Otherworldly Infection

Themes for this chapter: Almost Dead, Hell On Earth

Kill everything...

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Chapter Three: Through the eyes of a monster

Date: July 30.

Log Number 562. Subject: The ordered experiment

By the orders of Chief Xanon, we have begun our experiment to create the M Virus...a potion so powerful, it could make the dead rise again. Is such a feat truly possible? The boss says it will benefit all of the Underworld and the end results will bring about many days of paradise to all the Devils. It's so important that it's become the number one priority in the labs. In fact, Xanon has emphasized that this order has personally come from the seven stewards of the royalty. There's no denying the utmost importance of this experiment.

Date: August 2.

Log Number 567: The guinea pig

It's only been a few days, but the M Virus appears to be coming along smoothly. Xanon has been pleased with results so far, which puts us all in safety of his temper. Today, he surprised us all by bringing a male human to the labs. What surprised us even more was that the human was alive. Xanon announced this human was to be our guinea pig for the M Virus.

I'm against testing on humans, but if the M Virus could bring the dead back to life, he should have nothing to worry about.

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"Where am I now?"

Delta Nemesis squinted in the dim light. It had been ages since he had seen sunlight last and it was almost blinding, dispite it being late evening.

What was he suppose to do now? Where was Xanon?

"What...am I now?"

Suddenly, he smelled flesh...someone was nearby. Someone who could satisfy him and his hunger.

The human thoughts vanished. The green orbs in his eye sockets rolled around wildly again and he bared his fangs.

"Flesh...blood..."

The time to feast had come. Nothing else mattered.

Fuck human thoughts. He wasn't human anymore. He's nothing but a monster now.

Delta Nemesis darted forward, ready to strike his prey. It didn't matter who it was, as long as it was alive and pulsing with rich, red blood.

His target came into view. It was a teenage boy with thick, spiky, brown hair. He wore a loose fitting t-shirt and baggy pants.

He never saw his death coming.

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"You've GOT to tell me all about it!" a brunette gushed. "Come on, Red, you've been gone for months now. Don't tell me you fell for some hot girl over there."

Red laughed and swung an arm over his best friend and girlfriend. "No, Green. I promised you I wouldn't, remember? The tournament was amazing and interesting. I sure wish I had won, but it was amazing just BEING there," he said.

"I wish I could have been invited..." Green said dreamily. "But you are the Kanto champion, so it's no shocker it was you who got picked. Maybe if I beat you, they'll consider me instead."

"No way. You couldn't beat me if you had the legendary Arceus on your side. I rule that much!" Red smirked. Green punched him lightly, her face twisted into a mix of playful anger and real anger, with a slight hint of jealousy.

"Besides...then you'd be leaving me all alone. It's bad enough I had to leave you...but would you really leave me?" Red teased, although he was half serious.

Green thought about that for a moment, then shook her head. "No."

"Thought so..." Red leaned in and kissed Green on the lips. She responded by pulling him closer and carrying the kiss on longer.

It was ages...or was it only five minutes? ...until they heard a strange sound coming from outside the house. It sounded like someone was messily eating something quite loudly.

Gulplish...gulplish...slurp...shluuuuuurp...

"What was that?" Green whispered.

"Just ignore it..." Red whispered back and continued kissing her.

aum...mmmmmmm...MMMMMMMMMMMMM...shluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurp...

"Red, those sounds are starting to freak me out..." Green said seriously.

Red sighed. "Alright, I'll open the window..." he said, getting off the couch and opening the living room window. The sun was more then halfway down, so there was enough light to see what was going on. The teenager scanned the area and his eyes fell on a figure hunched over a few feet away from his house. Red instantly recognized who it was.

"Hey, Blue! What are you doing?"

Blue didn't respond. His head kept bobbling up and down, like he was using his teeth to rip something up. Green came up next to Red and stared at Red's rival.

"What's he doing? Hey! BLUE! BLUUUUUUUUUUUE!!!" Green cupped her hands around her mouth and yelled.

Silence. Blue didn't even bother to acknowledge their presence.

"What's with him?" Red muttered.

"I've got a really bad feeling, Red..." Green trembled.

"Hold on..." Red picked up a pokeball and threw it into the living room. Squirtle popped out.

"Squirtle?"

"Use Water Gun on Blue!" Red commanded, pointing out the window. Squirtle was puzzled, but did what he was told. He hopped on the window pane and shot a stream of water at the teenager.

Red laughed. "I know he's going to be so pissed at me for that, but it was worth...huh? Wh..." the pokemon trainer's voice broke off in shock as he stared at his rival. Blue had turned stood up and turned so he was facing the window where Red, Green and Squirtle were staring at him from. Green screamed.

