mention Subaru. I was wondering if…"
"I didn't care for the boys suffering." She muttered out to her knight as he hesitantly scratched her head. "Julius, I am not an emotionless person…Natsuki's world is just interesting, and we need to learn all there is to it."
Julius let his hand go as he stared at his mistress. "I don't understand, then why didn't you not say anything?"
"Of course, it was horrifying but Julius we are seeing things from another world…things that Al had no idea existed. I feel horrible for the boy, but this is our only time to learn."
Julius nodded with his mistress statement. Glad to realize that she was not some emotionless psycho, but still slightly put off by what she was doing. This was meant to understand what Subaru went through, to understand why he acts the way he acts…this wasn't the time for inventions.
He sighed as he went back to staring at the screen. Shaking the thoughts from his head as he could only focus on what was ahead.
Subaru pressed his orange wrist to his helmet as he took a deep breath, his eyes observing the blood-stained walls and strange stains that decorated the halls of the Ishimura. "Hammond…"
"What is he doing?" Ram spoke up as she observed the boy speaking to his wrist. "Is barasu so frightened that he's speaking to his wrist?"
Subaru spoke towards his wrist. His voice echoing through the halls as he silently whispered once again the man's name. "Subaru!" The voice erupted from the wrist. "Me and Kendra are safe and are in the tram area. How about you?"
"What the heck is that?" Garf shouted as he pointed at his Capn wrist. "The voice came from that thing, a metia!"
Otto could only stare at the metia. His thoughts going into overdrive, if they had that for trading god knows how easy their lives would be.
"I suppose, it's something like Subaru's phone." Beatrice proudly spoke up, a smile over her lips. Though, as she danced across the screen, she saw her contractors frightened expression. The fear displayed in his eyes quickly silencing her smile.
Subaru's helmet glossed over his surroundings. "Most likely the very bottom of the ship, most likely the engineering tunnels…possibly near the fuel line?" Subaru spoke, his body slouched along the wall as the hallway lights flickered on and off.
For a second the area being pitched in complete darkness as he struggled to strain his eyes. "Subaru…" Kendra spoke as her voice erupted from near Hammond. "What the hell is even going on, can you reach us?"
Al's murmured as he observed the area around Subaru. "Damn, this tunnel system…no, a spaceship system, god knows how far it goes."
He strained the words out as he hoped that his brother could get out of this one. No, he knew that Natuski Subaru would get out of this one, he was a winner a true hero after all.
Subaru shook his head as he began moving. His mechanical boots clamping unsteadily as he forced himself down the hall. "I'm not sure but that area must be full of those things, damn. We were ambushed, weren't we?"
Wilhelm cringed at the word Subaru used. "Ambush…more like a slaughter." He whispered to himself, the memories of those two men getting butchered alive resurfacing in his mind, the horrible memories of the monsters still ingrained inside of his head.
Hammond nodded his head at Subaru's statement as he leaned closer to the screen. "Yes, Subaru but that is the least of our problems…when me and Chen fired something happened."
"Happened…" Subaru repeated the same word as he hesitantly stared at Hammond.
"Yes, Subaru hold onto a weapon I mean it. These bastards don't go down, me and Chen fired at there head and the..y…didn…"
"What was that?" Crusch spoke as her eyes trailed the viewers that began to look towards her. "Subaru's metia just stopped…"
Al's bare hand slammed into the chair. So loud that all the eyes were trained on him, so hard that the chair even split in two. "Now he doesn't have anyone else to call for help…" He sneered as he forced himself back into the seat with his mistress.
Fear…working its way through the crowd as the rest could only watch with hopeful expressions that their friend would make it through this nightmare.
Hammonds voice completely broke down as Subaru stopped. His left hand quickly pressing buttons all over the suit to fix the connection. His hand frantically pressing along the buttons, nearly slamming his fist into them until…
The lights firmly shut off with a rapid zip. The room becoming fully in view as Subaru's blue visor was the only illumination.
Petra's eyes tracked the screen as she hid herself deeper into Frederica's embrace. "I don't want to see him…I don't want to see him…"
She repeated those words as Frederica took a knee and pushed her to her chest. Petra's quivering form slowly stopping as Frederica broke off from her, both hands going towards her shoulder.
