Frank rushed through the corridors of Minato. Suddenly he stopped.The comm's were calling out for Paul.
Major Paul Atreides, please present yourself at the docking bay.
Frank immediately turned back and headed for the docking bay. Slowly, the organism was making his final strike on his mind, slowing down physical processes during his final attack. Frank's pupils became more and more dissolved as he kept on running towards the docking bay entrance. Things moved slower and slower, each step appearing to take infernally longer. He was weaker and weaker with each step he took. Now, he wasn't able to drag his own body around. His legs weren't following commands anymore. Out from a corridor came Paul, heading to the docking bay. He caught Frank just as he was falling on the floor. He was too late however. Frank was already fighting for his survival of his soul.
Frank stood in front of the guillotine, waiting for his enemy to make his arrival.The same white room again. As he stood looking at the guillotine, behind him, the Executioner made his appearance.
-'Finally.Your mind is stronger than anything we have witnessed before.You managed to survive the Soul Splitting to which countless other inferior beings like yourself fell to.We think you should be congratulated for this achievement.'
He moved towards Frank as he spoke this.Behind him, everything was shrouding in the darkness of his shadow.Frank turned towards him.Unlike before, the Executioner's eyes were glowing blue.However, the same stature that tormented him before, now stood against him.
-'Why don't you just give up?This trait seems to be common amongst your kind.'
-Frank:'You lost once to the human kind.Now you are trying to attack again.I see the same pattern.'
-'Lost?That was merely a setback.You see, we have all the time in this location.Unlike -you, which were extinguished once before.'
-Frank:'Location?What do you mean?'
-'So under evolved is the human mind...You will know all about it, once you become we and we become one with you.'
-Frank:'Like you said, I will fight for my survival.Have you thought about that?'
-'Fight?From there?'
Frank immediately saw himself trapped inside the guillotine.
-'You see, you are in our world now.Our entity is all around you.You cannot escape unless you become one with us.'
Frank was trapped.He tried to get up, but the locks were closed.He raised his head towards the executioner.
-'How will you be able to use me if you are going to kill me?My mind will become useless once you split it from the body.'
-'Your mind will not die.You will watch your body die from our body.The physical shape of you that exists in your mind is our only concern.It keeps the mind and the body as one.A link.Remove that link, and you will become us.Unable to oppose our actions anymore.'
As soon as he stopped speaking, the Executioner assimilated Frank's body.Imprisoned, Frank now had to watch his own body being decapitated.The Executioner took no break.He soon started to move towards the lifeless body of Frank Basta.Frank's head remained looking into the Executioner's eyes, now Frank's eyes as well.He was able to hear all the entities inside the Executioner's persona now.All their minds, their thoughts.And they all said the same thing, over and over again, as the Executioner prepared to release the blade over Frank's body.
--Frank Basta Must Die--
The Executioner took Frank's head off with one clean cut. The white floor filled with blood, and started to crack. All the matter resulting from the destruction of the Executioner's was flowing around him, creating a force that was pushing him upwards. It was not needed anymore. The Executioner became Frank Basta, and Frank's mind became only one of the many more inside the murderous entity, The Executioner. Frank's image now went blurry, and the same, slow blinking as before was proving him that he lost. Now, all their voices became one.
*Seconds Later*
*Freidstadt Medical Bay.Operation Room*
The Executioner opens his eyes.The stress the merging had put on the body of Frank Basta made the body convulsate.The medics were all over him, resuscitating.He went into cardiac arrest and went into a coma during the merge.His eyes were red, due to the veins growing to fuel more blood to them.He found himself strapped on the operations table, with the medics plugging him into a multitude of devices.To Doctor Alexander von Schmidt's amazement, he raised up right after recovering, as if nothing happened.The assistant's and the doctor rushed to help him.With one sweep, the Executioner sent them flying in all directions.The doctor, who was still able to stand up, having stood at a larger distance, rushed to the alarm button.the Executioner grabbed him by the head and raised him up, turning him to his face.
-'Disgusting...Why do you worthless creatures continue to live is beyond us to comprehend'
-Dr. Alexander von Schmidt:'Lieutenant Frank Basta, I urge you, put me down! The guards will definitely had heard that.They will rush to this place sooner or later.Come to your senses!'
-'Frank Basta is has been lost... he is a piece of us now.'
-Dr. Alexander von Schmidt:'What kind of hellish creature are you?'
-'We are... The Executioner.'
