P.I.E. Operation: PARASITIC

XLIII: Redemption

Please tell me if I make any plot errors (an example would be if Jimmy's knife was just in another place but he somehow used it without getting it back first) or spelling mistakes! I don't want to ruin the entire story, so point it out if you notice anything :)

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Light and Billy quickly worked together in order to literally pull Johnny Ghost off of his death bed.

As the tip of Ghost's foot left the metal table, the giant torture device of knives clashed and started to slice its own base in half.

Everyone was in a panic, including Jimmy Casket (for a totally different reason).

The four semi-protagonists all had their hearts pounding madly.

Calming down already, Jimmy stopped the machine and turned towards them, a mischievous smile spread on his face despite his recent failure to terminate his enemies. He began to clap. "G-Good job. You saved each other."

Light narrowed his eyebrows at the murderer. "Yeah, that's right. What are you going to do against the four of us?"

"Don't be silly. My st-strength is still far greater than yours, but admittedly with my unexpected injuries... I guess I-I should retreat to my class. I am also currently m-missing my dear Knifey. But, on another note..." Jimmy's chin now rested on his hand and his eyes were staring into another place in the lab. "What do you plan to do now?" His reddish eyes flicked back to the others.

They all glanced at each other, then at Jimmy. They had no idea how to get out of this place.

"Nothing?" Jimmy giggled. "Good, because I was p-planning to do this again sooner or later be-because I really hate this school."

The three others who were standing exchanged looks a second time.

Jimmy grinned more widely and leapt at Johnny Ghost.

Light, Billy and Sally attempted to pull him backwards and avoid whatever was going to happen. There was a strange lightning flash and what was assumed to be Johnny screaming.

When the white light cleared out, Jimmy Casket was nowhere to be found.

Billy was the first to ask. He held onto his head as it were throbbing at everything that had happened so quickly. "Where did he...?"

Sally answered before anyone had even noticed. "Johnny's been knocked out again!"

"That strange wound in his stomach has closed up...!" Light added. All the evidence that was left of the large cut was a scar under Johnny Ghost's torn gray jacket. "Jimmy had caused it to form in the first place, so do you think he fixed it?"

Johnny's eyes opened the same red color of Jimmy's. "In a way, yes." He said in a low growl.

Everyone stared at him in horror.

"Johnny?" Sally asked with easily growing suspicion. He certainly wasn't acting as himself, and coincidentally Jimmy had just disappeared.

He looked up at her, his eyes and smile both wide. He pulled himself out of their grasp. "Of course... I'm fine."

The Jimmy-esque Johnny Ghost dashed out of the room before another word was spoken. The others could hear him laughing madly as his footsteps got more faraway and echoey.

Light looked at the siblings, who were in a bit of a daze after what just happened.

"...What are you waiting for? We have to go after him!"

They nodded their heads in unison and followed along.

As they got closer, They could see the figure of Johnny crouching down back in the lobby area. When he noticed the siblings and the security guard moving nearer to him, he picked up Knifey and threw it in his bag that had still been laying there.

Jimmy figured he'd at least attempt to look like Greg for now, but he couldn't control his attitude for the life of him. They were stupid enough to not suspect me at first, Jimmy thought in Johnny's head, remembering just when Sally had called out Johnny's name.

He basically sat and waited for the others to catch up to him. When they reached him, Jimmy put on a straight face.

"What are you doing?" Light asked, since the other two were already exhausted. He eyed the satchel sitting in Johnny's hand.

"I was..." Jimmy started. "I came back to get this." He lifted the bag for him and the siblings to see, and strained to keep a grin from creeping up his lips.

Light raised an eyebrow. "Okay...? Anyway, now that I... suppose that the Casket guy is gone for now, we can finally continue looking for a way to get home--away from here, at least." He helped Johnny up when the paranormal investigator burst out laughing.

Now Zeron instead fell backwards in surprise. He helped himself up and turned to the siblings to whisper, "I'm afraid he's not all there. He's definitely mad!"

"I'm sure this has something to do with Jimmy, right?" Sally whispered back, and Billy nodded in agreement.

Jimmy was only laughing because it was so obvious that he was currently in possession of Johnny's being, but these three seemed too stupid to have more than a sneaking suspicion that it was possible. He suppressed the endless giggling and redid his deadpan mask.

The parasite walked over to Light while he was still turned around. "No time to lose. I know exactly where to find a portal home!"

Zeron jumped when Ghost suddenly began to talk. He stared at the Acachallas as if to mentally ask whether they should trust him.

Sally and Billy shrugged. 

There wasn't really another lead on where they could go, but their only hopes of getting back was a madman in a Ghost hunter's body.

The former Freddy Fazbear security guard (as the pin on his vest pointed out) sighed. "Okay, lead the way."  

Jimmy had his chance to smile again. His eyes glinted evilly. "Don't get lost, because I'm not coming back to get you after I find the portal."