A/N - BIG WARNING BEFORE READING THE CHAPTER!!!
If you see the word 'It' but bolded, it is referring to a character. not the word itself if that makes any sense. just keep an eye out for any words in bold. it plays a huge part in this chapter. especially at the end.
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Darkness.
That was all It could sense around them. All It knew was that it was currently safe right now. In this small closed box.
It didn't know for how long it stayed here. All It knew was it was safe…
Until It heard the loud noises echoing around the walls of the box. Telling It that its safe time was over.
Knowing it couldn't stay here and had to look for sustenance, It crawled out of the opening that appeared along with the noises.
Squeezing its large form through the dark damp passages, It wandered aimlessly. Hoping it could find enough sustenance to survive longer. It knew it couldn't rest in the box safely without enough of it.
Going through the maze aimlessly, It finally found an end out of the passage, only to find itself free falling down below.
Hitting the ground, It could tell the drop wasn't high enough to hurt it. Staying still, It started to sense its surroundings. With no ability to see, It could only depend on its hearing and touch.
Feeling a cool, hard sensation next to it. It could tell it would be able to climb back up the passage it just exited out of. Through its hearing, It heard a sound it had grown familiar with. The sound of water moving. It didn't know what water was but it knew it had to be traversed differently then the usual way It did on solid ground.
Hearing no signs of threats nearby and with the only way forward was to go through the water. It moved.
Slowly moving across the water, It felt much more peaceful than it usually did while traversing water. There would usually be danger lurking inside… but this time, It felt nothing.
…
After slowly floating through the water It reached another spot of land. Crawling itself onto the patch of land, It felt a warm sensation hitting it. It wasn't sure what the warm feeling was but… it was nice. Even soothing in a way.
Circling the patch of land It could tell the area itself wasn't to big. But could also sense the area it was in was blocked in from all directions. Only the path it came from, and a small passage above it were the only ways out. In the middle of the land It felt a strange material it had never felt before. But since it wasn't any sort of sustenance nor danger, It left it alone.
…
Despite knowing it needed to move to avoid starvation. It chose to stay, under the nice warm feeling hitting it. Feeling at peace for once in its existence.
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...
That was until It heard a shuffling above it. Preparing itself, It waited for whatever came out of the passage above it.
"...upid fucker, telling me to watch over this damn robot. Who the fuck does he think he is?!"
It heard sounds it never heard before in its life. The only sounds It had heard from any other creature it encountered mostly amounted to hisses or clicks. But this… this was different.
And for some reason… It understood what it was saying. Each word the creature said. It instantly understood what each word meant. It's thoughts starting to be flooded with information it never knew it had!
While It was stunned by the sudden surplus of information appearing in its brain. The creature exited out of the passage. Landing on the ground next to It.
"Wait until I- ah- AHHH WHAT THE FUCK?!" the creature instantly jumped away from It while screaming.
With the mix of knowledge and the creatures screams. It didn't know what to do, it stayed still on the spot.
"W-WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU?! GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM THE ROBOT!" It didn't know what the creature meant, only hearing the clear hostility in its voice.
With no signs of it moving, the creature moved.
"I SAID GET THE FUCK AWAY!" with the scream, It felt a sudden sharp sensation entering from its side.
Instantly reeling from the pain, It instinctively did something it never did before.
It screamed.
"Ǎ̷͓̫̀H̷̠̒͒̕H̸̹̃̈́̊H̵̛̹͉̅͗́̿̾̽ͅH̸̼̭͔̰̔̌̀H̵̯̞͋̈̾̈́̃̈H̸̲͇͎̐̌̾̌̽Ḩ̸̘̈̈́̈͗͒̄̕Ḧ̶̫́H̷̢̡̝͗̋͂̓͊̉H̸̹̼̣͕̔͑͂͂ͅH̷͍̘̯̠̙͙̝͌̄̔̐́̏̍H̸̻̫́̾̀̄H̷̪͐̂"
The creature instantly covered its ears hearing the garbled screaming coming from It. Its claws clenching its ears so hard, that it drew blood.
