OBJECTED DRIPPINGS: COLLAPSE (ARC 2) (BFDI TF SAGA)

(WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS BLOOD, BODY HORROR, MIND CONTROL, USE OF GUNS, SWEARING, LOTS OF MINOR CHARACTER DEATH, ATTEMPTED MURDER, REMOVAL OF FACIAL FEATURES, RELIGIOUS THEMES, MENTIONS OF HERETICS AND MENTIONS OF ANIMAL ABUSE)

Michelle stood completely still as she stared at the man who had decided to stand up in the crowd of bidders.

thousands of old memories that were once tucked away in her subconscious were now flowing through every single groove and crevice in her brain as she saw the man look at her with a small grin on his face.

she recognised him, but it wasn't because he was simply some random guy that Michelle remembered meeting on the streets or something like that, it was because she knew that this man was related to her by blood.

it was her own father, who she had never seen in years.

and Michelle didn't know whether or not she should be feeling happy or terrified by seeing him again.

the two stood in silence for a minute, until the man decided to speak.

"..what's with that face, my dear? are you happy to see me once again?" the man asked as Michelle fully took her bird skull mask off.

"dad..i-..I thought you left us-" Michelle mumbled.

"theres no need to fear or think about the past, Michelle, we are all living in the now, and now..I have a little bit of a favour to ask you" the man said as he started walking through the crowd until he reached the small staircase that Michelle used to go up to the balcony she was on, the staircase was blocked off by a small metallic gate.

"s-sir! you can't go up those stairs! I only allow my own workers on this boat to go up those!" Michelle cried out suddenly.

"I promise you, Michelle, I don't have any dangerous intent here, I simply want to talk to you..do you not want to talk to me?" the man said as Michelle looked around a bit in panic, trying to figure out what to do about this situation.

Michelle tried to walk backwards a bit, but then accidentally pressed a button, causing the small gate to open up.

"..thank you very much, my dear" the man then started to walk up the stairs quietly, eventually reaching the small balcony where Michelle was standing.

"I..I simply can't believe your here, dad, where were you this whole time? it's been years since I saw you.." Michelle quietly said.

"I simply went exploring, I wanted to see what else was out there in the world..I didn't really find anything, but what I DID find..was a little company that I could take as my own and transform into a multi-billion dollar empire..in short, I got powerful, and I heard you became powerful too while I was gone, right?" the man asked.

Michelle looked around, quickly remembering her days of working in the lab with her sister..her sister who has since vanished.

"..yeah, I did, I guess.." Michelle simply said.

Michelle was usually a stern and cruel woman when speaking with people, but seeing her own father, a man who she had never seen in years and who had seemed to become a powerful figure in that time, it made Michelle feel intimidated, scared even.

the two stared at eachother in silence, but the silence was then broken as the man spoke up again.

"I feel like I should cut to the chase here..to put it simply, I NEED that red leaf you showed us all" the man said as Michelle started hearing lots of loud alarms going off in her head.

"dad, no! that object isn't ready for any form of sale yet! its too dangerous to be let out of its cage!" Michelle said.

"..and when it IS ready, what base price do you plan to sell it as?" the man asked.