Rated M
Warning! I use Unknown's, 707′s, and V's real name

_M_I_N_T_E_Y_E_

"My successor." She smiled crookedly at me. What? What was Rika saying? She wanted me to be her partner? I glanced away from her, the mere presence of her was too great. "Oh, don't look so shy." She giggled. "I've been watching you and I know you have the potential to help me reach my goals." She ran her index finger along my jawline, her nails felt as sharp as knives. "And if we want to achieve paradise–"

I pushed her hand aside. "I don't want to achieve paradise. Your paradise is nothing but hell."

Others in the crowd gasped. The Flock walked up to her. A young girl with blonde hair flowed in the wind, she almost looked like a mini Rika, grabbed her arm. "Is… is she a Defector?" She tugged on Rika's sleeve.

"No my child. She's just head strong. Just like me." She looked at me in the eyes and smiled. "Come with me, my vision. I want to show you true paradise."

"Wait!" Ji Sung stepped forward.

Rika turned towards him. "Saeran, it's time you went back to work."

He froze and looked back and forth between her and I. "I… But I…"

"Saeran." She rolled her shoulders back and stood tall. She much more… godly like this. I could see her green eyes look at him with nothing but disdain. ""Mors ultima ratio."

Ji Sung, or Saeran, coward back. "R-right." He turned around sharply and ran off.

"What did you do?" I looked at her.

"Let me show you paradise." She held out her hand. "Let me show you my dream."

The gentle hand, I… I can't take it, but if I don't… I looked around. The Flock watched me with pure rage seething through them. The Priests and Arc Members protective goggles reflected the sun, it almost felt like it was a spotlight that shone right on me waiting for me to make a wrong move and show everyone my great desire to get out of this hell. I reached out hesitantly and took it.

The deal had been made.

She led me inside to the dining room. I could see the doors closed indicating for when it would be open, around 7 p.m. I glared at the back of her head. "So, you even control when people get to eat?"

She just laughed. "It's good to keep order."

"And do you control how much pain you put Yoosung and V through?"

She stopped. Her hand squeezed mine so tightly my fingers started to turn blue. "Jihyun… heh, he just didn't see paradise like I did."

I ignored the numbing feeling in my hand. "And Yoosung? Oh I get it. Your formula wasn't perfect yet, didn't want to hurt him and make him gouge out his eyes. You just used those other innocent people making them tear off their flesh for your selfish reasons."

Her nails dug deep into my skin. "You just don't quite get it yet, but you will soon. I know you, I know what hardships you've been through." She looked back at me. Her green eyes just seemed to scream insanity.

"I see you're as nosy as Seven."

"That's Lucile to you and Saeyoung to me." She said curtly. "But oh dearest Saeyoung… once he joins my ranks he and his brother will be reunited and Paradise will flourish and grow!"

A hundred questions surged through my mind but only one seemed the most important. "Why is Se-… Lucile so important?"

"Saeran is good with the computers but let's face it, he doesn't have the same touch as his brother." She pulled me to a small hallway that led to a grand looking staircase. It was think and could only fit at least one person at a time but the carpet was a dark royal blue and the dark wood railings were polished and carved to look like it came from some fantasy woodlands. I had to walk in front of her as she continued talking. "You see, Saeyoung will be able to delve into the worlds that I cannot reach, he'll find information needed to help people find paradise, help them reach their answers more clearly."

"Their answers?"

"Paradise holds the answers to life." She said with a soft tone. "Why were we put on this Earth? Why do we get hurt? Why must we get hurt? Why can't we all just reach our fullest potential and live in a place that will never, ever, hurt us." She sighed and took a deep breath. "Why must it happen to those who don't deserve it?" We reached the top of the stairs. She reached over and pressed her body close to mine. "It doesn't." She whispered into my ear. "We can live together… in harmony." She opened the door.

I let out a small gasp. I was expecting to see something that resembled paradise, but instead…

"W-w-what are all these… body parts?"

On the walls were brains, eyes, hearts, and some other appendages I couldn't quite make out. Each body part was floating in some sort of fluid in a jar and placed neatly along the wall. There wasn't so many that it filled the shelves, maybe 30 or 40 jars but each one held something.

"Oh it helps us with our goals to reach perfection. I don't know much about science but The Doctor and The Mortician do."

I opened my mouth to tell her that Melody was dead, choked to death on her own blood by doing, but quickly refrained. "So what is this room?"

"It's where I'll show you what real paradise is like. What I want it to be."

I tensed and tried to back away but Rika pushed me inside. I could feel her grip on my shoulders as she pushed me into a chair. "What are-" I began to panic as she strapped me to the chair, memories of the first night I was here flashed into my mind as I struggled and yelled for help. Rika just hummed some tune from a TV show I binge watched while I was staying at her apartment. She raised a syringe filled with a clear liquid. "Stop! STOP!" I struggled harder.

"It's time you saw the beauty of my dream."

S+U+C+C+E+S+S+O+R

I can hear it, the sound of a woman signing so beautifully. Her voice is so clear and she sounds so… at ease. Why is it so dark? Why can't I see her face? I can feel grass under my arms and my legs. The small blades tickle my skin and I can smell the calming scent of lavender. Suddenly the singing was quiet, almost like it was never there to begin with. I felt like I was falling and then… floating. It all felt so peaceful. I still couldn't see anything but the weightlessness of my body and the euphoric feeling that washed over me made it all okay.

