Mushroom Virus (pokepasta)

Chapter 9: The Aftermath (blood and violence warning)

Blue rubbed his stinging eyes as he finally started to gain consciousness again. He looked down at his hand to see stains and splattered of red and blues.

Why was he holding a knife? Why is it stained with blood...?

The sight before his finally focused in Blue's view.

"No...
NONONONONO!" He screamed. He dropped the knife and stumbled over to Red who lay still in the icy snow. "Please, be okay. I'm sorry! How did this happen??" He tried to shake Red awake. "You can't be dead! You are all I have left! I never wanted this! I never wanted you to die! I just wanted to win!"

Red was unresponsive, his body stiff and cold. It was far too late.

Blue wept, holding on to Red's body for dear life. His only rival was gone. The blood was on his hands, the reality set in.

Copy. This is what it meant. It planned this all along. It's sick plan to trick him. He cried even harder.

"CURSE YOU!! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME! YOU PROMISED! I NEVER WANTED THIS!" He shouted.

    "Awww, why the long face? You got what you asked for didn't you? You won. That's what matters." The Copy appeared before Blue, smugly smiling like always.
  
    "You killed him. Just like Gramps." Blue gritted his teeth.

     "If I remember correctly that was YOU that killed him not me. If I did that I would have been so much more particular... In reality, no one will believe you. So, in the end WE killed them. Does that sound better? You are not innocent Blue." It mocked him.

    "I hate you." Blue glared at The Copy.

     "Right back at you." It sneered. "Stop being such a baby. It was his decision to die anyway, I gave him a choice. You two would have been together forever. He'd rather lay down his life than join us, so I had to put him in his place. I can't have insubordinates after all.

   You humans are such an annoyance. Grass Pokémon are so much more loyal. They all love me. They worship me even. It hurts that you all don't even know I exist. I've existed for thousands of years. You were the one to take interest in me. This is your fault. Your actions have consequences. You sought me out and now here I am and you hate it. Well... You get what you paid for, pathetic pack of flesh and bones!" It hissed angrily at him.

    Blue rolled his eyes. "And yet you decided to attach yourself to me. You speak of hating me so much, you should've known what kind of person I am. You have eyes everywhere right? All seeing ancient knowledgeable Virus!? You are the annoying one here! I would never worship you, you don't even have a form of your own! You just mock my own image to fuck with me! You are so unoriginal!"

    The Copy went silent but it kept smiling.

   "What? You have no smartass rebuttal? Huh? That's what I thought..." Blue refocused his attention to Red's body.

   He tried to think of what he was going to do now. He couldn't just leave him here.

     The sound of footsteps slowly became audible.

    "Blue!"

    He turned around in shock. It couldn't be! He killed him didn't he? He felt tears weld up in his eyes even more.
          "...Gramps?- "

   BAM.

        The sudden force of something hitting Blue knocked him backwards.
      "W-what?" He was confused, what hit him? It suddenly hit him like a bullet train.

      Pain.

      It flooded the area of Blue's stomach, he held at it frantically. He looked down,

        He'd been shot.

      His only Grandfather, his family, his own blood just shot him in the stomach.

    He shook in pain, grabbing his wound with one hand. He grasped the snow with the other in an attempt to ease the pain.

     "AAUGHHH" he cried out.

     The Copy laughed in enjoyment behind Blue.

     Blue's vision faded in and out, enough for him to see his Grandfather, all bandaged up. Professor Oak approached Red's body, and carefully picked him up. The Professor began to carry Red's body back down the mountain. Ignoring Blue's pleas for help, leaving him behind to bleed out alone.

    "Isn't this amusing. Your own old man is the one to do you in? The one who took you in, in the first place. He must have really found you incurable for him to straight up kill you!" The Copy laughed hysterically.

    Blue tried to hold at the wound to keep him from losing too much blood. But it was useless, the damage was done. "...I don't... want to die... not like...this." He struggled to stay awake. "Hah... wait up for me Red... I still need to... apologize." Blood spilled from his mouth. he coughed one mote, as he breathed his last breath. "I'm... so sorry.."

     The Copy narrowed its eyes. It sighed and sat next to Blue's body as it waited for the next stupid human to interact with him. So that he could begin the cycle again.
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    Blue stood up at patted him self down. He looked behind him to see his own body lying there. But his mind was clear.

    He and The Copy were finally separated. Unfortunately, it was clear to him he had unfinished business. He wouldn't be able to move on just yet.

     He began to wander aimlessly. An attempt to figure out how to reach Red and give him that proper apology he truly deserved.

    "Wait up Red, I'm coming" he smiled.

        The End.

   
         - I hope you all enjoyed this story!! ^^ I definitely had a bit of fun writing this! Thank you all for reading!!