!!!!! WARNING !!!!! THESE NEXT THREE CHAPTERS ARE GOING TO BE DARK. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!!! WARNING !!!!!
The author here, in case you did not catch it or just simply ignored it in the last chapter, I will say this again. The next three chapters are for a more mature audience. These chapters will cover some touchy subjects that not many people like to read or think about. Some of the touchy subjects are about children getting torcher and experimented on, mad scientist stuff, and more. In general, the next three chapters are going to be dark. You have been warned!
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!!!!! WARNING !!!!! THESE NEXT THREE CHAPTERS ARE GOING TO BE DARK. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!!! WARNING !!!!!
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Waking up on a cold table, slightly confused, and a strong light was shining on my face. Trying to raise my hand to block the light, I found myself restrained on a table. Freaking out a bit, I realized that my eyesight was off, then I felt something, in my face. Almost at the same time, I started to feel extreme pain.
"Ghah, what's going on, it hurts so much."
A noise sounds off in an area I can't see, then a hand grabs the light shining in my face, and someone's face appeared before me. Is that Layla? No, it can't be, I escaped from here like three hundred years ago. However, I did not expect what was gonna happen next.
The lady who looked like Layla, grabbed something, in my face and started to twist it, with a wide smile on her face. Well, I think it was a smile, all I could focus on was the pain.
"Hahaha she's awake, she's awake, now the fun begins!"
Strapped to the table I could do nothing, as this lady mercilessly dug and cut things off my body, poked and prodded me, while occasionally taking what looked like a red hot poker to cauterize the wounds. I was at my limit, then something came to my rescue. A flood of memories, but these memories were not normal, it was like I was seeing the future, and the past. Then the perspective changed oddly enough, and pain, unlike anything I'd felt before flooded my mind. It has been many years since I last screamed, from pain, and when I did the crazy lady hit me with something, knocking me out.
*Clicking of a tong*
"The dam dog barked again, I guess we need to train it some more."
Grabbing the unconscious child Layla dragged her body off the table and threw her down a flight of stairs. Watching the body bounce off the stairs and slam into the ground.
"No cracking sounds, no fun."
Layla closed the door to the basement before leaving.
Some time had passed since then, and while laying on the cold hard ground, Anna had started to stir awake.
Lifting her body off the ground, she looked around.
( I really am back here. If that's the case, I need to find the stone and get out, before they buy the dog to toy with me. )
Looking around for a bit, she remembered where she hid, her food, and her valuables.
( Was this really all I had, back then, or I guess now? )
What she could remember was a few pieces of dried bread, a small piece of chocolate, her SSN card, birth certificate, a book she couldn't read, and a photo of her family. Standing up from the ground she searched for everything she could remember, and moved them to someplace much more accessible.
( They never bothered to search me, nor the basement, because I was just a child, what could I possibly have that could harm them, haha the jokes on you. )
Sliding under her mat, and moving a covered vent. Reaching in and grabbing, a solid metal object.
( Back then I thought I could kill them with this, haha how foolish I was. )
Lifting the object high in the air, and stabbing it into her leg, she injected herself with some foreign liquid.
( A serum where I can create things out of other things. How they made this, and how I was able to get my hands on it, I have no idea. However with this, I can start to create a plan to get out of here, but first I need to find the stone. )
With a determined look, she turned the metal object into a ring, then placed it on her finger.
Looking around the basement, there were lots of things, mainly trash, but within this trash were some real hidden treasures, like the ring on her finger.
Struggling to stand up, she made her way to a dusty mirror. Looking at her body, she was astonished to see how bad it was. From the exposed skin, she could see her skeleton and previous broken bones that had not healed correctly. She was extremely malnourished. Lifting her shirt, there were surgical scars everywhere, that were not exposed when short sleeve shirts or shorts were worn. Trembling a bit, she moved her hair out of her face and saw that she had only one eye.
( This marked the first torture session. If that's the case the dog will be here, in roughly ten years. Hopefully, I can find the stone in 5. )
Placing her hand on the mirror she turned it into another syringe, taking it and injecting herself with it, she felt slightly better.
( Being able to create a low-grade health potion like this, is quite amazing, especially since magic, won't flood earth until three years from now. )
( Now for the escape plan, it would be better to start now rather than later. )
Putting her hand, in some boxes that were dripping with blood, she activated her power. The content of the bloody box would then shrink a little before she would go to the next box. After about an hour of doing this, she had a bottle of powder. Taking the powder and placing it next to her mat, she had a slight smile.
Taking a quick break, she thought really hard about the things she remembered about the stone before surprise flashed through her eye. She remembered seeing something similar to the stone, a few days ago in a pile to be tossed out.
