Sub Chapter5: Purge
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Firedude: As you may have noticed I put Poz's name in the disclaimer last chapter. I was going to introduce him then, but I decided not to and I left his name in by accident. As I said before if you have a character to send into my story then please do so. I also want to warn you that later into this chapter there is a gruesome display of violence. Those with weak stomachs should skip that part. Well anyway Ready? Set? On with the show!
Two days passed and the mysterious guest at the Bulgar inn remained in a deep slumber. Ryoko sat at his bed side and set him up straight. Zang walked in and leaned against the door way. "So, how is he doing?" Ryoko picked up a bowl of soup broth and sighed. "Well he's been eating so he's not dead, but I don't know if he is going to be waking up any time soon." Zang sighed and walked out. He thought about the situation as he walked down the stairs to the pub portion of the inn.
This isn't looking so good. Maybe I was wrong bringing this guy in. For all I know he could be some mass murderer. He went behind the bar and poured himself a cup of coffee. He downed it and poured another. I guess I'll think about it on my route. He picked up his swords and walked out the door. When he made it to the edge of town he saw the priest from before. The same little girl was with him again except she had ribbons in her hair. Sauske spotted me and began to approach.
"Master Zang, how have you been?" He sighed and put on a fake smile before turning towards him. "I've been pretty good!" Sauske smiled and leaned over to him. "How's is the abomination coming along?" Zang frowned and replied plainly. "He's hasn't woken up yet, but he is getting better. What's your problem with him any way?" Sauske grinned. "Let's just say his existence is an inconvenience to the rest of the planet. He is nothing but a demon and my job is to purge demons. Take my advice and give up on him." Zang pasted a fake smile on his face and replied bluntly. "I'll give up on him when you give up on being a pedophile."
Zang then turned on his heel and walked away leaving a silent Sauske in the middle of the road. Zang left the city gates and began his rounds around the walls. Sauske is definitely one of the weirdest people I have ever met. What was all that he said about him being an inconvenience and a demon? He's not purging anyone while I'm around... Zang stopped in his place and realized something. Oh no, Ryoko! He then turned around and ran back to town.
Back at the Bulgar inn the guest began to open his eyes. He tried to remember anything, but to no avail. He sat up and rubbed his temples. His vision cleared up, which allowed him to get a better look around the room. "Oh good your awake!" He turned towards the side of the bed and saw a young woman with braided blond hair. She seemed to be really happy to see him awake.
He tried to remember who she was, or even who he was. However, nothing came to mind. He had no memories whatsoever. He opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly pain shot out throughout his head. His hands quickly flew up to the sides of his head in an attempt to control the pain. Suddenly a small segment of memories flooded into his head.
"Hey are you ok?" He opened his eyes and to see the girl with her hand on his shoulder. "I'm fine. I just remembered something." The girl sighed and handed him a bowl of soup. He stared down into the soup trying to recall his newly acquired memories.
"Oh! You're awake! He turned to the side of the bed to see a girl with long green hair tied back into a ponytail. By the clothes she was wearing and the scenery outside the hut they were in Sacae. "I found you unconscious in the plains; you've been asleep for quite a while! Anyway my name is...
"Lyn…" The girl in the chair next to him blinked a couple of times. "Excuse me? Are you sure you're ok? You've been asleep for quite a while! Anyway my name is Ryoko. Can you tell me about yourself? Let's start off with your name." He remained silent for a little racking his brain for his name. After a minute he answered under his voice. "I wish I knew…"
"What was that?" asked Ryoko. "…Poz…" Ryoko blinked a little more before answering. "Poz? What an odd name, but pay me no mind it is a good one!" Suddenly his brain began to sting again and another memory appeared. It was the same green haired girl, but this time was sitting on his bed.
"...What an odd name, but pay me no mind it is a good one!" Poz snapped back to normal going over the memory again. He then ate the whole bowl of soup practically instantly. Ryoko watched in amazement at how fast he ate. "…I guess I'll go make you some more!" Ryoko quickly took the empty bowl and ran downstairs. Poz stood up and walked around the room. He looked into the mirror and was almost terrified of his own image.
He had black hair with a matching cloak. Poz also featured extremely pale skin like a ghost's, but his most frightening feature had to be his eyes. His eye color was red and his pupils had the likeness of a cat's. They were soulless and evil. He ran his fingers through his hair out of stress and reached for the door knob. When he gripped it the metal crumbled. His hand jolted back after seeing the oddity. What the hell am I?
He then quickly proceeded to turn the crumbled door knob and walked out into the hall. He suddenly heard a scream from downstairs. More pain shot through his head and more memories appeared. The green haired girl looked outside the hut where the scream came from. "Oh no bandits! Please wait here I'll be back soon." He grabbed her wrist. "I can't let you go alone. I'll come too." She seemed surprised at his answer. "Can you use a weapon?" He shook his head. "No, but I'm a tactician by trade."
