Order of the Puppets (A MCSM fanfic)

~Chapter five~

(???'s POV)

They have been here for two weeks.

The townspeople are starting to get worried- and all I can do is sit here and watch.

Watch as these brave young heroes struggle to keep their sanity in a fight against psychological demons.

...one of them will never be human again.

Not all the villains are bad, no, they are here against their will- bound to a promise that will kill them if they break it.

I watch- helpless against the evil that is being unleashed into these young people's lives.

None of them deserve this.

Nobody deserves pain.

But pain will always come.

Even to those who don't deserve it.

..

I'm going to ask you again.

Are you going to join the AntiOrder?

No.

Never in a million years would I surrender to YOU.

...Very well.

A shock runs through my body, the chip in my skull pulsating.

I'll leave you to think over things.

Good.

My red hair is plastered to my face with sweat, a huge headache causing me to moan softly.

None of this...

None of this is fair.

My friends could be DEAD.

ALL BECAUSE I TRUSTED IVOR. HE WAS USED FOR MY TRUST. I COULD HAVE SAVED THE OTHERS!

I started sobbing, the shackles on my hands cutting into my wrists.

...were we going to die in here?

..

LukAS.

...go away.

LUkaS- cANT yOu SEe?! iM ApARt oF yOU. YOure AParT oF me. NO mATtER wHAt yOu dO- YOu WiLL nEVEr GeT rID Of mE.

No. you're not. You're not apart of me.

THinK WhaT yOU WaNT. BUt ItS haRD To hIDE tHe fAcT ThaT yOU DoNT HavE a HearT. YOu ArenT hUmAN.

...stop...

AWww. YoU wAnt ME tO StoP?!

P-please... what did I ever do to you?

...

You are becoming too rebellious. I don't like that. My creator and her friends don't like that.

Hey!

^^A voice spoke in my head, sounding feminine.

WHaT dO YOU wAnT?!

You shouldn't hurt him. Or his friends- anymore. They mean no harm to you.

SHUT UP.

You don't like this?

I collapsed to the ground in my prison cell, the voices in my head making me want to cry.

I have no control...

You people sicken me- hurting these young people-

YOU TOOK HIS LIFE AWAY FROM HIM! YOU CRUSHED HIS CHANCE AT A NORMAL LIFE. HES NOT NORMAL ANYMORE.

GoOD. IM GlaD yOU hAVE ExTReME SkIllS iN bEinG aN AbsOLUtE PaIN iN the ASs.

GET OUT OF HIS HEAD!

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM THESE CHILDREN? THEY HAD THEIR WHOLE LIVES AHEAD OF THEM, AND YOU TOOK IT AWAY FROM THEM.

GO.

NOW.

We will come back.

YeS.

But I will protect him.

.

I have multiple sides to my insanity.

PAMA.

THe DeMOn.

The girl.

And me.

...

I see his metal remains on the floor, tears gathering in my eyes.

I scared off the monsters, sensing the boy's broken conscience.

Why am I like this?

Hearing his thoughts makes me sad- he didn't deserve this.

He was always so brave... even though on the inside- he wanted to cower.

I've been watching him- him and...

Someone else.

I push the thought of him out of my mind, focusing on the boy.

He needs protection.

He needs my help to stand up to the evil inside him.

Voice? Are you still there?

"...I'm still here, Lukas."

Silence.

Am I going CraZY?!

"Lukas... no. You're not going crazy. You just need help."

I reached out my hand, tilting his chin up.

"You need to be strong- You need to keep your chin up."

Tears were streaming down my face.

He can't see me.

Nobody can.

I remember how my grip fell- the storm coming back to life.

I remember bursting into tears when my mother gave me a chance to observe my friends.

I look at the boy, his broken body causing sadness to hit me like a brick wall.

...my friends are going to die here.

I remember the last words I heard before I left.

"Stuff and nonsense, Lukas... stuff and nonsense.." I sniffed. "I'll take care of this. I'll take care of you."

(Sorry if this didn't make sense. Trust me, it will soon.)