Shadow-Dancer: We're Not So Different [ALTERNATE UNIVERSE VERSION]

Chapter 23: Dark's Boss

Ob's POV

I felt like I was about to vomit when Dark and I came out of the portal, but I swallowed it down. I wasn't about to give the jerk the satisfaction of seeing me vulnerable. I noticed that Dark was only holding me with one hand, placing a device (l assume the one that opened the portal.) in his suit jacket with the other. This would be the only chance I got.

I slipped out of Dark's grip and started running away from him. I didn't care where I was running, as long as it was away from him and hopefully towards Becca. I didn't get very far though. I felt a sharp pain in my neck, and I collapsed to the floor. I was still thinking clearly, but everything except my mouth was completely paralyzed.

"Did you really think it would be that easy?" Dark asked as he picked me up and placed me in a chair. He didn't tie me up. That would have been a bit redundant.

"Can't blame a girl for trying," I retorted. They are going to regret not paralyzing my mouth.

"My colleague happens to be very adept at making machines. You shou-" Dark was interrupted by a hand covering his mouth. His eyes went wider than I had ever seen them, and that's saying something, considering the fact that both he and Mark are part-Korean.

"You should watch what you say Dark," said the man that had crept up behind him. "You work for me. We wouldn't want people to get the wrong idea about that. Would we?"

"No, sir," Dark replied when the man removed his hand. "I just wanted to tell her what you told me." Dark's entire posture seemed to change when the man spoke. He became more... subservient. What kind of creature could have that much control over someone like him?

Becca: Well then.

Ob: Perfectly said, Becca.

"Oh, I just love irony. Now go and fetch my latest invention. I want to speak with Obsidian in private." Dark walked out of the room. I couldn't move my eyes to see it, but I heard a door close.

The man walked into the light and I finally got a good look at him. He was about average height, slightly taller than Dark. He had short, golden-brown hair, eyes completely black, and a smile on his face that screamed "I would gladly kill you with a chainsaw."

"Hello, Obsidian. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Antimatter." He paused for a moment, as if waiting for a reply.

"Is that supposed to impress me?" I asked. I would've raised an eyebrow if I wasn't almost completely paralyzed.

"Perhaps not, but it should make you very, very afraid. Dark! Bring it in!" Dark returned and handed Antimatter a device that was out of my line of vision. Dark quickly tied me up, but made sure that my left hip wasn't covered by anything.

"Yeah, well, there are only a few things that can truly terrify me, and your name isn't one of them. Like, seriously, who names themselves after something that makes the universe, and everything in it, exist and keeps them in balance?"

"I've heard that you can break the rules of demon powers," Antimatter said, moving towards my side, "I've never liked a rule-breaker." A pain unlike anything I've ever felt shot through my side, and I let out a scream that I didn't even know I could make. I was unconscious within seconds.

"I'm sorry, Becca," was my last thought before I slipped away.

Author: Can Becca reach Ob in time?

Becca: And don't forget to absolutely mash that star!

Ob: And while you're at it, recommend this story to as many of your friends as you can.

Author: The song up top is "Feel Like Horrible" by Different Heaven & Sian Area.

Lyrics:

And you make me feel like horrible
But I will not give you a reason
To destroy me more and more again
And again

And you make me feel like horrible
But I will not give you a reason
To destroy me more and more again
And again

And you make me feel like horrible
But I will not give you a reason
To destroy me more and more again
And again

And you make me feel like horrible
But I will not give you a reason
To destroy me more and more again
And again
And you make me feel like horrible
But I will not give you a reason
To destroy me more and more again
And again