Nightmares

Here it is guys, the next chapter. Thanks for waiting and enjoy!

Julia was happily skipping down one of raptures many massive hallways, its glass ceiling letting light from the other buildings cascade down the hallway. She was wearing no shoes, and wearing a tiny tattered dress stained with grease and dirt. in many places the floor was either cracked or covered by puddles of water and oil. Even with the city slowly decaying, life went on in the sprawling utopia, for most.

She hummed to herself an unnamed tune as she continued to skip down the hallway, jumping over puddles, cracks, and even the occasional corpse. She turned around, locking glowing blue eyes with the Alpha series slowly trudging behind her with heavy steps.

"Come on daddy." She said in a voice that seemed to echo over itself. The Alpha series gave a low moan before before picking up his pace so he could catch up to her.

"Lets go out and play daddy." she said before grabbing one of his massive hands to pull him along. Each of his massive hands had an B carved into the metal gauntlet encasing them. She giggled to herself as she began to pull her daddy along.

She pulled him over to a half open doorway with the sound of music and voices coming from inside. She pointed to the room with her free hand. "Lets go and Daddy." She said before letting go of his hand and walking into the room.

Inside was a party filled with people wearing fancy clothes and funny masks. Most of them were too busy drinking or talking to notice Julia winding her way through the crowd. The big daddy slowly followed, gently pushing people out of his way who did not already move out of his way. Julia was not too far off ahead. She was looking at all of the funny masks the people were wearing.

"This way Daddy." She called before exiting the party. She ran out of the room and into another hallway, this one in much better condition. She took a quick look behind her to be sure that her dad was following her, which he was. Then she continued to run off ahead, giggling as she jumped over the occasional puddle. The sound of her fathers footsteps were getting fainter and fainter as she continued to run down the hall.

Then something caught her eye. It was a doll. she walked over it and picked it up so she could get a better look at it. The doll had an odd resemblance to her father.

"Daddy, look what i found." She called out. There was no response from him, but her call did catch someone else's attention.

Suddenly a figure in a tattered tuxedo fell from the ceiling about ten feet in front of her. She screamed and nearly dropped the doll into a puddle. It was a splicer, and he had a maniacal grin on his face as he looked at the helpless little girl standing before him.

He began to slowly advance with awkward steps, his elongated arms swaying from side to side. Julia began to slowly back up herself, her lip quivering in fear.

"Well well well, what do we have here?" The splicer mused to himself. "

"mmmmmm" julia began to whine to herself as the scary began to creep closer to her. She held her doll tightly to her chest, wide glowing blue eyes following the slicers every move.

The splicer smiled to himself, relishing the fear that he instilled in her. He chuckled to himself.

"I can smell the adam coming of you. It smells... good." He licked his swollen lips in anticipation.

"You sure are a special little one aren't you." He said to her as he continued walking, and she continued backing up.

"Ah" she screamed as she tripped over a fallen pipe and fell into a cold puddle. Hot tears began to stream down her cheeks as the splicer was only mere feet away from her.

"Dont cry, its all over now." he said before laughing to himself. Julius eyes were as wide as dinner plates as the splicer raised the blood crusted hook he held in his hand, ready to bring it down upon her.

"DADDY!" she cried out at the top of her lungs.

"ROOOOOOAAAAARRRR"

The terrible roar echoed down the hallway. The splicer looked up and he turned pale. He saw a glowing oval down the dark hallway, and it was glowing a hellish red.

Julia looked up at the terrified splicer and smiled. "You just made daddy angry." she said.

Then the sound of rapid heavy footsteps echoed down the hall. The splicer looked up to see the charging Alpha series running straight toward him like an angry rhino.

A sickening crunch could be heard as the Alpha series headfirst steamrolled into the splicer, sending the pathetic creature soaring down the hall, before crashing into a pile of cardboard boxes.

"Daddy, you always save me from the monsters." Julia said as she smiled up to her father, her dress now soaked in cold seawater.

The Big daddy picked her up gently and held her close to him.

"I promise i will never run away again daddy." She said to him as she tried to hug him with her tiny arms.

"ha... haha... hahahahahaaaaaaa." Came the sound of insane laughter from the pile of boxes.

The big daddy looked up to see the battered but still very much alive splicer rise from the boxes and wipe some blood from his mouth. He took a step out of the pile of boxes, walking with a slight limp towards the big daddy.

The Alpha put Julia down behind and put himself between her and the Splicer so intent on hurting her.

"You never should of come Big Man." He spat out before grinning insanely.

Then another splicer fell from the ceiling, followed by another. Both were laughing as they walked up to join their injured comrade.

