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Internal Resonance
Chapter 10: Caught in a mouse trap.

Chapter 10: Caught in a mouse trap.

‘’I have plot armor. You can’t hurt me you hear! I’m the main character.’’

That noise. My head hurts. Be quiet. My thoughts felt heavy and scrambled.

‘’You wait till I get out; I’ll teach all of you extras a lesson that you’ll never forget.’’

Quiet, Dave! Do you ever close that hole of yours? Do you know the meaning of the word?

Wait… Dave! He’s next to me. To my surprise, I found myself waking next to Dave.

Dave’s voice was the precursor to the physical pain that kicked in as soon I became fully conscious and aware of my surroundings.

Great. A Pain in the butt followed by more pain. Could my life get any worse?

I found myself shackled to a wall in a dark, damp basement. It stunk. The ground was soft mud, and water could be heard dripping from several different places. The metal shackles were cold and dug into my skin. I blinked an eye to let it adjust to the dim, fire-lit room.

‘’Just you wait till I get free.’’

‘’Dave will you just shut it for once!’’ I shouted while glancing over at him.

Dave did just that and lowered his head in resignation. The guard he had been shouting at stood in the shadows, barely visible- hidden in the back of the room.

‘’So, this is where Mary brought you?’’ A pang of regret hit me as I looked at Dave to see him battered and bruised. He was shackled next to me, his feet dangled helplessly off the floor.

I sighed.

How stupid could I have been? Mary didn’t want Dave; she had wanted both of us. Just not in the way I had expected.

Bondage isn’t my thing. I laughed to myself in self-pity. Who am I kidding, it isn’t like anyone can hear me.

‘’Umm, Liam… I can hear you; you remember?’’ whispered Liam with his head down. And I could be wrong, but I think you can hear my thoughts now too. One of my tabs ‘Internal resonance’ got upgraded. Our link should be a two-way telepathic link now.’’

Good to know. I pushed my thoughts out. Not that it changed the loudness of how Dave would hear them.

In all honesty, I couldn’t say that I was surprised about this upgrade to Dave’s ability. Since I had woken up in the dungeon, I had felt something tugging in the back of my mind.

It works. Great. Dave Turned to look at me, giving me a gap-toothed smile through a partially opened eye.

‘’I can hear yours too, buddy.’’ I smiled at him for the first time, and I meant it. I felt love towards the guy. My heart ached a little to see him like this.

I wonder if my tail can….

‘’Dave, now’s not the time to be thinking about how your tail compares to the tails of other mice.’’ I chuckled. It was a lame attempt to make him smile, I just couldn’t bear to see him like this.

‘’Now’s the time to be thinking about how we kick some ass!’’ Determined, I looked at the guard and called at him.

‘’Oi you, is this how you get your kicks? Picking on those weaker than you. Torturing small innocent animals. Pick on someone your size.’’

Dave, take control of me quickly. The power-up will give me the strength to pull my shackles from the pins holding me to the wall.

Dave looked up at me and then in front of himself. His tail began wagging and tapping furiously.

‘’You talking to me.’’ A mammoth of a guard, with a face like an ogre and biceps the size of tree trunks walked out from the shadows. ‘’I think you’re closer to my size.’’

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I gulped as he walked closer and closer.

Dave, Quick, please!

I watched helplessly as Dave took his sweet time.

The mammoth was on me.

Got It.

It was too late. I felt the power rush before me, just not before the impact of a right hand slamming my head into the wall behind me. My head made a hole and stayed in it. Stuck.

‘’You killed him! Dave gasped. You, You D list villain. Go drown in a lake.’’ Dave seemed genuinely enraged.

It felt good to know that he cared.

Although the mammoth had landed a powerful punch, Dave had initiated the familiar combat mode just in time. And unfortunately for the guard, He had made the mistake of inspecting his handy work and trying to gloat at Dave. While he was distracted, I pulled my head back from the hole that his punch had created and headbutted him square in the face. The guard fell flying back to the rear of the room, unconscious.

Powerful energy coursed through my veins. And though, I was hurt, the pain wasn’t so bad. I felt invincible. I don’t know what Dave had done, but I felt a lot stronger than I had in our previous fights.

Liam ….

