Post by Lola on Sept 3, 2015 22:21:19 GMT -5
it was finally time. They were getting ready to head out to pup HQ. Alulle was confident in the plan, but as usual he had a bunch of alternates in case something went wrong.
And knowing this cult, something would.
“Alulle”
He turns towards the voice, it’s Tea. He looks terrible, and pretty hurt, kind of devastated. He doesn’t feel sorry for the giant at all.
“Well don’t you look like hell? What is it?”
“change of plans for you”
That was fast. Tea hands him a dagger, it’s pitch black, it could be onyx, but the texture was… odd, almost like tar.
“and this is fooor?”
“Chronic told me to get it to you, you’re going after Lance”
“Lance? My issue is with Liam”
Tea sighs
“I know, but Lola wont be with him, she’ll be with Lee… who is with Lance”
Alulle rolls his eyes
“I knew she botched that summon, what do i have to do?”
“Stab him, that will get Chronic’s tar inside his system and he can be forced to release his beasts”
Alulle nods
“but Lola is under Liam’s influence”
Tea looks afraid
“I think i can handle him, if not try to break the binding yourself ok? she’s waiting for you, and she’s becoming herself again every day”
Alulle smiles
“I knew she would, don’t worry… I’ll get her back one way or another”
LOLA
It had been unusually quiet. Lola was sitting with Lee, idly stroking her nose with one hand while she studied the revolvers Liam had forced on her with the other.
Besides the gaudy gold design, there was something in particular about them… they weren't demon made, which meant:
“These can hurt humans…”
Alulle’s revolvers, the ones he made for her especially, couldn't harm her. Any type of bullet fired from them simply bounced off her skin. But these… these were made by humans, the magic that kept them from hurting them wasn't there. It was a seal that only demons could make.
She had some more hope now, she just had to wait.
Lola’s ears head footsteps before the door clicked open, so she was already standing when Lance and Liam walked in. Lance looked a tad disheveled and his face was flushed. Lola raised her eyebrows, she knew that look. It was the same look she had after a few hours alone with Alulle
But maybe she’d better not say anything about it. Instead she gives a small bow in their direction. Lola notices Liam has a slightly sinister look about him and she doesnt like it.
Lance speaks
“Why so tense Rabbit?”
“No reason… do you need Lee?”
Liam steps towards her
“No actually, we need you. But the dragon is in our way, perhaps you’d better ah… knock it out Lance”
Lola pulls her guns out and points them towards the Masters before she can register it
“You aren't hurting Lee”
Liam’s tone changes slightly
“Are you threatening me Rabbit?”
Fear courses through her system for a split second, but she stands her ground
“No, but I wouldn't mind it if I had to!”
Liam glares at her, noticing her eyes had nearly regained their usual green color. Lola’s hands are shaking. She was scared, but she had already acted.
“Big mistake Rabbit, and here I was willing to be merciful about this”
“This?”
Lance laughs, Liam snaps his fingers and suddenly Lola can’t move. Why…? She looks down to see red strings
“oh not agai—“
the strings pull her towards a far wall, her back hits it with a thud that knocks the wind out of her. Lee roars and reaches for Lola, but lance manages to restrain her as well
“ah… hah”
Liam addresses her now
“You see Rabbit, there is something about you i dislike… you aren't a very good puppet”
Lola is confused, where the hell was he going with this? He takes off a glove to expose his painted hands with… very sharp nails. He takes off the red collar around her neck, and she feels like she can’t breathe.
“but it isn’t your fault dear Rabbit”
He places a nail against the now closed wound Tea had carved into her neck a few days earlier. Lola freezes. Liam waits until she starts to breathe before digging it into her throat and reopening the wound. She stifles a cry, only letting out a whimper or pain.
“it’s the demon’s fault”
Liam takes his hand from her neck, then removes her tie before dragging a line across her collarbone. She tries to keep quiet with all of her might. And then Liam pulls out a small silver knife.
“but I figured I could fix that, I just need to….”
He plunges the knife into the top of her right ear. Lola finally screams. The knife pins the soft ear to the wall behind her.
“reason with you”
He pulls the knife from the wall. Lola’s head slumps forward. Liam grabs her hair and yanks it back. She’s breathing hard by this point, but she’s forced to look Liam in the eye.
“I want you to forget him”
Lola’s eyes go wide. She can feel the command tugging at her, but she resists it
“what.”
