A/N: WAHT UP MAH ZENS?! Okay I'm gonna make this short and sweet as this chapter alone is just about 3000 words, the longest chapter I've written. So yeah here's the new chapter! MATURE LANGUAGE WARNING AHEAD!
2 days until the games
Zyke's POV:
Jerome and I sit in the hollowed tree in the backyard of the Team Crafted house. I sit snuggled up to Jerome on the brown sofa. "Hey Jerome? Do you think I'll win the games?" I quiz the cheerful bacca. "You are the best PvPer in that orphanage, I should hope you'll win." He replies pulling me closer to him. "Y'know, I doubt that, there are definitely others better than me." "Hey, look at me. You'll do great biggums." Jerome pecks my cheek and I lay my head on his shoulder. "I don't know, I'm scared. I want to win more than anything." "Don't let your fear take over, just keep calm and do your best, I'll still love you either way." "My best isn't good enough…" I mumble under my breath. "What?" "Nothing Jerome. It's nothing." But if I am completely honest with myself, I think I'm gonna have a heart attack. "Fine." He whispers. "I need some fresh air, park?" I snap my fingers before he could answer and we disappear from sight, if anyone was watching that is. Is someone watching us?
"I'm never gonna get used to that y'know." Jerome says wobbly standing. I smirk before having his hand grasp around mine, our fingers intertwined. I feel a slight tug as Jerome starts walking the stone brick path. Everyone we pass stares, with looks of disgust painted across their faces. I shuffle closer to Jerome and look down at my feet. "Jerome people are staring." I mumble out. "They are… Sorry." Jerome says before he slips away from my grasp and jams his hands in his pant pockets. "Maybe it's best to not show PDA, I don't think people are too fond of us." I say, disappoint lingering in my voice. "Hey faggots!" An unknown voice yells. I scowl hearing the word I despise most. "Hey I was talking to you!" "Can't you just leave us alone dood?" Jerome asks shuffling closer. "No we can't do that." A frog-like voice sneers. "Dakota?" I wonder aloud to myself. I turn to see the frog hybrid wearing his usual white suit. "What do you want ass hole?" I hiss, my voice cold as ice. A boy about 16 steps forward, there are three in total. "We're beating some sense into mistakes like you gay shits!" I take a step back. "You want us?" I start. "Come and get us." I grab Jerome's hand pulling him with me into a sprint. "Why is Kermit here? And who were those other two?" Jerome asks me, not slowing his pace. "It doesn't matter right now, just run!" I reply letting go of the fluffy's hand and abruptly stopping. "Zye wh-" "GO! I can handle these guys! I need you to trust me! Be the first and have faith in me, I can do this!" I snap. Jerome nods but not before coming back and enveloping me in a warm hug, our lips touching gently. "O-okay, stay safe biggums." Jerome states starting into a jog. "I will! Love you!" I scream. "Love you more!" Jerome yells going off into a full sprint.
"Let's do this…"
Zack's POV (five minutes earlier):
"Crow I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap at you like that. You are one of my closest friends, yet ironically you live really far away from me." I say walking up to the girl mentioned. "I already said it's fine, you can stop with the apologies already." She replies smirking. "Come here you jag." She continues, gesturing me to sit down. "Kay kay." I say sitting down next to her.
Crow starts humming and lyrics begin to take form of the melody.
"I can't pretend to know how you feel,
but know that I'm here, know that I'm real.
Say what you want, or don't talk at all,
I'm not gonna let you fall.
Reach for my hand 'cause it's held out for you,
my shoulders are small but you can cry on them too.
Everything changes but one thing is true understand,
we'll always be more than just friends." (A/N: Not that way pervs! xD)
"How did you know I like Lemonade mouth?" I question. "You just told me." She smirks. A sudden rush of pain flows through my head. Zack… I'm in trouble, I need your help… "Zyke…" I whisper. "Zyke's in trouble Crow! We gotta go!" I grab Crow's wrist. "How do you know?" "Mind links Crow. Mind links." I snap my fingers bringing Crow and I to the park. "Crow go get Kat, Nikki and Moona now! They're in the clock tower in Central Plaza! Now go!" I scream bolting off in the opposite direction. Shit, shit, shit. Zyke you forking idiot…
"Zyke! Where the Nether are you?!" The panic is getting to me, for the first time in forever, I'm clueless. No, I was scared for him, I know being as stubborn as I would get him into trouble, but without me knowing? This story is going into chaos. "Zack! I'm over here! Come to my voice!" I hear him scream through the park's trees. "I'm coming!" I yell moving into full gear.
