Solver of the Absolute End pt.1

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N woke up, immediately jolting up. He had been temporarily possessed by Erasmus. N's visor was sweating with neon yellow droplets. N turned his head to the side, his eyes hollow, trying to confirm that Erasmus is gone. Upon finding out that he really was alone, N sighed, his upper half collapsing onto the ground.
God, fuck that bastard, thought N, memories flashing in with memories of his past life, as an Atreides prisoner. He had no clue on why his previous was flashing before his eyes, even having no memory of it. Erasmus might be the cause of it.
N wondered where the hell Uzi is, still having the twist in his stomach that Uzi might be dead.
No, no, she ain't dead.
Sighing, N got himself up off the floor, his tail slumping slightly. N's head quickly turns to his side again, paranoid. Despite seeing nothing but cubicles, N still wasn't relieved, taking steps back behind him.
He reaches the door, his tail wrapping the doorknob. N's hands clench into fists, as if seeing some being which cannot be seen with the naked eye. His fists rise up, in a boxing stance, as the doorknob twists, opening up. N's head turns around, and, upon seeing the hallway outside of the room, he made a dash, making sure to slam it back shut.

"Soo... what?" Asked Uzi, her digital brow rising up as she spread her arms in a 'Idk' gesture. J rolled her eyes, her left hand gripping a worker arm, pointing at a painting; it was drawn in worker oil, with the architecture of the Cabin Fever labs, with the bottom floor of a cathedral. When N, Uzi and 'Tessa' first entered the Cabin Fever, they all took a visit to the cathedral, where CYN revealing that she was using 'Tessa's' corpse as her own body, along with temporarily taking control over Uzi's body, fighting N and Nori, who was a heart.
Nori was killed when Uzi, who was back to normal, kicked her into the hole in a fit of rage.
"We... enter the very very spooky church again?" Guessed Uzi.
"Нет, идиот, мы идем на поверхность, (No, idiot, we go to the surface,)" chimed Dizzy, her arms folded across her chest. Khan was standing besides Uzi, despite knowing the full plan: get to the surface, bait Eramus -which would be impossible, since a part of his program is to detect traps- then kill him. Or, well, destroy his psychical body.
"Or, in short terms, we built a door," blurted out Khan. Uzi nudged his dad with her elbow. Even after 13 years, Khan's obsession with doors was still going strong.
"Right, Uzi," said J, pointing at the worker-disassembly, "you'll be bait for that old man."
"What?! Me?!" Asked Uzi, her voice rising, "why not Dad?!" Khan simply chuckled, stating, "nope, I'm the important one."
Uzi's head turns to her side to look at her dad, before back at J, sighing, "fine. I'll be your metal-shield thing."