“Forget the demon, you belong to us now”
Lola glares
“No— AAH!”
Liam swipes the knife across her thigh, making a large painful gash. She can feel blood dripping down her leg as she tries to stay still, she knows moving would intensify the pain.
“that demon doesnt love you”
Lola takes a deep shuddery breath, expecting the next blow as she speaks
“you’re lying”
Liam drags the knife across her stomach, tearing her clothing and piercing the skin underneath
“GHhhg!”
“Seems like we gotta do this the hard way then”
This was the “easy way”?
suddenly the strings wrapped around her tighten, nearly burrowing into her skin. She simply hisses at the discomfort, until the strings burn a literal red hot. She lets out a strangled gasp as she tries to arch away from the restraints, but only manages to bury them deeper into her skin.
Liam looks satisfied
“forget Alulle”
“N-no!!”
Suddenly Lola feels a blinding pain in her chest, she can hear Alulle’s name… and realizes that she was the one screaming it a second later.
She looks down to see red strings extending from Liam’s fingertips….into her body. How… how was he doing thi—
Doona.
He was using her wormholes to wrap his puppet strings around her heart. And it hurt like hell. She should be dead, dead dead.
“you wont die”
She was speaking but couldn’t hear her own voice.
“you. will. forget”
No, no, no, no. The strings around her heart tighten. She screams. She can barely hear Lance’s laughter, Lee’s roars… her own heartbeat. She can feel blood dripping to the ground, and tears roll down her cheeks.
“Forget the Demon. You are our puppet”
the pain is unbearable, Lola’s vision is blurry. Everything hurts. Alulle, Alulle, Alulle she can’t let him go… she loves him enough to resist this… she….
She can feel herself nod before everything goes black.
LANCE
They had done it.
The Rabbit was broken, and seemingly beyond repair, her eyes empty, every order followed, no snark, no talking back. The name “Alulle” got her no recognition. Now Lance waited for said demon to show up now.
He’d much rather not, but Liam had other business to attend to with the cult. They had steadily infiltrated their headquarters and it seems they actually thought they were going to WIN.
Ridiculous.
So now he was waiting for the famous Alulle. He had met him once, but never talked to the beast. Lance had a hunch that the demon was more powerful than he let on, guess now would be the time to confirm that.
He grins at the scene he and Liam set up for the cultists. The dragon was at his side, she was holding on to Liam’s rabbit, who was truly unresponsive. She was so well controlled she almost seemed unconscious. If she could still feel, he would have made fun of her, she really was a perfect damsel in distress.
Except Liam told him she had to get them her demon, which was more of a villain thing, but whatever. He was sure the dragon could do the job if the girl couldn't. But she would, the order was pretty clear and she really couldn't refuse anymore.
He was starting to get bored, when the door on the far side of the room bursts open and he finds himself face to face with Alulle.
It was finally time for some fun
ALULLE
He ha smoked his way through the Pup’s HQ in the midst of the chaos of infiltration, tracking Lola’s soul to find her, until he came up to the room where she was.
And boy was he furious at what he saw.
Tea had been right, Lola was with Lance. Said Puppet Master was standing next to a huge dragon, which Alulle could only assume was Lee. And Lola?
She was sitting on the dragon’s massive paws, hands folder neatly over her lap, her ears droopy and her eyes vacant. He could see healing cuts and bruises on her skin. She saw him and didn’t even react.
They had hurt her. They had hurt her and taken away her will.
He was going to tear them all to pieces. Every single “Master”.
Lance speaks
“WELL, if it isn’t Alulle! Me and Rabbit here have been waiting for ya, haven't we?”
Lola glances in his direction
“… yes”
Alulle fumes
“You bastards”
“Heeeey now, if you have a bone to pick with someone then it’s with Liam! I didn’t brand the rabbit… although I’ll admit i DID have a hand in taming her”
He walks over to Lola an extends his hand to her, she lays her face against his palm, almost devotedly
“didn't I?”
The girl nods. Alulle can feel himself shaking, reality itself vibrates around him. it’s taking all of his strength to not reveal his true form and blind this mortal for eternity.
But he couldn't do it, he’d hurt Lola as well. His true form was dangerous, it was the equivalent of a deity, and a form he hadn't taken in centuries. Using it now would be risky, it could kill mortals on sight…. and even if they didn't die, exposing himself would not end well.
