I soon arrived at a clearing deep inside the forest, casting my gaze around at the looming trees.
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I swore to myself, pacing within the clearing for some time.
08:48:47
"God fuckin' damnit..."
08:49:12
I continued to pace, before working myself up and taking a seat on the ground.
08:50:27
"Fuck's sake..."
08:51:20
I took a deep breath in, focusing myself.
08:51:31
"Nothin' to do but to do it."
08:53:13
I shut my eyes closed, drawing upon the ever-growing presence inside myself.
09:23:07
I triggered my cybernetics array to overload, sending an intense current throughout my entire body.
09:23:45
I let out a guttural yell, the remnant within me doing the same. Our voices clashed and collided, creating a horribly distorted display of writhing pain and suffering.
09:24:29
The remnant leeched off of me as it showed itself, appearing as a vicious and dark presence around me.
09:25:24
The forest around me was no more. Just me and it.
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Sitting in an infinite darkness.
09:25:42
"C O M E T O B A R G A I N ?"
09:26:34
The voice reverberated within my skull, filling every inch of my mind.
09:27:02
I grit my teeth, my eyes both shut and wide open at the same time.
09:28:38
"You got what you wanted, right? You're here. You
09:29:14
"Right where you want me."
09:29:22
"Why don't you just let this happen?"
09:30:10
"Y O U D A R E A C T L I K E Y O U ' R E I N C O N T R O L H E R E ?"
09:30:48
"D O N O T F O O L Y O U R S E L F ."
09:31:08
"I H O L D T H E P O W E R H E R E."
09:31:27
"Y O U ' R E A L R E A D Y D E A D ."
09:31:43
"A N D O N C E Y O U R B O D Y R E A L I Z E S I T -"
09:32:05
WE let out a jagged, shuddery laugh.
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"- T H O S E A R O U N D Y O U W I L L S U F F E R ."
09:33:10
"A G R E A T E R P A I N T H A N T H E Y H A V E E V E R K N O W N ."
09:33:44
A fresh surge of brutal pain coursed through me.
09:35:03
I crumpled over, not able to fight it back in any extent.
09:35:17
I barely managed to speak to THEM.
09:36:24
"You know that will bring the death of BOTH of us, if you succeed."
09:36:45
"You won't be able to do a damned thing, if you ever spread far enough to seal my fate."
09:37:19
"I'll make sure you are erased from existence, along with myself."
09:37:40
"So you have your choice. Live on within me, or finally be gone from this world."
09:38:13
WE again laughed, amused at his foolish attempts to threaten US.
09:38:45
" Y O U T R U L Y BELIEVE Y O U R S E L F ?"
09:39:07
" T H A T Y O U M A Y S O M E H O W P R E V A I L ?"
09:39:31
"Y O U H A V E N O M O R E H O P E A T S U C C E E D I N G T H A N T H O S E Y O U H A V E D O O M E D T O T H E I R GRAVES."
09:40:18
"T H A N Y O U R S I S T E R D I D W H E N W E T O O K H E R ."
09:41:13
I let out a roar of anger and suffering, forcing myself up and lunging at THEM.
09:41:37
I sailed straight through THEM, as their shadowy presence tightened inwards.
09:43:03
It was suffocating.
09:43:07
They restrained me, their pitch-black essence swallowing up my arms.
09:44:28
I couldn't move.
09:44:31
I felt something stab through my heart.
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THEY had stabbed me. A sharp point of inky darkness had pierced straight from my back and right through my heart, sliding through the front of my chest.
09:46:12
The warmth stuck with me as I fell through the darkness, sailing down an infinite pit away from everything.
09:47:42
I hit the ground.
09:48:06
Naught but an indescribable sound filled my head, as I gazed around the clearing I was in.
09:48:44
I struggled to rise to my feet, as my entire body ached with a dull but extremely harsh pain.
09:49:16
I kicked in my still-recovering augmentations, pushing out as much strength as I could to stand up and remain standing.
09:50:20
I wearily raised my shirt.
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The murky darkness had spread further.
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I couldn't push out any more. I fell down again.
09:52:02
And stayed down.
09:52:05
I fell unconcious.
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