(Not really been in a writing mood.. so here's just a little bit more)
Shadowalker intruded upon Jennys thoughts; Perhaps if you tried to stop perceiving me as a darkness within you, then we might be able to work together better. I joined with you because I wanted to help, if Id wished you harm I could have left you to die. I choose to stay even though our identities did not merge, as it should have been. We all have a dark side; it is natures way of balance. Without the dark of night one cannot truly appreciate the dawning of a new day. We need each other.
Jenny sighed, Perhaps you are right. I am afraid of the dark, afraid that its my own inner darkness I see reflected back at me sometimes and not yours, and that terrifies me.
Perhaps...
By letting you take over, or at least sharing our thoughts more, I may yet come to terms with being two souls within one body. I am afraid of change, of being devoured by the darkness and not being able to find my way back to the light. Afraid of losing my humanity
I have travelled galaxies, was once a Nictus of power and enjoyed the taking of life. But I have changed, realised that to survive I must find another way. Yet, I am what I am, I cannot help that. I would prefer not to force you to do things, but youre so timid and shy. I wont deny that there is a part of me that still enjoys conflict and pain
Jennys gaze wandered back to the pool. The light was starting to fade in this strange place, and she was tired and maybe just a little drunk still. There had been a man here earlier, or perhaps shed imagined it. He was, after all, supposed to be dead. A kind man with blue skin who seemed to know her name, and the name of the one she had sworn to protect. The aptly named Shadow had suggested she come here, and shed begun to wonder just whose side he was on anyway.
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[u]Shades of Humanity - Part One[u]
It was so quiet and peaceful by the pool in Ouroboros, the light glinted off its surface making it glitter and sparkle in a way that mesmerised Jenny. As she lay gazing into the water, trailing her hand across the surface making tiny ripples, her long unbound hair was caught by a gentle breeze, which lifted a few strands in front of her eyes, momentarily obscuring her vision and breaking the spell. She sighed, and with delicate fingers gently brushed the offending strands of violet coloured hair back behind her ears.
It had been just over a year since shed felt this calm. Even the voice of Shadowalker, Jennys constant companion, was quiet in her mind. Their joining had been somewhat traumatic for the both of them. Jenny had been seriously ill at the time; the doctors and scientists working to keep her alive couldnt work out why her cells had begun to change on a molecular level, much less find a way to halt it. They conjectured that it might have had something to do with the attack that had happened the week previous to her falling ill.
Shed been walking home late from the University in Steel Canyon when a fight in the street had broken out between a meta-human wreathed in some kind of strange mist, and a Council soldier armed with some kind of energy weapon. Shed run and was cowered behind a nearby dumpster, hoping to stay un-noticed. She didnt see the ferocity of the fight, nor how the Council soldier was being ripped to shreds, although she could hear the awful sounds from both combatants and knew it must be bad. As she crouched, hiding, a sudden spray of crimson blood shot over the top of the dumpster, momentarily blinding her as it landed on her face. She jumped and almost let out a yelp, one hand moving to cover her mouth whilst the other wiped the blood from her eyes. Then the fighting had abruptly come to a halt. There was an eerie silence. As she peered nervously from her hiding place she saw what was left of the Council soldier lying in an ever growing pool of his own blood and gore, the strange weapon had vanished and there was no sign of the meta-human. Shakily shed gotten to her feet, after vomiting at the sight, and walked in a daze the rest of the way home. It was a week later shed collapsed whilst archiving some of the older books in the University Library.
The pain. She remembered the pain, and the vague hushed mumblings of the white-coated men and women, huddled around her bed, peering at her with concerned looks, the beeps and sounds of the machines surrounding her. Then another woman, this one with glowing eyes that seemed to radiate an otherworldly energy, a soothing voice that spoke gently of a race called Kheldians, and of reformed Nictus that required hosts to live, and of one called Shadowalker who wanted to help.
A year later and she was still coming to terms with that merging. The two separate personalities from Kheldian and human were supposed to have merged fully, making one new one, but that hadnt happened, something had gone wrong. Shadowstar, the otherworldly woman who had come to Jenny in the hospital, believed that whatever had caused the irreparable damage to Jennys cell structure had somehow prevented them from merging fully. Separation would mean Jennys death however, so Shadowalker had made the decision to stay.
Jennys mind snapped back to the present, all this musing on what had happened wasnt helping. She, they had to sort themselves out and soon. The fight in Pocket D last night had changed the uneasy balance that they both had within her body. Jenny, afraid of loosing her humanity clung to it as hard as she could, whereas Shadowalker saw it as a frailty and weakness. Both were still learning from each other, learning to work with each other, but at times of extreme stress or danger Shadowalker would take over, pushing Jenny into the background. It was becoming apparent that if she chose, she could be the more dominant personality. They needed to work something out, and soon, or the person they were trying to protect would get hurt, possibly killed.
To be continued...
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