Chapter 17 - Black Sorrows

Chapter 16: Black Sorrows

        “You don’t know what you just got yourself into, Jenny. Do you remember, even, how you got this way?” Dr. Connors said, the two still circling each other in the football stadium. “I DON’T fracking care what you think I should know, Connors. All I know is that there’s you, me, and our lives here. Nothing else. You said it yourself.” Jenny retorted at him, the vicious circle tightening. Glaring gazes fiercly were stricken at each other She threw a punch at him, swiftly, almost too fast to notice. Though, he was her trainer, or one of her trainers. He ducked underneath the blow, and did a sweep kick that knocked her into the air. She fell down, but got back up. An uppercut was thrown, Jenny thrown back again. She fell again, but got up. “You’re a fool, Jennifer. Just like your mother.” He said, stomping on her body, and backing away. She was bleeding now, but got back up. Dr. Connors Jumped in the air, doing a vertical kick straight at her jaw. Her body lifted up, as he kicked her again and made her soar across the field. Oil was dripping from her mouth, her mechanized blood choking her. She would not die though. She had fight still in her. She got back up and flew at him, pulling back her fist. He merely dodged again, and struck her waist with a blow, knocking her back, as her body tumbled out of control. It was dented, mud covered, and scratched, she bleeding oil. Though, she would still try to fight. It was hard to stand now, much less walk, much less do battle. She began to walk forward, and another punch knocked her back to the position she was at earlier. “You are weak. Time has aged you even if you still feel the same.” Dr. Connors cackled, as he began to slowly walk over to Jenny, taking out the blades from his wrists with a jolt of his arms. “I will fight you till the moment you are demolished.” Connors said again, picking up Jenny now. Jenny’s eyes, barely open, filled with tears, but she smiled. “You have failed, Dr. Connors. I was never the target, was I?” Jenny whispered slowly. Dr Connors’s smile faded, as he stabbed upwards, uppercasing her and slitting a bit of her throat. “You truly don’t know why I’ve hunted you and your friends all these years? I thought you were just ignorant, but you truly don’t know. It was a mistake!” Dr. Connors yelled, tears now streaming down his eyes. Fear was in his voice, but moreso, sadness. “You still being alive. Adam being who he is. My daughter for being who she is.” He yelled with a particular bit of sadness. “That’s a load of bullshoot. You treated your daughter like a piece of trash. I never died or got close to death, other than once, and that was after the Bioforce, and Adam. He was born like that.” Jenny said getting back to her feet. “You’re heartless, aren’t you? You think I would despise my own daughter? You think that I didn’t once care for anything other than myself? You don’t even see that I am a man?” Dr. Connors said, more human than Jenny had ever heard him. His armor began to fall off, piece by piece. “You don’t deserve to be killed by an enemy, Jenny. You made your sister go mad, your mother wreck my life, and harmed many people in the process, and yet, you look at me as a villian. I had to do what I had to do to keep the Vexus Project secret. So that no one would know what my best friend went through down there. The man you think I despise is the son of one of my closest friends, Adam Williams. Goodbye.” Dr. Connors said, stairing at Jenny, when she flet a punch hit her. She flew back, into the chamber. The door closed, and the floor dropped. A large dark room was there. It was made of solid steel, and pipes made up the entire floor. The pipes lead upwards. There was a small light emitting from the celing, undoubtly for the camera that was intended to be there. “Hello Jenny.” A dark voice said. Jenny turned around, and the second reaper was there. “It’s been a long time.” The reaper said, as his voice turned into a familiar one.

