Welcome back everyone! I am so sorry about how late this was, but due to the recent release of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate its been hard to remember that I do have a life outside of my 3DS.
So this chapter is longer than most, just to compensate for the shortness of the last chapter. It really starts getting more exciting now, so I'm just going to get right into it.
I awoke later, staring up into darkness. I tried to look around, but my head was strapped into place. So was the rest of my body. I couldn't move. I tried to escape, but my body couldn't move even a little bit.
"Don't struggle" A voice said. My eyes shifted in their sockets to try to find the voice. I saw bright hair before me. It seemed to glow. It was a bright green and blue-ish. It was really hard to describe. It was greener, but it could still qualify as blue to some people. Either way, it appeared to glow bright green in the darkness. "It won't change a thing" The voice, which I identified as a woman's, added.
She seemed to fit the description Dagon had given me of one of the kidnappers.
"I see you held your own against Livie" she said, stroking my sweater where it had been cut. Her fingers made their way to the skin underneath, and a shiver shook my entire body.
"Get your hands off me" I demanded.
"Why?" She asked, continuing to gently rub my skin, "You can't do anything about it"
I stared at her angrily, knowing that she was right.
"But you have such nice skin," she added, "How could anyone resist?"
I shook, gaining a burst of energy and trying to escape. I didn't like the way she talked, it made me feel uncomfortable.
"What's wrong?" She asked. I couldn't tell what her face looked like. All I could see was her glowing hair.
"Gale" Another voice said from just behind me. The hair turned away.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Is she ready?" The voice, a man's deep one, asked.
"Yes" Gale replied, removing her hand and stepping back.
The bearer of the new voice now stood before me. I couldn't make out what he looked like, but once again, what I believed was his hair seemed to fit Dagon's description of pale grey.
"Are the others back yet?" Gale asked her comrade.
The man seemed to be looking down at something, just a few feet from where I was.
"No," he replied, "they're still taking care of things"
"What's taking them so long?" Gale asked.
"Cinder's on her way." He replied, "And Rain got distracted"
"How hard is it to throw a party for the lackeys?" Gale asked.
"Apparently he ran into a," the man started, "troublesome duo"
"How could anyone prove to be any trouble to him, Rocco?" Gale asked.
"They're just a distraction," Rocco replied, "I quote: 'A minor problem. Being dealt with'"
"Just who are these people?" Gale asked, "Which lackeys have the nerve to attack him?"
"A red-haired man," Rocco started, "and a baby fox"
"Absurd." Gale said, "Since when do we recruit animals?"
"We don't." Rocco replied, "Except for Faunus"
Gale didn't reply.
"Look at what you did, Gale," Rocco started, turning around, "you've made me reveal all our secrets to this woman"
"Oh please," Gale started, "we only gave away our names. Big whoop"
"You don't know what one could do with a name." Rocco said, then turned back to me and shifted. The thing that I laid in started to move.
"Let's just get the experiment over with," Gale said, "then we'll kill her"
"Right" Rocco said.
The machine that I was laying started working. I couldn't see it but the gears below me began to turn. All of sudden I felt my body shaking, and my energy began to seep away. I started to panic, and began to shake.
Gale and Rocco turned, "She's struggling," Gale said, "and she's succeeding"
Rocco moved, "Her energy levels," he started, "they aren't draining, they're increasing"
That was my semblance. The more that I moved, the more energy that I gained. It allowed me to fight harder and faster in long battles, as well as move very quickly.
"Well," Gale said, "counter her energy with your own!"
"Maximum power!" Rocco called. Too late, I broke free. Leaping onto the machine, I faced them, ready to fight. Reaching back, I realized that Thunder Cyclone was nowhere to be found.
"Did you honestly think that we'd leave you with your weapon?" Gale asked, "You wouldn't fit on the machine with it, it's so big"
I saw Rocco frantically moving his arms at the wall by the machine. Facing him, I dived, tackling him to the ground.
He kicked me off, sending me flying through the air. I was surprised by how strong he was.
Leaping back to my feet, I threw my fist. He caught it, and his head descended upon mine, sending me stumbling dizzily back. Gale's flash of bright hair came, knocking me back onto the machine.
As I started to stand I felt chains wrap around my body, keeping me stuck where I was. At least I could shake now.
"Hold her still!" Rocco called out, returning to the wall.
Gale grabbed me, pressing my body against the machine. I couldn't move.
Slowly I felt my energy seeping away. I tried to struggle to regain it, but Gale kept a firm grip on me, disabling my ability to move.
"Don't let go!" Rocco called.
I screamed, trying to escape. Then I realized something; I could still move my mouth. I started chomping at the air, working my jaw up and down. It did nothing but slow the painful process.
