Monster Inside.

Part 1: Hunters and The Hunted

Arc 6: Kuragari.

(Inside Sam's warehouse)

Sam: (He puts a bloody knife down on the table next to Charles Drevin) Well, Mr Drevin are you gonna spill the beans?

Charles: (With blood coming out of his mouth, he's crying like a baby left alone in a supermarket) I... I- can't...

Sam: (He is patting Charles on the shoulder while nodding his head) Let it all out big boy. Not a single droplet left. Heal him up for me, would you Jessie?

(Jessie immediately heals Charles as all his wounds fade away and even a tooth grows back)

Charles: I- I feel normal.

Sam: Good! (He immediately picks up the knife stabs Charles in the left leg) Do you know of the song of Brotherhood Lost? A Japanese folk song, I grew up with. *Singing* Watashitachiha umidearu kono hateshinai shin'en o tōrisugite mitsumemasu. Saigo ni hikari o miru dakedesu. Tsuki no owari ni, rekuiemu ga watashitachi no tame ni ensō shimasu. Mata ne, kyōdai. (We stare past this endless abyss that is the ocean. Only to see a light at the end. At the end of the moon, a Requiem plays for us. See you, brothers.). It tells the tale of three brothers. When one of them, dies. He wishes them one final goodbye and that "they'll see each other again". So if you don't tell me what I want to know, then I'll make sure you join your brother!!!

Charles: I... don't have a brother.

Sam: (Facepalming and shaking his head) Good shit. It was a metaphor idiota!!! I fell like I'm losing brain cells just being in the same room as you!!! Fuck it!!! If you don't want to talk, then I'll do then one thing that'll make you spill it like a bowl of soup!!!

(He unties Charles)

Charles: You're letting me go!?

Sam: No.

(He walks outside holding Charles)

Charles: (Sam slams him against a van) What are you doing?

Sam: (He rolls down a back door window and starts tying Charles to the door frame, he lets Charles' legs lie on the ground) How much do you like those legs, Charlie boy?

Charles: Q- quite a lot, actually! But then again, I can just get a prosthetic if you break them!

Sam: Prosthetic limbs... haha. My friend do you know what a cliffhanger is?

Charles: Umm... a dramatic and exciting ending to an episode of a serial, leaving the audience in suspense and anxious?

Sam: (Nodding his head) Exactly. Back when novels were serialized and chapters were released one by one. Writers would often end their chapters with cliffhangers. And the absolute master of this was Charles Dickens. He would rope people in with exciting stories and fun characters. He would build his stories up, when the action hit its absolute peak then... *Snaps fingers* boom end of chapter. Once even when he was publishing "Little Dorrit" he left a cliffhanger where the Protagonist might have lived or might have bit the bucket. When he published the next chapter, people stormed the boat it arrived on for their copy of the book. And a riot happened. Nowadays people use books to wipe the shit off their asses. And only *air quotations* "Important" things, like when their favorite anime character dies. Really goes to show how humanity has changed and "evolved" over the years. Doesn't it?

Charles: (He looks at Sam getting into the driver's seat) Wait, what are you doing!?

Sam: Making you talk.

Charles: H- how!?

Sam: (He starts the Van) By making you know what a leg massage from Hell feels like.

Charles: No! No! No! No! No! No!!!

Sam: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

(Sam hits the gas and drives down the road at a speed of 50km/h. Charles' legs drag along the concrete road)

Charles: STOP IT!!! Please!!!

Sam: *Shouting* (While he's driving) Well it was either between this or castration!!! And I DID NOT, want to see that sorry little thing!!! You gonna talk!?

Charles: I'll tell you everything!!! Just stop, please!!!?

Sam: (He hits the breaks and climbs out of the Van) That's ALL you had to say!!! (He walks towards Charles and sees his shinbone sticking out of his right leg and his left foot is missing) (Covering his mouth) Oh... woo boy. I should've gone with the castration. Damn!!! (He picks Charles up and starts walking towards the warehouse) Alright buddyo. You're gonna tell me, EVERYTHING! As if your name was literally "Exposition Dump".

(Sam walks back inside the warehouse and places Charles inside his chair)

Sam: Alright Jessie, heal this poor bastard up.

Jessie: (She nods her head and walks over to Charles, using her Elementa as it creates a bright light all across the room) (She speaks in a soft, innocent voice) Iyasu. (Heal)

(Charles' shinbone goes back inside his leg and his left foot reappears)

Sam: Thank you, Jessie. You can go know. (Jessie nods her head and walks out the room) I like her. She's weirdly cute in a sadistic way. Let's not get sidetracked, cause you know what happens when you randomly abandon a story, you're writing. So are you gonna tell me everything you know? Everything, I want to know?

