Pure Human - Be Gone

[Posted by Ted H]

Well that was certainly a wait. Enjoy the final confrontation. After this is some loose end tying and then we can finally call this damn project done!

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[Pure Human - Be Gone]

            -And was tumbling backwards onto the ground dragging a heavy body down with him. Blake kicked the figure up with his legs and continued the momentum over and away so the figure would land away from him.
            "What the hell is that?" Whitey screamed as Blake was quick to his feet. The figure he had tossed was indeed Vitaearnus, who slowly rose to his feet with a slow and methodical pace. "Take him down!" Blake shouted as John immediately opened fire.
            The physical form of Vitaearnus was different than previously observed. He was much taller than Blake remembered, and his tight bone colored skin extended over a sexless nude and bald figure. The most telling difference was the lack of a mouth and any facial features beyond his two sharp black slits where the eyes would go. John's gunshots disappeared into the figure but seemed to make no noticeable impact as he strode across the room.
            Whitey stepped forward passed the men and thrust her glowing hands outward as she screamed "Be gone!" Vitaearnus staggered as his form began to glow, but ultimately stepped towards Whitey and in one fluid motion, reached out and backhanded her across the room. "Scatter!" John yelled as Vitaearnus reached up with both fists and slammed them down into the floor as Blake and John dove away. John was up quickly and firing again as Blake scrambled over to Whitey.

Pure Human - Let Me In

[Posted by Ted H]

I'm pretty sure that I've fallen off the wagon so many times at this point, that the wagon should really just leave me behind...

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[Pure Human -  Let Me In]

           Not far inside and into the living room, sitting in the same chair Melrose shot himself in, sat Anin. Her eyes were open but she was staring blankly into space. There were no other apparent injuries. Her hands were covered in blood and she was gripping Clyde's shiv. "Is she possessed?" Whitey whispered. "She ripped Clyde apart," Blake said as he stood in front of Anin. John and Whitey stayed back near the front door "Pretty sure Vitaearnus has her."
            "Oh what, no funny names anymore?" Whitey quipped.
            "Nah," Blake said "End game. No more fooling around." He pulled out the clay, now the size of a baseball, and began to smash it between his hands and rub it.
            "What is that?" John asked.
            "Human Clay," Blake answered and worked the clay faster between his hands.
            "Are you serious?" Whitey screamed.
            "We're too late and clear out of time for anything else," Blake announced as he brought his hands to his face and blew into them. "Trust me, if I had a safer play, I'd be running it."
            Whitey stood in angry silence as John asked "How dangerous is this?"
            Blake hesitated. "There's a...roughly 30% chance Anin survives this," he said. When no one responded, he nodded. "Ok then," he announced, let's embrace eternity."
            Anin's head then cracked up to look at Blake, startling Whitey and John. "Uh oh," Blake said as Anin quickly grabbed him by the neck with her right arm and easily lifted him into the air as she stood up. She took a few steps and walked around the chair to face John aiming his gun and Whitey prepping her hands respectively. "Put him...down," John said as Anin smirked, ignoring him.
            "The reclamation of my world begins tonight," Anin said with a deep voice not her own. "Oh no you don't" Blake struggled to say as he grabbed both sides of Anin's head and made her face him. "Did I not already instruct to you that your usefulness is at its end?" Blake locked eyes with Anin, ignoring the possessed words. "I know you're in there," he said "C'mon, help me, Anin. I need you to make this work." Anin chuckled as she tightened the grip on Blakes throat. "Let me in!" he choked out-
            -and crumpled to the ground in the middle of a field in a park.
            Blake cleared his throat as he stood up and looked down at his hands which were still a deep red from the clay. "Good," he said as he eyed the familiar bench. The people in this park were in the same routine they were ever in as Blake looked about. "Should really only be one place I need to look," he said as he took off running.
            At his destination, Blake found Anin. She had taken the place of Vitaearnus and she herself was fading away. "Blake," she said, sounding more like a far away echo than anything else "What do we do?"
            "We deal with the man in your head," Blake said as he looked around, reasonable sure that Vitaearnus should have appeared by now.
            "I can't," Anin pleaded, causing Blake to snap at her. "This is YOUR world!" he shouted "He is only in control because you allow it. You're fading away from existence, but not because of him, but because you allow yourself to believe he has that power."
            "I'm not strong," Anin said "I couldn't stop him from taking me, and I couldn't help you save anyone."
            "You're right," Blake said "Out in the world you're more of a burden than an aid." Blake's bluntness caused a shock on Anin's face as he continued "But we're not out in the regular world, we're in yours. And here you're invincible. Trust me when I say that in your own world, you-"
            Blake stopped as the hairs on his neck stood up. He turned around from Anin to see Vitaearnus right in front of him and grabbing him by the neck and holding him up like before in the real world. "If you insist I destroy your mind here before I kill you, so be it," he spoke as Blake avoided struggling with Vitaearnus's grip and instead pressed both his clay caked hand on both sides of his attackers head. "Is this supposed to hurt?" he was asked. Blake ignored him and addressed Anin.
            "Anin, trust me, I have a plan," he choked out, knowing there was precious little time left to act "But I need your help."
            "I'm not strong enough," Anin whined "Even if this is my world."
            "Yes you are!" Blake yelled "I'm not strong enough either but together we can get him out.
            "I'm going to break your mind," Vitaearnus said with a smile "But I will leave you alive. I'm going to turn your friends first and let them decide what to do with you."
            Vitaearnus seemed to only grow larger as Blake struggled. Blake tried a kick to the chin to buy time, but to no avail. He then noticed that there was an audience around them. The people in the park that seemed to be oblivious in their routine were now surrounding the trio amidst the struggle. Blake wasn't sure what to make of the guests until he noticed Vitaearnus give a slightly concerned look as he looked around.
            "Anin?" Blake asked. "I want you to leave," Anin said as she ceased fading and appeared more clear than ever. "Atta girl," Blake said as all the onlookers began reaching for Vitaearnus. "Away with you!" Vitaearnus spoke as he effortlessly brushed a bunch away with his free arm, but there were too many people to dismiss as they began pulling at him. He seemed to shrink back down a bit.
            "Now Anin!" Blake yelled "Force him out!" Vitaearnus began to grunt as he attempted to resist the mob on him as Blake was lowered to the ground and released, but Blake maintained his own hold on the invaders head and began pulling on it. "Get out!" Anin yelled as Vitaearnus was lurched forward by Blake as he could no longer fight off the crowd.
            "You think you can win this way?" he asked.
            "Not yet," Blake said "But it's step one."
            Before Vitaearnus could say another word, Anin screamed again "Get out!" and Blake gave one final pull-