Author's Note:
I apologize for the late update, I've been lazy and blowing off working on this chapter but I'm back with chapter three! Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, followed, and favorited this story, it really shows that you guys are enjoying it.
I won't drag on about useless things, here are the OCs!
Gideon Procella (Human)-Kuro Rakka Shimo
James Mag Raibhaigh (Row-be) -MagRaibhaigh848
Dusk-EverythingAtOnce
Tsurugi Joan (Tsurugi is her last name) -Karenkook
Ok everyone read on and enjoy! Oh! And I'm going to try and put quotes about insanity at the beginning of each chapter, so if you find one or have one of your own you'd like to have shared just post it in your review and maybe it'll show up at the beginning of the next chapter.
"One person's craziness is another person's reality." ― Tim Burton
The room had grown incredibly quiet, to the point where it felt like you could hear every heartbeat drumming inside the teens' chests.
"D-Did he really kill her?" Metal's trembling voice breaks the tension, drawing every gaze to the golden furred chipette, her head is bowed, wild bangs hiding her face from view as her tiny paws clench into fists at her sides.
"If he didn't he will soon," Gideon states simply earning a sharp glare from Dusk who approaches the now trembling chipette slowly, "I doubt she'll be killed, she isn't even supposed to be here," the white furred chipette says softly.
Metal raises her head, a cold icy gleam frosts over her eyes, hiding the fear filling her, "Tell me everything you know about this place," the other's all glance at each other, seeming to have a conversation with their eyes before they all nod together.
"We'll tell you what we know," James speaks up as they all move to the table, everyone sitting on the table besides Gideon who pulls out a chair and flops down.
Metal gazes around at her 'friends' at least she hoped they were her friends, "Why was this place made?" she asks softly, folding her paws in her lap.
Jo's bright auburn tail twitches as she answers, "Experimentation, they're scared of us," Metal nods letting out an exasperated sigh, "I've heard that before," she mumbles.
"Everyone is scared of things that are different from them, even humans, everyone feels fear of the uncertain and everyone feels fear," Gideon mutters in a hushed tone, the rodents around him raise their ears to hear his soft words.
"This is pretty much a testing facility, we don't know how many people or creatures are here, we only know each other because all our families vanished in a weird accident on that road, or at least our caretakers have," James explains turning his sharp green eyes to Metal, "We're the only ones you can trust Metal, don't go up to anyone unknown, even if it's a child or a grown human, they've been known to take others away,"
"Don't go outside after 9 pm to 5 am, that's when the Parade comes out," Jo says sternly.
"The Parade?"
"A group of mutated mutts, or some dog like animals, monsters, they're always in a group, their eyes are completely white and they wear tattered colorful cloaks around their bodies," Dusk hisses her ears flicking back at the memories dancing around in her mind.
"Their howls sound like an old jewelry box, you know, those creepy little tunes you hear at a carnival or an unsettling song you hear coming from a dark nursery," James adds on as the sound of a creaking floorboard screeches through the air.
Quicker than she thought possible, James had leaped off the table and had turned the lights off, everyone else was on their feet, staring at the closed door, she could barely see their silhouettes against the pitch black color of the now darkened room.
Ears twitch and eyes search as the sound of their breathing fills the air, no one talks as another floor board groans under the weight of something big, another creak and a snort that sounds like that of a bull seeps through the closed door.
Metal swallows thickly as the heavy footsteps draw closer, her vision hadn't adjusted in the slightest and the shadows have begun to play tricks on her, something slinks along the wall, the rippling muscles and the way the creature moves makes her inhale a sharp breath, panic bubbling inside her as the panther's glittering eyes flicker towards her.
A paw clamps down around her mouth, silencing her panicked breathing, "It's just James, he can shape shift, relax and stay quiet," Jo hisses in her ear before the chipette grabs her paw and starts hurriedly leading her out of the room, through a hidden passageway.
Metal stumbles along after the auburn furred rodent, the ground uneven beneath her paws, she struggles to keep with the other chipette, suddenly she can feel Jo's body turning around a corner and her paw slips out of her grasp, "Jo!" Metal yelps flinging her paw out desperately just as her hind paw catches on a stone and she collapses upon the ground.
"Jo! Jo wait!" Metal's paws take flame, lighting up the pathway, it wasn't a stone she had tripped on, it was a floorboard; she was in a hallway.
Her gaze flickers across the length of the hallway, raising a paw to cast more light upon the shadows, she slowly heads after the quieting paw steps, "Jo! Wait! Please I don't know where I'm going! Jo!" the chipette scrambles around the hallway, hearing the paw steps halt she exhales a breath of relief, eager to catch up she rounds the corner smiling.
The smile fades.
Hunched over a fresh corpse is some kind of…..thing. Its shoulders ripple and twitch as loud wet crunches reach Metal's ears, the corpse, luckily, isn't someone she knows, it's a man.
The chipette stares at the creature in horror, she can only see the backside which is pretty damn ugly all by itself, masses of flesh seem to have been attached to the body of a dog on steroids, it's hide legs are bulky and wide, its paws about the size of a dinner plate are tipped with thick gnarled claws, some broken to form jagged edges that'll rip into stomachs with excruciating ease, it's tail is nothing but clumps of mangled fur clinging to a whip like structure, it's flesh is marred with scares and open wounds which leak a dull gray red upon the bumpy gray flesh of the creature.
She'd hate to see what the front of the beast looks like.
The fires on her paws flicker and dance, Metal glances at them and quickly snuffs them out in alarm, but it's too late.
The creature's heavy head swings around, saliva and blood drip from its twisted muzzle, jagged teeth stick out at odd angles, and white eyes like those of a great white train on the dying embers, ears torn and sharp flicker forward, scares decorate the monster's face, one fresh wound oozes a white puss, informing the disgusted chipette that it was infected.
The creature lumbers forward a step before opening its mouth, and letting loose the most terrifying mix of a shrill broken record, and a very pissed off lion, Metal scrambles backwards, unable to scream as her throat clenches tightly with fear.
Despite its huge mass the creature charges forward like a grizzly, a huge clawed paw swiping down towards the tiny rodent, Metal clenches her eyes shut and opens her mouth, a torrent of flames explodes forth, engulfing the monster's face in an unbearable breath of heat, but the only thing her attack does is burn it's already gray skin, and make it angrier.
Its paw smashes into her tiny frame, sharp jagged claws ripping out a few clumps of fur as her body goes flying, she smashes into the wall with a sickening crack, a scream rips out of her mouth as a rib snaps in two, fire unlike any she's very felt before sears through her body and blood leaks from the hole in her chest where the jagged piece of bone protrudes like a stark of white against a black painting.
Her body hits the floor with a dull thud, the rodent's vision fading away, the only feeling churning through her is that of pain, her back aching as her heart thuds weakly against her broken ribs, a soft sob of fear escapes her lips as she fades into a comforting blackness.
I had to, I had to leave you guys a cliffhanger, I couldn't help it! My mind screamed at me, 'leave it there! Let them suffer!' I think this story is getting to me, any ways, no she's not dead; not yet anyways…who said that!?
Ok so I'm thinking about making a poll for a theme song, since this story has grown on me and I need some new music to listen to, so if you fluffs have any suggestions or want a poll to go up leave it in a review and don't forget about a quote about insanity if you have one!
So I'll try to review soon, sorry about being so late on this one, I couldn't get inspiration for a few days.
Thanks for reading and leave a review if you have any thoughts or whatever, late my fluffs!
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