realityshifted | 042: It's the Fear, Fear of the Dark

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042: It's the Fear, Fear of the Dark

[Hei is here, wearing a lab coat and ridiculously dorky glasses. He looks tired and rather rumpled. He's also carrying what looks like a pile of iridescent, dark green putty.]

This is it, isn't it? How did I manage to make this thing?

[Hei's sheer genius and determination to help his family had led to a breakthrough. After years of trying and failing, years of long nights in the lab and painfully meticulous research, he had done it. He had created the ultimate tool for psychological therapy.]

Alright, alright, I get it. So it's a therapy thing...maybe that was why that Halliwell person was so interested.

[He turns the blob over. The blob shimmers and makes a sound almost like a purr.]

I wonder how I make it--

[The tool had of course been created with trigger phrases used to prompt transformation. For instance, the phrase Black Cat...]

[The blob shimmers again and suddenly transforms into a large brown monster that looks like a cross between a rat and a dog and an alligator. It's thin and spindly and has no eyes, only a long, heavy muzzle filled with lots and lots and lots of two-inch teeth.]

[Plane, meet the Gate monsters. Hei throws the thing several feet away before it's done transforming and stumbles backward before falling onto his butt. He reaches for his knife, but since he's a scientist for now, all his weapons are gone. Hei looks completely terrified.]

No, no, no, you can't be here, you're not supposed to be here...

[The Gate monster snarls and stalks closer. Hei scoots backward.]

No, you're not real. You can't be real. This can't...

[From out of nowhere comes some really creepy and intense background music.]

Voice...voice, how do I make it change back? How...

[No answer.]

Dammit...

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[Hei is more than willing to scoot backward a bit more. The fireball hits the monster head-on, and these guys really don't like fire. It makes several high-pitched chirping cries, bouncing up and down and rolling around to put the fire out.]

They're from the Gate. They're the things that were living there...

[ She grins confidently and prepares another fireball. ]

I take it it's not a fan of fire. If that's the case, leave it to me.

[ Here comes another fireball. The result is a very large puff of smoke. And a snarl. A snarl that, well, sounds a little to big to come from the Plane monster. ]

That... didn't sound good.

Angela, be careful--

[Oops, dragon. Hei just sort of...stares up at it.]

H-... Hei, what did-- how did it... What did you--

[ Oh yes. That dragon is very familiar to Angela. It clears the smoke with the beating of two very large, red wings, then stretches its massive neck and looks down at the two as if they were no more than insects. Its mouth doesn't move but it still manages to speak. ]

Greetings, princess.

[ Angela replies with a terrified little sob. ]

A...Anglea, what...what is...

[Yyyeaah this is even scary than the Gate monster, particularly when he hears Angela, who more often than not is strong and stubborn and determined, make a sound like that.]

[ Angela tries to back up and trips over herself, falling on her rear. She's too fixated on what's before her to be jarred by the fall, though. She continues to scramble backwards on her butt, kicking her feet against the Plane's floor desperately. The dragon takes one thundering step forward, more than closing the gap she's managed to create. It lowers its head and peers at Hei and Angela, breathing out heavily enough to blow the crown off Angela's head. Then a deep, rumbling laughter begins. The dragon opens its mouth to bare several sets of large, sharp teeth. ]

Ha ha ha ha! How perfect, one of the vermin who managed to kill me right here before me once more. And where is your Goddess to protect you now?

G-get away from me! You're not... You're not real! You're dead! I killed you!

You failed. Now you, your friends, and your whore of a mother will pay the price for your incompetence.

You're not! You're not! You're not real, you're not... [ She's started moving backwards again, tears starting to run down her cheeks. ] S-someone... Duran...

Edited 2008-10-29 21:07 (UTC)

[Damn it. This is Hei's fault for bringing the damn thing here without fully understanding it. There must be something he can do, but what can you do against a dragon? He doesn't even have his weapons, and he doubts even his electricity would do much good.]

Don't listen to it...Angela, don't listen to it.

I can't fight him on my own, I can't... Firo, Dino... [ She's shivering, transfixed. The dragon, however, has turned its attention to Hei, even as it continues to menace Angela. ]

Or maybe you'd like to do the job for me? [ Those many large teeth make an appearance again in the form of a wicked smile. ] Killing her would be easy for me. Having you do it, though, that would be much more entertaining.

