" There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."
- Paulo Coelho
(LATER THAT EVENING: NEW YORK CITY)
" So, someone helped you escaped from a facility and made a journey all over the planet, " Katean said after she drank a glass of water. " Then, you met Meis Carol Danvers in a country on Earth. Am I right? "
" Yes, " Amnon nodded and looked at the doorway while he saw a mother and son slave talking walking. " She adopted and raised me for two years. She taught me everything, but I got separated in Paris. "
" You mean someone took you? "
" Yeah, " he sadly sighed. " I really missed my mother. If we could escape, then I would find a way going back to France. "
" I understood how you felt, Meister Amnon, " his friend calmly replied. " I experienced the same thing before I ended up here. Those two tyrannical races abducted me in Lunivia and made me into a slave like you. They never let me go and see my family again. "
" So, that's why you tried escaping several times, right? "
" Yes, but I'm afraid the same people would kill me. I can no longer return to my home planet, " she heavily sighed.
" I guess we're on the same page, Katean, " he nodded and scratched his head. " But the weird thing is that Supreme Intelligence has asked me for a mission along with finding the Kree Eternal. I don't know when or how could I do that, since I'm stuck inside this damned slave den for some time. It's impossible for me to do those things anymore. "
" Maybe, if I help you escape, you can go ahead and find him. I have a question though, why are you searching for him? "
" This is something to do with myself, " Amnon sincerely answered. " I have been tormented for a long time by that demonic monster. I have memories of him as I couldn't break free. If Methu-Selah could help me, then I will be surely healed from this. Secondly, I have so much questions I want to ask to him. "
" It's just like the Lunivian Eternal, Showshana Arrowbeast. She is our mother to us. "
" Yes, it's something like that, a powerful being of the Kree race. "
" I'm so sorry, if I do not know anything about your partial Kree inheritance. We, Lunivians, think of them as enemies. "
" Oh, dear..." the Kree-Lizard boy got alarmed and widened his eyes in fear, thinking of leaving the conversation. " I'm so sorry, Katean. I didn't know. I just better..."
" No, Amnon-Selah. You are not one of those same people we encounter every day, " the Lunivian assured. " You're different and sounded like a normal human being. You are my new friend, now. "
" Maybe, you're related with the Skrull race which the Lord Supremor had mentioned me about. "
" Yes, but our cousins are more ruthless and skirmish than us. "
" More like, it will be added into my bucket list of questions to Methu-Selah, then. "
" Yes, " she smiled and chuckled as she started yawning. " I should go to sleep now. "
" Yeah, good night, Katean. "
" Good night, Amnon. "
Amnon smiled back and left his female friend's room as he headed his way to his quarters. He began to yawn while walking, but he looked at the same woman and man who stalked him back in Russia. Amnon started to walk faster as he could and entered into his room, panting and sitting on his bed.
" Why do these people go spying on me?! " he anxiously thought. " What do they want from me, now?! "
(THREE DAYS LATER)
Amnon and Katean were still working in different stations where their handlers assigned them. The Lunivian elf-lady spent her time in the processing area, as the Kree-Lizard boy worked as a janitor which he spent cleaning the walls and mopping the floors. There were times he carried the deceased slaves and discarded their bodies into the decomposing area where the Vrellnexians ate them. Amnon felt sorry for the deceased which he never wanted to treat them that way. He had no choice, but to obey with his handlers.
Just then, he saw a broken wall which it was covered with a large crate. He was very curious which he wanted it to uncover. Attempting to look at it, Katean saw him on the hallway where she approached him.
" Amnon! " she lowly exclaimed and glared at him. " Don't you dare to open it! "
" Why? " he curiously asked.
" The guards might find out where I will escape next! I will be doomed..."
" O-okay...okay, " he responded with a whisper and smiled. " Just calm down, I guess we know what to do now. "
" Yes, exactly " Katean evilly grinned.
" Ready? "
The Kree-Lizard boy and his female space-elf friend both agreed when they began to enter the large hole on the wall and immediately covered it using Amnon's tail. The two friends started to crawl into darkness as they felt uncomfortable and cringed out which they saw spiders' cobwebs around them. They kept crawling and reached into the vents where their fellow slaves and guards heard the loud thud from the ceilings. One of them was the green-haired lady named, Solaris Volkova which she raised her eyebrows and turned to her partner. The lizard guard approached them when he wanted to report it.
" Madame, we have a problem here, " the reptilian said. " We heard a disturbing noise from the ceiling. What should I do? "
" Why don't you ask your friends to inspect the vents or perhaps shoot them, if there were mice, " Solaris sternly replied and crossed her arms.
" Yes, ma'am, " he nodded and signaled his fellows to follow the noise. Solaris was evilly smirking as she wanted to know who or what had caused the noise. The Kree and Lizard guards shot the ceilings using their guns. Just inside the vents, Katean and Amnon got startled and kept crawling.
" For the love of Showshana! " the Lunivian muttered.
" Just keep crawling! " Amnon commanded.
" Got it! "
The two crawled, however the blast had brought them falling and crashing down into the room where the rest of the slaves eyed on them. The guards surrounded the escapees and pointed their weapons on them. Amnon and Katean both nervously gulped and raised their hands as Solaris and Darkvile confronted them.
" Well, well, well, it's Svet the Lizard and his new friend, " she grinned and crossed her arms. " How come you two are trying to get away from this place? You know slaves like you cannot break free from Kasius! "
" Well...I..." Katean shrieked and paused.
" Katean and I were cleaning the vents! " Amnon nervously chuckled and made an excuse. " You have understood the overlord wants a breath of fresh air. Right? "
" I don't think so, " Darkvile blandly spoke.