But he was plenty powerful without it.
“Let. Her. Go”
“hmmmm no”
Lance turns to Lee
“beast?”
the dragon turns to him
“Kill”
LANCE
the dragon roars and charges straight for Alulle. He can’t help but grin, the demon thought he could win, thought he could save the rabbit from her fate. It was a valiant, almost heroic effort.
And it made him gag.
Alulle charges towards Lee as well, dodging the dragon’s fire, then swipes of it’s claws. He gets to her face and holds her back
“Lee, LISTEN TO ME! Don’t do this this man is NOT your master!”
Lance laughs
“there is no way it’ll hear you demon!”
Alulle doesn't stop trying, in the millennia he had been on earth, he had hated fights, his job was to observe, to see the start of things, not to aid in their destruction.
“Lee… Lee it’s me, Lola summoned you, but it wasn't to hurt you… don't listen to Lance, please”
Lee rears her head, breaking out of Alulle’s grip, before the demon can react. She swipes at him then bites.
Alulle suddenly feels an agonizing pain in his left side… and he can no longer see every plane of this reality. He feels blood run down his shoulder, and more importantly, over his eye.
Lance grins. The dragon landed a hit. Alulle crouches as he looks to his left… only to see an empty, torn eye there. Lance laughs.
Next to him, however, he hears a voice
“Alulle…”
He quickly turns to the sound, the Rabbit recognized him. She seemed to be struggling with herself, trying to reach out to the demon while still holding herself back.
Well they couldn't have that.
Lance grasps at the Rabbit’s neck
“what was that?”
“gh… s-stop…”
Unbelievable. The girl could still fight them, even after the brutal memory wipe they’d performed on her, she still sought out the demon.
Lance’s eyes glow red
“In Liam’s name, I COMMAND you to bring me that demon, even if you have to tear him to ribbons first!”
Lola’s eyes glow faintly as well. She stops her struggle and nods. Lance releases her, and she pulls out a pair of gold revolvers before walking towards the injured demon.
Lee stops mid attack when Lola walks in front of her. Alulle looks up to see his girlfriend pointing a gun at his face
He was outnumbered. For a spilt second Lance thought they would win, and then he heard the voice of the one cult member they never got ahold of
“Stay strong demon boy, back up is on it’s way”
Tapi had arrived.
TAPI
The first thing she saw upon entering the room was her dragon. Lee was huge, terrifying, and an absolute pain in the ASS. Alulle was standing nearby, one of his eyes was torn to shreds, ouch. Lola was standing in front of him, in full puppeteer attire and pointing her guns at her boyfriend’s head.
First things first, she turns to Alulle
“take care of the bun Alulle!”
She lets dozens of smokey hands erupt from her form
“I’ll deal with Lee until Rewind and Flame get here with Doona”
Alulle nods before turning to his human. Tapi knew he couldn't hurt her at all. But he was going to try anything he could to free her.
Tapi turns to Lee
“alright Nugget, show me what you’ve got!”
LANCE
He’s looking at the fight in front of him. It’s a bit boring to be honest. The cult leader was busy with his dragon, she actually fought the beast, unlike Alulle.
The demon was fighting against the Rabbit. Well, more like fighting the beasts she was summoning at him. She really was good, not that he’d ever say it to her face. The problem was that Alulle was tearing her beasts to shreds as soon as she summoned them.
Alulle dodged a harpy before reaching back and tearing it in half, another portal fires off near him and yet another beast faces him. How many bullets did those revolvers of hers have?
It didn't matter much, the most important bullet was in his own possession and he wouldn't hand it to the girl until the demon was restrained, they just needed to catch him off guard.
“Lola stop this!”
And now he was pleading with her. Adorable.
“Lola! Bunny please stop!”
She kept shooting at him. He was dodging beasts left and right now, and had managed to get close to the summoner. He reaches for her, using his shadowy form and manages to restrain her
“I don’t want to hurt you!”
He looks conflicted before he pulls her towards himself and kisses her.
What.
What in god’s name was THAT going to accomplish?
The rabbit looks stunned. She’s still holding both her revolvers. Lance looks her dead in the eye before giving his next order, the one that would play the demon into their hands
“Fire”
both guns go off with a bang under the demon’s feet. Lance smiles.