[ Angela has taken the moment to raise a hand, a fireball building in it. The dragon snorts in contempt and reels its head back, knocking Angela for a whirl without much effort and causing the fire spell to fly off ineffectually. ]

What say you, boy? Come here.

[That makes Hei more angry than anything.] I'm not doing anything for you. Back off.

[But then the dragon speaks again and it's like a fog has fallen over Hei's mind. He pressed a hand to his face and sways a little. He knows what's happening, and this, really, is his biggest fear, left over from the Masters--that someone will be able to hypnotize him into killing one of his friends.]

No...no, don't...

Oh, I beg to differ, boy.

[ The dragon chuckles, backing up and giving Hei a clear path to Angela, who is slowly picking herself up off the ground. ] This thing, this little creature, this pathetic, pathetic thing, she deserves it. She deserves to feel every moment of suffering she's given by ten. And you'll do it, because you hate her too. You hate her for what she is, for everything she's ever done. She's the reason behind every hardship. And if you kill her, it will all go away.

Don't... [ Angela brings a hand to her swollen cheek. ] Don't you dare! Stay away from Hei!

Such insolence. Kill her, boy. Now.

Angela--nggh--

[He can feel it now, like little fingers working through his mind, through his memories. All of the bad things that have happened to Hei, they were all Angela's fault, weren't they? But no, no, that doesn't make sense--and yet it does...]

Angela--you--fight. Fight m--

[But then all clarity is gone and Hei goes limp. He sits there for a moment, staring blankly at nothing. Then, slowly, with calculated movements, he pulls himself to his feet and lifts his head, glaring at Angela.]

You. This is your fault. Everything, all along...

[He doesn't have a weapon, but his hands tighten into fists. And in an instant he's moving, charging her with unnatural speed.]

N-no! No, Hei, please no... [ She scrambles backwards again, lifting a hand, feeling the energy of a spell gather in her palm... But she can't will it into completion. She couldn't use her magic on Hei, not even if he was being controlled by the Dragon Emperor. She'd almost killed Koren that way. ] Hei, please fight it, please don't--!

[ All the while, the Dragon Emperor watches, laughter bubbling from his still muzzle. ]

Edited 2008-10-29 22:44 (UTC)

[Some part of Hei is still there and still trying to fight, and it's that part that hears her. But it's only such that when he moves to make a grab at her head, his outline glowing blue, he misses and electrocutes her hair instead.]

[ Zap. And Angela has a blackened section of hair. She'll be giving you an earful about that later, Hei. For now, though, she's making an effort to get away, all the while firing an ice spell at the Dragon Emperor. ] What did you do to him?! Give me Hei back, undo whatever spell you did or I'll--!

[Hei is moving to go after her again when she says the magic word. The dragon shimmers and abruptly dissolves back down into the blob. Hei's eyes widen and he trips, falling forward onto his knees. He takes his head in both hands, looking even more scared than he did when he was facing the Gate monster.]

No, no...

[ And it's gone. Angela stares in shock for a moment at the little blob, unsure of what to think. Then almost immediately she gets the urge to incinerate the blob, or grind it into the floor with her heel.

Seeing Hei, though, her priorities shift. She crawls over on her hands and knees until she's in front of him, then brushes his hair back tentatively. ]

Hei..?

Edited 2008-10-29 23:13 (UTC)

[He jerks backward as if she's going to hit him and scrambles away.]

I'm sorry. Angela, I'm so sorry...

It's okay, Hei, it's... [ She sits up, rubbing her arms. She's still shaking a little, and her voice reflects as much. ] That's what he does, that's what the Dragon Emperor-- That's what happened to Koren and my mother...

It's not okay. I...

[He looks over at the blob.] I should never have brought that thing here.

[Moves away from her and goes to pick up the Therapy Blob.]

I-I-It's not your fault. It's not... not like you knew what it was going to do.

[ She looks down at her hands, which she's kneading feverishly. ] It turns into things you fear, I guess.

That's exactly it. I shouldn't...it was stupid to bring something here when I didn't know what it...

[He closes his eyes and shakes his head, absolutely hating himself.]

I'm sorry.

[He disappears before Angela can respond.]

[ Angela reaches out toward the spot where he just was, then sighs, allowing her hand and her shoulders to drop. ]

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