Corridors of the Mind
by Shell Lee
The day had gone fairly well. No one had asked him about anything he couldn't answer. Mark couldn't believe what an interesting life this guy lead. Some strange things came up when he took a shower. No matter what he saw in the U.E.O. database he couldn't find just how this Tony guy had gotten out of prison. He could find how he got put in prison but not out. When he striped Tony's body down he found out. The guy had silts in his sides that looked a lot like gill silts on a fish. He must've made some kind of deal with the U.E.O. This guy was really smarter than he had realized.
Mark just looked in the mirror and shook Tony's head. That had to have hurt going in. It sure explained the captain asking him to clean the insides of the aqua tunnels.
Later in the day he washed up. Anyone going by would've thought that Tony had gone crazy. If that happened It'd just make everything easier. Let everyone think Piccolo had gone off the edge. Mark wanted a chat with his 'roommate'.
"You aren't going crazy," he could just feel the relief at that statement. This guy really was something. "You just have a killer in your head. Don't try to stop me. It wont work. Even though I'm controlling your body I still can influence others thoughts. That's how people haven't noticed your lack of accent yet. Get it?
"You have no idea how powerful I am. I am so powerful that after I'm done with you, no one'll believe you didn't kill him." He could feel the confusion turning into realization and disbelief. "Trust me. I get the money for the kill and you get even more jail time." Mark could almost see the question on Tony's face. Maybe he wasn't so smart after all. "Who you ask? I'll tell you who. James Brody, and he'll be dead by the end of the week.
"Why am I telling you this?" Mark asked the question again for Tony. "Let's just say 'premeditated murder.'"
***
Tony's mind was a whirl with thoughts. He was trying to get his brain around the thought of someone using him. Of someone inside his head. It explained some stuff. Ok, it explained everything that had happened today and some stuff that had happened last night. He knew that lady had been to easy to talk to.
God, the guy wanted to kill Brody. He couldn't let that happen. True they didn't really get along but that's no reason to want the guy dead. He had to do something to stop the guy. Tony wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't.
***
Mark was really hating himself for that little talk earlier. Piccolo had really started to fight him after that. This guy was something else. He seriously believed he could beat Girodey. They had just left the captain and Tony had gotten close to revealing Mark's plan.
'Now, here is where I start trying to kick Piccolo out of his own body.' True after Piccolo left his body the only thing keeping the body alive would be Girodey himself and after he left then the body would die but he had nothing against killing his unwilling accomplice. Nothing at all.
***
Tony felt something change. He wasn't quite sure what but something had changed. He felt his hold and small level of control over his body fade. He was being pushed out. Piccolo had no idea what to do. He had to do something before he left his body completely. So he did the first thing to come to mind.
He shut the door. He didn't know where the door led to or even what the door was made of but he shut it. After his heart had stopped pounding he took a look around. It was his jail cell.
He was torn between opening that door and possibly getting kicked out of his body or stay here where all the bad memories were. Eventually the need to be out of that cell won and Tony found himself back in his body with the killer. A vicious cycle had begun.
by Shell Lee
The day had gone fairly well. No one had asked him about anything he couldn't answer. Mark couldn't believe what an interesting life this guy lead. Some strange things came up when he took a shower. No matter what he saw in the U.E.O. database he couldn't find just how this Tony guy had gotten out of prison. He could find how he got put in prison but not out. When he striped Tony's body down he found out. The guy had silts in his sides that looked a lot like gill silts on a fish. He must've made some kind of deal with the U.E.O. This guy was really smarter than he had realized.
Mark just looked in the mirror and shook Tony's head. That had to have hurt going in. It sure explained the captain asking him to clean the insides of the aqua tunnels.
Later in the day he washed up. Anyone going by would've thought that Tony had gone crazy. If that happened It'd just make everything easier. Let everyone think Piccolo had gone off the edge. Mark wanted a chat with his 'roommate'.
"You aren't going crazy," he could just feel the relief at that statement. This guy really was something. "You just have a killer in your head. Don't try to stop me. It wont work. Even though I'm controlling your body I still can influence others thoughts. That's how people haven't noticed your lack of accent yet. Get it?
"You have no idea how powerful I am. I am so powerful that after I'm done with you, no one'll believe you didn't kill him." He could feel the confusion turning into realization and disbelief. "Trust me. I get the money for the kill and you get even more jail time." Mark could almost see the question on Tony's face. Maybe he wasn't so smart after all. "Who you ask? I'll tell you who. James Brody, and he'll be dead by the end of the week.
"Why am I telling you this?" Mark asked the question again for Tony. "Let's just say 'premeditated murder.'"
***
Tony's mind was a whirl with thoughts. He was trying to get his brain around the thought of someone using him. Of someone inside his head. It explained some stuff. Ok, it explained everything that had happened today and some stuff that had happened last night. He knew that lady had been to easy to talk to.
God, the guy wanted to kill Brody. He couldn't let that happen. True they didn't really get along but that's no reason to want the guy dead. He had to do something to stop the guy. Tony wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't.
***
Mark was really hating himself for that little talk earlier. Piccolo had really started to fight him after that. This guy was something else. He seriously believed he could beat Girodey. They had just left the captain and Tony had gotten close to revealing Mark's plan.
'Now, here is where I start trying to kick Piccolo out of his own body.' True after Piccolo left his body the only thing keeping the body alive would be Girodey himself and after he left then the body would die but he had nothing against killing his unwilling accomplice. Nothing at all.
***
Tony felt something change. He wasn't quite sure what but something had changed. He felt his hold and small level of control over his body fade. He was being pushed out. Piccolo had no idea what to do. He had to do something before he left his body completely. So he did the first thing to come to mind.
He shut the door. He didn't know where the door led to or even what the door was made of but he shut it. After his heart had stopped pounding he took a look around. It was his jail cell.
He was torn between opening that door and possibly getting kicked out of his body or stay here where all the bad memories were. Eventually the need to be out of that cell won and Tony found himself back in his body with the killer. A vicious cycle had begun.