Struggling to get to the trash pile, she knelt and started to dig.
I dug, and dug, and dug. No matter how much I dug I could not find the stone. Minutes, turned to hours, hours, turned to days, and after the eighth day of digging something changed. Layla had called for me.
"ANNA!!! It's time for dinner!"
However, I was so engrossed in looking for the stone, that I did not hear her.
"Is that stray mut ignoring me? I'll show her what it means to ignore me. Honey I'm going to get the mut, throw out her dinner."
"Ok, dear."
By the time I realized something was wrong, I had felt a bat hitting me in the back. Everything went blank, then there was this sharp pain in my shoulder. When I looked over a meat hook was sticking out of it, and I was being pulled toward the house. With a violent jerk of the chain, my head smashed into the ground knocking me out.
"This dam dog is too weak, passing out with a small blow to the head, I can't get any fun out of this toy anymore. Might as well get a new one, however, the government said that unless this one dies of an accident or natural causes, I can't get a new one."
Dragging the child to the entrance of the cellar she kicked the child into the cellar. Causing the child to cry out in pain.
"SHUT UP YOU SPOILED BRAT!"
THUNK
With the sound of a slam, the cellar doors were shut locking the child in.
After what seemed like a blink, I woke up in the basement, however, my arm was broken, and my head was killing me. Reaching the back of my head to rub the sore spot, I felt some kind of wet substance. Thinking it might be some sort of sludge from the trash, I freaked out. As my body is right now an infection, caused by something light this could kill me. Rushing over to the sink I turned it on.
*Sounds of water running through pipes.*
Loud thumping sounds could be heard from upstairs before the basement doors opened.
"ANNA THE BASEMENT IS FILTHY, CLEAN UP THE PLACE BEFORE YOU COME OUT!!!"
After shouting that Layla slammed the doors shut again.
"Dam, wench."
Grabbing what seemed like a clean towel, Anna rinsed it in warm water and lightly dabbed it around the back of her head. Looking at the towel, the liquid was dark red, luckily. Taking some time she started to dab around the wound cleaning it, and figure out how big it was, and if she need to sew it back together. However, after touching one of the spots, she felt either a clump of blood or some sort of hard object. Gathering her courage she reached back to the wound, and carefully grabbed the object. Luckily enough, it came out with no problem, however, the shape felt somewhat familiar.
Out of pure curiosity, she rinsed the thing in the sink. After the blood washed away, the thing appeared to be a blood-red ruby. Shocked by its appearance, she almost dropped the item.
( I can't believe it's the stone I was looking for, the philosophers stone. My plans can start sooner than I thought. )
Closing her eye Anna focused on the philosopher's stone in her hand. The surroundings grew quiet, and the noise from upstairs slowly disappeared. After what seemed like forever she opened her eye, as purple tears rolled down her face. With a gentle smile on her face, she stood up.
( Let's see if I can cast a simple spell. )
Carefully grasping the stone, she closed her eye, once more clearing her mind. As the purple tears rolled down her face again, she opened her eye.
"Sit pulvis abire"
With a gust of wind, the dust in the basement was gone. With a gentle smile on her face, she closed her eye again. Before chanting back-to-back spells.
"genus in quisquilias"
"sana vulneratus oculus"
"figere fractum corpus"
On the fourth spell, a light fell on her body for about eight seconds, before she fell to her knees panting.
( I did not know it would be that bad. The first three spells were nothing, but that last one, almost made me pass out from the drain. )
Looking around the basement the dust was cleaned, and the boxes were arranged, organized, and labeled.
( The plan will start tomorrow morning. I hope nothing goes south. )
Looking for the box that was labeled food, she opened it and saw everything was about expired. Taking everything out of their packages and dumping it all in the box, she placed her hands on the side of it. Focusing on the food within the box, she willed the food to become new again. The food shrunk a little, however, a small pile of green sludge was off to the side.
( This is such a useful ability. )
Taking some time to feel her mana, she shook her head and started to eat.
( The first good meal I have had in such a long time. It will take some time to heal my body normally, but with that ability, magic, and the stone, it should not take too much time. )
About to go to bed, she debated if she should switch the mat with her ability, before deciding not to.
( I can't show any more, oddities than this. )
Laying on the mat she fell asleep in no time.
Waking up early Anna had a determined look on her face. Being able to move slightly easier she started her plan. Walking to the back wall, she placed her hands on a covered socket. Willing it to change, a makeshift phone was created. Without thinking too much she dialed a number, that the government gave her in case of emergencies.
After a few rings the phone was picked up. In a panicked and hurried voice, Anna spoke.
