Fanfic - Singularity Chapter 7
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mindcrackloveI decided to write this bit next instead of MC chapter. Hmm...don't murder me too much. Thank you.
Chapter 7
Etho and Nebris slowly made their way back to the city, not talking much. Nebris was concerned slightly that Etho had given in so readily to going back, but he wasn't sure why. Something just seemed off about the whole affair. He shook his head slightly, trying to remove the doubt creeping into his mind.
Nebris's thoughts turned towards trying to remember what happened after talking to Guude. From what Etho had told him, he had talked to Guude about a month, maybe a month and a half ago at this point. It worried him that he couldn't remember what happened. He remembered Guude droning on, feeling tired, something about working with someone, or being with someone, but he couldn't remember. He just remembered waking up, looking at Etho, his mind clearer then since before the event. He thought at a few points he thought he saw Etho texting someone on his phone, but when he looked over, it seemed like he was checking the time. Nebris closed his eyes. Perhaps he was just tired.
As they drew closer to the steel and glass building, Etho had started walking closer to Nebris, almost possessively. Entering the building, Etho had relaxed slightly, his eyes going soft as they entered the elevator. As the elevator climbed upwards at a dizzying rate, Etho grasped Nebris's hand, squeezing it quickly before dropping it as the door opened.
Guude was sitting on the desk, watching them as they walked in. Nebris nearly froze as he saw the look on Guude's face. It wasn't anger or annoyance at the intrusion, which was concerning. Was he expecting them? Etho grabbed Nebris by the arm, dragging him in the room.
Etho sat down on one of the nearby chairs, face blank as he stared at Guude.
“Nebris. So good you came back. Wasn't sure how well this plan would work, but it's a good thing it did. I didn't want to actually have to kill you.” Guude said, smirking. Cloudy swirls of black were circling his pupils, consuming the green irises in darkness.
“What? What the hell is going on?” Nebris said as he started to back away towards the door, before he bumped into someone. Nebris turned around, and found himself looking down at Shree. Shree stared up at him, glasses covering his eyes as he nudged Nebris with his rifle. “What the hell? Etho said you killed yourself.” Nebris turned towards Etho, who continued to stare blankly at Guude.
Shree shrugged at Nebris as BDoubleO stepped out of the elevator. He smirked at the proceedings, before nodding at Nebris. “I'd recommend you sit down, Nebris. Maybe if you're really good, Guude will tell you what's happening.” BDoubleO said. Guude grinned at Nebris, showing far too many teeth. Nebris frowned, taking a seat, staring at Guude as Guude hopped down from the desk.
Guude look at BDoubleO, smiling at him. “You were right in thinking he'd go after Etho. Soon we'll have the whole gang here.” Guude turned towards Etho. “You did a good job. Very convincing, it seems. As promised, Nebris is yours as payment. Only one problem. He reacts really poorly to being influenced, heh. Guess we can keep him locked up here...” Etho tilted his head at Guude, before shaking it softly. “Oh, no worries, you'll have full access to him. But, have to keep him from running away until Zisteau and Doc come up with a better way of keeping him under control. They already got Shree back, and that only took Zisteau a few days. Shouldn't take the two of them together that much longer.” Guude patted Etho on top of the head before turning at walking towards Nebris. He knelt down in front of the chair, pondering him with a small frown on his face.
“It was a risk letting you run away once you started to go nuts. But no worries, we'll figure out something.” Guude said, with an unnerving smile.
Nebris blinked. “You're saying...all this was a ploy to get me back?” Guude shook his head. “You and Shree. You weren't the only one to try and get away. You just were the more...worrisome of the two. You don't remember anything, do you?” Guude said with a sad smile. Nebris shook his head, feeling faint.
Guude sighed, before staring at Nebris, locking eyes with him. “I called you here a month and a half ago. I tried to convince you to work with me. Most people agree to this, but your quirks blew up too much. You became fixated on Etho. Wouldn't listen at all. Shree just ran away. Still nominally in control, so easy to sway once we knew where he was. You were much more difficult. So we called in Etho. Our feelings had gotten in the way before, and had let Etho do what he wanted. Sentimental, we were. So we called him here. Convinced him to work with us. His quirks revolved around you too.” Guude smirked at that, before continuing. “He drove a hard bargain. We'd give up you as one of our chess pieces, you'd be his to do with what he wished. In return, he'd bring back both of you. We knew you'd get flighty if you thought he was under our control. So he acted as though he was free. Good at misdirection. Even had himself convinced he was free too, I suspect.” Guude grinned at Etho, before turning back to Nebris.