ALULLE
He was trapped
He never in a MILLION years expected Lola to outsmart him like this. But she had managed to fire two portals under his feet, out of which emerged two basilisks, which swiftly restrained him and broke their kiss. He knew she wasn't completely gone… But she had caught him, and he couldnt phase out of this at all.
Tapi was struggling to keep Lee under control, the dragon was fighting fiercely and swiping every which way. The situation didn’t look good at all.
Lance laughs
“Now you see demon? Your precious “bunny” is ours to control!”
Alulle kept a calm composure, but it was clear he was angry
“she isn't one of your beasts, she’s mostly human, and her soul is mine”
The basilisks tighten their grip, Lance keeps gloating
“Yes, she is… which is why I have an offer for YOU”
“huh?”
“I’ll remove Liam’s brand on your rabbit, but in exchaaaaange… She becomes a master, and you her puppet!”
“No.”
Lance sighs
“Think about it Alulle, she’ll get her WILL back! You’ll be guaranteed safety here”
“but she’ll lose her heart”
“pff are you worried she wouldn't LOVE you anymore?!”
Alulle glares at him
“you cant FEEL love! And might I add, right now, neither can she, you might as well give up now”
“I will always love her”
Lance gags
“fine… have it your way… Rabbit”
Lola looks up at the man
“Summon Alulle”
Alulle seems confused
“Summon? I’m right he—“
The demon’s eyes go wide, Lance grins
“Yes you are, and you MUST know what happens when a demon is summoned despite already being in the same physical realm as the summoner, right?”
Lance holds up a bright blue bullet, it’s covered in symbols, including Alulle’s personal seal
“I must admit this was QUITE tricky to make! but if I’m not mistaken, when rabbit shoots you with this bullet, you’ll lose your power… at least long enough for us to get rid of you… or brand you too”
He hands the bullet to Lola, who swiftly loads it into her revolver, and then points it at Alulle
“Lola…”
“Don't waste your breath, she can’t hear you”
Alulle is about to try and escape, when he sees the gun shaking in Lola’s hand. Her eyes dart from red to green for a split second
Lance laughs
“how does it feel to have your bonded one turn against you?!”
Lola spins on her heel and faces Lance, her eyes green for real, and her stare defiant
“you tell me!”
Lola points the gun at her head and fires.
Three things happen at that same moment. Tapi screams for the summoner, Lola collapses, and Alulle disappears into her head.
When he’s next aware he finds himself inside a vast, dark place.
“Lola’s… mind”
Alulle had been here before, once, but it never looked like this, it was usually full of stuff, with a starry sky and bright colors. Now the place seemed barren, and the sky was full of cracks.
“Alulle!”
Alulle hears a small voice in the distance, he quickly darts towards the sound.
“Lola!”
He finds his girlfriend’s soul a few moments later.
Lola is standing on a small platform surrounded by a void. bright red chains rise from the depths and are shackled to her arms and legs. One of the chains is nearly broken. Lola looks ecstatic, but her voice is breathless
“it worked… Alulle… Alulle im so sorr—“
The demon jumps over the void to embrace the girl
“you… you’re brilliant”
“what happened to “dumb bunny”?”
“you are… so, so dumb…”
Lola leans into his touch, eyes closing. It’s then when Alulle notices how long she’s been resisting Liam’s influence
“You’ve done so well”
“thank you”
“I’ll take care of the rest baby… you know what to do”
Lola nods weakly before speaking
“I offer you my soul, my heart, and I seal my contract with my entire being”
Alulle kisses her as the chains shatter to pieces.
TAPI
Tapi couldn't believe what she had just seen.
Lola shot herself with a summon bullet, and Alulle disappeared into her head. It was extraordinary. By shooting herself, she performed a summon into her own mind and saved Alulle from Lance getting to him.
The problem now was what would happen next. Lola was out cold and Alulle was gone. She didn't know how long she would be able to keep up a good fight.
But she certainly wasn’t going to stop trying
Tapi quickly looks towards Lola, She was still not responsive… what the Hell is Alulle doing in her head? Lance is standing nearby, completely shocked, and enraged.
He walks towards the summoner, brandishing a silver knife
“You…disobedient, lying, insolent RABBIT!”
Lance grasps the woman’s neck and lifts her from the ground. Tapi panics, there’s no way she could help them, and if they died she couldn't bring them back. the Puppet master raises the knife high and is about to bury it into Lola’s heart when The girl’s eye’s fly open. Their pupils are slit, and the sclera is bright blue. Lola speaks with two voices as six more eyes appear around her
“This heart is not yours to take”
Lance blanches
“w-what is this?!?!”