"Subaru, he is going to be fine…" She murmured to her.
Petra shook her head as more tears fell. "No, he will suffer and die again…please, I can't I don't want to see this again!"
"Petra, this is Subaru's past before he was summoned. Think about it, he won't die, and he will escape." The young maid resonated with those words as for a second her tears stopped falling, Frederica's porcelain fingers wiping away her tears. "Sure, it may be dark right now, but Subaru always finds a way…he won't die."
"Hammond…Kendra." Subaru murmured, his breathing echoing through the halls as his body shook, fear spreading throughout every pore of Subaru's body as he struggled to walk another step. His hands reluctantly trained along the dark steel of the wall, his helmet and armor making him stick out like a sore thumb.
"Subaru, the boy is so afraid…" Wilhelm spoke as he clamped both of his hands together. Trying to keep himself restrained. He did not want to watch his child die again, never again…he wanted Subaru to live a happy and long life.
He wanted Subaru to be the one to burry him, not the other way around. "Sissy, Subaru…will make it out just fine."
Ram nodded with her sister's words. "Barasu, the idiot…he always makes it out okay."
Her eyes locked to the scared boy on the screen. Her fears only increasing as he trudged down that strange dark hallway.
Subaru withdrew his arm as he saw something in the distance. His eyes locking in front of him as he struggled to push past the objects blocking him in his way. His left hand going to his right hand as he clutched onto it. "I will…find you, Nicole." He spoke, his words full of conviction as he was about to enter the light.
Emilia could feel the stairs searing into the back of her head as all she could do was hold onto Subaru's hand. She felt like a fool, for being naïve enough that she believed Subaru did not have someone before her. She loved Subaru, but she hated this feeling of sharing this love.
A faint hand went across her own free hand as she stared at the spirit. "Betty does not know what happened back then, but her contractor chooses you…remember that."
The words rung in Emilia's head as Beatrice went back to watching. Though, Emilia went back to staring at the screen. A faint smile over her lips, her thoughts reinforced of her Subaru that cared for her so deeply.
Though, she wondered about this Nicole and what happened between her and Subaru. "No, I will know the full story soon…"
The camara changed positioning. Showcasing the room full of light. It was not a pleasant light but one full of a disgusting orange palette that brightly shone on the floor. Darkness surrounding the area as Subaru's hands went to his mask.
He disengaged the mask as he took a knee. His mouth opening as disgusting green bile pulled through it. Subaru, his gaze locking onto the room.
There mouths were opened but they could not say anything. The children in the room having their eyes quickly shut as they were blinded from the horrible sights that the screen shown to them.
Inside of the room held corpses. Bodies…stacked on top of one another like a mountain, stacked like a little infant trying to build their own makeshift shabby castle.
"Sickening." The goddess herself simply muttered as she stared at the mountains of corpses. Her beautiful red eyes examined the vicinity, only for her to cast her eyes away at the sight.
Al's own eyes gazed at the screen. "This doesn't make sense…"
"Oi, what do you mean…these monsters killing all these innocents. They luckily mineself wasen't there to…"
Al shook his head dismissing the boy. "No, these people were not all killed here. Some have been dragged down here."
Anastasia grimaced at the ugly sight. Seeing the corpses of the many men and women who were violently butchered. "So, you're saying these monsters have intelligence?"
Al shook his head as he climbed back into his seat. "I am not saying that but maybe these things aren't just monsters."
Subaru, his hands going to his side as he moved forward. The crunching of his boots along the hands of the corpses, his eyes trained over their bodies as Subaru could only try and not look. His uneven breathing echoing in the screen, in and out is rattled like an iron cage as Subaru struggled.
"Rem's hero…is so afraid." Rem gasped as she dug herself deeper into her Subaru. Holding him tighter as she hoped she could comfort him enough, it seemed write after everything. "Rem, will forever stay by your side."
Crusch stared at the pair. "No wonder you were able to go through all that stuff after being summoned…" She could only sigh as she moved a strand of green hair from her face. "You already went through hell."
