Guardian (1960 words)

My eyelids flutter as I regain consciousness. ´Where am I?... Who am I? ´

With great effort I manage to open my heavy eyes and immediately close them again because to of the bright light shining directly into my face.

´Fuck! What the hell is going on? ´Annoyed I try to move one of my arms to block the light only to find them both restricted.

Confused I slowly open my eyes again but this time not looking at the bright light but on the rest of my body.

´… this ain´t right. ´My entire field of sight looks like I'm looking through some glass lenses, before my mind got off track about this strange development my eyes instead focus on the bulky metal legs of shiny brass color.

Two heavy metal boots connected to bulky, armor covered legs hesitantly lift off the round.

My mind went spinning with the realization that these are my own legs.

In my confusion I shake my head which resulted in me seeing the rest of my body.

Tubes and pipes twist in and outside of my body, through some gaps of the metal armor covering my entire being, I caught glimpse of metal gears busily spinning underneath the bulky brass colored armor.

´What am I? ´I feel my head spin from all the questions bothering me.

Clenching my hands which are a lot bigger than what I remember into a balled fist I try to calm down the raging thoughts that overtake my mind.

´Calm down, I have to calm down! It doesn't matter what I am or who I am, the thing that I need to find out right now is where I am and everything else can be done later. ´With an improvised plan at hand I finally seriously inspect the restraints that keep me from moving.

They are metal clams attached to a metal plate on which I'm currently leaning.

´This kind of restraint looks rather old, maybe I crack through by using my arm as a leverage, from the looks of it my arms is fairly durable and I don't feel any strain from all the metal in which I'm covered so I should have some rather impressive strength. Fuck it I give it a try. ´Wiggling around in my restraints I try to get into a position which allows me to generate enough strength to crack the hinges of the restraints.

´C'mon, just a bit more. ´I mutter while leaning with all my weight forward.

My effort was rewarded with the sound of squeaking metal and a cracking sound at the hinges on the restrains of my left arm break and bend.

´Hell yeah! Now the other one too. ´With only one arm restraint I didn't have much of a problem freeing him too.

Completely freed I perform some stretches with this new and unfamiliar body.

´My body may look like it is completely mechanical, but I can still feel things, it is as if I am inside a set of mechanical armor except that this set of armor feels like a second skin. ´My thoughts get interrupted by a set of footsteps coming from behind a set of wooden doors at one side of the room in which I was restraint.

´Shit, what should I do? Hide? No there's nothing big enough in this room to hide behind. Damn, maybe attack whoever is coming here… ´I panic a little before deciding to act as if I'm still restraint.

Standing on my previous spot and bending the clams loosely around my arms I lower my head and act as if I'm still unconscious.

Not a minute later the wooden double door swings open and a man in black and white tailcoat with a top hat on top of his short cut black hair, he marches in while holding the hand of a little girl in one hand and a wooden cane in the other.

The man has a mustache which arcs upward against the ends and a small pointy beard at his chin, a gold rimmed monocle rests in front of his right eye attached with a golden chain.

The little girl barely reaches a height of one meter, she wears a simple green child dress with classic black leather shoes with white socks on her feet while her brown hair is styled in a braided bun.

I continue to stay still and observe the two individuals walking in front of me.

When the little girl came closer, I notice the strange color of her skin and eyes.

´Pale as a corpse and glowing blue eyes, definitely not a normal child, but what do they want here? ´I muse for a moment before being interrupted by the sketchy looking man.

"What do you think of this new generation of Guardians? It has been quite the hassle to find fitting subjects for this little project. ´The man has a smooth voice with a creepy undertone and his words didn't help to gain my trust.

´Fitting subject? Does this mean that I was originally human, and this sketchy guy turned me into what I'm now? ´As I piece this together in my mind the little girl approaches further and stretches out her thine arm.

Her pale hand only manages to reach the top of my thigh where she touches the cold hard metal plates covering me.

I half expected to feel her cold hand on my skin before remembering that I don't have any skin anymore.

Instead of coldness I feel an electric current piercing into my body from the spot where the little girl's hand is connected to me.

The current races up my tigh through my torso and neck till it explodes in my head.

Stunned by the sudden development I freeze up only to be brought out from it again by the voice of a little girl.

{Are you awake? Do you remember? Do you know?} My mind instantly goes into overdrive debating on what to do.

