"Ack", a screeching headache was accompanied by throbbing pain in my throat as I slowly opened my eyes. "The-health-centre", I had to form words individually due to my injured throat.
The entire room was lit in a thick red light which obstructed my view a bit. I got out from the capsule slowly while rubbing my head.
"Why-is-the-whole-room-red?", making my way to the door, I thought it'd be better to keep my words in my mind.
What I saw after the doors opened for me left me in total shock. Bloodstains on the walls and scratch marks as well as dead bodies scattered all over the hallway, the thick red lights made the scene look even worse. I covered my nose, reducing the sharp smell of rotting corpses.
"What in the world happened here?", a familiar figure sat across, supporting its back on the wall. "Isn't that the 'Aquacia' person?", I rushed over.
She seemed to be breathing a bit, but it seemed faint. Blood continued to ooze out from her ripped arm and legs which were not to far from her body.
"I better do something", I held her up. "Cell-marble", the cube appeared and shot out the marble. I crushed it then pressed my palm onto her chest, "It should spread faster from her heart region"
"-Biological Cell -> Regeneration-"
I placed her ripped parts close to their disconnected regions. The cells provided by the marble instantly mended them back into shape.
"She still lost a lot of blood. What in the world is going on?"
Just then, she began to cough. "D-Drameena, everyone, town lord, I-", she tried forcing herself to move but couldn't.
"Sit-still", I gently laid her back. "What-happened-here?"
"F-Foreigner?", she looked at me with her weakened eyes. "She, no it did all this. We knew it would finally choose to do this. W-We should have planned ahead.", tears began to well up in her eyes.
"I-don't-understand"
"It was... after you were brought in. It suddenly began to kill everyone. It finally showed its grim side", she coughed.
"I still don't get it", I got up. "Don't-move"
"Heh, that bitch", a voice said coldly behind me.
I turned around, "Tomboy!?"
She had a huge hole in her belly and her left arm was also ripped off along with her mech gear.
"Tch!", I rushed towards her. "This is the last one", I thought as I commanded the cube, "Cell-marble"
"-Biological cell -> Advanced regeneration-", her wounds were healed instantly.
"I never... asked for your help", Drameena sat up on her own. "That bastard dared to attack us. Damn it, Damn it all. Every single person in the town's dead."
"Who-is-this-'bastard'-you-are-referring-to?"
"Heh, go down the hallway on your right and into the underground chamber if you wanna find out", she let out a light chuckle.
"Down the hallway?", I turned to my right and got up. "What's going to be in there?"
"Hey Aquacia", Drameena called.
"D-Drameena?"
"I'm gonna take a nap, don't think I'm dead"
"U-Umm, I'll also take a nap"
"Oi, are you kidding?", I looked back with a wry smile and then frowned, "This all is happening too fast. Someone planned this and it began the moment I set foot in here." The events from earlier flashed in my mind, "Shyza"
Cautiously, I walked down the hallway and came across an elevator that led into the underground chamber. The doors opened and I walked in, descending into the chamber.
"Is this chamber supposed to be kept secret?"
*Ping*
The doors opened after the elevator reached its destination. Before me was a huge machine that had its cables all focused into one spot in the centre of the poorly lit room.
"Sek!", Fraisia came out and leapt at me from nowhere.
"Uh- Fraisia? What-happened-here?", I looked down. She wasn't wearing her cloak anymore.
"Hehe", she looked up and smiled at me.
Something was off, her skin colour changed. Her once dark skin had turned red and two horns rested on her head.
"I didn't have to hide it anymore", she walked back. Many strange symbols glowed on her body.
"Heh, you're bolder than I thought", I thought to myself and then asked again, "Fraisia, what happened to everyone? Who killed them all?"
"I did", she smiled.
-Brief silence-
"You-did-what?"
"I killed them, all for you Sek", she moved closer but I avoided her.
"You killed everyone!?- ack", I spat out a bit of blood but I was going to force myself to speak normally anyway.
"I saved your life! They, they planned to hand you over to DeV co.!! They didn't care if it meant giving you to them dead or alive!!"
"How, are the other innocent people involved in this?"
"Every single person agreed to do it. They were scared of you, just like me... So I killed them-"
"It's still wrong!!"
Fear engulfed Fraisia, "N-No, you don't understand. I did everything I did because I love you!!!"
I was taken aback, "You what?"
"You were the only person who reached out to a monster like me. I'd be dead by now if it weren't for you.", she began to cry.
"Fraisia", It took me a while to muster the courage, "I'm sorry but, I don't feel the same way about you."
"I know, someone else already has your heart", she looked down. "But, that same person has crushed it. WHY STICK WITH HER!? I'LL BE HERE FOR YOU!!"
"You don't get it"
"No, I do. Sek, you're being an idiot", she walked back, rage filling her teary eyes. "If I can't have you, no one else will."
Her mechanical limbs began to increase in size, breaking the metallic pieces off and revealing the true flesh. Two limbs supported her as she rose into the air, her hair covering her face as she looked down. A dark red cloth webbed itself around her, giving her a majestic aura.
"I was forced to be The Spider Queen. I never wanted this, never... until you came", she revealed her six red eyes, three being on each side of her face. "There's no point in living if I have no one to love me."