Running through the trees at night was really difficult. Hero has almost tripped about five times yet he kept moving. He could hear some sort of shouting yet he couldn’t understand it. The closer he got the more panicked and angry did the sounds get. He moved faster.
That is when he saw it.
Sunny and Basil were there together.
However, Sunny was laying on the dock. Black tendrils were reaching him yet failing to grab him. Basil stood nearby, motionless.
At first, Hero thought Basil would try to help him.
Then he saw him raise the shears over his head, hovering over Sunny.
Hero ran forward, not even trying to question what Basil was going to do. He knew Basil was aiming for blood.
He let out a yell and charged straight at him.
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“My best friend...are you scared?”
The fake asked.
Sunny nodded. Of course, he was. Why wouldn’t he be?
The darkness felt like it was growing on them. Something’s presence was right behind Sunny. He didn’t turn around though.
He was too scared.
Not Basil was holding something. It shone in the moonlight and Sunny felt his heart stop when his eyes landed on it.
It was Basil’s shears.
Not Basil’s face had an unfitting smile on it.
“You left me...for four years. Do you think you are above consequences? That you can hide away and never face the truth? You’re a coward, Sunny.”
Sunny took a few steps back, knocking into Something who gleefully reminded him of its existence by forcing him forward.
Not Basil’s grin looked fake, as if someone held up a drawing of a smile over his mouth.
“You’re cruel, Sunny. Something ruined our lives using you. Instead of admitting it and facing Something head on you left it to grow stronger and stronger using your body. If I rid of you I rid of Something. We win.”
Sunny felt time stopped as Not Basil twirled the shears in his hands.
“I have to kill you, Sunny. No hard feelings, okay?”
Sunny tried to run but Something blocked him.
Sunny tried to scream but Something held onto his voice, forcing him to let out soundless pleas.
Not Basil was trying to stop him, trying to make Sunny face him head-on.
Though Sunny was trying to keep his distance from Not Basil, that was becoming increasingly difficult when Something was preventing him from running. Not Basil looked pissed at Sunny’s movements.
The worst part of it all had to be that he backed Sunny onto the dock. Something’s tendrils were coming out of the lake, trying to grab at his ankles to drag him into the deeps.
“Sunny, my best friend. Relax. Everything will be over soon.”
His voice was sickening.
Venom was crawling through his body, shaking him to his core. Sunny was terrified.
Not Basil held his shears in the sky, looking down at Sunny with bloodlust in his eyes.
“People like us don’t deserve to live. Goodbye, Sunny.”
A scream.
It didn’t come from Sunny nor Basil.
It came from Hero, who was charging directly at Basil.
“GET AWAY FROM HIM!” He yelled.
Not Basil turned to him and with a blank expression moved out of the way. Something latched onto Hero and threw him back.
“Pointless.” Not Basil sighed, looking at Hero who tried to pick himself off the ground.
“What the fuck!?” Aubrey yelled in rage.
“Ow…” Hero groaned in pain as Kel ran to his side.
Not Basil rolled his eyes and faced Sunny who was panting on the ground. He raised his shears again and Sunny faced him with terror in his eyes.
“Goodbye, Sunny.”
Screams from multiple people rang out.
It was a quick motion but that was all Not Basil needed. The shears were inserted right into Sunny’s right eye. Blood was quickly spreading everywhere. Not Basil looked at his work with joy.
Sunny felt like he was hit with a truck. His head felt like it was going to fall off his shoulders.
He was terrified.
His heart was beating so hard that he felt like it was going to break his ribs.
Not Basil shot him a tired look.
“Even now you are trying to persist? You know you deserve what I just did.”
Sunny’s vision was getting blurry. He heard shouting but his brain couldn’t make out what was being said.
“Don’t worry, Sunny. Everything is going to be okay.”
Mari….
His eyes shut.
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After Hero was brutally thrown back, Aubrey knew damn well the thing in front of them wasn’t Basil. That didn’t stop her from yelling a quick “What the fuck!?”
Aubrey looked at the Fake Basil and Fake Basil stared right back.
He had to be a fake.
Basil doesn’t have empty yet rage-filled eyes.
Yet whenever you stared at Sunny’s empty eyes you didn’t feel anything or think anything of it. What a hypocrite.
Aubrey felt the thought bite her in the back of her mind but she had to ignore it. If she didn’t ignore it then Sunny could die.
Speaking of Sunny dying, Fake Basil was speaking to him with his shears in the air.
Aubrey tried to move forward but the one-eyed demon appeared, filling her with rage. She tried to whack it with her bat only for it to dodge.
No matter how hard she tried she couldn’t get the thing to move.
A scream rang out and Aubrey immediately stopped what she was doing in time to witness Sunny getting stabbed.
“HOLY SHIT.”
She heard Kel and Hero scream as well but she was far too pissed off to register it.
That’s when she saw the demon flicker out of existence before flickering back in.
It was quick like a light turning off and on but noticeable.
Aubrey felt her body freeze.
If this thing was a part of Sunny’s mind like Kel theorized, that meant…
“Oh, hell no.” She whispered.
Time felt she looked over to the fake version of Basil who looked tired yet satisfied. When he noticed Sunny’s chest still moving his expression changed to annoyances. His mouth moved but Aubrey didn’t hear the words. Her ears were buzzing and the only thing she could hear was the angry waves of thoughts buzzing in her head.
Her grip on the bat became tighter and she knew what she must do.
The moment the one-eyed demon disappeared she ran forward. The fake Basil turned to see her charging at him with nothing holding her back.
At that moment, life returned to Basil’s eyes, and his face twisted in terror as his face met the back of Aubrey’s bat, the side with no nails.
Basil’s body fell backward, directly on top of Sunny who let out a light groan. Good, he was still alive.
“Kel! Call an ambulance!” She screamed at him.
Kel, who was leaning Hero who had passed out against a tree, nodded and quickly pulled out his phone.
She just hoped they weren’t too late.
She couldn’t keep losing the ones close to her….