Chapter 2 Beast inside.
Notes.
Edward finally gets to see his friends, but this ends a disaster, when HE wakes up.
Chapter notes.
It's a special chapter and by this I mean that it's GIANT and also I want to warn you all…
This chapter is going to be painful and pretty heavy with a lot of information, gore and tears so if you're not okay with this, I highly recommend you to read to - and then skip to another -, but if you're okay, go ahead!
With all that being said, enjoy! =D
"Are you sure that you are ready?" Edward nodded. He was. His wounds healed, he was feeling great and couldn't wait to find his friends. The only thought of seeing his Lucille alive made his heart beat faster.
He still remembers how he was holding her body, hearing her weak heartbeat, how she whispered to him her last words. Words that forever stuck in his head, the words that pushed him to make his move and his everything.
"If something bad happens, don't cry. It means that it was supposed to happen"
Edward sighed, the memory was painful and thanking them for everything, left. He was moving towards the city. Turned out that Mayhem and Benny were living few kilometers away from it, as Benny said: "It's because there is always loud in the city and we want bit of silence"
Chuckling under his breath, Edward looked at the buildings next to him. Giant new looking houses. No more destroyed buildings, no more cracked walls and no more dead people, all of them were alive. Every last one of them.
But now that he was slowly moving towards his goal, he couldn't stop the thoughts from appearing in his head. How is he going to act if he sees them? They won't recognize him and even if he tells them, there is law amount of possibility that they would believe him. Maybe he never existed in this variation of his universe? Maybe there was no Emmet at all?
But if there was no Emmet in this universe then this means that there should be no Edward and no Rex, but considering how the things were looking like, both Emmet and Rex once existed, before one died and another changed.
"UltimaSyspocalypstar city?" Edward whispered, stopping near giant sign. They sure changed the name of the city. But what for? Maybe something happened while he was fixing the past? Most likely it is, otherwise he would have remembered it happening.
Walking in the city he saw much more different species. There were not just lego humans and Systarians but also what seemed like a mix of them. There were a lot of children whose parents loved each other and married not caring about anything else.
"Hey, cool suit!" Someone shouted to him. Edward bit nervously looked at group of what seemed to be scientists or maybe doctors, they were greeting and smiling at him. He smiled back and kept walking forward.
The further he was moving, the more and more people were greeting him. Edward couldn't help but smile a bit at this. He was so used at being invisible isolated person that seeing how others were greeting him, made him happy.
They were seeing him as collected and grown up person, not the weak kid he used to be. He wasn't angry at them for that, people always think of someone by how they look and almost never look in the person's soul.
But still small taste of bitter appeared in his mouth. What if they knew that he is Emmet? Maybe they would start making jokes about him? But even if so, it wouldn't get to him. He was not an impulsive person to become sad at every bad thing that was said to him.
He already heard enough at the time when he was building portal, almost everyday people were coming near his lab and shouting how it was his fault that Lucy and others died. That their city was destroyed and how weak he was for not being able to save them.
"Not being able to save them" He mumbled and sighed. Yes, people are always going to put every, even smallest mistake that was ever made, on different people and you can either ignore it or try to stay on your position and fight with them.
But this fight is not going to end well, once he tried and that cost him a lot of wounds and bruises that some of them later became, luckily, almost invisible scars under his clothing. But there were only few of them before, when now there were a lot of them and almost all of them were from his hard fight for his and his past self's life and future.
Edward looked around and saw small forest. Such a beautiful and peaceful place where he can sit and think to where go next. He had no idea where his other friends were or how to find them and walking around the city and wasting time was not in his plans.
Moving inside, he sit in lotus pose under giant tree and closed him eyes. Where they can possibly be? Maybe Lucy rebuild their old house and now was living there? But… Considering that Benny and Mayhem moved outside the city and now were living there, meant that other could have done the same.
But knowing Lucille she was and going to be the same Lucy she was before her life ended. Changing a name not always changes a person, sometimes you do this because your old name just doesn't suit the new you anymore.
The new you… It felt strange to think about this. It reminded him of his adventures in the past and how he was still trying to make world better, even if he was no longer Emmet. Or no longer was called Emmet, to be more correct.
Maybe he became calm, collected and able to look at thing without pink glasses of everything is awesome, but he was still that kid that wanted to do everything in his strength to find his friends and make sure that they are doing well.
At the thought of his friends he smiled a bit. How much he missed them, it's been so long since he heard their voices, been so long since he saw his… Edward's friends. They were too different from Emmet's friends he saw in the past.
"You sure that it's that way?" Edward's eyes widened at the sound of it. This voice sounded familiar, it was different and bit lower but still he knew this voice and it made his smile become even wider, but somewhat nervous.
His heart started to race in happiness and… fear? No, it wasn't right, why he was feeling scared when he must feel only happiness? If it's his friends than there is nothing to worry about and even more, there is nothing to fear.
"I am sure, quit being such a miss I don't trust you!" There was quiet laughing that was getting closer and closer. Edward slowly stood on legs and only now felt that he was shaking. Something was clearly wrong with him.
