IC: Felix:
Guuuuuugh...
Uuuuuurgh...
BANG!
"AH!" I yell in shock. I look around. Nothing's broken. Zan is lying asleep on the floor. Deomi is barely awake, rubbing her head.
"Sorry," she says woozily, "banged my head on the wall."
"I can see," I say, "my back feels funny."
"Yeah... I cut out this growth in your back. The shadows can't control you any more. You can control them, but not vice versa."
"Cool."
I put my hand to where the growth was. I always thought it was a birth mark, or a cyst. The doctors said it was nothing to worry about. I try to summon the shadows. They bend and rise, forming a swirling black globe around my right hand.
I crawl over to the bed, grab the sheet, and then place them over Deomi, and give her a kiss goodnight. She smiles, and drifts off to sleep.
~2 hours later~
BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP...
"INTRUDER IN SECTOR THREE! INTRUDER IN SECTOR THREE!"
"What the hell is going on?!" Yells Zan.
The tannoy man, with his thinning white hair and battle-scarred face, runs in shouting "everyone get outside NOW! We have an intruder!"
We go outside to find...
Oh, no...
Lili.
"IF I CAN'T BE WITH YOU," she screams, "NO ONE CAN!"
"Lili, I have a girlfriend!" I say, trying to calm her down.
"YOU WANT A GOD DAMN PIECE OF ME, BITCH?!"
"Lili, stop - "
I hesitate. A voice rings in my mind.
'You want to die... Kill yourself... You're worthless...'
"Nice try, Lili," I say, "but don't you think that having a mind-controller as a girlfriend will have taught me a thing or two?"
Lili screams, and pulls the fire alarm next to her. A section of the wall opens up, revealing a hatchet strapped to the wall of the compartment. She pulls the hatchet out, and swings it wildly, driving us all back. A guard comes at her and she swings it at his neck. Blood splatters everywhere, and the guard's head is severed with an eternal expression of shock on his face. Another grabs her by the shoulders, but Lili drives the hatchet into his chest. He falls to the ground. We all take another couple of steps back, as she comes closer.
"I LOVE YOU, FELIX! LOOK AT WHAT I'M DOING FOR YOU! I'M KILLING THE GUARDS TO SET YOU FREE!"
"Lili, that's not really what I want in a girl. Maniacal killer is really not on my checklist."
She screams again. I have no choice.
"I'm sorry, Lili." I mutter. I'm going to regret this. I know it.
I summon the shadows, and drive them towards Lili. They wrap around her head, and I can just about hear her muffled screams. A tear falls from my eye as I pull the shadows taut, and her head emits a horrid crack. Blood pours from underneath the shadow mask. Lili crumples to the ground, dead as dead can be, as I let the shadows go. They stay wrapped around her broken head, like a helmet of darkness.
We go back to our rooms in shocked silence, as I hug Deomi. She gives me a calming kiss on the cheek, and when we get to our rooms, we find Tim had got there first. Yeah, he was there when it happened too. He's shaking. I give him a pat on the shell. He whimpers. We move him to the armchair, and we lay on the bed in a huddle. After about ten seconds, we fall asleep.