Chronicles of the Night
Boy, I really need to get more motivated or something. But in any case…
When we last left off, for the last few hours Felix had been tortured by Dr. Moore for his blood. His teammates came to save him, and once he was released Felix went after Dr. Moore. Driven to desperation, Dr. Moore tried the untested new Formula B and became a berserk man with cat-like powers and instinct barely clinging to his human rationality. Now a feral Felix and a feral Moore prepare to fight with each other tooth and nail.
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel comics, I do own my original characters and the plot.
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Man and Beast
"So terrible…" Night-princess was crying a little bit, not a full out sob, but she was by herself crying and wiping away tears with her arm.
"What's the matter?" Night-roller asked, coming up behind her.
"It's just… all of those people… they… they took away their lives. It… it's just…"
"…" Night-roller looked at her. If you could see past the helmet and visor, it was clear that he knew why this affected her so much.
"It's just… just that I don't want to see anyone… losing nearly everything they had… like me." Night-princess sniffled.
"Night-princess…" Night-roller began to say. Everything around them then got misty, the two of them stopped moving, not moving a single muscle, in fact the air itself seemed to stand still. A teenager in white clothes similar to the one who told them to come here walked up, crouched down in front of Night-princess and stroked her chin. Night-princess was still motionless; it didn't even look as though she were breathing.
"I don't like to see such a cute, innocent girl cry… and I don't like to see a beautiful strong woman cry." The teen said, standing up and looking at Night-princess. "…" The teen turned and walked away.
"…I wish I knew how to help them too. I really do." Night-roller resumed. The scenery resumed, and neither of them even seemed aware of the third presence a moment ago.
On the rooftop…
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH!!!" Both Felix and Moore ran at each other, kicking up water as they ran at each other. They leaped at each other and met in mid-air, grappling each other with their claws. They hit the ground with a splash and were again rolling around, punching and clawing at each other, leaving heavy bruises or bleeding scratches.
"THOMAAAAAAAAASSSSSSS!" Moore hissed loudly over the rain water.
"MOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRREE!!!" Felix stood up, sinking his claws in to Moore's arms, and twirled around once before hurling Moore as far as he could. Moore flipped backwards in mid-air and landed on his feet. With a bit of a splash. The rain water continued to beat on them as they once again ran at each other.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Moore tried tackling Felix, but Felix ducked really low to the ground, turned around prepped to swing his claws at Dr. Moore. However Moore was already swinging his claw and the two claws met, scratching the other's hand. The two began throwing wild and un-focused punches and kicks at each other.
"Kill…" Felix shouted in fury. He swiped a claw at Moore's head, but Moore ducked and clawed Felix in the chest and stomach twice before Felix kneed him under the chin and then back-handing him hard enough to cause him to stumble a bit.
"Hssssssssssssssssssssssssss…" Moore flipped over the top of Felix and tried to tackle him from behind, but Felix spun around and grabbed Moore and hoisted him up over his head. Felix attempted to slam Moore in to the ground head first, but Moore landed on his hands, stopped himself, and then kicked Felix in the chest. Moore then sprang off of his hands and straight in to Felix's chest.
"Hah!" Felix gasped as he fell back.
"Die…" Moore jumped above Felix, and was about to land on him while driving his claws in to Felix if Felix hadn't rolled out of the way and then shoulder barged in to Moore. "Ha!" As Moore was hit by Felix's shoulder, he managed to catch Felix's chest with his claw, scratching Felix as he went sprawling.
"AH!" Felix cried. He looked at Moore with renewed fury and then ran at Moore again. Moore got up and swiped his claws, but Felix avoided this with only minor cuts to his cheek, and scratched Moore very badly across his face.
"HA!" Moore cried. Felix wasn't finished however, and soon connected his fist against Moore's cheek with full force, sending Moore tumbling across the ground. Moore quickly got on all fours and jumped at Felix. Felix hopped to the side, turned and crouched on all fours.
"Moore…"
"Thomas…"
"Hsssssssssssss!" Felix lunged at Moore, but Moore jumped over Felix and nearly landed on him if Felix hadn't jumped out of the way. Felix then pounced at Moore again, but Moore jumped out of the way. The two kept trying to jump on the other all over the roof, splashing up water everywhere as they did so. Finally they met and tumbled along the roof before Moore stood up, holding Felix over his head, and then slamming Felix in to the ground.
Meanwhile…
"Sir… yes I just intercepted a call from the police regarding… you already know sir? So a division in the LA area is already on its way then? Always on top of things… yes sir, I'm leaving to go join with them now. I'll file a report to you afterwards. Yes sir!"
Click…
Back to the fight…
"Die…" Moore was about to bite on Felix's neck to try and tear out his throat, however Felix stabbed his claws in to Moore's chest, and then used his leg to kick Moore in the side and send Moore rolling off of him, leaving only small scratches on his face, and one nasty set of claws marks on Dr. Moore's chest.
"Hssssssss…" Both of them had numerous cuts, the water around them had some of their blood mixed in to it, with the rain being the only thing making the bleeding seem like it's not as bad as it is. Both of them ran at each other again they both threw a punch that they both dodged, they started throwing claw-swipes at each other that they dodged almost the moment the claws were swiped at them. Finally the two locked arms.
"Thomas… kill… hate…" Moore hissed.
"Moore… not… hurt…" Felix hissed back.
"HAH!!!" Moore tightened his grip, sinking his claws in to Felix's arms once more and then turned around while throwing Felix behind him, leaving deep scratches on his arms as he threw him.