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"What the fuck was that!" Ricardo shouted out loud.
Many in the viewings hearing those three quick words. "Yeah, what was that…I heard it too." Otto spoke as he nodded in encouragement with Ricardo.
Frederica lifted her gaze from the little maid to the screen. "Make us whole, what does that mean?"
She stared to Beatrice, but she was stumped, and Al also shook his head in confusion. Both clueless about this strange term from another world.
Subaru's eyes scanned quickly around him. His body throwing himself around as he tried to observe all angels as he tried to find the source of the voice. His breathing etched like a knife as he grunted from the strange sound.
"Damn…must be hearing things." He spoke as a forceful laugh erupted from his chest.
"No…he is not hallucinating. We all heard it too!" Felt spoke to Reinhard. The viewers even Priscilla both nodded with her statement as their eyes went back to the screen.
He forced himself down the rest of the way. He strained his eyes. Dark goop, piled with the rest of the bodies as it tried to consume them, covering all over them as he struggled to move past the sludge.
There were a couple of wretches, mostly from Felix the healer. Seeing human bodies thrown around like this, disregarded disgusted him in such a way he did not even understand.
Subaru stopped moving, the camara panning down as his body shook. His eyes glancing down as his helmet face looked…
Subaru's mechanical foot was implanted bowels of a corpse. The body was hollow and looked cold, the man's once lively eyes now replaced with steel grey irises. Subaru lifted up his foot, his brown boot bringing up the man's intestines neatly wrapped along Subaru's lower calf.
Felix's mouth unhooked as yellowish bile came free from his mouth. Julius, his body leaping away from his companion to avoid the boy's onslaught of throw up.
Garf swiftly closed his eyes and turned away from the scene. Otto felt sick himself and followed in his best friend's movements.
"For the dragon…" Reinhart muttered as he grabbed his mistress and spun her around to avoid the sight. Felt, not giving any resistance as she was already trembling from the very sight of the corpses.
His body shook…then erratically began to spin. Until Subaru shot himself from the mound as he threw himself into the empty hallway. A scream echoing from his helmet as he took a deep brath, his eyes stung from the heat of the corpses, his stomach hurt from nearly throwing up again, and his throat was sore from screaming.
Emilia was happy to say the least. Her Subaru was finally out of that horrible room. Though…
"Subaru you fucking idiot!" Al cried from the top of his lungs.
"Subaru what are you doing!" Wilhelm screamed, his hand swiping through the air as he so desperately pleaded for the boy.
Ram cocked her head as she shouted at the screen. "Barasu run!
"What's going on?" Emilia spoke, only to see Rem's glassy eyes. Then she realized what just happened, the stress of all the situations.
The stress of not being able to find this Nicole that Subaru was with, the fear of the monsters and this horrible situation, and the pressure of this. Subaru made the worst mistake. He panicked…and screamed in fear and horror of what just happened.
Subaru lifted his eyes. His hands on both of his knees as he struggled to get up. Until his ears perked up. Hearing the echo of his scream being carried throughout the ship.
Garf's eyes began to water as he heard his Capns screams, how they echoed throughout the ship. "Capn, don't stand there. Please run!"
The scene of the monsters breaking through the vents replayed.
"Subaru, get out of there!" Petra spoke as she struggled in Frederica's grasp, her fear overriding her as she desperately pleaded for her hero to escape and to just run away.
Ricardo already knew what was going to come. So, he wrapped his hands around the twins and covered their eyes. He shut his own a second later…he did not want to see this.
"Oh shit." Subaru spoke out those words, the rough banging of the vents coming to his left as his helmeted face peered to the side. "There using the vents…"
"Subaru…" Crusch repeated the boy's name. Her hands going along her mouth as she recognized how much of a bad situation this was.
Subaru, his mechanical boots breaking off into a run as a resounding echo was heard. In a span of a second the monster's blades ripped through the plates off the vent as it thrown itself towards the floor.
Petra wailed as her hands fell to her side. The scene of the monster once again causing her to take shelter in her senior's arms.
