The Mind Electric (A Chester X Parker fic)

Chapter 43: The Death Waltz

"God...I'm probably running out of time..." Chester mumbles to himself, looking back at the pentagram in the room.

Maybe, just maybe...he could do something with it?

Praying to whatever god was out there, he stepped back into the room, practically tip toeing to the pentagram.

"So...the bones are scattered everywhere...Narc was planning on summoning something I'm guessing....by why here?"

He flipped through the cryptic pages in the book once more, this time landing back on the bookmarked page.

"This HAS to be something important..." He sighed, wishing he could read their language.
Chester was getting nowhere, all he was doing is wasting time trying to translate something that probably wasn't even a real language.

(Parker is going to get hurt if I don't do something....but what CAN I do?? I'm...useless!!!)

In a fit of rage, he threw the book down on the ground, falling to his knees in defeat.
"It's all over...isn't it? This is how I go..." Chester sniffled, wiping his eyes from any tears that quickly formed.

The world....felt like it was caving in around him, and he wasn't even IN the real world.

He felt stupid, stupid for being tricked into helping a demon that was OBVIOUSLY their enemy....

He couldn't believe it....his kindness was truly going to be his downfall, huh? He was finally kind to something cryptic and this was his reward: purgatory for life.

The worst part? He's not even going to get the chance to say goodbye to Parker during all of this. Parker was probably already gone....dead and buried somewhere.

Parker...

He's failed Parker, hasn't he?

"GOD DAMN IT!!!" Chester screams, punching the ground with all of his strength, along with throwing the book against a wall.

Burying his face in his hands, he gives up. He gives up trying to find a way out. He gives up trying to save the day once more.

He gives up on life itself.
Because what else was there left to do?

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"Narc! Look, you REALLY don't have to do this!" Parker huffs in a panic, watching as Narc lays down the last of the bones around him.

"Oh, but I have to! It's my mission, Parker." Narc smiles, taking a step back to gaze at their work.

"You can...uhm...work on a different mission!"

Narc raised an eyebrow, "Different mission?"

Parker nods frantically, "Yeah! Do you have anything else to do before you uh...complete this one?"

"Hm...well, yes....I have another." Narc mutters, tapping their foot on the ground.

"Great! What is it?"
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"World domination."
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"OH." Parker deadpanned, mentally slapping himself.

Well, look N-Narc...can I just...say something? You know, like some last words before you execute me." Parker smiles, gritting his teeth in fear.

Narc tilts their head, lost in thought. They soon sit down next to his body, sighing, "Of course."

"This....SUCKS." Parker huffs.