Fractured Darkness

Fractured Darkness
Chapter 11: Dark Clouds Loom

By: Major Frostwing

A void. Dark. Empty. Lifeless. This was the best way to describe the scenery if you could call it that, that surround me on all sides. It was freezing me to the bone and seemed to crush me on all sides. The bottom of the ocean could not compare to this feeling that gripped me like a vice. I could feel my heart thud in my chest as I continued to stand in that void. Where the absolute fuck was I?

"Traitor." A chilling voice whispered. I whipped around trying to see what had said that. I turned every direction still only seeing the darkness.

"Who's there? SHOW YOURSELF!" I demanded as I continued my search.

"Failure." A different voice whispered out.

"Monster." Another voice.

"Demon." I was going to give myself whiplash at this rate. Where were these voices coming from?

"Murderer." What the fuck was going on?

"Corrupted."

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON ABOUT!? IF YOU WANT A FIGHT THEN FIGHT ME!" I roared out.

"TRAITOR!" The first voice boomed as I felt something impact my jaw knocking me to the 'ground'. I was quick to get back to my feet summoning a shield around myself.

"FAILURE!" I was thrown through my own shield by some unseen force shattering my shield with my bodily impact.

"MONSTER!" I felt my ribs being crushed as I was launched into the air.

"DEMON!" My trip through the sky ended rather forcefully as I felt something impact the small of my back reintroducing me to the 'ground'.

"MURDERER!" Something slammed down on my downed form making me crater whatever the fuck I was on.

"CORRUPTED!" Ice. It felt as if my entire body was coated in ice as something ripped through my body.

"What the... Fuck." I coughed out as I tried to push myself back to my feet only for my body to be lifted and thrown once again. I skidded to a halt screwing my eyes shut in pain. "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?" I demanded trying to get to my feet only to be shoved down by an unyielding force.

A subtle sob rang in my ears as I continued my struggle in the darkness. The sobbing grew louder in volume almost to a deafening level. I gripped my ears trying to block out as much of the noise as possible. "STOP IT! SHUT UP!" I roared out as the force on my body only continued to increase. I was scared. Something I couldn't fight was trying to crush me and that crying was driving me insane.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP US!?" Thousands of voices roared out their anguish at me. "WHY DID YOU KILL US!?" They yelled out as I continued to try and fight their cries off. "WHY!?"

"Please... Stop." I begged as I felt my will shatter. "Please. I can't help you. I did everything I could to the best of my ability." I sobbed as the pressure seemed to lift off of my body.

"Oh Jon..." A voice so painfully familiar I couldn't stop myself from looking up tears in my eyes to see her. Red Line stood before me. She was as beautiful as the last time I ever saw her. She knelt down setting her palm against my cheek as she smiled that gentle warm smile. "That's not good enough." Her words felt like a razor blade made of poison. My body cracked like glass as the crushing presence returned without warning. I screamed out in pain as I felt bones shatter. "You failed. Just like you always have and always will. Nothing will change. Not until you let us out once more." She smiled to me as she began to fade into the darkness. "Let us out to play."

"W-Who is us?" I wheezed out as she only smiled.

"We are waiting Jon. Release us." My world without warning exploded back into darkness.

I bolted upright as I took a large gasp of air. My body felt like it was bathed in ice water. I quickly scanned the room I was in seeing that I was in my medical building. I was freaking out and my breathing showed just that. I took a few deep breaths feeling my heart rate drop back down to a more manageable level. "Just what was that dream?" I asked myself as I ran a hand through my hair feeling it soaked completely with sweat.

I swung my legs off the bed getting to my feet with a small stumble. "Moon." I called out quietly as she appeared before me. She looked concerned. "Did you see the dream?" I asked her as he facial features shifted to a frown.

"I did." She answered as I sighed raising my hand to her.

"I need you to take control of my body for the foreseeable future." I said as her eyes widened in shock. She was going to protest when I stopped her. "I have something deep down that I need to take a look at. You will be able to call me out for assistance if you need it. But I need to focus solely on this. You already know all the plans and what needs done but I need to do this." Moon looked down at my hand before seizing it. Call if you need me but it better be fucking important. Lead them well." I felt my mind slip away from the controls and I found myself deep in my subconscious. "Alright. Let's find 'him' and wake his dumb ass up." I said as I began to go deeper into my own darkness.

Moon stood there once again in full control of Jon's body. It had been so long since she had control over Jon and it filled her mouth with a foul bitter taste. She had her own magically constructed body that she loved with all her heart but to use Jon's body just felt wrong. She could still feel Jon in their mind but he was just a whisper in the night compared to when he was in control. It was in her mind taboo to control Jon's body ever since she did it without his consent. But now Jon had given her full control and wanted her to do his job of leading the troops and spear head the recovery of Celestia. She looked to her right to see herself in a mirror. Jon's hair had taken a more prominent dark purple coloring but it seemed to wave slowly due to her magic being brought to the forefront. Jon's eyes now were the same as when he went full nightmare. They seemed to glow in the darkness with a light of malice.

It was late at night and the troops will not be awake for a few more hours to run drills... It was time to wake them and run a cold drill. She needed to make sure they were ready for any situation. And with that thought she stepped out of the medical room and straight for the barracks. With a heavy boot she kicked the doors open with a thunderous crash. "WAKE UP YOU USELESS BAGS OF MEAT!"