Creature of the Shadows

Flug?

Flug's pov

   I woke up at about 7 o'clock. I got up and put on a new change of clothes. I then went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and comb my hair. When I was done with I looked at my reflection. I sighed and left the bathroom putting on a new bag. 

   When I finally opened my door I saw BlackHat standing there. I instantly felt a bit intimidated by the look on his face. 

   "Finally, I was wondering when you would leave your room." BlackHat said. "Come with me." I followed him.

   "W-where are we going?" I asked.

   "To my office." He simply said.

   "Thought you said that we weren't going to record until later?" I said.

   "We are, but I realized something this morning. We haven't done a Villain Orientation Guide in a while." He explained.

   "O-oh that makes sense." I said. We then made our way to his office. 

   When we got there he told me to set everything up. When I was done with that I sat in a chair labeled as the director seat, while BlackHat, of course, sat in his usual red throne like chair that was behind his neat desk. Behind him was 37 Tv screens each showing the BlackHat Organization label on them. 

   We started to record an episode about this monkey named Mojo Jojo. In the middle of the episode, BlackHat left and I had to replace him. It was really fun! I love recording these episodes with him. Even though I have to get a new pair of pants because he shot me in the butt with one of his laser eyes cuz I kept on interrupting him. 

   When we were done recording I went back to the lab. I started to work on a blueprint for something that I'm going to call an air packet. What does it do I hear you ask yourself. Well, it's the little packet that when you eat it, it does straight into your lungs and fills them with enough air that you wouldn't have to breathe for about an hour!

~Time Skip~

   After I got the blueprint finished I went downstairs to get something for dinner. But when I got there I saw BlackHat without his cape thingy. (I have no idea what it's called...) Instead, he was in his red undershirt. It was kind of wired to see Jefecito like this. But I couldn't convince myself to look away from him. 

   After a few minutes of debating on whether or not I should walk in, I had finally come to a decision. I walked in. BlackHat looked at me. 

   "How is that laser dagger coming along?" He asked. 

   "I-it's just about finished, I just need the substance of the laser portion to be at -200 degrees Fahrenheit for about 2 and half days. I put it in yesterday so it should be finished either tomorrow night or Thursday morning." I explained. "In the meantime, I am working on basically a packet of air that you swallow and it makes it so you don't have to breathe for about an hour."

   "Why would someone need this device?" BlackHat asked.

   "It's not really a device, but its main purpose is if you are going underwater or something you would only need a few of these instead of those giant oxygen tanks," I told him.

   "I see," BlackHat said. He stared at me for a moment. "Hey, Flug?"

   "Yeah?" 

    "Why do you wear a bag? I don't think I have ever seen you without it on." He asked. How was I supposed to answer that?! 

   "I-I don't like my appearance..." I half lied. 

   "Why don't you like the way you look? Did something happen?" He questioned.

   "No, nothing happened. I just simply don't like my appearance." I explained without telling him the full truth.

   "Okay, well if you ever want to talk about just tell me." He said while looking at the clock. "Well, I should be heading to my office now. See you later, Flug." 

   I watched him walk out of the kitchen. Around others -and when it comes to my inventions, he acts likes he hates me, but when we are alone he seems to act as if we are good friends. It's odd, but after a while, I have grown used to the caring side of him that only I have seen. I don't know why he chooses to only be a decent guy when we are alone. 

   I went over to the fridge and grabbed some dinner. Aka some cereal. We never seem to have any good food in this place. But I guess that kind of makes sense. I am literally the only person who eats normal human food. Demencia can and will eat just about anything, 5.0.5 doesn't need to eat but he usually eats dog food, and BlackHat never eats. 

   I grabbed my cereal and went to go eat in my lab. I walked through the doors of the lab only to see that the coffee that was on my desk had spilled and got all over my blueprints while Demencia quickly tried to clean them up. I dropped my bowl in both shocked and anger. I had about a months worth of blueprints on that desk! Demencia quickly turned around to see me.

   "Uh, it's not what it looks like?" She said in a questioning tone. My eye twitched. 

   "DEMENCIA!!!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU!!!!! NOT TO MESS AROUND IN MY LAB!!!! YOU JUST RUINED A MONTHS WORK OF BLUEPRINTS THAT I HAVE TO REDO!!!!!!" I yelled. I was pissed and I have every right to be pissed. She is always ruining my work! I heard the door to the lab open. I snapped my head back to see who has entered. It was both BlackHat and 5.0.5, and they seem worried about the yelling.

   "What's going on down here? What's with the yelling?" BlackHat asked. I just simply pushed passed him and went up to my room. 

BlackHat's pov

   "What's wrong with him?" I asked

   "I might have accidentally split his coffee all over his desk and it got all of his blueprints and he got really angry..." She said looking really sorry and upset about it.

   "What did he say?" I asked frantically.

   "He said something along the lines of that there was at least a month of work on the desk..." Demencia replied. 

   "What did he look like as he said this?" I pressed.

   "His eye was twitching before he started to yell and he looked really angry and a bit of something else that I don't know how to explain." She told me. 

   "That's all I needed to know." And with that, I was off rushing to Flug's room. 

   When I got there I heard him crying and saying stuff to himself. 

   "Why does he keep me around? What's the use of a scientist who can't even stop one of his own creations from destroying everything around her?" He kept on asking himself things along the lines of that. Until he said something, something that didn't sound right. "He wouldn't love a monster like me anyway." He said this in a near whisper. 

   What did he mean by a monster? Why would he call himself one? If anyone is a monster around here, it's me! I am a demon for Pete's sake! And who is this "he" that he is talking about? The first he is obviously me. But what about the last one? And why wouldn't he love him? And didn't Flug say earlier that he hated the feeling of love?? (That was a reference to the Orientation Video earlier on in the chapter. Flug had said that he hated the feeling of love.) What is going on?!

   He continued to cry and say other things to himself. I knocked on the door very lightly. 

   "Flug?" I said in the softest voice I could manage. I heard him almost instantly shush up. "Can I come in?" There was no response. "Okay, I'm going to come in." I quietly opened the door and I was surprised at what I saw.     

(I decided to leave it at a cliffhanger >:3 What do you guys think so far? I know it's a bit of a chaotic mess and I plan on fixing it later.)