Zyke's POV:
"Oh calling your little faggot friends are ya?" Dakota hisses walking my way, his two goon following closely. "N-no, s-stay back." I shrink away. "Or what? You gonna beat us up? I'd like to see you try." A goon, or my friend who betrayed me; Brian says. Brian had dirty blonde hair, wore black jeans, an orange shirt with the made-up word 'bazinga' plastered on, he had icy cold pale, pale blue eyes and wore black skater shoes. I know the other but his name has left me. He had white hair, had on green track pants, a tee with the TARDIS on it, he had fiery crimson eyes and had electric blue sneakers on. I stand up straight with a smirk, "Challenge accepted." "Hey Zyke what's Kota doing here?" Zack asks running up beside me panting. "He called me and Jerome fags, I told Jerome to run while I 'handle' things." I growl through gritted teeth. "You shouldn't have done that you three," Zack snaps, "Now you have to deal with us." A quick flick of his wrist and a water ball appears, he isn't hesitant to throw it at the amphibian's face. Zack looks over to me and I nod, we snap our fingers in perfect sync teleporting behind the small group.
"You little shits! Where the Nether did you go?!" The unknown goon screams. I think I'll call him Fiery for the time being because of his red eyes. "Behind you forking retards." I say coolly. They quickly spin around pulling out some pocket knives, the colour from our faces flush away. "We got four eyes, Kota, you got the other one." Brian says, he and Fiery start lurching towards Zack. Dakota slashed through the air with his knife, effectively cutting open my left arm. "Mother trucker! Gah!" I hold my arm focusing my energy to move my aura to the wound, healing it instantly. This ability has a downside, I can't use it for the rest of the day.
"Damn you frog! What the Nether happened to you?! You were my best friend and now you want me dead!" I scream. "You happened! You decided to turn gay! You're a freak!" Kota hisses. "Like that's a real reason to hate me. You're just afraid of me. Am I right?" I retort. "Me? Afraid of you? Ha! Don't make me laugh!" He cackled. "Hey! Get away from him dood!" I look up scowling seeing Nikki floating down beside me landing. "Zack." "Nikki." "Hey, guy with a knife over here!" Dakota snaps. "Oh right, ahem. Get away from him dood!" "Or what?" The frog smirks. A sudden wave of blue magic, courtesy of the sorceress next to me, starts flying forwards to my attacker sending him flying into a tree.
-Meanwhile…-
Zack's POV:
The two goons start lurching towards me as Kota goes for my friend-in-distress, I teleport away from them leading them to a basic open field, however ,it was hidden from sight. Crow stands there as I run up to her. "Got the girls to come help. Kat and Moona will be here soon." "Good job Crow." I smirk. "There you are! Stop running away pussy!" The icy eyed goon squawks, knife in hand. "Oh my Notch Zack! What the fork! We could get killed!" Crow screams backing away while flailing her arms. "I know." I say simply before summoning a swirling ring of water balls. Crow frowns and summons her nerf pistols but also her potions like swiftness, jump boost and strength.
We all stand there, motionless. "Attack!" A voice screams from behind Crow and I. We see two feline-human hybrids rush past us, daggers clashing with the knives; Kat and Moona. "You gonna help us or not?" Kat snaps whilst dodging a swing from a knife. Crow and I rush forward, water balls freezing and nerf guns reloading.
Zyke's POV (fifteen minutes after we left him):
I feel myself slam against a tree, a bit of blood dripping from the corner of my mouth. I collapse and the world starts fading, the thing inside me is trying to take control but I shove it back to the corner of my mind and stand up. Even with Nikki's help we can't beat Kota unless… No, too risky, it might take over me and Nikki might see. We're losing bad, we both have a few cuts and bruises here and there but I can't heal because I did earlier. Notch I'm stupid. Indeed you are. Shut up and go back into you hibernation or whatever. Ugh, idiot. Monster. "Zyke!" Nikki yells avoiding the frog, snapping me from my argument with the thing trapped in my bods. Fine, I'm gonna do it. Just stay in here. No promises. I close my eyes and focus my breathing. In, out. In, out. Shut up. In, out. In out A few more seconds… You can't keep me restrained. You can't pull this off, you're worthless. My eyes snap open without my command and I feel myself lose all of my senses except sight. Damn you.
The Thing's POV:
Damn you. I told you that you can't hold me down. My eyes flutter open, purple eyes replace this idiot's green ones and orange replaced the blue on this dreadful hoodie. Eight water tendrils of magic swirl through the air and attach themselves to my back, waving and moving around like tentacles. I force them forwards towards the frog thing, Dakota was it? Girly name. Four of the new appendages bind themselves around him, I force two to wrap around his throat, an evil smirk growing on my lips.
