Degete (Sequel To Lights Off) [For nevaehMP On AO3]

10, A Little Sip Of Venom

"Wait.... What?" Käärijä trembled.

"There is a way to bring them back." Gustaph replied.

"How do you know this??" Blanca snapped.

"That's not important. The important thing is...." Gustaph tried to talk, but Remo stepped in.

"Yes. It is important! We questioned you hours ago, and you told us you had nothing to do with this man and his operation! Now all of a sudden, you know how to revive everyone? How the hell is that even possible???" Remo's voice croaked from him starting to cry.

"Look. It's complicated, okay?" Gustaph replied.

"It shouldn't be!" Remo retaliated.

"Please, just hear me out!..." Gustaph began to beg.

"Why should we? If you couldn't tell us the truth before, why tell it now?" Remo snapped.

"Wait, Remo. Maybe the same thing happened to him as it did Theodor." Pasha stepped in.

"Wait, Theodor had his memory wiped too???" Gustaph raised his voice.

"Y-yes..." Remo responded.

"Okay so maybe it is important.... I ran into the guys as they were talking to right outside of Let 3's hotel room. Reiley saw it too...." Gustaph sighed. Alika's insides began to bubble just thinking of Reiley and how he betrayed everyone.

"We know what happened to Reiley. He's now working with Darius." Andrew sighed.

"That's not true either." Gustaph replied.

"Wait, what?" Theodor gasped.

"When I ran off, Reiley stayed put. Darius saw him, and Reiley wouldn't back down. He was hypnotized by Darius." Gustaph admitted.

"Wait so....." Luke trailed off, but was interrupted by Marco.

"Anyway, what's this about bringing them all back?" Marco asked.

"There's a way... With a very similar green light. Not unlike the red one they use to kill people..." Gustaph replied. Käärijä looked up at him.

"So... We can save Bojan?"

"Victor....." Andrew added.

"Everyone can come back!"  Alika added.

"However, the only people who have the power to do this are Darius, his sidekick, and Vasyl... And we know what happened to Vasyl." Gustaph sighed. Everyone's excitement lowered.

"Just great! Now we'll never get everyone back! Not unless we somehow convince Darius or his henchman to stop this operation!" Alessandra sighed.

"I'm still gonna kill that henchman! He promised me that he wouldn't do any more harm. Now, his he needs to pay his due!" Loreen spoke with gritted teeth.

"Whoa, calm down, tiger." Luke chuckled.

"What do you all think we need to do?" Monika asked.

"I.... I need to go find him...." Theodor sighed. He knew what he had to do.. "i have to be bait. He clearly wants me."

"N-no! I'm not letting you!" Alika trembled.

"Theodor, seriously. It's too dangerous for you to go alone! He only needs one more, and Matteo will come back!" Gustaph sighed.

"Not if you ambush him right after. Use whatever you can to knock him off his feet." Theodor sighed.

"I'M NOT LETTING YOU DO THIS!" Alika cried.

"I have to... There's no other way! If you can ambush him at the perfect time, maybe you can try to force the green light out of him. Besides, if I don't make it, I can get brought back when the green light shows up." Theodor smiled lightly.

"There's no guarantee! I'm not losing you, Theodor!" Alika quivered.

"You won't lose me..." Theodor smiled. With tears in his eyes, he ran the opposite direction where Darius ran.

"THEODOR, NO!" Alika cried out as she tried to run after him, Remo stopped her.

"Alika, it's no use." Remo sighed.

"I'm not losing him that easily!" Alika cried as she ran towards Theodor's direction.

"We have to follow her!!" Andrew cried. Everyone ran in the direction that Alika and Theodor ran in.

.....

Theodor held his breath. He saw Darius walking down the stairs to the hotel basement. He sneakily followed Darius downstairs. When he made it halfway down the stairs, he noticed a long metal pipe. He grabbed it just in case he needed it.

He made it down the stairs and listened in on the conversation between Reiley and Darius.

"So we need one more?" Reiley asked.

"Yes. Yes we do." Darius chuckled. "Did you grab the body of the Slovenian one?"

"He's in the room with the rest of them." Reiley spoke proudly. Theodor gulped. He clenched his eyes shut as he knew what he had to do. He stepped out of hiding and cleared his throat aggressively.

"Oh. Hello, Theodor." Darius cackled.

"Let them go!" Theodor demanded.

"Ha! Do you here this kid? He thinks he can demand someone like me to let his friends go! Well, I'm afraid their fate has been sealed.... And so had yours...." Darius laughed as he slowly walked closer to Theodor. Theodor kept his guard up. He knew he had to stay strong....

"THEODOR!!!!" Alika cried from the staircase.

“Alika, stay out of this… It’s for the best.” Theodor sighed. His big brown eyes were filled with tears as he looked at Alika.

Darius had now stood three inches away from the Romanian. He chuckled to himself as the red light appeared.

“Any last words?” He chuckled.

“A few… Make love, not war… la revedere, România… I hope I made you proud…”

“NOOOOO!” Alika cried. She ran down the stairs to get to Theodor. She shoved him out of the way, just in time to save him.

“ALIKA!” Theodor cried. She had saved Theodor, but it had been a sacrifice. She collapsed in Theodor’s arms.

“A-Alika!” Theodor trembled. As her eyes began to close, Theodor comforted her through it.

“Why did you do that?” Theodor trembled.

“I had to save you…” Alika smiled

“No… You didn’t. Please!” Theodor begged her to stay, but it just couldn’t happen. Soon, her eyes began to close and her breathing began to slow.

“No! Please!” Theodor pleaded, but it was no use. She died in his arms.

“No! No please!!!” Theodor cried. He began to bawl. He had promised Alika he’d protect her, and now…

“Yes… Yes!” Darius cackled. Theodor looked up at him.

“I’VE DONE IT!” Theodor began to panic. “WELCOME BACK, OLD FRIEND!”