The Merlin Incident
By Twin Kats
Beta'd by FlyonSilverWings

Eight
Fed Up

He wandered around the Zone, swirling green eyes narrowed and fingers clenched. This was not the Zone. Ghosts hiding in lairs out of fear, some lair doors absolutely demolished and all because Clockwork refused to see reason.

For an all-knowing ghost he was an idiot.

Eyes narrowed he made his way back to Clock's tower, fingers brushing absentmindedly against the scar on his face. A glowing, red, scar. His lips pulled up into a sneer as he thought about just how he had gotten that scar upon his face.

"Clocky, see reason! Please! Your blind devotion has brought nothing but ruin upon us! He won't make things right. He can't!"

"Shut up!"

There was a crash as his shadowed form hit gears and fell. He groaned, letting out struggled, stifled yelps as some of the gears he'd crashed into fell around him and on him. He pulled himself up, fingers clutching the side of his face, swirling green eyes an almost glowing red and fanged teeth pulled up into a snarl.

"You are so far gone you don't even realize you're hurting the ones close to you, Clockwork," he hissed and left.

He hadn't left completely, however. He remembered seeing Clockwork stare at the green and red mixed blood on the ground. He remembered Clockwork's wide and shocked gaze. He had hoped that Clockwork's own reaction would finally hit the nail home but...no. It hadn't.

He closed his eyes as he trailed silently into Clockwork's lair. The other ghost was nowhere to be seen but he knew just where Clockwork was. He always knew.

It didn't make him giggle like normal, though. It just made him sad.

Silently he made his way to Clockwork's bedroom, trailing shadowed fingers gently along the sleeping ghosts face.

"If you won't see reason, Clock," he uttered, placing a small kiss to the others forehead, "then I'll take action. I'm sick of seeing our Zone being destroyed by him. You may see a bright future at the end, but I know a better one."

He left. He had things to prepare.

ONWARDS TO THE AUTHORS NOTE!

I did say these would be out of order, did I not? You can guess just who shadow is protesting wandering around the Zone, and why Clockwork seems so attached to this ghost despite the horrible things said ghost as wrought. You won't know until I decide to reveal it. Which I will, eventually.

Enjoy?

edit: beta'd by FlyonSilverWings