Better Eight Than Never

Chapter 37: Stop being meme to me!

"I'd be careful if I were you~!" Orvokki taunted, causing Jill's body to wave.

Toda felt Simon begin to tremble with fear and rage, he'd never known they could be this mad...

"Let her go!" They shouted.

"I wouldn't take that tone!" Orvokki said, and then Jill's arm twisted back on itself, causing her to scream.

Toda braced himself as he felt Simon stand, and then a wave of dizziness crashed over them and sent them careening toward the floor. He just managed to make them extend a hand to catch themselves the impact. 'Simon, are you okay?'

'No!' They replied immediately. 'Jill's in trouble, she's hurting!'

'You can't take on Orvokki like this, we'll think of something!' Toda reassured, his own mind racing. There had to be something he could do...

"Stop hurting her!" Bato yelped. "What is it that you want?"

"Kneel, and disarm yourselves." Orvokki said.

Orvokki was water, and in Jill's head. She'd been able to hold on well in the past, but somehow Orvokki was stronger... but he was water too...

'Toda, finish your sentences, what do you want to try?'

Toda took a second to gather his thoughts. 'If... if I could get out of your head now, the way he could, I could... I could try and get Orvokki out of hers; She's been in my head too, I might know how to get her out... but I don't know if it works like that, there's every chance I would only hurt her more, and I don't know how long I've been in yours, what if you splat when I try to leave? There might not be a spawner close enough for you to...'

Simon started to get up to their knees. 'Do whatever you have to do, I can take it! Jill needs help right now.'

He hesitated, then made them nod slightly. 'Okay.' He tried to think, how could he leave Simon's body? When Yuri had left his, they were in his subconscious, and he'd been dragged away by his own fear; he was pretty sure that wouldn't work here. Well... he'd imagined himself rising back to consciousness... maybe it was like that, except he would just keep going? Maybe... a super jump? That seemed like it would work. There wasn't much time, he had to try something. 'Brace yourself.' he directed one last thought at Simon, then tensed, aimed, and sprang forward.

As he flew through the air he was met with cold, filtered air, a dull gray world, and the sound of Simon shrieking behind him. He gritted his beak, but didn't have much time to regret what he did before he slammed into Jill's head.

There was a moment of stillness... before Toda heard a voice.

'Well. This is unprecedented. I never thought of such a thing, this could open a whole new set of outcomes and algorithms to calculate... In theory this would be more dangerous as well, especially if Y-1 is as capable as a surface test showed.'

He could feel her nearby, but he couldn't see her, like being shoved into a dark closet. Likewise, his surroundings felt disorienting, nothing was where he felt like it should be, and he realized he'd just had Jill shout 'Snickerdoodle' accidentally.

'Toda? Is that Toda? You keep calling me Y-3, Y-1 must be Toda, is Y-2 Simon?! Forget it! Just give it back! Give me back my body!' That was obviously Jill, she was scared and in pain, her head hurt so much from him being here, he had to act quickly.

'Get out of Jill's head, you sick freak!' He 'shouted' then cringed as he felt tentacles wrap around him and pin him against some invisible wall.