Julia's P.O.V.
Even though Sky had explained everything to me, I still wondered, had I actually killed someone? Was that imposter dead because of me? And just why the hell had my parents sold Sky? They freakin' loved her! And weren't they confused if "Sky" committed suicide.
Suddenly, a stabbing headache washed over me and I fell to my knees. I balled up and held my head, lashing of white going by like it had done with Nynx. An old memory played out in my mind, going back to that day of the ball just after "Sky" had smack-talked me. But instead of me chasing her into her room and stabbing her, I pushed her down and just stormed off, locking myself in my room. I didn't go to the party. I didn't cry over "Sky's death." I remained in my room for weeks until I finally said I'd had enough and ran off without a word.
The memory faded an I took a deep breath as the headache slowly subsided.
"What the hell?" I hissed.
"What's wrong?" Sky asked m in concern.
"Dammit," I growled. "It's happening again."
"Huh?"
Gary approached me and laid a and on my shoulder. "You mean THAT?"
"Yes," I answered. Seeing Sky's confused look, I decided to elaborate. "Ever since my surgery, I haven't been...stable. In fact, I think I'm starting to go insane. And because of my unstable state and poo mental health, sometimes...I "remember" things that never even happened. I have trouble telling which memories are real and which are fake. And I'd remembered...killing you at the ball. But that hadn't really happened. So now I'm wondering just how many of my memories are false..." Like seeing Derik's face in the operating room. "That sick bitch messed with all of us" I heard Shadow say.
"What are we going to do about Nynx? She ran out into the forest and there could still be houndoom around and we don't know where she teleported Zeena."
"We need to find her as quickly as possible, she probably went to the heart to contact Celebi, or as she calls her 'mistress'" Sky said, so that's who this mistress is...
"I agree that we should find her, but since the Houndoom are after all of us, we should wait for May, Drew, and Leaf to run down here. We should split u into groups, each of us with at least one of them watching over us so we won't get lost or kidnapped."
Gary agreed with me. "The others are coming right now, so just wait a bit longer."
The first to arrive was Leaf, who immediately kicked Gary in the face "YOU CAN'T EVEN HANDLE A FEW HOUNDOOM?!"
"We need to find her as quickly as possible, she probably went to the heart to contact Celebi, or as she calls her 'mistress'" Sky said, so that's who this mistress is...
"Leave me alone Leaf! They caught us off guard with our two best fighters, whom one of just ran into the forest for no f***ing reason!"
"SHEESH!" she growled. May and Drew soon arrived as well.
"I'll take Julia and the girl huggin' up on her," said Leaf.
"Then I'll take Shadow and Derik," said Gary. What the?! When had Derik arrived?!
"Ok," said May. "Drew and I will both search with Basil."
"Her name is Sky and she's my sister."
"Let's get going!" jeez you can tell Shadow's worried about Nynx.
"Worried about your girlfriend?"
"Julia! WTF!"
"What?' I questioned. "You're always with her and worrying about her. She can handle herself just fine, but you insist on being there to protect her. How can we not think you're in love with her?" I knew that I was right when he started blushing a lot.
"Alright," said Drew. "We're all grouped up now, so let's head off."
Gary smirked. "Let's hurry and find your lover, Shadow."
"Shut up you f***ing perv!"
"Oi! Both of you stop fighting!"
"Yes ma'am!"
Derik's P.O.V.
As these idiots all argued back and forth, I had lost myself in thought, concerned for Julia. She had never told me about that whole fucked up memories thing. I could only imagine her pain. How much of her life was a fabricated lie her brain had twisted? What the hell had Zeena done? And in the future, would her memories of her time with me be warped?
'WACK!' a loud slap brought me out of my thoughts and I looked up and saw Gary with a red handprint on his face and an extremely pissed off Leaf.
"That's what you get, you damn perv!"
I sighed, fed up with this idiocy. "We're wasting time. Remember Nynx? You know, the girl we have to rescue!"
"oh yea.. hey where'd Shadow go?!"
"Dammit," cursed Drew. "Alright, begin the search!"
We all took off with our respective teams and spread out the search.
"Why do you think Nynx ran off like that?"
"Not sure," sighed Gary. "She's definitely a strange one."
"Shadow has it bad for her, but I'm not so sure about Nynx... she doesn't seem to have an interest in romance yet."
"typically girls her age should have at least a crush right?" I asked, not sure how we got to this topic...
