Lone Survivor

2

His mind is blurry.

He has only 3 goals. Eat, hunt, and spread. Nothing else matters. He sees many others like him before covered in the same black goo he is. He knows not to go after them because they are part of his kind. Anything that wasn't would meet its end.

There are many levels in the hell they're in. On this one he was with two others. A shrimp and a tissue box.

The tissue box walk endlessly stopping every once in awhile to start sweeping the floor. Not that it matters. What was she trying to accomplish? Meanwhile the shrimp just kept his head down not making a noise. Sometimes he would just walk right into a wall.

He on the other hand just watched as the other two did their thing. He used one of his 4 hands to wipe some black goo from his mouth. He was hungry. He would sometimes look for something to eat. But all there is are bug and rats. Not the best meal but you take what you can get.

Walking around trying to sniff out some food he heard something. A small noise in one of the rooms. Maybe it was food....no. No it wasn't he could tell. Someone was down here.

Someone who was not one of them.....

His hands turned into sharp claws as he slowly approached to what was making the sound. Tail slowly swinging. He was going to eat good today.

He peeked his head around the corner and right there was a little rainbow flower digging in one of the drawers of the room.

Something happened though.

Something happened as soon as he saw this flower. He suddenly became aware of his surroundings. His mind felt less blurry. He could think for a minute.

He knows this flower...

The more he looked the more his mind became more clear. The flower turned around and jumped back at the sight of him.

"@5tr0?" It said, or at least he thinks it said something. His mind was barely clear so he couldn't tell. The flower seems nervous its hands in a raised position.

Why is it scared? Was it scared of him? Why? He's not going to hurt it. At least he doesn't think so. He doesn't quite remember why he came into this room. He tilted his head to the flower.

And then he didn't know why but he spoke.

"I-I know.....y-you....."

That's right he can speak. How come he didn't speak before? The flowers eyes widen.

"Do you remember me?" It's voice more clear now. No he didn't, but he felt a familiar presence when near it. He reached out to touch the flowers face.

Warm

Nice

Sweet

He liked it.

The flowers face seemed to blush at this as it put one of its hands on his.

A growing could be heard behind them. He turned around to find the shrimp had found them. His eyes landed on the flower.

"Oh no...." It whispered. The shrimp started charging towards the flower killing clearly being their intention. But then the moon twisted grabbed his head with one of his hands and held him in place.

Why was he trying to hurt the flower? The moon didn't feel like it was a threat so why did the shrimp attack it...

Maybe.... Maybe the threat here was the shrimp. That's the only reason he could think of. His hand griped the shrimp tighter to the point where it started to hurt the shrimp.

The flower didn't like this.

"Hey wait stop!" It shouted. His hand letting go of the shrimp. He looked at the flower then the shrimp and gave a low growl. The other twisted seemed to get it and left letting out a grrr as it left.

The moon quickly turned back towards the flower who was in shock of what had happened. " you... protected me?"

The moon twisted looked down. Yeah I guess he did. The flower wasn't a threat. "Thanks for that. I have to get going now...." The flower slowly left the room.

Where was it going? Should he follow it? Yeah he should. So that's what he did.

Soon they came to what looked like to be a large closed gate. The twisted had seen this before, there was two on every level though one was always covered in yellow tape.

The first took out a remote and pushed a button and the big gate opened. The twisted watch as the flower stepping in and notice that the other has followed it.

It looked nervous thinking about what it should do, before speaking. "You want to come with me?"

The twisted blinked. Did he?

He had just met this flower but he also knows him. He just couldn't figure out why? Maybe staying with it would help him remember. So he nodded and walked into the small room with him.

"Cool.... Sweet.... This is fine."

The flower pushed the top button and the gate closed and the room started to move. This freaked the moon out because it was so sudden.

Soon the room stopped moving and the gate opened. Reveling a circular room with a giant tree in the middle.

The twisted realized that he could take in his surroundings and wonder into the room. Everything was so bright then the other levels. It was nice. What came to his attention was this cardboard cutout out. It looked a lot like him but smaller.

Wait no, this is him. He remembers that. He looked at the other cardboard cutouts. A tv, a shell, a strawberry, and what looked like a dog. He'd seen these people before one some of the lower levels. Hunting and doing their own thing. He's never interacted with them. His kind are not social creatures.

The last cutout was that flower again. It was waving and was smiling at him. He likes it. He hopes that the real flower smile at him soon. Speaking of the flower it was already walking down the hallway into one of the rooms. The twisted following after it. The room looked to be a small bedroom. With live flowers, pictures, a tv and tapes, and what looked to be box of supplies that the flower was organizing.

They both made eye contact. "Uhhh... could you wait a moment. This may take awhile." The moon nodded and went to sit down on a beanbag. His eye go back to looking around the room and his eyes fall onto a poster.

'Dream big with Astro'

Astro.....

Wait....

That him. That's his name. The flower said it earlier but he couldn't understand it then. How could he forget his own name?! How did he forget his name?! Everything was so confusing, it made his head spin.

He was tired... he wanted to rest. He hadn't slept in well forever. His eyes slowly fluttered shut and soon he fell asleep.

And for the first time in forever. Astro had a good night's sleep.

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Ha Shrimpo gets man handled by Astro

Also some Moonflower.