I couldn’t help but admire my bulging biceps and pectoralis major. My Gluteus Maximus was also on fire. Every muscle bulged with raw power.

Liam ….

If I was this strong back on Earth, I would have been a record-breaking pro athlete or maybe a fitness model. Who knows, I could have married that famous influencer with a billion followers. What was her name? Was it Dim something? Dim Garashian or something.

Liam… We’re not free yet!

I looked over to see Liam pointing at someone walking out from the shadows. An eerie screech pierced the air with every step.

Something was wrong.

Whoever or whatever this was, was not human. The vibe was completely off. There was a chill in the air. A faint smell of death.

I completely froze. Fear gripped me.

Liam. Quick Free me.

I tried to move but found that I couldn’t. My eyes rolled over to my side to see Liam squirming helplessly. I wanted to free him, I had to.

I couldn’t. Fear had paralyzed my body in place.

‘’How quaint.’’ A voice hissed through the darkness. A long lythe body slowly began to materialize from the depths of the shadows.

That voice… It was Mary. Unmistakably Mary. I tried again to move. It was all in Vain.

‘’you can try all you want. You won’t escape though. My aura finds your deepest, darkest fears and coils around them.’’ The voice hissed to reveal her face.

Gone was the beauty I had fallen for. In her place was the distorted reptilian form of some kind of demon. The face was gaunt, eyes black with yellow slits. Greyish scales covered its skin. It still had two long legs and arms, but where her breast had been before, two large eyes now stared back at me. Swatting in every direction like they were following invisible flies.

Just great. Thank you, Mary, put me off women for good why don’t you, I thought to myself.

Mary walked closer and closer until she was upon me. Her breath was foul, but that didn’t stop her from revealing a long snake-like tongue and licking my face. I tried to whimper but couldn’t. I wanted to throw up and for some reason, my body didn’t hold back from doing so. Still frozen and unable to move, I felt the contents of my stomach seep out from the side of my mouth.

‘’Do you know why you two are here?’’ asked the voice. I couldn’t see her now. She stood behind me, most likely threatening Dave.

‘’I’ll be straight with you. After all, it’s not like either of you will survive for much longer. Where to begin.’’

Liam, is it just me or are you already bored?

Now that he mentioned it, I guess I was bored.

A little. I thought back in response.

By the way, did she kiss you? Asked Dave.

No, I think I lucked out. She licked me though.

Hah. Dave’s laughter echoed through my skull. What happened to, 'I think she likes me, did you see how she moved her hair away and blushed.'

Shut it. I wanted to laugh, and surprisingly I did. I was able to move. I was free. The fear had subsided. That was the key to breaking free. Captain obvious, I know.

Mary the demon must have noticed as she quickly appeared in front of my face again. I immediately ceased all movement and pretended to be Frozen again. It was really hard, especially because now I couldn’t take her seriously. I wanted to laugh in her face, but I somehow kept my composure.

‘’As I was saying, the humans of this land want all humans to be free of their mice masters. I on the other hand have other plans. While they need me to break the pact that exists between mouse and human, I want the mana that comes from absorbing the pact and the soul of the mouse. A fitting reward wouldn’t you say? Dinner and a free power-up.’’ Mary’s ear-to-ear smile sent a chill down my spine.

‘’Now normally, I wouldn’t devour the human, but you Liam, seem like a whiny tattle tale. I’m sure that If I let you go, you’ll let the entire town know about me. We can’t have that now, can we?’’

‘’wait,'' I broke out from my fake frozen posture. ''I promise I won’t tell. I’ll keep my word.’’

Wait what. You’re going to let her eat me. Cried Dave in my head.

‘’How?’’ she demanded.

‘’By not opening my mouth. It’s kind of self-explanatory.’’

‘’No, you fool. How did you break through the effect of my aura?’’

Now, Quick! While she’s distracted

I ran for the exit that lay behind her but then realized something very important.

I had to free Dave.

I quickly turned back and pushed past her, sending her to the ground in confusion.

I grabbed the shackles to Dave’s chains, but before I could rip them out a hand slapped me with the force of a train. I found myself flying straight into a wall.

The impact created a massive dent in the wall. Stone crumbled all over me.

I was out for the count.

Damn it. Everything went black again.