Three Pulses to Down

by Stovohobo

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I snapped back awake to the sound of fighting getting closer. Whatever it was, it was approaching the door quickly, and with it more muffled voices. A strangled gurgle, I think, and then – “eliminate…”

What?

As if in response, the walls surrounding me began to crackle subtlety at first, then grow in intensity. A low hum vibrated around the room, and the cement glowed an eerie pale blue.

One pulse came. It coursed through the walls, then, the floor, then myself, jarring my bones and rattling my teeth. I felt my heart skip a beat.

Second pulse. Harder, stronger. The walls were alive now, bursting with deadly energy as they sent waves of death after me. My eyes burned as electricity coursed through me. The pulses were shorting out my brain – and then my heart.

Third pulse. Agonizing, excruciating pain, ten times worse than the fat man’s sessions. They scrambled my thoughts, cracking whips across the gray matter in my shrieking skull.

But then it was calm, and darkness took me.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

  1. Three Pulses to Down

    atllta's Buddy Icon atllta

    Posted 5 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    One of the better Ficlets I’ve read so far! Great descriptions of the shockwaves, you can almost picture them hitting the protagonist’s body.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Tragedy! Well done with the action leading to oblivion that winds up being welcome in comparison to the pain.
    LoA

  3. Three Pulses to Down

    DARK!'s Buddy Icon DARK!

    Posted 5 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    WOW NICE DESCRIPSTION 5 /5 BRILTANT

  4. Three Pulses to Down

    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 5 months ago

    wow! PAIN PAIN PAIN ! Don’t die!
    LoA

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    Posted 24 days ago

    hmm… it couldnt hurt thaaat bad… XD

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