Nebris stared at Guude, pale. “Why?” “Why what?” Guude asked, perplexed.
“Why do all this? What is your goal in all this? I don't see why you're doing all this.” Nebris said, shaking his head. His head was pounding now. It felt like someone was hitting him with a hammer. Guude smiled, his teeth sharp and pointed, causing Nebris to shrink down in the chair in alarm. “Why play chess with you lot? Because it's fun. It was so boring in the darkness, in the place between worlds. But here is warm, filled with energy. I've never gotten to play with such interesting toys. But you lot didn't want to play nice. So we made you more compliant. Susceptible. Some of you liked it even. Well, after awhile.” Guude laughed, the sound so normal and incongruous with what was happening. Nebris shook his head slowly, holding his head in his hands.
Guude reached over, lifting Nebris's head so he could look him in the eyes again. “Oh don't be hmmm?” Guude said, turning to Etho who was standing over Guude suddenly, looking down at the two of them. “Go sit back down Etho.” Guude said, frowning at Etho. Etho leaned down and whispered something to Guude quietly, far quieter then even Nebris could hear. Guude's eyes narrowed, the blackness consuming his eyes, faint points of light flashing deep in the clouds. Hissing slightly, he nodded at Etho. “Fine, fine. Don't get yourself into a tizzy. Take him to the basement, I guess. He's yours now, until we have a more permanent solution.” Guude stood up, walking behind the desk. He waved a dismissive hand at the two of them, busying himself with paperwork.
Etho reached a hand down to Nebris, who just stared up at him in shock. “What if I'd rather just sit here in shock?” Nebris asked, staring at Etho. “If you can't control your toy Etho, I'll do it for you.” Guude said, smirking at the two of them. Nebris sighed, grabbing Etho's hand, standing up. Walking towards the elevator, they passed Shree and BDoubleO. BDoubleO smirked at the two of them, waving sarcastically at them as the elevator doors closed.
Once the doors were fully closed, Nebris rounded on Etho, pushing him against the elevator wall. “This was all a ploy, Etho? You...you're a fucking asshole. I guess I was right when I was yelling at you about destroying everything. Unless that was a lie too, like everything else.” Nebris sighed, closing his eyes. “We should have run away. Ergh! No wonder you didn't really care if we left or came back! It was the same for you either way!” Nebris let Etho go, before sitting on the floor of the elevator.
Etho removed his mask, stuffing it in a back pocket as he stared down at Nebris. “It's not that bad. Once we get you all sorted out, anyway. Guude won't touch you until then. After Zedsteau figures out what went wrong, you'll be all fixed up.” Nebris frowned, staring up at Etho. “Didn't he stab you or something?” Etho smiled, shrugging. “Yeah. He likes a bit of drama. If he had wanted to kill me, he would have. Can't blame him, it's been fun allowed to roam away from the city. Doesn't hurt that bad anymore. Stand up, we're almost there.” Etho said, frowning at Nebris. Nebris bit his lip before standing up.
The door opened up into a large basement. “Oh hell no.” Nebris said as he blinked a few times before comprehending what he was seeing. Etho turned towards Nebris. “Come on Nebris. Either you come with me or Guude comes down and forces you to.” Nebris exhaled slowly, cursing under his breath as he and Etho stepped into the basement, the doors closing behind them.
Chapter 1 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/132602.html#cutid1
Chapter 2 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/134400.html#cutid1
Chapter 3 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/137627.html#cutid1
Chapter 4 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/138926.html#cutid1
Chapter 5 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/141471.html#cutid1
Chapter 6 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/144302.html#cutid1
Chapter 7 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/144730.html#cutid1
Chapter 8 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/146756.html#cutid1
Chapter 9 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/150725.html#cutid1
Chapter 10 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/154480.html#cutid1
Chapter 11 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/155006.html#cutid1
Chapter 12 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/155949.html#cutid1
Chapter 13 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/159984.html#cutid1
Chapter 14 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/163301.html#cutid1
Chapter 15 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/164905.html#cutid1
Chapter 16 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/166571.html#cutid1
Chapter 17 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/170136.html#cutid1
Oh yeah. Any questions, just ask, uhm hm.
