"I'll be back soon. I have a lot in store for you."
What John said struck instantly struck Noctis with confusion and concern. He had absolutely no idea what John had meant by what he had said. He also did not know if it what was in store was good, or bad.
"What do you exactly mean by that?" Noctis asked.
John chuckled at Noctis' question, his permanent tone making Noctis extra uneasy. "You will see, Noctis. You will see soon," John said as he turned around and opened the door.
"Wait!" Noctis called out, hoping to get answers from him. But he was too late, as John had already closed the door, leaving him alone in the room.
Noctis let out a sigh, knowing he'd have to lay down on that uncomfortable table longer, and worry about what John meant when he said he had a lot in store for Noctis.
Noctis began to think about what John exactly meant earlier before he left the room. Initially, Noctis thought that he would be free to go after answering his questions, but it seems that he was wrong. Another thought had popped into his mind shortly after.
Was Noctis going to be experimented on?
Noctis knew that John was a scientist. Perhaps that's the reason John wanted to still keep him. So he jumped to the conclusion that he would most likely receive tests. Noctis let out a sigh after jumping to his conclusion. "I hoping these tests aren't going to be too bad. He can't be a mad scientist I hope," he muttered to himself.
Time kept ticking, as Noctis was waiting. Every second felt like a minute. Every minute felt like five minutes. His impatience accompanied by silence created a fake illusion of time, when it has only been a short period.
"When will he even come back," Noctis grumbled, breaking the silence. It has been ten minutes since John has left, and he was already very impatient.
"Screw this, I'm gonna nap."
Noctis closed his eyes to take a rest. Despite the uncomfortable conditions, his sleep overtook his mind. His mind went blank.
[...]
John walked into a room and closed the door behind him. Instead of the room taking a white appearance like Noctis' room, it was gray. The floor had a tiled pattern and was shining, giving the impression that it was recently cleaned. Tables were placed around the room in a neat pattern. Different books, syringes, and medical tools, some simple, some complex, were on different tables.
John walked towards one table, which had a black box on top. He opened the box, revealing it's contents. There were five syringes in the box. Each syringe was filled with a unique color. John reached towards one syringe in particular, which was filled with dark crimson fluid. A tag was attached to it, labelled: Modified Determination V5.
"Just what I needed," John said as he picked up the syringe. He closed the box and left the room he was in.
[...]
Noctis was in deep sleep on the table. Despite that John was going to return, he could not resist the urge to sleep.
The door opened slowly and silently. John entered the room, carrying the syringe.
While closing the door, John noticed Noctis sleeping, and frowned in response. "Oh Noctis, this isn't the time to besleeping." he said to himself, with no frustration in his tone. It remained emotionless.
John approached Noctis and bent down, right next to his ear.
"Noctis, wake up," John said right into Noctis' ear. Noctis' body twitched in response. His eyes slowly opened, as he let out a groan.
Noctis turned to the side and saw John, who was staring at him.
"Oh, I'm sorry for falling asleep. Just got tired of waiting for you," Noctis murmured tiredly.
John grinned. It was his time.
"That doesn't matter now. What matters is that you're awake, so I test something on you now," John said.
"What are you exactly doing?" Noctis asked, a feeling on unease growing in his body.
"I'm going to be injecting you with determination, which is heavily modified by me," John explained.
Fear broke through Noctis. His eyes widened in response.
Determination isn't something monsters can handle.
Noctis knew that monsters couldn't handle determination. Determination would cause them to melt away.
"Don't! You're going to kill me!" Noctis shouted as he tried to jump up, but the restraints still held him down. John laughed in response.
"Oh, the chances of death is quite low. And no, determination doesn't kill. The melting you fear is unlikely, as it was modified myself in a special way. A way for it to "activate" itself when it's needed. And I'll make sure it won't melt you away," John explained. However, his explanation did not fix anything.
Noctis started to thrash against what was holding him down, hoping to tear the restraints off. "I don't trust you!" he shouted back. John laughed even more.
"Your attempts are quite futile. Now Noctis, calm down for me," John said as he brought the syringe closer to him. Noctis' eyes widened, and his attempts to break free grew more desperate.
"Now, lets see how it will go."
John brought the needle to his wing, and then poked the syringe through his right wing, and injected the fluid.
Noctis stopped resisting as a surge of pain went through him. The pain acted like a physical restraint to him, worse than the already physical ones. Noctis tried to let out a scream of agony, but he was unable to, as the pain was so severe.
A burning feeling manifested in Noctis' right wing. However, soon enough, the burning feeling began to spread throughout his body, like a very bad disease. It was too much for Noctis to bear.
"Make it stop, make it stop" Noctis mentally repeated to himself.
The pain and burning feeling began to fade away slowly. And within the next thirty seconds, the pain was gone. He only felt the burning feeling, which it's severity was severely reduced.
John clapped and his grin grew even wider. "Ah, Noctis. I'm glad my modification worked this time. You did not melt away like the others. I've spent months working on this," he explained. Noctis let out a growl of anger.
"You sick freak, what do you mean others?" Noctis demanded, as a light blue aura surrounded his left wing.
"You see," John said, disregarding the aura, "I had monsters before you, and I tried the same experiment in hopes for it to work."
That crossed the line. Noctis felt a surge of energy flow in his left wing, overtaking the dull burning sensation. "I'm going to kill you!" he shouted as the glow intensified. However, a second later, the glow died off instantly.
John chuckled in response. "Oh Noctis, you do realize that in this facility, all magic is rendered unusable," he explained.
John turned around and began to walk to the door. "I'd like to thank you for allowing me to test the needle on you. I'm quite surprised you managed to at least somewhat activate your magic in these conditions. Now, I'll be back later, and then you will be put to great use."
John opened the door and exited the room. A few seconds after, the lights turned off, engulfing everything in darkness.
Noctis closed his eyes, a tear rolling down his face. "Why do I have to go through this torment?"
A/N: Welp, sorry for the long wait. I've been doing a lot of stuff lately. School, my personal life, and making a few games has been draining a lot of my time. But I promise to start updating this more often. I've enjoyed rewriting this chapter. A lot shorter (used to be about 2000 words, but now it's only 1274).
So, regarding the future of this story, I've stated about what's happening to the oc's submitted, which I am not putting them in the story except for a few (those that appeared in the original story or I planned to put them in, which they will all have a significant role). And as stated, I changed my mind about having the story composed of mostly oc's. That's why the Undertale cast will be given more of a spotlight in the story, instead of having oc's overrun them.
Another thing I want to say about the future is: Possibly an official OST and possibly a fan-game. You heard it. A possible fan game.
So, for the OST, I'm a beginner in making music. I've made one song so far (John's theme, kind of bad, I'll remake it as my music making skills improve). The hard part is making the song original. By original, I mean coming up with a tune, new ideas. Some songs would be easy, as it'd have a letimoff (like how most Undertale songs are). I'll probably get my butt up and make more soon.
Now for the fan-game, it's being planned. I've came up with different concepts on how it should work. It's either going to be a game like Undertale, your actions has consequences or just a straightforward game. Of course, don't get your hopes too high on it, as it's not easy making a fan-game. I have knowledge on Lua and writing out a story and coming up with fresh concepts, but I suck at making art and all of that.
Since I have a week off of school, the next chapter MAY be out this week. Don't get your hopes up though.