Gradus Simplicis

by Sinclare

Et Cycli Incipit Novus

Previous Chapter

Officer Siren sighed opening the door to his car, strolling towards the house that seemed to be bombarded with police lights. The melancholy atmosphere oozed with the smell of blood and terror. Not only was the Ouroboros present, but it also had a message written in Latin, ‘et cycli incipit novas’.

“What the fuck? This should be over!” Officer Siren shouted trying to decipher the message written in blood.

“Well, apparently it’s not. Now keep your shit together or your ass is fired!” Chief Star scolded, forcefully bumping his shoulder as she walked passed the stressed out officer. Siren let out a loud sigh, and headed back to his work.

“Are you sure about this?” Snips questioned Flash. Flash turned towards the two nerds, with a scowl plainly printed on his face.

“Yes, I am sure. Now get to spying, and when you suspect that he is going to murder someone call me GOT IT?!” Snips and Snails coward a bit at his sudden out burst.

“Got it...” the two replied with a gulp.

Amber hummed excitedly holding Carver’s sweaty hand, driving through the foggy streets of Chamber’s Canyon.

“Mom...” Carver yawned, trying desperately to keep himself awake.

“It’s eleven o’clock in the morning, on a Saturday, and your taking me house shopping with you why?” Carver asked, holding by his mixed emotions.

“Come on sweetie, I want your help picking out this house. Our insurance policy gave us over five hundred thousand dollars!” Amber shouted with glee. Carver rolled his eyes in an uncaring manner, after a while he finally sighed and said.

“Okay, I’ll help mom, we just have to get back around three. I’m taking Rainbow out to dinner and movie.”

“Ooohhh! My little Carver has a date! Now I have buy you something nice to wear!” Amber couldn’t contain her excitement, her baby boy was going out on a date with a girl, the thought made her squeal.

“Mom, that’s not necessary. I’m going to wear what I usually wear, end of story.” Carver said leaning his head against the car window watching the world go by. The tree limbs shifting in the wind, with the little leaves the still held onto.

“By that you mean, jeans, a T-shirt, and that black fedora your father gave you for your sixteenth birthday am I right?” She asked, with her eyes firmly planted on the road.

“Well, if you want to be technical about it, yeah.” Carver replied, slipping one of his headphone’s into his ear.

Ambersky sighed, shaking her head, “I am so taking you shopping.”

“So do you think you can make me some special, yet subtle for tonight?” Rainbow asked watching Rarity fling rolls of colorful fabric through the air.

“Oh of course dearie, I’ll have something in two shakes of a Wondercolts tail.”

The rosette giggled while her pet bunny Angel tickled her arms and legs. “Angel! Stop it!” Fluttershy chuckled gasping for breath, while frantically flailing her legs. The sound of a twig snapping made Angel turn wary. The little rabbit expertly scanned the surround area for any even the slightest movement. Finally Angel gave up searching for the movement that caused the sound.

Fluttershy pulled the bunny into a bone crushing hug. “Oh Angel! I love you so much!” Fluttershy giggle, feeling the rabbit’s soft fur tickle her skin.

She gasped with horror, a hooded man was standing a mere ten feet from her. Fluttershy scrambled to her feet, the young girl whimpered, while a manic smile appeared on the assailant face that seemed to glow like the sun.

The gentle druid was paralyzed with fear, the thought of knowing what might become of her...made her want to cry. The hooded man took a step, another, then another, getting ever closer to the terror filled Fluttershy. Maniacal laughter filled the air, it seemed oddly....familiar.

Fluttershy bolted, and the chase was on...

Siren sat on his living room couch, shuffling a deck of playing cards repeatedly. Silently trying to piece together everything that has happened so far. Siren lightly clasped a corner of the card with his middle and index finger, raised in above his shoulder, then whipped his hand, the card spun violently, piercing the drywall. Out of nowhere a pair of hands emerged from the darkness, and forcefully wrapped themselves around the officers mouth, slowly smothering him into unconsciousness.

Carver yawned, stretching his arms out the best he could manage. “Hey mom can I drive I’m getting a bit restless and I need something to keep me focused.” The car came to a screeching halt, the left over inertia traveled up the car throwing Carver into front with shield with a loud thump.

“Ow...” Carver groaned stroking the left side of his head.