"Oh, then don't trust but still follow m-" Seeing Edward, Unikitty stopped where she was and stared at him with confusion. He was staring back at her, unsure what to feel and what to say, all he wanted to is run away and never see her, but why?
Maybe being isolated made him afraid of people? But he was comfortable and only bit nervous when he was with Benny and Mayhem or when he was greeted by people who used to hate him. Past that was because he was afraid that they recognize him? Or even worse that his fear of not exiting in here as Emmet would be truth.
"Uh, hello stranger?" Unikitty slowly moved towards him, but before he could act or at least somehow react, they heard loud footsteps that made his heart race faster and faster. There she was, his Lucille and she was looking so different.
There was giant scar on left side of her face, a lot of small scars on right side of it. Small scar on left eye and even more and more scars on her body and hands. Seeing all of this his heart skipped a beat. What happened to her?
Anger slowly started to high its head inside him. Who dared to hurt his Lucille like that!? Who dared to even look at her! If he managed to find this person, he would make something awful to him. Something awful and slow, so this bastard going to at the same time seeing how shocked she was looking at him, made his anger die down and replace with terror.
He knew this stare, it was the same stare she was always using to study him when he was she going to recognize him? What is he going to say to her if she does? And why he is so afraid of it happening? He wanted her to know that he is alive and that he is still here, but at the same time something was telling him that letting them know, would only make things worse.
"Uhhhh" He nervously crossed arms on his back in habit. He got it when he was trying and failing at defending himself and in the end hurt a lot of people that were attacking him pretty badly and to never let this repeat, he started doing it. He started to hide his hands behind his back, to not accidently use them.
"What's your name, sir?" Lucille asked and kept looking at him, but she wasn't recognizing him, she was just studying him. Don't worry Edward, she didn't recognized you, she didn't, you're not going to see her tears again.
His heart started to slow down, he was still feeling fear, but he managed to hide it behind his collected and calm expression, "My name is Edward, simply Edward" He said, trying to make his voice sound deep, melodically and only bit rough.
Lucille's eyes opened a bit, as if she heard something familiar in his voice, but shook it off and handed him hand. Edward, trying to look as calm as possible, shook her hand and immediately felt zap of electricity in his body.
Even if her hands were now covered in scars they were still the same gentle, small and fragile. He felt his face turn red a bit and quickly let go of her hand, before pretending to cough, "Don't let your feelings out, Edward, not now. Just fake it till you tell them the truth. Just wear your mask"
"So, what brought you here?" Unikitty asked and moved bit closer. She sure changed just like others. She became calmer and less loud. But likely the only scars she got were her torn left ear and damaged tail, "I never saw you before and trust me, I know everyone here"
"I'm looking for something… Someone very close to me and I thought that I will be able to find them here" Edward winced a bit and kept an eye on Lucille, she was looking strangely at him, "And I came from…"
Where did he came from anyway? He can't name any of the cities that they knew and he can't say that from space, that just won't look right and considering his clothing, it's was sure not made for space but more like for the laboratory or something similar?
"From underground, giant laboratory 200 kilometers away from the city." The WOW face Unikitty made while looking at him, made him smile nervously, but when he looked at Lucille, his smile immediately fell.
She was looking at him with mix of emotions and worst of all, with the same stare as before and this time she wasn't studying him, but on the opposite, more like suspecting something. She must have known that there was no underground lab not in 200 kilometers and not even in 1000.
She is sure smart. Yes, who-who but Lucille was not the idiot and especially notwhen it comes to people and their secrets that they try to keep from her. God how much he wanted to kiss her for being such a smart girl. Even if it meant that his cover going to be blown and he's not sure that he's ready to talk about such heavy stuff.
"So, if you want to find important someone, you need our help?" Unikitty smiled calmly, but couldn't help from wagging her tail in excitement. Edward smiled a bit, seeing with what stare she was looking at him. With stare of hope that he would agree.
"Sure, why not? Especially since I don't know this place that great and I would have liked all the help I can get to find them as fast as possible" Edward kneeled before Unikitty and pat her head, making her purr. Oh how loud he was screaming inside out of joy, feeling her warm and fluffy fur.
"Okay, then explain how they looked like and any place where you last saw them, but if there is no place, then just say for how long you are trying to find them and where you've been" Unikitty said and that made Edward blink at her. Was this truly the Unikitty he knew? She didn't change on the outside that much, but on the inside…
"Well, they looked like lego people and had a lot of battle scars. I don't really remember how their faces looked but I remember that man had blue dark blue suit, one girl had white and pink, another black and grey and then there was someone else, but I don't remember who it's been too long" Edward explained while following Lucille and Unikitty down the street.
"Well, that's not that much but I'll try to do all I can to help you find them" Unikitty smiled, bit sadly and looked at Lucille. She simply nodded and kept thinking about something. That was not the greatest sign, but Edward couldn't do anything to help it anyway.