"Before you say anything I got this number in case of emergencies, I don't have much time, please send help to XxxxXxXxXxxxx. The foster parents I was sent to, are mad scientists, they have experimented on me countless times, and I barely got away. Their tests have been getting worse and worse, I think they are going to try to kill me soon. I saw them preparing the experiment room, and there were empty jars full of embalming fluid."
Without thinking too much, she started to make a ruckus, knocking boxes down, and just destroying the place, while occasionally screaming for help, and that someone should stay away from her, before suddenly going quiet, and dragging a large sack filled with potatoes upstairs.
Going back to the phone she closed her eyes, and a glow appeared around her throat.
In a very familiar voice, she spoke into the phone.
"Hello, is this Mark?"
"Ahh yes I just got a call from one of your children, is everything alright."
"No she broke loose and got ahold of a phone somehow, we had to result to breaking her. Send someone down to pick up the bodies. There in the usual place."
Anna then hung up, slamming the phone onto the telephone hook.
Looking around, at the mess she made, she smiled, before going over to her mat, and grabbing the vile she created a few days ago.
"creare imaginem corporis mei ex his cineres"
Taking one last look, she went upstairs, and placed her hand on the sac, turning the potatoes into specks of dust, then got into the sack, and used magic to tie it shut. Within the sac Anna closed her eyes and began to focus on the stone, trying to fix her body. However as time went on, her skin oozed out a black substance that had a terrible smell, soaking the sac and making it ooze black sludge.
( With my magic as it is, it's very limited. Even with the equivalent exchange, ability, I'm not making much progress. It's a good thing however I have already experienced this situation once, and know a few quick fixes. But because I'm a child again, there's very little I can do. )
About an hour passed while waiting when she heard a scream coming from the basement.
"ANNA ARE YOU DONE YET!"
Layla headed down to the basement to see a body laying under a pile of boxes.
"Stop faking it and get up."
"I will give you till the count of three before I kick you."
"1"
"2"
"3"
Kicking it as hard as she could, she landed the kick into the chest of the body, caving the chest in. The body flew across the room and hit the wall. Sliding to the ground the body started to leak a massive amount of blood and did not move at all.
"F*ck she died... Time to go shopping. HONEY!!! The dog died again let's go shopping for a new one!"
"Alright, honey." Said some man who appeared at the door of the basement.
After two more hours of nonstop attempts to fix her body, refilling her mana, and trying different methods, she heard the sound of a truck pulling up.
( I have to focus now. )
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After receiving a call from Anna, Mark really dragged his feet. Finding, and finishing anything he was overdue on, he eventually resigned to his fate. Knocking on the door of the chief he waited for a reply.
"Come in."
"Yo boss, the research facility just called. They need another disposal. Layla also said that it's in the usual spot."
"All right, go get it."
"What why? I got it the last three times."
"Because you got the call an hour ago and only now told me about it, she called a 2nd time, but much more furious."
"Fine... I'll go get it."
Leaving the station, mark went off. Finding any excuse, he could to delay the task, he took a lunch break and even took many wrong turns before his phone rang.
"Agent Mark speaking."
"GET THE BODY!!!"
"Fine, fine."
Driving to the dumps, he got to an electric gate, before typing in a code, and heading inside.
Grumbling to himself, he eventually made his way to the pickup point. Sighing he got out of his car to grab three different sacs and threw them into the back of his truck. Trying to leave as fast as he could.
"Now to get out of here before that lady, sees me. I don't want to fall victim to her experiments."
About to leave, he heard a voice behind him.
"Don't leave yet we have one more in the basement, go get it."
Without asking any other questions he headed to the basement, and saw a dead body with its chest kicked in.
Quickly putting the body in a sack he carried it out, and threw it into the truck before he got in the truck slamming the door and drove off.
After the truck had left Anna waited patiently for the truck to stop. After what seemed like a 20-minute bumpy ride, the truck seemed to have come to a stop. Peaking through a hole she saw she was at a gas station.
Mark had gotten out of the truck and headed inside, to grab something. Making a split-second decision she opened the sac, and jumped into the driver's seat with it. Opening the sac, she grabbed two flat heads and pried open the underside of the steering wheel, pulling the wires out and trying to hot wire it. While hot wiring it, the sludge on her body dripped onto, one of the exposed wires setting off the truck alarm.
"Sh**, sh**, sh**"
Panicking she grabbed a random wire and gave it a try, starting the truck. Sitting up, she looked in the rearview mirror to see Mark, running towards her yelling something while reaching for his gun. Slamming on the gas before it was too late the truck sped off.
BANG, BANG, BANG
Three gunshots sounded off. The first shot, made the mirror fly off the truck's driver-side door. While the other two flew into the back window. Almost at the same time painting it in blood.