“Mom, what the hell?” Amber was shaking as she pointed towards the road. Carver squinted his eyes trying to make out the blobs made by fog. Carver shifted through the possibilities of what could possibly be going on.
 “Somebody help me!”

Fluttershy ran for her life, weaving through the trees, desperately trying to escape from her pursuer. She quickly glanced behind her, finding her pursuer to be hot on her trail. Fluttershy gasped, her foot had become caught on a root. She screamed loudly, falling and tumbling down the rocky slope, practically crashing onto the asphalt. She tried desperately to pick herself up of the ground, struggling to escape from the iron grasp the madman.

More manic laughter filled the foggy air as he slid down the slope.
 “Somebody help me!” Fluttershy cried clutching Angel close to her heart. Finally the gentle, teenage girl accepted her fate. The hooded assailant flashed the knife at the sniveling girl.

“Fluttershy!” Carver emerged from the car concealed in the fog.

Siren’s shoes clicked against the hard floor of the police station interrogation room, of which he was currently pacing trying to pry information from the unresponsive Flash Sentry.

“Now look here you little smart ass! Tell me who you are working for and why are you working for him!” Flash smirked and said nothing, he just raised his head and snapped his fingers. A gunshot rang in the air, Flash Sentry let out one more cheeky smile while blood poured from his lips. Siren stood in shock, he shot a teenager, he shot a teenager. That thought circulated in his mind like endless circuit.

The Ouroboros...everything around him seemed to dissolve, the sight of white walls and a dead teenager was replaced by his own walls that concealed what he had done and who he was. Officer Siren heard a snap behind him.....then a gunshot rippled through the air.

Dash’s head jerked up, her hands were bound, hanging from the ceiling. “help...” she whimpered.

“It’s okay Dashie,” a familiar voice called out. Carver emerged from the shadows.

“Don’t hurt me please...Carver” Rainbow squeaked, as Carver came closer and closer to her.

“Oh no my Dashie, no. I could never hurt you.” Carver cooed gently brushing his hand onto her cheek.

“You won’t remember any of this I promise. I must leave now, but I will be back for you, I won’t kill you, your too precious to me. Now Dashie listen to my voice. Will you do that for me?” Rainbow Dash nodded.

“Listen to me now and focus on my words,” Carver spoke softly, “My dad he beat me, and hid it well from my mom, in her eyes he was the perfect and father in my eyes, in my eyes he was evil, pure evil.....”

“He would beat me mercilessly, constantly telling me that I was nothing more than an embarrassment. I was never like him, I was silent, I kept to myself, never really tried to standout. My mother told me that’s what made me who I am, that was what made me unique. That made me feel better, but one day he went to far. Not on me, my mother, he hit her and I snapped. I bought books with the money I earned from working, they were on hypnosis and I used the knowledge I obtained from them to destroy him. I hypnotized him to fake his own death, wait a year hiding out in a abandoned house, then told him to murder people. I didn’t tell him who, the victims were his choice alone.

Then I was to plummet from a cliff into the river below, he would snap his fingers and eliminate my father the one person I hated most in the world. And then! I decided to get rid of all my enemies in one fell swoop, Flash, and that bastard Siren. He wanted my mom...my mommy....

He couldn’t have her, you and her are the only people I have left...the only people that sparingly believed in me. Flash, he was another pawn in my plan to frame Siren for the murders and then commit suicide. The perfect plan. I did whats best for my mom and me.”

“I understand, it must have been horrible for you...” Carver gave a soft smile, and kissed her forehead.

“I’ll be back Dashie, don’t worry, I love you. Now, listen carefully to my voice, on the count of three you will fall into a deep sleep. 1...2...3” Dash’s head fell limp, with the sounds of soft breathing emanating from her still body.

“When you hear the sound of your dad’s voice you will awaken, and lack the memories of the past conversation. Anything you have to say before I leave.” Dash unconsciously nodded.

“I love you.”

Carver picked up his sleeping mother from there hotel room bed, and carried her downstairs to the car. The young murder gently placed his sleeping mother onto the passengers seat, went around, getting in on the drivers side, igniting the engine, then driving off into the night.


Author's Note

Sorry about the crappy ending....I am having a severe case of writers block...If you want I will polish it up a bit and make it better. Anyway I hope you enjoyed!