05-23-2017, 08:06 AM
The tunnels that were once claimed by darkness vanished behind Erika, along with the corpses of the arachnids that took Rogue’s life. As steel-hearted as the blonde barbarian is, she could not help but shed tears of sorrow as she carried her half eaten ally and best friend through the dim lit, torch fed cave. Her sniffled cries echoed against the walls and back at her. Memories of the times the had together back home constantly flashed through her mind. She remembered when she first got Rogue.
Fresh out of counseling, the eighteen-year-old girl was mandated by her therapist to get some kind of animal companion she could keep at home. He said would not only help her mental state, but give her a sense of kinship and responsibility. A load of bullshit it was. He had given her the money to adopt a cat or a dog or something. She swore she wouldn’t need this, but she was told that if she refused, they would stick her in a mental health hospital to keep her from trying to commit suicide. So the only thing to do was to get this pet and see how it went.
The raven ha- or, was she blonde? Wait, now that she thought about it. Many details about herself in her memories seemed fuzzy. She never remembered dying her hair black, or having blue eyes. Her eyes have always been red, haven’t they? Erika began to get a heavy migraine. The pain that pushed up against her skull was excruciating and nearly unbearable. It was as if something that had crawled into her head was using a battering ram to mount a prison break. Then she was interrupted by those damnable voices again. Loathe the sound of their abysmal multi-octave tones.
You are almost here. Come creature of flesh and set me free from my binds.
“FUCK YOU!” Erika screamed out to the voices, which seemed directly in front of her by the loudness of their whispering bellows. “As soon as I find you, you’re fucking dead! You hear me?! DEAD! DEAD!!!”
You dare-
“Shut up! I’m done listening to your annoying voice! Fear me Demon, Spirit, God whatever the hell you are, because you awoke the deepest entrenched feelings that are my mortal wrath! My vengeance will be swift, painful and deadly.” She angrily shouted, picking up the corpse of her dog and running towards the sound of the voices.
You worthless piece of trash, you wish to throw your life away? Fine! I will take your body by force, dead or alive!
“Worthless you say?” Erika muttered under her heavy breathing. “I am not worthless! I am a living being! I have a soul and I deserve respect!”
The blonde rushed through the cave, leaving the fire from the torches swinging behind her in the wind. Her head hurt, her heart was heavy and her spirit was low, but she would persevere. She had to for Rogue.
The tunnel ended into a wide open space like before in the room with the spiders. Erika shuddered and put her friend down by the entrance. She would scope the place out before rushing into battle. Just as she got a few steps away from Rogue’s corpse, a barrier erected between her and her animal companion. Her first reaction was to destroy the barrier with her fist. Ineffective.
“Bastard..” She whispered. “Show yourself asshat! We’re going to dance.”
Insolent creature. You think you can match-
“Your power? Yes. In fact, I believe I’m stronger than you be leagues.” She interrupted. “I’m not here to chit-chat. Show yourself so we can get this over with.”
You really are a fool aren’t you? The creature said as it appeared from the shadows. It was a creature of eight legs, but more than just a spider. It had three oddly human-like heads and was covered in some disgusting ooze that looked like radioactive waste. Worst of all, it had two pairs of unclothed breasts. The simple sight made Erika want to vomit. If you wish your death so hastily, then allow me to deliver you to your maker.
Erika wasted no time getting into the heat of battle as always, but the normal berserker rage she normal came was amplified by hatred. The creature lunged at her, it’s fleshy appendages reaching for her heart to stab and kill her on the spot. She saw through it, rolling out of the way of danger and grabbing the spider-like leg(or arm, whatever). She took her free fist up as the being attempted to move away and drove it into the creature’s leg. The beast squealed in pain as it’s leg was fractured completely into two pieces. That did not stop its assault, however. It began to spit some odd kind of venom at her. She jumped out of the way, but it caught her skirt. The venom melted through the fabric of her clothing and burned her leg as if it was acid. It hurt, but not enough to stop her. She charged the spider-human hybrid with fist raised high.
“This is for Rogue! You die now weakling!” She screamed using her wings to get close to the heads of the beast. Landing in front of its faces, on what seemed to be the back of the spider, Erika attempted to grab one of them. It lashed back at her with a maw full of inhuman fangs, but that didn’t scare her. Kage was more terrifying this sorry excuse for a spirit. She reached in and grabbed on of the heads on the body, the one to the left in the arrangement, and tugged on it with great strength. The immense strength in Erika’s rage infused body was enough to sever the neck from the rest of the body. The creature reeled back in anguish as one of it’s heads were severed from it’s ugly body, knocking Erika into the air. She quickly caught herself at the wing and balanced herself out just below the ceiling of the cavern.
