Chapter 155: Control is Everything(19)
A/n: I got a bad feeling that this chapter will have the same similar feeling of Chapter 9.
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Reaching the first floor from a flight of stairs, the hallway in front of D4C seemed barren and lifeless except the sounds of battle can be heard around the area, it seems like that the MTF soldiers and SCP guards are still occupied with dealing with the escaped SCPs, D-class, and his dimensional clones. D4C immediately started moving down the hallway and heading for the exit when he heard the cry coming from behind him.
"D4C!"
When D4C turned around, he saw it was Molly, standing in the distance with a Glock pistol pointing in his direction, tears streaming from her eyes, and only rage, misery, and a desire for vengeance on her face.
"Just pull the trigger, Dr. Collingwood. It's not gonna bring him back." D4C said calmly, "I only gave him an offer that could set both of your futures for a peaceful life in this mad world by helping me achieve control, but he straight up refused because he chose himself and he thinks my methods are questionable."
"Because he knew if he joined you and helped you in this path of control by using your methods, he would have to regret his entire life knowing he achieved peace by doing this!" Molly said to him angrily, "And you killed him and the rest who were working on this site without remorse, you damn psychopath!"
"...There is a small chance he could be alive."
"What?"
Staring at Molly's frozen expression, D4C points to the tint of blood on the Stand Arrow in his hands, "Lawrence got his hand scratched accidentally by the arrow while putting the last amount of his strength in grabbing my hand before dropping dead." He merely stated, "If the arrow deems him worthy, he'll live, but if deemed unworthy, he will stay dead."
Molly shook her head in response, "You're just trying to get me distracted. I checked his pulse when I reached him and he wasn't moving. He's gone and you're lying so that I drop my guard."
"Ok! Let's just assume that he is dead..."
"SHUT UP!"
"...Ok, let me rephrase that sentence, if he really isn't moving, then that means the arrow's effect is taking its time to give him a Stand or passing away due to being unworthy." D4C explained, looking at Molly with a serious look, "Molly, it's not worth working for the foundation. You know fully well this is an awful place and yet you want to work with them knowing full well if you speak the truth you get terminated. Why?"
"...I thought I was one of the good guys." Molly said with a sob in her mid sentence, "I thought I was going to do great things here."
"Then... you saw the foundation's crueler side and understood fully well that this place is nothing more than a nightmare to be in, and Lawrence knew that well and yet both of you had each other and each other's back and continued working with them." D4C continued as he started stepping forward with a convincing manner, "Then you started feeling afraid for Lawrence after his incident with 106 and the countless other SCPs he had to deal with and the other people had to see die in front of him and the... lives he had to extinguish as a way of mercy or to keep secrecy. Even if you have seen it and done it Collingwood, because the foundation told you to! You all have their blood on your hands!"
"I KNOW!... I know."
"And even if you did take the next step, you would never mentally be at peace with what you did and saw at the foundation. If Lawrence is still alive and gets a Stand, he will be treated as a freak like many others by the foundation which will only make it worse for him and they will never let him go."
Staring at her sad look, he added, "There is no happy ending in this world, Molly. I'm not trying to distract you, I am trying to tell you the reality of things and the truth of this world. Also killing me won't make you any better, It will only make you as worse as the cold hearted people in this foundation you are working with, all just because I extinguished Lawrence and who might also be possibly alive as well because of the arrow. Would he want that Collingwood? To take a life by your own hands out of vengeance?"
Staring at the Glock pistol in her hands, when Molly gets a realization hitting her, she collapses to her knees and sobs uncontrollably.
As D4C now stands in front of her, he says, "I know how you feel, Collingwood, and that you hate me for it, but in order to maintain a peaceful and quiet world I need to take that road in order to achieve it. Because if there is no control in this world, then there will only be war, death, and destruction, and certain people will not try to control them but rather let them lose control so that they make gains out of it without about the losses of lives that come from it. That is why control is needed to keep these things, people's decisions and their fates under control and make the world perfect. Is that a bad thing to ask for in this world where you are just delaying the world's inevitable demise and keeping the monsters contained for research and other things rather than control them?"
"....No it's not, but your methods aren't right."
"...Like I said, some bad needs to be done in order to achieve good. Join my team Collingwood, and if Lawrence is still alive we will guarantee his and your safety from the foundation and a perfect future for both of you in this messed up world of SCPs."
As Molly turns to face him, D4C offers her a helping hand.
"Then... What about my friends and Rodeo?"
"They... are not much in agreement in what I'm doing based on their resolve to stop me, but for you and Lawrence there's a chance. Make your decision quickly because we are running out of time."
When Molly heard footsteps coming down the hallway behind her, D4C also heard them and added as he stared at her.
"They are not worth it, Collingwood."
Looking at him, Molly grips his hand. At first, D4C initially believed she had reached a consensus, but when he noticed she kept one of her hands behind her back, his sixth sense alerted him.
"Hey! What are you-"
Before D4C could respond, Molly pulls out a scalpel from behind her back and tries to stab his head. However, a D4C clone emerged from his body which he kept hidden within him and took the hit to the head.
"My friends are worth it and I'm not gonna back stab them like Gustav did!"
"Then you have sealed your fate." D4C coldly said then punched a hole right through her abdomen, causing Molly to cough out a mouthful of blood.