"Uh, say, what happened to MetalBeard and another one?" Lucille and Unikitty looked at him, "I just heard that someone mentioned that something happened to them and it got me curious." Edward shook his shoulders. Lying is bad, sure, but lying to keep someone safe is a good if this someone is yourself.
"Well…" Unikitty's ears fell down and Lucille's face darkened. Edward already knew that it can mean only one possible thing, the thing that going to tell him that he saved only few of his friends, "They are gone… Died in the accident"
These words hit like knife. He was ready to hear them, but still, it was painful, "I'm sorry for your lose" Edward said and looked right in Lucille's eyes. He wanted her to understand that what he said is true and seeing how she smiled sadly, meant that she understood.
"Don't worry about it" She said and looked away. Even if they were walking by to, what it seemed, office to print the pictures of his 'lost' friends, they were trying to keep their distance from him. Maybe it was because they were not feeling that comfortable to be near him after he asked the painful question?
"Hey, It's okay, you didn't meant to touch the scar, you can relax" Unikitty smiled at him and that made him raise his eyebrow in confusion. What did she meant by relax? He was relaxed and he was… He wasn't relaxed.
Now that she told him to relax, he noticed how tensed he was. His body was shaking, it was barely visible, but still it was and it just didn't make any sense. Why he was so scared? These two are his friends, Lucille even closer than friend… girlfriend, then why is he feels like he's trapped in cage of his own feelings? Why does his mind is filled with thousands of thoughts?
"So, here we are." She looked at giant, truly giant, office and glared at Edward, making him wince a bit. What is going on with him? "Now you just gotta go inside and tell them everything you remember about your friends and they will help with all they can. If you want I can go with you"
"No, there is no need to, I'm fine" He nodded at her and moved closer to the giant office. It was sure huge and looked pretty new, considering how everything else looked at least year older.
Walking inside he saw giant hallway and tons of people. His heart squeezed a bit, but he forced himself to keep moving. There was nothing to be afraid of, they are not going to say how bad and weak he is, they are not going to call him always whining Emmet. He was not Emmet, he was Edward and he won't let anyone call him like that ever again.
"Oh there is a new guy here" Annoyed voice said when Edward walked closer. Looking at the man who stood before him, he noticed something familiar in him, but yet so different, "What you lost?"
"I lost my friends" Edward said and immediately everything went quiet. It made his heartbeat speed up without any understandable reason for it, people just shut and stared at him with mix of emotions, starting from 'sorry to hear it' to 'how pathetic', "And I would have liked if someone who's a true professional, with tons of medals for saving people, helped me"
Man's gaze softened and he somewhat warmed to him a little bit, "Sure, tell me how they looked and i'll see what we can do" He was sure taken aback by such compliment and it was only on hand for Edward. He was sure a great manipulator, even if he was using it only for good and always knew when to stop. This was the thing he learned from Rex, but unlike him, he was using it only to save people. Not hurt.
Telling man how they looked, without deepening in the details, he got a smile in respond and nodded. Man told him to wait a little, once he's going to search through his library for any persons who looked like how Edward explained.
Sighing, Edward moved towards the small sofa and noticed a coffee machine on a table near it. This place was sure something exotic, but in a good way of saying. It was so nice to see that this city became so bright and so great to be in. Especially considering how happy people looked here.
"Hey, what's your name and are you a doctor or something?" Edward looked at the man that handed him a hand to shake and, after few moments of thinking should he or shouldn't, he shook it and smiled a bit.
"Edward and not doctor, I just got too used to wearing this outfit that it became my regular" He laughed and glared at coffee machine, "Say this thing works like regular coffee machine or they added some interesting details in it to work bit faster, but at the same time bit different?"
Man's mouth fell open at Edward's so much knowledge about this small coffee machine, but after a moment he closed it and burst into laughing, "Oh sure they did! But it only makes it not just work faster, but also do some illegal tricks"
"Illegal like taking coffee completely free?" The disappointment in Edwards voice made Man smile nervously. Even if people here were living in peace and happiness, there were still people like him and similar to him.
"Oh don't be so disappointed, all the people are different! And that's great!" He moved closer to coffee machine and looked around. Nobody was looking at them, "You want some? The names Aaron by the way at least now it won't be that strange because I know your name and you don't know mine" Edward looked at Aaron.
Before he used to drink coffee and drink a lot of it, starting from coffee with 25 sugars and touch of cream that he ordered as Emmet, finishing on regular black coffee he was making himself as Edward. Even if it tasted not that likeable, he got used to it.
"I think black coffee with 1 sugar" Aaron nodded and started to do something with a coffee machine while Edward sighed. This man was sure a great code breaker, maybe was even a thief in the past, but did it really matter? No. As long as he won't try to return on his bad side.
How Edward knew all of this? He wasn't sure himself, something was just telling him some facts about this place. They were not connected to each other, they were just strange pieces that he had in mind, nothing more.
"Here" Edward winced a bit and looked at the Aaron. God, these strange thoughts that were slowly appearing and disappearing in his mind where so annoying. Seeing his coffee that was handed to him, Edward smiled a bit.
