Chapter Four: You and Me Forever
The startup of a musical tune played within the area as Fluffy rose to a pillar. It stood there, eyes gleaming, until it suddenly moved. The bear started to do a small dance, and Lammy clutched her guitar. With the flashing of a few multicolored lights beginning, Fluffy started to sing in its sweet voice.
"I was most lonely without you.
Couldn't think of any better to do.
But then, you came along!
And make me burst into song!
Lammy, oh Lammy, I love you!"
As Lammy plucked out the notes, the interior of the garage lit up a bit more, showcasing two more duplicates of Fluffy.
"We'll be together forever.
Never to part!
Can't think of anybody else.
It would just break my heart!"
Now, the entire building was lit up, and the now plentiful duplicates of Fluffy suspended in midair, and where their hearts would be, there was fire.
"Together forever, you and I!
Until the very day we all die!
I'd never think of anything else,
Just look inside yourself,
And you'll find!
That inside!
You want me too!"
The multiple bears fled back into the shadows as Lammy expertly drilled out her lines.
"Wouldn't wanna be anything, other than me…
You're the only one I ever want to see…
Without you my life is gray!
You just make my day!"
Once again, the bears came back, their fires more intense, spreading on their bodies, but nothing else.
"You and me forever!
That's how it will be!
Together! (Forever)
Together! (Forever)
Wouldn't trade it for the world,
I'll make you mine, Lammy.
And if I can't have you…
No!
One!
Will!"
With a perfectly done slam of the final note, the lights in the garage noisily turned on with a bang. Florescent light panels, old and dusty, were overhead, with no sign of any other lighting. Fluffy's troop was gone, and the plush bear was knocked onto the ground.
Fluffy's voice cracked as it said its last words. "Great job Lammy! I'll see you next time!" Its words became slower and more distorted, like its battery ran out. Fluffy's blue eyes dimmed and the creature went limp.
Lammy picked it up with shuddering breaths. With a forlorn look at the toy, she threw it back onto the floor. However, a creak of the garage door sent Lammy into panic mode. Gulping down a scream, Lammy stood up straight and faced the doorway.
As the door opened, Rammy swaggered in. "Quite some noise you were making' in there, Lambs!" she taunted. She looked around the room as if expecting something.
Lammy instinctively placed her hands near in face. "Wh-what are you doing here?" the asked, sounding more angry than she expected.
Rammy put her hands up. "Jeez, can't check on the little prank I set up for you?" The hellish doppelganger faked a gasp. "Oh, whoopsies! Didn't mean to let that spill!"
Lammy gasped, for real. "It was a-a-a...i-it...p-prank?" Lammy sputtered. No way… All this time? Was Fluffy's creepy behavior because of Rammy? A strange feeling erupted through her – true anger.
"You had me scared to death!" Lammy shrieked, causing Rammy to shrink back in surprise. "I thought the t-t-toy my girlfriend had gotten me really was c-cursed, and it was going to kill me, or take me away, or make me go c-c-crazy..." Lammy was seething, but she took a deep breath and waited in silence for Rammy to respond.
Rammy looked almost uncomfortable, surprisingly. "I-it was when we met earlier," she yelped, "Or, before that actually. I really was on 'vacation,' so I tried to sight you out. The only other option was that rapping weirdo and…ech." Rammy threw her head back, her black hair being shaken out.
"I got that bear to tell me where you lived," Rammy shrugged and Lammy's eyes bulged. "He didn't seem to know me, and probably thought I was family." This caused her to smirk. "I got into your apartment through the window – you're only second floor – and got into your closet."
So that's why it had been locked! "None of my crap is in there, but here's the key. " She dug around in her pockets and handed it to Lammy. "Anyways, I met you outside because I had no idea when you would wake. Until then, get some updates on town, yeah? Wonder if I'm still a legend or heard of. And of course, when I saw you, I had to play a trick on you."
She stuck out her hands in front of her with her pointer fingers out, in an almost childish pose. "I might have stolen some magic tips from the local weirdo in Hell, but hey, the funner it is!" She giggled, legitimately amused by herself, and Lammy stood by in awe. Her spiritual twin was more resourceful than she thought.
"With that toy, why not make it haunted?" Rammy went on. "A classic case of a beloved toy gone wrong, and with desperate attachment issues and need for destruction of anything in the way added in!" She cackled this time, then settled down and looked at Lammy. "Yes, so your dear 'Fluffy' was never out to kill you, or be with you forever!" She mocked its voice.
Lammy sighed in relief. "Th-that's good, b-but," she gulped as she looked at the toy, its eyes truly empty and unthinking. "I don't think I can have this anymore."
Rammy smiled and went to pick him up. "S'all right," she whispered, "You can just tell Katy you lost 'im."
Lammy absentmindedly nodded before jolting up in shock. "W-w-wait how did you?"
But as she turned, Rammy was already gone.
The next day, Lammy decided to do some research on the burned area she had been in.
"The less populated area of Parappa Town was once known as a crime hotspot over thirty years ago. It was the original foundations of the town until it expanded, being nearly abandoned as a result. The area is now charred do to the unfortunate and cruel events that took place.
There, the young teenager Rammy Ewevis, the daughter of a middle-class family, escaped into the area late at night. Witnesses said that she had been lurking in the shadows of the alley before her multiple arson attacks. An old car shop was burnt down, people inside, as well as a few houses. The reason for the attack is still unknown.
Last reports of the teen state that she had died in the last fire she had set. 'She calmly walked into the flames,' says witness Marcy Razin, who was ten years old at the time. 'I was right there. She was my older sister's friend, and she looked at me as she did it.' Her body was 'charred nearly beyond recognition' according to police reports, and there was no signs or hints the event was going to occur.
Her mother, Molly, expressed her disbelief in the scene. 'Rammy was just gone. There was even a hole straight through the chest. It was full of fire.'
No further research has been conducted on the attack since, and it has remained generally unknown."
Lammy shut her computer.