Garf and Otto took a step away from the screen in fear that the monster would simply break free from the screen and head after them next.
Julius's shaky hands went to his blade. Though, he glanced down…scoffing at how much of a coward he was for getting scared at a screen, while Subaru was fighting against the real deal.
It's blades casted sparks as it lit up the dark hallway, it's clear white irises staring daggers at the nasty eyed boy. Its clothes were ripped to shreds as its jaw hung wide and detached, it's small chest hands grasping for anything in reach.
Subaru bolted down the hallway his boots clamping down on the harsh iron floor, nearly slipping on the strange fluids that decorated the halls. The monster paced onto Subaru its arms gripping his back as the beast began to toss him through the air.
"Subaru!" Emilia cried out as she felt the sting of her tears well up inside of her. Dropping onto the arms of her sleeping knight as she reached her hand out to the screen.
Subaru arched his back as his left hand gripped the beast palm, struggling with the other as he was lifted. Subaru, his legs flail crazily as he struggled against the beast grip.
Its hulking form was about to throw Subaru, though Subaru was quicker…his bare mechanical boot winded up a powerful kick. His foot smashed along the monster's face, separating its already broken jaw from its head as it released Subaru.
"Oi, get that bastard captain!" Garf roared as he threw his hand up to cheer his captain on.
Ram threw her hand up matching Garf. "Damn it Barasu. Kill that monster!"
Julius followed suite as they began to chant. "Fight" or even "Kick it's ass" as Subaru's kick inspired them all, that one simple act of defiance showing them that yes, these monsters are scary but Subaru's expertise were located with killing monsters.
Subaru was now on the advance. The creature on the floor trying to flip itself back up like a turtle on its shell, through Subaru was quicker. His right foot slammed into the monster. A roar coming from the nasty eyed boy as his foot crashed into the freak.
The disgusting squelch of the monster vibrated from the beast as the viewers covered their ears. Garf, a murderous look in his eye as he stared down the beast as his captain slammed his foot into it.
"Yeah, get them capn!"
Felt followed the young warrior with a nod as she closed her eyes. "Get that monster big bro!" She felt her throat began to break as she screamed out the final words. "You always win, we believe in you!"
Again…again…again Subaru continued. His mechanical boot stomping along the monster. Gut wrenching sounds of blood sloping and bone breaking echoed as Subaru's heavy breathing rattled under his metal mask.
The monster…did not have a head anymore. Its brain was mushed, and its once white skull was now a dark black as bone fragments decorated the floor.
(Subaru only destroyed the head, for you dead space fans you know what this means!)
The viewers held no pity for the monster that brutally slaughtered all those lives beforehand and were after there friend. Justice, not just for them but also for Subaru as he fought against those bastards.
"Capn, he killed that son of a bitch…you saw it all!" Garf spoke triumphant, his feet going on top of his chair. "My capn is the greatest man there ever was, stomped that bastard till he was simply mush!"
Otto, he could not help but smile at his brother's victory. He stared down at Subaru, a smile brightening. "Maybe…I though too less of you before. You can win and defeat them, you'll find her."
Julius's felt a sudden weight get taken off his shoulders. His comrade, Subaru…did the unthinkable. He killed a horrific monster with his bare feet alone. "You really are something, Subaru." Though he ended the words with a scoff, a grin was spread across his face.
Petra's tears were cleaned off as she stared at the remains of the monster. Her eyes located on it as she could only look down on it right now. Before, she was terrified of it but after seeing how her hero decimated the monster.
She tightened her fist. "I'll be strong, don't worry."
Frederica's hands went along her junior's shoulders as she tightened her grip into another hug. "Frederica…"
"Sorry, Petra. But you looked so cute right there." Frederica spoke as she ruffled the young girl's orange hair.
Beatrice could not help but smile. "For you all that disregarded Betty's contractor, I suppose you are eating your own words now!" She spoke with her pride in her voice, resting Subaru's hand on her hand as she felt so proud for the boy.
