The mergeverse

Changes..?

{TW for a lot of violence and slight su!cid@l thoughts}
{A/N: A quick heads up that this is gonna be a much longer of a chapter compared to normal, because I have quite a bit I wanna write about.}

As the day continued, nothing really happened. I decided to finally get up, even if it was just a bit, due to hating the feeling of how physically numb my body had gotten from not moving. I just needed to stretch a bit and get that feeling away. As I was doing so, I tugged a bit more at the chains, to of course no avail. I even tried pulling at the shock collar, but it physically hurt when I tried to pull it away from my neck even just slightly, almost as if it had been attached to my neck. I knew it wasn't and it was just how they worked, but that sure is what it felt like.

After I felt a bit better, physically at least, I laid back down. My mind started to wander, and soon enough I found myself in an all too familiar mindset. The mindset of wanting nothing but to die. To just end everything and be free of the pain. I was suddenly snapped out of this though by Killer shouting my name. I sat up and looked around, forgetting he was just in my head. I then noticed the fact my nails had started to dig into the skin on my arms. I must've started doing that subconsciously while zoned out.

I let go of my arms, and they both drop to my sides. There was a bit of blood now dripping down my arms, but I just ignored it. I heard footsteps approaching and mentally prepared myself for whatever might happen. The man, who due to eavesdropping I have now learned was named Anthony, appeared in the doorway. "Well would you look at that, already given up I see?" I just glared at him, not being able to bring myself to respond. He started walking over and I backed away, not wanting this man anywhere near me. Unfortunately, I could only go so far before I hit the wall.

I watched with fear as he got closer. However, when he did, he simply unlocked the chains and took them off my wrists. I thought this would be it, but then he dragged me by the arm out of the room I had been in, and into a different room.

This room was much more lively feeling than the plain white room I had been in, however there was no time to enjoy it because I was immediately pushed into what I assumed was a type of chair that then locked me in place by some metal things that I had no idea the actual name of. However I felt them lock over my wrists, ankles, and stomach. It was impossible to move.

I looked around the room the best I could, and noticed just how many things were in there. There were multiple different kinds of test tubes, all having some kinda of substance in it.

Suddenly, I felt my head being forced to face forward by Anthony. I tried to pull away from his grip but failed. He had some kind of syringe in his hand, which was filled with some kinda of black substance. He had his usual smug look on his face as he brought the syringe closer to me. "Don't worry, this'll only hurt a little bit." I heard him say before I felt a prick on my neck. It felt like getting a shot, but just so much worse. I couldn't even try to move my head away due to his grip. After what felt like forever, he pulled the syringe away and I took note of the fact it was now completely empty.

My body felt even weaker after that, and I was just so confused now. I was sure this dude wanted to kill me, but as far as I could tell whatever he just tried injecting in me wasn't to kill me. It still did something though. I just didn't know what.

I felt the metal bindings release me, and I was once again dragged out, getting thrown into a random room. It looked like the one I had been in before, just without the bed. And this one had a wall with glass, behind it being another room where there was a scientist I hadn't seen before sitting near the glass. After a few moments Anthony had walked in that room as well and sat by the other scientist.

There was another person in the room with me. I didn't know what they were, but they weren't human, in fact they were far from it. But before I could process how they looked, I heard a voice, almost as if it was coming from some kind of speaker. "128 and 096, you two will be fighting now. Go." I had no time to react as the other subject in the room with me lunged towards me and I had to quickly dodge.

I had no idea what this thing was capable of, but I knew I for sure would not be able to fight them normally, and I still didn't fully know how to use my powers. Or well, technically Killer and Horrors powers. I knew I'd be in trouble. I figured I could just try and dodge the best I can and hope the scientists would get bored and let us stop.

However I was soon tackled to the ground the the strange creature, and I could feel it's claws around my neck. With it's free hand, it scratched me across the face, and I could feel the blood now dripping down my face. God it fucking hurt really bad. I tried pulling it's other hand off my neck so I could attempt to kick it off of me and get away, but it's grip was so tight, it ripped at a bit of my skin when I did so.

Realizing that this thing didn't actually have, or at least seemed to not use, any powers, I knew physical fighting would work, at least a bit. This thing was still definitely stronger than me. I ran at it, trying to land a couple of punches and even a couple kicks at it, but it was good at blocking, and defended each attack.

The creature lunged at me again, but I dodged in time and it only managed to scratch at my shoulder. I was in so much pain at this point, it was difficult to keep going. I could also barely see, which just made things even more difficult. I wished I had some kind of weapon for this, my fighting was proving to be useless without one. I then remembered Killer had the power to summon knives, and I tried to remember how he said to do it.

I had almost no time to think though as the thing was still attacking. I kept dodging the best I could, and eventually figured out the knife summoning thing. I now had weapons, which made things a bit easier. I tried another attack at the creature, managing to actually hit it this time, leaving a nice slash across its chest. It staggered back a bit, and I used this to my advantage to kick them into the nearby wall and stab them right in the shoulder.

 I wasn't sure if I was actually supposed to kill it, so I made sure it had been in a non-vital spot. Luckily for me, it seemed I didn't need to, because the voice was back again. "128, you've won this fight." I figured they meant me, as the other subject was now laying unconscious at my feet.

I barely remembered what happened next, I only remembered being tossed back into the room I had first been put in, the chains being forced back onto my wrists. Everything hurt. I could barely see. I could only lay down and hope the pain would subdue. I couldn't stop the tears that escaped my eyes. I didn't even feel sad. But I couldn't stop it. I just laid there and silently cried.

I wanted to leave. If this was gonna be my life now, I feared how I'd end up.

...

Time passed. Too much time. It was only a couple hours but it felt like much too long. The blood and tears had all dried up. I felt numb again. I hadn't been shocked in a while though, which I guess was good.

My body had started to feel weird though in this time, and when I got a glance at my arms, and noticed they were starting to turn completely black. This startled me to the point I sat up to get a better look. It wasn't like the pink substance on my body when Mother Death merged with me, it was actually part of my body. My fingers had been disfigured into claws, much like the thing I had just been fighting. The black stuff had also been like this on my legs, but there seemed to be no other affect from it.

What the hell is happening to me? What did that damn substance earlier do? I was honestly scared now. I realized this scientist planned to do more than just kill me. He planned to do experiments on me and throw me into fights until I died from that. He wanted to make my life hell.

{And boom, more angst lmao, gonna be a lot of that for a while. Reminder that this amazing au belongs to my friend @FanFicLover6982 and I simply just have characters in it. She has her own story as well that aligns with mine, so you should totally go check that out.}