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Chapter 7: Glitched containment
Jane was alone, not surprising really, she looked around, it was an empty void, she felt as if she was barely standing on anything at all.
“thE WomAn oF tHE HouR!” The Spectre said, Jane looked up as the sky filled with a patchy red, a worry of herself and other passed through her.
“Where’s John?” She demanded.
“He’S FiNE, JusT Has A lIttLE HeADAcHe, WhAt? You WaNT ONe ToO?” The Spectre asked, Jane suddenly felt as if she were being stabbed in the head, she clutched it trying to stop the pain.
“No… I just- want to see my husband! To know he’s ok!” She said through pained breaths.
“ParDon? i’M aFrAID I cOulDN’t hEar yOu oVer thE SCrEAms.” The Spectre said, Jane had a very good feeling she wasn’t going to like this, suddenly the headache grew drastically worse, as if her head were being compressed, out of the sheer surprise and pain, she let out a small scream, and fell to her knees, small pained tears coming to her eyes. “Oh mY… THAt SEEms sPlittINg.” The Spectre said, Jane heard something and looked to the side in time to see an ax swing towards here, Then she woke up in a pool of blood, likely her own, though she still left it quickly.
“Let me see my husband please!” She said
“You’Ll sEE Him sOOn eNoUGH… Be pAtIENt dEar.” The Spectre said mockingly, Jane grit her teeth together, then she felt some sort of static like pain climb up her, looking at what it was showed a very familiar black substance with red code, but this was different, it wasn’t just the code, this was the substance itself, Jane tried to get it off but she just gave it another place to start crawling from, it climbed her, creating a sort of hard case that she couldn’t move in, then she was back, she took a breath, and coughed.
“Ok, NoW yOU WiLL sEe hIm, hAVE FUn!” The Spectre said, Jane felt her eyes droop, of course it was lying to her, she succumbed to the tiredness quickly.
She was working a normal day, but, something felt off, she suddenly got the urge to check on John, she looked at the clock, she had enough time for a quick look at him, she went over to where he was working, seemingly he was fine, he was passing by something, someone seemingly carrying a container of defunct code, but then she saw something, it was… bulging out of it’s containment, seemingly about to shoot itself right at John, Jane widened her eyes, and called out John’s name, she ran out and tackled him, getting him out of the way of the corrupt code, but she also felt herself get shot into a wall. She saw that John had been flung into a wall as well by the sudden burst, he also seemed to be out, being flung into the wall was dazing, and soon the lights shut out for her. She woke up later in one of the medical beds, John at her side, some bandages wrapped a wound on his head.
“Oh thank Telamon you’re ok!” John said, Jane smiled.
“Are you?” She asked, John pointed at his bandages.
“Oh? This? I’m fine I just have a… long… abrasion… on the back of my head… but I’m fine!” He said, Jane chuckled a little, then winced, he side felt as if something was trying to claw it, John looked at her in surprise. “Are you ok?” He asked, Jane smiled.
“I’m sure I’m fine, don't worry.” She said, John nodded but his frown stayed there. Jane couldn’t do much, she couldn’t see anything but moving at all caused her immense pain most of the time, eventually she just sucked it up and got out of bed, touching her feet to the ground made something in her stomach feel like it was forcing it’s way up her throat, she rushed into the bathroom and threw up a… sticky black substance? It had red code coming off of it, she screamed from surprise, and someone rushed in, pretty soon she was undergoing different tests, but even with all of that, no one knew what was happening, days kept passing, and eventually Jane saw what was causing her so much pain, the black code was infecting her body, everyone was panicking, Jane more than anyone, but at least one person stayed by her side the whole time, John was there with her, even when her mood would suddenly shift to violent and she would have moments where she didn’t even think she was controlling her own body anymore, he stayed with her, even as the corruption grew into small points on the ends of her arms, he stayed with her, and one day she confided in him, it was getting harder and harder to control herself she found, and she had come to the harsh reality that there was nothing anyone could do for her.
“J-John…” She said, John looked at her.
“Yeah? What’s going on?” He asked, Jane looked at him with sorry eyes, he looked like a wounded puppy, like he was so afraid and willing to stay by her.
“I… want you t-to go get B-Builderman…” She said, John nodded and stood up to leave, but turned to her at the last moment.
“If I can ask… why?” He asked, Jane felt tears form in her eyes.
“I… don’t th-think I can be… s-saved.” She said, John fully turned to her.
“What does that mean.” He asked, he sounded worried, and scared.
“I-it’s best if I l-lock myself away… then I c-can’t hurt an-anyone.” She said, she watched as tears came to John’s eyes, and started rolling down his cheeks.
“What!? N-no! You! Jane no! We’ll get through this together just… please! Don’t give up!” He said, Jane let out a small sob.
“John… there is nothing we c-can do… my time has r-run out… I-I’m sorry.” She said, John watched her face, watched her messy hair surround her head, watched her sickly frame as the corruption slowly took over, and he let out a few sobs.
“Jane…” He cried, then he sniffled, and looked at her. “Ok… I’ll… go tell him that you would like to speak to him…” John said, Jane smiled.
“Thank you John… I l-love you so much.” She said, John let out another sob.
“M-me too Jane, I love you dearly.” He said, and he left the room, softly closing the door. Jane waited after John left, the seconds felt like hours, and she was only getting worse, then the door opened, and Builderman and John stepped in.
“Jane? John said that you had wanted to talk to me.” He said, Jane nodded.
“I don’t think I c-can be s-saved… I think it’s best for all of R-Robloxia to lock me away, to k-keep everyone safe.” She said, Builderman looked at her.
“And you are absolutely sure this is what you want?” He asked, there was a sort of sadness in his voice, Jane nodded, and Builderman nodded, “Alright, I’ll get a containment unit set for ya’.” He said, Jane smiled, it hurt to talk, John walked up to her, and he held her non-corrupt hand, he was crying.
“I’m… so proud of you… for making this choice, and I want you to know that I love you, I always will love you.” He said, Jane nodded, and cried as well. Shortly after she was transferred to a room with a glass wall, and padding, people gave their condolences, and goodbyes, and she just watched as people passed by the glass wall, well, most people, John stayed by the glass the entire time, and she slowly lost control of her body, she watched in pain as her body began moving on its own, walking on stilts of the hardened corruption, lashing with needles made from it on her arms, then one day, John didn’t show up, then she was mysteriously transported into a cabin.
“NoW THeN… LeT RounD 2 BegIN.”
THE END