        “The first stage…” The familiar voice rang through the dark corridor, “Smoke” He concluded as smoke rose from the chamber as he had fortold. Jenny knew this voice, and instantly knew why Dr. Connors had said “their past lives”. He had sent something from Jenny’s to kill her. “The second stage…” The geeky voice rang again. “Fire” Flames shot through the floor, turning the room from unbearably dark to blindingly light. Though, that could not cover the view of the other Reaper, now closing in on Jenny. Her eyes filled with tears, as she said. “You’re supposed to be dead.What happened, Sheldon? Why are you working for Connors. I chose to join him when I didn’t know what side he was on, atleast!” Jenny grieved, tears dripping from her eyes, fanning the flames around her. The reaper pulled his mask off. It did reveal Sheldon’s face, but older, much older. It still retained the same eyes, but he was bald now, and he also was pale in his face. “Choice, choice? You were a member of the Bioforce? One of the most wanted criminals on Earth? We were friends at one point, but then you turned on us. You started killing innocent people along with that Adam kid. He gets himself a girl, along with your squad. The Bioforce steps up to stop the diesase that made you, my love, a murderer, and not the girl you once were. All that is left is step three…” Sheldon said with an evil smile, as he pulled his mask back on, his voice sounding dark and mechanical when it was back on. “DEATH” He yelled as he charged at Jenny, still crying. He hit her with the back of his scythe, and she fell over, beginning to spit up oil, knelling over. The oil lit to flames as Jenny’s body began to take heavy damage. She stood back up, and threw a punch at him. He guarded it and countered, but his counter was blocked then. They both stepped back. He swung another strike, but it was guarded with her arm, held up against the scythe. She threw him back quickly, but not enough to harm him. Her body continued to burn, the spot where she had stopped his blow showing a gash of steel, bleeding more oil. “I won’t fight you. Your memory’s been altered, but you’re still deep down there.” An uppercut came from his hand, as Jenny fell back, and she rolled to her knees. He felt no sympathy for Jenny, as he kicked her over, knocking her on her back, tears mixing with the jets of flame coming from the oil Jenny continues to spit out. Jenny kept speaking, now weakly though, she was running out of energy. “Does Dr. Connors keep you by fear? Or does he keep you by manipulating your thoughts. You know you died, right?” She asked, still weakly. Sheldon hesitated to kick her again, and responded. “Yes, you killed me. You went insane. You killed Brad too, he was brought back. The memory was so bad, they did have to wipe his memory, and just tell him the mission. That was your fault, your mistake.” Sheldon yelled at Jenny, who still was smiling. The song that had gone in her mind the day she was freed from her prison was still playing in her head. He raised his scythe up, ready to slash down, and kill his target. “What does it feel like to be back? Back from the brink of death? What does it feel like to know your death is what drove me insane!” Jenny yelled weakly, with a smile. He began to set his scythe down. Jenny stood up. “Sheldon, remember when I was brainwashed that year to wreck the holidays? You still believed me, right?” Sheldon put his entire scythe down now, dropping it to the floor. “Yes I did, but you were acting mechanical. This, I don’t believe.” “Sheldon, do you remember the day Adam moved here?” Sheldon recalled consoling Jenny when Adam had insulted her, and Sheldon being outcasted from her.” “Yes, I do. Though the day after…” Jenny smiled and inttrupted Sheldon, the flames dieing down. “You died that night Sheldon. Adam was the one who told us. Do you remember speaking to me in your last moments?” He did remember Jenny laying him to rest, her crying incisively, saying he should try and live, but he couldn’t. He had no fight in him. He wanted to die. Sheldon was silent now. “I was played into fighting Adam. You were actually killed by the Bioforce, them trying to kill him. I joined when I thought that he killed you. You’re following the same path I did.” Jenny said with a weak smile. “The rules may be different, but this isn’t your fight, and it never was or will be. It wasn’t mine either, but when Adam went here, I was dragged in the crossfire again.It still wasn’t, till I chose to join a side. You couldn’t chose. It isn’t your fight.” He paused for a moment, and then set his scythe to the side. “I don’t believe you, but I’ll spare your life. You are right, this is not my battle.” Sheldon said, pulling his mask off. He reached over for the lever to start and stop an execution, an pulled it down to stop it. “I didn’t think you would, but you are right on that.It’s your choice now who you side with. Let me fight him, it was our fight to begin with, he dragged you in because he knew I couldn’t kill you.” Jenny said, looking down. She found and began to open the hatch upward, when Sheldon’s voice rang out again. “Why? Why didn’t you attack?” Sheldon questioned, curious. “I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I knew I directly killed the boy who loved me.” Jenny said with a blush. When she had left, he pulled off his reaper suit. His body pale, and old, he moved over to the lever. “It wasn’t my fight to begin with. It ends now.” He pulled the lever, and withered away.

