Post by Natasha Walker on Jul 6, 2017 21:59:19 GMT
She worked at the metal and iron, sweat glistening off her, mind drifting in the little thoughts that pierced through the focus of the pump, growling as she reminded herself she needed to keep going.
The infection was spreading, she could smell it, taste it in the air along with an irritating headache that came from Sacrifice’s endeavours. In her mind’s eye the world was already ash, life had sprung again and she moved to a mirror to breathe sighing just a bit as she caught her breath.
You keep Fighting, why?
When you dream you are dying.
But Awake , you’re but half dead.
Stop fighting Maxine.
Lead the hoard.
Be the infection.
She glanced at the mirror looking into her own features for a moment even as she pressed her face against that mirror image and breathed, and there was no misting, no breath pattern and for a moment she expected to see bloated dead flesh again.
Instead she saw nothing reflected behind her, whispers and images that roused her waking dream, buried in her living nightmare, she gave another breath and moved out into the air, growling at the dark even as she moved towards her hotel.
That’s it into the dark, where you belong.
Max sighed to herself and finally she took a seat and muttered.
“Leave me alone.”
But why Maxine? You know what’s coming, you know there are eyes on you, you feel it in the dark, come now Valentine put some spirit into it!
She sighs a bit more rubbing at her face muttering again.
“What does it matter? Nobody cares, all they see is the violence, the blood.”
And is that so bad? Tell me Maxine, when did you care about anything?
Her silence was telling and she smirked.
I thought so, the only time you have ever been happy is when the blood flows and the screams begin, you know the world is insane, that the world is infected and that you are the cure, they’ve gotten you wrong you are the infection and there is no cure.
Max titled her head at that.
Obvious, isn’t it? You feel like a fool.
Max smirked a bit and rubbed at her temples even as she pushed up and started to walk, somebody wolf whistled and the resulting glare made him recoil as if she’d levelled a shotgun at his groin and pulled the trigger.
“Keep Walkin’ while you have a chance.”
He doesn’t deserve a chance…
The guy sneered at her and Max felt the anger rise and she started to walk towards him with a growl, the punch connecting to his solar plexus before he even gets out a word, whatever gibberish that was coming from his mouth was now replaced by vomit and stale beer eve as she grabbed his head and kept him half up right as the knee to the sack topped it off as she whispered.
“You asked for this.”
She gave a small kick to just above the knee and let momentum carry him into the puddle he’d just made looking at the man who was with him as she cocked her head just a bit and then with a wry smirk flinched towards him.
The guy wasn’t even looking at the road sign he ran into to knock himself out as Max straightened her jacket and started to walk away nodding with a soft mutter to herself.
“You were saying?”
Indeed Maxine Valentine… Let me tell you of the plague to come and why you are at its head.
Fade in.
Max smirks a bit just her face in shot the black of her eyes reflecting the lights.
“What was it you said to me Sister of the Shield wall? Pick on somebody your own size?
Let’s break the ring… no DQ Falls count anywhere…Keep Talking Astrid, I might just start liking you, but I doubt it, another hero in world that doesn’t even know heroism when it steps forth, another slayer of demons in world where demons are kings, you’re a fool clinging to your old gods and The nine virtues like they were a shield that keep the dark away. Hoping your friendship with the Sheildmaiden and the Diamond will make you something special, important. I see through you Valkyrie.”
Max smirks a little and looks down.
“You’re afraid, that’s why you fight so hard, the infection has reached you too, You aren’t afraid of me, no…I’d never assume that, In act I rather welcome the feel of the fight you’ll put up, the strong ones are always the best to watch as they rot, you think me a Bully, a brute, no I’m trying to make a mad world sane, you who stand in the light you –need- the dark to remind why it I s you stand, what it is you fight so hard against , in the end Astrid. You need somebody like me You –want- it or else your existence is meaningless.”
She closes her eyes and breathes in as if tasting the air. Before her voice rumbles again.
“I Won’t go quietly into the dawn either, What I stand for prevails day and night, it works al lthe time, spreading seething, victory and defeat is naught because all that matter is who is left, All that matters is that I will no longer be ignored, pushed aside I have made examples of those weaker and I will make an example of you, I will carry your broken shield as a trophy…”
She starts to laugh and she starts to mutter.
“I am but a herald of things to come, this is just the start… We will make the IWF Cry in horror you and I and I will stop at nothing for victory…Nothing.. I will stop at nothing until the arena resembles the world as I see it.. You might still fight but the ultimate victory is mine and mine alone. I am not as artful, but what I do is wear you away piece by piece.. Astrid Hall. And they will watch you suffer for me. ”
She grins deeply.
“And when all is done, All is quiet The hoard will rise and we will move on…”
She shook her head.
“I’ll see you soon Valkyrie, This will be a meeting neither of us forget, it ,might even be the first, but it will be the one that defines us both, my only hope is that the hospital doesn’t hold you too long..”
Max start s to laugh.
“It would be a shame to break your word to your wall because you’re drinking your lunches through a straw, I am going to enjoy this!”
