Now I am handcuffed in a room that no one knows I am in, The ceiling is warded with anti magic and the door is as well. First things first I need to get these handcuffs off ASAP. I see the knives on the cart, The meat grinder and the pipe on the ceiling.... Using the knives is to risky, I actually want to keep my limbs. The same goes to the meat grinder, It only take one slip and I am going to be one hand short.
I look up at the pipe that was dripping water and realize that my best bet is using that pipe to leverage against the handcuffs. If I can get enough strength then I can break the handcuffs. I run straight at the wall and try my best to reach the pipe, I come up short and I cant reach it. I try again this time but instead of running I grab the cart. Using the cart I only need to slightly jump and I can reach the Pipe.
I jump and hook my Handcuffs on the pipe. I dangle there for a few seconds before I hear the groaning of metal, Panic makes its way into my mind. It holds for a few more seconds and then I fall hitting my back on the metal cart and finding myself on the ground.
Atreus - "AHHHHH Shit, That fucking hurt"
Laying on the cold concrete, The metal pipe is now broken from the ceiling and is still between my handcuffs. My anxiety is increasing but my determination only grows. I need to get out of here, I know I can... I planted the pipe underneath my foot and started lifting. I pulled up with all my strength. I could hear the handcuffs creaking, straining beneath the pressure.
'Not enough force.'
My eyes scanned the room, stopping at the locked door. There was a small gap underneath, enough for airflow, enough to get the pipe under. I jammed the pipe into the gap, wedging it tight. I worked the chain of the cuffs beneath the jammed pipe. Then I pulled with everything I had.
The pain was blinding. I couldn't stop the scream.
"Arhhhhhhh!! Come on, come on. AHHHHH!"
Clink.
The chain broke. The cuffs were still there, like heavy, useless metal bracelets, but my hands were free. The movement was a relief. Since I woke up, since I crash landed in this neurotic, edgy T.V. show reality everything had been overwhelming The memories of this place, of Fillory and The Beast, were terrifying. This room was just a bad start.
The pink toad faced woman groaned. She was starting to wake up. I was out of time. The pipe was still stuck in the door. Looking around, I noticed the magic. All the runes and glyphs on the walls converged on the corner where she was lying. A small Black Box sat there. My memories insisted That, That's the anchor. It powers the anti-magic field... The Toad starts to shift, Moaning and holding her head.
Panic starts to swirl in my gut and in a rush of movement my body starts moving on its own.
Atreus - "I don't think so"
I look around for something to grab, I see the knife's and The pipe but I dont want to stab her. The baseball bat is sitting right there on the cart and I dont even think about what to do and the bat is in my hand. I grip the handle in anger, I lift the bat up and I see her starting to push herself up. I don't let her get to far and I bring the Bat down In a blind Rage of Justice.
'Splat' I do it Again 'Squelch' And again 'Squish' again 'sqwush' And again 'Thud'
The bat is no longer hitting her head but it is hitting the concrete underneath where her head had been. Her body was seizing and jerking all the way until the end. Now it is just laying on the floor, A puddle beginning to gather underneath my shoe's. I wipe my face and I don't even want to think of what I am whipping off. It is chucky and sticky. I am almost 100% certain that it is Brain matter.
Burying the thoughts of what I just did is harder then I thought. My hands are shaking and my eyes are unfocused. I keep looking back at her body and I am at a loss. I did that, I am capable of doing that to another human being... I steady my hands, I focus my mind.
Atreus - "She would've done the same to me and possibly worse"
The words slip out of my mouth and I grow cold to the feeling thats in my gut. I push it down farther and refuse to care for the Toad. I know what I was going to do and I believe she deserved it. I did not choose to be brought her but I am also not EVER going to go down with out a fight. If you want to take my freedom away then you should be prepared to face death.
My mind moves on, Leaving the Toad in the back of my head. Gone for now but never forgotten. I need to escape this prison.
Should I break out the Physical way or the magic way... I need my magic back asap, The steel door seems like an impossible task but the magic battery that seems like something I can do. Looking at the black Box sitting in a pool of Toad Blood.
I grip the bat again. My fingers interlocking on the sticky red liquid on the handle. I put that bat over my head a swing with an equal force to my other swings, A spark comes off of the Box but otherwise it is fine. I swing again this time the spark is bigger and a piece breaks off the Box, I can feel the energy inside the box start to leak out.
'So close'
I wind back and hold it for 1 second before swinging again this time I swing it in an arc gaining momentum before slamming the bat into the 'Magic batter'
The box shatters, The pieces flying in all directions. A wave of magic explodes out of the box in all directions, sending me flying into the wall. My head slams into the wall.... Darkness Takes me.
Blinking my eyes, The darkness of the room eases me back into reality. My vision is blurry for only the slightest of moments before it readjust and I see what happened, The room is in complete disarray. The cart with tools was flipped over. The meat grinder is broken into pieces on the ground.
Looking to my left I see light coming form where the steel door was before. Hope makes its way into my mind, I can finally leave. Looking in the corner, I see a small safe that is dented beyond recognition. It seems to be a medium sized wall safe that was imbedded into the wall. The safe is so deformed that the locked door is loosely open.
I pick my self off of the cold hard ground and I start limping out towards the open safe. Standing in front of the safe I can see a few items inside. The first Item that I see is a scroll of some kind that's wrapped up and tied in a red ribbon. I pull the string and it unfurls effortlessly, The map is of New York. All of the streets are labeled and the different burrows of New York are Highlighted.
In some area's there is pulsing light that fades and then pulses back. Some are brighter then others. I have no idea what this map is for but I am curious on what these pulsing lights are. I rolled the map back up and tie it in the red ribbon. Next right by the map is a pair of glasses, Down the side of the glasses are runes. The glasses are silver in color and clear lenses.
I go to place them on my head but I hesitate. 'I have no idea what these glasses do I'll need to run test before I put them on'.
The temptation is strong to see what these glasses can do but I just gained my freedom, I dont want to get cursed right away. Placing the glasses on the collar of my shirt, I move onto the next item in the safe.
A old school key with 2 prongs on the end. The key doesn't look like it can fit into any known lock in this modern era, But knowing the world I am in now I know that this key could be helpful. I put it inside my pants pocket and Make my way towards the door that has been blown off the hinges.
Hobbling out of the room, I see I am in the basement of some Apartment Building. I go to make my way up the steps and I realize that I left the toad down there. 'What if they find her body ? I should Probably search her for a key or something'