        The smoke cleared in the above chamber. Dr. Connors laughed until he saw that someone was left. Jenny walked out of the door to the execution chamber, and towards Dr. Connors. “You now know what it’s like to kill someone who means something to you.” Dr Connors laughed. “He took his own life. It wasn’t his battle. You should have left him dead. I now know that it was his time.” Jenny said with a smirk. He pulled out a pistol and began to laugh. Jenny did too. “Do you believe it is your time too?” Dr. Connors laughed, walking over to Jenny, kicking her down. She continued to laugh. She knew something he didn’t. or he had forgotten. She could heal if she had taken just the right amount of damage. Enough to cause a system shutdown, but not enough to make her cellular structure end. She hadn’t done it earlier for the chance he may try to use the execution chamber to destroy her. If she had been there a second longer, she would have died. “Heh heh heh, good bye.” Dr Connors laughed as he pulled the trigger, his foot keeping Jenny lodged to the ground. The bullet went straight into her skull, piercing it. Though, she still was alive. Still, the world went black around her, as she kept laughing.

        Ashley, Adam, Yin, and Yang were running through the corridors. Every enemy that they came upon was disabled quickly by a gunshot, instant aging, or telekinetic death. Though, Adam refused to use his powers. Adam refused to talk too. He was there only as a body, running with them. They continued to go through the halls, a maze of corridors. “Ashley! Fire a round at the one to the left!” Yang called out, as they were huddled behind a bathroom wall, firing and attacking various enemies. Yang was now, under the pressure, very proficient in battlefield tactics. Yin had responded to the war by releasing an inner muse for observation and arts. She could empathize with people, feel beyond a normal man, and finally, be able to control her dark soul. Ashley turned her remaining ring into a grenade, throwing it at the enemies. The explosion did damage to most of them, but not killing all of them. Three survived the blast, but instead of being taken care of by the usual methods, a violent sight was in front of them. Adam was beating the bios to death with his bare hands. Their screams were unheard to him, as each punch was inhumanly strong, dealing deep blunt wounds that lead to screeches of pain from the bios. Even when they were so close to death, any movement would kill them, his shadow kept them alive. Blood flowing from their bodies, chunks of flesh pounded into each other, screams of torture flowing from them. One was killed by his skull being grinded against the concrete, till his brain was ripped apart. Adam laughed as he did it, no longer the man he was, but a monster. The second one was killed by drowing in his own blood. His face began to contort into a different face, paler, and less human. The carnage was a sight that made Yin cover her eyes, Yang wretch in disgust, and made Ashley kill the last one because she could not stand to see them feel any more pain. “Adam? Are you there?” Ashley said, taking the pistol she kept in case she lost her ring in battle out from the holster near her ankle. Don’t look! Damien commanded Adam, him in control now. I need to! I love her, you heartless wretch! Adam retorted. Adam slowly turned around and looked directly at Ashley, fighting Damien’s influence. Ashley’s eyes filled with tears as she began to raise the gun. “I….I…..can’t live with you like this!” Ashley mourned, pointing the gun at her own head. “Angel! What are you doing!” Yelled Yang, worried. Yin began to step back out of view, away from everyone. “Yin, Yang, you two are my children. Maybe not literally, but I raised you and I am proud of you. Take care when I’m gone.” Ashley said, closing her eyes, tears still streaming from them. “ASHLEY! DON’T DO IT!” Yang yelled, frustrated and crying. “Don’t….” Yang whispered, crying. “Take my ring, Yang. I know how you are in love, you may need it one day. It may also work for you too. Yin, you have been closer to me than anyone else has, discluding you Adam. Take my diary. The pages will tell you what to do from this point on. Just please, I can’t live any longer with my love a creature.” Ashley began to cry again. Don’t do it, please! Adam thought, trying to have the words come out. Though, Damien’s influence was still strong. Adam kept fighting him, yelling back, taking control of his body one by one, piece by piece. “Adam, you trained me. The rings kept my shadow, keeping me alive after my father tried to kill me. You gave me the blessing the night we made love. You allowed me to fight, and give these children a future. Once my father is dead, I will not have anything to live for but you.” Ashley continued to mourn. “Jenny will have taken care of him by now, as you told me moments before you lost your humanity.” Ashley concluded, looking directly into Adam’s eyes. Adam had regained control of his body now, or atleast enough to look into Ashley’s eyes and feel the sorrow he had held forever. “Your you again” Ashley said with a smile. The smile faded as she continued though. “Though for how long?” Ashley concluded. “ASHLEY!” Adam cried out, falling to his knees, tears streaming down his face. “Your….yyyour making a mistake. You have something to live for. You have people who care for you. I don’t. Just please, end the nightmare. End my pain.” Adam cried, falling down, his face touching the ground. Ashley began to lower the gun slowly. “No…no..no…NO!” She cried, pulling the trigger 4 times, hitting various areas of her body. Blood flooded from her body, the gunshots in several areas. Adam began to cry, kneeling down at Ashley’s body. “It’s over. This is how it ends.” Adam cried, tears flowing down his cheeks. Yin checked over her body. “She’s still alive, she hasn’t hit anything fatal. We can save her, Adam!” she yelled, her own eyes filled with tears. Adam’s voice filled with an insane, twisted fear. “That isn’t the point. I thought she was. He has the power now. I’ve lost all my control! Yeah!” He began laughing manically, falling back, crying at the same time. His voice became the dark version it was earlier. “Jenny’s just the beginning. Once she’s his, the bodies will pile. He will sap all the life out of earth. Please kill me!” Adam yelled, insane with sadness. His body was thrown back, almost telekinetically. “GET THE PURE SOUL, SLAVE!” Rang Damien in a dark, commanding voice. Adam’s shadow consumed his entire body now, as he began walking down the hallway, out to the football field.

