The Horror Saga - I̵̦̓S̸̙͊ ̷̟̇T̵̰́H̵̅͜Í̶̖S̷̢͛ ̶̩̃T̷͔̽H̴̙͗É̸͖ ̴̰̕E̵̹͐Ṋ̶̒D̸̺̀?̴̨͑

Chapter 1

A scream cries out through the town.

Alex pulls herself from the hole in the Rainbow House, glaring at the Steves who give her frightened looks. Her feet gain back flooring and she stands above them all, her eyes balls of green flame filled with disgust.

"A̵͚͑l̸͕͂ĺ̶̘ ̴͇̹̐o̶̖͕͆̎f̴̞̟̍̿ ̸̙̪́ý̵͙͖ò̴͓u̴̡̗͗̈́.̶̻͎̍̑.̴̢̈́.̴̡̖͛͆ ̸̩̌̆ỳ̸̭̈́ơ̷̧̖͠ṷ̴͈̎ ̵̬̊p̶̟͊͗͜a̵͍̹͘t̴̹̭͝h̸̰́̊è̶̟̗̈́t̶͓̒͘ỉ̵̡c̸̖̋͘ ̴͖͚̈́c̸̨̈́͝r̵̤̀e̶͕̬͐͝a̶͇̱͋ť̴̬ṷ̷̍͆ŕ̷̡̩̔e̷̯͛s̷͓̣͐͊,̷̺̊̊" She spits, the whole town jumping or stepping back. She steps towards them, laughing as they squirm and hide behind each other. "I̸̗͍͗ ̵̬̽m̸̬̏̇á̵̧̇y̵̙̩̏̈́ ̸̢͛̃n̶̤͍͐ȍ̵͕ṭ̴͑ ̴̺̈́͘ḇ̸̞̿e̵̮̫̊ ̶̬͑̀a̸̳͆b̸̲̳́̒l̶͍̔̎͜e̴̡͎͠ ̸̙͛͆t̸̫̳̚̕o̸̧͌͗ ̴͔͌̓͜ṯ̸͒́a̶̘̪̓͗ḵ̵̉é̶̤̄ ̴͈̼͆y̵̮͐͑ȍ̷̳ǘ̸͍̤̐r̵̦̮̔ ̵̳̜͊̅e̷̛̗̳ǹ̶̗̈́e̶̢̽̀ṟ̴̼͗̀g̴̨̺͆y̴͈͝ ̴̖̞̽b̸̯͈̈y̵̡͓̽͋ ̴̡͕̑m̸̟̣̒̚y̸͉̐̀ș̷͖̐͝é̵̝͗l̸̟̯̈́̄f̷̥̻̐̕,̷̪̩̕ ̵̗̦̈̂b̴̟̮͒̂ū̵̺̅t̸̼͈̀ ̸̪͔͝Ḯ̸̝̩͆ ̷͕̓̕č̶̟̈́a̶̮̫͊͘n̶̝̉͜ ̸͚̏š̶̤u̶̖̒͝ṟ̵͔̑ḙ̶͖̄ ̶̟̚͠a̵͚̘̾s̶̤̠͊̚ ̸̛͇̇ȟ̴̛̭͜e̷̪̔̾l̷̞̈́́l̸̟̑͝ ̷̘̪͐̓d̴͍̾e̷̤̓͋s̸̡͍̑͐t̸̡͌ȓ̸̻ͅö̶̥́͝y̴̩͇͂ ̸̢̒ỳ̷̭ö̵͙̃ǘ̸̼͛ ̷̡͔̊̎a̸̮̞̔͝l̷͎̲̍l̵̨͎̎̈.̴͍͆̉"

Through the crowd, Faceless steps forward. Using his unique abilities, he morphs himself to appear like Nightmare Steve; someone who he felt strong near.

"You will not destroy us," he states, making his voice strong and loud. "You are one person, we are a town. This town will prosper and you will fall."

His confidence goes to other Steves around the town, and slowly they step forward, bravery coursing their minds and hearts. This is their town, Alex has no right to be here. If Sabre is good, as their king had told them, that means Alex is the real threat, and she has to be destroyed.