A certain old swordsman was looking down at them all, but mostly at a certain dark-haired boy with a smirk. "You truly made me proud, Subaru. No…" Wilhelm shook his head as he felt a tear well up down his eye. "Son…"
Crusch watched silently at the exchange as her eyes went to the screen. Priscilla, still unfazed but now happily entertained as she stared at the nasty eyed boy. Al, following suite as underneath that helmet, he was smiling. "You fought and won."
Subaru, his body heaved as he forced himself down the hall. His eyes focused as he unclicked his helmet and pressed his wrist to his mouth. "Hammond, Kendra…"
Subaru threw his helmet off as he kept on walking. His hair clouding his eyes as he struggled to take another step. His black hair fell in clumps over his nasty eyes. "Subaru!" Hammond's voice erupted into his ear.
They realized it as Subaru came into view. His eyes…bloodshot and tracking the area. He was not okay or soaking in the victory of the kill. He was scared and extremely paranoid. That feeling of dread washed over them like a tsunami.
"Hammond…what's going on!" Subaru frantically spoke, his eyes bloodshot as he frantically began moving through the halls. Hammond was quiet for a second. With a deep breath he began speaking. "Subaru, you have to get to the tram…we must head to the bridge."
"The bridge?" Anastasia asked as she gazed at the spirit.
"It's a part of a ship where everything is taken care of. Records and the operation of the ship happens there, but why…"
The one who spoke those words surprisingly were Al, he gnashed his teeth together like a rabid dog as he glanced at Hammond. "Why the hell is that bastard still going for that mission!" He roared.
"FUCK THAT!" Subaru's voice erupted into a mighty growl. Hammond's voice stopping as Subaru's face scrunched up into one of rage. "I'm going after Nicole…"
"Subaru, but aren't they your…"
Al turned to the half elf. "They aren't his friends, there mission buddies or something along those lines…"
The crowd turned towards the half elf and Priscilla's knight. "Oi, listen buddy…" Garf was about to interject. "No…I won't stay silent. This was never a rescue mission; this is extremely shady and Subaru needs to get out of this death trap before he succumbs to the trap itself."
Crusch stared at the two. She knew her Subaru…the boy who defied fate itself and was willing to save everyone. Though, Crusch was not a fool and she realized how dangerous this mission was. Hell, Subaru did not even have a weapon yet and got extremely lucky.
"He's right Ms. Emilia." Emilia turned around seeing Ram in the back next to Roswell. "Barasu…Subaru, this isn't a situation to joke around about. He has no escape, and he can't take the chance of saving everyone on this doomed vessel, he has to focus on himself."
Ram's words were cold and unrelenting. Emilia, she wanted to believe her knight to save everyone, but she knew how that was just the idea of someone that didn't know any better.
"Subaru, you can't do that…we have a mission…"
"Fuck the mission, Hammond." Subaru grunted out the man's name as he slowed down his movement. His ears perking up at the littlest of sounds as he struggled to keep his composure. "Nicole, she's in danger and I need to find her. She's medical and if I can make it…"
The old man stared at Subaru. He knew what love was and he knew that this Nicole woman was very important to him, but this was not the time to defy your orders. They needed to have strength in numbers.
He sighed as he collapsed back into this seat.
"Subaru, I need you to relax right now!" Hammond ordered.
"No…we should of have left, I am going after her!"
Rem nodded with Subaru's statements. "Rem, will forever stand by your side…just tell me Subaru." She smirked as she ruffled through the boy's hair.
Priscilla stared on in interest. Before she mistook the boy for following the half elf due to being a slave to the love, he held for her. Though, now he was willing to defy orders to save the woman he loved in this past world.
"Huh…you truly are quite interesting." She mused as she hid behind her fan once again.
"You can't Subaru. We must head to the bridge to track her rig and then we will leave. For all you know Subaru, she could be in the damn cockpit."
Subaru wheezed as his teeth gnashed together like a rabid dog. His voice uneven as he simply scowled at his wrist. "Fine, I'll meet you guys at the tram."
There was a distinct sigh that rolled through the crowd. Though, everyone was universally glad that Subaru would be safe with two other people around him. A combat veteran who Wilhelm announced as being very skilled in weaponry, also someone who seemed smart like Kendra.