        “We meet again Dominic. Good to see you after all these years” A voice rang across the football field. He turned his head in fear, to see Adam, but the voice, was someone elses. “Adam, Adam, you have a very bad memory you do. I’ve seen you much more recently than that!” Dr Connors laughed. “You are fooled by my host’s apperance, are you? You tried to kill me, well done. You got close and took the world into your own hands in the process! Though, alas, you have failed.” Dr. Connors smile faded instantly. He knew it wasn’t Adam that was speaking. “Damien, your soul is now a parasite on the world. You took my daughter from me. You took your creator’s life away. You have taken your creator’s son’s body away now.” Dominic concluded. “I have no time to deal with you, wretch! Where is the Wakeman child?” Damien concluded. “She’s been dead for years you old fool. Rotting beneath the ground.” Dominic retorted. “You are a liar. You act as if you don’t know who that robot truly is!” Damien spat. “You will pay for the corruption you’ve done to your soul, one day, Damien.” Dominic said, throwing a knife at Damien at an almost unseeable speed. “Wrong choice Dr. Connors!” Damien laughed, as he threw back the knife. It stabbed Dr. Connors directly at the chest. He sent his darkness to go feed on the body. Chunks of flesh were strung about, blood flowing incisively from his body, screams bellowing from his lungs, till, there was nothing. “Good. It is my time to rise. XJ9 will wake up eventually.” Damien called as he moved to the center of the field. “Soul of mine, shed your skin. Turn into the ones you’ve consumed. Feed on the tears, the black sorrows that run, through the veins of my host’s blood.” Adam knew what the encantation was. It was what happened when he let his shadow roam free on cluster prime. The encatation to summon the souls trapped within him, and bring an army of darkness upon the world. “Poured from the fountain, blood from beyond, allow the soul to breed. For in the shadows we march a path to war, upon the blacks of death tonight. So please, souls from beyond, please hear my plight. I call upon you now. Be ready for it is the end as we now, enter the eternal night.” Damien beckoned upon the darkness. Adam’s body levitated in the air, hundreds of feet up. From his body flowed black creatures, misting into the sky. The stars were no longer seen, the black pure now to all. Damien would have all the souls he could want, all the power he desired. Though one thing remained, one soul remained. One soul that would still fight.

To Be Continued…

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