I was awoken by a sudden pain, unlike anything I have ever felt before. First it attacked my muscles, then my my organs started to spasm and finally I was completely drained of my energy. It was unlike any pain I had experienced before. I could hear the others around me scream and slam against the confinements. The only reason I didn't was because it would just waste my energy.
One after another they went quiet until I was the only one remaining but I could feel my consciousness fading. I was exhausted and the pain kept getting worse.
Finally my mind went blank, it almost felt rewarding compared to the pain. Almost.
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When I awoke I was no longer in my confinement. Not the others either. We were all laying on the floor in a large room we had never seen before. Now that I think about it, this was the first time we ever left our "birth room". Interesting.
I was one off the first ones to wake up. When the others awoke they began walking around, confused as they were. Me? I simply sat where I was. I didn't know what would happen and saved my energy for whatever might.
Some of the others began hitting the walls. They wanted to return to the safe confinement. They saw this new place as threatening and scary.
Morons.
I tried to communicate with some but everyone answered me the same way; silence. Either they didn't want to communicate or they simply didn't have the ability to do so. Maybe it was both?´
The room we were in had a high roof and black walls. The only lightsource was a giant floating globe in the ceiling. How did that work, I asked myself. Why does it shine? How does it stay where it is? How did it get there? Interesting.
I continued waiting for something to happen but nothing did. No one entered or exsited the room. Time went by. The others stopped slamming the walls and started to fight each other instead, probably to went out their frustration. I never participated in these meaningless fights. Waste of energy and time, that was the only thing it was.
I remember the first death. It started off as an ordinary fight between two of the others. Both of them had fought before and had won their fair share of fights. They started dealing blows.
One of them grepped the head of the other and slammed it into a wall. The other one responded with a kick in the stomach area. The fight continued. Finally one was defeated. But instead of walking away, the winner did something... unexpected. It grabbed the neck of the loser and started to choke it.
The loser tried to fight it off but in the end it was to weak. When it was dead the winner shouted a victory scream. This one... was dangerous, I came to the conclusion. I started to avoid him while the others sought him out, wanting to fight him.
While some met the same end as the first one, some was spared. They started to move in a group, with the strongest one as the leader. They challenged the others until finally, only their group of around 50 was left. Plus me of course. I had been smart enough to not seek out attention or provoke anyone but now I couldn't avoid it anymore.
When the first one that challenged me I tried to simply ignore it by continue sitting down but it didn't work. Instead it attacked, without me wanting to fight. So I had no choice but to defend myself.
During the time in the room I had not only inspected it but also the others. Their fighting styles, movements, differences in personality, strengths and weaknesses. They were like open books to me.
The first one charged at me, trying to hit my in the side of my head. But instead of getting hit I rolled backwards and jumped up on my feet. I lifted my foot and aimed towards this ones weak spot; his neck.
One swift kick did it. His head fell clean of.
The other ones noticed this and starte to attack me. First one on one but when they noticed that didn't work they started to attack me all at once. But it was no use.
I avoided all their attacks, hit their weaks spots and killed them without second thought. Soon only 7, including me, was left. We were all the strongest of our kind and we were ready to fight to the death when...
A whole in one of the walls appeared. We all froze where we stood. Into the room walked three people. They looked so different from us but they also bore similaritys. Two legs, two arms and one head. They were all different in apperance. One was tall and fit, another was short and slim while the last one had weird lumps of fat on their chest.
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What were they, I pondered. This was certainly interesting. I decided to observe them, but refused to let my guard down incase some of the others decided to attack.
One of those that walked in, the shortest one, opened his mouth and began to speak.
"I am prince Occsa Ulterra Indesi III, the future demon king AND" he made a slight pause, "your master".
It was my first time hearing anyone talk but I understod everything clearly. I looked at the others. They seemed to have understand it to.
Seeing us understanding what he said he continued.
"You were all created to serve me. Your lives are not your, but mine. You are the strongest of your kind and therefore the only ones strong enough to defend me."
My life is not my own? Am I not the one holding it? Have it been in your hands all along? This makes me feel... Uneasy. I don't like it.
Suddenly the tall one stepped forward and started to speak.
"You are not in title to refuse any of our commands. After this we will take you to the battle stations were everything will get further explained. Your majesty."
It bowed down to the short one and they both walked out. The only one left was the one with lumps of fat on its chest.
It stared at us for a while before muttering something, I could not hear what. Suddenly my body became heavy and I started to stagger, so did the others. Some even fell down.
I looked down on my torso and saw an odd symbol glowing in red. I did not know how but I did know this was the work of that fleshy thing. It fascinated me.
Then it started to speak.
"Follow me."
That was the only thing it said and to my suprise my body started to move on its own. This was strange, I thought. How can I not control my body. The same thing appeared to have happened on the others as well.
We followed the fleshy thing out the room and soon found ourselves in a small corridor.
We walked for atleast 10 minutes before we arrived to the destination. The fleshy thing stopped and so did we. In front of us were a huge door.
"Behind this door there is the person that from this day onwards will hold your lives in her hands. If you are deemed unworthy, weak or even just looks at someone wrong you will be eliminated."
The fleshy thing turned around and opened the door. We walked in.
We were in another room, but this one much larger than the other one. It also looked completely different. The walls were covered in red and they were decorated with shining objects of all kinds. I could see multiple doors on the opposite side of the room. This was truly interesting. So many new things at once. I wanted to know everything.
But then one of the doors opened and another tiny one appeared, this one even shorter than the one called Occsa from before. It started to speak.
"So these are the new ones eh? Doesn't look like mush but I guess they will do."
For some reason I didn't like the way it talked. It... irritated me.
The fleshy one responded.
"You are not one to talk Erica-sama, but I'm afraid that I have to go now. Please take care of them and try to keep them alive."
"Ha!" the tiny one shouted. "Have more faith in me Lenora!"
"I shall try" the fleshy one said before leaving the room. The tiny one sighed and looked at us. We still couldn't move so we just stood there.
"Well then, I guess the first thing I gotta do is introduce myself. My name is Erica Pendragon and I am the leader over the third platoon, that will say you guys! But because we will be togheter from now on please call me nee-chan!"
This thing called Erica stopped and started looking at us before continuing.
"Ah that's right, ya'll can't talk yet. Well first things first, let's get some sleep shall we? Everyone stand beside one door each."
We did as she said and stod between one door each.
"Now then, this shall be your rooms where you will sleep and keep your private things... when you get them that is! Now now, go through the doors and go to sleep and we see each other tomorrow. See ya!"
Erica suddenly disappeared and with nothing else to do we all entered our rooms.
My room was simple. One bed, a drawer, a desk and an empty bookshelf. But this was enough for me right now. I laid down on the bed and started to drift off to sleep.
As my mind faded only one thought entered.
What is an nee-chan?