Thinking Outside the Box

I'll always be here for you, even when things get ruff

NOTE: This chapter is unfinished! Also hello everybody, I have decided to continue this!

Ugh... I think the darkness gave me a headache. I'm glad Axel is here at least. He seems really worried about something.

"What happened? Is everything okay?" I ask.

"Turn me in if you need to. I understand if you want to stop being friends with me." Tears formed in his eyes and he looked away from me. He wiped his eyes with his sleeves and then looked back at me, with fear in his eyes.

"Axel, are you crazy? I'd never stop being friends with you! You're all I have, you've stayed with me through thick and thin, and you're more than I could ever ask for. So whatever it is, I'm sure I'll understand." I reasoned.

He sighed and his hands began to shake.

"Don't freak out, don't freak out, don't freak out don't freak-" He lifted up his right sleeve and there was a weird dark patch of fur on his arm.

"You... got a tattoo? Axel, it isn't such a big deal. Well, actually I guess it kinda is since kids can't get tattoos right? I mean you have to be at least 18 to get one. Why were you so worried about my reaction? You should be more worried about what your parents think." For a second there, I thought this would be something to worry about.

He chuckled a bit and smiled for a second, but then his smile slowly faded.

"Lucy, this isn't a tattoo."

"Then... what's it supposed to be?"

"It's darkness. Corruption."

Damn it, I'm stupid! I thought it was a tattoo. DARKNESS? It was darkness? There's no way Axel is corrupted he's the nicest person I've met! Only bad people get corrupted. Like me. This is something to be worried about. Wait, I've been corrupted too. We both have corrupted parts on our arms.

"I've actually had it for a really long time, and it just keeps on growing. But yesterday, it grew a lot! I felt really guilty. Ever since I turned in Barry, it just keeps on getting worse and worse. I'm sorry, I'm not the person who you think I am."

"Axel. I have darkness too." I show him the darkened patch of fur on my arm as well.

"YOU DO?!!! Oh no... we're both bad people!! We- we need to both be turned in!!"

"No, no Axel. Listen, it's gonna be ok. It's okay to feel bad about Barry, everyone says he's bad but I know that he's a good person. And, maybe the darkness isn't a bad thing. Maybe everyone has a bit of darkness just like us. If you can have it, who knows who has it? Nobody's perfect." Wait, that means the voice was right about Mayor Maine, wasn't it? He's evil as well.

Axel hugs me, and out of the corner of my eye, I see the darkness grow a little bit smaller on his arm.