Chapter – 6

THE GIRL WITH A MISSING HEART (2)

 

THE LABORATORY

 

The Doctor watched the whole scene unfold on a blue flash Magitite screen broadcasted from the containment chamber where Alicia had captured the homunculi girl in her strange magical webs.

 

Alicia had successfully apprehended the homunculi girl and the Doctor could not let that happen since that would go against his ideals.

 

Ultimately he decided to show up himself and take charge of events from there. His research was still in work and he could not let the word of this get out after the breakthrough he had made with the girl.

 

“I can’t believe a mere childish girl would take down all the chimeras I had prepared. Either way, I wanted them to be disposed of. It is an irrefutable truth that the old and defective need to be destroyed and replaced by that which is new and perfect. But I want to know this are you an S-rank adventurer sent by the Adventurer’s guild? Or perhaps seeing your excellent control over magic an imperial court’s mage. But those ranks will still not be enough for you to defy my ultimate creation.”

 

Alicia simply looked in the Doctor’s direction without answering his questions.

 

“Who are you? Are you the one who brainwashed her?” Regis seeing her chance could not stop herself from being impulsive.

 

“That’s correct.” The Doctor looked at her and without any hesitation accepted all of his crimes in a single confession.

 

“How could you do such a thing? How can you pretend that nothing of this is wrong and insane.” Regis screams at the Doctor.

 

“Even if that is true there would be nothing to worry about once I have achieved my goal. I will release all humans from the premise of death and taking pity on you I promise I would inculcate you in my research as perfect magical material once I take you down.”

 

The doctor laughs and on the command of his fingers running over a display remote, hundreds of laser launcher devices eject out of the wall. Surrounding them from all three sides and taking aim on Regis and Alicia with an intense burning destructive red light about to eject out.

 

Regis quickly pulls the string on her bow and instantly releases the string several magical arrows launch at accelerating speed with a trail of sharp hazy red light. A single strike on the wall and most of the laser canons explode while others get demolished in the successive explosions.

 

Regis did not like the Doctor’s attitude toward them at all. As a result, her nerves were twice as on edge as normal.

 

“I would never want to become any of those ugly creatures you call chimeras and I will never forgive you for any of this…”

 

“That’s right. I am a villain, after all.” Expressionless, the Doctor took a step forward.

 

“Does this balance I am so eager to bring upset you despite its ubiquity throughout nature? All life is subject to selection. The most capable monopolizes power and resources. There are valuable people who contribute to progress and there are the worthless ones who serve no purpose. A system is built around to accommodate all such people. But once all that crumbles there will be suffering everywhere.”

 

“I don’t believe in such things.” Regis sternly disagrees. She was of a straight mind and only listened of her own.

 

“Tell me this haven’t you yourself ever tried to prove your worth to prevent yourself from feeling worthless or incapable?" The Doctor obtusely looks at Regis waiting for her response as if he had already read through her.

 

“That is… it can’t be… True.”

 

“I think I am right there. It’s nothing to be ashamed about. You knew on an instinctual level that you had to fight your way to survive… for that is the truth of this world. But my creations are perfect and they need no instincts of survival to thrive in this world. Everyone will have equal power, strength, and happiness.”

 

Regis who was until then staunch and confident starts hesitating.

 

“I guess your friend here might think differently. She seems to know a lot about magic and her strange magic spells are intriguing nonetheless. Surely she would understand that such a future is what we should all aim for.” The Doctor felt an ecstatic chill run down his spine for demonstrating his true purpose. Even Erebus was not aware of his final plan.

 

Regis and the Doctor turn to the third person in the room quietly watching the homunculi girl still resisting the restraints around her like a wild animal and without any sense... Without recognizing the people around her, she felt alone.

 

‘I know Alicia is not obedient or charming enough to take any of this lying down.’ Regis thought to herself as she looked at her with hopeful eyes.

 

“⸺I totally agree,” Alicia whispers without looking at the two.

 

“Alicia you can’t be serious. This is no time to joke around.” Regis's face color fades completely.