The memory suddenly ended and he realized the scream was real. He ran to the stairs, but there was someone standing at the bottom. "W-who are you?" The figure drew his knife and slowly walked up the stairs. "Your savior…"
Zang ran through the town streets knocking multiple people out of his way. He made it to the inn and a blast of light shot through one of the upstairs windows. He tried the door, but it was locked. Please forgive me Ryoko... He then swiftly sliced the door open with his swords. He then ran towards the stairs only to find a table nailed to the door way. Zang swore under his breath and prepared to strike again. Before he was able to unsheathe his swords he heard a moan from behind him.
He turned to see Ryoko barely conscious on the ground. She smelled strongly of wine and her hair was soaked. There was a smashed wine bottle next to her which would explain it. Zang quickly ran to her side. "Ryoko! Are you ok?" She raised a hand and pointed towards the stairs. "…Poz…" said Ryoko before falling unconscious again. Zang sighed in relief and swiftly slashed the table in half. He ran up the stairs, but found the girl Ellena was standing in the middle of the hall.
"Where's Sauske?" The girl didn't even look up at him. She just remained silent and starred ahead blankly. Zang smiled and walked towards her. "Little girl, please move aside your friend is a bit crazy and I need to stop him." Zang tried to step around her, but she mimicked him and stepped in his way. He stopped for a second and stepped to the other side. Ellena starred forwards blankly and copied him. He smiled a little and put his hands on her shoulders.
"I have no time to play games right now so please get out of my way." Ellena's eyes then began to glow yellow. Her lips moved but no words came out. It was shortly followed by a thunder bolt shooting from her hands and propelling Zang backward. He tumbled backwards down the stairs and fell unconscious.
Five minutes earlier. Sauske continued to walk up the stairs towards Poz. Poz leaned to side to get a better look downstairs. A small girl was holding a broken wine bottle over an unconscious Ryoko. Poz panicked a little at the odd sight. He began to stumble backwards to get away from the crazed man. Ellena picked up a table and took some nails out of her pocket. She then nailed the table to the doorway from inside the stairway. When she was done she followed Sauske up the stairs.
Poz ran down the long hall to get away from Sauske. Sauske smirked and chucked the knife down the hall at Poz. Poz was unable to escape and the knife plunged into the space between his ribs. Poz cried in pain and pulled the knife out. He looked at it and saw absolutely no blood. He then felt the wound and there was no blood. There was even no rupture in the skin. He turned back towards Sauske who now had an aura tome out. "Who the hell am I? Who the hell are you?"
Sauske laughed insanely and replied. "You are an abomination and I'm here to purge you from the face of the planet!" He shot an Aura shot at him. Poz ducked just in time to avoid being hit. The shot went through the window and outward. Poz heard some commotion downstairs. Ellena must have heard it to, because she turned towards the stair case. Sauske drew a thin sword and charged down the hall towards Poz. He looked around frantically and shoulder tackled the nearby door in. He made it inside the room just in time to avoid be slashed.
He got back just on his feet to see Sauske swinging his sword down upon him. Poz caught the sword in between his hands. The sword's shine blinded Poz a little. He then jumped back and Sauske slashed him across the rib cage. Once again no blood came out and the wound healed instantaneously. Poz was now pissed and struck Sauske with the back of his fist. Forgetting how strong he was, Sauske went through the wall into the next room. Poz starred at the hole in the wall then at his hands.
Sauske quickly recovered and stabbed Poz in the solar plexus. He then withdrew the blade with a grin. Poz stumbled back and gritted his teeth in anger. He felt his fangs grow longer and a pain throbbed in his head. He tackled Sauske to the grounds and began to furiously punch his face and torso. The pressure from all the weight and punches caused the floor to cave in. They landed on the ground level with Sauske unconscious. Poz stood up and wiped his forehead with a rag. He looked over to the side and saw both Zang and Ryoko unconscious.
Ellena walked down the stairs and starred blankly straight ahead. She appeared to not even be aware of Poz's presence. He slowly crept forward towards Ellena. When he was next to her he starred into her eyes. They were gray and blank. He then began to wave his hand in front of her face. She didn't even blink. Is she blind? The girl suddenly turned towards Poz. Her eyes began to glow yellow and her lips began to move. Another thunder bolt shot from her hands and knocked him into the nearby wall.
Poz rubbed his temples to try to regain his focus. I guess she's mute too... Poz dusted himself off and glared at the girl. "Alright, just because you're a little, blind and mute girl doesn't mean I'm going to take it easy on you!" The girl smiled and raised her arms. Her lips began to move furiously. Poz wasted no time and charge her. Her eyes turned bright blue and she pointed her hands at him. His fist was half an inch from connecting with her face when an ice blast hit his torso.