“Did that feel good, you ugly ass son of a bitch!” Erika screamed at the beastly spirit as it attempted to cope with the pain by writhing around viciously. “I’ll make sure you suffer a little more before I kill you just yet. So enjoy the pain, cause you’re going to die in pieces.”
This means nothing you puny whelp! Your body will be mine! One of the voices had disappeared in the arrangement. The annoying high pitched one that sounded like shattering glass and nails on a chalkboard. Good, that’s the one she was aiming for.
The spider being returned the favor Erika had performed by shooting webbing at her through it’s asshole. Spiders were disgusting creatures and she despised them with a passion. Too many legs and eyes for one creature, too many bodily fluids being ejected from them. In this case, too many heads and boobs. The webbing fell short of its target when the blonde swooped down out of the way. More acid spit hit her, this time in the face. It burned like hell when it found its way on her cheek. As she attempted to wipe away the pain, she noticed more things crawling on the walls and ceiling; more fucking spiders no doubt, possibly even the children of this horrid bitch. Too many spiders now.
The all surrounded her, at least a dozen, maybe more. Erika reached for the pistol strapped to her thigh and began shooting them down. She was never a good shot, and never quite understood why she carried a sniper rifle, but pistols were simple enough to use and aim without much effort anyways. She got four down before they even came close. When the first one in melee range was near, she beat it head into the dirt with her free and, then quickly turned and shot down another one. The Queen Bitch, as would be her new name, didn’t take kindly to Erika shooting down her children relentlessly. She spit more acid at the blonde, hitting home too. Most of the acid washed against her chest, burning her skin horribly. Isn’t one major burn scar enough?
While she attempted to cope with the burn, Erika took flight to get away from the mob of left over spiders. She sheathed her pistol and pulled the shotgun off her waist, giving it a good pump. Dive bombing upon her enemies, the shells of her her shotgun plowed into their fleshy bodies. Blood splattered everywhere in the area around the targets she hit, at least four of them. That only left two babies and Queen Bitch.
Erika landed and kneeled to her pain. Her chest would not stop burning, and the front of her skirt and shirt were nothing now. Fucking annoying, everything in this world tore off her clothing one way or another. After coughing up some blood and sensing the enemies drawing near, she put her shotgun away and adjusted her gauntlets. Her heavy metal fist dropped upon the two children that charged her. Then all that was Queen Bitch. She took off for the heads again, dodging acid to get back to them. Not taking any chances of being flung off again, she drove her fist into the right side skull of the beast, which fractured and swallowed her hand inside the bone and brains. She pulled her fist out and swung the blood off of it.
“That one was for me! Candied and sugar coated! What happens next? This is for Rogue, and you’re gonna wish you didn’t kill my dog or else I’d have ended it much more quickly!” She said as she jumped off next to the beast’s fractured leg. Right where the leg met the body, she grabbed hold and pulled with all her force, tearing the appendage off completely, becoming even more drenched in bloody ichor. The next leg, on the same side adjacent to the one she tore off, she punched the bone and broke it completely, then tore it off the same as the last.
The spider was in too much pain to effectively retaliate. Two of its heads laid bloody and battered and the legs that held it up were being tortured to the maximum degree. Erika finished destroying four of the legs on one side. Unable to hold it’s weight now, the creature fell on it’s side and writhed in pain even more. Erika maneuvered around the body and fractured every single bone in the other legs. Once this was done, she wrangled the four legs together and began to smash the beast against the wall, as she had done to the other spider in the cavern down the tunnel. Only, she did this much more to Queen Bitch than the lackey spider. She actually didn’t stop until all the legs tore forcefully off it’s body. With nothing to swing her enemy by the sociopathic blonde circled the beast, seeing it still lived, barely.
“Damn you’re tough for a spider. Good, I want you to feel the pain.” Erika reached to her boot and grabbed the knife that was ready to spill some blood eagerly. She approached the last remaining head of the Queen Bitch and took her knife underhanded. “This,” She said, “Is for Rogue.”
With that last line, she drove her blade into the eyes of the beast, twisting the steel into its skull with satisfaction. Slowly, the blood dripped from the open wounds in it head, causing it untimely death along with all those severed appendages and lack of brains and such.
