This Time I'll Make You Disappear (Mystery Skulls Animated)

Seven: Day Two, Goner

The next morning, Arthur woke up to the smell of outside dog. He gagged and tried to move Mystery off of his face.

"Mystery! G-get o-off!" he wailed.

The dog soon woke up and jumped off of Arthur's face. Mystery licked his face as a good morning.

"G-good morning, st-stinky," Arthur laughed. "Y-you're gonna g-go to the p-pet s-salon to-today while I g-go vi-visit my uncle."

Mystery whined and whimpered. Arthur pet Mystery's head. "You'll be fine, b-boy, I know i-it."

Arthur uncovered the covers from his body and got up to do his daily morning routine.

He got a lot of his questions answered in his dream last night...unless that was just his brain functioning with him...for all he knew, Lewis could be jumping into his dreams and making him suffer. He learned, as far as he knew, that those pink ghosts were Deadbeats and each of them represented a part of Lewis' personality. Aria was the only one he could talk to about this haunting stuff. He knew Lewis was planning to kill him the same way he was killed. He understood that Lewis was being led by his stronger emotions, which was every Deadbeat except Aria. How could Arthur make Aria stronger when there was only one of her and five others?

'Think, Arthur, think.'

"M-maybe if I c-can get them a-all to change their minds," Arthur said aloud as he put on a clean shirt. "I o-only have three d-days to figure this out, a-and I don't e-even know if I'll s-see them again anytime soon."

Arthur shrugged and went down the stairs to the living room, where Mystery greeted him with his favorite toy; a tug-of-war rope. Arthur smiled sympathetically.

"We'll p-play later, buddy, p-promise," he said and pet Mystery's head.

Mystery whined as Arthur grabbed the leash again. "Sorry, buddy."

Mystery sat and let Arthur hook the leash on his collar. Arthur held onto the leash and grabbed his cell. He dialed the number of the pet salon and scheduled an appointment for ten o'clock. It was nine o'clock now so Arthur started heading for his jacket and made sure to have his keys and wallet and left with Mystery.

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"I-I'll be over in a l-little while, u-uncle Lance......n-no, I'm n-not bringing th-the dog......o-okay, I'll be th-there in about t-twenty minutes....o-okay, see y-you th-then...o-okay, bye."

Arthur hung up the cell and started driving towards his uncle's house. He looked at the radio and contemplated turning it on. Eventually he turned it on and it started playing a familiar song that spoke to him.

I'm a goner, somebody catch my breath.
I'm a goner, somebody catch my breath.
I wanna be known by you.
I wanna be known by you.

Arthur listened to the words. He found them to be true. He really was a goner. He wished Lewis knew what really happened. He wished the ghost would understand that it truly was an accident. He stopped at a red light thinking about his situation. He sighed and listened to the song with Lewis in his mind.

Though I'm weak and beaten down,
I'll slip away, into the sound.
The ghost of you is close to me.
I'm inside out, you're underneath.

Arthur felt the lyrics crawl into his mind. He hadn't been the best singer in the world, that was Lewis' forte, however, he felt like singing along. As the green light shone bright and he started driving again, he sang.

I've got two faces, blurry's the one I'm not.
I've got two faces, blurry's the one I'm not.
I need your help to take him out.
I need your help to take him out.

Though I'm weak and beaten down,
I'll slip away, into the sound.
The ghost of you is close to me.
I'm inside out, you're underneath.

Arthur parked in front of his uncle's house. He still sang his heart out.

Though I'm weak and beaten down,
I'll slip away, into the sound.
The ghost of you is close to me.
I'm inside out, you're underneath.

Don't let me be gone.
Don't let me be gone...
Don't let me be gone.......
Don't let me be gone......

Don't let me be!!!

Arthur started weeping again. He didn't want to die yet. He had so much to live for.

Don't let me be!!!

The pain in Arthur's heart was unbearable. He felt that Lewis deserved to get his revenge, but at the same time he didn't want to die.

I'm a goner! Somebody catch my breath!
I'm a goner! Somebody catch my breath!
I wanna be known by you!
I wanna be known by you.

Arthur couldn't stop crying. So much was going through his brain. Lewis' death, his future death, Vivi's heartbreak, Mystery's heartbreak. He wished he could go back and stop himself from getting possessed. He wished that his emotions weren't strong that day. He sighed and cut off the engine. Wiping his tears, he got out of his car, put a smile on his face, and walked up to the door.

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Welp I was keeping up with the schedule til yesterday! Sorry, I was watching anime (finishing One Piece, and finished season 1 of Black Butler and began season 2.

Yeah, busy day...

So, I'm gonna post this early today.

Anyway, I'll leave you to a wonderful day! Make sure to leave a vote/comment if you enjoyed! I'm going back to sleep! Bye!

Oh yeah, and Goner belongs to Twenty One Pilots.