"Hmph." Felix snorted before flipping and landing with a splash on all fours. He darted side to side on all fours as Moore also darted back and forth. Moore leaped at Felix, but Felix back flipped and landed right in front of Moore's face before punching him as hard as he could in the face. "RAH!!!"
"THOMAS!!!"
"MOORE!!!" The two of them were clawing at each other wildly now, not taking as much care to dodge each other anymore. Their claws tore through skin, the rain washed the blood off of the claws, and they never could tear their feral eyes away from each other. Felix swiped his claws at Moore over and over again while Moore swiped his own numerous times. Moore then jumped up, kicked off of Felix's chest and landed far back from him.
"Hsssssssssssssssss…" While Felix was staggering temporarily, Moore dashed forward on all fours before he landed a solid uppercut under Felix's chin.
"HAH!!!" Felix fell backwards on to his back. Moore bared his fangs and was lunging for Felix's throat when Felix's arm shot up, and his hand wrapped around Moore's throat. "Grrrrrrrrrrr…" Moore dug the claws in to Felix's arms, trying to force him to let go but, "RAH!" Felix had other plans.
"HAAAAAA!!!" Moore hissed in pain as he felt Felix's fangs sink in to his shoulder. Moore let go with his right arm, allowing Felix to more easily grab it with his free claw.
"Moore… finished…" Felix panted. He slammed Moore in to the ground headfirst. Moore tried kicking Felix in the stomach over and over, but Felix stifled the pain and continued to slam Moore's head on to the roof and in to the water.
"Thomas…" Moore managed to keep consciousness through this in spite of the blood coming from his head. "RAH!" Moore managed to bring one of his legs up on to the arm Felix was using to reach for his neck. Felix let go and Moore grabbed him around the waist. Moore then hurled Felix closer to the edge of the roof, where the bloody and beaten Felix didn't even have the strength to land on his feet. "Die…"
"Heh…heh…" Felix panted, trying to find his strength. Moore ran forward as quickly as he could, Moore then lunged at Felix. Felix's upper body seemingly went limp as he barely caught himself on his legs, but Felix reared back up, swinging his fists in to the air. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" Felix's wild swing caught Moore from underneath and sent Moore flying far over the edge of the roof.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Moore shouted, falling to the ground far below.
"Moore…" Felix growled before falling backwards on to his back, more of his blood mixing in with the gigantic puddle of the roof. Felix had a chance to breathe now, and he was very slowly calming down. As Felix's eyelids were about to shut, they blinked once and found a pair of white shoes right in front of his face. And although he still felt the puddle around him, the raindrops seemed to stop bombarding him since he couldn't feel them, but he could still hear rain falling around him.
"In four minutes and fifty seven seconds, your team mates will arrive and take you away to take care of you. And in forty minutes and twelve seconds S.H.I.E.L.D. will arrive to investigate this incident." A teenage voice said to Felix. "Although you won't remember hearing my voice since soon I won't have even been here, I just feel the need to say this."
"…" Felix was too weak to stand to lash out at whoever this was. He wasn't even sure he wanted to since his human rationale was coming back at this point.
"I have seen this once, twice, and three times, and I've decided to see this no more. The first time I've seen this, the result was unpleasant, and the second time I've seen this, the result was even more unpleasant. And even though it seems bad now, this may be for the best. Soon what happens to you afterwards will determine what happens afterward." The teenager said.
"Out of all the things I've seen, and I've seen a lot, you and your friends are perhaps the most interesting thing I've seen."
"…"
"You won't remember this conversation, like I said, I just felt the need to say this." The teen turned to walk away from Felix, and Felix felt the rain drops resume bombarding him. "I think I'll do you guys one favor… but that's just because I hate to see a young girl and beautiful woman cry." In the next second, Felix couldn't smell any trace of the teen, hear him walk through the roof, or even smell any trace of the guy having even been there.
"FELIX!!!" Came Night-princess' cry.
"Felix! Hang in there man! We're going to get you back home… Felix… Felix…" Joseph's voice soon drifted out of Felix's ears as everything went black.
The next week…
"Finally… a week without having to worry about work… or about anything back home." Felix sighed. He, Joseph, and Lisa were in the passenger's area of a private jet that had a couch, a large table, TV, and a mini-fridge.
"Just a week at my private mountain home in NC." Joseph said.
"Why North Carolina?" Lisa asked curiously.
"It's just a quiet place… that's all." Joseph said.
"Although it's going to be pretty cold there around this time of year." Felix groaned. Felix leaned back in his chair and looked up at the ceiling.
"What's wrong Felix?" Lisa asked.
"It's just… well I know my memory is sketchy after going crazy anyways but… after I threw Dr. Moore off of that roof, my mind is drawing a complete blank." Felix sighed.
"You know what's even weirder? Those people from the lab." Joseph said. Lisa smiled at this.
"Hm? You mean the ones Moore experimented on?" Felix asked.
"Yeah… one moment they were half human half animals… and then next minute they were completely human, dazed, confused, and wondering where they were in the first place." Joseph said.
"I was just… glad to see that they're all right." Lisa said.
"Well guys, smooth sailing from here." Felix said.
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Ugh… I hope you guys think this chapter is good. But on a positive note, I've finally got the written portion of my Graduation project out of my hair. Mua ha ha ha ha! Oh it's such a good feeling. Well, I'm still not sure about my next update, but please be patient.
Next time… the first chapter, of the final story arc of this short story.
