User blog:Ore-samma/My Dark Mage (Cult) (Rescue) (Mindflayer)

Hello Fans, Ore-samma here!

And here is day 17 of the halloween one-shot release!

A bit ambiguous, but I more focused on the horror, then rescue.

WARNING! MODERATE DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE! ALL PARTIES LIVE AND ARE WHOLE

Ever your Servant-

Ore-samma

I lay huddled in the corner. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried, no matter who took pity on me...the pain and rot was always there.

They came for me….they always came…..

Why was this happening?

Why did they keep doing this to me?

What was the sense of it all?

I struggled, but it was an automatic, flinching thing...thankfully, somehow….my mind broke free of its bonds and I wouldn’t remember…..even though I could feel it all.

The sharp stabbing sensation.

The tearing, pulling, ripping within my stomach.

How they peeled pieces away, and sawed other pieces away.

And like always….my body would grow back, and be whole.

They sneered at me, jeered at me….who were they?

Why couldn’t I remember life before this hell?

Was it because they forced me to forget? Did I make myself forget?

'' It doesn’t taste the same, make him be more awake! ''

I opened my eyes and noticed them staring at me as they pulled my parts from me and into their mouths and chewed.

I screamed, but it was only by instinct…..I couldn’t actually feel what….wait? Could I?

I noticed a motion off to the side and realized they were doing something to my awareness…..I was being pulled back….I was being pushed back into my body……

The first flashes of lighting and pain rippled in my head and I my head flailed from side-to-side as I screamed and tried to thrash.

'' That's it! That’s the flavor I remember! Keep doing that! ''

Suddenly a burst of light, and my mind once more broke away from the bounds that held it! I dove as quick and deep and hard as I could into the darkness.

Suddenly a pair of eyes and a strange female face appeared, crossing the vastness of the void. She looked at me and cried out.

'' Stop! Please! You’re safe! I stopped them! Your body is healed! Please stop! ''

I knew this tricks, I would not-

I felt my entire consciousness lurch as a projected consciousness grabbed hold of my arm and pulled.

“Nate! Please! Come back to me!” The woman cried, sending a jarring bolt of clarity in my awareness.

My name is Nate? What? No wait…..

“STOP!” I cried out, at last realizing why I had forgotten my name! The less identity and past I had, the easier it was to delve into catatonic nothingness. I leaned over and bit the now-familiar woman’s arm.

I smiled as she cried out again and opened my projected arms embracing the nothingness….this time I would dive deeper! I would never return I-

I cried out and screamed as dozens of tentacles suddenly grabbed me, then formed an enormous cage around me, not allowing me to go any deeper.

“Let me go!” I screamed to the slimy prison bars.

“Shhhhh, I am not here to hurt you.”

I gasped and looked at a strange looking woman. She was purple, and had many tentacles and eyes about her. She smiled at me and sat down on a chair manifested from nothing.

I gasped looking at the absolute dark void all around and back to her.

“Who are you?”

'' “My name is Julvath. The Cult that held you prisoner and took advantage of your regenerative ability has just been captured. We have sent them to our Prison Plane to face judgement.” '' She gestured behind me. “Would you like to sit down?”

I noticed a soft armchair and sat, wondering why my mind was so aware of this vision.

'' “You are aware because I have grabbed your consciousness. I am going to bring you back to reality, so you can be healed.” ''

“How do I know you’re not lying!?” I said, baring my teeth.

 “What proof could I possibly give you that you wouldn’t immediately claim is a figment of your imagination, or a trick?” 

I felt slapped by the logic and thought hard. “There is none! Let me go to oblivion! I have no idea why I was going there, what life I had before, but I DO know that my entire being says it will be worse for me if I return.”

Julvath shook her head. “I’m afraid I cannot allow that to happen.” She stood and her eyes glowed yellow. “''Make no mistake, Nate. I AM going to bring your consciousness back to the surface either willingly-” Her eyes took on a deadly red and purple glean “-or otherwise.''”