Blue's face was covered in blood, especially around his mouth. His eyes were completely blank and pupil less. Splatters of blood were caked all over his t-shirt. But that wasn't the worst of it.

There was a giant gash on the front of his body, indicated that someone...or something...had tried to kill him. It was no longer bleeding, but the gash was still quite red and very visible. And right there in his hand was what he had been chewing on: the corpse of a Raticate.

Green didn't stop screaming. Blue staggered forward, dropping the corpse, and Red noticed that he was dragging one of his legs instead of actually walking on it. Squirtle's face turned panicked and he jumped off the pane and dove into his pokeball.

"Red, shut the window!!" Green screamed. When Red didn't move, the brunette slammed the window shut and locked it. Blue came to the window and began banging on it, wanting entry.

"Wh...what's happened to him?!" Red finally spoke.

"I don't know, but we gotta call the police! It's clear that whatever's happened to him needs to be taken into authority hands!" Green said, anxiously. She ran to the phone and quickly dialed 911. While she spoke to the officer on the line, Red shuddered and studied his rival with a repulsive look. He didn't look alive at all. But how was someone not living walking around?

And more to the point, why was he chewing on the corpse of a Raticate? Unless...

Red fought the urge to throw up. The thought of Blue attacking a pokemon and killing it with his bare hands was too much for him and his stomach to bear. No human, in their right of mind, would ever do that. And Blue was usually in his right of mind...usually.

Red pulled the curtains together, shutting out the image of Blue's decayed form. Green hung up the phone with a look of hope on her face.

"They're sending someone over...phew."

"I better call Mom..." Red suddenly said. "If Blue's dangerous right now and she shows up before the cops do, she could be in real danger." He took the phone from Green and dialed his mother's cellphone.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Mom. Uh, listen..."

"Oh, Red! I was just about to call you. I hope you don't mind, but I've decided to spend the night with my date tonight. Is that alright?"

"Ah..." Red was caught between telling her it was okay and telling her what just happened. "S-sure, Mom. You don't mind if I have Green spend the night with me?"

"Not at all. You're a grown boy and I trust you. No sex!"

"MOM!" Red yelled into the phone, turning a shade of his own name. "Alright, it's fine...so you won't be at home at all?"

"Nope. I'll be alright. Have a good night, honey."

"Right..." Red hung up the phone before he said something stupid. Like how his mom would be fine without the basic bed stuff from home.

"So what just happened?" Green asked anxiously.

"Well we don't have to worry about her coming home...she's spending the night with her date," Red explained. "I asked if you can stay with me so she doesn't freak out when she finds you here...I get the feeling you're not going to want to go home."

"Not with Blue out there, prowling around like a dead man..." Green mumbled. "Red, I'm really scared. What's gotten into him?"

"Hey..." Red moved closer and put his arms around her. "Whatever happens, I'll keep you safe. I've got my pokemon with me. And we're not to be taken lightly, trust me. Plus the cops are on their way. Nothing will happen to you. I promise."

"Alright..." Green buried her face into Red's shoulder and shuddered again. Red stroked her hair, not wanting to admit he was also afraid.

Afraid of Blue's strange behavior.

Afraid that Blue wasn't even alive.

Afraid that the same thing could happen to him and Green.

Red and Green sat on the couch, still holding each other, and waited for the police to show up. It was completely quiet, except for the rappings on the window.

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When the call came from a teenage girl about "my boyfriend's rival is prowling around the house and he's bleeding and eating a corpse of a pokemon!!!", they expected it to be some sort of prank or a little love triangle gone wrong. That's why they only sent two officers, lightly armed, to Pallet Town. The small town was so quiet and peaceful and calls from there were as rare as a shiny Pikachu. The crisis couldn't be that bad.

At least that's what they thought.

When the officers pulled up to the house of Red Fire at 7:58 PM, they couldn't believe their eyes. The prowler the teenage girl had described really was bleeding. One of the officers, an experienced homicide detective, knew he was dead right away from the smell emitted from the boy. It didn't explain why he was up and walking about, though.

The other officer, a slightly younger and less experienced guy, walked up to the dead boy. By the look on his face, the older officer was willing to wager he was going to give a lecture on how wrong it was to invade people's privacy.

"Ryan, no!! Get away from him!" the older officer barked.

"Alex, I know what I'm doing...this punk just needs to be set straight," Ryan said calmly. He walked up to Blue and put a hand on his shoulder. "Listen, son...OW! SON OF A BITCH!"