Slowly I opened my mouth to speak but my voice did not come out but instead a choir of voices. It was like angels were using my voice to sing and it felt so… so special. I could tell someone with gentle, warm, hands was guiding my through the sky and leading me to somewhere spectacular. Somewhere that was *#) %* 01110000 01101100 01100101 01100001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100010 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01101101 01100101

I felt my feet land on cold flooring. I shivered at the sensation and slowly closed my mouth. The choir stopped when I did which left me feeling so sad. But my spirits were lifted when I heard a soft voice calling out to me. I followed it blindly, I couldn't wait to get to that voice. I stumbled a bit but managed to keep my balance no way was I going to get away from that awesome voice! No way!

As I get closer to the voice my head starts hurting more and more. It feels like someone is playing with my brain and doing something weird to it but–AH! The voice it's moving! I turn to follow it and stumble over. As I land on the ground I can suddenly see. It was like someone had just uncovered my eyes and suddenly a bright light was around me. Slowly the light faded and I could see I was siting on a marble floor.

"W-w-w-" I looked up to see Rika sitting on a throne looking down at me. I am at the far side of the room and just in front of me is a red carpet. "Where?"

"Stand, my vision." She commanded. "Stand and meet your paradise."

On shaking legs I stood. Paradise. Paradise. Paradise. It feels SO right! I gripped my white dress in my hands and knead the fabric in between my fingers. I took what felt like my first steps. I looked up to see Rika reaching out a hand to me. I had to grab it. Paradise, paradise, paradise. I could hear the choir signing and the smell of lavender returned. It felt like a warm glow was encasing my skin and I felt just so fluttery and happy and I never ever wanted to leave.

Managing to make my way over to her I looked at her hand. I looked at the room I was in and smiled. "I wanna stay here forever!" I said happily and threw my arms in the air in joy. "I want everyone to feel this!"

"Take my hand and you will become my vision."

"Me!? Really!?"

"Yes."

I reached out and took Rika's hand.

W_E_L_C_O_M_E_

"GAH!" I jolted awake and hugged my body. I was in my room in… in the apartment. What the… what the hell? I looked down at my clothes to see I was wearing my favorite pajamas. What the hell!? Was it all a dream? What was… it couldn't have been.

I slowly got out of the bed and saw my phone blinking. I reached towards it and noticed Yoosung was in the chatroom. I hurriedly unlocked my phone.

: Yoosung!?

Yoosung : Hey! How was your nap?

: My… my nap?

Yoosung : Yeah. remember you wanted to take a nap because you had a massive headache.

: No… no… No Yoosung I!… I still have the headache. And I had a horrible
: Wait no! It wasn't a dream! br : I was with Rika Yoosung! She's alive.

Yoosung : …. Don't joke like that.

: No seriously! I was with her! She's alive! She's alive and she's been tricking you all! And she tortures people!

Yoosung : Rika would never do that!

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BAD END

"You can't just hurt them. If we want to bring them to Paradise you have to try harder than that." I heard Saeran's voice. "Let's run the simulation again, and you know the drill." It sounded like he had pulled a lever and suddenly I heard a loud whirring like electric currents starting up. I clutched my arms and felt my feet feel like they were catching on fire.

"W-w-why's it so hot?"

"Sorry doll. I didn't want to do this but you left me no choice. You know you won't feel pain but…"

A spark of electricity burst out of the floor and attached itself to the phone I was holding. Though I didn't feel any pain I could control the muscle spasms and the yellow foam that bubbled out of my mouth.

T+O

"AH!" I jolted awake and looked down to see I was in my parents house. "Wh… what…?!"

"Hey sport! It's time for breakfast! Come on get up!"

I looked around and saw my old stuffed animals and pictures of my friends. "What the…" Slowly I got out of bed and looked down at my phone. I checked for the RFA app but it was gone. I looked into the mirror and saw I had my normal eye color. "W-was it all…"I glanced over at my favorite poster and felt a nostalgic sense, it said: 01000011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01101111 01101110 00100001 00100000 01000110 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100001

I opened my door to my room and walked out into the hallway. I could smell waffles and syrup and ran down the stairs.

"W-what's going on?" I hugged my arms tightly. My head really hurt right now.

"You know how it is. Waffles on Sunday!"

"What… year is it?"

My parents looked at each other. My mother leaned forward from the table. "Are you… okay?"

"She's been acting weird for some time now."

My mother looked at me and shook her head. "You need to stop that right now young lady! You know the Priests don't like it when you Think Openly."

"W-what?"

"Shush! Just enjoy your meal." Mom looked at the corner of the ceiling worriedly.

"Just eat okay sport?"

"Come on hurry up. We have to go to Church soon and I don't want the Arc Members breaking down our door again for being late."

I looked at the two of them in annoyance. "What? What the hell are you talking about!?"

My father stood up. "You watch your mouth. There's no aggression to be shown ever!"

"What!? What the fuck are you talking about!? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?"

Mom gasped and covered her mouth. "W-we need to get her to Church. She needs to hear High Priestesses word."

"She needs to go to Baptism. She's been corrupted-

H_E_L_L

"by the outside world." Rika whispered into my ear.

I opened my eyes and gasped for air.

"Welcome back." She smiled. "You were out for quite some time."

I looked around wildly trying to figure out where or when I was. "W-wh-what happened?" I gasped. I was strapped to the chair from whence I first came into this god awful room. I could see the jars of body parts and sighed in relief. It was sickening to think this but I was happy to be back here because here was reality.

I hope.

"You took a trip to paradise. You saw my vision for you." She smiled. "Hee hee, you are my vision. My took for paradise. My successor."

"M-my head hurts…"

"Just a little tweaking." She giggled and raised a jar with bits of brain in it. "You won't be needing this, not in paradise at least."