Pt.5 Princess in a dungeon
“Derek?”
“Derek!My prince in shining armor please come save me from this dungeon!”
“Don't worry Princess Susan!I'm on my way!”That noble knight said, rushing on his steed to the rescue.
He broke through the door of the castle and fought all the sentries and then came down into my dungeon.
“Have no fear,Derek is here.I'll have you out in a jiffy”My brave knight said
And so he unchained me and we rode into the sunset,suddenly I woke up.It was only a dream…
“If only it were…if only it were”I said to myself waking up due to the alarm going off.
The thoughts with fond hope are crowned that I may see him again.
“I'm still here I see,I wonder how much longer till ,I'm free to see my dream boy again?”I said remembering Derek,he truly is my knight in shining armor.The more time I spent away from him and the others, the more tormenting my feelings were becoming,and the dream felt so real…sometimes I couldn't tell what was a dream and what was real…this whole ordeal felt like a one big nightmare...one where I couldnt wake up from...
“And he doesn't even know where I am,I can't call him,and I don't even know where exactly here is this…this…this VILE!IDIOTIC!PEN!”I shouted loudly,I rarely was angry, but just the crushingly painful reality was agonizing me non-stop…This place really is a true hell on earth…the Lonely terror was far-too much for me.
"What's the point of holding on to any hope?I'll be stuck here forever.Imprisoned here like a freak unable to live a normal life,a monstrosity.And I cant even go back home at that!"
“I'll only be liberated once death's sweet embrace arrives.”Though I had my doubts about that too,as this different state could maybe even make me immortal…then again I don't know almost nothing about it,but even so knowing that there was a possibility that…“AHHH!THE CURSE OF AN ETERNAL LIFE!”
“Nothings ever going to be the same again!I'm stuck here forever…at least others like Harvey had a way to go out.”
Eternal life?What am I rambling on about.I knew nothing,except that all hope is fruitless and I'm stuck here till i'll die…
I stopped reflecting on all my thoughts and looked around at my cell
“This place is messing with my thoughts”
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Another day was about,and I was getting ready to tell Miss Susan the good news.But I didn't want to disturb her just yet.First I went to stop and have a bit of a chat with my good friend Anthony,he is a most kind hearted specimen of a 10-foot ant who was imprisoned here around the same time as I.He was most kind and understanding.I put one of my inventions to use an acoustic translator voice box which could translate what I said to him and in turn.He was actually quite nice but often bored due to the lack of work and really purpose.
After a while I came to Susan to tell her the wonderful news. I was looking forward to seeing her happy again.
I saw the others feeding themselves in the meeting room,but Susan was nowhere in sight. It obviously meant that she was likely still in her room so I came in,but first I knocked as a good gentleman to announce my presence.
“Hello Susan!I have some excellent News!”I said to her
She looked down at me with very little interest.
“Monger will be upgrading your quarters and will install in your room your very own Colossus Mega XL 5000 Ultimate Prestige Super Superb Supreme Rose Edition HD TV!It has cable and you can have the same fun and entertainment like you did back home!”I told her the good news with a big happy smile on my rather large face
And that's not all!Your cell will also receive a desk,a pillow and many comforts which you had back home!I looked at Susan who was still frowning,maybe…maybe there was something wrong.
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Home…..that place I would never see,it pained me just hearing about it.
“What's the point of trying anything,all is lost.Look at me I'm a Monster” I told him said I didn't even cry,I just said it,I was losing my feeling with the everpresent sadness,I just felt desensitized from my constant ordeals.
“Whats the point?Everythings is all wrong!Things can't get worse!”
"But Susan you're about to get better quarters,that's something."The professor said to me
“Even a gilded cage is still a cage”–I answered him,no matter how great or fantastic this place could be,It could even be a palace,the truth was and is that in the end it is a jail. No matter how decorated or homely and one I would never leave
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“Well-” I said contemplating what to say,what should I say by Hawkings Chair!I had to think hard,she needed to be back…and I could help her with it!I could do it.
“Well I have looked over my survey of you and I might have some ideas,and maybe could try something…possibly to make you normal again”
After that Susans large head came up to look at with excitement.
“Normal?”She said said joyfully
“Well I can't promise miracles?”I warned her.“But I can run some experiments which could theore-”
I suddenly found myself being held up by her firm but gentle hand.
“You're a blessing doc” She said and then she grabbed me like a little girl would to a doll and hugged me.She held me so tight and pressed me to her body so hard it was begging to be most painful.And then she hugged me.It was getting a tad too tight “Would you mind putting me down please?”I asked her,I didn't want to be rude but I was coming close to being crushed.