Alex drew his gun and walked over slowly. Ryan had pulled his hand back, howling in pain. His forearm was bleeding from an enormous bite Blue had given him. Alex quickly put his gun up and released the safety flick. "Don't move!!"

Blue showed no signs of understanding, and dove right into Ryan's other arm. Alex quickly pulled the trigger and released a bullet right into Blue's chest. The force blew him back and sent him right to the ground. Ryan grimaced and pulled his hand away to check the damage. His eyes widened and he screamed. "Alex!!"

"What?" Alex sounded upset. It was the first time he had to shoot to kill a teenager.

"L-look!" Ryan pointed to his wound. Instead of red blood, he was bleeding something black. "What just happened to me?! Who was that kid?"

"I have no idea...listen. Go call for backup in the car. Tell them you've been injured. I'm going to check on the kids," Alex said. He put his gun down and knocked on the door. "Officer Alex Rivers here! You kids okay?"

The door opened, revealing Red and Green with relieved looks on their faces. "Thank Arceus..." Green said.

"Thanks, officer. We're unhurt. Where's Blue?" Red asked.

"Over there. He had attacked my partner, so I...hey, you kids shouldn't look!" Alex quickly stopped them from looking in Blue's direction. Red noticed something, however.

"Hey...where's that Raticate corpse?"

"Huh?" Green looked around. "Maybe it wasn't dead. Maybe it was barely alive..." her voice trailed off.

"We're calling for some back up and an M.E to come and investigate your friend-"

"Rival," Red interrupted.

"-so you kids should head inside so you don't have to see this. We'll take care of everything," Alex said.

"What happened to Blue?" Green asked.

"I...I had to...neutralize him. I'm sorry," Alex said.

"Th-then why is he r-right behind you?" Green stammered.

Alex spun around. True to Green's words, Blue was staggering towards them. But he wasn't alone this time.

"Get away! Noooo!!" Red yelled. Alex drew his gun and whirled around. But to his surprise, the trigger was aimed right at his partner.

Ryan's eyes had spun to the back of his head and he was drooling that strange black liquid he had been bleeding out earlier. Alex hesitated and fired right at Ryan, at his head.

"Officer, look out!" Green shrieked, but it was too late. Blue had jumped right on Alex and began chewing on the back of his neck. Alex groaned as Blue worked his way around and bit into the main vein. Blood poured out like a geyser and Alex's eyes rolled to the back of his head as he fell forward. Green screamed and Red, not sure of his actions, grabbed Ryan's gun from his (hopefully) dead body. He aimed it at Blue's head, biting his lip.

"Red!!" Green's scared voice caused him to react. He pulled the trigger and watched as his rival fell down at last.

"Wh...why...what have...I done?"

"We had to protect ourselves, Red..." Green's sobbing voice pierced his thoughts again. Knowing, or believing, that officer Alex was also dead, the girl bent down and picked up the gun from the dead man's hand. "I've never shot one before, but..."

"We have to get out of here," Red stated. "We need to get far away from here."

"Where can we go?" Green asked tearfully.

Red thought carefully. "Let's go take refuge at the Indigo Plateau. I still hold rights to the title of Champion, so we can stay there for a while." He pulled out a pokeball and called out Charizard. The couple quickly got on the fire pokemon and flew off into the late evening sky.

They never saw Officer Alex get up.

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God, I LOVE this chapter.

Yeah, I've decided to make Delta Nemmy a little human inside, so he's an actual character and not a monster cutout. Let's face it: a monster cutout would be boring and better suited to the zombies. His full monster side takes over when he smells flesh, in case you haven't noticed.

Why do you think I said "Multiple Pairings" in the summary? Heheh, it's not only PitxZelda or IkexPeach. There's going to be a LOT more.

Anyone see why it's called Otherworldly Infection yet?

Alex and Ryan are the names of the two heroes in one of my favourite games, River City Ransom. I think I'll take a lot of names from various video games. It could be fun! A bunch of little cameos here and there... :D I'll turn it into a bit of a guessing game as well.

Oh...according to Regii, I need to have a health warning for this story. So here it is:

WARNING: Story may cause heart attacks and seizures from the use of over epicness.

To someone: Sorry. I didn't realize that not making Starfox and Starwolf into two words was offending, as well as Metaknight. I'll try and remember that for future chapters. I just tend to get lazy, so I mush the words together.

Also...the soundtrack is now available for download! Go look at my profile in the OI section. I hope it helps when you read. :D (I personally love tracks six, nine and sixteen the most.)

-CeleBaby20

PS: Happy New Year, people! Have a good 2009!