The Hades Project

[Exile]

She had him where she wanted him. Trapped in his own mind. Afraid, in pain. His mind on the verge of shattering, giving way to something... Greater.

He sat infront of her, on his knees. Her hand lay on his head and here eyes were closed and moving, as if she was in another realm. The man stood in the back, leaning against the wall. 'Hrmpf' was all he said.

She moved her fingers over his head, through his hair, projecting more and more horrifying images and sounds into his mind. Visions of the void, of death. Visions of loved ones vaporizing infront of him, cities ablaze, people burning. Worlds dying and stars exploding. Just a little more...Almost there...And Crack. His mind shattered.

Sturm screamed in pain. The most fierce and deepest agony one could imagine coursed through his every fiber. His muscles felt like they would explode and his skull like it was about to crack. Then it stopped.

The woman pulled back her hand, and telekinetically pulled the proffesor up. She looked at the man standing in the back. 'Hold him.' He slowly came out of his hanging position and stepped towards the floating, semi unconscious man. He took hold of him just as the telekenetic bond broke. 'This thing's heavy, sweet'.

The woman closed her eyes and placed her fingers gently on Sturm's neck. The man had seen this before, and knew what would happen. 'Another one for the cause?' He asked.

Small streams of a shining blue liquid came out of the woman's fingertips, and went into the professor's mouth, ears, and nose. It took a minute or two, but the process would be absolute, irreversable.

The man placed the professor back on the bed, and left the room together with the woman.

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