"Typically boys YOUR age should have a crush. And be imagining dirty things..."
"I'm not you, Gary," I retorted.
"What's THAT supposed to mean!"
"It means I'm not a dirty perv that flirts with ever girl I see to attempt to get the attention of one."
"I...don't flirt with EVERY girl," hissed Gary, sounding genuinely hurt. "It's just Leaf. I want only her to notice me. And hen I do flirt with other girls...I'm trying to make her jealous."
Alright. Enough mushy bullshit for me today. "Whatever. Let's hut the hell up and focus on finding the runt!"
Out of nowhere a vine shot out and slashed me.
"I think you pissed her off, I called her tiny and she attempted to murder me"
"no shit Sherlock."
"Oi!" I called out. "I know you're there Nynx!"
She emerged from the bushes and extended a very special finger at me. "Fuck you, you emo bastard!"
"Language, young lady!"
"Who gives a fuck?! Its not like you haven't heard the words out of Leaf" she said psychotically, seems the4 child herself has insanity issues not just Darkrai...
Her and Julia are pretty alike now that think about it...only not short and way too colorful.
"Why the hell did you run off?" I questioned her. "Shadow's going nuts."
Her only response was a psychopath grin and laugh.
"Great we have a problem..."
"No shit Sherlock"
Shadow's P.O.V.
"NYNX?! NYNX!" I cried out desperately.
"Shadow OMA there you are!"
"Do you know how worried we've been?"
"Kid don't run off they could still be here!" I saw Leaf, Julia, and Sky running up to me panicked.
"And suddenly everyone's here," sighed Derik.
I was so relieved. "Are you okay? Why'd you run away?"
"What's up with her?" I looked at Nynx and she had one of the creepiest grins on her face that I had even seen.
Basil's P.O.V.
"Not sure," sighed Shadow. "Might've gone insane again. The usual."
" She goes insane on her own too, even before the surgery...it got pretty creepy then she'd pass out and won't remember a thing."
"Hey...care to join me?" Nynx chuckled, staring intently at Julia.
"What?" Julia asked in confusion.
"Hehehe. Didn't Zeena mess you up too? Give in to those dark emotions. Let your insanity chip away at you. Doesn't it get tiring, having to fight it off nonstop? Give it up already. You aren't as strong as you believe you are. Without these people, you would've lost yourself already, right?"
Nynx was about to say more but Shadow whacked up the back of the head and knocked her out.
"She doesn't mean anything she says, it's just something that takes over her body, she named it strike, don't ask why she named it though..." Basil said as we watched Shadow pick up Nynx and hold her close.
Julia chuckled nervously. "Yeah..."
"What's wrong?" Derik asked, immediately noticing something was wrong.
"Just another headache."
"Julia, did she affect you?" Derik said slowly as if she were already insane.
"I don't know," she breathed. "I should go back and lie down."
"I'll take her," said May. "The rest of you...figure out what happened with Nynx."
"Ok, we'll try to see, that is if Shadow can stop being the overprotective boyfriend that is..." Sky mumbled the last part as she looked over at Shadow holding Nynx while leaning up against a tree with her in his arms.
"He is a wolf, and I don't mean anything like gross by this but a mate is protective of the other and it's possible that that's what Shadow's wolf side sees Nynx as" said Drew as he looked at Shadow amused by his actions. (AN: I don't mean anything M rated at all by that mate comment it's an idea I got from another fic so please don't take it the wrong way.)
"Oi! Shadow, could you stop being so protective over her already and just tell her how you feel when she's up! From the way she acts she feels the same!" Sky called over, May and Julia had already left and Drew shortly followed.
Shadow looked up and the look in his eyes clearly said, 'Shut up or I'll rip your throat out'
"Or not... but we better get back to the base, I have a bad feeling about this and she's got some bad wounds on her back" I said, Shadow nodded and switched into his wolf form and was carrying Nynx on his back all the way back to base...maybe Sky was right, maybe he dose like her...
As we all ran back to base, a realization hit me. May and Drew were a couple, Shadow liked Nynx, couldn't tell if that Derik guy liked Julia, but they do spend a lot of time together, but either way, I was like a third wheel. Everyone had found someone to pair up with except me! Besides...Sky. Aw, heck naw! Fate is NO forcing me together with her. The forever lone life suits me just fine.
"Thinking about the whole couple issue too?"
"yea its really strange"
"I know, I feel like a third wheel around here with all the couples...least I have my third wheel partner" I bit back a laugh when Sky said that, at least I'm not the only one feeling left out...