"Thanks" He said and took small sip. Not that tasty and not that awful, normal in between coffee. Aaron rolled his eyes playfully and took his, before taking giant sip, "How long you've been living here? I mean, you just seem to know this place pretty well"
"Oh! For 6 or 7 years now, I can't really remember" He sighed and looked in the window, "Well outside of prison that is" Edward almost choked on his coffee, but quickly put on his calm mask and pretended that nothing happened. Luckily the Aaron was not looking at him and didn't notice this.
"I used to be a thief, a professional thief, one of the strongest in our group and caused a lot of troubles here, but now I'm a famous singer and a great parent with two kids" Aaron looked at Edward and smiled slowly. Maybe it was the memory of his family that made him look less old and exhausted.
Having family was something Edward would never understand, even if he's going to be able to make Lucille believe him. Or maybe he could make her fall in love in him, if she won't believe or recognize him. He was much older now and became good at this. Even if the last time he had, was with his past self's Lucy. But likely she didn't fall for him, or else it would have been completely not normal thing. He was older than her on 20 years at that moment.
"And you love your new life, do you?" Edward asked and seeing how his smile slowly widened, nodded. God he already forgot what it is to live a life and enjoy simple singing. He really missed it with all his heart. He was always spendinghis daysin the past on surviving and being careful to not make any mistakes. That he forgot about most of the things he used to like.
But now, maybe he would be able to return all of them? He just needs to do everything slowly and not let IT happen. He just needs to keep everything under control and nothing bad is going to happen. He just needs to keep IT under control.
"Mister Edward" Edward looked at the man and moved to him, "I found almost no information about them. But some hints I managed to get, we will print the pictures of them and order small seeking group"
"Thank you so much" Edward smiled and moved towards exit. Strange but people were still looking at him strangely. It made him raise his hand and try to smooth his hair down, but it didn't work and that only made him sigh in disappointment, before leaving this office.
At least now he had some alibi and even reason to stay here for little bit longer and maybe even spent more time with his friends that he already found. But they don't need to know about any of this. At least not now, the information will be too much for all of too much for him too. The only thought of head pain he going to get after telling them, was insane.
"So, did he helped you?" Unikitty asked. Edward simply nodded and took a sip of his coffee. His heart once again started to race. Why is this keep happening? Maybe he should go and see a doctor? He literally came back from death so little bit of health check won't be a bad thing to do.
"So, now that you just have to wait, wanna have small city tour? We won't go through it all, we'll just show you some places and then we'll help you get a home or a room or another place to live somewhere" Unikitty smiled, "Oh! And also, are you a master builder?"
Edward was about to sip his coffee, but luckily he stopped and avoided choking on it. How is he supposed to answer? If he says yes, then this would be too suspicious and even if there maybe now were a lot more, he can't risk it. But if he says no, then it would be strange too, considering the fact that he told that that he has giant underground lag that wasn't even there in the first place.
"Well, I don't really know how to answer, I used to be, but then I forgot how to build due to it not being needed, so I guess no" Edward said, trying to put words carefully, not to set another traps for himself. He already had some of them and one of them was Lucille that was glaring at him with suspicion when he wasn't as she thought.
"Oh, sorry to hear it, but at least you build yourself giant lab and that's cool!" Unikitty smiled and shook her head, "So okay, let's start from main stuff and move to the not so. This is the main street that connected to another small town's or cities… Call them whatever you want, it doesn't really matter"
Edward was paying attention to every word she was saying. They sure made this Ultima city… Ultimate. It was truly giant and from what he was hearing, it had another four giant cities that were split in eight small towns.
"And now that we are moving next to is Laundromat" She smiled silly, "Actually we have a lot of stuff like that in the different spots around the city, because you know, a lot of people live here now and there is a lot of clothing to wash"
"Y-yeah" Edward gulped. His heart started to race even faster. Sweat started to stream from his forehead. Something wasn't right. Something inside him was clearly not right and worst of all was that Lucille noticed this.
"Hey, you okay?" She slowly put a hand on his trembling shoulder. It made him wince and he, crashing his, luckily empty, coffee cup in his hand, looked at her. Seeing how tensed he was, her eyebrow flew up, making him feel even worse.
"I'm f-fine, just uh… Just got the memory of my friends and I kinda got lost in it, sorry" He smiledas calmly as he could at that moment and looked away from her. Noticing how she shook her shoulders, he mentally punched himself. Why he started to act like this? Why he was feeling sick inside? Why he was so… afraid?
"Okaaaaay" Unikitty nervously shook her tail and looked around, "Hey, maybe you want to see something awesome?" Edward did not answered, only slowly nodded. He wasn't sure if he wants to see it.
Even after they turned to the left and moved towards forest, he was still thinking about what happened and why he started to feel so strange. It looked like he was about to have panic attack, but what was the source for it? Maybe it was the Laundromat Unikitty mentioned? But… He wasn't afraid of it. He was never trapped there for as long as Rex and even in his timeline he was stuck there only for few days before Lucille, who was called Lucy at that time, came to rescue him. So what was the reason of it? Maybe it has to do something with the portal accident? But… It just doesn't make any logical sense.
