A Bad Escape

The room was dark. That was all he could see. It was supposed to be a simple burglary and he and his best friend Jimmy planned it for weeks. They memorized the guards' shift schedules, held up transportation, perfectly stole the funds, and figured out a perfect escape route where the authorities couldn't catch and track them.

*In conclusion, the escape route is probably not as perfect as they thought. In fact, the escape route consisted of diving into the deeper levels of Mannestube. The smell of chemicals, bodily fluids and decomposition was in the air. Something very unpleasant, but not unusual. The abyss of the city was known to be ignored by the local authorities. A perfect place for criminals of all kinds to stay hidden, but an absolutely horrible place to live. Exhaust fumes everywhere in the air, chemicals sometimes lying on the streets, every second person wanting to attack someone else, no clean drinking water, little food and dead bodies that no one wants to dispose of.*

*Yes, the abyss is not a safe place, but it is better than being caught. Jimmy and I gathered at an old garden store. It was a successful haul, up to 100 million berries were our haul. As we celebrated our triumph, an old missing persons note caught our eye. These were not rare lately. For more than 2 months people have been disappearing at certain time intervals. If one claims that it is one of the many cadavers lying around it would not be a bad idea, but at the same time all the corpses on the street disappear without a trace. Strange as it is, no one complains because the streets are finally being kept clean. But the stories wander between the inhabitants, that at night always a creature is doing its mischief and is responsible for all this. Of course, these are all rumors, perhaps to scare people or cover up the truth, but Jimmy and Tommy don't believe in such nonsense.*

*While I was still sorting things out, Jimmy said he wanted another smoke. After some time I wondered where Jimmy was, as I made my way to the back door Tommy heard people talking to each other, two of them.*

***"I told you Bruno, if you break him too much he will be hard to swallow."** said voice one.*

***"Shut up Benjamin, I decide what we do, so stop trying to influence me."** roared the second voice.*

***"Who says you're in control Bruno, I decide and say we rob in before we go on!"** yelled the first voice.*

*As the voices began to argue, Tommy took out his rifle and approached the door, ready to pick off these bastards and save Jimmy. He yanked the door open and without hesitation fired in the direction of the voices. When the shot was fired it did not hit as emptiness and Tommy saw only the empty alley in front of him. As he walked out the door a drop fell on his forehead. Damn now it's starting to rain....wait since when does rain come through the abyss of manhood. When he wiped off the drop, his hand was red. With a leap, he turned his gun upward, only to see his friend hanging in the air before a steel pipe flew into his face.*

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That was all Tommy could remember before waking up in that room. All his possessions were missing, he had no idea what happened to his friend and now here he is. As he continued to think, he heard both voices again.

**"Why did we take the money, those two were enough for us, Benjamin!"** the second voice yelled.

**"I decide what we do, Bruno! And you can never have enough money!"** commented the first voice.

**"I decide!/No me!"** both voices yelled at the same time before they started arguing again.

Tommy was seething with anger. He wants to know what happened to Jimmy.

**"EY you bastards, come out and tell me what you did to Jimmy!"** screamed Tommy with all the courage he could gather.

As Tommy finished yelling, the voices fell silent before a large metal door was unlocked.

All of Tommy's courage fizzled out when he saw what came out of the door. It looked like it came from a nightmare. But the sight of his friend, who was...half...fused....to this **thing.**...Tommy couldn't hold it in as he threw up and lost consciousness.

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**"Maybe this one will help us become one Bruno."** commented Benjamin as he picked up the unconscious body.

**"Well, I hope it will this time, but I don't think it will this time and I still have to listen to you."** said Bruno.

**"Love you too Bruno."** said Benjamin before he started absorbing again.