The barrier between Erika and Rogue dissipated instantly and the walls began to shake. At first, she believed the cave was falling down, trying to take her with it, but upon a closer inspection, she could see the walls parting, opening up to the light of the Ashen Steppes. She never thought she’d be so glad to see that blackened sky and so much lava. The blonde picked up her fallen comrade and carried her out into the open verse. It was time to bury her friend respectfully.
Fresh out of counseling, the eighteen-year-old girl was mandated by her therapist to get some kind of animal companion she could keep at home. He said would not only help her mental state, but give her a sense of kinship and responsibility. A load of bullshit it was. He had given her the money to adopt a cat or a dog or something. She swore she wouldn’t need this, but she was told that if she refused, they would stick her in a mental health hospital to keep her from trying to commit suicide. So the only thing to do was to get this pet and see how it went.
The raven ha- or, was she blonde? Wait, now that she thought about it. Many details about herself in her memories seemed fuzzy. She never remembered dying her hair black, or having blue eyes. Her eyes have always been red, haven’t they? Erika began to get a heavy migraine. The pain that pushed up against her skull was excruciating and nearly unbearable. It was as if something that had crawled into her head was using a battering ram to mount a prison break. Then she was interrupted by those damnable voices again. Loathe the sound of their abysmal multi-octave tones.
You are almost here. Come creature of flesh and set me free from my binds.
“FUCK YOU!” Erika screamed out to the voices, which seemed directly in front of her by the loudness of their whispering bellows. “As soon as I find you, you’re fucking dead! You hear me?! DEAD! DEAD!!!”
You dare-
“Shut up! I’m done listening to your annoying voice! Fear me Demon, Spirit, God whatever the hell you are, because you awoke the deepest entrenched feelings that are my mortal wrath! My vengeance will be swift, painful and deadly.” She angrily shouted, picking up the corpse of her dog and running towards the sound of the voices.
You worthless piece of trash, you wish to throw your life away? Fine! I will take your body by force, dead or alive!
“Worthless you say?” Erika muttered under her heavy breathing. “I am not worthless! I am a living being! I have a soul and I deserve respect!”
The blonde rushed through the cave, leaving the fire from the torches swinging behind her in the wind. Her head hurt, her heart was heavy and her spirit was low, but she would persevere. She had to for Rogue.
The tunnel ended into a wide open space like before in the room with the spiders. Erika shuddered and put her friend down by the entrance. She would scope the place out before rushing into battle. Just as she got a few steps away from Rogue’s corpse, a barrier erected between her and her animal companion. Her first reaction was to destroy the barrier with her fist. Ineffective.
“Bastard..” She whispered. “Show yourself asshat! We’re going to dance.”
Insolent creature. You think you can match-
“Your power? Yes. In fact, I believe I’m stronger than you be leagues.” She interrupted. “I’m not here to chit-chat. Show yourself so we can get this over with.”
You really are a fool aren’t you? The creature said as it appeared from the shadows. It was a creature of eight legs, but more than just a spider. It had three oddly human-like heads and was covered in some disgusting ooze that looked like radioactive waste. Worst of all, it had two pairs of unclothed breasts. The simple sight made Erika want to vomit. If you wish your death so hastily, then allow me to deliver you to your maker.
Erika wasted no time getting into the heat of battle as always, but the normal berserker rage she normal came was amplified by hatred. The creature lunged at her, it’s fleshy appendages reaching for her heart to stab and kill her on the spot. She saw through it, rolling out of the way of danger and grabbing the spider-like leg(or arm, whatever). She took her free fist up as the being attempted to move away and drove it into the creature’s leg. The beast squealed in pain as it’s leg was fractured completely into two pieces. That did not stop its assault, however. It began to spit some odd kind of venom at her. She jumped out of the way, but it caught her skirt. The venom melted through the fabric of her clothing and burned her leg as if it was acid. It hurt, but not enough to stop her. She charged the spider-human hybrid with fist raised high.
“This is for Rogue! You die now weakling!” She screamed using her wings to get close to the heads of the beast. Landing in front of its faces, on what seemed to be the back of the spider, Erika attempted to grab one of them. It lashed back at her with a maw full of inhuman fangs, but that didn’t scare her. Kage was more terrifying this sorry excuse for a spirit. She reached in and grabbed on of the heads on the body, the one to the left in the arrangement, and tugged on it with great strength. The immense strength in Erika’s rage infused body was enough to sever the neck from the rest of the body. The creature reeled back in anguish as one of it’s heads were severed from it’s ugly body, knocking Erika into the air. She quickly caught herself at the wing and balanced herself out just below the ceiling of the cavern.
