Enforcers - Chapter 141

Age 1991

Hero felt himself falling.

He felt the ground give out around him.

He felt the wind hit him as he spun through the air.

A white liquid suddenly sprung around him as something covered over his body. It was like a white shell. It stuck to his body and forming around him covering him up. It was like wearing a full-on white bodysuit covering his body completely save for two holes where his silver eyes stuck out of. The white liquid suit seemed to move around his body as he felt himself fall back.

‘Splash!’

Redwater flew into the air as Hero took a deep breath of surprise, the suit opened up in the mouth area as the red liquid flowed into it. He felt liquid rush into his lungs as he tried to kick and punch at the air, but the suit seemed to have come to life as it forced his arms back down causing him to sink deeper, and deeper into the red ocean. He felt a warm liquid flow over him as his silver eyes stared around wildly. It was nearly impossible to see now nothing but a wave of red.

All around him for miles was a large, and deep red sea?

“What?” Hero said with wide eyes. “Where am I-”

“Where do you think you are?” A cold, and familiar voice asked.

Hero moved up through the water as he looked in the air. Above him, a massive lab coat floated in the air. Several chains were wrapped above it keeping it in place. Next to it, a smaller lab coat floated around freely.

Labby, and the smaller version of Labby, that the lab coat had made. Apparently, he didn’t pull the smaller lab coat back into himself? That probably wasn’t good.

“Why am I here again?” Hero asked looking around wildly again. “And what the hell is up with this!” He waved his hands around showing the white suit that was stuck to his body. “What happened to Hospital? And why is the red liquid so much deeper?” He asked.

“Slow down.” The big Labby hissed out. “You’re asking too many questions.”

“Well to be fair…” The smaller Labby said. “He is probably a bit confused. He does have every right to be after all. This is the worse condition he’s ever been in.”

“What?” Hero asked.

The big Labby let out another sigh as he slowly floated closer to the ground. It’s sleeves came out placing them on the ground. “To put it simply. You’re currently dying.”

“What!”

“Your heart was completely blown to pieces and then you were practically split in half.” Labby said calmly. The smaller lab coat moved closer to the ground as it floated into the red water and disappeared. “Thankfully. Or well. Thankfully for you. You’re a Seraphin. Because of this, your body is currently healing. The Red ocean, as I’ve stated is the manifestation of your mother’s Attribute. Living Nano. The reason it is deeper is because it is going all out to try and keep you stable. As for where Hospital is. Well. You’re wearing her.”

Hero stared down at the white suit that was on him as his eyes went pure wide. He felt it breathing… It twisted around his body. Seraphin’s can lose control to the manifestation of the Monsterfication, if they do not watch it carefully. It is a Seraphin’s fate that the ability will take them over…

“Ahh. That fearful look on your face.” Labby said giving a small laugh despite not having a mouth. Then again he also talked without a mouth so that might not have actually been that strange. “You’re indeed correct boy.” Labby said slowly. “She has gotten closer to you. Right now the only thing stopping her from taking your body over is the fact that she needs to heal it. You’re on a dangerous territory right now.” The white suit moved around him as the red liquid seemed to hiss out. “Ahh of course. Your mother and Hospital don’t get along too well. Did you know this red ocean has been holding the ability back? Making it weaker so you would be able to beat it on your own? Of course. Right now she is teaming up with it. Both those abilities are teaming up to try and put you back into a working shape.”

“Oh no…” Hero muttered out slowly.

“Yes.” Labby said giving a nod of his head. Or at least the closet thing he had to a head. “I’m afraid that you don’t have a lot of options. There is a chance you will be able to keep the Monsterfication back. Or at least mostly. But it will be just you fighting. Due to how close it has gotten, quite literally being on your skin, your mother will not be able to fight back against it. She had to let it get to you to save you after all.”

Once again the red sea seemed to let out a loud hiss as steam rose up around it.

“You’re still too weak to handle this power.” Labby mocked. “And because of that, you will be taken over by that power. However. You do have an option.”

“I do?”

“Drop these chains. Unlock me. And I will kill you right now. I will kill you so that the ability can’t take you over and kill everyone in this city.”

Hero was silent as he felt like he had just been slapped in the face.

“You’re saying I have to die?” Hero asked slowly.

“Of course. It is my job to stop that power from ever reaching you and taking over your body. That is the job of every lab coat, that rest inside of a Seraphin. Believe me. Many Seraphin’s think they can control the power. They think they can take it over. But in the end it will always take them over. Many of them try and destroy the mind manifestations. If you were to kill one of us, you would technically be able to absorb us into yourself.”

“Wait so if I kill you I’ll absorb you?”

“All of us are you. Yes. The Monsterfication is Ava’s power, and does have some of her in it, but in the end, it is just a shadow of her. Same with the red ocean. It has your mother but still isn’t her. All of us are you. So if you were to somehow defeat us you could absorb us into your body gaining what we have. For instance. If you defeat the red ocean, you could gain the full power of the Living Nano. If you defeat Hospital, you could gain full power of the Monsterfication and not have to worry about it taking you over. Of course. No Seraphin has ever beaten the Monsterfication. Many have managed to beat it down and think they won. But in the end. It always comes back. It always takes them over.”

“…What about you?” Hero asked.

“What?”

“What do I get when I beat you?”

“When? Well. If you beat me you get access to 100%… I told you. It is only possible for you to get to 50%… If you were defeat me then you would not only have that 100% full power, but you would also gain far more control no longer having to worry about ripping your body apart. Of course. You will never beat me. And if you do, the Monsterfication will have no one to suppress it. It would take you over for sure. Then all you would have is a mindless murders beast at 100% of its power.”

“That sounds bad.” Hero said giving a small nod. “Oh well.”

“Stop stalling.” The lab coat moved even closer to him. “Your body is being healed. You likely will not be able to fight off the Monsterfication when it is done! Unbind me. Allow me to kill you before it takes you over.”

“Kill me…”

“I told you already! It is the only way. You will kill them if you are not stopped.”

Hero slowly reached out placing his hand up. He stopped though resting his hand back down. “…No…”

“What?” The Lab Coat rested on the ground in announce. “You idiot! Do you want to be the one to kill your friends?”

“I have a chance to fight it off right?”

“Maybe a 1% chance.”

“I’ll take those odds.”

“You are a fool.”

“I know I am.” Hero gripped his hand as he stared down at the white suit that was on his body. It seemed to move around his skin softly. “I said I would save her. I will. I’m in love with her. Or at least the closet thing I can be. I want to see her again. I want to see her smile. And I want to hold her hand…” He said with slight embarrassment. “I failed her those years ago. I won’t this time! I will save her!”

“You will get them all killed!”

“That’s another thing. I think I can stop it. At least I hope so. But. Even if I can’t. I know my friends. Ken. I’ve seen her power. And those two men. I’m confident that they will be able to stop me.” He gave a slight smile flashing a thumbs up to the giant Lab coat. “So I won’t lose. At least not yet. If I really am unable to beat this thing, then I’ll just become a version of myself that can!”

“Hero Otoko… You really are a fool…”