Chapter 7
Etho and Nebris slowly made their way back to the city, not talking much. Nebris was concerned slightly that Etho had given in so readily to going back, but he wasn't sure why. Something just seemed off about the whole affair. He shook his head slightly, trying to remove the doubt creeping into his mind.
Nebris's thoughts turned towards trying to remember what happened after talking to Guude. From what Etho had told him, he had talked to Guude about a month, maybe a month and a half ago at this point. It worried him that he couldn't remember what happened. He remembered Guude droning on, feeling tired, something about working with someone, or being with someone, but he couldn't remember. He just remembered waking up, looking at Etho, his mind clearer then since before the event. He thought at a few points he thought he saw Etho texting someone on his phone, but when he looked over, it seemed like he was checking the time. Nebris closed his eyes. Perhaps he was just tired.
As they drew closer to the steel and glass building, Etho had started walking closer to Nebris, almost possessively. Entering the building, Etho had relaxed slightly, his eyes going soft as they entered the elevator. As the elevator climbed upwards at a dizzying rate, Etho grasped Nebris's hand, squeezing it quickly before dropping it as the door opened.
Guude was sitting on the desk, watching them as they walked in. Nebris nearly froze as he saw the look on Guude's face. It wasn't anger or annoyance at the intrusion, which was concerning. Was he expecting them? Etho grabbed Nebris by the arm, dragging him in the room.
Etho sat down on one of the nearby chairs, face blank as he stared at Guude.
“Nebris. So good you came back. Wasn't sure how well this plan would work, but it's a good thing it did. I didn't want to actually have to kill you.” Guude said, smirking. Cloudy swirls of black were circling his pupils, consuming the green irises in darkness.
“What? What the hell is going on?” Nebris said as he started to back away towards the door, before he bumped into someone. Nebris turned around, and found himself looking down at Shree. Shree stared up at him, glasses covering his eyes as he nudged Nebris with his rifle. “What the hell? Etho said you killed yourself.” Nebris turned towards Etho, who continued to stare blankly at Guude.
Shree shrugged at Nebris as BDoubleO stepped out of the elevator. He smirked at the proceedings, before nodding at Nebris. “I'd recommend you sit down, Nebris. Maybe if you're really good, Guude will tell you what's happening.” BDoubleO said. Guude grinned at Nebris, showing far too many teeth. Nebris frowned, taking a seat, staring at Guude as Guude hopped down from the desk.
Guude look at BDoubleO, smiling at him. “You were right in thinking he'd go after Etho. Soon we'll have the whole gang here.” Guude turned towards Etho. “You did a good job. Very convincing, it seems. As promised, Nebris is yours as payment. Only one problem. He reacts really poorly to being influenced, heh. Guess we can keep him locked up here...” Etho tilted his head at Guude, before shaking it softly. “Oh, no worries, you'll have full access to him. But, have to keep him from running away until Zisteau and Doc come up with a better way of keeping him under control. They already got Shree back, and that only took Zisteau a few days. Shouldn't take the two of them together that much longer.” Guude patted Etho on top of the head before turning at walking towards Nebris. He knelt down in front of the chair, pondering him with a small frown on his face.
“It was a risk letting you run away once you started to go nuts. But no worries, we'll figure out something.” Guude said, with an unnerving smile.
Nebris blinked. “You're saying...all this was a ploy to get me back?” Guude shook his head. “You and Shree. You weren't the only one to try and get away. You just were the more...worrisome of the two. You don't remember anything, do you?” Guude said with a sad smile. Nebris shook his head, feeling faint.
Guude sighed, before staring at Nebris, locking eyes with him. “I called you here a month and a half ago. I tried to convince you to work with me. Most people agree to this, but your quirks blew up too much. You became fixated on Etho. Wouldn't listen at all. Shree just ran away. Still nominally in control, so easy to sway once we knew where he was. You were much more difficult. So we called in Etho. Our feelings had gotten in the way before, and had let Etho do what he wanted. Sentimental, we were. So we called him here. Convinced him to work with us. His quirks revolved around you too.” Guude smirked at that, before continuing. “He drove a hard bargain. We'd give up you as one of our chess pieces, you'd be his to do with what he wished. In return, he'd bring back both of you. We knew you'd get flighty if you thought he was under our control. So he acted as though he was free. Good at misdirection. Even had himself convinced he was free too, I suspect.” Guude grinned at Etho, before turning back to Nebris.
