More Than A Mask

I recommend that you read my novels and chapters with various songs and soundtracks of your choosing, because that's how I write them and it makes the scenarios and the story more intense and exciting than it already is. Also If you could not figure out by now, I am THE EdgeLord.

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[" RROUUUUAAAAAAAAARGH!! "]

Gabriel suddenly started to spasm and jolted around as he roared in a monstrous tone before he quickly pushed himself off of the wall he was once stuck onto.

Gabriel soared in mid-air as he spun around himself, while trails of black substances which came out from parts of his body followed quickly behind.

<Thud!>

Gabriel landed on the cold ground with a crouching pose, while his landing had enough force to crack the ground beneath him.

[" HUUUUAAAAAAERGH!!... Huff...Puff...."] Gabriel roared fiercely as an outburst of emotions once more before he collapsed down onto the ground.

While he was collapsed down, Gabriel slowly yet violently clutched his hands which caused him to shatter the concrete ground, leaving trails of his fingertips which crushed the hard concrete as his fingertips clenched into closed fists.

<Black Substance Sounds> (ya know from the "Venom Movie" and "Web of Shadows")

As this was happening, tendrils of black substance started to shoot out from various parts of Gabriel's body, causing his clothes to tear away. The tendrils of black substance quickly coiled around while Gabriel's muscles contorted and convulsed around while his muscles started to bulge out before becoming more sharper and well-defined.

["SCRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"]

Gabriel's eyes lit up before he suddenly lifts his head up and violently screeches towards the sky as it started to rain.

His other did not understand what was going on. After showing Gabriel the conclusion he came up with years of spectating and theory, his other expected Gabriel to realize the dire situation of the world and adapt into a more unsympathetic personality. But seeing and feeling his other in a feral and rabid demeanor, he could not help but start to worry.

His other could feel the outburst of emotions coming from Gabriel while they started to turn into their monstrous form, starting from their mouth to their head. (which resembled a less gooey Carnage and the Black suit from Web of Shadows). His other did not understand what was going on and why Gabriel was acting this intensely and deranged.

[H-hey, Gabriel?... What are you doing?]

His other asked hesitantly, only to receive growls and shrieks along with quick spasms as answers.

Clearly, something was wrong... Gabriel would not normally act viciously like this, let alone screaming around and not talking...

[Could it be because of the mental visions?]

His other thought before his other quickly brushed it off by thinking;

[It can't be. The mental visions were nothing but my own perspective of this world, gained from years of experience and knowledge... Maybe he's just mad from the sudden turn of events today?... Most likely... No?...]

<Click>

A yellow light quickly brightened the dark alleyway...

"What the hell are these damn sounds... W-WHOA!!"

Then suddenly, a voice belonging to a man echoed around the dark alleyway.

[" Hurrk? "]

Due to the sudden flash of light and the exclamation of the man, Gabriel quickly turned around with a growl.

Gabriel saw a man with police clothes. The man had blue eyes and a yellow mustache. He wore a police hat, and was aiming his gun at Gabriel in a scared manner, after he yelped in fear and backed away a couple of feet.

[...Gabriel?] His other asked in a silent tone before Gabriel hissed/growled in a weird tone, causing both the officer and his other to gulp because of different degrees and reasons of worry.

"S-stay away, you w-weird... WHATEVER YOU AARE, S-STAY A-A-AWAY!!" The police officer exclaimed as he took a couple more steps back while violently gesturing with his gun and flashlight in his hands.

To the officer's reaction, Gabriel only tilted his head sideways while his white eyes curled up as his mouth took a seemingly sinister smile, with gooey teeth and a long but thin tongue, before Gabriel slowly crawled towards the officer, on all fours.

Gabriel did not get too close to the officer, but only took a couple of steps, which caused extreme dread and fear to the officer who was already in a nerve-wrecking situation.

"L-listen to me, hey! Last-t warning man, I'll s-shoot!!" <Bang>

The officer exclaimed in a panicked tone before he fired a warning shot with his handgun.

The warning shot was supposed to scare Gabriel away, or intimidate him enough for him to stop getting closer.

But the officer was already stricken with fear, and this also affected his bodily functions. Meaning, that his trembling body could hardly move around, let alone properly aim a handgun.