"Done!" Rocco called, sighing with relief.
Gale released me and stumbled backwards. "She's a feisty one" She commented.
I lay where I was on the machine, completely exhausted. The chains were gone, but I could barely even move my jaw anymore. Staring up at the darkness around me, I waited. My energy didn't return.
Forcing myself upwards, I stared at Gale and Rocco in the darkness. Pain spread through my body as I moved. Every movement sapped what little energy I had left from my body.
"What did you do to me?" I stammered, barely able to speak. "Why don't I have any energy?"
"What now?" Gale asked Rocco, ignoring my question.
"We kill her," He replied, "isn't that what we agreed?"
"Should we at least tell her though?" Gale asked.
Rocco paused, then his hair nodded up and down.
Gale turned to me, "Congratulations!" She said, barely excitedly, "You are the successful result of our semblance-removal experiment"
My eyes widened with fear, and I gasped.
"Take care of her," Rocco said, starting to leave, "one round should do the trick" Then he was gone
Gale's hair moved around, and I assumed that her weapon had come out. I heard transformation sounds and the cocking of a gun.
"Just one round" She said.
I began to wonder if this was the end. I'd been in situations like this before, but I'd always made it out. Not this time, I suppose.
Just then, I felt energy begin to return to my body. Not quickly, but it gave me enough to move. I slid off the machine, just as Gale pulled the trigger.
"What?!" She called out, turning.
I crawled towards the exit, or at least what I thought was the exit. Everything was so dark. I heard her fire another round behind me. Standing, I ran, not knowing where I was going.
"It's hopeless!" Gale called into the darkness. I guessed that she couldn't see me. "I will find you!"
I leaned back against a wall, catching my breath. My aura was regenerating. Have I really lost my semblance? I wondered. I wasn't gaining any energy from moving, I was actually panting.
Then I heard footsteps and froze.
I couldn't see it, but I heard shoes clacking against the ground nearby. They got louder as they neared. I stopped breathing, scooting farther away. As I pushed away with my hand, I felt her move away. However, something followed her. I felt something soft brush my fingers, and my body went cold. What is that? I wondered, terrified. I didn't dare move my hand, for fear of disrupting whatever the soft thing was.
The footsteps began to die, and the softness disappeared. I almost let out a sigh of relief, but kept it in. Gale would hear me if I did so.
Glancing over, I looked for her. My eyes were adjusting to the darkness, and I could faintly make out the wall beside me. Standing and peeking to the right, I realized that she was gone. Looking to the left, I started in that direction.
There wasn't much light in the area, but apparently there was enough for my eyes to pick up on and allow me to see. Nevertheless, I bumped into several walls as I walked.
I never ran into Gale again, thankfully.
What I did find were the kidnapped villagers. Luckily, some were Faunus, so they served as guides for the rest of us. Hours dragged by, or at least I thought that they were hours. It was hard to tell what time it was in the pitch dark of the underground base. My energy had long returned, and my legs were sore. Finally we stumbled upon a door. Opening it, one Faunus revealed it to be a closet.
"Are there any lights?" I asked.
A Faunus walked in a pulled a chain hanging from the ceiling, and the light flicked on. Walking in, the first thing that I saw was Thunder Cyclone.
I ran to it, grabbing and hugging it. The others watched me in awkward silence.
"Found you!"
I feel like its been a while since a chapter has ended with a true, good ol' cliffhanger like this one, so here you go.
As much as I enjoy keeping you guys in the dark, I did find now to be a good time to reveal some more stuff to you. So now we have the names of the enemies: Cinder, Gale, Rain, and Rocco. Also, did you guys notice the reference to Crimson I? I just felt like that'd be a cool little addition to this chapter.
So what do you guys think the soft thing was? And who do you think that was at the end of the chapter? Tell me what you think in the reviews.
Also, I thought that this was kind of interesting. The character Livie from the previous chapter (her name was revealed in this chapter) was made up on the spot, and her name was the first thing that came up on a name generator. But just today I looked up her name to make sure it had something to do with color, and apparently the name means 'olive', so I was pretty lucky there.
This is the second last chapter of Violet I, and after that I'll start releasing Green I. I haven't finished it yet, as (sorry to talk about video games so much today) Monster Hunter has taken over my entire existence, plus writer's block isn't really helping, but I'll see about finishing it tonight. Its only two chapters long, so it shouldn't be too hard. And after Green I will be the last color before we can get to Part 2, so we're really almost there.
Anyways, favorite, follow, review, tell your friends, tell your enemies, or don't if you don't want to, and I'll see you all in the final chapter of Violet I.