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A New Beginning: Prolog

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    ‘What happened?...’

 

    ‘Why can’t I move? I feel so tired. My head…. It hurts. Why does it hurt? Arg. Why can’t I remember?  I can’t remember anything.’

    A young boy began to feel a tingling sensation and an electric pain flared through his small body.

    ‘AAHHH!!!!’ his thoughts screamed.

    It stabbed like a thousand needles. His body wanted to melt away. He wanted to curl up into a ball, but his limbs refused to respond.

    Then it stopped, which at first seemed to be a good thing. But a moment later he began to feel sick. He would have thrown up if his stomach wasn’t empty and the thing covering his mouth prevented him.

    ‘What was that and what’s on my face?’ he thought to himself, while trying to push away the nauseous feeling.  

     When ready, he slowly opened his eyes and was met with… green? Everything was green and wet. Looking down, he saw a circular metal floor. An air mask was tightly secured to his face. He could feel a long tube in his mouth as it made its way down the throat, making it difficult to breathe correctly. Bubbles floated upward at his slight movement. Am I in water? … Swimming slowly, he tried to find a sense of direction.

    Right away, he noticed two things he didn’t like.

    First, his face smacked against something hard and cold. The force of the hit shoved the Air mask further down his mouth. ‘Ouch’. Letting his eyes readjust, he saw that he swam into some kind of clear glass. Letting his hand follow it, he found that the glass curved around in a full circle, trapping him in whatever liquid he was floating in.

    Second, he caught a glimpse of his hands. Long tubes were attached to them, glowing with an eerie light. Looking further, the boy found a second cable behind his elbows, then his knees and his ankles. Looking up, hundreds more were crowded together, indicating that they were likely attached to his back or head. His hart began to race.

    ‘Where the hek am I? What’s going on? Frantically, he beat his fists upon the cylinder glass. ‘HELP! Somebody!!Please!! Let me out!!!!’ His mind screamed.

    The thickness of the strange liquid significantly slowed the speed and strength of the victims punches, allowing only the sound of dull thumps to escape the glass of his prison.  Learning no one was around to help him, he tried something else. Reaching to his hand, he tugged on the cable. It didn’t budge. He pulled harder. It refuted his efforts by giving him an electric shock. Scared and in pain from the strange serge he hugged his body and let out a small whimper. ‘Someone please help’.

    Then he felt a presence and instantly froze.

     A large distorted blob appeared on the other side of the glass. A shiver ran up the boy’s vertebrae setting off warning bells and everything grew uncomfortably cold. The feeling intensified as the figure made a quick movement. Again, electric fire flared into his body, causing it to contort in pain. Eyes closed, his mind screamed in agony.

    ‘RAAA!!!Why is this happening to …? AAHHH!!!’ sadly no one who would care heard his tortured cry.

~~~~~~~~~~

    On the outside of the glass the figure stood, smiling at his victim’s pain. A smaller figure stood a little further behind. “Dr. Robotink.” the smaller one informed, expressing little emotion, but still voicing his concern.  He was a blue echidna with black tipped spines. A brown belt wrapped around his waist holding a strange round device and a leather bag. He wore brown gloves and brown sandals.

    “One moment. It’s not often that I get to see someone suffer by my hand. I want to enjoy this.” Eggman stood with his hands behind his back. “I hate hedgehogs and this one is no exception.”

    “But this one is a key part to the plan. If he’s severely damaged then…”

    “I’m well aware of his importance to the plan, Noris.” The fat human glared at the echidna, then flipped a switch. Noris looked to the hedgehog in the capsule.  The boy jerked roughly as even more energy was forced into him. The blue echidna saw his attempt to scream through the oxygen mask.

    “You’re pushing it, Eggman”, he warned. The scientist laughed evilly.

     Suddenly the boy’s eyes burst open, but where there should have been irises was only a glowing white light. Eggman saw this and was puzzled. So did Noris. “His body is trying to adapt. I’m shutting it off, NOW!” His hand slammed against a large red button. Instantly there was a flash of light that temporarily blinding both of them. When the two could see again, the boy was floating limply, eyes barely open, but normal. Seconds later the sound of gas being pumped through the oxygen tanks was herd. The boys eyes drooped even more so until he finally passed out.

    After a moment Eggman turned to the echidna. “Never pull something like that in my base again! I should ..!”

    “NO, Robotink!” Noris stared angrily back. “You listen to me! If you ever pull something like that again, I will take what I’ve brought you and leave. I agreed to lone you the power you need to establish your rule and defeat your nemesis if you helped me get what I want. Without me you would still be coming up with useless ideas on how to claim the world. I can easily walk out and find another scientist to reach my goal.”

    Eggman’s face boiled with rage as Noris walked to the door. “Where do you think you’re going?” He barked.

    The echidna turned his head and smiled slyly, “Out. You don’t need me for your part”. The iron door shut behind him with a loud clang, leaving a terrifying echo behind.

     Eggman growled” When I no longer need you, I’ll personally destroy you myself”.

    At that, the fat man set to work.

Its a prolog
What is going on? Who's is the poor tortured soul  and what is Egghead planing to do?

Join us next time in " ~A New Beginning ~ Chapter oneBullet; Blue
~ A New Beginning ~ Chapter Two
~A New Beginning~ Chapter Three
 
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Little-Tin-Wings's avatar
I'm so sorry for not getting back with you sooner. Life has been insane lately, and I hadn't realized how much time had passed since you asked me to look at your stories.

The plot for this seems interesting so far! I'm curious about who's in the capsule. As for suggestions on writing style, I think one of your main problems is lack of commas and blending of sentences, which creates sentence fragments that don't flow very smoothly. Example:

Noris looked to the hedgehog in the capsule. The boy jerked roughly as even more energy was forced into him. The blue echidna saw his attempt to scream through the oxygen mask.

I would try something like this:

Noris looked to the hedgehog in the capsule, watching him jerk roughly as even more energy was forced into him, and saw his attempt to scream through the mask.

Of course, you have to make sure you don't have run on sentences, either, but I hope this helped. :)