Washed Away

Python

Right foot.

Left foot.

Flames.

Right foot.

Left foot.

More burning.

Each step down the hall brought you agonizing pain, but you couldn't help but smile. Probably a rather creepy, unnerving smile. But a smile nonetheless. You were walking and that's all that mattered to you. Your room was getting close. You had left the broken camera behind. You had no use for it now, and after all that, you couldn't care less about who had to clean up the pieces.

All you wanted now was the sweet embrace of your bed.

You let out a sigh of relief as you saw your door, but you stopped. You could feel the eyes of a familiar robot trained on you.

"Now, now, garden snake. You aren't supposed to be moving around like that." Snake Man circled around you. You only knew that it was him by the name and his facial features. He was
Completely out of his armor. His black hair was rather messy, and made his green eyes stand out even more. He grinned, his sharp fangs peeking out from his mouth.

"I suppose now you aren't a garden snake. At this point, you're more like my little python."

The world tipped to one side, and you found yourself on the floor. You gasped for air, clawing at the ground.

"Python?" He sounded genuinely worried. Then he carefully rolled you into your back and lifted up your shirt to check your wound.

"It hasn't reopened, you're just tired." He slowly started to lift you up, but you grit your teeth.

"Stop!" You said. "I'll be fine!" You snapped at Snake Man. You quickly grabbed his hands and pulled them off of you. He threw his hands in the air and backed away from you. He narrowed his eyes at you. Your arms shook as they lifted you off the ground. Your abdomen burned but this only became motivation for you to keep going. 

You looked away from Snake Man, and continued walking with a hand over your stomach. You could feel his eyes trained on you, watching you slowly make your way in the direction of your room. Then you could hear his footsteps start slowly at first, and then speed up. He roughly grabbed your arm and pulled you close to him. You gasped in surprise and began to pull away.

He grabbed your hair and angled your head to the side, giving him open access to the delicate skin of your neck. 

"Let go of me Sna-" You yelped in pain as he sank his teeth into your neck. You screamed, but his hand covered your mouth. He pulled his teeth out of your neck and quietly shushed you.  

"What did you d.." The world tipped and spun around you and you could feel your body be lifted up. Snake Man snickered at you as you fumbled to get a grip on your world. You subconsciously grabbed onto his arm, pulling yourself closer to him.

You could hear the soft whirring of fans come from his chest. It was different. Still calming, but it didn't sound the same as Quick's. You closed your eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. You knew you were just letting yourself fall back into needing help.. This was all pointless in the end.. But you felt comfortable in Snake's arms. That was something you never thought you'd think. You knew you should probably be more concerned about the fact Snake was carrying you.

You felt a tingling sensation spread through all of your limbs. You couldn't move. It was just like last time. He had bitten you to immobilize you. This is when you started to get scared. Your eyes snapped open, and you did the best you could to struggle. But your limbs felt heavy and the most movement you could manage was the twitching of a few of your fingers.