Charles: The database at the RoundTable Towers has everything you need, all high-level threats. Their names, Their current locations. Elementas. EVERYTHING!!!

Sam: (He stands next to Charles) Good. Good, I need a password for it though...

Charles: I- can't-...

Sam: (He interrupts Charles and points at him) Mother-buffer! This time, it'll be your arms.

Charles: Right! Right! The password is "Fedarofilelic Descent" and the PIN code is "840294". However a fingerprint is also required.

Sam: Yours?

Charles: Yeah, mi-...

Sam: (He cuts off Charles' thumb) Good. I've got everything I need from you.

Charles: You're gonna let me go now, ri-...!?

Sam: No. Esperanza, Levi! Get over here, you can finally have fun with this bastard!!! Kill him for all I care, just dispose of the body and clean the floor when you're done!!! (He walks away and pats Charles on his shoulder) I'll be seeing you Hell someday, Mr Drevin. (He finger salutes Charles as he walks out the room) Peace. No, no wait! I can make my exit more badass! (He turns around and with a smile on his face, moonwalks out of the room) See ya in the underworld! What do you think, too cool for school?

Charles: (Shaking his head) No.

Sam: Well screw you then.

(Esperanza and Levi walk down a set of stairs and look at Charles)

Levi: Well, well, well. If it isn't Prof./Doc Drevin.

Charles: Esperanza... Levi... let's be reasonable here. I didn't want to keep you captive for all those years! I wanted you all free! They forced me to keep you in there, like strung up animals!

Esperanza: Bullshit. You enjoyed it. All of it! Forced us to do all those "tests" to see how powerful we are! But... he set us free. We see now what Sam has to offer us!

Charles: Don't you fools see!? HE's manipulating you! The second you are unimportant to him, he'll throw you into a ditch and leave you to burn! He's no messiah of Peace! He's a demon of chaos and darkness!

Levi: Oh. We don't care. (He picks up the knife Sam left behind) We just want to have fun. (He forces Charles' mouth open) So open wide! (He starts forcing the knife down Charles' mouth) Tell me. What does Stainless Steel taste like? (He starts twisting and turning the knife around inside Charles' mouth) Tell me!!!

Sam: (He is looking at them from the hallway) Aah... the innocent minds of the young, corrupted by hatred. In a sorta strange way, it's beautiful. (He looks to the floor and sees a Fate rune light up) Aaannnd, here we go!

(He's summoned to Fate's room, while he sings "Macho Man" by The Village People)

(He suddenly stands up and starts dancing while singing the lyrics. Fate looks at him in confusing)

Fate: Samuel...?

Sam: (While still dancing he starts walking over to Fate) Come on baby! Explore my body!

Fate: (Sam leans closer to her, but she starts shoving him away) Samuel! Haha! Samuel no!

Sam: *Singing* You'll adore my body, baby!

Fate: *Hiding laughter* Samuel, stop it.

Sam: Come on, baby! It's been a while long time, since we've seen each other! Besides we need a bit of fan service once in a while! And... I'm also not the Rogue Reaper anymore! We can be together now!

Fate: Sam, please just sit down. I need to talk to you.

Sam: (He sits down and puts his legs on the table) Well, go ahead darling. You're the one who told me to change after all. So I did! Besides... (He puts his legs on the floor again and holds onto Fate's hands) Sam x Fate. You know there are gonna be doujinshis of it someday. So why don't we make it canon. You and I. Queen and King of New Edorai. We'll have a small wedding on a beach, the wedding song will be "Alive Again" by Cher. Maybe we'll have a kid too. "Dawn" if its a girl. "Fredric" if its a boy.

Fate: (She looks into Sam's navy blue eyes and looks down at the table) I-...

(Sam suddenly kisses her, but he sees a blurry blood-red vision that seems to be from someone else's point of view. The person is missing their left eye. He turns his head and sees a battleground. Reapers, Humans, and all sorts Fantasy creatures all fighting against dark and foul creatures. Suddenly a blinding light appears to his left. As the light disappears he sees a man let go of a golden and crimson sword and fall to the ground. All of this happens within the blink of an eye)

Sam: (His eyes open wide and he pulls away from Fate) What the hell was that!?

Fate: Fate, Samuel. Fate.

Sam: (He stands up from his chair and starts walking out the door) No. No. No! No!

Fate: You can't deny or change it anymore, Samuel. Remember? "I'm not the Rogue Reaper any more!"

Sam: S- screw you too!

(He walks out the door and leaves Fate on her own)

Fate: Oh trust me, Samuel. This is far from over for you. I just hope you're ready to accept where this is going.

(End of Chapter 44)