XFHOV Infection Au

Chapter Two

Six grumbled inside their mindscape, feeling the ache of their overworked muscles starting to get to them. They prayed that the entity using their body at least knew how to rest, or else they'd be screaming with agony within the next couple hours.

Their body stopped walking, and Six let out a sigh of relief as he relished the slow disappearance of his discomfort.

Six decided to observe what was happening outside since they'd been walking for days on end, eventually finding comfort in decorating their (embarrassingly empty) mindscape. They focused on their eyesight, allowing the scenery that they had purposefully blocked out to filter into them.

They were in the middle of a forest.

What the hell?

Six scrambled to process this, searching the landscape with their eyes to look for something, anything recognizable. He noticed a thin, gravel path, an endless expanse of trees, and lots of fruit bushes.

Berry bushes, to be exact.

Six inwardly growled. What was going on? 

Suddenly, the sound of moving branches caught his attention. His head snapped to the source of the voice. Whether it was on his own accord or the entity's didn't matter to them as they felt themself approach the sound, dry leaves and twigs crackling underneath their feet.

They see a blue number growl quietly as they yank their ensnared arm out of the grasp of a thorny bush, and a wide, toothy grin spreads smoothly across his face.

Inside, Six felt uneasy. Hell, they could practically sense the predatory tint in his eyes. He studies the azure algebralien, specifically their indigo eyes, to see his own reflection.

Dark, blood-tinted tears had streaked down his cyan face, which was adorned with a wide, sadistic grin and blackened eyes. Six felt a pang of fear strike them, gripping them painfully as they saw what they had turned into.

Those berries had caused more damage than he had noticed.

The blue number in front of him narrowed their eyes, studying Six with a wary and slightly confused glare. Six understood their reaction, he was scared of himself.

He felt a growl build up in his throat, and he was again unsure if it was him or the imposter using his body. The blue number stared him down, and Six noticed their grip on their fruit basket tightening.

Six froze at the sight of the basket, because inside of it's hollow, woven center, scattered among yoyle berries and raspberries, were those cursed black, evil berries that Six had eaten. Six didn't have more time to stare at the basket as he snapped his gaze back to the algebralien.

They saw themselves, flexing their dirt-stained claws before leaping at the fruit gatherer.

Pain gripped Six in a deathly hold, their unheard screech mirroring Four's

Sorry for the short chapter!

My chapters will probably be kind of short, but I'm developing the plot, I swear!

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