 

“If we are in complete agreement then there is no need to fight if you understand the significance of this extraordinary project. For defeating my chimeras you are more than capable enough. I welcome you with open arms and you can then ascend into the perfect future which I will build.” The Doctor extends a hand acknowledging they were on similar terms.

 

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Alicia turns around with a mute face. The Doctor could not tell what she was thinking with the mask on her face and neither could read her body language.

“There is only one future I ever look forward to. Every moment, every second is so precious and dear to me… I know what in this world is most important to me and I want nothing more. I am going to find her no matter what… And I am alive in this world for that one reason only.”

 

“⸺Alicia.” Regis wondered why did Alicia felt that strong for the person they were searching for.

 

“The future that I desire is the one that exists right here.” Suddenly there’s a change in Alicia’s voice as it turns a bit antagonistic. “And I regret wasting any of my time fighting against someone despicable like you.”

 

Alicia’s demeanor changed, even Regis could not tell whether she was feeling angry or sad with her voice.

 

“Why do you go against my plans if you know there is no shred of salvation waiting for anyone at the approaching end of this world.” The Doctor bellyaches.

 

“I will do what I like and I will remove anything in my path that hinders me. That’s what I have learned in the depths of the abyss.” Alicia made her final stand as she stared coldly at the Doctor. Her eyes glow faintly red, her magic potential reaching its limits and started seeping from her silhouette.

 

The Doctor had realized that she was someone from an unknown origin making it this far here, which should not have been possible for an ordinary person. She was neither a hero nor someone special with a legendary title.

 

“I see. I am of a strong mind and intent that uncertainties and unstable factors in life like you must be quickly dealt with. Finally when all my research work is coming through... no, I am the one that is finally making it. And that’s why I will not let you or anyone trample over it anymore.”

 

For the moment the Doctor seems to be preparing something and before the thought of stopping him could either pass through Regis’s and Alicia’s minds.

 

A strange cacophony of moving machinery produces from the backside of the shady laboratory and then it suddenly stops except for the slithering sound of some water flowing through the underground pipes ending with the blop sound of bursting bubbles.

 

“Ahhhhh!” An anguished scream from the captured girl caught Alicia’s and Regis’s attention.

 

“What’s happening to her?” Regis worriedly asks when the homunculi girl cries in pain.

 

Something that was happening inside there was causing the girl agony.

 

“It seems that she is resisting the orders from the System to hand over her authority. If it hurts so much then why don’t you just give up?” The Doctor looks at her with condescending eyes.

 

“I …wan..to know…mo, agh!!!” The homunculi girl tries to speak something. “Aahh... agh, gya, GAAAAAAAHH!!” The pain finally reaches her brain and she screams more fiercely than before.

 

The horrifying shrieks from the homunculi girl finally stop too while the two girls did not know what was going to happen next.

 

“Behold…. Witness the completion of what I’ve long desired. The birth of the most advanced and perfect race that will eventually replace this forsaken humanity.”

 

[IMPERIAL ORDINANCE SYSTEM. Initializing Awakening. Beginning Evolution. Stability: Maximum Output Exceeded. Life Source: Unable To Verify. Code Name: Eabhloid. Authority: !#*#??]

 

Jets of steam fire from a pod as a green radiance surrounds the place. Strong unbelievable magical outputs coming from a singular pod made Alicia a bit worried.

 

THUMP….CRAAA…CRACK.

 

With a single thrust, the magitite glass breaks into shards and falls off.

 

The pod was at a large distance from Regis and Alicia but the huge shape of the figure that emerged out from there could not be concealed so easily.

 

“What the...?” Regis is speechless. She continues to murmur in disbelief at the huge hideous creature that twisted and writhed as it advanced with loud, clattering footsteps.

 

“It has no face.” Regis gasps in disbelief.

 

Its skin is peeled back and something that shouldn’t be there was there. It could probably be called a spiral of meat placed as its head. It had neither eyes, nor mouth or ears. Everything human about it seemed to be absent.

 

It almost looks like a clump of intestines, and as the two girls watch, it rhythmically pulses throbs and squirms. A copious volume of blood spurts out with every pulse, dripping sloppily down its neck and staining its thick brown-skinned chest deep crimson.