"She is a juicy one boss." Said one of the new splicers.

"Yeah, i bet there is more than enough for all of us." The other said.

"Yes, but first we have to deal with HIM." Said there wounded leader as he pointed a bony figure at the Alpha series no more than 20 feet away.

"He doesn't look so tough." Mused one of the splicers.

The Alpha series undeterred by the trio of splicers took out his drill and began to rev it up, signaling that he had no intention of backing down. His helmet light continued to glow a bloody red.

The splicers held their ground.

"So its going to be like that." The lead splicer mused. His two comrades grinned.

"Lets kill him!" One of the splicers yelled, and all three of them charged the big daddy, bloody hooks raised.

Julia violently awoke in a cold sweat. She was breathing heavily, her heart racing within her chest. She sat up in her bed, her pale skin glistening in the low light cast by the window and Epsilons porthole, which was glowing orange out of concern. She grabbed her head as she tried to get a hold of herself.

She turned her head to see Epsilon, who was sitting nervously on a bench close by. He was looking right at her. He made a low moan to her, as if he was asking if she was alright.

"It... was just a dream." She said to herself. She never had such a vivid and terrifying nightmare before. She sill never forget the sound of that splicers laugh. She looked back to Epsilon, for reassurance that he was still there.

He was sitting on a sturdy bench, looking out a large window into the ocean and the city before him. Waves of light danced across him and the wall behind him. His porthole had returned to yellow, indicating his now relaxed mood.

Julia pushed the bed sheets off of her and made her way slowly across the room to Epsilon.

"Any room for one more?" She asked softly.

Epsilon looked at the bench, he took up a lot of space. There was not any more room. He began to get up so he could give up his seat to Julia, but she stopped him.

"Its ok, we will share." She said as she sat herself on his massive lap, much to the surprise of Epsilon.

She looked out the large window and into the scene that laid before her. It was truly something of beauty. Before her rested what the decaying ruins of the failed Utopia. Many of the buildings before her were in disrepair, with cracked glass and coral growing along its steel foundations. She could see everything in amazing detail that she never thought was possible, but she assumed it was because of the ADAM, and did not give it further thought.

"Its beautiful." She said, mesmerized by the view. Epsilon silently nodded his head in agreement.

The cities many blue neon lights casted a soft glow along the ocean floor, many of them flickering from lack of maintenance. Only two building seemed in good repair, and she assumed that they were a part of New Rapture. All of the buildings however were still standing more or less, but the ocean still slowly continued to reclaim what was taken from it.

Fish of all shapes and sizes darted in and out of view. Some came close to the window, while other swam to other parts of the city. Rapture over the years has become a haven for ocean life, as its many sea-scrapers offered excellent protection for multitudes of fish. The sharks however still followed, and the waters surrounding the building were full of them as they slowly swam amongst the ruins. She even saw a giant squid dart behind a large building, its massive eyes moving within the sockets looking for any sign of danger.

Julia sighed contently to herself, and rested the back of her head against Epsilons chest, which was surprisingly warm and comfortable. This was nice she thought to herself. It wasn't all that bad. Sure she was a part of some crazy experiment and probably would be spending the rest of her life with this place, but for some reason, she did not mind. It felt like she belonged her. She smiled contently to herself. She was living with her beloved aunt and uncle, the people were nice, as long as they were not kidnapping you and putting slugs inside you stomach. Also, she met Epsilon, and he was nice.

Soon she once again felt sleep begin to make her eyelids heavy. She laid her head sideways against Epsilons massive chest like he was some sort of living pillow, which at the moment he certainly was. Feeling a little cold, nuzzled herself into him for warmth. She was too tired to get back to her bed. She closed her eyes. Then she felt a massive and warm leather encased arm wrap around her. She smiled as Epsilon gently held her against him, and she drifted off to sleep.

Epsilon smiled to himself beneath his helmet. He was happy that she was finally peacefully asleep. He looked down at her pale face, which was half obscured by her raven black hair. Her eyes were lightly shut, and her breathing was relaxed.

Epsilon once again smiled to himself. He returned his gaze to the ocean and the dying city that it contained. Slowly, sleep came to him as well, and his porthole slowly dimmed as he drifted off, Julia safely in his arms.

AN: Sorry for the delay guys, but life and writers block take their toll. Remember that this is my first story, but expect an update very soon. Unsighned and sighed reviews are greatly appreciated, and epsilon would appreciate them too, so review, or else he will get angry. Just a review saying if you liked it or not is appreciated, so i know that at least i am doing something right with my writing. Anyway, until next time my loyal followers, PEACE!

P.S: If anyone wants to be a beta reader of mine, let me know.