"You'll regret corrupting our friend," Ghost Steve says, sticking close by Faceless's side.

"You'll regret coming into our town!" Illusion spits, as Time and Elemental step up beside him.

"You'll regret even showing your face to this world!" A Green Steve shouts, as the several remaining Coloured Steves back him up.

Alex merely watches from the front step, watching as Steves of Colour, Dark, Positive, Negative, Reverse and even Plague step forward. She watches as the terrified and weak creatures stand before her, trying to seem strong against a power they didn't even know.

"You think this scares me?" She questions. "You think this intimidates me? You think, that even for a second, that I'll lose against you idiots? I am more powerful than the lot of you combined, I could never lose!"

"You've already lost your leverage in Sabre," Negative states. "We can tear you apart further."

"You think that fool was leverage against you?" Alex lets out a laugh, a sound that mimics the screaming of a husk and chortle of a ghast. "He was merely to gain your energy to make me stronger! They stronger he got, the stronger I got. Just because he's left our world and I've lost my connection to him, does not mean I'm weak against you Steves!"

With no warning, Alex teleports, appearing between a Purple and Yellow Steve. She flies up and split-kicks them both to the side of the heads, before grabbing their bodies and throwing them both through the open front door and into the hole that leads to the Void. As Steves exclaim in fear, she raises her fist, encased by a green glow that matches her eyes. The aura surrounds Plague and he is dragged to Alex before lifted into the air.

In a spur of movement and energy Plague's body is bent backwards; his spine snaps clearly and his cry is cut short. Positive shrieks in horror as Plague's body is thrown to the ground, rolling slightly.

"Try and defy me!" Alex screams, the strength of all the Steves now lost. "I will be victorious, you will not win against me!!"

She flies from the sky, landing squarely in front of Faceless, still disguised as Nightmare. She grabs him strongly by the jaw and holds his face in front of hers. His hands tremble, and he struggles to keep the concentration needed to keep his current form, however his expression remains as strong as he wills it to be.

"Where is the real Nightmare Steve?" Alex spits, and for a moment Faceless transforms back into himself, before quickly reverting back. Alex grips his jaw tighter, not afraid of breaking it to get her answer.

"F-forest-" Faceless mumbles, feeling his strength fading. "I don't know exactly, but they ran into the forest."

As Alex throws him to the side, Faceless loses his concentration, fully changing back to himself and slamming into the grass. Ghost leans down to try and help him, watching as Alex marches away.

"Faceless? Are you okay?" He questions, as Faceless massages his jaw. He nods at his friend, before allowing Ghost to help him to his feet.

Frightened voices mumble around the group, questioning what to do and what had just happened.

"Pos? Positive look at me," Negative tries gaining his twin's attention, although it's difficult as Positive is still staring in horror at Plague's body. "Positive!"

Red and teary eyes meet worried yellow, and Negative tries still to pull his brother out of his shock. Positive's lip trembles as much as his arms, and his eyes are wide.

"She- she just..." he mumbles, trying but failing to not look back to Plague. "She just..."

"I know, I know," Negative gently turns Positive's head away from sight of the corpse. "Look, at least it wasn't you."

"Yeah- but she-"

"I know! I know... Positive you have to stay with me, okay? Look, she's gone for now, and everyone else is still here."

Negative makes Positive look around, at all the other Steves that still stand. Their faces show fear, their moral shattered, but they still are together. Strength in numbers, as the saying goes, means that no matter what Alex thinks, the members of the Rainbow Town will overpower her.

A Red Steve, the only one remaining, steps toward the twins.

"We'll beat her," he says confidently, before turning to the rest. "It doesn't matter what she says or does. We're stronger together than she is alone, I'm sure of it."

"How can you be sure?" The remaining Purple Steve asks, fear thick in his voice. "She got rid of them so quickly and easily... she could just do that a couple more times and then, poof, we're all gone and doomed."

"As cheesy as it sounds," Illusion Steve says, as everyone looks to him. "We'll stick together. We won't let her destroy us."