“Did that feel good, you ugly ass son of a bitch!” Erika screamed at the beastly spirit as it attempted to cope with the pain by writhing around viciously. “I’ll make sure you suffer a little more before I kill you just yet. So enjoy the pain, cause you’re going to die in pieces.”
This means nothing you puny whelp! Your body will be mine! One of the voices had disappeared in the arrangement. The annoying high pitched one that sounded like shattering glass and nails on a chalkboard. Good, that’s the one she was aiming for.
The spider being returned the favor Erika had performed by shooting webbing at her through it’s asshole. Spiders were disgusting creatures and she despised them with a passion. Too many legs and eyes for one creature, too many bodily fluids being ejected from them. In this case, too many heads and boobs. The webbing fell short of its target when the blonde swooped down out of the way. More acid spit hit her, this time in the face. It burned like hell when it found its way on her cheek. As she attempted to wipe away the pain, she noticed more things crawling on the walls and ceiling; more fucking spiders no doubt, possibly even the children of this horrid bitch. Too many spiders now.
The all surrounded her, at least a dozen, maybe more. Erika reached for the pistol strapped to her thigh and began shooting them down. She was never a good shot, and never quite understood why she carried a sniper rifle, but pistols were simple enough to use and aim without much effort anyways. She got four down before they even came close. When the first one in melee range was near, she beat it head into the dirt with her free and, then quickly turned and shot down another one. The Queen Bitch, as would be her new name, didn’t take kindly to Erika shooting down her children relentlessly. She spit more acid at the blonde, hitting home too. Most of the acid washed against her chest, burning her skin horribly. Isn’t one major burn scar enough?
While she attempted to cope with the burn, Erika took flight to get away from the mob of left over spiders. She sheathed her pistol and pulled the shotgun off her waist, giving it a good pump. Dive bombing upon her enemies, the shells of her her shotgun plowed into their fleshy bodies. Blood splattered everywhere in the area around the targets she hit, at least four of them. That only left two babies and Queen Bitch.
Erika landed and kneeled to her pain. Her chest would not stop burning, and the front of her skirt and shirt were nothing now. Fucking annoying, everything in this world tore off her clothing one way or another. After coughing up some blood and sensing the enemies drawing near, she put her shotgun away and adjusted her gauntlets. Her heavy metal fist dropped upon the two children that charged her. Then all that was Queen Bitch. She took off for the heads again, dodging acid to get back to them. Not taking any chances of being flung off again, she drove her fist into the right side skull of the beast, which fractured and swallowed her hand inside the bone and brains. She pulled her fist out and swung the blood off of it.
“That one was for me! Candied and sugar coated! What happens next? This is for Rogue, and you’re gonna wish you didn’t kill my dog or else I’d have ended it much more quickly!” She said as she jumped off next to the beast’s fractured leg. Right where the leg met the body, she grabbed hold and pulled with all her force, tearing the appendage off completely, becoming even more drenched in bloody ichor. The next leg, on the same side adjacent to the one she tore off, she punched the bone and broke it completely, then tore it off the same as the last.
The spider was in too much pain to effectively retaliate. Two of its heads laid bloody and battered and the legs that held it up were being tortured to the maximum degree. Erika finished destroying four of the legs on one side. Unable to hold it’s weight now, the creature fell on it’s side and writhed in pain even more. Erika maneuvered around the body and fractured every single bone in the other legs. Once this was done, she wrangled the four legs together and began to smash the beast against the wall, as she had done to the other spider in the cavern down the tunnel. Only, she did this much more to Queen Bitch than the lackey spider. She actually didn’t stop until all the legs tore forcefully off it’s body. With nothing to swing her enemy by the sociopathic blonde circled the beast, seeing it still lived, barely.
“Damn you’re tough for a spider. Good, I want you to feel the pain.” Erika reached to her boot and grabbed the knife that was ready to spill some blood eagerly. She approached the last remaining head of the Queen Bitch and took her knife underhanded. “This,” She said, “Is for Rogue.”
With that last line, she drove her blade into the eyes of the beast, twisting the steel into its skull with satisfaction. Slowly, the blood dripped from the open wounds in it head, causing it untimely death along with all those severed appendages and lack of brains and such.
The barrier between Erika and Rogue dissipated instantly and the walls began to shake. At first, she believed the cave was falling down, trying to take her with it, but upon a closer inspection, she could see the walls parting, opening up to the light of the Ashen Steppes. She never thought she’d be so glad to see that blackened sky and so much lava. The blonde picked up her fallen comrade and carried her out into the open verse. It was time to bury her friend respectfully.
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