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FF: Sapphire Volume 1 Issue 12, "Corruption"

Dr. Corruption looked right at Mr. Bear, and began chasing him towards the door, which Mr. Bear ran behind, and locked... He locked me inside with that thing. While Dr. Corruption was still clawing at the door, I ran behind a table, and hid behind it.

 

Dr. Corruption: Aghh!!! Ragh!

 

I heard Mr. Bear open the second door, and escape... Damn it, I let him get away again.

 

Dr. Corruption: *inhale*... Ugh... Ragh... Raghh!!!

 

I heard her run back to the glass jars, and I peered around the corner to see... She was drinking almost all of them, always throwing the glass jars towards the floor, or against the wall. My god, what did she do to herself? How is this whole "Dr. Corruption" thing even possible? I had to keep quiet, I was horrified about what this thing could do to me.

 

Dr. Corruption: *inhale*... *exhale*...

 

She was breathing, loud and heavy... I saw her start to shake again, one of the chemicals did something to her... Her claws grew longer, her jacket ripped more... I think it was more of the stuff she drank earlier...

 

Dr. Corruption: I-... I can s-... ugh... smell you... *sniff*... Ragh...

 

...She can speak? Huh. Well, I had to do something to get out of here, so I threw my sword over the table, and looked over. She quickly turned around, and caught the blade.

 

Dr. Corruption: Agh... A-Aha!!!

 

She charged at me, her green eyes peering into mine, as I slowly backed away... She dropped the sword on the ground, but I used my grappling hook to bring it back to me, to block a swing from her claws.

 

Sapphire: Aghh..!!!

 

She clenched her fists, and slammed them down on me, but I used all of my strength to block her fists with my, much smaller, hands...

 

Sapphire: Ugh... Is there someway to bring you back to... To how you were before?

 

Dr. Corruption: How I was before?!

 

She released her fists from my grasp, and punched me across the room!

 

Sapphire: *uff*!

 

Dr. Corruption: I-... *inhale*... I am Dr. Corruption! I was Dr. Corruption, I... *sniff*... I always will be! Dr! Corruption!!!

 

Sapphire: Well... *cough*... D-Doesn't mean we have to fight!

 

Dr. Corruption: You threw sword at me! You are enemy! I-... *sniff*... I will kill you!!!

 

She ran at me again, but I tried to block her with my sword, but eventually I dropped it... She grabbed me by the throat.

 

Dr. Corruption: Y- *inhale* You don't know me..!!! You don't know what *sniff* I can do!!!

 

She pulled her hand back, and clenched her hand into a fist, slowly...

 

Sapphire: *wheeze*... Maybe that's true but... I did know someone named Dr. Innocent.

 

I remembered an episode of Ultra-Fist, where Ultra realized he couldn't always win a fight with his fists, sometimes he had to make the enemy feel something, emotionally. Remember who they used to be, stuff like that. That's what he did when he fought Big-Woman, formally Small-Woman, for the first time.

 

Dr. Corruption: H-...Huh?

 

Sapphire: I-... I remember saving Dr. Innocent from a mugger in an alley...

 

Dr. Corruption: *inhale*...

 

Sapphire: Then she went and got attacked by someone named Snowflake, I helped her then, too.

 

Dr. Corruption: Ugh... Aghh!

 

Sapphire: I remember her thanking me, when I got her purse back.

 

Dr. Corruption: Aghh!!!

 

She dropped me, and grabbed her head, her skin was fading back to normal, her claws becoming shorter, her hair growing...

 

Sapphire: *uff*... I-...I remember when she smiled at me, and asked me my name after I saved her... Do you remember that name?

 

Dr. Corruption: Ugh... S-... Saghh!!!! Ugh...

 

Sapphire: You're getting there...

 

She fell on the ground, shaking, her hair turning brown, her eyes turning back to normal..!

 

Dr. Corruption: S-...Sapph... Sa... Saghh... Sapphire..!!!

 

Sapphire: Right!

 

Dr. Corruption: Agh... Ugh...

 

Sapphire: Now, what's your name?

 

Dr. Corruption: I-...Innocent..!!! Dr... Innocent...

 

Sapphire: That's it!!!

 

She finally morphed back to her normal self... I helped her up.

 

Sapphire: Hey... Welcome back.

 

Dr. Innocent: Ugh... Thanks, for helping me. Mr. Bear always forces me to do that... This whole stupid "Dr. Innocent" persona was his idea.

 

Sapphire: But... He ran away from you, he was scarred of you, how does that work.

 

Dr. Innocent: To be fair, I'm pretty horrifying. *sigh*, I think I'm quitting. Working for him, I mean.

 

Sapphire: Good idea, that guy's awful.

 

Dr. Innocent: Ugh, tell me about it... I know I was an actor and all, and I wasn't really mugged, but um... You seem like a hero. You could do some real good, I think.

 

Sapphire: Oh, well, thank you!

 

Dr. Innocent: Don't mention it... Now, if you excuse me, I need to run away from here before Mr. Bear kills me for damaging all this equipment.

 

~Madam Web

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