05-06 TOA R2: BelleOfTheNight v. Malevolence

[LocoColt04]

Same as last time. No need to bore you with the same speech.

THIS ROUND WILL END SATURDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2005.

[Bryan]

While the rest of the contestants left the area to do as they pleased, Patient 520 was not allowed to leave. The guards from the hospital that were with him held him down as he watched everyone leave. It was similar to a lost puppy who wanted to go outside and play, but was never allowed. Some might see it as sad, others believe that he deserves to be restrained. After roughly an hour of staring teary-eyed at the door, he rested his head back onto the table in which he was still hooked up to the machines and slept.

He dreamed of a victorious outcome. It was not the glory that he was after. It was the freedom. The possibility of being a person again, being around other people. Maybe there was still a chance for him to leave all of this chaos and dark cells behind him.

Just as easily as he fell asleep, he was awakened by the lights being turned on and the machines around him starting. He sat up on his elbows and looked around a bit to discover that it was again time to battle.

All of the steps taken the last round were taken again to get him back into that other realm. This time, however, it was much different….much closer to home.

The same familiar beast appeared in an operating room, the clean, white surfaces splattered with blood. Clearly, he was in some sort of hospital or asylum of some sort. As for the Unknown, his armor had changed. He was in more of a surgeon’s attire, now. On his right arm, two, 4’ rusted blades were strapped to his arm. One of them pointing straight out past his hand and the other pointing in the opposite direction, past his elbow. On the creature’s left hand was a saw-like device that was attached to his forearm/hand area. This device could be controlled and taken off at will. Inside of the pouch on his bloody surgeon’s apron was several basic scalpels. This set was known as “The Cutter”.

The Unknown looked around for a moment and stepped towards the door, pushing it open. Outside was a long, white, and blood-stained hallway. A chilling faint wind continuously swept through. The fluorescent tube lights that were lighting the hallway were not in the best of shape. Some were shattered, others flickered, leaving the hallways dim and gut wrenching to lay eyes upon.

The creature walked, testing each door to see if it was locked. Most of them were. He came to a break in the dim hallway. There was an elevator and across from it was a window. The creature pressed a button on the console to the elevator, testing if it was still in function. A bell chimed and the door slid open. Inside was a corpse, lit by the flickering fluorescent light above. Blood streaks where someone had been clawing at the walls were still present.

The creature looked inside as the door closed again. He calmly turned to the window, looking outside. It was night and it seemed as though this building was in a large city. The streets were dead as could be, however. The sky could have sent chills down anyone’s spine. The moon shined a deep crimson as black clouds slowly passed and a steady wind was picking up outside.

After observing the outside surroundings, the Unknown pressed the button for the elevator once again, stepping inside with the corpse and pressed the button for the lowest available floor, which was the floor below….the 6th floor. All of the other buttons were cracked and no longer glowed and did not respond to the creature’s commands. These lower floors, minus the 6th, were off limits.

The elevator came to a stop and the doors slid open at floor 6. From inside the elevator, the surroundings looked the same. There was even a window, however, there was no longer the shine of the crimson moon, for it was no longer there, though the faint sounds of the city could now be heard….though it still appeared as dead as it was on the floor above.

The creature stepped out of the elevator and around the corner to his left and headed towards two large, steel doors at the end of the hall that were heavily guarded by industrial strength locks. One by one, the creature unlocked them and slowly opened the door. Inside was a large area…roughly the size of your basic cafeteria. In the dead center of the room, a dim, red light shined down onto an individual cell, which was covered in steel as to keep those on the outside from looking in. It appeared to be heavily fastened closed and a low growl could be heard from inside. Whatever was inside of that steel box could not be released unless it was from an outside source and even if it was, it would surely be a death wish. The outside of the room was dark and lined with cells and eerily quiet. Every cell was empty and the bars seemed to be very old and rusty from the creature’s point of view. Each one of these cells still had their locks in place, however, they were not closed, but open by just shy of a foot.

The creature headed back towards the door, avoiding the cell in the middle of the room and started down the hallway that was similar to the one on the floor above. Again, he checked every door, testing if they were locked. Most were, but as he approached the end, he found a medical supply room, which did not have much left inside. There wasn’t much different about this room. There was not enough medical supplies to heal a person completely, nor was there anything to injure. Though it could be used as a hiding spot of some sort.

He checked the door, finding it unlocked and entered through. This was a large, showering area, which was horribly lit as every other room in this place. This room was quite possibly the most visually disturbing room of them all. On each of the shower heads, which were about 8’ from the ground, naked corpses of men and women dangled, clearly dead, from the throat. Though it appeared that the bone structure was still present, they had been hollowed out and it seemed as though it had happened recently, for there was blood running and dripping to the white tiled floor. It was a sickening mess and someplace that a person with a normal state of mind would surely lose it.

Now aware of his surroundings, the Unknown headed back to the elevator. Once he reached the 7th floor, he looked out the window, noticing the crimson moon was present again, yet the sounds of the city were not.

He made his way back down the hallway and to the operating room in which he had appeared. This room held several dangerous objects and medicines. Medicines ranging from typical pain relievers to anesthetics. Instruments ranging from stethoscopes to scalpels. The Unknown would await his opponent in this room and he believed that his opponent would not make it out of this room….

[LocoColt04]

The round is almost over, and despite attempted contact of your opposition, there's been no response. There's only five days and some leftover hours remaining in this round of the tournament. If there's still no reply by the end of the week, the victory will be credited to you automatically, AND your opponent will lose a point.

You hear that, Mr. MIA? Lose a point.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming.

[LocoColt04]

Well, this was easy to judge.

BelleOfTheNight +2
Malevolence -1