Dizzy, J, and Khan were standing on the entrance to the labs, leaning against the railings. Uzi was sitting there, her legs crossed together, her arms folded across her chest
"I can't believe I'm going to do this," mutter Uzi, spitting onto the ground. She waits there, impatiently, looking into the dark hallways infront of her.
Something moved at the corner of her eye, causing her to turn her head to the origin of it. She saw nothing... at first. It was just darkness. indsivictively, Uzi got up from her seating and began cautiously walking towards it. Uzi's eyes were hollow. When she came near something, she saw hollow neon yellow eyes staring back at her, curling up to the wall like a terrified child. Uzi's right hand turns into a flashlight, and aims it at the eyes. It quickly turned on, revealing N, scared and paranoid. The sight of it was like a stab to her chest.
"H-Hey, Buddy..." Stammered Uzi, her free hand reaching out to N. Before she can react, N slapped her hand away from him, his hands turning into Lasguns, being aimed at her.
"Stay away from me, you savage!" Screamed N, trying to appear brave, despite the shaking in his body. Uzi's eyes became more hollow, knowing that he's acting like a child who just saw something traumatising, and for good reason.
Suddenly, another sound came from deep inside the hallways. Clanking, to be specific.
Without another word, N grabbed Uzi's hand, knowing that Erasmus is coming.
N began running along with Uzi, his wings materialising from his back. He jumped off the ground, levitating off from the ground, with Uzi's hand in his. Uzi turned her head down to where the hallway was, seeing Erasmus' figure coming out of the hallway.
"Get back here!" Yelled out Erasmus, before, much to N and Uzi's shock and horror, jumped onto the wall, clinging on with ease.
As they get to the surface, with Khan, J and Dizzy, N lets go of Uzi's hand, quickly turning around to face the hole. His neon yellow eyes were hollow, knowing what Erasmus could do to him.
"Oh, Nnnnnnnn..." Trailed off Erasmus, his voice of mock-innocence. Suddenly, Erasmus jumped out of the hole, landing infront of the five drones.
"Эразм, (Erasmus,)" hissed Dizzy, using her AbsoluteSolver to grab a pickaxe lying on the cold metal floor which overlooks the hole.
Dizzy grabbed the pickaxe, it's metal glinting.
The five drones and the Butlerian Jihad veteran stood there, not moving a muscle (or cog). Uzi turned her head to N. N's hollow eyes hadn't turned, looking like he saw something no one could comprehend.
Then, Uzi thought something: Tessa wasn't here. But just as she thought that, the sound of a Lasgun firing filled the air. At first, everything thought it was N, but it went from Erasmus' shoulder and exiting through his chest, making it clear that it wasn't N. Then, Uzi saw a figure on a metal hallway looking over them. Judging from the glint on the head, it was Tessa. But, just as quickly as Erasmus recovering from the shot and standing up, she disappeared from sight.
Suddenly, the centipede-like being came out of the hole, towering over Erasmus. It's lobster like claws arched back, the cameras looking at the five drones, and V's head looked down at them, as if judging them.
"N-No, V..." Trailed off J, her head slumping forward. She hadn't saw the eldritch being, but now seeing V's head on it, it broke J even further. She hadn't felt remorse, even for her coworkers, in a long time.
"J, you fat bitch! You should feel sad for me!" Snapped N, his head turning to J, a scowl on his face. N hadn't insulted anyone, and this was his first time doing it.
Surprisingly, J hadn't responded.
N turned his attention to Erasmus, who just stood there, standing perfectly still. "What are YOU looking at?" Scowled N, his wings materialising once more.
N quickly threw himself at Erasmus, his hands replaced with swords. What he wasn't expecting, was his sheer strength.
Erasmus quickly dodged N, but not before gripping his neck, spinning around, with his grip on the disassembly, and throwing him in the air, in the same direction as the woods. The four remaining drones looked up in the air, their eyes hollow, their mouths agape. As soon as N was out of their view, they turn to Erasmus.
J, without further thinking, materialised her own wings, throwing herself at Erasmus. Seems like she ignored N, as Erasmus dodged her, grabbing her ankle, spinning around, and throwing her into the woods. The three drones didn't care about J.
Khan reached for his back, which laid Uzi's railgun; it was the same as before, with about 40% of it's barrel snapped off. Khan unseethed it from his back, aiming it at Erasmus. Dizzy readied herself, with the pickaxe over her back.
Uzi simply stood there, looking at Erasmus, her neon purple eyes solid.
"And you?" Asked Erasmus, giving Uzi his hand. Uzi simply slapped his hand away from her, her digital brows furrowing. Just as she did so, Erasmus clicked his metal fingers together, leading for the eldritch being to crawl it's way into the woods, visibly for N and J.
Now, this will be a fair fight," cooed Erasmus. Just as he spoke, Uzi's hands turned into claws.
Now, the fight is on.
Dizzy teleported her way, swinging the pickaxe at him. Erasmus disappeared, then reappeared behind Uzi and Khan. Khan let out a surprised yelp, pulling the trigger.
Then, a green laser came out of the railgun, presumably killing him off. Just as the laser disappeared, Erasmus just stood there, not even a single scratch on his body.
"Didn't hurt, mate," hissed Erasmus, his right hand gripping Khan's neck, lifting him off the ground. Khan began to gag, his hands gripping Erasmus' arm in a desperate bid to free him.
Then, just as it started, he dropped the door-obsessed father to the ground. Erasmus turned his head to where the pain is originating, that being his side, which was punctured by Uzi's claw.
Instead of responding to the injury, Erasmus let out a low chuckle, "very well played." Erasmus began clapping his hands together, catching Uzi off guard.
"Не дай ему добраться до тебя, Узи! (Don't let him get to you, Uzi!)" Exclaimed Dizzy, sensing her surprise. Uzi turned her head to Dizzy, giving Erasmus enough time to disappear, then reappear behind Dizzy.
Dizzy's neon red eyes become hollow, sensing Erasmus' presence. Before she can react, Erasmus impaled his hand through Dizzy's chest, grabbing her core. Dizzy looked down at her own core, already losing consciousness. The last thing she can remember is Erasmus' fingers going the core, destroying it.
Erasmus' hand exits out of Dizzy's now opened chest, throwing the core to the side to die.
"Now... who's gonna die next?" Asked Erasmus, pondering to himself with his oil-stained clawed finger clicking onto the chin part of his golden mask.
"Pick me!" Shouted out Khan, dropping his railgun to the ground. Uzi's digital eyes turn hollower, looking at Khan, "Dad?! Are you Serious?!"
"Yes," replied Khan.
Oh, my, he's doing something useful for once, thought Uzi to herself, a warm smile spreading across her face.
But Khan's determination was short-lived, however, as Erasmus disappeared, then reappeared behind him, grabbing the railgun off the floor. Khan turned around to face him.
Immediately, Erasmus pulled the trigger. The green laser appeared again, this time hitting the target, that being Khan.
Now, his upper half was gone, dropping to the ground. Much like Maul getting cut in half... except if it were the opposite.
Meh, he was pathetic, anyway, thought Uzi, rolling her eyes. She hadn't felt much remorse for her own dad. It was cruel, she had to admit, but she had a good reason.
Nonetheless, Uzi spread her wings, an >< on her visor.
"Come and get me, bitch," mutter Uzi.
Erasmus chuckled softly, "alright."
Erasmus disappeared, then reappeared infront of Uzi, his hand up in the air. Uzi was quick to respond, kicking Erasmus in the ankle, causing the Butlerian Jihad veteran to stumble onto the ground.
Uzi seized the oppurtunity to strike, stabbing him in the chest with her claws.
Her left foot got on his stomach, shoving him onto the ground. Just a reminder Erasmus was twice as tall as Uzi.
"Heh heh, nice," mutter Erasmus, slowly and menacingly standing up, towering Uzi. To Erasmus' surprise, Uzi wasn't fazed, with a amused smile spreading across her face.
Suddenly, she flew on over to one doorway in the labs, hitting Erasmus' side in the process.
Uzi hid in a cramped locker, with almost no space to move, while Erasmus menacingly entered through the doorway, his movements calm. Erasmus' head slowly turned from side to side to find where Uzi is, but all he can see is a hallway of lockers.
"Feeling like playing hide n seek, eh?" Asked Erasmus, chuckling menacingly.
"Fine. Let's play," continued Erasmus, the claws on his right hand spreading up. Quickly, they reach up, breaking the light bulb which was dimly lighting Erasmus' figure. The light bulb instantly broke, plunging the room into darkness. A sound came from the shadows, in CYN's voice: "Callback ping."
But somewhere else, other trouble is being carried out...

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