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Battery

Deviation Actions

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He wonders how he got himself into this particular situation where he is tied by chains to metal poles with thousands of volts of electricity surging through him. His muscles are tight, his arms involuntarily stretched out by the chains trying with all futility to get closer to the body that they are attached.

He wonders when all this had began; instantly, a memory from time long since passed crosses into his vision. A small child sticks a fork into a socket only to feel nothing as sparks jump out of the electrical outlet. The child is ripped away from the fork and that is when the child begins to cry.

He wonders if it had to be like this. Again, visions sprawl across his mind. A child alone in the night outside watches a fire silently. The crackle and hiss of wood is the only sound in the darkness. The child picks up a small piece of wood still aflame in his hand, the skin burning slightly. The child does not flinch as if there is no pain or damage. He draws the flame to his mouth, opens and consumes the flaming material. He flinches at how dry the material is.

He manages to open his eyes seeing, at first, only blue haze as the electricity dances across his eyes. His mouth clenched shut by involuntary contractions; he concentrates on the electricity flowing all around and through him. He attempts to control his breathing hearing only the buzz in his ears.

Somewhere, in an early morning, a child climbs a telephone pole in attempt to see the transformers closer. He grabs hold of several cables to gain purchase only to have sparks dance in his face, the humming stop, and an entire neighborhood thrown into an eerie silence as his hits the ground. The burned hands and bump on the child’s head are the only damage.

Slowly, the chaos of the electricity begins to follow an order. He begins to consume it, store it in his body like that of an immense battery. The contractions begin to cease, the unbearable confusion wanes. He looks up, a blue haze thinning, but still clouding his vision.

A kite gets caught in power line but still flies, the child still holding the string. A larger child comes to push the child down only to be blown away from the smaller child with a puff of smoke and a bang. The larger child writhes in pain, the smaller child is confused as he continues to pull the kite away from the lines.

The captor’s smile fades as the color of the chains beings to glow a deep red. The man being held by the chains seems to have relaxed and stares at him. The man takes slow deep breaths as the chains clearly grow hotter.

The man begins to pull the softening chains drawing all of the energy, storing it, holding it. He stands up as the chains finally give under the strain. The man’s body glows a particular hue and stares at his captor. He walks to his captor slowly, his muscles twitching and spasming in small areas across his skin.  

The captor backs away, fear crawling into his features. Mere feet away, the glowing man lifts his arm and finally a finger. The captor falls after a crack breaks through the air and a flash washes the area in light.
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Phoneix-Faerie's avatar
ooh, interesting idea :)