With It yelling vocally for the first time it felt overwhelmed with everything happening at once.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" The creature couldn't handle the noise It produced, so with clenched teeth that made its gums bleed. The creature rushed over to It, pulling the spear out and then stabbing It again.
With another wave of pain It could only scream in pain, using words it had never used before.
"E̵̫̮͚̣͉̻͝T̴̢̘̳̹̰̹̞̃̔̆͌͘ ̴̡̗̯̗͊͌H̴̝̩͍̺͑͂͆Ǘ̷̧̫̱̞͔̊̒̃͛R̴̞͕̻̿̐͋̿̔T̴͇̒S̷̨͖͔͔̐,̴̛̛̺͑ ̵̥̰̊̈́È̷͔̫͔̈͂͠ͅỈ̴̡͍̻͚̈́T̶͚̘̰̃̚ ̵̢̳͙̬̙͖̂̓́͂̎H̵̛̩̿͒̐̅͒̊U̸̪̒Ŗ̴̪̙̣̜̹̋͆͜T̶̞̜͔̃S̵̢͍̜̬̥̣͆̌̓̓̄͜"
Not wanting to feel anymore of the pain, It instinctively threw itself onto the creature.
Pulling the spear out, the creature was about to stab It again but didn't realize what It was doing. Under normal circumstances the creature would've been able to avoid something like this. But with the creature's judgement currently clouded with only killing what had invaded its guarding place. It was too late before the mass of flesh crashed into the creature.
"AH-AHHHHHH. GET OFF, GET OFF!!" The creature, with its vision covered only with the sight of flesh covering its vision, desperately clawed at it. The creature's mind completely overtaken with fear and murderous intent.
"Ş̸̟̦̟͙̂̈̆͒Ṱ̷̛͔̮̿̇̊́͆̇A̸̝̩̙̹̬͓̬̐̽̈̈́̆͝P̵̛̗̠̯̫̹͔̈́́̋͠ ̸͇̣̤̞̌̕͝Ě̷̺̯̻̘̘̀T̸͖̲̳͗̄͋̇̃́ ̴͇̃̓̀H̵̙́Ṷ̸̊̅͑̔̓̈́͜R̵̬̮͈̪͗̀͑̈́̀T̸̡̙̙̻̮͂Ṡ̴̛̛͇̋͠,̵̝̹͍̟̺͒̅͑͂̓̕̚ ̶̦̦̹̘̩͇̙͘E̶̻̩͗̈̇͌̓̒͒T̷̬̖̘́̎̈ ̴̧̪͈͂̑H̵̩̖̭̟̲̤͌̔̋̅̽̿̕Ǘ̵̧̬̮̳͓̏͛͒̌̍R̵̡̙̬͋́̾̕T̵͕̻̼̯͕͔̆S̷̖͍̣͇̑̿͊͠D̴̛̯̺̳͋́̒̏" It yelled, consumed in pain from the creature's sharp claws.
Despite the overwhelming pain invading Its senses. It didn't hurt the creature. Letting the creature claw away at It.
Instead, It did something else without even knowing it amidst its screams. Through Its flesh, every spot that touched the creature. It felt every small detail that made the creature the way it was.
The way the creature had 2 legs with each foot having 2 toes, the way the creature had 2 arms with three fingers each. The way that the creature could walk on 2 limbs instead of needing 4.
It unknowingly copied the entire creature's anatomy through touch alone. At the moment, It copied the way the creature worked. It felt as if this was what it was meant to be despite the pain. A closeness It had never felt before.
"GET OFF!"It heard the creature bellow before it felt the creature's claws hit something important in Its flesh.
Reeling from the pain, It got off the creature. Its thoughts hazy with overwhelming information and pain.