We finally arrived back at Midnight Shadows HQ, and it was nice to know that we'd have a home there instead of being forced into destroying it. We were led down a long hallway. All of the walls and doors here were painted white. It almost felt like a sanitarium. But it was better than the hopeless grey color of our filthy cells. And if this was anything like a sanitarium, maybe it could calm down Nynx some.
Shadow carried Nynx into her room. Inside, Julia was crouched in the corner, holding her head and swallowing a large amount of ibuprofen. She was either shaking hard, or her body was twitching. I remember Nynx being in similar conditions before. But then again, even though these two are Zeena's strongest hybrids, none of her experiments come without awful side effects. For me, it isn't as bad as the others actually. It's more gross. Sometimes I'll just vomit for no reason. My stomach is really weak.
"Hey Julia, calming down some?" I asked.
"Y-yea... I'm just waiting for the voices to stop..."
"V-Voices?" What the hell? Not only did the fact that she had voices in her head scare me. There was something else too. Why was she so similar to Nynx? They seemed related in some unseen way. Maybe because they're both falling into insanity. Or maybe Zeena wanted to connect them somehow for some larger purpose.
"So you hear them too?" Both Shadow and I jumped when we saw Nynx wake up and stretch.
"Oh so you're awake? And back to being your usual psychopath self?"
"Yep, jewels back to normal...we as normal as I'll ever be..."
Suddenly, Julia sighed in relief. "Huh...gone already?"
She seemed oddly surprised to see her headache stop. It seemed to have been killing her just a second ago, but as soon as Nynx woke up...no way. There IS a connection between them! There must be!
"Hey Nynx, what kind of voices do you hear?" I questioned, trying to find the link here.
"Just things telling me to kill people who oppose Zeena, I never listen...EVER."
"That's the same thing I hear, that and Mew trying to get me to kill everyone"
"Same for me only it's Darkrai and Celebi chimes in, but she's not so violent..."
Ok so there's one connection, what about the way they act...
"And those headaches," I said. "You get them a lot too?"
"Yeah," sighed Nynx. "I could swallow a whole bottle of ibuprofen and they won't cease until Darkrai or the other voices shuts up. And sometimes they'll be in the middle of a sentence, but suddenly...it'll be gone."
"Yeah," Julia agreed. "That happened to me just now."
"Maybe," I began. "Maybe Zeena connected your minds somehow. I THINK that when one of you is hurt, the other gets a headache and maybe when Nynx woke up, your headache went away because she wasn't hurt and unconscious anymore. Zeena might be intending to use you two as a pair, corrupting you minds into darkness. And once you two are both completely consumed, she'll use you awesome power to follow through with her evil deeds.
"That makes sense," Shadows agreed. "You've always been pretty smart, Basil."
" Great so I have another second half" Nynx says while laughing.
"Well he might not be dead Nynxie.." Julia said while laughing at the reaction that she got from Nynx for her nickname.
"If they're connected, things can end up really bad or really good," said Derik, who'd just entered he room, having heard the whole conversation. "It could be bad since if one gets hurt, the other might suffer. And if one is overtaken...there's a possibility the other might fall into darkness. But on the bright side of things-" I silently laughed that Derik considered there to be a bright side to anything. He seemed so cold. "-If we can keep them both safe and happy, maybe we can put an end to their insanity."
"But there are some good sides to being insane, we don't have the sense of danger that holds people back and we get more opportunities"
"Right like Julia said, but she's the only curable one. I was born insane, was already from before the experiment, ask Sky"
"Yeah, someone should lock you away in a asylum," Sky joked. You could tell she didn't mean it in a rude way from the smile on her face.
Nynx didn't take it to heart either. "Oi. And someone should take you to a counselor. You're always insulting people. You need to learn to be nicer."
"Aaaaaw. I'm just teasing you."
"Sky?" Julia spoke up.
Sky turned to face her sister, who was still leaning back in the corner even though her headache had subsided. "What's up, big sis?"
"I was wondering if we could...talk."
"Sure!~" They left the room and Nynx started zoning out again, I think that the insanity thing wasn't the only thing that connected them... she might be able to read Julia's mind...
Julia's P.O.V.
'Don't worry Julia you'll be fine' I heard Nynx's voice in my head.
'How?'
'Telepathy' she answered.
'Why the hell are you in my head?' I questioned.