"Good, we ran into a couple of those things. Me and Kendra had to gun them down, tough bastards they are."
"Yeah, I killed one…who knew my rig was strong enough to break through skull."
"Yeah, Capn!" Garfiel triumphally roared as he threw his hand in the air. The others following his movements as they rejoiced how Subaru fought back against the monster.
Petra's own voice repeating Garfs words as Frederica tried to hush her and told her how un maid like it is to be that loud.
"Subaru, did you only destroy the head…" Hammond's voice was filled with uncertainty as he uttered the question.
"Bashed it into a pile of Muck, my capn did, yes he did!"
"Natsuki killed that monster singlehandedly with his boot!" Otto added on to the young warrior's statement.
"Guys…" Ricardo's voice came up. The twins still around his arms as he glanced at the screen.
Anastasia looked up at the demi human. "Yes?"
Ricardo's eyes widened as his mouth formed the question. "Why does Hammond sound so tense?" Their eyes opened wide as they realized the voice Hammond gave to Subaru.
Subaru simply smirked as he nodded his head. "Damn right, broke that bastards skull in…stopped moving."
The camara panned behind Subaru's head. A looming figure slowly getting up from the ground. It is blades scratching along the floor as it furiously created sparks. What remained of its head was now dried up, replaced with a horrific tissue of grey molting skin.
"Capn!" Garf cried out, tears beginning to leak as he realized the true danger that was being presented.
Felt hid behind Reinhard, her shaking form quivered behind the sword saint as the man could only plead to the gods that Subaru would realize it.
Petra nearly collapsed, believing that Subaru was strong enough to win and defeat these monsters. Only to realize that they were unstoppable and could not be killed.
"Subaru…" Emilia cried out, her eyes stinging from the fresh tears flowing down her face. The boy she loved, the one that sacrificed everything for her. "Please, live!"
Ram turned her head away. Her eyes closed as she could not bare to look at what that monster was going to do to Subaru. Frederica's arms wrapped around Petra, her body frozen and shaken as the monster only approached.
"Subaru, you have to destroy the limbs. Going after the head isn't enough!" Hammond cried out, but it was too late.
Subaru turned towards the looming monster. It's right blade slashing through the air. Subaru instinctively used his right hand to block the blow. The blade cleanly slashed through Subaru's right hand. Subaru's eyes focused on his nub. A vicious and disgusting scream radiated from Subaru. His left hand grasping along his nub as he visually cried in pain, spit and snot flying everywhere. "Please…" He cried out and begged to the monster.
Rem fell to her knees. Her eyes producing a mess of horrible tears as her legs refused to move. Spit flying from her mouth as her right hand pounded onto the floor.
Ricardo used his massive arms to bring the twins closer to him. Each time Subaru would scream from pain their small bodies would quiver in fear, Ricardo moving around them to protect them from the horrors.
Anastasia was huddled next to Julius. Her eyes stinging from her own tears flowing down her face. "This is so wrong." She simply uttered out as she struggled to move her body, but she was frozen.
Al's fist slammed into his chair. The chair reverberating Subaru's screams as Al could not take his brother suffering once again as he struggled to defy the odds. Priscilla felt something disgusting in her bowels as she kept on staring, the only one with a smile was the clown himself from ear to ear.
Felix could only watch, the monster ripping Subaru to shreds as he so desperately pleaded for mercy. Felix, grunted as he could not look anymore. Even as Subaru's bones snapped, and the stabbing continued the boy refused to open his eyes.
Though, it did not care as it used its blade to slam into Subaru. His chest and his lower abdomen like a Wood smith using a cutting saw to cut through the log of wood. Subaru's body flailed around. The monster cutting through his orange armor as it ripped it to shreds. His body repulsing as tears and spit began to fly. The monsters' blades ripped out his organs, cutting through his intestines like a butcher.
Julius could not hold it anymore. His body throwing him over as green bile came from his mouth. Decorating the floor that was in front of him. Tears streaming down as he cried for his uselessness.
"Please…stop!" Emilia cried out as Beatrice hugged her contractor tighter. There grips intertwined as they held Subaru closer.
