Chapter Eight: Insane

Warner's body creaked as he walked through his new lab, constructed within the shambles of an old shut down Apex testing facility on the outskirts of town. The decay of the building calmed him, reminding him that even though his body was likely dying the contents within himself would prove to the world his worth. His eyes sharpened towards the door ahead of him and it flew open, the hinges scattering in pieces to the floor.

Amidst the darkness he saw her.

Audrey lay across the table, her curves silhouetted by the small ray of light creeping into the room through the open door. Her yellow eyes glowed dully from within as her sharp teeth spread into a serpentine smile. Warner remained in place, unmoving till she spoke. When she talked to him her voice was silky and weaved around his shriveling human heart.

"Warner…now how did I know you would come back here?" she mused slyly, her body writhing into a sitting position. "Poor baby, you don't look ssso good"

"The effects vary…" Warner commented, unknowingly caught in Audrey's trance when he looked into her piercing eyes. "May I say that you my dear look as ravishing as ever"

"Why thank you", she smiled charmingly, lightly running her hand over her pronounced collarbone. "Dessspite the physssical changesss I have experienced other symptoms…you?" she slid off the desk and swung her hips as she approached the translucent scientist. "Have you any ssside effectsss?"

Warner shuddered when he felt her breath on his ear; she smiled wickedly once her circling brought her out of sight. Cobra Queen chuckled as she came round and in front of him, her painted nails lightly tracing his weak jaw –not at all like her hero she thought silently.

The cloud over Warner's eyes faded away.

Her hand suddenly felt like if it were trapped in a vice. The look in Warner's eyes was different, clouded and dark. His veins pulsed beneath his translucent skin, the blue arteries bulging out the closer they got to his brain. Audrey yanked continuously for her freedom. Then she felt a sharp pain emanate within her skull, piercing and unbearably intrusive.

"Am I frightening you Miss Manatee?" Warner's voice was sharp and shaking. "Do tell me, why you've come here? Do you want partnership? Do you want a cure?" he paused, peering into her, through her till he found what he wanted. "Oh, revenge. How quaint"

His eyes narrowed and Audrey flew back. She hit the desk, rolling over it and onto the floor. Her back slumped against the back wall of Warner's old office. Colors swirled together as her head lulled to the side in annoyance. Warner approached; she heard his light footsteps made from a body that weighed next to nothing. If she could land a blow he'd shatter.

Unfortunately Warner was holding her strings and he pulled her to her feet on his own accord. There was little compassion in his features as he held her up. Amusement lit his face.

"You are so beautiful", he reached up and touched her face to which she recoiled and his hand retreated with curling fingers. "…and deceitful", he looked away and back. "But your memories, they will not lie to me"

Audrey shuttered as Warner reached out and grabbed her head, entering her subconscious. He delved into her mind, breaking all her barriers and learning everything she knew and couldn't remember. She was a complicated woman, easy to hate but she drew you in still. Warner released her and her body fell limp to the floor, unconscious.

On the floor, her short jet black hair fanned out accentuating her paled gray skin –simply lovely. Too bad she hated him, blamed him for what happened to her. It was also a shame that he had to dispose of her little blue infatuation.

"I believe you may be insane my darling", he leaned down and soothed her hair. "A possible side effect of my incomplete formula", Warner stood and looked out the window, through the crooked and brittle blinds towards the city and smiled. "It may prove useful to me in my plan…"

…

'Freak did you feel that?'

"Hold-on-a-mo" the blue super teen sing-songed as he leapt forwards with his right hook cranked back; he sent Caveguy stumbling back a few steps –quite a feat. "Feel what?"

'That chill riding up our spine'

Freak paused, his lips pursed off to the side, "Oh, I thought that was you tickling me. But a chill you say that is quite-" Amidst the conversation Freakazoid had neglected to notice his nemesis on the offensive and had been careened into the passenger side of a pick-up. "-serious"

Caveguy lumbered forwards, his eyes pinched into small narrow slits filled with rage. He curled his fists into tight wrecking balls meant to pulverize his enemy into blue paste. How dare the Freak mock him this way. How dare he.

"You insane little child", he steamed. "You insult me and I shall smash you for it"

"Woah, I've been making friends left and right lately", Freak's voice was dry, but he easily slipped out from under Caveguy's attack. "Why can't we all just get along?" he batted his eyes innocently. "I'm mean look at us. You and me are brothers"

"The color of our skin does not constitute lineage", he growled. "Now come here so that I may smash you!"

'Freak!' Dexter's voice was piercing. 'Tell him why you're here and maybe he'll actually listen to you'

"Oh. That's a good idea!" Freakazoid chimed with a grin.

As Caveguy slammed his fist down, cracking the pavement Freakazoid rolled out of the way. Grinding his feet into the ground Freakazoid charged and shot himself at Caveguy as pure energy; upon impact a blinding white light erupted from the youth and the monstrous man fell to the ground a heap. A large smile spread across Freakazoid's face as he stumbled forwards, his feet stepping on one another as he called a time out.

"This is a fight –a matter of life and death", Caveguy grumbled from the ground. "There is no such thing"

"Look…I didn't come here to fight you", Freak paused, he thought and then he corrected himself. "Okay, I knew we were going to fight but I didn't want to…that much…kinda. Okay I wanted to fight you because I've been going through a lot lately", Freak leaned his weight on Caveguy's side, rambling to the man as if he were his barber. "What with Warner going looney tunes…and Audrey going missing"

"Just tell me what you want", the behemoth sighed in defeat.

"Really?" Freakazoid leapt onto Caveguy's stomach. "I'm looking for Doctor Warner"

"The doctor that Miss Manatee has been lurking about with?" he inquired in a monotonous tone. "Why he's in the old Apex lab on 7th street old boy"

"Really? Oh golly-gee-wow…Well this was a nice chat", Freak rambled with delight. "So informative!" in a flash freak leapt to his feet, loudly exclaiming. "Time to be heroic!" and he flew off with a whoosh.

Caveguy rubbed his head, lumbering off as he heard the telltale sound of sirens in the distance. What a strange foe he had, the Freakazoid. But, the lad wasn't bad…just completely and utterly insane.

((Author's Note))

Woah...sorry guys. I haven't gone anywhere I just got distracted over in the Hotel Transylvania category...ahem...but i'm back. It's a short chapter considering but the next one will be long. Freakazoid confronts the freaky Doctor Warner! It's going to be creepy just so you know.