Dr. Collingwood picked herself up from the floor, breathing raggedly. Naga had spent several minutes tossing her around the endless room, shattering her bones, dislocating joints, then healing them again.
Naga cackled maniacally as he slithered over to her. "Had enough yet?"
She didn't reply. Naga slithered closer, baring his fangs in a slasher smile, only to get punched in the jaw.
The colossal serpent reeled back, hissing. She raised her head and looked the twisted creature right in the eye.
Naga could feel himself shrink and thrashed around, trying to stop it. Power started to slip away from him.
"No! No! No! This is my realm. I am God here!"
"No, it isn't," Dr. Collingwood replied, stepping forward. "This is my mind, and here, I... I am God."
He drew back, searching her eyes and mind for any trace of fear or pain. There was none. All he could find were thoughts of her friends, her family, the people she loved and cared about, formed into an unbreakable wall. Already he could feel her starting to slip out of his grasp.
"No! No! NO! You are mine, your soul is my property! No mortal has the power to defy me!"
"Not anymore."
She plunged her fingers into his left eye and tore it out, crushing the golden orb in her hand. Naga hissed and rushed towards her with jaws wide open. She stopped his lunge with her bare hands and ripped his lower jaw off.
"NO! NO! NO! YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE ME! I WILL NOT BE DEFIED! I AM DEATH! YOU! WILL! DIE! YOU CANNOT STOP ME! NO ONE CAN! YOU SOUL WILL BE MINE! IT IS YOUR FATE-"
Naga flailed around, growing smaller and smaller, until he finally dissolved to dust.
The floor shook and cracked. Without Naga, the nightmare realm couldn't sustain itself. She ran, searching for a way out, but if there was, she couldn't find it.
The ground under her feet gave way, and she fell into darkness.
Dr. Collingwood jolted awake, sitting bolt upright, breathing heavily, eyes darting around the room.
She was sitting in a hospital bed with a needle in the back of her left hand and something taped under her nose. The window indicated the break of dawn. She couldn't feel Naga's presence anymore.
It's over. It's finally f*cking over.
She collapsed back onto the bed, sighing in relief, and shut her eyes.
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The Breaking Wheel
FanfictionSome SCPs tear you apart. They'll hunt you down to the ends of the earth in order to kill you. Others reach deep into the darkest recesses of your mind, forcing you to face your worst fears, your deepest regrets, your greatest mistakes. (Disclaimer:...