“Oh,sorry Doc!”She said and quickly released me but she did it with too much force which catapulted me straight into a wall…I was crushed…yet again.
“Doc?Are you alright?Im so sorry!Please I didn't mean it!” She said in immediate regret.I must admit she was strong and was only learning to control her powers,It was not all too painful. I could get over it after all…you cant crush a cockroach…
“Yes,I am fine and understand it,I can obviously concure that you don't know your own strength”I said to Susan,who smiled back
She then Layed down and let me get off and then gave me the biggest kiss I ever gotten.
“Thank you... .thank you so much!”She said and smiled at me,I felt flattered…in more ways than one.
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“Want some nice raw fish Toby?”I asked him
“No thanks,Link I don't even eat sushi.”Toby the Tiger replied while eating his vegetarian MRE(Meal ready to eat)
He was an odd one.Normal tiger till he was gifted human intelligence and tried to fit in society…unfortunately people tend to be scared of tigers,even a civilized one.
Beastman was one of Tobys best friends. Both have kinda a mutual understanding amongst each other as semi predators.He looked up to Toby longing to be just like him...
Kitsune was eating his Shikoku but stopped and started eyeing something. I looked in the same direction and there I saw Enormica,err Titanica walking down to join us.
“Well,you look as happy as a flea!”Jaromir said he was happy to see her in better spirits.
"Well,youre a pretty sight"Said that merman-ish guy...what was his name again?
"You look happy today!So whats up Suz?"I asked her,It was glad that she had gotten out of her depression…I felt the same once too...
“Yeah, like did you get Ice Cream?”Bob said “If so, can I have some please?”
“Because By tomorrow,Doc will have cured me!”She said happily
I paused…and then after some thought just said
“Yeah…that's nice”
When I heard Suz say that doc will get her normal by the end of the day. To be honest I really appreciated Doc,he helped me adjust to this new way of life in this new world. It wasn't easy and I really gave him a tough time but over time he helped me become more civilized.But curing Susan?I was never really bright but knowing doc would attempt it made me feel sorry for him,he was just such a swell guy and real smart but doing this would be far too much for him.I should try to reason or warn him,besides I doubt this would be approved…
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“And,you two will have to lower a certain piece of cargo into the meeting room for inmate Titanica.”Major Hanfield was briefing us in on our daily mission
“Yes,Sir!”I said in reply to my superior officer
“What is this cargo?” W.O. 1st class Eddie asked
“A pillow”He said stoically
Well I had stranger things loaded on our resupply helicopter.
"Aw,thats swell music!"Eddie said listening to the base radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miy2yFcDV4M&list=PL89oFBFnCcml61xL7l_5217qWqlNWm5E0&index=18
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“Wow!A Mirror and a Pillow!Thanks…uh…you guys?Susan was happy to see some of the additions in the room. Am I glad that Monger was a rational man.He really did care for us, calling us his boys or girls.
“Hey the name is Scott Isaak”Came a reply from the loudspeaker on the cargo helicopter.
Yes, everything was most satisfactory.
On my way back to my cell first I saw Bob who was staring into the wall in curiosity.
"Bob why are you staring at the wall?"I asked him
"Oh,its a wall?That explains a lot,otherwise It would be the first fog with rivets on it I ever saw"He said
Then I met Link
“Hey Doc Suz says you're gonna cure her by tomorrow is that true?”
“I will try some experiments on getting Susan back to normal I told him
“You'd better be careful,And even if you do Monger will most likely find out Link said warning me”
And what will he do to me?Throw me in jail?I retorted dryly to his remark
“Or revoke some of your privileges”Link said
Link had a point,I thought about it but it was clear these sacrifices were trivial compared to Susans well being.
Well anyways Doc you shouldn't raise her hopes to high,the bigger they are the harder they fall after all”
“I wouldn't be so dismissive after all. I'm one of the world's leading Biologist” I said to him and paused impressively.
“Yeah well even so,you're just scraping the surface,you're putting a lot on you”He said to me
He was right, all I know now is the tip of the iceberg,I still have a lot to learn.
So I scurried away to my cell or lab
Through hours I could tell I worked and thought upon my calculations.I toiled and thought and try after try doing my very best with what little I had.Not that I wasn't resourceful for example my supercomputer was made out of a pizza box,an old television set,two cans of hairspray,a water bottle,some old cables and a paperclip.I had to try something,anything. When I was at long last I gave up and went to sleep.I was knackered by it.But I had something ready to help…Or at least I hoped…
“And sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye, Steal me awhile from mine own company.” I said aloud to myself quoting midsummers nights dream.Well I truly did know ancient tomes thoroughly
“I guess I do have a strangely retentive memory for trifles”I told myself….
