Chapter Twenty Three: Angel and Demon Part Two: Demon
She woke up, rubbing her head with her clawed hand. She couldn't remember much before she woke up. Her head was too fuzzy. She stood up carefully, realizing that her arms were no longer restrained by chains. She stretched, her limbs releasing tension and tightness.
Looking around the room she was in, she saw various equipment and technology used for various things. On the wall nearest the only door in the room, she found a mirror. Going up to it, she looked cautiously into it.
She was wearing a brown tank top and brown shorts as her only clothes. Her body was well toned and she could tell she had a decent amount of power inside of herself, potentially a high LV. Her fingers were pointed slightly, making them seem like they were clawed. Her hair was brown and was flowing, but didn't go far past her shoulders. Her eyes were completely black, save for two red slits that served as her pupils and iris (colored part of the eye). She opened her mouth slightly to see that a couple of her teeth were more pointed than the others. Scanning her aura, she found that it was dark. Apparently she could use dark magic.
Suddenly, a flash hit her. She couldn't make out anything other than green, yellow, blue, and pink. She put her hand up to her head, almost dropping back to her knees. She caught herself on the wall, preventing her from falling over. She breathed heavily, sweat beginning to bead on her forehead. However, she focused her breathing to calm herself down. She decided to leave and see what she could find.
She looked at the door, testing it. Whether or not it was unlocked, she pulled it open, walking out of it.
Looking around, she found the hallway empty. She carefully made her way out, extending her aura to feel for other sources of LV.
She came upon a door that had no knob. She slid it open to find a bin containing some clothes, among them a synthetic armor like uniform that was red with a green upside down heart. She put it on, feeling slightly warmer in it. She felt something in the pocket of the pants area of the uniform. She pulled the contents of the pocket out, only to find a heart shaped locket. She opened the locket to find a small amount of dust inside. She touched the dust lightly, a warm, fuzzy feeling washing over her as she did. She closed the locket, putting it on. She felt like it belonged there, almost as if it was her own heart.
Looking at a clipboard she noticed that it gave a description similar to her physical appearance. However, it gave no name. But, under the species, was a word that she couldn't make out. All she could see of the horrible writing was the letter 'N' on the beginning and ends of the word. The next word, however, she could make out. The word was 'demon'.
The demon looked at the clipboard, trying to find anything else that could help identify her, but all she found was a readout of what she assumed was her LV. The number was impressive, but she didn't concern herself with it due to the word 'current' next to it, meaning she had more stored away.
Suddenly, a flash hit her again, causing her to drop to her knees. More images flashed before her eyes along with sounds and feelings: a girl, hearts, screaming, pain, unconsciousness.
When the demon stood, she shook her head, clearing it slightly. The hallway seemed to stretch on, seemingly endless. The demon looked around, surprised that there weren't any guards (or anyone really) around to stop her or even say hi.
"Odd." She thought. "I'm surprised that no one's found me yet. Normally, I'd have been stopped."
She came to what looked like an operating room, two tables in the middle of the room, one of them with blood on it. The demon walked into the laboratory, inspecting the table with blood on it. Suddenly, the visions came back again, this time in full force.
It wasn't just images, feelings, or sounds this time. It was a vision, a reliving of an event.
In the vision—note: bold text indicates the demon's voiceover (readers on DeviantArt, just look for text that doesn't say who's speaking)
"Is the first one prepared?" one of the figures said, his near ghostly form billowing.
"Yes." The other, a woman said. "The other one too."
"Other one? I thought there was just me."
"Good." The first said. "Prepare THEM."
"Right." The second said, snapping her fingers. Six glass jars, each with a glowing, heart shaped object in them.
"Those are the hearts I saw earlier."
"Prepare them both." The first figure said. The other walked out of the room, pulling in two beds, a female, human looking individual strapped down to each, both of them dressed how the demon was before she donned the clothes from the bin. They looked similar to each other slightly, one older, one younger. One of them was struggling, the other looking around in immense fear.
"That one on the left looks like me, minus the eyes. And the other one looks like that girl I saw in an earlier vision. Who is she? And what does she have to do with me? She looks so scared, though. I'm guessing she has an idea of what's in store for her."
The girl in fear looked around, her eyes wide and her breathing very shallow. Her eyes glanced at the heart shaped objects and they widened.
"The SOULs." She said in a quiet whisper (A/N: only the demon heard, since she's the spectator).
"You can't hold us forever!" the girl that looked like the demon shouted. "If you harm her, you'll regret it!"
"So, I know her. I'm surprised I don't remember."
"We're just preparing for the next phase of our plan." The first figure said. "We do not do this for amusement."
"Then, why?" the terrified girl asked.
"Because you are needed." The second figure said. "Now, prepare them."
The first figure hooked up two strange machines to both of the girls, one each, connecting three of the glass jars to each one.
The second figure pressed several buttons on each, the machines beginning operation. After about thirty seconds, the heart shaped objects—SOULs—began to distort, as if they were being split. The girls strapped down to the tables began writhing, screaming in pain.
"What are they doing to them? Is this why that girl looks like me?"
The SOULs had almost disappeared, apparently being drained into the two girls. After they had completely disappeared, fire began appearing in both of the girls' eyes, the older one with red fire and the younger with light blue. They stopped writhing, falling into unconsciousness.
"Good." The first figure said, nodding to the other. The other unstrapped both girls and carried them off to different rooms, the younger one down a hall the demon couldn't see and the older one to the room the demon had awoken in.
"So, that is me. I wonder what those 'SOULs' did to me?"
As suddenly as it had begun, however, the vision ended, shocking the demon back to reality.
In present time
"What did I just see?" the demon thought to herself. "well, whatever it was, I'm sure that other girl could help with it in some way."
The demon walked out of the laboratory area, coming to a longer hallway. She cautiously walked down it, summoning a small amount of dark magic in case she needed to fight. Coming upon another room, she stopped.
Inside the room was what looked like a mural. The demon admired the mural, its beauty amusing her.
The mural was a beautiful piece, a strange mix. On the upper half was what looked like an angel holding half a red heart. On the lower half was what looked like a demon holding what was the other half of a red heart. The half with the angel was darker colored, mostly red and black, the angel being a much lighter figure by comparison, dressed mostly in white. The half with the demon was lighter colored, using light blue, the demon looking darker by comparison, wearing mostly red. The angel had blue eyes with a white light shining from them, while the demon had red eyes with red light coming from them. Looking closer the demon could see that the two of them looked similar, at least in the sense that they mirrored each other.
"Duality." The demon read the nameplate. "A piece relating to the existence of the SOUL. Represents the nature of the individual. The two halves are represented by the capacity for good and evil. Hmm. Interesting."
The demon left the room, continuing down the hallway. However, she stopped, something standing in the way.
The demon gasped slightly. The figure standing before her, looking at her as if to recognize her, looked like the girl from the vision. But, her eyes were blue and had what resembled a subtle white fire coming off of them. She was dressed in a white outfit, similar to the demon's own, but the heart on the front was right side up.
"Who are you?" the demon asked. "And why do I feel I know you?"
"I could ask you the same question." The girl said, her voice soft. "I keep seeing you. What are you?"
"I think I'm a demon." The demon said. "How about you?"
"I read a clipboard" the girl said, thinking. "That said I was an angel."
so, what's going on here? I mean, i know, but do you? Who are this demon and angel? If they are the girls from that vision, what did the SOULs do to them? Find out soon.
