I awake to the feeling of someone's body forced against mine. I struggle to bring my hands up to rub my face only to realize that someone was holding my hands down with their own. I feel my belt unbuckle and I begin to kick and struggle to no avail, instilling me with a slight feeling of dread.
"You're still alive?!" I hear a feminine voice screech, flabbergasted.
I take advantage of their confusion to kick them off and immediately try to hop back, only to collapse after I land on my feet. Whatever pain I experienced before ending up in this situation starts kicking in. The first thing I notice is the empty feeling in my abdomen, which upon further inspection, I discovered a gaping, gory, bloody hole. Secondly, my lack of vision despite opening my eyes due to them being drenched in blood. As soon as I ruggedly climb back up to get on my feet, I rub the blood out of my eyes in order to regain my vision.
The sudden change from total darkness to being able to see temporarily blinds me as I let out a painful screech. As soon as I regain my bearings, I see a very rugged looking woman with short white hair and animal like features such as claws and cat ears, wearing caveman-esque clothing who was presumably the woman who pounced on top of me and I knocked back had already propped herself back up on her feet and was eyeing me down carefully like a predator eyeing their prey, preparing to adapt to any of my moves in case I try to pull something off again. When suddenly, I feel adrenaline start to kick in, numbing the pain from the hole in my stomach.
"Just die and let me violate and devour your corpse!" the woman screams,
"I definitely won't be dying right now, or like this!" I respond, trying to put up a brave front.
Truth be told, I didn't know what I was gonna do if she charged at me, I didn't even know who I was at this point. The only thing I'm able to recall is my name, Ace and an insatiable hunger to fight and devour.
While I tried to recall my memories, I notice her start to move and immediately, she dashes towards me like a mad beast, almost as if she was a wild boar charging down a target. Taking note of her wild and animalistic movement, I try my best to avoid it by rolling to the side, only for me to roll into a rock. While I crashed, she did too. It was now when I had taken the chance to take a good look around me. I was in a mountainous area. However, I haven't seen mountains like this. Dark and gigantic mountains loomed over me and this beastly woman, rocks with deep shades of black that emitted either a strong aura or a dark purple energy surround us. I take notice of how the ground may be completely black but still feels like regular sand on a beach.
After gaining awareness of my surroundings, I turn to the woman, only to realise she had already gotten up and disappeared out of my sight. Shocked, I looked around trying to keep my guard up in case she tried to sneak an attack on me.
While looking, I felt around my pants looking for a pocket or anything at all that could help protect myself against the woman, perhaps a pocket knife?
While I carefully scanned the area and searched my pockets, I try to pay attention to the surrounding sounds too, however I can't seem to figure anything regarding her or it's location.
That was when I found something in the back of my pocket, it felt solid and rectangular in shape. Pulling it out, and bringing my eyes to it, I see that it's a deck of poker cards.
Poker cards? Why would I be carrying something like this? I curse my pre-memory loss self for only providing me with a deck of poker cards, it was just then when I heard a loud screeching and the sound of wooshing.
The animalistic woman pounced out from behind a nearby rock and tried to tackle me, swiftly but painfully, I roll to the side while grasping my stomach with my right hand and holding the deck tightly with my left. The adrenaline helps to mostly numb the pain but I can definitely still feel it.
It was then after I had seen the woman crash into another rock and this time harder, leaving her temporarily unconscious, or, atleast I think so as I'm not close enough to her. Part of me wants to go closer and finish this but the other part of me wants to keep a distance as she might be faking. Instinctively, I had the idea to take out a card from the deck only to realise that each card was made of metal and as thin as the blade of a katana. "How convenient!" I take my earlier remarks about my pre memory loss self and begin steadying my hand in an attempt to throw it at the woman who laid there motionless.
"Snikt!", I hear the card pierce through the arm of the woman. It cuts deep, from my perspective it seems to have completely passed through her arm and was barely hanging off of her arm by being wedged in between the thinnest piece of flesh while blood that was coloured a deep shade of purple leaked out her arm. However, reaction came from her.
I ready myself to throw a second card, this time aiming it at her leg just in case she gets back up and tries to run away or pounce on me again. I take aim, and throw.
"Krrck", tiny pieces of the rock fall off as I realise that I had missed.
It was then my face was flushed with embarrassment although no one was there to witness as I hadn't missed the first time but missed the second time when I had actually attempted to aim instead of randomly tossing the card.
Deciding not to embarrass myself further, I start moving towards the body of the woman. Upon closer inspection, she was quite fine looking. In terms of body, she would be passed for an eight out of ten. But, in terms of cuteness I would say, a 3/10.
"What a shame...", I sighed to myself as I pull out my two cards from out of her arm and from the rock.
"Devour.", I hear an ominous voice announce. I step back from her body and quickly scan the surrounding area to look for the source of the voice.
"Devour....", I hear it repeat again, it's voice clearly angered this time. I can't seem to find the source of the voice.
"Devour...!", it repeats again, clearly losing its temper as if it was an unsatisfied king.
"DEVOUR!", whatever or whoever it was, it's clearly not happy. Just then, I feel a force take control of my body, without telling it what to do, my body begins moving towards the unconscious or possibly dead body of the woman. I was unable to control my body, it was as if I had left my body and I was watching someone else control it from a third person perspective.
As soon as my body reached her body, my body raises its fist as a yellow flame begins to emit from my hand. Dumbfounded, I could do nothing but watch. Just what exactly was going on? What is that flame that's being emitted from my hand? I couldn't come up with any answers but only more questions.
After charging the flame for some time, my body slams down its fist against the woman's chest and I see my fist begin to glow a shade of bright yellow and deep black. After keeping my fist in the woman's chest for what felt like the longest five seconds of my life, my body pulls out my fist and severs the connection between my body and hers, delivering a swift kick that sends her flying into the nearby mountain and crashing upon impact, sending black debris everywhere. It was then when I had regained control of my body.
I realise that I have gained a new found strength, as if I had absorbed hers. If I were to describe it, it would be like feeling well rested or consuming an energy drink after a long run. I slowly feel myself all over, checking for wounds. Only to find none...? I check my stomach again, the gory hole had dissapiated as if it was never there in the first place. Confused, I run over to the woman's body, hoping to discover some answers.