After some seconds of silence, I decide to answer in order to collect some information's.

{I am awake, I don't remember much, and I do not know.} I say in a calm and deep voice mixing some emotions like sadness and confusion into it so as to not enrage or scare the little girl.

Me answering seems to surprise the little girl as her eyes widen and lips twitch a bit.

This little reaction did not escape the eyes of the sketchy man still holding one of the girl's hand.

"You seem to have taken an interest in it. Is there something strange with it?" He dangerously narrows his eyes and his grip on the girl's hand strengthens.

The girl turns her head to the man with a ting of fear in her shining blue eyes.

She slowly opens her mouth to answer, before she can say anything, I feel how something inside my chest starts to awaken, pumping and hammering rapidly like an engine, my mind immediately gets flood with an absolute desire to protect the little girl.

{I will protect you, don't be scared.} The words came out before I could stop myself.

My words cause the girl to pause, she spins her head back to me and her blue eyes radiate blue light.

It was then that the sketch man made his move, he roughly pulls the girl back breaking the contact between us and causing the girl to fall to the ground.

"What are you doing?! Tell me you useless doll!" He screams at the girl on the ground.

I barely resist the urge to jump forward to help the little girl and instead continue to stand still in my place observing the situation.

The man turns away from the cowering figure of the girl and instead looks at me.

"What is it that makes you different form them others?" His eyes shoot back to the girl who stood up again.

"You never reacted like this before!! "He jumps in front of the girl and grabs her by the hair and lifts her off the ground brining her eye to eye.

Silence spread through the room as the girl didn't answer, a silence which doesn't include me as my ears are ringing with the sound a hammering in my chest and liquid flowing through my body, slowly building up pressure.

I would be grinding my teeth's, but I don't seem to have a mouth anymore, only a metal can for a head and glass lenses for eyes.

"TELL ME YOU STUPID DOLL!!!" He shrikes with a cracked voice shaking the girl around.

Tears form in the eyes of the little girls as she gets thrown against a wall.

She weakly slumps to the ground and whimpers in pain.

Silently observing the girl on the verge of crying the mans face morphs into a sick mask of joy which promised pain.

"Looks like it is time to refresh some memories again isn't that right doll? I should have done this a lot sooner, I can't have a doll who doesn't follow orders, right?" He slowly takes one step after the other getting closer to the little girl which cradles against the wall with tears flowing down her face.

Finally when the man was face to face with the girl she part her quivering lips and quitly whispers.

"help me." The man furrows his brows before he lets out a short laugh clearly amused, a sadistic grin spreads over his face as he stares down on the girl.

"Don't worry little doll, I will help you to the best of my abilities HAHAHA!!" He burst into a fit of sick laughter while reaching out for the girl with his hand.

BABUMP

BABUMP

BABUMP

BABUMP

The sound of whatever is beating in my chest overwhelms my mind as a deep rage and anger flows through every part of my body.

When the girl whispered the two simple words my mind went completely blank and I couldn't control my actions anymore.

With slow and heavy steps, I walk directly behind the laughing man in the black and white tailcoat throwing an eerie shadow on him.

Startled by the sudden lack of light the man turns around and notices my towering figure standing above him.

I watch how his brown eyes widen and a trace of fear flickers forth, without hesitating I brutally swing my left fist into the head of the man.

A loud "Boom!" sounds as my fist connects with the mans head flinging him into the opposite wall cracking it.

The man roughly falls to the ground before griping his head and screaming from the pain.

I would probably have been surprised that he survived if I my mind wasn't flooded with rage.

Moving my brass colored metal feet, I once again approach the man intending to do a lot worse thing to him.

He somehow managed to get back on his feet and is now warily starring at my approaching bulk.

Im at least two head taller than him and a have a lot more bulk than him.

His pained expression morphs into a mask of anger and a mad glint appears in his eyes.

"HOW ARE YOU MOVING?!! YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MOVE!!" His eyes shoot to the little girl still on the ground before returning to me.

"THAT'S WHAT YOU TRIED TO HIDE FROM ME YOU LITTLE PIECE OF TRASH!! YOU SHOUL BE RIPED APA- "I interrupt him with a metal clad fist to the face.

A cracking sound echoes through the room as the wall behind the man cracks a bit more.

Surprisingly the man was still alive, but now his nose is completely flattened and lots of teeth´s have fallen out of his mouth.