Believe Me

Thirty-Eight: Squissue?

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Believe Me

Ch 38: Squissue?

Sky's POV

The toaster is very peaceful. It's warm in the cold of winter, and it's so quiet.

I can see why Ty liked it.

"SKY!"

Never mind.

"What's up?" I ask in an unintentional monotone.

"What did you do to him?" Alesa yells angrily, demon-speeding up the ladder.

"W-What?" I ask, backing away from the edge of the toaster. Just in case. "What do you mean?"

"I mean Ty. What'd you do to Ty!?" Alesa stomps to a halt in front of me, and I jump to my feet. "You said you just told him you hated him, but that boy is absolutely terrified of you. You must have hurt him more than that for him to be that scared."

"I- I didn't- Wait, does that mean Ty has woken up!?"

"You aren't allowed to see him," Alesa growls.

"What!? Why not?" He's my best friend, I'm in love with him, he's my everything!

"He's afraid of you!" Alesa shouts.

"I didn't hurt him, Alesa," I say firmly. "I said some things I wish I hadn't, but I didn't... wouldn't..." My eyes widen. "Does he... Does he hate me now? I..."

Alesa's eyes soften, and the raw anger in them fades. "I don't know, Sky. Knowing you two? He could never bring himself to hate you, no matter what you did."

"I still feel terrible," I sniff, blinking rapidly. "How could I..."

"Hey, shh, it's fine," Alesa says comfortingly, pulling me into a hug. "I'm sorry. You guys will be fine. But I still think... I still think you should wait a while to see him. Just... wait until he sorts out his thoughts."

"O-Okay," I reply in a small voice. "Thanks, Alesa."

"Of course."

Someone in the city screams, and a familiar, creepy laugh fills our ears.

"Crap."

Tyler's POV

The lady screams.

Mitch jumps in front of her at the last moment and blocks my monster girl with his sword. Good. The citizens aren't supposed to get hurt.

Sky is.

"You think you can stop us? You, with your puny weapons and your weak defenses?" the monster girl cackles. "Please." She slithers around Mitch, her tentacles squelching against the ground. "Your teleportation last time was impressive, I'll admit. But it seems to me that your success is limited to escapes. You will never be able to defeat us." She winds her tentacles around Mitch, and he yelps and swings his sword. With what looks like zero effort, the monster girl rips it from his grasp and flings it away.

"Mitch!" Jerome yells as our view of the boy is obstructed, and the monster girl doesn't waste any time in throwing him aside. I flinch as he hits the wall of a nearby building, and Ian runs to help him up. Agh, do I butt in? Will the monsters still listen to me? Even if they do, my cover will be blown.

"Hey, Squissue!" calls a voice, and a small rock bounces off Monster Girl's head. "Get it? 'Cause you're a squid issue, so: Squissue!"

"We're not calling them that," Alesa mutters to Sky, and he pouts for a moment. Idiot.

"Anyways, Squissue, leave the benja alone!"

"Ah, it's you," the monster girl hisses. "We almost had you last time." She uncurls from around Mitch to reveal the poor boy sitting with his eyes shut tight, his knees hugged to his chest.

"Biggums!" Jerome gasps, jumping up and swaying only slightly before sprinting around the monster to reach Mitch. "Are you okay? Are you hurt? I'm so sorry, Mitch!"

Mitch opens his eyes and smiles weakly, and Jerome takes this as his cue to hug the crap out of him. "Thank Notch," he mumbles into Mitch's hair.

Sky continues talking to the "Squissue" while Quentin and Ian direct the remaining citizens away from the asylum and its surrounding blocks. Then, before any of us can properly react, the monster girl whips a tentacle at Sky and sends him flying across the street. Alesa screams, and I, being closest now to Sky, hurry to reach him, sword in hand. He lies on the ground, slightly dazed, gasping for air.

The Respawn Machine is off.

Sky is weak.

I can kill him, right here, right now.

For Dawn.

...

For Dawn?

...

Is it worth it?

I can't lose Jason again...

Sky really isn't a bad person, he just did what he had to do...

And I have no right to barge in and take Sky from Ty.

On the other hand, Sky had no right to kill Dawn – there were other ways to solve the problem.

Sky deserves this.

Alesa was so close to victory, too – and then feelings happened. Feelings for Ty and feelings for the Team and feelings never result in anything good. You trust someone and then they let you down, and you love someone and then they break your heart, and you realize how many people would miss someone and then you forget how many someones you're already missing.

Now. I have to do it now.

But I can't.

I reach down before Sky can question me for getting lost in my thoughts, and he puts out his hand so I can pull him back to his feet.

"Are you all right?" I ask.

"Yeah, thanks, Tyler," Sky replies, smiling and giving me a quick hug.

Oh.

Okay.

...

Screw it, I'm ditching the plan entirely. Sky has been too good to me. I was so angry, so hurt that I'd lost the only person I had left – Dawn. But now I have Sky. And he's nicer than Dawn, actually. He isn't power crazy and he's only a little bit scary when he talks about his dreams or aspirations in life and he hugs me even after I've given Ty so much crap.

Of course, he doesn't know the full story behind that. Maybe he won't be so kind after he knows.

But it doesn't matter. I deserve whatever chaos comes my way because of this.

Aaaaaand now we're stuck with a bunch of dangerous, unnecessary mental mutants.

Perfect.