[II AU] - The Fire In Their Eyes

8 - Kill One, Get One Free!

(And for the moment you've all been waiting for...! Btw this is 14k words, so uh have fun reading 14,859 words! It's very long *and messy* so uhhhhh prepare yourselves ☹️

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*We Weren't Worthy*

The wind howled, and the moon shone brightly, the trees were dancing while the happy birds slept, the wind kept howling, as the songs of nature, no matter how horrific, always seemed so oddly soothing

Like a lullaby in the middle of the night

'Maybe, it will end if I die first.'

'But something is telling me that it isn't that easy'

'If this isn't real, I'd waste my life because of my desperate hallucinations'

'And I'd let Taco win.'

They gripped the scissors and looked at it, hesitantly

'Plus, it's not like this is all real, because if it was...'

'...Could it be real? No. It's.. it's all fake, just like earlier today'

'And I guess, since it's all fake, nothing bad will happen if I..'

They looked at the paper, Taco's handwriting was oddly perfect, and the word 'Cherries' made them stare

'It's all fake anyways. It's all fake'

They gripped the scissors tightly and dropped the paper, they raised their arms near their chest again

'But it's just.. so.. easy...'

Their hand shivered, as they continued to slowly move their hands towards their chest, until they remembered something

'No. I.. I won't break my promise, and I won't let Taco win.'

Paintbrush looked at the hotel, and looked at the cabin

'There was hotel here the whole time? I would tell Test Tube that we can go there.. but now? Now that I've found Taco's lab... it doesn't look safe anymore'

They started to walk towards it, the quicker the better, as Taco said

They kept trying to convince themself that this is all fake, but everything isn't matching up

If it's all fake, should they really care at all? Should they even bother hurting someone over their hallucinations..?!

They shook their head and headed towards one of the windows, knowing that the main door would most likely be locked