The former human laughs, it’s a high distorted sound. Lance is trying understand what the Hell happened when the creature speaks
“The strongest bond a demon and a human can have, we are one… and you are history”
The demon grins before swiping at Lance and grabbing him by the neck. Alullebun’s touch smolders in blue fire and burns the puppet Master
“How do you like this collar Puppet master? HAHAHA ”
“Gh!”
Tapi is impressed, so this is what happens when Alulle and Lola work together… The two way possession was insanely powerful, and she’d only seen it happen once. Alullebun pulls a dagger out of thin air, Tapi gasps as she recognizes who it belongs to.
“It’s time we meet our end of the deal”
They bury the dagger in Lance’s ribs. As he screams, Tapi grins.
They were moving forward.
ALULLEBUN
Lance crumples to the ground. He seems to struggle to make sense of what just happened, when a voice calls from the shadows.
“Nicely done!”
They look up to see Chronic drop from the ceiling. The woman was gorgeous, her cloak glowing with the dim fire around them… they couldn't tell if the thought came from Lola or Alulle… sharing a mind was a bit confusing.
“Thank you, Our job here is done for now”
They look at the man kneeling on the ground in disgust. Chronic laughs, it’s a charming sound
“No problem, I’ll take it from here!”
They nod. Inwards they have their own conversation
“Alulle… I don't know how much longer i can do this..”
“it’ll be alright darling… I’ll take over for a bit if you want”
“thank you”
Once they look outwards again, Chronic was in the middle of getting Lance to release his beasts. She coos at him
“come on now, Let. Them. Go.”
“Ghh…”
Just then a few more people burst into the room. Rewind, Flame and most importantly, Doona. She was finally free. Alullebun smiles
“You guys made it”
Tapi sighs
“fucking FINALLY, Doona, flame, Rewind help me with Lee!”
The three members nod before jumping into the fray. Tapi walks swiftly towards Lance. She looks completely enraged.
“Chronic we don’t have all day, mind forcing him to let my cultists go?
The masked woman nods. She extends her hands, and moves them around a bit. Lance tries his best to resist. Alullebun walks towards him and pins him to the ground with a swift kick
“Do what she says, it’ll hurt you a lot less in the long run”
Chronic looks delighted
“aren't you guys sweet! Now then Puppet Master… let’s start with Lee”
She snaps her fingers, Lance speaks before he can realize it
“As the master of Lee… I release them.”
TAPI
Lee stops mid swipe. Flame looks relieved. Tapi speaks
“Don't let your guard down! We still gotta reseal her”
She nods before going back to restraining the dragon.
The Cult leader turns her attention back to Lance. Chronic had made him release most of his beasts. He looked like he wanted to kill someone, too bad he’d never get the chance. Tapi let a tendril of smoke make its way into his lungs. She was gonna have fun with this.
She notices Alullebun looks worn out
“Hang in there guys, we’re almost done”
They look at her
“The second Liam is out of the picture and Lola’s brand is gone… I have to get out of this body and get her to safety, she’ll die otherwise, do you understand?”
Tapi nods
“You can do that much damage to mortals? what kind of demon are you?”
Alullebun avoids the question
“Looks like Lance is a bit uncomfortable huh?”
Tapi grins.
More and more of her smoke was making its way into his body. Chronic turns to her
“Tapi he wont release Grey or the owl.”
“No need for that”
Lance gags. He struggles to breathe as more smoke enters his body. Tapi slowly walks to him.
“You took my Lee and made her hurt my cultists, you made her burn and hurt, and now i will make YOU burn and hurt!”
Lance’s eyes go wide. Tapi was slowly burning him from the inside. Alullebun laughs
“Roast him like a chicken Candlehead!”
Chronic looks amused
“I must say Alullebun… this look suits you! Feral, elegant, why don't you do this often?”
“It’s too much of a strain on Lola’s mind I’m afraid “
Tapi scoffs
“Leave the chit chat for later! Now then”
Lance was struggling to breathe, getting weaker and weaker by the second. Tapi forced more smoke down his throat. She could FEEL the way his body was burning up… it was fantastic.
Liam’s body crumpled to the ground, lifeless like the puppets he used to control.