We fade out on Max’s laughter, honest pure and motivated laughter.
Fin
The infection was spreading, she could smell it, taste it in the air along with an irritating headache that came from Sacrifice’s endeavours. In her mind’s eye the world was already ash, life had sprung again and she moved to a mirror to breathe sighing just a bit as she caught her breath.
You keep Fighting, why?
When you dream you are dying.
But Awake , you’re but half dead.
Stop fighting Maxine.
Lead the hoard.
Be the infection.
She glanced at the mirror looking into her own features for a moment even as she pressed her face against that mirror image and breathed, and there was no misting, no breath pattern and for a moment she expected to see bloated dead flesh again.
Instead she saw nothing reflected behind her, whispers and images that roused her waking dream, buried in her living nightmare, she gave another breath and moved out into the air, growling at the dark even as she moved towards her hotel.
That’s it into the dark, where you belong.
Max sighed to herself and finally she took a seat and muttered.
“Leave me alone.”
But why Maxine? You know what’s coming, you know there are eyes on you, you feel it in the dark, come now Valentine put some spirit into it!
She sighs a bit more rubbing at her face muttering again.
“What does it matter? Nobody cares, all they see is the violence, the blood.”
And is that so bad? Tell me Maxine, when did you care about anything?
Her silence was telling and she smirked.
I thought so, the only time you have ever been happy is when the blood flows and the screams begin, you know the world is insane, that the world is infected and that you are the cure, they’ve gotten you wrong you are the infection and there is no cure.
Max titled her head at that.
Obvious, isn’t it? You feel like a fool.
Max smirked a bit and rubbed at her temples even as she pushed up and started to walk, somebody wolf whistled and the resulting glare made him recoil as if she’d levelled a shotgun at his groin and pulled the trigger.
“Keep Walkin’ while you have a chance.”
He doesn’t deserve a chance…
The guy sneered at her and Max felt the anger rise and she started to walk towards him with a growl, the punch connecting to his solar plexus before he even gets out a word, whatever gibberish that was coming from his mouth was now replaced by vomit and stale beer eve as she grabbed his head and kept him half up right as the knee to the sack topped it off as she whispered.
“You asked for this.”
She gave a small kick to just above the knee and let momentum carry him into the puddle he’d just made looking at the man who was with him as she cocked her head just a bit and then with a wry smirk flinched towards him.
The guy wasn’t even looking at the road sign he ran into to knock himself out as Max straightened her jacket and started to walk away nodding with a soft mutter to herself.
“You were saying?”
Indeed Maxine Valentine… Let me tell you of the plague to come and why you are at its head.
Fade in.
Max smirks a bit just her face in shot the black of her eyes reflecting the lights.
“What was it you said to me Sister of the Shield wall? Pick on somebody your own size?
Let’s break the ring… no DQ Falls count anywhere…Keep Talking Astrid, I might just start liking you, but I doubt it, another hero in world that doesn’t even know heroism when it steps forth, another slayer of demons in world where demons are kings, you’re a fool clinging to your old gods and The nine virtues like they were a shield that keep the dark away. Hoping your friendship with the Sheildmaiden and the Diamond will make you something special, important. I see through you Valkyrie.”
Max smirks a little and looks down.
“You’re afraid, that’s why you fight so hard, the infection has reached you too, You aren’t afraid of me, no…I’d never assume that, In act I rather welcome the feel of the fight you’ll put up, the strong ones are always the best to watch as they rot, you think me a Bully, a brute, no I’m trying to make a mad world sane, you who stand in the light you –need- the dark to remind why it I s you stand, what it is you fight so hard against , in the end Astrid. You need somebody like me You –want- it or else your existence is meaningless.”
She closes her eyes and breathes in as if tasting the air. Before her voice rumbles again.
“I Won’t go quietly into the dawn either, What I stand for prevails day and night, it works al lthe time, spreading seething, victory and defeat is naught because all that matter is who is left, All that matters is that I will no longer be ignored, pushed aside I have made examples of those weaker and I will make an example of you, I will carry your broken shield as a trophy…”
She starts to laugh and she starts to mutter.
“I am but a herald of things to come, this is just the start… We will make the IWF Cry in horror you and I and I will stop at nothing for victory…Nothing.. I will stop at nothing until the arena resembles the world as I see it.. You might still fight but the ultimate victory is mine and mine alone. I am not as artful, but what I do is wear you away piece by piece.. Astrid Hall. And they will watch you suffer for me. ”
She grins deeply.
“And when all is done, All is quiet The hoard will rise and we will move on…”
She shook her head.
“I’ll see you soon Valkyrie, This will be a meeting neither of us forget, it ,might even be the first, but it will be the one that defines us both, my only hope is that the hospital doesn’t hold you too long..”
Max start s to laugh.
“It would be a shame to break your word to your wall because you’re drinking your lunches through a straw, I am going to enjoy this!”
We fade out on Max’s laughter, honest pure and motivated laughter.
Fin
Well howdy there pardner.