The YogLabs Incident

Part 9

"Kim, what do you mean?" Xephos asked slowly. She looked up at him, and already her eyes were red. "It is Lalna... He wasn't lying... That was the right answer... It was out safe question incase something like this happened..." Kim sniffed, then she looked down as Lalna finally closed his eyes, and his body relaxed. Xephos looked down in horror at what he'd done. He slowly walked back, stumbling as the full impact of his actions hit him. Then he ran out the door Kim had come through. "Xephos!" Honeydew yelled. He knew he wouldn't be able to catch up with him. None of the Yogscast would. Except for- "Rythian, go after him, you're the only one who can," Honeydew called out to him. The Enderborn nodded, and he teleported away. Honeydew ran over to Lalna and Kim, who were still on the ground. Kim sat up again, and she gently turned Lalna over. He wasn't dead, yet. She slowly lifted up his blood-stained shirt, afraid of how bad the damage was. It was bad. She couldn't see the full extent of it, but she could tell that it wouldn't heal naturally. There was a large cut in the centre of his back, and although it wasn't bleeding now, the original blood had dried over, forming something like a plug, which would stop any more bleeding for a while. Trott was still there, watching carefully. He didn't want to say or do anything wrong, so he stood to the side. The other Yogscast members had all started walking over, and they all looked worried. Most looked guilty, too. "We can't help him alone," Kim muttered. "We need help." Then she realised who could help. "Ridge!" She called, hoping he would hear.

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When Xephos had reached the front of YogLabs, he flicked a lever, opening the main door. He continued running then, across the plains biome, and into the forest nearby. He didn't stop, didn't give himself time to think. He couldn't afford to. Eventually, he tripped on a large, unearthed root of a tree, and he fell forwards, hitting his right leg on the way down. He didn't try to get up. He didn't try to move. He just lay there, sobbing as guilt washed over him. He had killed one of his oldest friends, and he hadn't even thought about it at the time. A part of him assured himself that the hadn't known what he was doing, but he knew the truth. He was fully in control of himself, he hadn't even checked Lalna over before coming to the conclusion that he was Lalnable Hector. Xephos slowly pulled himself up, until he was in a sitting position against the trunk of a nearby tree. Thankfully, not the one he'd tripped on. Thunder rumbled in the distance. He screwed his eyes shut, as he sat there. Then he thought better of it, as images of his sword going into Lalna's back filled his mind. Instead, he stared off into the distance. Then it started sprinkling. It was only light at first, but soon it was pelting down, as lightning struck nearby. Then out of nowhere, Rythian appeared in front of him. Xephos stayed where he was, knowing that Rythian wasn't going to agree with what Xephos had done. But Rythian quickly moved under the tree opposite Xephos. Small marks were forming where the rain had touched Rythian, and Xephos remembered that the water would hurt him, thanks to the enderman part of him. Rythian didn't notice Xephos at first, he was too busy trying to keep the rain off himself, but as he turned around, his eyes widened as he saw him. "Why are you out here?" Xephos asked tiredly. Rythian looked down at him, considering how to answer. "I came to look for you." "No surprise there," Xephos immediately answered back. Rythian crossed his arms. "Xephos, you can't stay out here. It's almost night, and everyone wants you to come back." He replied. "I can't go back. You should know that Rythian." "Look, Xephos, no one is blaming you for what you did, you know any of us would've done the same. We didn't know that it was Lalna, and not Lalnable, but they don't want to see anyone die today, especially for no reason." Rythian called out, as the rain got louder. Xephos put his head down, and he sighed. Then he paused. "What do you mean, 'they don't want to see anyone die today'? Lalna's already dead!" Xephos asked. Rythian shook his head. "He's alive. Barely." Xephos slowly stood up, as he though about the fact that Lalna could survive. "We need Ridge!" Xephos exclaimed. "They're already on that, I heard," Rythian replied. "We'll just-" he was cut off as someone held a knife up to his throat from behind, pulling a similar trick to Xephos, from before. "Well, well, well... If it isn't the murderer himself. I hope you're happy now!" They shouted, as they revealed them self from behind Rythian. It was Lalna, but it wasn't. Xephos wasn't going to be fooled this time. "Lalnable!"