The mergeverse

Alone again.

It was too quiet. Usually I could hear Killer and Horror trying to talk to me. But there was nothing. Killer? Horror? No answer. Guys please this isn't funny. I know I was asking to be left alone earlier but please. I don't like this.

Still nothing. Fuck fuck fuck fuck no no nonono please not again. Please still be there. Please don't be gone. I felt tears start to stream down my cheeks, which soon turned into quiet sobbing. I should've been used to this already. Yet I wasn't.

I sat against the wall, putting my knees up to my chest. I hated being alone. It was too familiar of a feeling. Please.. I don't like this.. I rested my arms on top of my knees and laid my head down, the sobs continuing. I wanted them to stop. Crying just made me feel even weaker. But it became uncontrollable.

Hours passed. I finally stopped crying. However I had been dragged back to that dreaded room where I was clipped into the chair and had more random liquids injected into my neck. I didn't even bother fighting back at this point. It'd be useless to try.

Surprise surprise, I was tossed into another random room with another subject and was told to fight. It was a surprisingly fair fight, neither of us really having much of any powers. I had entirely none. The fight mainly consisted of more physical fighting, causing me lots more wounds. Lovely just adding onto a collection at this point.

Midfight, however, I felt a sudden surge of adrenalin, as if the only thing my body wanted to do was fight.

It was like I had no control over my body anymore.

When I felt control of my body again, I had my opponent pinned to the ground by the neck, my claws digging into the skin on their neck. I looked up a bit and noticed I was right by the window where the scientists would sit and watch us fight. The glass was broken. My guess was I had thrown my opponent at it.

I managed to catch my reflection though, and god I could barely recognize myself. The black stuff from my arms was appearing on my face, mainly near the top of my face. But it wasn't gonna just stop there. I could tell. The scar was still there, and it looked like it had started mixing in with the black stuff. It was weird.

The markings I had gotten from merging with Killer and Horror were gone, which just confirmed the demerging theory I had. My eyes were still pure black, with slight red pupils. They looked like a shadow walker's eyes without the black ink-like tears.

I looked back down at my opponent, debating whether I should listen to the part of me saying I should kill them. In the end, I did. Snapped their neck, giving them a quick death.

I was then brought back to my room, chained back up, and left to my own thoughts and insanity.

...

Days passed.

It just kept repeating.

Alone. Fight. Alone again.

Occasional shock here and there.

And being given injections every few days.

Most of the injections didn't do anything. But some did. The black stuff was still spreading across my body. The black stuff started to feel almost fuzzy? It was soft, but concerned me a bit. What was I being turned into. My legs were also starting to look weird. They had started turning almost anthropomorphic? Like cat legs or something. Made walking weird at first but I got used to it. Was actually very useful, made it easier to make swift and fast movements during fights.

Oh yeah, and I had a tail. It was like a large, fluffy, demon tail. It was like when I'd merge with Mother Death and would get a tail, just fluffier.

At this point I felt like I was just turning into a cat and was honestly just kind of accepting it not even gonna lie.

However, the more things that started to happen to my body, the more I realized what was probably happening. I was being turned into a sort of Shadow Walker. Anthropomorphic features? The black eyes with red pupils? Black skin stuff? All checked boxes for Shadow Walkers. 

...

More time passed.

It's been weeks now since I've gotten here.

Nothing new.

Fights.

Occasional tests.

And being alone.

But suddenly I thought maybe I wasn't alone.

The sirens had started going off. These were different from the ones when I escaped the first time. These were for an intruder. Then I saw him walk by.

God he was fucking tall. Taller than a normal human should be. Then again, he didn't exactly look like a regular human.

He had a set of two large, black wings that were tucked nicely against his back. He was dressed in very fancy attire, a black button up, some dress pants, black boots, and a black coat laid against his shoulders.

He seemed to pause and look into my room. Specifically at me.

Then he walked in. "Dagger, correct?" I was a bit stunned. "Uhm, yeah. How do you know my name..?"

He knelt down by me. "I'm Lucifer. I'm a vessel, like you. My other half is the God of Death. So because of him I know pretty much everyone. You're missing your other halves, correct? Here." He handed me something, which I couldn't identify at first. And then I realized it was Killer and Horrors souls. "How did you.."

"Don't ask questions. Just remerge and come with me, okay? I'm gonna get you out of here." I remerged with the souls, then suddenly everything went black.

{Lucifer's POV (First person):}

Dagger had passed out after merging, so I carefully broke the chains off of him and picked him up, carrying him out. None of the scientists did anything to stop me. Not that they could if they wanted to.

Okay, now to find Nightmare's castle and hope someone is there. Even if it's not Night's new body, we just need someone to help. I heard Reaper's voice in my head. Got it. We're in the wrong universe for his castle, correct?

Mhm. I can take us there if you'd like. I nodded, and felt myself teleport away, and into a new universe, right in front of the castle. Huh, it's really gotten broken down after all these years. I'm surprised it's still even standing.

I headed over to the entrance, walking in.