WARNING: THIS CHAPTER WILL NOT BE THROUGH FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE, DUE TO THE MAIN CHARACTER BEING UNCONSCIOUS AT THE TIME. PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND.
Rex and Circe watched in horror as Zach began to change into the Beast, the monster taking full control and putting Zach in a mental prison.
Just then, Dr. Holiday contacted Rex through his coms-link, the small device in his ear making static before her voice came through.
"Rex! What's going on? We just picked up a huge energy spike in your area! Is it Van Kleiss?" She asked and Rex replies by holding his hand to his ear, "No, Doc. Turns out Six was right in his suspicion. Turns out Zach is a monster."
Just then, the most unexpected things happened. Rex and Circe both heard a laugh, a deep, menacing laugh that echoed throughout the area. It took a minute, but Rex looked towards the Beast and realized the laugh was coming from it.
"Zach? You ok there, amigo?" Rex asked in concern. Then the Beast did something truly terrifying, it spoke.
"Sorry, Zach isn't here right now. I'm in control now, amigo." The Beast said in a mocking tone. Rex was so stunned he couldn't even move. Never in his life had he heard a talking animal besides Bobo Haha, his chimp buddy. And this voice was definitely not friendly, it had a dark, deep tone which had a sense of pure malevolence to it. This was clearly not some animal to take lightly.
"What have you done to Zach?!" Demanded Rex as he brought out his Smack Hands, giant, mechanical fists, each the size of a small car.
The Beast chuckled more, as if amused by the machines. "Oh, he's in here. In the same prison he put me in. But thanks to that eclipse, I'm the one in control and he's the one in chains! Oh to be free at last, and so soon too. Now I have 90 minutes to feed." He sniffs the air and starts to salivate, "Oh, I smell loads of dark hearts. It's time for an all you can eat buffet. That girl looks delicious." He said, looking at Circe.
Then the Beast lunged to her at blinding speed, hungry for her heart. Rex was barely able to punch the Beast before it managed to hurt Circe, the force of the punch similar to being it by a fully loaded semi truck, sending the Beast flying more than 30 feet. The Beast managed to get up and shake off the hit like it was nothing.
The Beast only cackled in laughter, "that tickled." It said, smiling as much as it could, it being an animal and all.
"So, what exactly are you? You're not an EVO, so what are you?" Rex said, trying to buy time for backup.
"You could say I'm the dark side of your little friend. I'm the personification of all his negative aspects. His anger, greed, bloodlust, they are all me. But with a few twists. You see, he made a wish not long ago to run like an animal with four legs. He didn't consciously make this wish. His new powers are still raw and needs mastering. His magic created me." The Beast explained with glee.
"Wait, magic? There's no such thing as magic. There's only science." Rex said, confused.
The Beast then laughed hysterically. "In your world, yes. But Zach has kept secrets from you. Dangerous secrets. Now, if you don't mind, I'm hungry, and all this stalling is working up an appetite."
Before the Beast could lunge for another attack, Six came in with a flying high kick and hit the Beast so hard, it went flying twenty feet to the side.
"Rex, this thing isn't your friend anymore. Remember the mission: its cure, contain, or kill. And since it's not an EVO, you only have two options. Pick one before I decide to do it for you." Six warned Rex.
Rex quickly burst into action and brought out his Big Fat Sword, or BFS for short, a ten foot long orange blade that comes from his left hand and took a swing at the Beast. The blade quickly shattered against the Beast's pelt. Once the Beast shook off the surprise from Six, it chuckled.
"My fur in impenetrable, you can't hurt me." It said, "I can also do this." It quickly lashed out one of its six tails like a whip and swatted Six like a fly. "All my tails are magic and controlled by my own thoughts. I can even control all of them simultaneously. I'm the ultimate predator!"
Just then, the Keep, a giant airship that Providence owns, flew in front of the lunar eclipse. This cast a huge shadow over the area, including the Beast.
"What?! Impossible! This eclipse isn't supposed to be over for another 85 minutes!" It said as it looked behind him. The magic keeping it free was fading the longer it was exposed to the eclipse, so it gradually started to turn back into Zach.
Using its final moments of freedom, it smirked and said one more chilling message, "your world is about to receive the biggest shock of its existence."
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I started to regain consciousness. With my vision still blurry I was able to make out Rex, Circe, and Six all looking at me with pure fear in their eyes. Six quickly had his twin blades at my throat.
"You're coming with us. You are going to tell us everything. Leave anything out, and you die." Six demanded as I was lead to a dropship going back to the Keep.
What have I done?
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Zach: Guardian of the Multiverse
General FictionThis is a story about a daydream I have put into words, so no mean comments please.
