In The Arms of a Nightmare | Inanimate Insanity AU

One Option

TW: Cuss words.. Ruh roh 🥺

   Cabby wakes up in an unfamiliar place. It seemed like an underground cave with a big puddle of water on the ground. For some weird reason, there were lit torches on the walls of the cave. She looks above the puddle, there was an opening at the top of the cave.

  "An exit!" She stands up and rolls closer to the puddle. Wait.. How will she get up there? She thinks. She notices that there are built in doors on the walls, so many rooms.. There were crates too. Someone's been in here. Someone put her in here. Cabby was confused. Why would someone put her in a cave?

  Her memory was fuzzy. The last thing she remembers was watching TV. She decides to explore a bit. Maybe she'll find something. This cave gave off an extremely weird vibe. She felt paranoid.. Like she was being watched. She goes into the closest room first. She opens the door, and finds herself in a hallway. It was long and narrow. She opens the door at the end of the hallway.

  It was a small room, but nothing was there. She searched around the cave for a while, and she found another small room with a crate in the corner of the room. She thinks there might be something in the crate, so she opens it, nothing inside. She punches the crate, grumpy that she hasn't found anything.

  She notices a metal thing underneath the crate after punching it. She moved the crate, it was a hatch. There's gotta be something in there.. She opens the hatch. "Woah- what is that!?.." It had a completely different appearance from the rest of the cave. Everything was a dark shade of grey, and there was a ladder that lead to.. Who knows where.

  "How am I going to get down there with no legs?"

  "Just fall down, I made it safe just for you!" A familiar voice said behind her. "AH! -" Cabby gets pushed, and falls. "AaAAaAhhH!!" Cabby screams as she falls, expecting a hard landing, but.. She falls into a soft mattress. Cobs flies down behind her.

  "COBS!! Why did you kidnap me!?" She folds her arms, unhappy with the face in front of her. "Did I not say I would deal with you later? Or is your memory abandoning you just like how you did with me?" Cobs furrows his eyebrows.

  "My memory is just fine! But.. What is this place?" She realizes she's in a room with dim lights, 14 large, glass, and empty capsules, another door, and a large opening that leads to.. A sewer?

  "I had it built just for me and you, Cabby! It was just a normal cave connected to a sewer. But I've turned it into a special lab so we can continue our abandoned project!"

  Cabby grumbled, and put her hands on her hips. "Our project didn't involve any capsules, Cobs. Also, I'm not doing any more projects with you." Cabby says in a stern tone. "Wellll.. It's not like you have a choice! Those capsules are there for.. Well, I didn't have an intended purpose for them, but I figured they could be useful if things go wrong."

  "I've already decided, Cobs. I'm not doing shit with, or for you! I cut off our communication for a reason, dickhead!" Cabby replies angrily. "Whomp whomp! Well, it won't even take much effort! I haven't been able to make a morph.. No matter how hard I tried! But there's still one more thing I can do.." Cobs informs Cabby.

  "I'm still not participating. What is it?" "I said you didn't have a choice." Cobs walks towards Cabby. "I have.. One more option.. Cabby. You don't have a choice.. Ever heard of possession?"

  Cobs grins evilly, he's the type to play with his prey before 'killing.' Cabby backs away, now terrified. "Y-you can do that?.." She says fearfully. "Of course!" Cobs takes a step towards her, causing Cabby to back up more. "What did you expect? I'm a Highgrounder with one of the highest roles! I can do almost whatever I want!"