I AM LOST

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN : IN NEED OF HELP

INKOPOLIS SQUARE : PRESENT TIME

Mario was collapsing in on himself. He had just attacked one of his friends in an outburst! Mario found an empty alleyway and ran inside, slumping onto the wall and sliding onto the floor with a thud. "What the FUCK DID YOU DO!" Desti yelled at him from his left, her face was one of disgust and anger. "I don't-a wanna talk-a about it." He said in a murmur. Desti would've continued if she hadn't felt just as bad, she did nothing to help after all. Desti sat down and the alleyway was filled with silence. "I-a can't go a-back now." Mario spoke with a solemn tone that mirrored his expression. "Yeah. I guess not." He heard from the sitting octo next to him. Mario was thinking as she said that, his thoughts were driving him to think very carefully about what he wanted to ask next. "Why are-a you really here-a for? We both know that this isn't exactly the kind of persona my brain would make up. It would probably be a very scolding Luigi or a violent Meggy. So why are you here?" Mario wanted to know. Why was Desti there? She only appears out of sight of anyone else and even so, she does it at the times that he feels discouraged. Desti was quiet, processing an answer for the loaded question. The silence was deafening. "I'm not really in your head." She begun "I'm a a ghost or something like that. I remember being stabbed, waking up in Meggy's subconscious, giving her a few taunts until she won the splatfest, and then I just drifted. I don't know why or where. But that's what happened. At least it was until I ended up in the castle gardens, looking at this weird red plumber tearing through trees in a sort of fury state. I didn't know what I could have done. So I began mocking you and taunting you as well. It worked and I tried to go back to my drift thing... but I couldn't. I was stuck next to you ever since that time I appeared in the gardens. I wanted to leave at first... but I'm here to help you now Mario!" She said with passion. Mario was shocked to say the least. Why wouldn't he. She said HIS NAME CORRECTLY! Deciding it was a good option, he attempted to hug Desti only to fall through her and onto the other side. Desti shivered. "Please don't do that. It feels violating when you pass through a girl like that." Mario merely laughed. The first genuine laugh he had laughed since he first met his friends. Desti smiled. She was finally answering his need for help...

IM SORRY I WAS GONE FOR SO LONG! I WAS FIGHTING GOD IN THE NEW HIT GAME AMU-POKÉMON LEGENDS ARCEUS! STAY TUNED!