Chapter 14 - Fight
Ell1s floats over me, still fallen on the ground, a smug expression plastered on his face. “You know, I really didn’t want to do this. I’m not a huge fan of trapping people in an empty nuclear bunker facility, but you just won’t cooperate.” He shrugs. “A shame, really. We could’ve started things off better if you were more willing to stay.”
He really just trapped me in here. All because he’s lonely. I glare at him and quickly pull myself back up, now enraged. “Are you fucking crazy? You’re just going to trap me here? Oh, I don’t know, because you’re LONELY? That’s, the dumbest reason you could give! Why the hell should I care? You’re not even human.” I take a few seconds to catch my breath and he starts floating around me again, talking with that same annoying voice, knowing it’s just going to piss me off more.
“You should care. I control this facility after all. All of it.” He gives me a sinister look before continuing his speech. “And you’re better off staying here anyways. I don’t know why you’d want to go back out in that desolate and dangerous wasteland. You’ve got everything you need here! And me!” He stops in front of me, still grinning. “Honestly, considering how injured you are, you won’t even get much further. You’ll be much safer here.” He appears a lot more confident for whatever reason.
I slowly get back up and step away from him, still furious. “My situation doesn’t concern you. You can’t just fucking trap someone in here, are you crazy?” I catch my breath and glare at him again. “I’m going to get out of here. You’re not going to stop me.” He finds this amusing and smirks again. “Oh, really? And how do you plan to do that?” Now floating in front of me, his holographic form glitches again. “Did you know that when my creators gave me control of this entire facility, they also gave me access to its defense mechanisms? Weapons, ammunition, its security system, you name it!”
Oh, great. There’s that too. “Are you insane? What, you’d try and kill me if I tried to leave?” I give him an unimpressed look as I step back from him a little more, clearly uncomfortable now. “No! Of course not! My programming prevents me from doing such a thing, after all! But I won’t hesitate to inflict pain if it really comes down to it.” He gives me a sinister look. “So I’d appreciate it if you made things easier for the both of us and stayed.”
“I’m getting out of here.” I’m already close to death, why would it matter if I risk my life now? This is ridiculous, I’m sure he’s just trying to scare me. “Okay then.” He wipes off his holographic glasses and puts them back on, now covering his eyes. “A shame, really.” He takes a few steps back and I give him a confused look. “What are you talking abo-”
In the corner of my eye, something moved. It looked like a sharp piece of metal, and before I could I even register what it was, it slashed through my chest in an instant, a familiar sharp pain washing over me. Scarlet red blood began to flow out and I felt it drip onto the ground, my eyes slowly looking down in horror.