More Than One Way

Chapter Twenty-Two- Creative Codenames

It was awful.

The best thing he saw was JJ's mind- and he wasn't dreaming, just sleeping. Everyone else had nightmares... Except Jackie.

No, no, no! Those were dreams. But they certainly struck fear into Anti's heart. 

Anti quickly got out of there, finally deciding to listen to what the spirits had to say. 

He shuffled his way back to the furniture store, still shaken.

"Are you going to listen?" The woman obviously knew he would be coming back. He nodded, finally looking into her eyes of his own free will. "What did you show him?! Why's he so scared?!" The man rushed up and engulfed him in a hug. At first, Anti flinched. But then he started to feel soothed, the man's aura wrapped around him and comforted him, made him relax. 

He felt safe.

"What? That's not fair! He gets to HUG YOU and I get a punch in the face and being called an 'it' just from stopping your fall?!" The Thing stomped it's foot angrily. "And I'm not a THING! Ugh!" It was pouting now.

Anti gently pushed the man away. "Then what do I call you?" The Thing smirked, "we can't tell you our name. Shh... It's a secret!" It teased, "But! We do have codenames! Call me Demon!" It smiled broadly. "ALSO- HE/HIM, BITCH!" Sorry, HE yelled at no one in particular. Anti almost laughed, but was still a bit on guard. 

"You can call me Blue, for now! You'll know MY name relatively soon!" 'Blue' practically giggled. "Oh, darling... You're too precious for this world~!" Demon cooed, suddenly going over and smothering 'Blue' with affection. "Fuck off!" 'Blue' grumbled.

Anti turned to the woman, who still had the same bitchy aura. "Let me guess... Red?" She simply nodded. "How creative." He clapped sarcastically.

"So, sweetheart-" "Don't call me that." "Whatever, we need you to come with us, love. We can't tell you what you need to know. But we can make you SEE- see just what he was messing with." Anti was about to ask what he was talking about, when all three latched onto him and all of a sudden he was in a graveyard!

"WARN A BITCH NEXT TIME!" He shoved them off of him, slipping on a small pile of snow. "SHIT!" He grunted but got up. 

He looked around, but Demon snapped his fingers and drew his attention. He was standing in front of a gravestone. When Anti's attention was fixed, Demon stepped aside to let him see the grave. 

Anti felt his heart drop. 

"...Henrik..." He felt like he was being torn to pieces. 

'Red' kneeled down, seeing Anti's distress. She may be a bit of a bitch, but she cared. She wrapped her arms around the shattering glitch, letting him lean into the embrace. 'Blue' went to the other side of him and made Anti look in his eyes. He smiled.

"It's alright. We've got you, dear friend." 

'Red' chuckled, gently passing the glitch to her brother, knowing he was better at this sort of thing. 'Blue' held Anti close and talked to him "We're here to let you see what Henrik was really messing with regarding your past. He wasn't only investigating YOUR past, alright? Let yourself SEE and THEN you can make judgement." He shifted himself slightly so Anti no longer had to see the grave. 

"Wh-..." Anti stopped to find his voice. "Why can't you just tell me?" He choked out. "Because you never listen. And even if you do, you're always going to wonder in the back of your mind if it's true or not. So, you can see for yourself. You'll see everything. Everything Henrik wanted to prove- you will see with your own eyes." "Prove?" Anti shuffled away from them. 

"Just... Let us SHOW you." 'Red' grabbed Anti's shoulder, shaking him gently.

"..."

"Alright."