Deep into the forest that surrounded Whisper Wind Falls, a man was waking up in a unfamiliar place. The man was unsure as to how he got here, the last thing he remembered was getting off of work. It was getting pretty late when he left so the streets were clear as he walked home in what he thought was a peaceful night. Midway home, he had the feeling he was being followed, he tried to speed up the pace in fear of being mugged by some deviant but instead he felt a large blunt object strike him in the back of the head and was knocked out.
After that he had slipped in and out of consciousness, during this time he saw a brief glimpse of being thrown into an old pickup truck, being carried through the woods and entering a log cabin. Then next thing he knew he was chained up to the wall with his feet hanging off the floor, in the basement of the log cabin he assumed.
Realizing the position he was in the man's heart began to race, he quickly looked around but as he did the more his stomach began to turn. He saw that he was not alone, there were other people with him some alive and the others dead. His eyes widened, looking at the dead bodies in the room, some lay on the floor while others were still chained onto the wall much like the man himself was currently. It was clear they had been killed, but that wasn't the right word, they were massacred.
The body's on the floors were spilling blood and the body's hanging on the wall were sliced open, so much so you could see their intestines hang out of the wound on there stomach. That wasn't the worst of it however. On a table in the far corner of the room had an assortment of strange tools the man has never seen before. Then on the table laid a woman, already dead with her arm hanging off the table and right above her corps were jars, of the woman's organs.
Try as he might the man couldn't hold down his lunch anymore. He threw up from where he hanged, he even ended by getting some on himself. It wasn't until after he was done when he realized everyone else who was still alive in the room looked at him frightened.
"You idiot!" An older man sitting down, chained to the floor said "Do you realize what you just did".
He did not, but he soon would and regret it. The only door connected to the room, doorknob began to giggle. Now everybody's eyes were glued to the door as they waited for the person to enter. Everyone except the man who had just puked knew what was coming next. The door opened and entered a very large bald man with a poorly groomed long ginger beard. He walked further into the room, dragging a huge mallet behind him. This was the man who had captured everybody in the room, there was no doubt in anyone's mind. He looked around at the surviving captives until his eyes landed on the man who had just thrown up all over himself.
Once he saw this his eyes went wide and now had a firm grip of his mallet "NO! NO! NO! YOU RUINED MY HAUL!"
Then without a second of hesitation the man took his mallet and smashed the head of the closest person to him like a watermelon as it splattered everywhere and even ended up on some of the hostages faces. He felt like he could throw up again, but was too shocked to even move. Then the large man continued, slowly making his way to each person, some had their heads smashed, another's took a hit to the chest, breaking almost every rib in one hit, and some he just kept hitting until there was nothing but goo. He had killed every person in that room in a matter of minutes, except for the man who had caused the incident by puking. The large man took a running start at the man who had closed his eyes awaiting his death.
"ROWEN! STOP!"
The chained up man slowly began to open his eyes to find that the larger man, now named Rowan, has stopped in his tracks and another man now stood in the doorway "Yes Harper"
He was slightly shorter than Rowan but huge nonetheless. He too had a long beard, with long greasy looking hair and lifeless eyes to match. He had a mallet of his own slung over his shoulder as he made his way to the man fearing for his life. Wondering if his fate was to end up like the people he just saw get brutally murdered right before him. When the second man named Harper finally walked up to the man on the wall, he stared at him as if he was looking through him.
Then Harper grabbed his face and pinned him against the wall "Don't worry, we're not going to kill you, we need you to send a little message to the town for us".
Still unsure of how this might play out, the man was just glad he would probably leave after this. Then something happened, as he looked into Harpers eyes, he felt tired but awake at the same time. His body went numb and his subconscious slipped into darkness.
Not before catching word of Harper "Tell the town, it's bludgeoning is near".
"Is it done yet?"
"No"
"... How about now".
"No Becky".
Becky then tapped on her knees a couple times "Now?"
"BECKY!" Bayley shouted, turning away from her sewing machine.
Becky then crossed her arms as she leaned back on the couch and pouted "I still don't know why you made Sasha's suit first, I thought you didn't like her".
Bayley sighed "Look, I made Sasha's costume first because it was harder for me to find fireproof material, also as hard as it might be to believe I don't dislike her. I figure this might get her to warm up to me and we could actually get to like each other".
Becky smiled smugly "Sounds like somebody wants to take a bite of the forbidden fruit".
"Says the person who wants to bite into Liv's forbidden fruit" Bayley retorted with a smirk.
Which made Becky tense up "How- how do you know that".
"Everybody knows, especially with the "please fuck me" look you get in your eyes whenever she's around" Bayley mocked with her own eyes before she went back to her sewing
Becky stuttered, not having a witty comeback "Just finish me damn suit already".
Chuckling as she knew she won, Bayley put the finishing touches on Becky's suit. She had been working on hers and Sasha all night and Becky had came over to see the finish product. It was hard work, but she was happy for it, it helped her feel more involved. Finally Bayley was done and shut off her machine. Before she could even stand up Becky came rushing over and grabbed her suit. Becky looked at in awe, her very own superhero suit. She could finally now join the action on the streets and chase her dream of bettering Whisper Wind Falls.