The next “day” after the alarm went off. I looked at myself in the mirror and said to myself“Look at you Jacques,what have you gotten yourself into?That poor big girl is thinking you can immediately cure her.And yet you are just starting to comprehend it”I must admit I had never seen anything like it in my life,so I only had some vague ideas of trying to work with it. “Another fine mess you've gotten yourself into” But I wouldn't give up!Maybe I didn't have all the necessary resources,maybe I didn't have enough knowledge,and maybe I would lose my privileges for this.But I would do my very best for poor Susan.
And So I cried out
“They called me crazy!But I'll show them!I'll show them all!Muha-ha-ha-ha-ha!”Oh there I go again…I somewhat accepted my role as a mad scientist, I guess it just came in with the new me.
But I was still tired so I went back to sleep for a while longer.
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Next morning I woke up feeling better than I ever did!I felt so happy,rejoicing at the new day,the day I get back to normal I rushed around to look for Dr.C But I couldn't find him,so I opened the door to the cell quietly so as not to disturb him and then I found him.He was asleep,as snug as a bug in a rug.He must have stayed up all night working out how to get me back,how sweet of him,I quietly I left him and Locked the door.
“Thanks sleepyhead”I said to him quietly and left
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“Would you be a dear and bring your cup down”I asked her politely
“Sure thing Doc!”She said and promptly handed it down
I then took a ladder and filled it up with several canisters of liquid
“Here Susan drink this,It will help you.”I said to her.
“You mean like get me back to normal size?”She asking me about it
“Well no,but It will help you with your mental state,give it a go”
What I made was an amalgamation it was really a healthy juice drink. It was made out of berries which were given to us a few weeks back,they were to be kept frozen so I put them into my homemade cooler to keep them in case i needed them.I had kept quite a few just enough for one giant drink which I enhanced with some other ingredients to make it even better.And I didnt lie because it was scientifically proven that vitamins help with depression and other mentality issues.She needed that to help her shattered psyche,at times I felt most distressed by her state,I couldn't cure her just yet…but at least I could help her a little and give her some hope.
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“Well ... .Ok here it goes”I said looking a little fearful at the strange liquid before drinking it down.
It tasted wonderful,like drinking silver. It didn't have anything so good since well…since I left home.Doc really did a great job,I felt better already.And no doubt he was working on a way to get me back to normal,everything was going to be great again!
“Ahh and now for some analysis of your effects we shall need an electric current.What shall we use to conduct this electric Current?”
“What Doc?”I asked him,I wondered what he was talking about
“One particular element comes to mind!”He said gesturing wire in front of me
“Ahh…….wire!”Oh it was so easy
Docs smile quickly disappeared
“No,Copper.”Doc Corrected me
“Susan, may you please attach these spatio-hyperlink protoplasm intel extractors to yourself?”He asked me
“Sure thing!” I happily obliged and put them on all my limbs,on my body and on my face.
“And now I will run a check through my computer.I will also have to facture in intel from your previous test and some calculations I made and all these parts together can solve this Jig-saw”He said triumphantly
After a while I heard Doc mumbling to himself. I could hear what he was saying and yet didn't understand it.
“Uh Doc what are you talking about?I questioned the metamorphosed scientist
“Oh me?Just some simple Energy Quantization of course!You'll understand.”He said in a proud voice
“Uh…”I didn't have the slightest idea about what he was talking about.Was It just me,or was I kinda,well dumb?Gee I do feel stupid,in front of doc too.Oh well no big deal just keep happy Suzie.
“How's it going anyway doc?”I asked him a bit later
“I have made many calculations and analyzation and upon this latest survey I think I may have several possible ways to get you back,none guaranteed of course,but I lack equipment for most tests so lets hope one of the available types of tests might get you back” Cockroach said
This made me think,If they would escape they could get anything and not be limited to doing with the little we had here which might not even make ends meet.
Anyway later I saw Grubzilla he squealed happily after seeing me,I gently rubbed his tummy and he started joyfully stomping his foot.After that I hugged him and so did he…I felt like as if I were on Cloud Nine.
