Author's Note:
I'm so sorry I haven't updated in an entire month, my life just got ahead of me and I didn't even think about it, I'm going to try and update more I promise.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
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 here we go, read on and enjoy!
Quote curiosity of Karenkook
"We are all born mad. Some remain so,"Beckett, Samuel
The four teens gaze at each other quietly; Dusk speaks up first, "You lost her?"
Jo looks down and nods, her face pinched with worry and guilt, "I thought she could keep up, I didn't know she'd get lost ok?" she says rubbing at her arm.
James stands up from his perch on the edge of an old coffee table, "Well let's go look for her," Gideon places his foot in front of the dark brown furred rodent.
"We can't," James frowns up at his friend, "And why not?" he questions crossing his arms over his orange hoody.
Gideon points towards the door which had been barricaded with a bookshelf, "Those things are still out there, we'll have to wait till morning to go looking for her,"
"And what if we're too late? What then?" Jo snaps narrowing her amber eyes, "What if she's taken, or killed?"
"Then we'll move on like we always do!" Gideon shouts, a vein throbbing in his neck, he sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose, "I know she's different, I felt it too, but that doesn't mean we have to risk our lives to ensure her safety, she's just another messed up kid who's bound to end up an experiment or in a mutant's stomach,"
"If it was one of us out there you wouldn't hesitate," James hisses softly, turning his back on the human he goes over to a corner to keep watch.
Dusk sighs softly, "I hope she'll be ok out there," the white furred chipette mutters to herself as she lies down on an old tattered couch, Jo sits at the opposite end, wrapping a small blanket around her frame she glances at the door before closing her amber eyes.
Gideon's gaze travels around the room, something shimmers in his dark hazel eyes, but it vanishes within seconds.
Thump
Thump
Thump
"Wake up,"
Thump
Thump
"Get up its coming!"
Thump
"Metal!" a sharp gasp escapes her mouth and a sharp pain explodes through her chest, she cringes and clutches her arm against her ribs.
"Oh good you're awake, about time," a silhouette moves away from her side, a grin evident in the man's voice, "I was worried there for a while you know, I thought I had already lost you, and so early in the game too, that wouldn't be fun now would it?"
"W-who are you?"
"Oh you're the first one to come right out and ask that, did you know that. The other's just screamed and begged but not you,"
"Who. Are .You." Metal spits through clenched teeth, she can feel her blood caked against her fur, a few warm spots alert her to her wounds, which haven't stopped bleeding yet.
"I don't have a name, even if I did I wouldn't just tell you, now what should we do with you hmm? That right arm isn't looking so good; I think I can work on it though,"
Metal turns her head slowly, trying to ignore the ache at the small movement, she squints against the glare of huge white lights trained directly on her, the man moves around from table to table, singing to himself as he holds up a saw and nods.
Fear slices through her core and for a moment she feels as if she's about to vomit, the man hums his tune and starts towards her, his face shrouded in shadow as he draws closer.
"Don't…." she chokes out as he takes one more step forward, the shadows melt away and the sight of his face makes Metal wish that she had the power to control the darkness around them, stiches start at the corner of his mouth and split up the side of his face, connecting to his eye, or at least what should've been an eye, in its place is a simple, black button.
"You don't need that arm~"
A scream jolts the small group awake, it shouldn't have sense screams are a common thing around here, but that scream, that one pain fueled nightmarish shriek belonged to someone they cared for.
"Metal," Dusk breathes into the darkness, the others not daring to speak up, they didn't want Dusk's assumption to be right; they prayed it wasn't right.
"That couldn't be her right? She's too smart to be caught by them right?" Jo asks her voice quiet and unsure, it hitched a little at the end; she was scared.
Gideon moves over to a table, lighting an old lantern there, its soft yellow glow spill over the furniture and the faces of his friends, all sitting on the couch opposite him, staring and waiting.
"At the first signs of sunlight we're going out there," he says running a hand through his bluish white hair, he felt like an old man when he did that, hunched over and staring at the floor, worrying about someone who was most likely dead now.
"We shouldn't have left her behind; she's new for crying out loud, why couldn't you have had a better grip on her Jo?" James sighs as he paces back and forth.
"Hey! This isn't my fault! I didn't mean to let her go ok?" Jo snaps her temper flaring as she glares into the bright green gaze of the munk, "Maybe you should've gone back when you didn't feel her paw!" James retorts his ears flattening against his head.
"Maybe you should've gone back to get her! Since you think it's so easy to hang onto someone when you're scared out of your freaking mind and being chased by god knows what!" Jo shouts.
"SHUT UP!" the room instantly quiets, all eyes training on Dusk's form, the chipette's paws are clenched into fists and her body is shaking, "It's no one's fault, Metal could be fine, she could've saw something and got scared, she's probably on her way right now, so both of you shut up and sleep so we can go find her in the morning," She says evenly, an almost dark foreboding aura radiating off her.
Gideon hadn't been paying attention to the argument, he was clasping and unclasping his hands together, he knew that the scientist known as 'Greed' had gotten ahold of her; Greed was known to take things from the kids here, mostly eyes.
There were seven scientists here, all of them named after their sins, the seven sins which brought them here in the first place; they were the first kids to be trapped in this hell hole, and look what happened to them.
Gideon gazes at the rodents all talking quietly amongst themselves, Jo and James look like children who were caught with their hands in the cookie jar and talk in soft tones as they all try to figure out the last place Metal was seen.
The teen goes over to them and sits down, putting his own thoughts into the forming plan; they'd rescue their new friend or risk their lives trying.
They'd all get out of there. Together.
I was hoping to put some feels into this chapter, and if you guys want to read what happened to Metal just let me know and I'll post it separate from the story, I'm thinking about rating it M for gore, so if you're interested just let me know in a review!
FEEL DA FEELS! I tried to go more in depth on the OCs in this chapter and I'm hoping to keep you all interested, their powers will make an appearance in the next chapter, review and stuff cause you guys know I love it!
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