Vengance is taking over me
Nyrox snarled at the crowd, which dispersed leaving only a dumbstruck Vara standing there.
"Nyrox?" She asked timidly.
Oh shit! Would have been Nyrox's normal response, but this wasn't Nyrox. Something had changed about him. He would never have done this before.
He just stared at her.
She approached him slowly. "What are you doing?" She asked in a nearly scalding voice.
"Fighting." Said Nyrox, jumping off the Charmeleon and walking past her.
"W..." began Vara.
"To avenge my mother by killing my father." Nyrox said automatically knowing what she was going to ask.
"What?! Nyrox!" Exclaimed Vara.
Knew she'd flip out, thought Nyrox.
"I'm not gonna let my father get away with murdering my mother." Nyrox replied back, his voice normal as if he had said this too many times before.
Vara ran to catch up with him.
"You can't be..." She began.
"Of course I am!" Nyrox snapped at her.
"But..."
"You weren't there! You didn't see what he did to her!" Nyrox's voice climbing dangerously close to a scream.
Vara got confused. No one saw what he did to her.
"These nightmares," Nyrox explained. "They are too real to be made up. These are memories I have. I must have been slipping in and out of my consciousness."
"Ny..." Vara began. She didn't know what else to say.
Nyrox was just staring forwards, his mind already trying to plot out which way his father went. His revenge was coming closer. He could feel it.
"Ny..." Vara began again. "You've got to..."
"I have thought this through!" He snapped once again.
"But..."
"If you're gonna start lecturing to me then forget it!" Nyrox's voice was once again turning into a scream.
"Ny..."
"Leave me alone!" Nyrox shouted at her. He sped off into the forest, leaving Vara standing there.
"Poor thing." She murmured to herself and carried on walking home.
* * *
Next day Vara went to Nyrox's den to try and talk to him again. She couldn't let him go through with this.
"Ny?" She called into the den.
No response.
"Ny?" She called again stepping into the den.
No response.
The den was just a big chamber with two bed rooms on either side. Both of which Vara checked. Nyrox was not in any of them.
* * *
Quite some distance away, under a bush at the base of a tree, Nyrox was laying now. Another sleepless night, memories still haunting him, was preventing him from sleeping.
Anyone would have thought that missing a few nights sleep would have weakened anyone. But not for Nyrox. It only seemed to spur him on.
Nyrox was staring into space again, mentally planning out where his father would be right now.
Vengeance was claiming his body. With each second that went by Vengeance got a stronger hold on his body, his mind, his will. It was twisting him into this.
The sound of footsteps running nearby snapped him out of his deep thinking. He saw two pink feet run past and a familiar voice calling out "Nyrox? Where are you?"
"Vara," mumbled Nyrox quietly to himself. "What makes you think I'd respond?"
He waited for her to pass then slowly crawled out of his hiding place and walked back to his den.
* * *
Once he got to his den he studied the outside, desperately trying to find his fathers paw prints or scent or fur or blood. Although his wasn't bleeding much in his memory, his mother had drawn blood on him.
He growled angrily and thumped the hard ground with his forepaw, cracking the earth a bit. He was unable to find anything that could tell him where to go, or even where to start to look.
"Nyrox!" A voice shouted.
"Fucks sake!" Nyrox cursed under his breath. Vara had found him.
She ran up to him, out of breath.
"Where have you been?" She panted.
"Somewhere else trying to sleep." Said Nyrox with no emotion.
"Nyrox..."
"If you're here," Nyrox began to growl angrily. "To try and talk me out of this forget it!"
"Try to think clearly," She pleaded Nyrox.
"I can't." Retorted Nyrox. "If I did I'd have to kill you for trying to stand in my way!"
"Nyrox come-on!" Said Vara getting a little angry herself. "This isn't you."
He turned around and stared at her.
"I am hollow inside." He said slowly to her. "Vengeance is all I have left!" He went back to the ground outside the den. Still trying desperately trying to find some sort or trace of his father.
"N..." Vara began.
Nyrox turned around and faced her, his ears pinned back, his tails flailing in a battle stance. He snarled at her.
A little panic stricken Vara backed away.
He then went back to the ground.
I have to do something, thought Vara. Knock him out or something, I can't let him do this.