His brain was telling him that it was just a coincidence, a strange sure, but still just a coincidence nothing more than that. It was the only logical explanation he had so he tried to shake this feeling off and forget that it even happened. He already did it once and he will do it again. He will just ignore the problem, that had no logical solution except for crazy theories.
"Well here we are…" Hearing the sadness in Unikitty's voice he slowly looked up and was stunned. His eyes widened in surprise, he was barely breathing, something inside of him started to burn with rage and terror, "And this is the awesome thing I wanted to show you"
Seeing how shocked Edward was, Lucille moved closer to the said 'awesome thing' and touched it, "This in the gift to all the true heroes who fell in the fight" But he didn't heard her, his eyes were focused only on this giant thing and nothing else.
Did so many people still died? Did he really fail that big? But… He slowly stepped bit closer, eyes still focused on the said thing. It just can't be. He can't be the reason so many people died. He can't be a weakling who failed and didn't save everyone.
And now, looking at giant statue,a lot of giant pure gold statues made him heart race. There were not only MetalBeard and Batman, but also a lot, truly a lot of people that he never knew, but somehow he felt that they were close to him and then. There was him. Standing before everyone statue of Emmet.
"Edward, you knew this people?" Edward winced and looked at Lucille. She was looking at him with sadness, he must have allowed his emotions to show on his face and she noticed this and now, she thought that he knew them? But he didn't. Out of all the people he knew only three of them.
"I… No, no I never…" He gulped, his heart started to race. What is he going to do now. What he can possibly do!? Ask her about them? Or just go away from there? Yes, he needs to go away from there, from this. He needs to get out and to never see this ever again. But…
His body wasn't listening to him. He was stunned, paralyzed, he was miserable, he was trying to make his body to move, to get away from there, his breathing was starting to become more rapid. He was starting to have panic attack. But then something happened. Something he didn't wanted to happen.
"What happened to them?"
There was silence after this question. He didn't want to ask this, he doesn't want to know, he doesn't! He wants to never see this in the first place, why did he even agreed on Unikitty's request!? He knew her so well, even after so many years that passed, she was still the same fur ball.
"Everyone has their story and all of them are painful" Unikitty said, seeing that Lucille just couldn't force herself to talk, "Batman and MetalBeard were trying to save a lot of innocent people and didn't get out of the way of falling building in time. It… just crashed them. It was horrible to see"
"Then there was Milan, the man with a sword. Talented fighter and great friend, he saved my life by taking the shoot on himself. I never thought that his life going to end like this" Said man next to Edward. Man with small beard, piercing, long black hair and regular black suit.
"Maxine and Ember with Gus died in a battle with a villain" Woman next to Unikitty said, "He turned out to be strong, too strong for them to handle and even if he's now in the prison, it still won't return them to life"
"Others died in a giant explosion" Said kid next to Edward, "My mommy told that they were trying to not let the bomb get too close to the city. They managed to get it as far away from it as possible, but in the end…"
"And Emmet." Lucille gulped, it was painful for her to talk, "He died in the human realm. On my hands" Tears slowly formed in her eyes, "We were fighting with Rex and he pushed me away from the shoot and… took it on himself instead."
"Stop…" Edward wanted to say, he wanted her to stop, he didn't wanted to hear any of this anymore. His heart was beating on not normal speed, he was shaking and breathing rapidly. He was so close to passing out from all of this information.
It was hurting him, he was the one who saw them die, who saw her die, she was the one who died on his hands but now, hearing that they swapped places… That she had to see him dying on her hands… It was horrible, but it didn't make any sense, how can it be if he's still here? He WAS supposed to die if her story is truth.
"I tried to make him pay for what he did, but… The universe already did it." Tears started to stream from her eyes, but she wiped them and closed her eyes, "He was Emmet from the future and Emmet was dying which meant that he was dying too."
Everything started to blur before Edward's eyes. Lucille's voice became so quiet, so far. He wasn't near statues of dead heroes, he wasn't near Lucille. No… He was there. He was there and he was seeing everything before his eyes.
He saw how loud she was screaming and crying, begging him to wake up. Saw how other were crying too. Saw how they buried him. How build this statue and how were adding more and more with each new person that died. Once there were 7 of them, then there 4. Three of them were forever gone.
"We tried everything to bring him back, but nothing was working." Lucille looked at Emmet's statue, "We were hoping that he's going to be a ghost at least, that we would see him at least for the last time and say how much we were sorry that it happened to him"
"But no matter how long we were waiting, he never appeared, for one moment we even thought that some of our future versions going to appear and tell us how to fix everything, but even this didn't happened" Unikitty said, seeing that Lucille was not able to continue and lowered her head, "Only if he was still alive, we could have said how much we miss him and how we are sorry that-"
"Sorry? You being sorry for him being dead?" Unikitty angrily looked to the right and saw a man who was looking at her and the statue with disgust, "I thought everyone are going to be happy over the fact that he's gone"
"How dare you say it!?" Unikitty growled and red sparkles flew from her horn. Man laughed and walked closer to them. Giant scar on half of the face, messy dark-brown hair were covering his left blind eye, dark-blue suit and muscular arms.