Nebris stared at Guude, pale. “Why?” “Why what?” Guude asked, perplexed.
“Why do all this? What is your goal in all this? I don't see why you're doing all this.” Nebris said, shaking his head. His head was pounding now. It felt like someone was hitting him with a hammer. Guude smiled, his teeth sharp and pointed, causing Nebris to shrink down in the chair in alarm. “Why play chess with you lot? Because it's fun. It was so boring in the darkness, in the place between worlds. But here is warm, filled with energy. I've never gotten to play with such interesting toys. But you lot didn't want to play nice. So we made you more compliant. Susceptible. Some of you liked it even. Well, after awhile.” Guude laughed, the sound so normal and incongruous with what was happening. Nebris shook his head slowly, holding his head in his hands.
Guude reached over, lifting Nebris's head so he could look him in the eyes again. “Oh don't be hmmm?” Guude said, turning to Etho who was standing over Guude suddenly, looking down at the two of them. “Go sit back down Etho.” Guude said, frowning at Etho. Etho leaned down and whispered something to Guude quietly, far quieter then even Nebris could hear. Guude's eyes narrowed, the blackness consuming his eyes, faint points of light flashing deep in the clouds. Hissing slightly, he nodded at Etho. “Fine, fine. Don't get yourself into a tizzy. Take him to the basement, I guess. He's yours now, until we have a more permanent solution.” Guude stood up, walking behind the desk. He waved a dismissive hand at the two of them, busying himself with paperwork.
Etho reached a hand down to Nebris, who just stared up at him in shock. “What if I'd rather just sit here in shock?” Nebris asked, staring at Etho. “If you can't control your toy Etho, I'll do it for you.” Guude said, smirking at the two of them. Nebris sighed, grabbing Etho's hand, standing up. Walking towards the elevator, they passed Shree and BDoubleO. BDoubleO smirked at the two of them, waving sarcastically at them as the elevator doors closed.
Once the doors were fully closed, Nebris rounded on Etho, pushing him against the elevator wall. “This was all a ploy, Etho? You...you're a fucking asshole. I guess I was right when I was yelling at you about destroying everything. Unless that was a lie too, like everything else.” Nebris sighed, closing his eyes. “We should have run away. Ergh! No wonder you didn't really care if we left or came back! It was the same for you either way!” Nebris let Etho go, before sitting on the floor of the elevator.
Etho removed his mask, stuffing it in a back pocket as he stared down at Nebris. “It's not that bad. Once we get you all sorted out, anyway. Guude won't touch you until then. After Zedsteau figures out what went wrong, you'll be all fixed up.” Nebris frowned, staring up at Etho. “Didn't he stab you or something?” Etho smiled, shrugging. “Yeah. He likes a bit of drama. If he had wanted to kill me, he would have. Can't blame him, it's been fun allowed to roam away from the city. Doesn't hurt that bad anymore. Stand up, we're almost there.” Etho said, frowning at Nebris. Nebris bit his lip before standing up.
The door opened up into a large basement. “Oh hell no.” Nebris said as he blinked a few times before comprehending what he was seeing. Etho turned towards Nebris. “Come on Nebris. Either you come with me or Guude comes down and forces you to.” Nebris exhaled slowly, cursing under his breath as he and Etho stepped into the basement, the doors closing behind them.
Chapter 1 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/132602.html#cutid1
Chapter 2 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/134400.html#cutid1
Chapter 3 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/137627.html#cutid1
Chapter 4 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/138926.html#cutid1
Chapter 5 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/141471.html#cutid1
Chapter 6 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/144302.html#cutid1
Chapter 7 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/144730.html#cutid1
Chapter 8 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/146756.html#cutid1
Chapter 9 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/150725.html#cutid1
Chapter 10 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/154480.html#cutid1
Chapter 11 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/155006.html#cutid1
Chapter 12 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/155949.html#cutid1
Chapter 13 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/159984.html#cutid1
Chapter 14 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/163301.html#cutid1
Chapter 15 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/164905.html#cutid1
Chapter 16 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/166571.html#cutid1
Chapter 17 - http://mindcracklove.dreamwidth.org/170136.html#cutid1
Oh yeah. Any questions, just ask, uhm hm.