She looked desperately around for something. It looked like it was her only option.
To Be Continued.
"Nyrox?" She asked timidly.
Oh shit! Would have been Nyrox's normal response, but this wasn't Nyrox. Something had changed about him. He would never have done this before.
He just stared at her.
She approached him slowly. "What are you doing?" She asked in a nearly scalding voice.
"Fighting." Said Nyrox, jumping off the Charmeleon and walking past her.
"W..." began Vara.
"To avenge my mother by killing my father." Nyrox said automatically knowing what she was going to ask.
"What?! Nyrox!" Exclaimed Vara.
Knew she'd flip out, thought Nyrox.
"I'm not gonna let my father get away with murdering my mother." Nyrox replied back, his voice normal as if he had said this too many times before.
Vara ran to catch up with him.
"You can't be..." She began.
"Of course I am!" Nyrox snapped at her.
"But..."
"You weren't there! You didn't see what he did to her!" Nyrox's voice climbing dangerously close to a scream.
Vara got confused. No one saw what he did to her.
"These nightmares," Nyrox explained. "They are too real to be made up. These are memories I have. I must have been slipping in and out of my consciousness."
"Ny..." Vara began. She didn't know what else to say.
Nyrox was just staring forwards, his mind already trying to plot out which way his father went. His revenge was coming closer. He could feel it.
"Ny..." Vara began again. "You've got to..."
"I have thought this through!" He snapped once again.
"But..."
"If you're gonna start lecturing to me then forget it!" Nyrox's voice was once again turning into a scream.
"Ny..."
"Leave me alone!" Nyrox shouted at her. He sped off into the forest, leaving Vara standing there.
"Poor thing." She murmured to herself and carried on walking home.
* * *
Next day Vara went to Nyrox's den to try and talk to him again. She couldn't let him go through with this.
"Ny?" She called into the den.
No response.
"Ny?" She called again stepping into the den.
No response.
The den was just a big chamber with two bed rooms on either side. Both of which Vara checked. Nyrox was not in any of them.
* * *
Quite some distance away, under a bush at the base of a tree, Nyrox was laying now. Another sleepless night, memories still haunting him, was preventing him from sleeping.
Anyone would have thought that missing a few nights sleep would have weakened anyone. But not for Nyrox. It only seemed to spur him on.
Nyrox was staring into space again, mentally planning out where his father would be right now.
Vengeance was claiming his body. With each second that went by Vengeance got a stronger hold on his body, his mind, his will. It was twisting him into this.
The sound of footsteps running nearby snapped him out of his deep thinking. He saw two pink feet run past and a familiar voice calling out "Nyrox? Where are you?"
"Vara," mumbled Nyrox quietly to himself. "What makes you think I'd respond?"
He waited for her to pass then slowly crawled out of his hiding place and walked back to his den.
* * *
Once he got to his den he studied the outside, desperately trying to find his fathers paw prints or scent or fur or blood. Although his wasn't bleeding much in his memory, his mother had drawn blood on him.
He growled angrily and thumped the hard ground with his forepaw, cracking the earth a bit. He was unable to find anything that could tell him where to go, or even where to start to look.
"Nyrox!" A voice shouted.
"Fucks sake!" Nyrox cursed under his breath. Vara had found him.
She ran up to him, out of breath.
"Where have you been?" She panted.
"Somewhere else trying to sleep." Said Nyrox with no emotion.
"Nyrox..."
"If you're here," Nyrox began to growl angrily. "To try and talk me out of this forget it!"
"Try to think clearly," She pleaded Nyrox.
"I can't." Retorted Nyrox. "If I did I'd have to kill you for trying to stand in my way!"
"Nyrox come-on!" Said Vara getting a little angry herself. "This isn't you."
He turned around and stared at her.
"I am hollow inside." He said slowly to her. "Vengeance is all I have left!" He went back to the ground outside the den. Still trying desperately trying to find some sort or trace of his father.
"N..." Vara began.
Nyrox turned around and faced her, his ears pinned back, his tails flailing in a battle stance. He snarled at her.
A little panic stricken Vara backed away.
He then went back to the ground.
I have to do something, thought Vara. Knock him out or something, I can't let him do this.
She looked desperately around for something. It looked like it was her only option.
To Be Continued.