He flew backwards into the far wall. He quickly stood back up and kicked one of the fallen stools at her. She didn't even make an attempt to dodge it. The stool connected with her face. Her head leaned back a little after getting hit. Besides that she showed no other signs of pain. Her lips curved into a smile. Both of them remained absolutely still. Poz put together all the evidence he had gathered of her and tried to find her weakness.
She had absolutely no recoil from being hit with a stool. She also is blind and mute, which must mean she relies on her hearing to fight. So if I'm careful with my movements I should have no problem taking her out. He carefully leaned over and picked up a bottle of wine. He silently threw the bottle at Ellena's head. She simply raised her arm and the wine bottle bounced off it. This redirected it to smash against the wall.
"I was so careful! How did you know I threw it?" Ellena smiled and began to walk forward. Poz got into a battle stance to get ready for a fight. She stopped three feet from him with an eerie smile on her face. Suddenly a voice echoed throughout his head. "You are truly a worthy opponent; however we must stop for today. I had fun playing with you!" Poz blinked a couple of times and looked around the room. "Was that you Ellena?" The voice in his head laughed a little and Ellena nodded. "I may be mute, but I have no trouble communicating with others."
Poz laughed and sat down on the floor. "So are we done hear?" Ellena smiled and nodded. She walked over to Sauske and swung his unconscious form over her shoulder. "Next time you won't be as lucky." She then walked out the destroyed door and jumped on top of the roof of the building across the street. Poz picked up an unbroken whiskey bottle and pulled off the top. He once again forgot about his strength and broke part of the bottle off. He sighed and drank it anyway.
He walked outside and leaned against the doorway. He downed the whole bottle and rubbed his aching temples. The pain in his head subsided and he felt his fangs return to normal length. He realized that everyone in the street was starring at him. He looked around at all their amazed faces. They all began to whisper and point at him. Poz got ticked off at them and smashed what was left of the bottle against the inn. "What are you all looking at?" As soon as he said that they all immediately went back to what they were doing.
Hours later night had fallen. Poz successfully cleaned up the whole inn and had put the unconscious Ryoko and Zang in their rooms. Poz sat at one of the remaining tables and drank a bottle of rum. He heard the bell to the front door jingle as it opened and closed. "Sorry we're closed come back tomorrow."
"I'm sorry to barge in like this." Poz looked up from his booze to look at the man. "A cloaked person outside wanted me to give you this." He handed Poz a piece of parchment with some writing on it. The man walked out and Poz read it a loud to himself. "If you want to learn who you really are then come to the house out east of town." Poz sighed and ripped up the paper. It's probably just some trap... then again... Poz stood up and wrote a quick letter and left it on the counter.
He walked down the empty streets of the town until he made it to the eastern gate. The guard at the gate lowered his pike to prevent him from walking out the gate. "Sorry sir no one is allowed to leave until morning." Poz looked down at the pike then at the guard. "Why is that?"
"The mayor of the town has given us orders. He said something about bandits may be planning a raid tonight." Poz laughed a little and walked away. He turned the corner down the street and made sure the guard wasn't watching. He went through the alleys of a couple houses until he made it to the wall. He was far enough away from the guard not to be seen. If I'm as strong as I think I am... He swiftly karate chopped the cement around one of the blocks of stone. He poked the stone and it slide out of the wall.
He made sure no one was watching and slide through the large hole. When outside the gate he slide the stone block back into place. He then proceeded to walk onto the path leading from the eastern gate. An archer on top of the town wall called out to the rest of the guard. "There they are!" Poz looked over and saw a band of about fifteen bandits charging along the path towards the town. They were shouting and calling out insults to the guard. They actually seemed thrilled to be attacking the village.
The guard spotted Poz and called out to him. "Hey get back into town!" Poz flipped the guard off and walked towards the bandits. Poz stood in their way and waited for them to reach him. They all stopped about three yards away from him. "Huh? Who the hell are you?" Said one of the henchmen pointing at Poz. He walked up to the one who questioned him and grabbed his wrist (Warning, this is where everything gets gruesome). Without an answer he shoved the man's arm forcefully down his throat. The man panicked and suffocated on his arm.
All the bandits then became alert. "What the hell is this guy?" Another one of the bandits stabbed at him with a knife. Poz grabbed his wrist and ripped his arm off. He then proceeded to bludgeon the bandit over the head with it. Three more bandits swung their axes at him in anger. Poz ducked under the blows and one of the bandit's axes collided with another bandit killing him on contact. Three down...
He used the arm he got from the other bandit to beat the two other bandits over the head. After the repeated beatings the two died and the arm had snapped in half. Another two bandits stabbed their swords at his feet. Poz jumped into the air to avoid it. While he was in the air two more bandits on either side of him stabbed at his with lances. One shouted out in fury. "You're dead!" Poz grinned and grabbed both lance heads. He redirected the lances to stab into the necks of the two swordsmen. He then did a three hundred sixty degree round house kick and decapitated the two spearmen. Nine down...