"I dare to say everything I want kitty and now" He looked at her with a smirk, "Shut your big mouth before I did it for you" Unikitty growled and turned away from him. This man was a known and as it seemed, dangerous person here.
"And you are the new person I heard about?" Man looked at Edward, "Hey, why look so tensed? Are you scared lab-coat?" He laughed, it sounded cruel. He slowly moved closer to him and cracked him knuckles, how much he wanted to beat Edward up and see how strong he is.
Edward said nothing, he didn't even looked at him. Loud static noise was everything he heard, It filled his head, his thoughts were gone, there was nothing except for this noise and rage. Rage that was slowly rising inside him. He was trembling, his hair was covering his face. He slowly clenched his fists, deepening nails in the flesh, making it bleed.
"Oh, is he even normal?" He asked people near him, "Cause to me he looks nothing but a mad man who tries to look like an intelligent man by just wearing a lab coat, just like that stupid pathetic idiot who died because of love" Another laughter. Laughter that filled that was slowly breaking the cage.
Lucille was about to take Edward's shoulder when noticed something. He was trembling, but not from fear, but from rage. His shock and terror from the news they told him turned into even pure fury. Strange urge to attack this man was becoming stronger and stronger.
"Shut up" He hissed. And it made Lucille back away from him. His voice was not his. It was rough, it was full of rage and urge to kill. His hair, hair that slowly got darker was still covering his face, not letting anyone see it, but somehow she knew, it was not the face of Edward.
"What did you say brat?" Man stepped closer to him and caught him by his coller, "How you dare to say this to me! Wanna know what I'm capable of?" Crack, "Ask the people around here and even your friends" Another crack. The cage was slowly breaking.
"Ask Lucille" He looked at her and the way how he did it made cage inside of him break even more. Rage was slowly taking over him. The urge to kill became almost unstoppable. "She enjoyed it, didn't she?" He licked his lips slowly and it was enough.
Cage inside him shattered, rage broke free from its prison. It was the rage he was keeping inside for all these years. The rage that took over him completely, made him forget everything. He forgot where he was, near who he was and even who he was. He someone else but not Edward. Not anymore.
"Haha, what's wrong, don't want to h-" Edward almost at incredible speed caught man by his tongue and with one move tore. There was loud scream and a lot of blood that started to stream from his mouth.
A crazy smile appeared on Edward's face. His eyes were shining with urge to hurt him more. He was no longer holding back this creature, this beast "What's wrong, cat cut your tongue?" He showed man his torn tongue and laughed, loudly and maniacally.
Man was about to back away from him, but Edward already caught him by his collar and with strength that nobody would have believed he had, threw man towards the statues, almost crashing them. Oh for how long he was waiting for this moment. For the moment he could finally make someone suffer, finally let out the rage all these people he once saved, were filling him with all these years.
"Oh hahahaah, how funny and ironic to think that you EVER would be able to the same thing to me, like you did to these people!" He glared at Lucy and immediately his smile fell, replacing with expression of pure animalistic rage, something inside him only now understood everything that man said before it.
"What you did to her…"
His voice was full of rage and urge to kill this man on instant. So he was the one that dared to touch his Lucille. He was the only one responsible for all the scars she now had. HE was the only one that should die the most painful way.
Man was trying to say something, tears were streaming from his eyes. Nobody ever saw him that scared before. People who were near Edward were slowly backing away from him. They were afraid of him, afraid of how loud his voice was becoming with each new word he was saying.
"YOU DARED TO TOUCH HER, YOU DARED TO DO THIS STUFF TO HER, YOU DARED TO HURT MY LUCY!" He took man by his hair and started to beat his face on the statue of Emmet, slowly covering it in blood, "YOU DARED TO DO THIS WHILE I WAS TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!? I AM THE ONLY ONE WHY YOU HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE BASTARD!"
Unikitty gasped quietly. Man's face at that moment was nothing but a mess of blood and torn skin, but Edward was still beating him, still yelling at him and the things he was telling were making more and more sense with each new word.
"IF IT WASN'T FOR ME, YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD THE LIFE YOU HAVE NOW! IF IT WASN'T FOR ME NOBODY WOULD BE ALIVE!" Statue slowly started to crack. Small part of him was screaming, begging him to stop before it's too late, before he said something he would regret, but his body was not listening to him. Not anymore, "I AM THE ONLY REASON YOU ALL ARE HERE AND THAT'S HOW YOU DARE TO PAY ME!?"
His voice was cracking, rising from high octave to low as if there were two people who were yelling at this piece of shit at the same time. Hitting man against the statue again, he heard loud crack. The body of golden Emmet was now cracked.
Lucille was watching this whole time. She was afraid of him, of what he was doing to this man, but she couldn't force herself to run away like other people who weren't stunned in fear. She was stunned, she was listening to him and the puzzle in her head started to fix itself correctly. Fixing like it should be.
