Clean House
Herman
Rin was a welcome addition to the cast of killers, at least in Herman's mind. It took Rin all of two hours to decide that she felt more at home with Herman's friend group. She was a quieter woman, but she was still very welcome, as now the group was one person larger. However, as the time passed the animosity between the two camps had grown. Security concerning Anna's safety had been lax once, but when Amanda found Anna in her room with her clothes torn and her mask shattered, the security was fully resumed. According to Crane, it was not just the Australian that took part in this. It very well could of been the whole group of people seemingly under the Australian's command. Crane could not determine if Lisa, the Hag, was involved.
Roadhog surprisingly, had joined Herman's group as well. It had been a considerable amount of time for this to happen. Roadhog was about as quiet as Rin, but he had a strange gentle air about him.
Several times Herman and the Australian had fist fights. Only a few swings could take place before the two were dragged into a dual trial. Most of the time the two were without moris, so their window of free will was very short.
Crane had isolated himself for a large amount of time during all this. Once Herman had seen what he was working on. It was some sort of statue, made from twigs and raven feathers. Crane claimed that he was summoning something, but he was not sure exactly what he was summoning.
This was one of the rare times that Anna was in Herman's room. At the moment she was sitting near the corner, slowly rocking back and forth. She wore a hastily made rabbit mask, and she was still humming, quieter this time. Herman was sitting near the middle of the lab portion of his room, with Amanda wandering by the chalkboards. She inferred that John would really like to see all this.
"What do you think Crane is summoning?" Asked Amanda.
Herman tapped his chin, putting down one of his clipboards. "I suppose a metahuman that can jump between worlds. I'm not the one to ask about this." Just then, a knock at the door. Herman assumed that it was Sally or Rin coming to check on Anna, since she was of primary concern since her attack.
Herman sat up, already in a bit sour of a mood. His mood soured further when he saw the identity of the knocker. Herman's first instinct was to charge. He did this to create distance between Mick and the two women in Herman's room. Herman kicked closed his door when he had cleared the doorway. Mick was holding a bottle of whiskey, and behind Mick in a loose semi circle was the Chainsaw Brothers and the Clown.
"You bastard! If I-" Herman started.
"What?" Mick asked, in the most arrogant way possible. "What's wrong with a little rabbit hunting?" He said with his antagonizing laugh.
"You might get a broken nose from it." Said Herman, one of his fists clenched tightly.
"Relax, relax." Said Mick, pulling a little ivory trinket from one of his pockets. He gently put in Herman's labcoat pocket. He then leaned a little forward. "Who knows? I might bag myself a piggy next…"
Without a moment's hesitation, Herman let fly a punch, then another one. He just kept swinging until he found himself at the Junkyard. He could feel that he was free. Good, that Australian idiot gave him the mori, and now Herman would electrocute the bastard until he was dead. Herman marched forward, ignoring the redheaded athlete and the veteran. He could feel them following, as this was a different situation. Herman was nearly frothing at the mouth, partially from the mask that he was wearing. He clutched his steel rod firmly in his right hand, and as soon as he saw the Bushman he clenched his left hand. Herman let out a mighty roar, causing every survivor around to wince in fear.
"There he is." Said the Bushman, readying his rifle, pointing it straight to Herman.
It was then that Herman realized his mistake. Of course, this is why Mick gave him the mori, so the two could fight. But this fight looked as if Herman would lose before it started.
Claudette
As it went with most duo trials, Claudette was scared. But when she looked up from a generator to see Quinten passing by her with a look of curiosity on his face, she was curious as well. At first she thought that it was yet another killer. But when she saw the situation she was just as stunned as Quinten was. She heard the animalistic howl coming from the Doctor, and she saw the Bushman preparing the rifle. Claudette could not tell what happened first. The Bushman fired the shot, and a bolt of electricity shot towards the Bushman. But when Claudette saw the Doctor fall face first into the ground, she knew how it ended. She saw the Bushman shutter, and look towards her. Claudette was just about to run when she blinked, and saw that she was back at camp, along with the other camp members. She first saw Jake, then Ace. She knew that everyone had to had seen the same thing. Adam, the new fellow, had stayed behind for this trial. With all survivors by the campfire, all of them could notice the new addition. Lying down on the ground face up, was a large, bald, black man wearing a doctor's coat. For a few seconds the survivors stood, slowly realizing who this man was. The man was awake, and he was slowly realizing where he was and what happened to him. It was Dwight that screamed first and ran forward, putting this whole weight into a foot that came crashing down on the Doctor's chest. David came next, not wanting to miss out on this. He had tears in his eyes, and after yelling something that could not be understood, he leaped on the man's chest, and delivered several blows to his head. David was soon pushed off by Meg who was screaming animalistically as she flailed her arms against the Doctor. Everyone else, save for Adam was behaving similarly. Adam, if he was here for a bit longer, would of acted the same way. Claudette stood in her place, but it was a while later that she realized that she to was screaming. She even found that she was stamping her feet involuntarily. Ace was kicking and yelling through his own tears, and Nea was stomping and screaming. It was already well known that survivors could simply not die here, so there was no need for anyone to be gentle. Tapp had picked up a boulder and dropped it on Herman's head, while Bill and Jim had found stray branches and started beating the helpless man. By the end of the riot, Claudette found herself throwing both stones and insults by the time that from exhaustion everyone had taken a step back to rest and to weep. The Doctor was just a bloody pulp, barely breathing.