"I'm going to go put it on" Becky said, sprinting to Bayley's bathroom.
"At least she likes it" Bayley chuckled.
Then a knock came at the door, "Come in!"
The door opened and the rest of the group, Dean, Sasha, and Liv showed up. They had asked where Becky was and Bayley just smirked, knowing she would make her appearance soon.
"Have no fear!" Becky said, jumping out of the bathroom "Becky is here".
Although she couldn't quite match Becky's excitement, Bayley was so happy to see Becky enjoy her work "Bex you look amazing. With the fireproof material it should be really hard for you to burn off your suit but I decided to go with the one piece to keep you from burning off the sleeves of your shirts and legs of your pants just Incase. Then the flames on your costumes are of course representative of your power".
Everyone shook their heads in approval, Bayley then grabbed a bag that was set to the side and handed it to Sasha "I also finished yours".
Hesitant at first, Sasha did take the bag. She slowly opened it and took out the suit, and when she looked at it, she had goosebumps "This is…"
Bayley scratches the back of her head "I saw you had a couple wonder woman comics in your school bag the other day and thought it be cool if I made a suit like hers for you".
And it was. Sasha was so taken back by the beauty of the suit. Although Sasha carries herself as a mean, cold person, she was a bit of nerd at heart as she loved all kinds of comics and anime. She had long saw Wonder Woman as a role model of sorts and to have a something like this made her so happy. And it came from Bayley of all people, the person who not too long ago, she beat to a pulp but still she made her something so wonderful.
Sasha looked up at Bayley "I don't know what to say… thank you".
Mentally celebrating, Bayley felt such relief in Sasha's response. For the first time since they knew each other Sasha was grateful to Bayley and even thanked her. The smile on Sasha's face made Bayley feel something in her chest and it was a good feeling, as she was just happy her plan had worked. Bayley also liked seeing Sasha smile, and she also liked being the cause for that smile.
Becky then puts her arm around Sasha "Ahh, finally, now that we have our suits we can go out and protect the town together. Me and you side by side, I can't wait".
As nice as that sounded, Sasha had already made a commitment to Paige and she planned to keep it. Besides, there's no reason Sasha couldn't watch after Becky while she was with Paige, just to make sure she was ok.
"About that Bex, I think I need a little more time to think about it. I just need to find what I want first" She didn't like lying to her friends, but for now it was to protect them.
"Aww" Becky pouted before perking up "Well, when you finally do come around then we can help this town together. Until then, I'm going to start helping as soon as I can".
Although, the idea of going at it alone doesn't excite Becky, sure she had taken down the Ascension by herself and she is much more skilled now than she was then but she liked the idea of having someone watching her back. Then Becky got an idea.
"Dean!" Becky ran over to Dean who was making a sandwich "Will you please come with me and help the town".
Dean tilted his head "I don't know Becky that kind of stuff really isn't for me".
Becky knew she was going to need to convince Dean "come-on, what if I need help, besides, we'd be such a good team. Then whenever we're finished for the night we can get something to eat, my treat".
Although he didn't feel like he'd be any good at this, he did like food and he wanted his friend to be safe.
Also the way everyone else was looking at him hoping he'll agree didn't help. So he caved "Damn peer pressure. Fine, I'll go".
Becky clapped her hand "Yes. Watch out Whisper Winds the Lass Kicker and the Lunatic coming at you".
"How long did it take you to come up with that" Liv asked sarcastically.
"Just this minute actually" Becky replied.
Although for the moment this was beginning of a lifelong dream for Becky, she would soon realize just how dangerous this new life would be. The town of Whisper Winds was a much different place at nightfall. It was then when the real dangerous people of the town came out. Although the Ascension may have done their attacks in daylight, most did their work at night.
Bayley then turned on the Tv as there seemed to be a news alert "Hello whisper Winds Falls, I'm Charly Caruso and I'm here downtown where police were able to capture a man who went crazy. Witnesses are saying he came screaming out of the woods with a knife in his hand stabbing and cutting anybody in his path".
The friends all circled around the tv "The man appears to be human as this was not the usual mutant assault. He cut up 30 people all together, stabbing 10 more and leaving two in critical condition. His motives are not clear, but as you can see from this video of his arrest, you can hear him briefly mention something about how a bludgeoning is near and acts as if he forgotten what he just did".
Liv and Bayley covered their mouths with their hands as the other shook their head. Things like this were not uncommon, but were always sad to hear. Soon the news pulled up the video of the man handcuffed and being dragged to the back seat of a police car "The bludgeoning is near. This town has been judged by a higher power and will soon meet its fate at the hands of a God!"
Then, if you were watching closely you could notice the man's eyes got less dilated and went from bloodshot to milky white. He even looks confused at the situation "Wait, am I being arrested. There are these men in the woods you need to get them before-".
The man was cut off by a car door being shut in his face. The news report then wraps up, and the friends went back to what they were doing before. Except for Becky, she was the only one to notice it but she saw the change in the man's eyes, it was like something had worn off and returned him to himself. Almost like a trance was lifted. Similarly maybe to the visions Becky has, she couldn't be sure, but what that man said stuck with her.
"A bludgeoning is near" She repeated.
Done, hoped you enjoyed. Don't forget to review, till next time.