"YOU DARE TO PAY THE MAN THAT SAVED YOUR FUCKING LIFE BY RAPING MY LUCY!?" At this he hit man with all the strength he had, his always relaxed muscles tensed at maximum, ripping his sleeves. Statue cracked and man screamed, blood poured a fountain from his mouth, "THIS IS WHAT YOU DESERVE, CREATURES LIKE YOU DESERVE ONLY DEATH!" And with that he punched man in the face, then again and again.
He wasn't caring about what he was doing, how he was looking like, what he was saying, all he was caring about is this man, this man that was already close to death. But it wasn't enough, it was always not enough. He was always holding back, but not anymore. NOT ANYMORE!
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THROUGH WHAT HORRORS I WENT!? WHAT PAIN I FELT JUST BECAUSE I TRIED TO SAVE SO MANY LIVES!? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH I REGRET THAT I SAVED YOURS!?" Man wasn't hearing him anymore, he was choking on his own blood, but Edward didn't cared.
"HOW MUCH I WAS CRYING AND CRYING EVERY FUCKING DAY BECAUSE MY PORTALS WEREN'T WORKING!? HOW MUCH I WANTED TO END MY LIFE AND NEVER FEEL THIS PAIN AGAIN!? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE TRUE PAIN FEELS LIKE!?"
"Stop… please" Lucille whispered. Unikitty looked and saw that she was crying. Her hands cover her mouth, she understood everything. She understood what this meant, she finally knew the real truth. The truth that she forgot. She remembered everything.
"YOU AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS COMING TO MY LAB, ALWAYS TELLING ME HOW I AM A USELESS BASTARD WHO CAN'T DO ANYTHING! BUT LOOK I DID DO SOMETHING!" He laughed maniacally and rise man in the air. He was still alive. How bad for him, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW GREAT IT WAS WHEN MY PORTAL FINALLY WORKED, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LOUDLY I WAS SCREAMING IN JOY!?"
"FINALLY I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX EVERYTHING AND I DID! I FIXED THE PAST, I SAVED SO MANY PEOPLE!" His voice cracked, becoming higher and higher, "BUT WHAT A SHAME THAT I LOST ONE PERSON IN THE PROCESS"
He threw his head back and let out loud maniacal laughter. He was looking like real mad man at that moment. It scared people who were still there, it made them run away from him, scream in fear. See him as a monster.
"HOW SAD THAT I LOST EMMET BRICKOWSKI!" He looked at Lucille with completely insane stare, "EMMET DIED FOREVER AND HE NEVER GOING TO RETURN, HE DIED AND I REBELLED FROM HIS ASHES, HE. BECAME. ME!" He punched man with all the strength he got.
Man's neck finally tore, head flew few meters forward and hitting statue, made it finally crash. The statue of Emmet Brickowski broke. There was nothing but broken pieces. Pieces that were covered in blood.
He lowered his head. His eyes were trembling with insanity as he was heavily panting. Nobody said even a word. They were shocked. No. They were terrified. But before any of them could act, there was laughter.
It was quiet, bit hearable, but with each new second it was becoming louder and louder. His body was shaking from this laughter. He was so happy that he did it. He finally did it. He wasn't too fast to stop him.
"And you know what's the funniest thing of all?" He asked quietly and put hand on his face. Unikitty's fur stood up, she was scared but ready to protect people who were too shocked to move, "He thought that he would never go through it"
He slowly looked at them. His insane stare made them back away. Everyone backed away, but not Lucille. She was looking at him with tears and terror, but she wasn't moving. Even after seeing what he become, she couldn't force herself to leave him.
"He never thought that his traveling would end a disaster and yet it did" He laughed and turned to fully face them. His body movements were animalistic, "How pathetic don't you think? How pathetic that he allowed this to happen. How sad that he allowed himself to turn into this."
He slowly moved towards people, but stopped and looked at the statues. Evil smile appeared on his lips, revealing his sharp teeth, "Looks like he truly just broke and let me do it for him. Me, the only one who's capable of doing this, the one who's strong enough"
Slowly he took giant piece of statue and smirked, seeing his reflection, "Say Lucy, would you ever believeif somebody told you that Emmet, sweet and innocent Emmet would turn into monster. Monster much dangerous than Rex?" He laughed and threw the piece towards people.
It happened too fast for them to run away. One second he was looking at piece and another there were a lot of dead people and blood. Finally people snapped out of their trance and started to run away, but it was already too late.
He laughed once again and ran after them. They were screaming when he was breaking them. Blood was everywhere. One after another all the people died, one after another, until the very last one. Until there was small kid.
He looked at this kid. He was afraid, he was crying, he didn't want to die. But nobody was asking what he wants, he is going to die. He was an offspring of these bastards and he is going to die. Just like his mother, just like everyone else.
