Black Heart: Alternate Ending | A Project Arrhythmia fanfic

A Hunt Gone Wrong

The dreary hours of the night had arrived upon Arrhythmia, but Ena and Nautilus are still awake.

"So, now what?" Nautilus was tired and confused. The past day was pretty eventful, after all.

"I don't know, Naut. I don't know." Ena was just as confused.

"There's no way Medusa set them free. At least, not willingly."

"We need to go after him. He probably did this to get our trust, then betray us after." Ena didn't seem to consider the possibility of Medusa being kicked out just like Naut.

"Yeah, you're right." Nautilus clenched his fists at the thought of the shape. "Cocky bastard"

~~~~~~~

Still on the run, Medusa snuck into a marketplace. It seemed to be abandoned, which didn't surprise him.

He started rooting around, looking for something that might help him.
At least, until he heard footsteps. He tried to hide, but his tall stature didn't lend itself very well to hiding.

"Tch. Typical. I've looked everywhere for the fucker, but can't find him anywhere."

Medusa didn't recognise who was talking. The shape had a rather posh accent, and was wearing strapped boots. But, he certainly recognised the voice coming from the radio the shape was holding.

"WELL MAYBE YOU NEED TO LOOK HARDER"

"That's Ena" Medusa whispered, surprised.
Who were they talking to?

"Who the fuck said that?"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
"I heard someone. Whispered your name."

Shit. He'd been caught.

~~~~~~~

"E-Ena... Wh-what a-are you doing here?"

It was around dawn. The assassin Ena hired hadn't got anywhere.

"We need your help, Perry."

Perry, a seemingly normal shape that has the ability to respawn, was hiding in a small cave.

"With... what, exactly?" The green square questioned.

"Remember Medusa? Well, we need you to find him and get rid of him." Nautilus replied.

"H-how am I supposed to- wait, y-you don't mean P-Predator, d-do you?"

"That's exactly what we mean. Nothing else we've tried has worked."

"Well, surely you two could-"

"SHUT IT AND GO."

"O-okay, s-sorry..."

~~~~~~~

"Okay, should be safe heRE OH MY CREATOR WHAT IS THAT THING?!"

Medusa had taken refuge in an abandoned hut for the night. Running from that assassin sure wasn't easy. Of course, his peace was interrupted by a certain presence.

The monstrous red square looming over him shrank down to a more Perry sized level, presumably to talk to him.

"P-Perry? What- what happened to you?" Medusa asked.

"Jestar happened. Thought you might've figured." Perry replied.

"Oh, yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault. Jestar is just a twisted, evil bastard. I'm glad you got out of there."

"Wait, you... don't hate me? I thought you would've, because, you know, you're on ENA's side, right?"

"Not with the way they've been acting recently. In fact, they're the whole reason I'm here."

"What do you mean by that?"

"They sent me to find you and "get rid of you". I tried saying I didn't want to, but they wouldn't listen, and now we're here.
I actually came to inform you that ENA and Nautilus are on the lookout for you, and you should be careful. You can always come find Myst in his mansion if needed."

"I- I was actually planning on going back to Jestar's temple. Maybe to try and change his ways, but if I can't do that, make sure he's punished. He doesn't deserve death."

"I'm going to be completely honest with you, Medusa, but there's no way you're changing him. He's too far gone. And, if you do end up going, please stay safe."

"I will. Th-thank you, Perry. Y-you really didn't need to do this."

"No, I did. I don't want either of them hurting you."

With that, Perry got up and waved farewell, before turning back into Predator and going back.

Medusa got some sleep, and set off back to the temple in the morning.

He needed to put a stop to this, once and for all.