“Well Susan your happy today”Bob said
“I AM!Thanks to that genius doctor Jacques-Yves!”I told him
“Yeah I really did a good job didn't I”Bob said
What?Oh well he is kinda brainless in more ways than one,he was unintentionally insensitive at times but it wasn't because he was mean,he was,well….dumb…to be honest even I felt kinda dumb…all that things doc says and well…I can't even follow him on it…Nah!Not a problem,so what I don't know are a few things?Big deal!Yeah….big deal…
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Susan was going around and I saw how others reacted to Susan
The Yokai went out shifting into the form of a person I had never seen, but looked japanese in appearance…at times it was his default form.He must have made contact with,as had the ability to shapeshift into him.When we came to Susan he looked at her in awe.
“Well she,is beautiful”The Yokai said looking at Titanica for the first time
“She is as beautiful as a goddess”I added and it was true she was truly magnificent.
Later we were playing guess the number,Susan was in better Spirits and was taking part too,It was encouraging at time I even worried as far as being as how Kitsune would say “Harakiri” But fortunately I was wrong in Susan and she stayed strong throughout her despair and now was in better spirits…in spite of my failure to cure her yet.
Later she came to us and asked us a few questions
“Doc?I have a question…”She asked me
“Yes my dear?”I said in reply
“Well you were also once a normal person,how was it to you when you came here?”
I stopped,At one point I considered trying to change the subject,but that would not be proper.She deserves the truth.
“Well you see when I first came here the base was only semi finished by this point so a meeting hall wasn't done yet but the cells were so I and any other beings there already imprisoned there endured it for about another 2 years after my arrival”
“I had totally shifted. In more ways than one,my body and my mind.Day after Day,Night after night and yet not a moment of respite.I was in a corner of my solitary cell repeating scientific facts and observations over and over again to myself.The connecting and transport of cells and the meeting room was not finished until 2 years later…2 years I sat there alone in one room…observed like a guinea pig and treated as such,I was little more than a common lab rat. It seemed as though I was slowly sinking into the sea of insanity”
“But I tried to get a good hold upon my sanity,then I started to really look into myself,I realized that I was not aging and realized that for its cost the experiment was a success and it was that and my genius that lifted me through many months and months of companionless life....of truly being alone...”
I thought about everything I gathered over the last 2 days,and then it came into my head:Escape!…hmm that could be a possibility,then not only would I be free but Doc would have anything he would need to get me back to normal size...a win-win!
“So uhh…did anyone here try to escape?”I said ,this was so awkward
“We tried to escape many times Suz” Link said “But we always failed. We eventually gave up and just came to terms and just stayed here”Link told me the truth about this place…maybe it wasn't possible.
I was deep in thought processing information I had gathered over time and putting it together.There hasn't been an escape attempt in decades!While on one hand this means a breakout would be hard on the other hand it would also mean that most of the staff has no experience with an escape and while Monger and possibly a few others would have been here since the beginning most of the staff and guards wouldn't!There was hope yet!Hope for freedom,Hope for normalicy,Hope for my life to be saved!
"I have a chance!And I have to take it for all its worth!"
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Additional Content:
Bob was deep in though
Which was wasn't very deep….
A poem for Susan written(in universe) by —
Oh how long will this mystery last?How long will this dreadful suspense which has shrouded our minds for weeks pass over the doom of one,to suffer its gloom to dispense.
Each morning we wake up and ask “Is there any news about the long missing young lady?”
and our hearts fill with bitter regret as no comes rolling from every lung.
Where is she?Oh where could she be?Looked up forever and ever where she quietly dyes, the pride of her parent's eyes.
Where is the light that trods her eyes,does it yet stay alive,or cries in the gloom of her cadaver,never to be over.
We earnestly hope we will see her again and not let her voice be hushed and many will rejoice
Has the depraved soul been lost?has she only found her grave?
Father,forbid it we cry.Grant it not ,this our prayer and spare her.
We hope and at the same time sigh,our hope is allied with despair
(Who wrote it?It is up to you to decide)
Also the title is that way because Susan thinks that there is a chance of escape and has hope,Dr Jacques Yves has hope because he has a chance to bring her to normal
In both cases the chances is small but there,and theyve got to take them fro all there worth!
Also did you like the style of changing Povs among characters?
Would you like to see some characters Pov in a following chapter?Like Top 3?Susan and Jacques will be back others Im not so sure so say which ones you like and we will get them/continue them
PLEASE COMMENT AS IT HELPS TO VOICE THE PUBLICS OPIONS,MAKES THE CREATOR HAPPY AND MIGHT GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO IMPROVE FURTHER.
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