[NO, GABRIIEEL!!]

His other screeched in worry, as the bullet which the officer fired off as a warning shot actually missed it's purpose and shot Gabriel right between the eyes!

Normally, this would be a good thing. Firing off a single shot with intentions to miss but getting a headshot would most likely result in the shooter's favor. But this time was not "Normally"...

Gabriel's head tilted backwards due to the sudden impact of the bullet, while the bullet embedded itself in Gabriel's forehead.

What followed behind was the purplish black goop to quickly shift around, making it look like there was never an impact of a bullet in the first place, before Gabriel's expression turned feral and frightful as he let out a low toned growl, followed by an angry screech;

[" Grrrrrugh... ssSSCCRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! "]

Gabriel then quickly launched himself at the police officer, aiming for the kill.

"WHA- GUH-HuGuaAerGH! N-no, lemme go-o!"

The officer screamed and struggled in fear as Gabriel quickly tackled him onto the ground, causing them to roll around before Gabriel quickly lifts the officer up in the air while holding him on the throat with one hand.

Gabriel then brought the officer closer to himself as he held the officer's head with his other hand.

[" Grughurughu..."]

With a deep rumbling growl, Gabriel's tongue coiled around as it licked the officer's face, causing the latter to wobble around in fear and disgust.

[Gabriel, you need to stop! If you continue, I know that you will resent your actions! So snap out of this before it's too late!...] His other tried to reach out to him as Gabriel was getting ready to take a huge bite from the treat that was dangling in front of him...

But before Gabriel could do anything else, the police officer wobbled around and tried to aim his gun at Gabriel as a last resort. But before he could get the gun properly aimed towards Gabriel, the gun fired off early because of his tight grip which was caused by the intense fear.

But luckily for the police officer, the location where his gun misfired was none other than Gabriel's ear!

[" ssSCREEEEEEEEEEEEeee!!! eeEEAaRgH!!"]

[ssSCREEeeEEE!!! GRROOOOOWL!!]

Gabriel and his other screeched in pain as the sharp ringing noise of the fired handgun rung inside their head!

The sharp ringing sound caused Gabriel to quickly spring backwards while he covered his head with his arms.

Then, Gabriel's monstrous white eyes widened up in realization as he looked around in a scared manner as he subconsciously let out a low growl.

Feeling this, his other quickly spoke up;

[Gabriel, thank god that you are back!! What the hell happened to you!?]

Gabriel, who had finished looking around, was now crouching downwards as he held his head with one of his hands while he spoke with his monstrous tone;

[" W-what the fuck happened to me... I-I was going... I was going to kill him.. e-eat him... An innocent man... You did this to me! W-WHY!?"]

[Gabriel, listen please! I don't know what happened, but this was not supposed to-

[" SHUT IT!! You Liar, this was NOT what you promised! I... I-I-We need to get o-out of here..."]

His other tried to speak up, but was harshly interrupted by Gabriel, whom was angry yet was rambling around in confusion in order to get his shit together.

[Damn it... Gabriel plea- O-oh Gabriel, l-let's not forget these two!] His other cursed before he noticed the two thugs which they had knocked down earlier, which were still unconscious and laying on the ground.

Then, a pair of dark tendrils shot out from Gabriel and stuck on the pair of thugs on the ground. The black substance oozed around their bodies and spread throughout their torso, covering it up and buckling them up for the ride.

Gabriel, who did not even bat an eye to his other's words and actions, quickly sprung himself up towards a building before he harshly began to climb upwards, causing a bit of collateral damage on the walls of the building.

The police officer who had just been subjected to such a horrifying event as this one, had now collapsed down onto the concrete ground due to the intensity of the situation, not giving a crap about the worsening weather and rain.

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Gabriel was running across rooftops, flinging himself towards one rooftop to another as the moonlight illuminated upon his dark appearance.

After 30 to 40 minutes of running, climbing, and jumping around, Gabriel found himself on top of the roof of a large apartment complex.

On top of the roof, Gabriel quickly staggered towards the corner of the rooftop before he threw himself down at the concrete corner, harshly leaning his body back as rain pours down from the sky.

His other covers the unconscious thug's mouths with their black substance before he flings the two thugs off the rooftop, behind Gabriel. Having them dangle down from the building while his other waits for Gabriel to cool off...