'Jesus, I guess many readers do have a point, low IQ and overly emotional characters, this will be a problem for the story though.' D4C contemplated. But then he spotted at the end of the hallway from the direction Molly had heard the footsteps coming came Rodeo, Michelle, Amelia and Green.
"COLLINGWOOD!" Rodeo yelled by the time his eyes lay on the two.
Grabbing the Glock pistol from Molly's hands, he fires a shot that the bullet instantly pierced right through Rodeo's neck, ricochets off a steel door, pierced through Michelle and Amelia's neck, and then ricochets off another steel door, and pierces Green's neck. Because it happen so quickly, no one had time to react, and blood began to flow from their mouths.
"It only took one bullet." D4C mumbled in a Texas accent.
Reeling his arm back, Molly collapses as her vision blurred, but before she could fall to the ground, she tried to grab the arrow but was unable to do so due to its distance from her reach. Instead, the tip of her index finger made contact with the arrow's head, causing a very slight cut on her finger before she fell on the floor.
Meanwhile, Rodeo, Michelle, Amelia and Green were on their knees, holding the bullet wounds they had sustained in their necks. Rodeo was about to call Sheer Heart Attack but Price of Decay appeared next to him and lightly touched the floor underneath them. At the next instant, the entire floor of the corridor started to decay before breaking apart and all five of them fell down into the containment chamber of SCP-054.
When 054 emerged from the fountain, she found Rodeo and others injured severely and bleeding heavily on the floor of her containment chamber. When she looked up, she noticed a hole in the ceiling where D4C and Price of Decay were staring down at them.
Staring at Rodeo who was still bleeding from the neck, D4C said, "Killer Queen and the SCP Foundation, one day you all will understand that my road of control is the correct path for this world. We will no doubt meet each other more often and across the world. Farewell."
Giving a two-finger salute, D4C and Price of Decay headed for the exit while the other five were still bleeding out and laying on the floor before they went unconscious.
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Outside site-17, Washichi was in the driver seat while Alessandro was sitting on the front seat and was still wearing the scp guard uniform. Mariana & Born this Way on the other hand were sitting in the back of the van, Born this Way was able to keep his motorcycle in the back of the van since there was more space in it.
At that moment, D4C and Price of Decay come out the door which is the entrance and exit into site-17. Price of Decay disappears, and D4C opens the van's rear doors before entering, taking a seat, and then closes the back doors.
Turning to face Alessandro, the Stand User of Price of Decay, he asked, "Did your Stand block the underground parking lot tunnel with the debris?"
"Yeah we did, and he also made sure the helicopters on the rooftop broke with his decay ability."
"Then we're good to go." D4C said before ordering the young Japanese male, "Washichi, drive us out of here. We got what we needed."
Washichi nods before starting the engine and drives down the road away from Site-17 and onto the highway.
"Sorry for letting my guard down." Mariana, the one who became Scary Monsters apologized.
"It's alright, Mariana. We all make mistakes. Once we head for the plane and go back to Scotland. Get yourself patched up. Alright?"
"Si."
Then D4C looked at the arrow and mumbled, "Two more to go, but I cannot believe those two rejected my offer. Well it's their loss. They will understand in time that staying with the foundation is a death sentence."
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[Stand Information]
Stand Name: Price of Decay
Stand User: Alessandro Caruso
Ability Type: Automatic Type Stand
Form Type: Natural Humanoid
Special Type: Sentient Stand
Appearance: It is a humanoid with a lean physique, pitch-black skin, and bright white eyes. It is dressed in European attire, a robe, and a summer hat, all of which are completely black and have golden motifs and patterns on them. It has hands with claws but no mouth.
Cry: N/A
Stats:
•Power: C
•Speed: B
•Range: A
•Persistence: C
•Precision: A
•Potential: B
Abilities:
[Decomposition]: With its clawed hands, it can cause any organic or inorganic they touch to decay and crumble to pieces. The degradation process will continue as long as the Stand touches the object, but it will accelerate significantly if it uses both hands simultaneously. In addition, it possesses shurikens that he can draw out of a tiny slit on its wrists. If the shurikens strike anything, they will decay just like the hands do, and the decay process speeds up the more shurikens that have hit the target, making them ideal for long-range strikes.
[Gravity Defiance]: The Stand, much like C-moon, can walk on both horizontal and vertical surfaces as well as on ceilings without being affected by gravity. Additionally, due to recently obtaining the Stand, this ability still has more potential, in might possibly even able to resist against powerful gravity manipulation abilities with ease.
[Blinding Light]: It possesses a skill that allows it to temporarily blind an opponent for more than five seconds while flashing its luminous white eyes at them, making it ideal for escape attempts or for sneak attacks intended to catch the enemy off guard.
Drawbacks: The Stand is not particularly resilient, therefore it must primarily defend itself by staying at a distance, dodging attacks, and making use of both the environment and its decaying abilities. The disintegration process does cease if the Stand stops touching the object or person, and the shurikens are simple to deflect precisely. For example, if the Stand touched a table, the table would start to decay; nevertheless, even after the Stand stopped touching, the harm or effect of the decay would still be present. Additionally, the ability to cast blinding light can be used one more time after ten to fifteen seconds.
(A/n: Another OC Stand of mine.)
Weekly Power Status
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