As he said this, he raised his blade vertically.The blood thirsty blade began to glow an intense red, and the bodies of the doctors and assistants started to levitate around him.
'Now join your kind in extinction!'
The redder the blade glowed, the louder they screamed, as the Soul Splitting process ripped their bodies from the soul, frying them.Their screams sounded though all of Freidstadt base's corridors, effectively drawing attention.Now ashes, the bodies stopped floating and fell onto the ground, becoming nothing.Leaving them behind, the Executioner started to walk Freidstadt base's corridors.Every victim he encountered, it would be passed though the Soul Splitter.
*Meanwhile, in the entity of the Executioner*
Frank found himself standing in a round circle on seats, around the people who's minds controlled the Executioner.Unlike he previously thought, these minds were constantly fighting for control over the Executioner.Their figures remained the same, their mouths did not move, their eyes did not blink, but he could hear their voices from afar, arguing.Still trying to get his body back, he tried to concentrate on doing the same.However, as he found out, every time one of them gained more control, a light glowed under them, and all the other minds attacked it, defocussing it, creating chaos, and leaving another mind who was undistracted, to try and gain control, repeating the cycle endlessly.Frank's undeveloped mind did not yet had sufficient experience to try and enter the circle however.No matter how much he tried, he was always pushed back.
*Freidstadt base*
Paul exited his quarters on Friedstadt.As he exited, a squad of armed IMG personnel was rushing towards the medical bay.
-IMG:'Major Paul Atreides of the Colonial 88th?'
-Paul:'Yes, that's me, what's the problem?'
-IMG:'We need you to come with us sir, some guy with an axe looking thing just came out of Lieutenant Frank Basta's quarters, and he's been on a killing spree!'
-Paul:'...Executioner...Let's go!'
Paul and the IMG patrol rushed on the corridors, looking for the Executioner.Suddenly, he came out of a corner.The unfortunate IMG patrol who was standing right before him became petrified.Paul, who was standing behind them, turned back as he saw that the IMG patrol wasn't even speaking, and ran towards the hangar.HE got in, and waited for his arrival.The Executioner calmly walked towards them, as the Soul Splitter's blade began glowing red again.He did not stop however, and continued to pursue Paul.
-All weaklings shall die.The strongest ones that pass through the Soul Splitter and survive, shall become one with us.Paul Atreides, the Soul Splitter feels your strength.You cannot run.Survive, and become one with us, like your friend Frank Basta did!
As he waited in his Nyx, Paul's heart raced.Was he going to shoot the Executioner, and risk loosing Frank?There was no time to consider his options however, as the Executioner entered the hangar.Pointing the Soul Splitter towards Paul's Nyx, it became red again.Paul took the shot.The Razor's energy recoil threw the Nyx off its support.It was a clear shot.The energy pack delivered by the Razor hit the Executioner.The desired effect was not received however.It only appeared to stun him for a few seconds.Unable to shoot him again, trapped in the cockpit, Paul was waiting for a true miracle.
*In the entity of the Executioner*
As Frank continued to try and enter the cycle, the voices suddenly stopped.Regardless of what actually happened to them, Frank pushed his mind over its limit, effectively pushing the other mind's thoughts further away from him.The light glowed clearly under him now, and all the others weren't.Now in full control, he emptied his mind, and let it became one with his former body again.The connection went on its natural way.The seat's, the room, everything suddenly vanished, leaving him staring at a Nyx who fell off its support.And a bad headache.
*Freidstadt base, Ship Hangar*
The Executioner's entire body began to glow an intense red now.The Soul Splitter slowly started to vanish, splitting into small particles who started flowing around him.The body of the cruel executioner began to change into a human shaped form.Seeing his old buddy in front of him, all they could do was smile.After this short reunion, Frank fell on the ground.The emergency teams arrived few moments later, and freed Paul from his damaged cockpit while taking Frank back to the Bedical Bay.
*One day later, Freidstadt base's Medical Bay*
-Paul:'...,so we'll be flying in 2 days side by side again, partner.'
-Frank:That's good to hear.Thanks for visiting me Paul.'
-Paul:'I'm gonna go talk to Col.Steiner again.He'll be glad to hear that we got our team back together.Sleep tight and don't turn alien again.'Paul left though the door, smiling.Cut off by a beautiful lady who passed in front of him, he went into pursuit.
-//The tormented, unshaved Frank.Credits to the author-
-//All right.I think that's the end.Thanks for reading.Hope you had a good time reading it, as I had putting it together-
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