Herman's tortures did not end there. Not only was he forced into every trial, and not even considered help when he was hooked, but beatings, drownings, and other tortures were very common. Once he was even lit on fire.
Amanda
Some time had passed since Herman vanished. But since then he had appeared in every single trial. Sadly, Amanda and his other friends were forced to kill him, several times over. Finally, Amanda was given a mori, to which she held in great earnest. She knew that the next trial, it would be the first time in a long time that Herman would see a friendly face. During the trials, poor Herman was black in blue in bruises. The once proud doctor was reduced to a pair of boxers. The survivors wouldn't even try to help him when he was hooked. In fact, several times did the survivors point to Herman's hiding place during a trial.
Finally, Amanda's trial came. She saw that she was at the Hospital. How fitting that Amanda would try and comfort Herman at his own home. Amanda passed by the chinese woman in a snow coat, the veteran, and the british brawler before she stumbled upon Herman. He was in his office, behind his desk, and he was sobbing softly. The once proud man was reduced to this. When Herman first saw Amanda, he squeezed his eyes shut, opening them when he realized that the red light was not there with Amanda.
Amanda knelt down, and she gently put a hand on Herman's shoulder. "I'm here." She said softly, partially muted by her pig mask. She then sat down, and she rested Herman's head on her lap.
Herman said nothing, he had nothing to say. He wrapped his large arms around his only friend, and he wept.
Amanda could hear several generators go off, but she cared not. There was no reason that she needed to care. She was granting Herman much needed respite. All five generators were done, and she remained here. Some time had passed, until someone else entered the office. It was the Englishman.
"Kill him!" He yelled, his accent more obvious than usual. "Go on!"
It wasn't long until the other two survivors joined, hurling insults and taunts. Not a single of the three survivors even paid mind to the fact that this was the only killer that used their mori to spare someone. Bill had seen the Hillbilly and the Hag slaughter the Doctor, but not the Pig. Amanda felt Herman squeeze her tighter, and she was almost able to ignore the coffee mug that was thrown at her by one of the enraged survivors. Even the pleasant looking Chinese woman was throwing things.
Finally, Amanda leapt to her feet, with her blade at the ready. In an attempt to shoo off the survivors, she had left Herman exposed. The woman in a snowcoat had snuck in a kick while Amanda was away. Amanda darted back to Herman, hoping to cut the woman as she did. She was then knocked to the ground by a chair courtesy of the veteran. It was only now that she saw that she was vulnerable without the Entity's power. She also saw that she was in real danger of becoming just like Herman. In a desperate attempt to save herself, she pointed the blade to Herman. She was almost able to stab him when she was pulled from Herman by the Englishman. She was beaten, and before she knew what was happening, she was being dragged to the exit gate. She struggled with all her might, but she was no match for two particularly strong men. She looked behind her to see that Herman was crawling behind, with the snowcoat woman urging Herman forward. Amanda now saw that she had met the same fate as Herman.
So, you readers have really outdone yourselves. The reviews have been flooding in, nearly all of them fantastic. It is because of this that I am going to expand the length of this fanfiction by a bit. I don't know by how much, but as much as I can. To those of you offended by Herman's treatment, go read another fanfiction.
Again, thank you so much for the reviews, please keep them coming. They encourage me to write more. In fact, I had no intention of starting this chapter until I had read review no. 19. Quote: "YEEEESSSSS MOOOAAARE! PLEEEEEASE MOOOAAAREE!" Very insightful and very encouraging. (No I'm not making this up, this was an actual review.)
However, it must end sometime. Feel free to give suggestions for the ending, or anything in general. At this point I'm so low on ideas that I might go with your suggestion. You don't think so? The only reason why Roadhog is even here is because of a suggestion.
