Meeple Virus

Part 7

"AH! AN INFECTED!"

"ACK! Chill out man! I'm not really infected! CHILL"

Fan quick shooting at him and was puzzled

"I thought infected don't talk at all"

"Well that shows I'm not infected!"

"Paper! We're in the clear!"

Paper walked out but not as his normal self, he was infected. But he was docile and was staying behind fan.

"It's ok buddy! It's just knife!"

Paper used his arms to know where knife was before taking a quick sniff before he gave a smile, he didn't have eyes at all, it looked like they were ripped out.

"Wait! Does that mean you know where the other's are!?"

"Yea man, follow me. They are in the hide out."

"We're saved paper we're saved!!"

Knife covered fans mouth and fan made a nervous laugh. Fan grabbed paper and led both to where the motel was at.

"Is lightbulb safe?"

"Yea she is, she isn't hurt or anything. I'm pretty sure she'll be thrilled to see you alive, along with oj with paper."

They were half way till a moan was heard, both looked slowly and sure enough paintbrush was back and they were mad, knife was wondering how they broke the rock he used to block their exit of the lab. Paintbrush approached with speed but knife quickly grabbed paper and fan before running, paintbrush was screeching in anger and both fan and knife could see the light coming from their fire. Knife saw the motel and threw fan and paper there before going to distract paintbrush, fan watched in horror while holding on to papers hand

"Fan! Paper! Get in now!"

Fan took paper inside while knife managed to lure paintbrush away from the motel, knife grabbed a sharp stone before stabbing paintbrush right in the side of their head, he screeched in pain before collapsing to the ground. Knife was about to make a run for it but stopped his movement when she heard sobbing? He looked and paintbrush laid there while tears poured down, knife looked at them with shock and now felt guilty but they said something

"D-don't leave m-me!..."

Knife was surprised they spoke, infected were not suppose to talk... he went closer to them and noticed their black eyes were now their normal amber eyes, knife took out the sharp stone before setting it down, he laid next to them and they looked at him

"Why are you not attacking any more? You were a monster till now."

Paintbrush couldn't speak much but did their best to.

"I- I tried to f-fight it off but it was too... strong for me..."

Knife began to feel bad for hurting them but he asked the question.

"Why do you keep biting me? Or try to?"

Paintbrush went silent for a moment but answered.

"To give what ever sanity I have left to you..."

"What-"

Paintbrush bit knife immediately and he screamed, it only lasted a minute before they let go, knife could see their eyes go back to black, but before they did they said something

"Tell lightbulb I said hi..."

Paintbrush quickly went back to their insane self and attempted to attack knife but he pushed them off and ran, they got stuck between two trees and they made a loud piercing sound and knife ran back to the motel.

"Knife what happened!? Why are you crying?.."

"I don't want to talk about right now.."

Knife saw lightbulb happily talking to fan and he went to them

"What is it knife?"

"... paintbrush told me to say hi to you guys for them"

Both looked at him and lightbulb began to cry a little, fan quickly went to comfort her while knife walked back to the couch he slept on.