Monster Hunters [South Park AU]

I Want You to Stay by My Side

[Kyle POV] 

Friday Night [4:54 pm]

Kyle sighed as he, Kenny and Tweek were in the kitchen while everyone else was in the main room where the bunk beds were. In front of them was the counselor that had greeted them, a lanky, tall man with long black hair. Kyle believed his name was Jonas. His previous friendly demeanor was replaced with a scowl as he looked at the three teens in front of them, forced to sit one of the few wooden chairs they were able to find while his hands were bound behind his back.

Kyle and Kenny shared a look, as if silently asking who should step forward. Kyle nodded towards Kenny, and the blonde looked towards the man as he stepped forward until he was glaring over Jonas. His usually light and easy going voice was replaced by the dark, serious voice he usually used as Mysterion, "Now, you are going to tell us everything you know about the portal, and how to shut it down."

"How to stop it?" The cult member laughed, a hysterical, high pitched laughter before he spoke, "There is no stopping this. All of his minions and the great one himself will rise tomorrow."

"Who is the old one?" Kenny demanded, his hands clenched into fists. Kyle had the feeling that Kenny knew who the old one was, but was waiting for confirmation.

The member smiled a creepy smile, more like a wolf baring its teeth than an actual grin, "Cthulhu of course."

"And how do we stop him?" Kenny demanded, Kyle wincing at the desperation he could sense under the deep tone.

Minutes dragged on as Kenny tried to get information from the member. Anytime it seemed like Kenny got anywhere close to getting just a sliver of information, the man would just shut up or spout nonsense. Occasionally Kenny would glance back towards Tweek and Kyle, as if he hoped that one of them would have an answer, a key to unlocking the vault of answers that hit behind Jonas' tight lip. But Kyle had nothing, he felt as if he went from the shallow parts of the ocean when he was doing research, and then suddenly he slipped over a drop and was now drowning despite his best efforts to swim back up towards air. Tweek didn't look like he was doing much better despite his silence, he shook and twitched as he held onto the hem of his mismatched unbutton shirt.

"You guys suck at this. When are you going to start pulling teeth out?" Kyle jumped as he whipped around to see Eric Cartman, leaning lazily against the door that connected to the main room of the cabin.

Kyle harshly whispered to not interrupt Kennys' questioning. "What the hell are you doing here Cartman?" Kyle rubbed his temples as he prepared for the fuckery that was knowing Eric Cartman. "How long have you been there?"

"For about ten minutes, you guys suck at this. You need to start pulling teeth or fingernails-"

"Sick dude! We're not doing that!"

"Well you need to do something. You guys need to figure out something you can threaten him with."

Cartman was never the most moral person, Kyle had known that in all of their years of knowing each other, and no he did not plan on calling it friendship because why would he be friends with that fucking asshole ever, and yet somehow Kyle still felt a sense of shock everytime something morally redundant came out. Really, he should know better. "I'm not threatening him!"

"Why Khal? Because of your stupid moral codes? Every second that your stupid moral code keeps that asshole alive and well is another second some more innocent child is getting their guts ripped out. Is that you want Khal? Innocent Ike getting his guts sprayed across the yard?" Kyle felt sick at the image of his younger brother dead, ripped apart by the monsters, his mother on her knees wailing over her beloved son.