Rhack One Shots

Nightmare

/Rhys/

I open my eyes to find myself in some kind of dark room. Theres nothing in the room but a TV full of static. The TV flickers and I tilt my head looking at it. I get closer to the screen seeing my reflection in it. Somethings beconning me to brush my fingers against it. My hand reaches out to touch it when my reflection comes to life grabbing my wrist with its black and white robotic arm.

I panic and try to frantically pull away when it reaches its other arm out grabbing my throat squeezing hard. I get pulled towards the TV I claw at the hand trying to pry it off. "Hell...pp..p" I try to call for someone but my voice isn't anything more than a whisper.

It releases the hand on my wrist moving it to my neck strangling me trying to pull me into the TV slamming my head into it. "WE meEt aGAIn olD FRiendDdd" its voice is nerve racking sendding tremors of fear down my spine. It gliches every octave twisted and mutated. I try to use my arms to push away but its stronger than me.

"TeLL mE SomTHIng RhySIE IS TherE aNY OnE thAt HateS YoU MoRE ThAn YOu dOooOOo?"

It slams my head repeatively into the screen each time the TV becomes more amd more cracked with each hit. I feel a warm liquid drench the side of my face "I THinK THere IsSSs!! WWHy DoNT WE PaY ThEm A ViSIT?!" It slams my face into the screen one last time the glass breaks shattering as the corrupt creature pulls me through. I close my eyes holding myself to at least protect some of my unscathed skin.

I scream and open my eyes next in a fully black room. I look around frantic. The entire floor is covered in glass shards I can feel them slice into my feet.. my anckles... inbetween my toes and in my bones. I huddle myself up letting a sob leave my lips. As I hold myself. The pain englufing my enture form "I DONT WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE!" I hear a chuckle that sends shivers down my spine. My echo eye glows trying to light up the room but it doesnt work it only lights up the space around me causing the glass to glow slightly.

I see a white toothy grin show through the darkness then a face "J-jack?" I get nervous and He steps into the light. His skin made of complete darkness. Everything except his eyes his mouth... and a scar? Its the vault symbol.. I've seen it every where but.. I stand more of the glass cutting into my feet I let out a  half whimper half scream and I reach out my hand towards him "J-Jack! H-help me! Please!" and he just laughs. "The warrior! IM GOING TO USE IT HAHAHAH! TO FUCK THEM ALL OVER!" I move my hand back backing up a bit feeling my feet turn to minced meat blood soaking the glass.

This isnt Jack. Its a monster. A monster wearing his face.. The figure isn't talking it just reaches out for me grabbing me suddenly. "Angel! I DONT CARE HOW MUCH EFFORT IT TAKES GET IT DONE!" I start to thrash. "J-jack! J-jack please!" He lets out a dark chuckle as he takes a hand and shoves it into my eye socket ripping out my fake eye. I scream in pain, and he drops me into the ocean of shards and blood stepping on my back pinning me there. I can feel glass in every pore cutting deep into me. I scream out in agony and he grabs my robotic arm and starts to rip it off my body. I scream louder heaving and thrashing, it rips messily from my shoulder. My whole body is shaking and quivering.

He turns me over my back getting cut up now as well and a bored expression settles on his face and he throws my arm down and walks away. "What a waste.." the moment he takes his foot off me I scramble to my knees holding myself, tears streaming. I sit there in the dark sobing and shivering violently. I hold my shoulder not having anything to say. Mostly not knowing what to say. I feel blood drench every inch of my glass fused to my wounds.

The floor filling with a liquid, I touch it and look at my hand some light leaking in its red... blood! I scramble to my feet letting out squeaks and yelps of pain as the room starts to fill with the iron liquid. Soon enough I'm drowing in it, choking on blood and Glass my eyes role back into my head I.. I call out for anyone..I-

I feel I'm being shooken and I wake up with a loud scream tears streaming, I cough. Jacks looking down at me very worried, "rhys!" My eyes go wide and I bolt up fast pressing my hands to my body. The moment of shock settling over me. I pull at my hair and claw at my skin still screaming and sobbing violently.

I press my hand to my forehead, my head pounding. Jack grabs my shoulders and shakes me a bit more. Enough to wake me up fully, I calm down a bit my throat raw and my body in extream pain I try to tell Jack I'm fine but it just comes out in a series of squeaks. Jack rubs my back wipping my eyes. "What happened?" I shake my head looking up at him. "I.." He give me the softest look I've ever seen on him as he scoops me up.

I hold onto him and he sets me on the counter. He walks over to the shower but I grip his hand. He turns back to me and I pull him closer. I hug him and he hugs back not questioning it... "Jack..." he nods "yeah kiddo?" I sigh "Can I ask you some personal things...." he hesitantly nods "yeah..." I pull back and I place both his hands on his cheeks "can I see your face?.. I need some questions answered and this is where it leads.."

His eyes go wide and he looks away "come on Rhysie.. you know I.. Just.." He softly exhales and Puts each one of his hands on either side of me. He leans in slightly, I move my hands up towards the clips. I unlach one and seeing him not move or stop me I take this as a sign to continue I unhook the other. I move my hand down to the last one. I'm about to remove that one too but Jack holds my wrists. "Just.. be ready for what your about to see... I'm not the prettiest sight.." I shake my head and remove his mask. Like I expected there it was... the vault symbol burned into his face. Except this on is faded, and Jacks features tell of kindness and acceptance not psycopathic rage..

He looks away, "your-" he laughs slightly "ugly? Monstrous?" I shake my head placeing ny hand on his real skin rubbing my thumb in a circle. "No.. you look handsome." He smiles slightly when I kiss his cheek. "I saw it in my dream.. you were screaming something about a 'warrior'? And how you would get back at 'them'... some one named angel..." His eyes go wide. "How? All this happened years ago.. why would you have dreams about that?" I shake my head "I have no idea but I want answers... maybe then these dreams will stop.."

He sighs loudly "well I can't keep it from you forever... I was trying to open a vault, the vault of the warrior... But Before that I found my way into a different vault... I was given alien information about the warrior... while in the transfer a siren named Lilith destroyed the ruin and it branded this" he points to his face circling his hand "on my face.. Later on I met... my wife... we had a daughter named angel... she was also a siren... I tired to protect her and keep her from the people who wanted to hurt her but then the vault hunters came and... well yeah... you can put the peices together.."

I furrow my eyebrows "oh Jack... I'm so sorry..." he waves it off and I hold his face gently. "You dont need to go through these things alone.." I say this truthfully. Hes been there for me so mant time its about time I return the favor. "Eh Kiddo, it happened so long ago.. it's in the past now okay? Just like your dream. Now lets take a warm shower and forget your dumb butt woke me up at 4 am to ask me my life story k cupcake?" I laugh slightly wrapping my arms around his neck. "Alright Jack"