The bandits leader was horrified at the combat display Poz was showing. "Don't hold back! Kill him now!" Three of the bandits took out elfire spell books and cast elfire on him. The flames burned his skin black and ravaged his flesh. Poz stood back up and his skin turned back to normal. Poz laughed and an evil smile spread across his face. He felt his fangs grow long again and his fury began to well up. He ran forwards and grabbed one of the swords on the ground.
He did a spinning slice and killed two of the mages by cutting their jugular veins. He then turned towards the last mage and bit his neck. He bit so hard that his teeth went through his neck and snapped his head off. He turned towards the three remaining bandits. Two of them turned around and began to run for their lives. Poz caught up with them in a blink of an eye and grabbed their backs. He then proceeded to snap their spines in half. He then turned his fury on the bandit leader.
The leader panicked and ran towards town. The guards on top of the wall were too horrified to do anything. The bandit slammed his fists against the gate. "Please open the gate! I don't want to die!" Poz smiled cruelly and picked up a spear. He grinned and threw the spear at the bandit. "Please help-." The spear went straight threw his chest and killed him (The extreme violence ends here). Poz's fangs went back to normal and the pain in his head subsided. He suddenly stopped smiling.
He looked around and saw the slaughter he had committed. The taste of blood had spread throughout his whole mouth. He felt like he was covered in the stuff. He looked at his hands and saw that they were actually covered in blood. He was horrified at the sight and dashed along the path. What the hell happened? I don't remember doing any of that stuff... what have I become? After fifteen minutes of sprinting he stopped to catch his breath.
He looked up and saw the house the letter was talking about. It was a normal log cabin. It seemed so familiar to Poz. Suddenly another memory rushed to his head. He and a long browned haired girl were walking towards the cabin. "How do you think cousin Kane has been?" He laughed a little. "I'm sure that he's fine." The girl laughed and ran ahead.
The memory ended there. Poz sighed and walked up to the front door. He hesitated for a second, but then knocked on the door. The door slowly cracked open and Poz walked in. "Hello? Is there anyone home?" There was a single candle lit on the table in the center of the room. There was an old cloaked woman sitting there. She looked up and starred at Poz. Her hood obscured her features, but Poz was able to make out her eyes. They were exactly the same as his. Red and cat like.
"Who are you?" The old woman remained silent for a minute. "I'm Phray… and you're the newest homunculus." Poz punched the wall and made a hole. "I want some answers! What is a homunculus? Why do I slaughter people with no control of my body? What happened to my memories?" Phray laughed and answered. "All in due time your questions will be answered. A homunculus is a being created through alchemy. Your homunculus name is Poz."
"So what's my real name?" Phray shook her head. "You expect me to know? When an alchemist creates a homunculus they try to revive a specific person or just any random one for experimental reasons. So for all I know your existence is unintentional." Poz rolled his eyes. "Oh gee thanks." Phray laughed a little.
"I didn't mean it like that. Anyway the reason you are killing people is, because although you gain unnatural powers you have little to no control over it. It is also standard in every homunculus that they can't be killed… no matter what…" Poz was horrified and stumbled backwards. "You mean… the world will end and I will still be alive…" Phray nodded sadly. Phray panicked and grabbed a nearby by knife. "You mean for the rest of my life I'm going be a mindless, unbeatable killing machine?"
Phray remained silent. Poz panicked and slashed his own jugular vein. Pain erupted through his body, but the wound healed. He repeatedly did the same thing for five minutes. "Are you done yet?" Questioned Phray. Poz stood up and pointed the knife at Phray. "Calm down stabbing me will do no good considering that I can't die either." Poz lowered the knife in surprise. "Your memory will only return to you slowly in situations that remind you of your past. That is all I am allowed to tell you now."
She walked up to him and placed a card in his hand. She then walked out the door. "Just remember that you're not alone…" She then walked away. Poz ran out after her, but she disappeared. He looked at the card he was holding in his hand. In big black letters and he couldn't understand what it said. YRRUH OS ESROW TEG YAM NOITIDNOC ROUY. ENOG EB LLIW EW STRATS TNEMANRUOT EHT NEHW YB EVIRRA T'NOD UOY FI. SREWSNA EROM ROF REWOT KCOLC NAITSO EHT OT EMOC. Poz was too tired to figure out the message so he folded it and put it in his pocket. He saw a bed in the corner of the room so he took his shoes off and laid down. His eye lids began to feel heavy and he fell asleep.
Firedude: I hope you guys enjoyed it! I promise I will never take this long to update ever again! I apologize for the graphic scenes in the chapter, but if you want more just tell me. I will update again soon so please review!