The Disparate One

Chapter 70 - Tear

Unexpectedly, lights have been turned on, flooding the whole area which Ray was about to praise it but he instead vomited when he saw his surroundings. There were huge piles of flesh and organs, some of them are still fresh, and the rest are rotting away. He looked down at the floor and he saw more, of course, to make it worse, they were covered with his vomit. He looked to his right and saw a body that completely had no skin. Ray can see the muscles and its organs that are still connected to the body that is crawling towards him with its right hand. Ray was shaking, terrified and feeling sick.

"R-Run.", the body spoke clearly.

Ray looked around and found two droids approaching him fast. In his response, he started to move away, backward but then he fell to the floor which is covered with flesh, organs, and even blood. He was about to run for it but it was too late. The droids quickly impaled Ray with a harpoon to his right chest. Ray started to cough out blood as he was being pulled closer to the droid with the use of the deployed harpoon. Ray couldn't breathe easily since he only has one lung left. He was facing the robots that were covered with red blood when suddenly, one robot grabbed him and the other yanked the harpoon out from Ray's body. Ray screamed in pain whilst trying to move rapidly attempting to escape, but one of the droids had a good grip on him. The man quickly became weak as he was losing blood fast due to the large hole that is located on his right chest. His general uniform isn't completely white anymore, it now has turned red.

One of the droids grabbed Ray by his neck and dragged him into a different area which made Ray sacred and horrified. There were conveyor belts all over the area and on top of them were entire skins, organs, and even bones, all of those looked like they were ripped apart with great force. Next to those conveyor belts are bucket elevators. Some of them were carrying the same things that the belt conveyors transport, the rest are transporting blood up somewhere, there is also another conveyor belt, it is only transporting fresh gray matters. Ray can feel his heart started to slow down and his vision began to blur. The robot placed Ray on the floor and left him for some unknown reasons. Ray gently looked around as he was trying to conserve his energy and his blood.

He found another system, this time carrying bodies, all of them still has their skins on, and they're also still alive. He can clearly see all of them moving, struggling to escape. They were moving towards an enormous machine. Ray noticed that there are no robots or guards nearby, so he took the chance and crawled away and decided to stop under a conveyor belt. He watched closely to what is going to happen to those poor, innocent, and defenceless people. He kept an eye on a body but he lost it when it entered the machine. He moved his head slightly and discovered that the bodies that enter the machine are killed and likely ripped apart because, at the other end, they have turned into a pile of fresh flesh.

Ray was having difficulties, especially breathing, when he found a way which might be the way out of this place. But then he realised that he has three choices. One is to escape, two is to save the people that are heading to the killing machine, or three save the people and lead the way which seems to be the exit. For some reason, there are no guards as far as his eyes can see. He carefully peeked his head out just to make sure, yep, no-one in sight. He started to crawl towards the killing machine carefully just in case. He was expecting to find a big red button somewhere on the sides of the enormous machine but there was nothing. He guessed that this machine can only be controlled in the server room. He looked up at the people who saw him standing near the machine and are begging for help. Ray started to cry as he was trying to tell them that he can't. Some of them are men and the rest are women. A lot of them were young, like teenagers, and the rest are elders.

He kneeled down on the floor with his face covered, crying. He can hear them screaming inside the machine as their blood sucked out, skins are being peeled, their organs being plucked, and their bones being pulled apart.

"Core... help me.", Ray begged for help, but nothing happened.

From this point, he already knew that he is now on his own. He vowed to himself that he will save everyone and to avenge the innocent lives, and nothing will stop him, not even a god. He limped away from the machine in anger. He used the stairs to follow the bucket elevators. He was completely sure that this is the way out of this hell and he was correct, kinda. He burst out of a door and ended up in an alley. He can finally breathe the fresh air which is familiar to him. He looked at the two ends of the passageway and that when he found out that he somehow arrived back at New York City. He looked at himself, completely covered in blood, just as what he expected.

He also noticed that he is now breathing properly. He checked his right chest for the giant hole, all he found was nothing... the hole where the harpoon was, is gone... disappeared. It also started to rain and Ray was standing in the middle of the alley, not under on any kind of roof. His eyes widened when he was watching all of the blood being washed away, his general uniform went back to its original color, white. He checked himself first for any bloodstains and for injuries before walking casually out of the alley and into the public sidewalk. He also just found out that the building where he came out was a restaurant, a freaking restaurant called "CanniBurger."

He looked at the people eating the burgers nearby, all of them were in delight and satisfied with what they are eating. Ray quickly left the site as he was about to vomit once again.