Wilhelm's palm was in his face. Covering his eyes but he could still hear the boy's screams vibrate in his ears, sounds that will haunt him till the day that he dies.
Subaru's back…the glowing green light starting to diminish. Until there was nothing and a resounding sound increased. His body falling limp as he stared to his side. "Nicole…" He whispered to himself. His eyes becoming glassy and cold, Natsuki Subaru died.
The sound of people lurching forward and throwing up radiated throughout the room. The room now being thrown into the sticky hot sensation of throw up and tears as they struggled.
Petra was the worst one. Collapsed into the maid's arm as she cried out in pain for her hero. Nearly wetting herself in the process of watching him getting slaughtered.
Julius was still slumped over the chair. He got up wiping his hair as he gazed down at his gloved hands. Throw up decorating the once neat black gloves into disgusting mix of black and orange.
It Is Not Over Yet
The camara panned to the first room. A small creature making its way down the hallway as it glided towards the hall where Subaru died. Its body was a disgusting yellow. With each flap of it's wings the strange creature produced a horrific bone crunching crack within itself. It's muscles throbbed as it landed in the halls, standing still as it's body slightly leaned under it.
"Disgusting!" Felix shuddered at the strange creature. It's bodies visually repulsing as many of the other viewers followed him.
A sickening pinkish flesh protruded underneath it, from the way it looked it strangely resembled a human heart or lung. Bits of odd bone placements were located underneath it as it began to frantically drag itself down the halls.
It stopped in front of Subaru's body. His stomach was horrifically ripped open, his intestines were either reduced to mush to the point of being unidentifiable or were strewn around him. His bowel intestines hung limply to the side of his body.
His face was a mess. His scary brown eyes were surrounded with tears and splattered blood, his nose held drying snot…and his look of fear was frozen over his face.
"Subaru…" Emilia sobbed. Her hands going towards her beating heart as she tried to calm down. Crusch could only glance away, but her knight was in her hands sobbing his eyes out, but as he saw the creature approach…
The creature walked on top of Subaru, it's disgusting bony long fingers, elegantly traced along his shoulders as it brought the corpse of the young boy to the creatures front.
Garf's eyes were bloodshot from his crying. The young warriors pointed finger aimed at the monstrosity. "Get the hell away from my capn!" he growled in anger, Otto having to restrain him as he tried to throw himself towards the screen.
Reinhard could only watch. "What a friend, I can't do anything for him…useless, so slothful." He moaned as he collapsed into his chair. His mistress following him as he struggled to move.
It protruded a stinger of sorts, a piece resembling a human spine poked out from its front as the needle rested on Subaru's forehead. In the very next second, it was slammed deep inside of him.
His body began to tremble, shaking rapidly as the stinger only stabbed deeper into the boy. Subaru's eyes opened wide…His once brown eyes were now faded into an endless white nothingness as Subaru's body could only flail around.
Those eyes that Emilia loved so much…so scary but a warm brown warmth attached to them. "Why…what are they doing to my Subaru!"
Her voice went hoarse as the viewers could only stare at what the creature was doing to their friend. Frederica's body was frozen stiff as Petra peeped through her grasp. Her eyes opening wide as she saw it.
His back trembled and pulsated, his back breaking off into two rows of identical arms that held the blades of the prior monster.
"Oh, no…" Beatrice's eyes locked onto the screen. Those two words echoed throughout the silent room as she struggled to find anything else to say. Though, she was just frozen. Watching her contractor fight against those sick monsters and even gaining victory for a short time.
Now…he was. "Please, don't turn into one of them!" She cried out in fear.
His mouth opened. A horrifying ghoulish scream echoing throughout the halls as the monster's hold could only tighten along the boy. The skin on his cheeks falling showing his bare muscle, stripped away as bronze teeth lined up the openings.
Felix's body convulsed as he collapsed to the floor. His stomach getting the best of him as he threw up on the clean wooden floor. His body gasping for air as he saw the single handedly most disgusting thing in his life.
The two hands in the back shot free, both sprouting a torrent of blood. The sharp talons now striking at anything.
