The Infliction

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I jolt up awake from just moments ago dying in my loved ones' arms, but now I have multiple tubes in me, and I'm floating in what seems like warm water with a re-breather. I see flashes of my last moments, and I see out of the water a man with half his face burned off before I feel more pain from something being injected into my system. I scream into my oxygen mask and lose my mind again to sleep.

Once I wake up again, I'm on a bed, and the burn face man is sitting next to me.

"Don't worry, I'm not gonna hurt you."

"Where am I!?"

"Don't worry, you won't be here for long anymore."

"Huh?"

He injects a green substance into my neck, and after another black out, I awake back in the under city. But in a building, I remember cause it has Powder's drawings, and when I ran outside, I saw a bright pink led eye with lashes.

'I can't go back to The Last Drop anymore, so I guess this is the best place'

-monologue-

These past few years were hard, and I needed to survive. I couldn't live anymore. I spent countless nights crying from losing my family. It was just when I stopped having a mind melt when I found out I had special abilities. I even found that face burn guy when I was more teenager than before, and he gave a great explanation. Remember that book about putting the Arcane in my blood well that's what he did and so far the result is enhanced physical abilities and he theorizes I may have a force field eventually but I never saw him after that. I just spent years training and becoming someone else. I am now a high ranked, elite mercenary specialized in assassination. I use my money to buy simple things for my "house" getting a mattress, heater and blankets, pillows, some books and weapons for my missions. My arsenal consists of multiple blades and guns. My favorite is these two short swords and this shotgun that can delete foes. I only use the shotgun for special missions. I've done missions with the fellow kingpins around silco, but I'll never do a job for him. I have changed like I thought I would. I now dress with a white long sleeve under a purple ctop top with a hood, I only use the hood for stealth, I dawn black pants with stripes of a barley lighter black with black fingerless gloves and dark army green boots. I have a face mask (like kakashi when he shows his sharingan eye). People started calling me. The Mask. I don't know why, but when I'm doing a mission, that's what I hear out of peoples mouths, not Larsa. I found out Powder works for Silco and is called Jinx, but I still can't find Vi or Ekko. After another assassination mission, I was told to secure the cargo, and since my payer was about to half my payment, I stole the cargo and killed the guy. Apparently, this new start-up gang called the Firelights wanted to take it, but I struck a deal, and that's when my negotiation side thrived. I kept searching for Ekko, and I predict the leader is him. And i was right when i was injured from an explosion by Jinx trying to kill the Firefights. They took me to their haven, and I was stunned to see a real tree. One this big is amazing. But the other thing was my family was painted on a wall and me ,Vi and Powder were near each other. Ekko told me those people were dead. I denied the fact Vi was dead and stormed out. That was the last time I saw Ekko without his mask, and he wanted me to join, but that's not my style, no matter how cool it is. I usually watch over Jinx in her missions cause I keep my promise to Vander and protect everyone, or at least try. She sometimes notices me, but she's more focused on the killing. She froze one time when a kid with white hair was a Fireflight member but soon killed her as well. And finally, I have enough reputation. I can hear anything that happens in the Lanes and most of the under city. From stuff with powder or Jinx to what the crime lords like Fin and Silco are up to. But my favorite news is about the upper city so I can prepare for another attack, if it comes to that. And this is what I thought my life would stay as. My family either dead or broken apart and just lil'ol me watching over them, but no.

(Sorry, it's a bit rushed)

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