Chapter 10 - Recompense
I couldn't see or feel anything for awhile. It felt like I was just floating in the middle of nowhere for about a minute.
Next thing I knew, I heard the sound of a familiar voice calling my name over and over. I was just waking up and when my vision cleared, I could see that my friend was sitting on the floor next to me. They grabbed my face, staring at me disbelief as soon as I opened my eyes.
"Oh my god don't scare me like that! What happened?!" Said my friend, I never seen them so scared before.
"I uh… wha-" I couldn't really think at the moment, but all I remembered was Magnus talking about the Special Battle and not to lose my friend.
"I was here for lunch, just casually walking through the mall. Then I just saw you! Right here, on the floor!... Well anyways I have an extra burger. I think you should eat something, so here." They said, offering me an oil-blotched paper bag containing a slightly warm burger and some half eaten fries.
I got off the floor and sat on the bench, placing the food to my side. They sat on the opposite side of me. "Thanks" I said.
"Ah it's nothin', I would've just taken it back home to put in the fridge anyways." Said my friend.
I started eating it, then I just remembered about the angry text messages I got from them. And I wanted to talk with them in person because my Grandma said it'd be good to work things out.
"Wait so did you get my text from this morning? You're not still mad are you?..." I nervously asked my friend.
"... You texted me? I didn't get anything, though. And I'm not mad anymore. I thought you knew by now I could never stay mad at you. We're buddies, remember!" Said my friend.
"Ah, I must've been having a bad day. But for the texts, here I'll show you what I sent..." I pulled out my cell phone and opened our chat. The very moment I was about to show it to them, it disappeared just before they'd be able to see it.
"Huh?… Wait what the hell?!... The texts disappeared as soon as I was gonna show you!" I said, in shock of how in just a split second it vanished. It's gotta be Pit doing these things, there's no other explanation for it at this point.
"Uhh, you sure your head is okay after you woke up on the ground?... Lemme check my messages..." They scrolled through the messages and showed it to me. There weren't any messages from me today despite the fact I know I sent one. Maybe that's why they somehow replied as fast as they did, it might not have been them at all!
I decided to let my friend know everything I know about Pit and that cursed game. Which is what I should've done from the beginning...
"I should've told you at first... It's that evil Pit from the game... Have you seen the corpses in the loading screen? The Cursed Palms that you keep getting? Real life things, like how I passed out for no reason just now?"
"Aside from that, I've been having what I thought were just dreams. But it's the game's way to communicate with us! Dark Pit and Magnus, the two that Pit kept alive. I have talked to the both of them..." I said, in a serious tone.
My friend payed attention to everything I said, but they responded. "Hmm, yeah I did notice some disturbing things in the game... But you really think Pit's that evil? He seems to be a nice person..."
"Maybe he's nice to you, but he's slaughtered so many in the games. Could be that he just likes you now because you didn't do anything to him yet." I said.
My friend was thinking about it for a while. "Well, maybe you're right. Care to tell me more about it, though?" Asked my friend.
"Alright, here's all the things I should've told you that day…" I said, preparing to tell the whole story all over again.