Bleach: Domination of The Dark One Ch. 2 - The Price of Survival

"Poison, ESCOLOPENDRA!"

Instantly, both her dagger and her clothes transformed into pure energy, gathering around her to grant her a new appearance, or maybe simply reveal her true form. Instead of clothes, her body was covered by bones. But the most noteworthy changes were her hands. They turned into giant tentacle-looking weapons. They resembled giant centipedes made of bone.

When she got close enough, she suddenly stopped and launched one of the bone centipedes forward like a whip. Her enemy reacted by slowly lifting his hand to grab the approaching weapon. Once the bone centipede came in contact with his palm, it was stopped immediately. He didn't move at all from the impact. 

"Hah! Rot away, you idiot!" - She shouted.

Suddenly, the bone centipede began omitting poison. Smoke started to rapidly come out of the part of his hand that was in contact with the poison. It was the result of an aggressive chemical reaction, the poison was strong enough to evaporate anything it came in contact with. He let go of the thing and looked at his burned hand. It was seriously injured, but it only took a few seconds of focusing on it to fully recover it using the dark energy that made up his body to begin with. Once it was fully healed, he grabbed the skull-shaped mask he had on his face and crushed it in an instant, revealing his face hidden underneath. Every part of that face was darkness itself. Black hair, black emotionless eyes, almost like looking at the abyss. For a moment Loly felt true terror. And then he spoke.

His voice was deep and threatening, but also relaxed and emotionless. - "Weak. Your entire existence is weak." 

He slowly bent down to grab one of her centipede arms. It was still covered with poison, and the same rapid emission of smoke occurred, yet his hand seemed to be fine. The poison could only destroy the outermost section of his palm, it couldn't go deeper than that. Suddenly dark energy gathered around him, which he channeled through her arm rapidly, resulting in the bone centipede exploding from the inside. The shockwave from it sent her flying back toward her companion, she landed close to her. Following that, all the bones around her body, including her other centipede arm, turned back into energy as she transformed back into her former appearance.

Out of the dust flying around, the figure slowly emerged again in front of the two girls.

"You are far too weak to survive." - He said slowly walking towards them. - "Bow down before me and swear obedience, or you will perish."

The short-haired blonde girl started talking to Loly with a shaking voice. - "...L-Loly... We don't have a choice... We have to..." - She was quickly cut off by Loly.

"Never." - She said quietly, while gathering the strength to stand back up from the ground. - "I'm Loly Aivirrne! Loyal only to Aizen-sama! I'll never serve any inferior creature! Even if you kill me, Aizen-sama will defeat you when he returns!!!" - She screamed after managing to stand back up.

She kept glaring at him like a wild animal. Then suddenly, he disappeared from her sight in an instant.

"Moderate your volume in my presence."

The voice came from behind her, almost directly behind her ears. Immediately, she felt her right arm being grabbed from behind. He pulled her forearm back, until her arm was straight, stretched out behind her. He continued to pull her forearm back with one hand while locking her elbow in place with his foot.

"Wait!" - She screamed, not fully aware of, but instinctively terrified of what he was gonna do.

Instantly, he broke her arm at her elbow, resulting in an immediate hellish scream coming from her.

She fell to the ground in pain. - "FUCK YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!" - She screamed as hard as she could. "I'll..." - She was cut off by a hand grabbing her face.

He lifted her up by the head, grabbing tightly with crushing strength. He swung her behind his back and threw her, by the head, forward and up in front of him. She was probably going to fly for a while before landing. 

Meanwhile, the other girl was watching all of that, completely paralyzed by fear, having long collapsed to her knees. The man turned towards her.

"What about you?" - He asked her calmly, seemingly unaffected by anything he had just done. - "Do you share her refusal to submit?"

She just sat collapsed to the floor, paralyzed by fear. The being in front of her was inconceivably strong. She felt close to drowning from just being in his presence. The only thing screaming from every inch of her body was a deep craving for survival, to get out of here at all cost. Looking at this man was like staring at an endless hole, terrified of falling into it.

But then, he disappeared in an instant, just like before. - "When I ask a question, I expect an answer." - The voice came from behind her ear.

Soon she felt a touch on her arm. The instant panic and adrenaline allowed her to finally speak.

"W-Wait!..." - She said with a shaking, terrified voice. - "...P-Please, I... I'll leave you alone, you won't ever see me again... I'm not a threat... I-I beg you... Please let me go!..." - Her heart was racing, she had no idea what to expect, he could react in any way. She was feeling a dull pain through her whole arm, every muscle felt tense and powerless at the same time. He didn't do anything yet, but her mind was already manifesting all the nightmarish experiences she could go through.

"That is not how things work." - He said to her with a calm voice. - "Anything that I do not control is a threat to be eliminated or conquered and forced to submit to my will." - The emotionless manner of his statement made it all the more threatening. This man wasn't one to be convinced or bargained with. It's his way or none. There was only one option leading out of this danger.

"T-Then... If I do as you say... You won't hurt me?" - Her voice was weak, filled with vulnerability. He was still holding her arm behind her, which made her all the more aware of her powerlessness.

"I don't care about suffering." - He told her. - "It's just a tool for domination. Given total obedience, there is no need for further violence."

"I-I won't disobey... I swear!"

He let go of her arm and slowly walked to her front, then turned around to face her. - "Tell me your name."

"...I-It's Menoly... Menoly Mallia."

There was no immediate reply, he seemed to just observe her. She felt as if she was judged by some higher power. She felt nervous and anxious, it was uncomfortable.

"Menoly..." - His voice was calm and commanding at the same time. - "...If you wish to serve me, you will need to demonstrate your dedication."

"I... I will."

"If you ever betray me, you can consider yourself dead." - He stopped for a bit and just looked her in the eyes, allowing his words to sink into her deeply. - "But as long as you remain loyal, you're under my protection."

"...T-Thank you!"

Menoly felt relieved. This was the first time in this encounter, when she felt like she wasn't in any immediate danger anymore, at least for now.