I swallowed as I noticed the tentacles drew closer, wrapping around my body. Their touch somehow enacted a presence within my body that felt almost excruciatingly heavy.

“What do you mean, otherwise?”

Julvath bared her teeth as a row of sharp, metallic, serrated blades in her maw. Her unnatural tongue came forth and flicked over the edges and her lips.

“''I will break your mind to pieces. I will shatter your consciousness and force it together in ways that you will not understand, and into a whole that even I cannot fathom. Your wife who has led the search and then the assault against the infernal cult…….I owe her my life a dozen times over, and the only thing she asked was; for me to bring you back, no matter what.''”

I felt a chill run down my spine as the tentacles started to caress my ears, teasing and probing the entrance. I tried to move away, but I was held fast.

“Why?!?” I cried out, feeling emotions return...feeling the glints of memories return as well. “Why are you forcing this on me?!? I just want to die! Please! Why can’t you let me die?”

Julvath’s face mellowed out and she placed her hand on my shoulder. “''Nate, I understand that you can’t trust anything you see here. I know that the torments you underwent are horrific. But-''” She pointed to the horizon. “Open your eyes, just a little.”

I looked into the darkness and was suddenly blinded by a horizontal glare of blinding light that stretched across one end of an infinite void to the next.

The white light changed and coalesced into a purple shape, then another shape….wait….what was I seeing? The shapes slowly focused and I saw Julvath’s face, her eyes closed and her hands……

'' Is he awake? '' A garbled voice wavered as if from a far distance. '' He opened his eyes! ''

''Shh! Quiet!'' Julvath hissed. I am so close to losing his primary consciousness….he doesn’t want to come back…..quiet!

My wife, Amanda wept and came close to my eyes.

'' NATE! PLEASE! COME BACK TO ME! OH! OH! PLEASE! ''

I said, quiet! ''Jenelle! Make her move away! Cast a sleep spell on him! Close his eyes!''

The entirety of the void rippled and I sensed the magic run through me in both places.

'' “Decide, Nate. Or I am going to decide for you. Your instincts will not stop trying to go into the void, and I am growing exhausted by holding you here. ''

I looked into Julvath’s eyes...seeming to be drained into them and knew a different kind of darkness.

“Nate? Julvath? Did you?”

“He decided to come back with me, and to you…..be patient with him...it is going to take months before he is fully restored…..In all my years, only my husband could barely approach what your husband went through….but yours had a full identity...this was….so exhausting.”

I felt a sweet breath upon my face and sweeter lips brush against mine….wet tears spilled across my face, meeting the tears pouring from my own eyes.

“Nate! Oh! Thank heavens!” Amanda cried out.

With a mighty struggle I opened my eyes again and saw the face of my beloved looking at me. She closed her eyes and kissed me again. “My love! It has been so long! I never forgot you! Never gave up! I knew I would find you!”

“Amanda….” I whispered, looking around the room….I was in a medical ward of some kind. I noticed a few lamia nurses and Julvath resting her face in her palms. “...this….is this real?”

With slow tender motions, Amanda slid into the bed with me and wrapped her arms around me. “My love, I swear...this is real. I will have my arms around you all night, and when you wake, I will still be here….I swear.” She gestured with her hand, and placed a stone on my forehead. “I would love nothing more than to spend our dreams together like we used to. But I think it would be best to let your sleep be dreamless….rest my love...I am here….I will always be here with you.” She sniffed and sobbed again.

I shook my head and plucked the stone away. “I have spent long enough in the darkness…..please...come for me in our dreams. No nightmare could ever touch me now….” I smiled as she nodded and kissed me again.

I sighed, watching the nurses pull the curtain closed and as Julvath got up, giving me a nod and slipped through them.

The sunlight was fading from the ward and I noticed the Lamia casting their spells to produce small balls of light as they went about their rounds.

I felt my eyes close and smiled as I felt Amanda pull me into her embrace, both in bed, and in the dream she had already prepared for me.