The Darkness In Us

Past: Part 1

Heartbeat

I can still hear her screaming. Her screams are what awoke me. She's in so much pain, I-I need to help her. I have to help her. I...remember what they did to her, what they did to me. They were cruel, endless torture with no rest. Who knows how long we've been here.

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I need to find her. I need to help her.

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You'll be ok...I promise.

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I think I know where she is. I just need to get there, but it's too dark here, even for me. There's no sense of direction.

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Shit. Someone's coming. I can hear footsteps all around me. Fuck! There's too many of them. I need find her...to help her. You don't understand! No!!!

I can hear gunshots going off. I can feel them hit me and it hurts...until it doesn't.

What's going on? Where am I?

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A dim light illuminates my surroundings before flickering on and off and I look around in horror. My heart is calm, slow even, but my mind is racing. There's so much blood around me...both black and red. There's Hive and humans around me, all dead. Torn to pieces.

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Who did this? This is a massacre...what kind of monster does this? I think I'm gonna be sick...

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I look down at my hands and see a severed Knight's head is grasped in my left hand. I'm covered in blood. It's warm and thick and it's filling my nose. I see it everywhere.

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Who did this?

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It doesn't register for a few moments as I stare at Hive head in my hand. The realization hits me like a wave.

I did this...

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I'm the monster

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I can feel as a smile forms on my lips and my laughter fills the air, blood still filling my nostrils. I relish in it and it makes me sick but I don't care anymore.

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I'm free...I'm home

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I awake, sitting up rapidly. It takes me a moment to calm my breathing and when I do, I look around and see it's still dark. There's a thin sheet of cold sweat covering my forehead, my neck, and my chest. It's...been awhile since I had that nightmare. I remember the details of that night like it was yesterday.

I glance at the time and it reads 3:47a.m. My feet carry me without thinking to the balcony and I step outside, feeling the cool air against my skin. Up here where I live, I can see the Traveler pretty close up, much like those people from the Tower, the Guardians.

Ares appears by my shoulder and I turn to look at the Ghost. He's been with me for about six months, when I first awoke in the Cosmodrome. He's been my only friend.

"Nyx." he says. I smile a bit, looking at city below. I take in the sights before I glance at Ares. I don't say anything and I can feel his annoyance.