<Black Substance Noises>

Gabriel's monstrous form seeps back inside and morphs back into his regular appearance. The only problem is that Gabriel is currently sitting on the corner of a roof, buck naked.

Gabriel and his other notice this, but the former does not seem to care while the latter seems to be in a state of thinking before he gets a great idea to have Gabriel warm back up to him, or at least possibly start a conversation.

<Black Goop Noises>

Black substance oozes out from Gabriel's legs before they intertwine together and starts to form a dark blue cargo pants.

His other tries to talk to Gabriel in order to start a converstaion; [Hehhe, check it out Gabriel. Because of my ingeniousness, we don't need to worry about our clo-] but he is cut short by Gabriel, who weakly mutters;

"J-just shut the phuck up man..." as he pulls his legs towards his body while he wraps his arms around his legs, pulling up into the corner of the roof.

Gabriel's eyes look empty and dull as he blankly stares down at the floor. (https://www.google.com/search?q=dull+anime+eyes&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD3e_2wvTfAhVFmYsKHXajBmwQsAR6BAgEEAE&biw=1920&bih=938#imgrc=_) (Could not find a better example)

His other seems to be in a dilemma, as his other wants Gabriel to understand that this was not his fault, but at the same time, his other knows that Gabriel will not listen to him at this moment...

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So, the duo keeps sitting down at the corner like this for a good 20 minutes, until a soaked Gabriel finally lets out a sigh as he holds his temples.

Seeing this action, his other hesitantly started to speak;

[Listen, Gabriel... Whatever happened back at the alleyway, with that cop... It wasn't my fault... I-I don't know what happened...]

Hearing his other speak, Gabriel asked in a tired yet angry tone;

"You kill a man... WITHOUT my consent... You suddenly trap me and show me these weird events and visions... What are they anyways?... And right after your weird torturous visions... I turn berserk and almost eat an innocent police officer... Tell me, how is it NOT your fault!" Gabriel ends his sentence as he waves his arm around in an angry manner.

His other sighs before he starts to speak;

[Gabriel, the reason I killed that man should be clear to you after the visions... Albeit your consent WAS necessary, but I acted rash... So, I'm sorry... About the visions, they are merely the collective experience and information I had learned about the cruel truth about this world and it's vicious food chain... But I suppose dumping years worth of information onto someone all at once is pretty overloading...]

Before his other could speak any longer, Gabriel weakly raised his hand as he interrupted;

"W-wait... Collective information?... Are you telling me that all of these fucking weird visions were you pouring your mind on my mind?"

[Something like that. Since we are one, It is somewhat possible for us to merge our minds and exchange stuff like that, and... I don't know what else is there that we can do... *chuckle* It seems like we don't know much about ourselves at all...]

His other answered.

Gabriel gave off a tired sigh before he asked;

"How the pfhucking hell did you get so m-much p-fucked up information like this?"

[...Since we were a child, I remember everything that we have seen. I remember seeing the difference of people of different status... homeless and rich, alone and surrounded, stupid and smart, weak and strong... I also remember all of the news on the television. Photos and evidence of senseless slaughter... News about corrupted businessman, police, higher authorities... Records of civilizations in our history lessons, Genetic difference and the food chain in our biology lessons... Years have passed while I connected one dot onto another one... Until one day, It all finally clicked... The answer, so simple, yet so complex and so cruel...]

Hearing the answer from his other, Gabriel was surprised, but not that much. Gabriel then slowly spoke;

"W-wow... I get what you are saying, but... Wow..... But, if it was not you, why did I go berserk after your visions?"

[I REALLY don't know. That whole crazed shit show of you going frenzy even managed to surprise me.] His other said as a small amount of black substance came out from Gabriel's shoulders and coiled in front of him as the black substance turned into a little goopy face with big white eyes. His other then gave Gabriel the puppy eyes, causing Gabriel to lightly chuckle.

"Alright fine, I'll believe you... Besides, I can't really blame you for eating that asshole up." Gabriel said as he lifted up his shoulders.

Hearing that Gabriel was not angry at him, his other laughed in delight while his goopy head leaned backwards as he exclaimed;

[Bwaahahahaa! You should have never doubted me, partner. Besides, wasn't that guy REEEAAAALLLY tasty... Especially his braaaaiinsss!]