Rem's body collapsed, her heart beating rapidly as her hero was being turned into a monster. His handsome face echoed in her mind, her body jerking as tears fell down her face, snot flying into her mouth as the smell of throw up overpowered her senses.
His hands began to shake. Both now throbbing as dark black veins bulged from the orange armor. The blades…both freshly sharpened from bone shot free from the palm of his hand. The monster released Subaru, or what was left of him.
The monster…or rather Subaru. His body horrifically malformed as the camara panned closer to the boys face. His eyes staring down the camara as it began to pan away from him. Subaru, his bones creaked and cracked from each uncertain step.
Natsuki Subaru – Mutated Slasher Necromorph
Crusch held both of her ears closed. Her palms pressed against her ears as she tried to not hear the cracking of broken bones echo in her head.
Petra's body collapsed; her eyes sunken in as she fell to her knees.
His body revolting and horrific as his scary but once warm eyes were full of life…a palette of white oblivion now replaced them. Subaru, his jaw detached itself as it separated, his newly sharpened teeth with rows of dark pink tendrils protruding from out of his mouth.
His singular eye staring deeply into the camara. The monster began running towards it, and with a vibrant leap his talons tried to cut through, and there was only darkness.
Julius's eyes were still glued to the screen. His eyes focused on the dark screen still…unmoving even after Subaru's reanimated body tried to cut through it. His body felt sick and worn down, his hands going through his hair. He glanced down feeling something warm run down his forehead.
He glanced at his glove, seeing the remnants of throw up as he could only stare down at his blank hand. Tears threatening to overturn as the dam began to break.
Anastasia was huddled in her chair. Crying for the boy. She felt horrible for everything…the hell she forced the child into or even how while he was suffering, she was basically only watching so she could steal the ideas of his world. She was an evil and ugly person. As that thought uttered through her mind, how the hell could she even look at herself anymore.
Crusch's hand was on Felix's back. She was the one wearing the biggest mask…trying to keep calm and console everyone to the best of her ability, but after seeing…Her memories resurfaced, Subaru's body becoming horrifically malformed as he struggled to fight back against it. Her eyes closing hard to repress the tears.
Emilia and Beatrice huddled along the boy. Both having thoughts of inadequacy as they realized how Subaru was. How he was able to keep on pushing on in the hell of this world, he truly did know hell.
"I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!"
Otto's voice rang out as tears fell down his face. "I can't, I won't…" his tears fell as his hands went to his eyes. His body clumsily tripping over Julius throw up, Otto's green jacket and undershirt being doused in green bile.
Otto grimaced as his hands were completely covered as he steadily moved away. Tears for his best friend, and the memory of the monster haunting him…of what it did to their best friend.
Garf sat alone. His hands in his face as his sobbing echoed throughout the room. His capn, his brother was not only slaughtered but got his body hacked by that sick fucking monster.
The young warrior pressed his knees to his chest as he wrapped his arms around his body. "Damn it…"
Wilhelm was slouched over. Tears leaking from his eyes as he pressed himself near the closest wall to avoid the others seeing him. He cared for the boy and he could not understand why…how did it end up like this?
What did Subaru ever do to deserve this life full of pain and betrayal?
"Petra…" Frederica whispered into the orange haired girl's ear. Petra did not respond, her eyes trained solely on the screen, her arms were dropped as she refused to move an inch.
She picked the young girl up and held her across her chest. Her small body devoid of any warmth as she stared at Frederica, a cold unmoving stare as Frederica took her to the bathroom to get cleaned up. Though, she spotted her brother and silently promised to speak to him after she came back.
Ram was holding her sister to her chest. Ram's words were incomprehensible and devoid of basic sounds as she struggled against her sister's grasp. Emilia and Beatrice hugging and crying for the boy that suffers for everyone's sake.
Then there was nothing…We need to talk
Author Note
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Well I hope you guys enjoyed this one. I really liked writing necromorph Subaru! This one was over 8,000 words that is just insane to me and I hope you enjoy this extra long chapter. They will react more next chapter. I would greatly appreciate if you guys would follow the story so you will be updated on the next chapter, and also to leave a review!
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