Lust for Power: Psychosis (Chapter 2)

Schizophrenia.

Symptoms.

Delusions.
Having false beliefs or ideas about what's happening or who they are.

Hallucinations.
Seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, or tasting things that aren't there.

Disorganized speech or behavior.
Speaking incoherently or making it difficult for others to understand them.

Unusual behavior.
Having unusual movements or experiencing feelings of control or passivity.

Schizophrenia is a medical condition in which the affected is subjected to strange and delusional thoughts. Victims of Schizophrenia often claim to be able to experience things others cannot. Some believe it to be spiritual intervention, but these claims are only superstition...

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The rain poured down as Eggyhead stood in horror.
He couldn't bear to look, yet he couldn't turn away.
What happened?

It all started that morning. It was like any other...

After breakfast, Ove and Essy asked if they could spend the day at Collector's house.

"Hey dad!" Ove said.

"Ove wants to hang with his girlfriend!" Essy chuckled. "...and Collector was gonna teach me some more tech stuff."

Eggy agreed, they had done this so many times before, and nothing had ever happened. Until now...

It was late, almost 11:00 at night. Eggy text Ove and Essy to ask if they would be staying the night. No response. He called them, but nobody picked up.
He called Collector, but the call was immediately rejected. He decided it would be best to go to Collector's house and see how they were doing.

When he got there, the lights were off inside the home. They were probably just asleep. He unlocked the door, and went inside. He heard strange noises coming from Collector's laboratory. Collector spent a lot of time on strange experiments, so it more than likely was nothing. He knocked on the lab door, but realized it was already open. He opened the door all the way, but didn't see anything.

His eyes adjusted to the light, and he saw one of the most horrible sights he'd ever seen in his dozens of years.

A torn apart Astra.

A flayed Rizu.

A crushed Data.

A beaten and tortured X-icutioner.

And, most terrible of all...

His two children, freshly slaughtered.

Ove had a hole where his eye was with his own wand jammed into it.

Essy was missing both arms with her own mechanical legs piercing her heart.

Eggy stood in horror. He fell to his knees and began to lose it. He felt everything spinning. This couldn't be happening. But it was. He felt tears rush down his face as his cries ran throughout the house. And then...

He saw him.

Collector. The man who was like a father to him. The man who taught him everything he knew.

With blood, battery acid, and yolk staining his blade.

Eggy felt so many emotions.
Grief. Betrayal. Hatred.

Rage.

So much rage.

Eggy did not see his father. He saw the man who took everything away from him. No, he saw...
Zanthor.

He felt the very same he did all those years ago. When he lost his father. When he lost everything.

But this time...

Justice would be served.

Eggyhead did not hesitate.

He drew his blade. He felt power surge through him. He held a necklace of a cross in his hand. The words of prayer flowed from his mouth. A prayer about justice. He felt his very soul fill with strength. He dropped the necklace.

Collector wiped off his sword, and stared at Eggy.

"This has to happen. Goodbye." Collector said.

Eggyhead did not respond.

Collector lunged at Eggyhead with his sword at break-neck speed, and brought his blade down with great strength and speed.

And...

Shatter.

But not of Eggyhead.

Collector's own sword had been destroyed by Eggyhead's hands. The very rage he felt emanated from him. The Sword of Creation was no match for the pure rage of the divine knight. Even the hilt was cracked by the sheer power.

The paladin's hand was driven into the mask of Collector at supersonic speed, and it shattered from the force. Blood leaked from Collector's nose. Collector reached up and felt the blood on his face. He looked down at it. Impressive.

He looked up to see the holy knight swinging his sword towards him. Collector just barely dodged, Collector felt the air blow against his face as he bent back just enough to avoid the blade.

Collector leaned forward and threw his fist at the divine knight, but it was caught in his hand. The paladin pulled with all his strength, and off went Collector's arm. Collector did not scream, he conjured up lightning and shot it at the paladin, but it was absorbed by Eggs-calibur. The paladin redirected the lightning back towards Collector, the lightning was conducted by his armor and went all throughout his body. But he did not collapse. He kept going, until-

Eggs-calibur pierced the heart of the beast.

Collector, somehow, kept standing. He was dying, but he would not go down.

"This had to happen. Goodbye." Eggyhead said.

As he sheathed his sword, he felt his rage subdue enough to think properly.

"Why!?" Eggyhead screamed. "WHY?!"

"I had to." Collector said weakly as he coughed up blood. "The angel said you needed to be freed."

"ANGEL?!" Eggy exclaimed. "WHAT KIND OF ANGEL WOULD WANT THIS?! YOU'VE GONE CRAZY! AND NOW YOU'VE KILLED THE PEOPLE WE BOTH CARE ABOUT!"

"He... was red..." Collector replied even weaker than before. "He was... beautiful..."

"I'm sorry..." Eggyhead said as tears rolled down his face. "You made a fatal mistake. And now we both have to pay..."

Collector reached towards Eggyhead with all his remaining strength.

"You... will finish the job." Collector said.

"What are you talk-" Eggy stopped.

Eggy saw all the horrific things Collector had trapped inside his head. Dark truths about the universe, and beyond. There are no words that could visually describe what he saw. He saw beyond the third dimension... past reality itself.

He saw the angel. He was beautiful, just like Collector said.

And he knew what needed to be done.

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(I remembered this story and decided to continue on it)