Slowly step by step he was getting closer to kid. Kid was paralyzed with terror, he was too afraid to run away. Just like stupid brainless animals who always freeze in the face of predator, in the face of their death. This kid is going to die, die fast. He won't even feel what pain is. Just another step and he's going to-
"EMMET!" His eyes widened when Lucille jumped forward and caught him by his neck. She tried to pull him away from the kid. She wanted to save his life. She was still crying, she was still terrified, but she couldn't let him kill this kid, "Emmet please, he is innocent, he didn't do anything, please!"
"Don't you get it?" He hissed and, caught her by her arm, before throwing her towards the statue. There was loud bone crack and scream. He glared at kid, but he was nowhere to be seen, just like Unikitty. Roaring in rage he turned to Lucille, "He. !"
Running towards her, he caught her by her neck and started to beat against the statues that were still there, raising his voice with each new word, "I'M NOT EMMET! I AM NOT HIM! HE IS FOREVER DEAD TO ALL OF YOU!TO ALL OF US!"
"I'M MORE THAN HE'D EVER WILL BE!" The more he was beating her, the more his anger was rising, "THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE IS NOT COMING BACK, NO MATTER HOW ANY OF YOU WANT THIS!I AM NOT HIM! I. AM. RAYMOND!"
With that he used too much strength. There was another loud crack and Lucille's spine broke completely just like other statues. All of them just fall down. There was no way that they could be repaired. Nothing could be repaired anymore.
The anger was still boiling in his blood when he slowly moved towards Lucille. He was looking like demon, nothing but a monster that wants to kill her. Slowly taking her by her neck, he gritted his sharp teeth. How much he wanted to deep them in her flesh and rip it apart. Tear her apart till there would be nothing, but blood and bones, bones and organs.
He raised his fist in the air, just one punch and she's going to die. Just one move and his hard work going to be destroyed. Lucille looked him in the eyes for the last time. They were filled with shock and terror, but also with adoption. She accepted her fate. She accepted her death and the last thing she did, she looked him in the eyes.
Something inside him exploded. Pain shoot through his body, making him drop her and clench his head. It was an agony, his mind, his body, his everything was screaming in pain. It felt like he was dying. He felt like his muscles, his skin was burning from the inside.
Falling on the ground he started to roll there, screaming. Rage was burning him from the inside, it was destroying him, making him forget everything. The only thing he heard was his loud screams. The only thing he felt was pain.
And then it stopped. It just stopped the same way it appeared and now he was laying there covered in blood, shaking from everything that happened. His breathing was much heavier than before, he wasn't hearing anything. There was nothing except…
Looking up, he looked at Lucille. She was crying. Sitting on the ground and crying, trembling hand was on her mouth. His first instinct was to jump and calm her down, hug her and say that everything going to be okay, but something stopped him. Something that made his own eyes fill with hot tears. Tears of pain.
He lost control. He did not just tell them everything but also became this thing right before their eyes. He became monster before the eyes of his Lucille. Slowly looking on his hands, hands that were covered in blood, he sobbed. What he had done…
He killed everyone he was trying to save, everyone he was trying to save. He destroyed his chance to feel the hugs, to hear the laughter of his friends, he lost any chances to be with them. There was no way they would forgive him for what he had become. Not after this.
Slowly standing on legs he stepped back. He wanted to run away from here, from them. He can't risk hurting them, hurting her again. Tears were now falling from his eyes. His damaged, broken heart shattered in the pieces. There was no way to fix what he just did.
For the last time his eyes met with Lucille's and it was enough for him to turn around and run away. He was running as fast as he could. People were backing away from him, screaming and asking is it blood, but he didn't even heard them. The only thing he heard were Lucille's screams.
This beast, beast that lives inside him made him do this. It made him become monster and kill people. They were innocent, they were rude, but they were innocent. They didn't deserve to die, nobody was supposed to die, except for him. He was the only one supposed to die.
Why didn't he died in that void!? Why didn't his agony just ended! He did the right thing, why this universe let him have second chance in the first place!? It knew what he was and what he has inside and now… Everything he was working on was destroyed.
All his hard work, all his second chance, everything. He's never going to return here, he's never going to see them, he ruined his own life. They are going to hate him, fear him. They don't want to be around Emmet who became monster.
Not noticing the rock, he stepped on it and fell on the ground. His hands were now covered in cuts, but he didn't even pay any attention. He just jumped on legs and continued to run away. He didn't cared where to run, just run somewhere else, somewhere where they won't be able to find him.
Running to giant cliff behind the forest, he stopped and fell on the ground. Loud scream escaped his mouth. Tears were uncontrollably running down his face. He was hysterical. The only thing he wanted to do is jump from it and end it all, but he couldn't. Not until he's going to suffer as much as the damage he made. Not until he's going to understand what the real pain is.
"I'M SORRY!" He screamed. His voice echoed a bit by the help of the mountains. He hit the ground with his fist. He was choking on his own tears. Throwing his head back, he let out another loud and high scream full of pain and agony. The scream of man in pain.
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Uh…. I think it's bit too much, isn't it?
I mean it's just chapter 2 and it's already awfully painful, but like, it's not like I can help it!
And also I DID warn all of you that this chapter going to be THAT painful and heavy.
See you all later folks, budes and dudes Alex out!