'Curiosity.'
'Huh?'
'I want to know what you're going to talk to her about! Not only might it answer some of your questions, but some of mine too.'
'Whatever. Just please shut up!' I mentally hissed.
'Kay!'
Sky followed me until we reached the room I wanted to go to. It was an empty room that May and Drew had planned to use for...something, but never ended up using. Since no one ever went to this room, it was quiet and the perfect place to talk. There was even a lock on the door.
"Ok so what did you want to talk about sissy?"
"For one thing, what happened with you?" I questioned. "Why did mom and dad SELL you? They LOVED you! So much that they even forgot about me..."
"They were running out of money and the bitch was offering them a lot of money, and they thought you would be controlled better. So they sold me since they wanted younger kids because they were more likely to survive."
I lost myself for a second. "Younger kids survive better? But I was...older. So that bitch experimented on me even though I had a higher risk of death?!"
"Calm down," Sky pleaded. "You have more questions, right?"
I took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah...but if I ask all this...it might only upset you..."
"What's the question?"
"Um...well...can you tell me about my childhood? I...can't remember what's real and fake. I keep seeing all these fucked up things that don't make sense...and it's starting to drive me crazy. The more I try to remember, the further I dive into insanity..."
"Ok, well the one thing you got right was that mom and dad didn't really like you, but they didn't like me either. We were just tools to get attention in the family and to sell us off as soon as we were old enough to marry. Then they ran low on money and sold me off to Zeena and then implanted a fake memory in your head so you'd run away and it would be easier to capture you... then I was thrown into the cell for three months then Nynx came in covered in her own blood and scratches due to being hunted down and dragged back by the houndoom"
"I didn't ever...kill or hurt anything did I? There's a lot of blood in my memories...they are fake, right?"
"Most of it, you didn't cause it though it was the she devil, that's as much as I know"
"Um...well now that we're reunited, I have to warn you," I began with a sigh. "I'm losing myself more and more by the day. Getting crazier. More and ore of my memories are starting to be erased instead of altered and the Mew within me keeps getting stronger. I'm sorry to say that...you might end up losing me some day..."
"We'll learn how to stop it don't worry, if I loose you then I'll also loose Nynx and I won't let that happen."
My heart dropped for a second at the mention of Nynx. It almost sounded as if she cared more about Nynx than me. But then again, I hadn't really been there for her as a sister. At least, as far as I could remember. She'd been confined with Nynx for a long time. Of course she'd get close to her. And I sound like such a bitch for being jealous.
'She loves you more than you think.' I jumped at the sound of Nynx's voice.
'Huh?'
'Yeah, we're best friends and all, but she really does care about you. She said he first thing she'd do if she ever escaped Zeena was give you a huge hug and try to start a better relationship with you.'
'wow'
'yea she cares about you a lot, I think I'm like a baby doll to her...'
'wouldn't doubt it, she loved dolls'
"Julia? You ok"
"Yea, just telepathically talking with Nynx"
"How annoying," she sighed. "Every time Nynx gets into my head she embarrasses me and screws up whatever important thing I as doing at the moment. Plus, if Nynx tries really hard, she can actually read your thoughts and mess up your life."
'I did not mess up your life!' Nynx screamed for us both to hear.
"You told Basil I loved him!"
'He didn't believe me.'
"Well things are still awkward between us!"
'You told Shadow!'
"He didn't believe me!"
'You ruined what I had going!'
I snickered. "So...you and Shadow, huh Nynx?"
'It's not like that!"
I chuckled even more. "Sure sounds like this. You know, I was passing by May, Drew, Gary, and Leaf earlier and they were all placing bets on which one of us would get together with someone first. May is betting on Sky and Basil. Drew bets on Nynx and Shadow, Leaf thinks it'll be me and Derik, and Gary's bet wasn't specific, but he thinks at least one of us will end up forever alone..."
'Okay. Leaving your head now,' said Nynx, sounding flustered.
"Aw, the sweet bliss of having my mind back," I laughed. "Well, I've been enough of a mopey bitch. How about we raid the kitchen and bake some cookies?"
"Hell to the yeah!" Sky screamed excitedly.
Start a better relationship, huh? Hopefully this would be a good start. We'd been apart for too long. Time to get fat on cookies.
0.o.0.o.0.o.0.o
Ok that's where I'll end it now, I'm actually curious who you think should be together.
We already have the pairings sort out but I'm curious who you think should be together.