" Are you sure you're telling the truth? "
" Yes..."
The Kree-Lizard boy was sweating as Darkvile was ready to beat him up, however he let the guards confront him. Then, Amnon and Katean both received a beating which the other slaves were alarmed. Some had felt pity while the others were satisfied in seeing this brutal incident. It took time which the guards mercilessly punished the two. Katean the Lunivian got injured which a female Kree guard took her away. The two loudly cried in pain which they could not tolerate it. Solaris smirked and turned to the soldiers when they brought the hybrid away to the crowd. Amnon ended up bleeding and in extreme pain which the guards took him into the hallway.
" Bring him to Kasius, " she ordered.
" Yes, ma'am. "
The guards and the hybrid entered to the elevator which silence had walked in. Amnon was grimacing in pain which he experienced so much. It took minutes for them as they arrived at the topmost floor of slave den. The area was more pleasant and peaceful than the place where Amnon had been working. There were indoor plants that gave more aesthetic and healthy environment. The female slaves in this lot were dressed in white and had strange make-up on. Solaris pointed her attendants to bring the Kree-Lizard slave and prep him on the chair. A blue skinned medic aided them as the boy was uncomfortably sitting which his body got tied up. He wanted to break free, but the harnesses were too tight for him.
A dark-haired blue Kree man dressed in a dark robe approached the green-haired Remnite-Russian when they went to a distance and talked privately. Amnon thought of listening to the conversation, but the medic took his supplies and extracted the hybrid's blue blood. The Kree-Lizard boy angrily glared at him which he was still grimacing in pain after being beaten up by a mob of guards in the processing area. He had no choice, but to experience such terrible failure.
It took them sometime to talk until Solaris had left. Then, a blonde cyborg woman dressed in white came along with the Overlord. Like Amnon, she got abducted some days ago and enslaved, but she was one of the interdimensional exiles from another universe. She was silent, but only obeyed and listened when her master spoke. Kasius's medics placed a special inhibitor inside her system. She was standing beside him, being emotionless.
" You must be Svet the Lizard, " the overlord evilly smirked and calmly said. " I have heard so much tales from you. You have raided my father's properties. "
" Such a tyrant you are..." Amnon replied and indignantly glared while sitting. " I take it, You're Kasius. "
" Yes, " Kasius chuckled. " You're talking to the right person, Svet. "
" The real name's Amnon-Selah, you blue skinned fool! "
" Oh, my bad. I didn't know..." the blue overlord sarcastically responded and went around in circles." I didn't realize a 682 clone like you have blue Kree blood. How interesting and fascinating to meet a hybrid like you, but there is something more special that I can make use of you. Perhaps, my aide Gourai has to fix of your dreadful demon's memories which I need to unleash within you.In what I'm seeing and hearing, you sounded like that mad Kree Eternal Methu-Selah which my ancestors had told me about. "
" You're nothing but a tyrant who gets more innocent blood and lives to be taken away! You're a disgusting monster of greed and destruction! You will just fail like anyone else! "
" You will end up lifeless, if you don't follow my orders, hybrid! " he answered. " I'm just following what my ancestors have done for centuries in different planets. Now, Earth has to experience such glory we have done..."
" You disgusting..."
" Hah, you're under my wing now, slave. " Kasius smiled and turned to Gourai. " Gourai, he's done with the extraction. Now, take him to the other room. Make sure, he doesn't escape. "
" LET ME GO! LET ME GO! DAMN, YOU KASIUS! "
Gourai nodded no furiously and waited for the medic to release the angry hybrid slave when Kasius ignored listening to them. The guards took him as the cyborg walked her way to the hallway. Amnon was still loudly ranting and not pleased to see what would be in store for him when he kept struggling. They prepped him into a chamber and put him an attaching apparatus to the both sides of his head when Gourai carefully operated the machine which it began to illuminate.
" STOP! STOP! LET ME GO! LET ME GO! " he loudly cried.
The cyborg just watched the procedure and felt sad to the Kree-Lizard slave which she saw him crying in pain with any sound. Then, she sadly thought, " I'm so sorry. It's the overlord's orders. I can't do anything to let you go..."
Inside Amnon's mind, something had occurred and flashed to him. The monster SCP-682 had taken over the innocent Kree-Lizard hybrid's memories and personality. In that imagery, Amnon tried to retaliate and fight back, but he couldn't. He was stuck into the clutches of that monster which he wanted to get rid-off. The monster's awareness had brought back to life minutes after the procedure. The guards assisted the brainwashed Amnon away from the chamber. He evilly grinned and laughed as Gourai sadly sighed and bowed her head in shame which she never wanted to execute that procedure.
" Where is your master...Tell me..." he spoke in a deep voice.
Gourai never responded the brainwashed Kree-Lizard's question which she just watched him moving his mouth with sharp teeth. Amnon was not pleased with her utterly silence.
" Why are you not talking to me, woman?! "
Just then, Kasius entered the room and signaled his attendants to leave as they followed. Amnon heavily sighed and turned to him. Gourai stood beside the overlord and waited for his instruction.
" SCP-682, " the blue man spoke. " Gourai only hears and obeys my orders. From now on, you will do the same thing. "
" What do you want me to do? Who are you anyway? "
" To answer your questions, I have to introduce yourself since you are newly reprogrammed.My name is Kasius and we will have a talk on your next duty, " he smirked. " I will reward you once you got my instructions correctly. Understood? "
" As you wish, Lord Kasius. "
" I'm glad you have returned..."
" I'm sure that naive slave boy, Amnon or Svet is now under my wrath and skirmish. He will never bother me, because he is already dead..."
" Good..."