Beaten, bullied, cursed
Into the riders lair
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Rainbow dash walked up to the front door, the number on it said 111. She knew this was the right address, Richards adress. She had made it a habit to try and frequently check up on Richard, she's hoping that this will help Richard feel less alone. Occasionally when she knocked on the door, no one would answer. This was one such occasion, she was tired of just walking away when no one came. She put her hand on the door knob and tried twisting it. The handle made a click and the door slowly shifted open, Rainbow impatiently pushed the door. The door opened enough for her to enter, she stepped inside to a dark world. The windows were painted over with black paint, and there was dust and cobwebs everywhere. She walked by a shelf with a picture of two young boys smiling. one was clearly Richard, the other was probably his friend.
She spotted a dusty picture frame, laying face down on a different shelf. Rainbow carefully lifted the picture, a small cloud of dust coming off of it due to its sudden motion. She saw a fully grown women, a fully grown man and one small child. It was a picture of Richard and his family. Rainbow dash put the picture down the way she found it and continued through the museum that is Richards house. As she continued walking, she came to a sign that read 'My Office'. Rainbow dash turned the knob and slowly pushed the door open. There was a dusty laptop and a stack of CD's next to it. She slowly approached the seat and sat down. She pressed the space bar one time and the dust covered screen lit up, the computer was already on the desktop so Rainbow grabbed the Stack of CD's. There were ten CD's in total, each labeled with the words 'evidence disc #' then the corresponding number. Rainbow opened the case labeled 'evidence disc #1'. She popped it in the laptop and a window popped up.
Now listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXblSWm5Z-k
Richard was sitting in the chair that rainbow was currently in, the light in the room was on and the place wasn't covered in dust.
"Hello who ever finds this. I'm recording this so you know about me, although it's unlikely you'll believe any of this is real. Anyway, my name is Richard Garret. I'm currently fifteen and today's date is 7/8/12. I'm the host of a, Spirit of vengeance if you will. This spirit only comes out at night, and it is very dangerous. Now I know you probably don't believe me just because I said it. So I will show you some security feed I've 'acquired'." Richard said. What came up on the window was a high quality set off video footage. She can see the guard sitting in his office looking through each camera. The gaurd stops on one particular camera and sees a figure standing there. The window full screens the camera for a few seconds and Rainbow can see the spirit standing there. The gaurd doesn't notice yet, but the fire coming off of its skull isn't moving. The camera is frozen, the gaurd shifts closer to the screen to see the figure more clearly. There is a figure standing behind him and he doesn't realize it. The thing covers the guards mouth and plunges a knife into his stomach, it's slowly starts to pull the knife upward. It doesn't stop cutting at the rib cage, it continues until the gaurd has a big gash running from his stomach to his chin. The thing releases the gaurd and walks away.
"Now, this gaurd was responsible for the accidental killings of two people. This thing doesn't care if it was an accident or not, and the only way to stop it is to use explosives. Bullets will not hurt it, trying to flatten him between two trucks in a head on collision won't stop it, nothing really can other then explosives. And even those are becoming less and less affective, he's gradually building up an immunity to it. Pretty soon he will be capable Withstanding a nuclear blast without a scratch. I fear how powerful he may become, although if I try to keep him from getting out he will gradually lose this immunity due to the fact that he doesn't need it. Well that's all for this clip, you can watch the others if you actually believe me. Richard out." The window closed as Rainbow removed the disc and put it in the case she found it in.
Now to this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7QvOQKcKk
Rainbow put the stacks of disc's down and left the room. She saw another room with a dim light inside, the door was opened just a crack so Rainbow could see a battery powered lantern. She pushed the door open fully so she could see inside. Richard was sitting on his bed, his back against the wall. He had a whiskey bottle in his hand and his eyes were bloodshot. He wasn't wearing his jacket or his gloves, so his black T-shirt was visible.
"Oh my god, Rich! Have you been drinking?!" Rainbow asked.
"Don't worry, it won't kill me no matter how much I drink." Richard said.
"Bullshit it won't! You could die from this if you keep going!" Rainbow said. Richard gave a small burp.
"Do you know what it's like to know that everyone you know and love, everyone you meet, will die and you can't. It's a price to pay for immortality, you become fully grown and then your biological clock just stops. Then nothing can kill you, but hey, at least you live for ever right?" Richard said.
"What are you talking about?!" Rainbow said. Richard gave a small laugh.
"I found out I was immortal a month after I was cursed. I shot myself in the head and the wound just healed. The reason people die is because our bodies can't heal the everyday wear and tear we put it through. But my body does, I can heal so quickly that I can take a bullet through the brain and not die. My organs and muscles just keep healing and rehealing. Therefore I can't age past my current age of eighteen. A week after this discovery I watched someone get hit by a car. It got me thinking about the people in my life, and how they will die and I'll be left alone. It drives you mad, you know that every time you save someone, you are just prolonging the inevitable. That's when I realized that this thing inside me, it's not killing these bad people to save others. It's killing them for its own personal vendetta, because those people broke the mold of what he considers a perfect world. A world without crime, a world without suffering, a world without people killing each other." Richard said.
Rainbow just starred at Richard awe struck. She knew he was really low, but she didn't realize just how low he really was. He was so sad and alone, it was driving him insane. Rainbow walked up to Richard, she grabbed the whiskey bottle from his hand and threw it up against a wall on the opposite side of the room. The bottle shattered on contact, Richard didn't seem to care. Rainbow grabbed Richard by the shoulders and looked into his eyes. She saw the pain and torment behind them, she could help but she'd a single tear. The tear landed on Richards leather boot, he slowly shifted his gaze to the small drop on his boot. He stared at it intently with concerned eyes.
"Why are you crying?" Richard said. Rainbow quickly pulled Richard into a hug and started sobbing.
"You've been put through so much pain. One boy doesn't deserve all this suffering. Nobody does. And because of it you've given up to insanity. I just hope that I can help take some of that pain away." Rainbow said through sobs. "Come with me." Rainbow helped Richard walk, he grabbed his jacket and his gloves but he didn't put them on. She loaded him into the front seat of her car. He sat there with his jacket and gloves In his lap, he was squinting in the light because eyes hadn't adjusted yet.
"Where are we going?" Richard asked.
"My place."
"Why?"
"Because you need change of scenery." Rainbow said, her eyes were still puffy from crying.
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