Latch

Ch. 25: The Beginning of the End

"Mark?" (Y/n) called out. "Come on out, I'm here now!" She decided she might as well spend time with the Youtuber.

"Maybe he's not here?" Sean spoke up, leaning against a tree.

"Where else did he go? I mean it can't be that big in here..."

"How would you know? Ye haven't been in yer soul more than a handful of times."

"I'm worried, he's usually by the pond." She paused. "Something doesn't feel right."

"When's the last time you talked to him?"

"Before I woke up yesterday. He seemed to be doing pretty well. He seemed really happy, relie—" Her environment changed right before her eyes.

Everything became black and white with rays of red beaming off the left side of objects and blue beaming off of the right. It made everything around her harder to see.  She blinked a few times trying to regain the normal coloring, but it didn't work.

"Sean, please tell me you're seeing this?" (Y/n) turned towards him, but he wasn't there. "Sean?"

She recognized the colors as Dark's colors from Mark's videos.

"But Dark's in a jar," She thought.

"(Y/n)" Mark spoke.

His voice flowed all around her, echoing throughout the trees.

"Mark, where the hell are you?" She demanded.

"Y o u  n e e d  t o  r u n."

"Why do I need to run? What the hell is going on?"

"S h e c a n ' t b e t r u s t e d." His voice thundered across the sky. 

(Y/n) wrinkled her brow. "Who the hell is she? Why is everything colored like Dark is here?"

A strong gust of wind began to push her back. She crossed her arms and hid behind them, trying to peek over. Within her view she could see the sky growing darker, clouds flowing in from the distance. Wherever Mark was, it didn't matter, his emotions were effecting the world around her. 

"G e t   o u t."

"Mark!"

"(Y/n)!" Felix called to her.

He stood behind a tree to stop the wind from pushing him back. 

She turned her head to see him approaching, thinking of course that it was Die.

"Die?! What the hell is going on?!" She yelled out to him. 

Without saying a word Felix rushed toward her, grabbed her shoulders and pulled her away from the wind behind a thick tree trunk. He tucked her under his arms until the wind ceased.

"I think he's done," Felix whispered, making sure the coast was clear. 

"Tell me you can see it too. The trees— everything."

"I can see it, but that's the least of our worries.."

She looked up at him and noticed instantly that it wasn't the blue-eyed demon, "You're not Die? Who—are you Pewdiepie? Felix?"

"At your service!" He helped her up. "I'm sorry this is the way we have to meet."

"Please tell me you have answers...Where is Mark? What the hell is going on? Why is everything blue and red?"

"One at a time." He breathed. "Mark is in your soul, so he effects the environment too. He's upset, worried, and scared. What you see is a result of that, a result of his mind."