The Asylum-David Ful and Kim Paka's Origins
"Hello?" I called. "If that's you, Kim, I'm gonna to kill you." I had just heard a disembodied laugh. It's bad enough thinking a place is haunted, but actually knowing that there's a spirit floating around here, that's nearly heart-stopping. My stripes began to turn ghastly green."Your friend is gone." I hear in my ear. It sounded nothing like Kim, and that proceeded to send me further over the edge. In fact, it wasn't even female."Kim?" I called, hoping this...this thing was wrong."David?" I heard from halfway across the asylum. I grinned, knowing that vixen was still alive in this place.See, a few years back, Kim and I decided to explore some haunted places. We would try to flush out any demons, and try to help any lost spirits to rest in peace. We had both recently discovered we had strange abilities regarding paranormal things. We can both charge our bodies with the paranormal energy around us. She can speak to friendly spirits, use the energy to charge things for a short time, and walk through walls if she has enough energy. I can talk to demons, use polterkinesis (it's like telekinesis, but with paranormal energy), and extend my claws about three feet invisibly to fight people and can even penetrate armor like it's nothing."Kim! Which room are you in?" I asked from across this dreaded place for the mentally insane."Well, I see a dentist chair." I heard in response. I knew where she was. In fact, I had encountered the demon that the witness we had interviewed called Billy. Billy was supposedly a little kid who went absolutely bonkers and ended up here. He supposedly died from banging his own head against a wall, and now haunts this place. However, this thing is no spirit. I wouldn't have been able to speak to it if it was."I'm coming! Stay there!" I replied. I began to run to where she was, and I almost tripped when I heard her scream and start cursing her mouth off at something.I picked up the speed, heck if I know how, and reached the end faster than should be possible. Even if I am an anthro. I got to the room to see a demon lurking over Kim like death itself. I don't think so, you son of a bitch. I thought as I summoned my spectral claw extensions and ran the demon through with them. The demon screamed and dissipated."Come on, we need to get out of here." I said to Kim as I dragged her out of the room by her hand. We nearly reached the entrance, but something got in our way. See, since we're somewhat linked to the spirit world, we can be
trapped by demons as easily as the average anthro gets trapped by a human. (The last time that happened was about a century ago, though.) Anyway, we got to a four way intersection of the hall, when every path was blocked by a demon powered spectral wall."Damnit!" I yelled as I stopped right before the wall. It was then did I actually realize I was holding Kim's hand. I let go and looked away, somewhat embarrassed. I then turned my attention back to the wall. I started banging on it. "Let us out, you demonic freak!"What fun would that be? I heard in my head. If I let you go, then I would-"Get out of my fucking head." I muttered with my eyes closed. I opened them, and they were glowing a dark red. I focused an unusual amount of power into my spectral claws and they turned from ghastly green to demonic red. I then sliced at the wall with power I didn't even know I possessed. It still did nothing, however. My throat involuntarily began to produce a feline growl, as I heard the demon again in my head.Your futile attempts to escape amuse me. I mean, come on, it's not like I'm going to hurt you. Oh wait, I am. The walls seemed to start spinning clockwise at about turtle speed and very gradually picked up the speed. I felt like parts of my soul were being ripped away and absorbed into the wall. I assumed by the panic on her face that Kim was having the same sensation. Good thing this isn't the first time I almost lost my soul unwillingly."Kim, come here." I said. She obeyed and I pulled her close. "Hold on to me and don't let go until I say."I charged with paranormal energy and told Kim to do the same. Her snow white fur began to glow slightly golden as she charged with the energy around her. My stripes shifted from green to maroon, and my white fur started to darken. The soul tearing became less, and it eventually felt like our souls were being repaired by what had been absorbed.I then noticed the tips of Kim's ears and her forearms and legs began to turn blood red. Her left eye also turned red while her right stayed gold. I mentioned this to her and she noted half my stripes were now golden, and my left eye had turned gold as well. I heard the demon screaming in my ear.What are you doing?! Stop that! No. No! NOOOO!!! The demon then seized to exist as the wall dissipated. Kim and I continued to embrace each other for about a minute more before we broke the hug and gazed into each others eyes lovingly. Without another word, we kissed."I love you." I said to Kim."I love you, too." She replied. We then proceeded to exit the asylum, and for the first time in a while, it didn't feel like I was being watched. The ambience was also a lot less gloomy. We were both feeling pretty good, holding hands, exiting the front door. It was then some humans jumped out of the nearby bushes and kidnapped us...