I ripped open a portal and hopped through, closing it behind me, right in front of the Square, where Marie waved for me. I ran over to her and nodded.
Me: What happened?
Marie: It's Meggy. No time to explain, let's go.
I could hear the worry in her voice. She grabbed my hand and pulled me over to the sewer that led to the Canyon. She slipped right through, and I followed suit.
10 minutes later...
I flipped right out of the sewer and ran over to Marie, where she waited for me by the cabin.
Me: Could you tell me what happened?
Marie: Come on.
She slid the door open and stepped inside. I hopped through the frame and shut the door behind me, admiring the beautiful craftsmanship that lined the walls. Beautiful paintings and even a couple wooden benches in the main room, where the two Octopods, Serina and Desti, were chatting away. I just followed Marie back to one of the three lonely doors at the end of the main hall: One left, one right, one middle.
Me: Which one where?
Marie: The left one, locked from the inside. Meggy's been in there for an hour now. I don't know what she's doing in there, but I know it's not good.
Me: Check the kitchen drawers.
Marie: For What?
Desti: We may have a problem.
We both looked at her. She also had a nervous look on her face.
Me: What is it, Octopod?
Desti: Don't call me that. Anyways, there's a knife missing from the block.
I instantly went into panic mode. I quickly banged on the door a few times and rapidly twisted the doorknob, but to no luck. It was locked, and nobody was answering.
Serina: Look, I thought it was in the dishwasher, but then I realized that SOMEBODY doesn't like using technology to wash shit.
Marie: Yeah Yeah, fuck you too, Serina.
Me: Now isn't the time to discuss who's going to get dick once we're done here. I want to know what happened.
Desti: I don't know. All I did was see her shut the door, and she hasn't been out since.
Marie: A bizarre action, indeed. Anything else happen?
Serina: I'm looking through her phone right now. Apparently she's been texting the old crew. Wanting to have a meetup sometime soon.
Me: We can worry about that later. Right now, we need to get this door open.
Marie: Just pull the door down.
Me: How about a Shining reference?
Serina: Ax the door down.
I shifted my tail into a fire ax and hit the door a few times until I could barely reach in and unlock the door from outside in. I reformed my tail and pushed the door open. What a sight I saw. Blood on the floor next to Meggy, who also laid still in a puddle of slowly expanding blood. I just stood there, hand over my mouth, absolutely stunned and speechless, tears dripping down my cheeks.
Marie: Four? Are you... crying?
I silently nodded and walked over to my girl and kneeled next to her and held her cheek in my hand. She was still as the night, and as expressionless as a blank painter's canvas. I softly pressed my head against her chest, but I couldn't hear anything. I just hugged her body and cried my tears. She was gone, and even though I could bring her back, it still stung.
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The Crystal Of Darkness
Adventure(Sequel to Once Human). It's been a year since Orange had taken his own life at his hands. Infinite had a crazy idea to try and bring our hero back to life again, and it works. It soon seems detrimentally clear that all all is not well. Orange has s...