Gabriel did notice the difference of taste between the various parts of the man they... ate... Gabriel chuckled as he thought, because eating humans was still somewhat like a joke to Gabriel, but he knew that it was very real.

Gabriel remembered that different parts of the man had different varieties of taste... Like his skin tasted like beef jerky and bacon, while his eyes had tasted like grapes... But out of all of the tastes, the brain had stood out the most, out of all of the other organs and body parts...

The brain tasted like chocolate, yet it had a hint of meaty taste to it... It was juicy and cold, yet hot at the same time... It felt like eating a cold chocolate cake and pepperoni/bologna at the same time, but when the tastes somewhat mixed in together, it did not have any bad effects such as tasting horrible. In the contrary, the taste was... breathtaking... addictive, maybe...

"<Ahem>"

Gabriel cleared his throat and massaged his temples before he slicked his hair backwards, causing his hair to look like the hair of Lee Price (Google if you must). Gabriel then tried to scatter the thoughts he had about brains away...

His other seemed to notice this and gave a wicked laughter as it seeped back inside Gabriel's shoulder;

[Bwahahaha! You feel me Gabriel, no?! Can't get enough of those juicy brains! Baahehehea-]

<Wham!>

Just in cue, the door which connected the rooftop and the building quickly opened up, causing Gabriel to get slightly startled and lift his head up while his other quickly gave a hiss, but Gabriel was fast enough to gesture his other to stay on standby...

From inside the building, a girl with silver hair and green eyes walked out, before she suddenly noticed a person sitting at the corner of the roof in the middle of the night.

The sudden notice caused her to take a step back in surprise while Gabriel's eyebrows weakly rose up due to the sudden move.

Both of them were silent as they exchanged gazes. The girl's eyes opened up when she noticed that the person leaning on the corner of the roof in this rainy night was not wearing anything but cargo pants and a pair of silver earrings, but she could not see the strand trails of black substance which lead off the roof and towards the dangling thugs, because of Gabriel's shadow covering the black substance.

"Isn't it a bad weather to be sitting on the roof, while being half naked?" She asked.

"Isn't it a bad weather to be coming to the roof? What are you planning to do on the roof in such a weather?" Gabriel retorted as he waved his hand around.

The girl chuckled and said;

"I won't ask then, and neither will you..." Before she slowly walked back to the stairway and entered the building and closed up the door.

"What a nice, understanding lass~" Gabriel said while smirking. Gabriel then waited and thought about a few things for some time before he jerked his hand forwards, causing the black substance to twitch around before the two thugs who had woken up from their slumber and was wobbling around in fear to draw an arc above Gabriel's head and <Crash!> down at the cold and wet floor.

Seeing this action, his other could not help but ask;

[Huh? What fun thing are you planning now, Gabriel?]

Gabriel grinned, which exposed his sharp white teeth for the struggling thugs to see as Gabriel said;

"Oh trust me, you are gonna LOOOVE this..."

Gabriel then walked towards the thugs who were tied up and gagged with the black substance, before he crouched down in front of them and spoke;

"Now now, gentleman! I know that both of you got a shit load of questions right now, but sadly those stupid questions will not be answered today. As today, one of you two will be answering to OUR question!"

This speech caused the two thugs to subconsciously face towards Gabriel. And after hearing what he had to say, the two thugs looked at each other before they turned back towards Gabriel with a hint of caution, as they could clearly see the black substance which tied them up trail up on Gabriel's body.

Gabriel then leaned close as he continued to speak;

"Now, one of you will tell us where to find your ''friends'' and ''gang-members''."

This statement made the two thugs to get curious and nervous, but before they could "do" anything, Gabriel interrupted them once again;

"Now realize that we said ''ONE of you''... You see, that is where the twist kicks in... The person who sells out their ''friends'' will get to leave, scot-free!... As for the other person...."

<Transformation Noises>

As soon as Gabriel said his last sentence, black substance gushed out from his body and coiled around while they contorted and convulsed before they finally revealed a purplish black monster with white veins around it's body.

The color on the thugs' face quickly washed away as they stared at the monster before them with wide eyes..

The monster then spoke with it's vile voice;

[" The other person will be OUR food!..."]