Honeydew stood at the edge of the Sipsco Compound, watching as his former best friend ran his sword straight through the scientist. His eyes were wide, his hands shaking uncontrollably. His pain suddenly vanished, seeing Lalna being impaled. All he could think of was one word.
Shit.
He held the flying ring in his hands, barely able to keep hold of it. Half of him wanted to break it or toss it away; destroying anything Xephos had ever been in contact with. But...the other half was just too scared to do anything, desperately hoping he would not succumb to the same fate as his blonde friend. The scientist's body slumped onto the spaceman, his lips moving very slightly. His last words. Honeydew couldn't make out what he said, but Xephos merely stepped back as he let the dead scientist thud onto the ground. He ripped his sword out of the lifeless corpse, running his hand down the bloodied blade. Again he licked the blood from his fingers, a deranged laugh escaping his lips. Honeydew quickly hid before Xephos noticed him. One question was clear in his mind. What about Sips and Sjin? Are they also dead, or are they in hiding? His breathing was quickly and painful. He held his side gently, watching the spaceman look around.
"Where have you two hidden? Sjin? Sips?!" He called. Phew, Honeydew sighed with relief. At least they were still alive. "I'll spare you if you come out—oh." Honeydew peeked out from where his hiding to follow Xephos' gaze. He saw Sips, holding his sword. "Come now, Sips. You HONESTLY don't believe you can beat me?" Xephos smirked, laughing. Honeydew could even see from where he was hiding that Sips' hands were shaking. His breath caught in his throat when he watched Xephos place the tip of his blade against the grey man's neck. Slowly he snuck forward while Xephos' attention was not focused on him. "Not backing down? I wonder why that is." The spaceman's face was inches from Sips'. He was trying to be intimidating. He was succeeding. Sips was frozen in place, still refusing to move. Xephos' eyes glowed dark red for a split second before he smirked. "Oh...you're protecting little Sjin, aren't you?!" Sips flinched. "Why are you all so easy to read, like a book?!" Xephos shouted, shoving Sips against the wall. The grey man groaned, leaning against the wall. He watched the deranged spaceman approach, holding his sword level. Xephos drove his sword into Sips' shoulder, causing the man to swear and groan. "Fuck, I thought maybe you, Sips, would be a little less predictable!" He hissed. He stopped when he heard something, ripping the sword out of Sips' shoulder when he moved. Sips quickly clenched his shoulder, swearing to himself. Xephos was knocked to the ground by Honeydew, holding his face.
"Bastard... That's for my nose." Honeydew muttered, taking the spaceman's sword and knocking him unconscious with it. He sighed, looking at Sips. "Are you ok?" He asked. Sips nodded, even though he didn't look it. Honeydew watched the unconscious mad man, sitting beside him. "...Why...? Why him?" He whispered, a tear forming in his eyes. "Fuck...fuck!" He punched the ground hard, closing his eyes. Sips could feel his warm blood running onto his fingers, pressing harder even though it killed. 'Sjin...' He rushed back inside, even though his arm felt like it was going to fall off. He left Honeydew alone with Xephos, as he jumped down to the lower level. Sips watched the farmer sleep, sighing quietly. He quickly bundled Sjin in his arms, ignoring the searing pain in his shoulder. 'You're safe, my love.' He thought to himself, resting his head against Sjin's neck. 'I promised I'd protect you...' Sips nodded, kissing Sjin's cheek gently. He heard slight murmurs from the farmer before he went quiet again. It didn't matter that Sjin was asleep now – he was safe.
Honeydew gently removed the goggles from Lalna's corpse, holding them to his chest. He thought he should recover Lalna's body before Xephos woke up. He didn't really know what they would do with him when he WAS awake, but he had to pay his respects. Lalna...their friend...a successful scientist and mage...dead. All because of a stupid witch bitch fucking with his best friend's mind. They had no idea how to help him either! The cycle of thoughts kept frustrating Honeydew. There was the obvious way, but he couldn't. They HAD to find another way. He laid the body beside the storage buildings, deciding that he would do a proper burial later. Right now, he had to keep an eye on Xephos. Honeydew turned back to watch the spaceman...but his body had gone.
"Oh no..." He glanced around. "That's not good..." He muttered. Honeydew froze when a cold feeling on the left side of his neck. He glanced at it, seeing the familiar red of redstone. It scraped his skin as it was dragged on it. He didn't dare move.
"No...It's not good." Xephos ran his tongue roughly over the dwarf's neck. "It's AMAZING." He chuckled, forcing the dwarf to sit down as he did. The dwarf couldn't work out how he had recovered so fast...maybe it was his alien DNA? Maybe he was faking it, waiting for the right moment. Whatever it was, Honeydew could only think that he would die now. Xephos dragged the redstone harder on Honeydew's skin, his wet tongue causing the wounds to sting. "Honeydew... I don't feel like killing you." He whispered. "You're too...hmm, what's the word..."
"N-Naive?"
"...That would work." Honeydew let out a quiet sigh. "What's wrong, my dwarven friend? Is something upsetting you?" Xephos' calm whisper kept Honeydew on edge. The way his arms kept their bodies close was another thing that just prevented the dwarf from relaxing. Being in the arms of a murderer...great. This is EXACTLY where Honeydew wanted to be. NOT. He just hoped that Sips and Sjin were ok, and that they could escape. Even if he would die, or distract the spaceman, someone had to survive. And they had done nothing wrong. "Honeydew...I'm talking to you." The sharp edge of one of the stones slit the dwarf's skin, causing him to wince.
"N-No. Of course not." Honeydew quickly replied. "I'm f-fine." He smiled slightly, even though Xephos couldn't see. He heard Xephos chuckle, closing his eyes. 'Fuck...' Honeydew thought. He wanted to run away, but any movement and Xephos would surely kill him – even if he said he wouldn't. Psychotic people change on a whim like that. "...So...w-what are we going to do now?" He asked bravely. It took a lot of courage to speak up like that, for the dwarf. Xephos was quiet for a few moments as he thought.
"Hm...That's a good point." He murmured. "What ARE we going to do? Should we go find Sips and Sjin? Or should we just go back to our-I mean, YOUR Jaffa Factory? I mean, since YOU did all the work on it. Building the walls, the machines, the floors, the wiring, circuitry...YOU did all that, didn't you?" He replied, his voice getting lower as he moved closer to Honeydew's ear. "Oh...wait. NO, you DIDN'T. You DIDN'T building it – everyone else did. You DIDN'T build the machines – you left that to me and Lalna. You COULDN'T do the wiring and circuitry – your small dwarven brain couldn't cope with that." Xephos hissed, mocking and patronizing Honeydew. "So, what exactly do you do, Honeydew? Do you do anything? You DIG. Wow, impressive. A fucking dog can dig. You play with pigs and mess around. YOU. DON'T. WORK." Honeydew didn't dare open his eyes, his body tense. Xephos could feel this, gently rubbing his shoulders. "Hey, hey. No need to get worked up. You don't do the 'work' part, right?" He added, a cruel laugh following his words. Honeydew wished this hell would end. 'Please...stop.' He wished silently.
A/N: Just a heads up - I might not upload tomorrow. I definitely won't upload over the weekend since I'm going to a friend's, but tomorrow is just dependant on whether I can write enough or not. Well, I guess you'll find out tomorrow. Or maybe on my profile, if I remember xD Sorry about that!