"You not afraid frog? You think he's a wimp? I'm the only one who can call him that." Venom heavy in my fifth pitch lowered voice. "Zyke you'll kill him!" The sorceress… Nikki… Yells at me. I glare at her sending a shiver up her spine, I smirk before I return to him. "What if I want to kill him? I have the power to do so…" My grip loosens on the hybrid. You wouldn't. But I will. "S-stop… P-please…" The frog chokes out. "Why should I you little Herobrine spawn? You've made our life a living Nether, now we have a chance to get what we want, your death! Please! I'm not a murderer! Too little too late, he tried to kill us, you know I can't survive without you no matter how much I want it. We'll die without each other and you can't keep me under wraps all the time! My tentacles wrap themselves tighter around the vile creature's neck flushing out the colour from his body.
Zack's POV (five minutes after we left him):
Boom! Another hit. Boom! Another hit. Each ice ball hits icy eyes and fiery eyes directly, shattering on impact. Kat and Moona managed to disarm our opponents so they couldn't fight back that easily. I believe Crow is hitting them with a nightstick because she was literally freaking out and screaming every two seconds like an insane maniac… Wow… Wait, that's Willow's nightstick… Not gonna question it!
They lay on the ground motionless, the slow rise and fall of Icy and Fiery's chests signified life. "Kat, Moona, you guys deserve an explanation of what just happened." I say. "Um yeah!" Moona mutters. "Well, you deserve one, but you aren't getting one. Not today at least. You two are to head home immediately and not speak of us ever, or our powers. Understand?" I ask-more of state actually. "Well okay bu-" "No buts about it!" I interrupt Kat. "You two are leaving. Now. Like right now." I snap my fingers sending the duo back to their clock tower home. I proceed to move to the knocked out enemies, I raise my right arm. "Zack what are you doing?" Crow asks seemingly out of her panicked state. "We can't leave them to die. I may or may not have given them concussions so I need to heal them, it's my responsibility." I say as a green glow forms around my hand as I recite these ancient words, "Heal akkurat nå, la dem være, slik at de kan leve sine skjebner. Døden har endret seg, skru klokken tilbake, vri om nøkkelen og åpne låsen. Denne kraften er ren, denne kraften er sant, vet jeg gjør dette bare for deg." I collapse down on myself panting. "Zack!" Crow yells picking me back up onto my feet. "I-I'm fine, let's go." With Crow holding on I teleport to Jerome's treehouse.
Jerome stood dumbfounded for a moment before realizing who we were. Jerome opens his mouth to speak but I stop the bacca."No time, just come with us." I send a mind lasso and wrap it mentally around Jerome so he can travel with us. We TP to Zyke's last known location to find him trying to strangle Kota and Nikki standing back in horror. "Zyke!" Jerome yells wide eyed running up to who I presume is Zyke, it seems as though he changed his sweater because of the orange on it. It turns to stare at Jerome with purple eyes. "Zyke what's wrong with you?! Let him go!"
Zyke's POV:
"Zyke what's wrong with you?! Let him go!" Jerome broke through the barriers of my mind, giving me my hearing back. I struggle to gain control. What… What's going on? I'm taking back control of my body! How is this possible? You are a weak fool! You can't best me! Wanna bet? I manage to gain control of my mouth. "Jerome help! I'm not in control!" I yell out to be shut up by the thing. "Shut up Zyke!" It yells at me through my mouth. My eyes start turning their cyan colour as I begin to feel my limbs return to my command. "Zyke?" Jerome pleads. "What's controlling you?" "The voice… It's the voice! Gah!" I let go of Kota and he slowly gains colour back to his skin. "What voice?!" Jerome scream-asks. "Please…" I mumble. Give me back control of my body! Never! I am not giving this up! Well too bad! Jerome ran up to me pulling me into his embrace. No! Jerome? Of course! "J-Jerome?" I question looking up to the taller being. "Thank you…" I mumble as he lifts me up. "Oh… I can't let you leave now, you're definitely gonna die." Kota mutters from behind us. Darkness envelops me.
Jerome's POV:
Zyke fell silent as a knife flies through the air implanting in his back. "Zyke no!" I scream, tears forming in my eyes. I feel a slow rise and fall of his chest. "H-he's still alive!" I exclaim turning towards the frog hybrid. "You shit head!" I sock him in the stomach causing him to double over and finish him off with a knee to the face! "Baccas too strongk." I say realizing I left the nearly dead boy. "Jerome I only have enough energy for one teleport of two people," Zack mumbles, "I'm using it on you to take it to the best healer in the city. Hopefully it's not t-too late." Zack looks up, eyes becoming red from tears over Zyke. He snaps his fingers and my vision blurs. I stand in front of an old wooden house, misplaced in this city. I knock as hard as I can. "Hello?! Please help me! My… My friend injured badly! Please help!" I hear footsteps towards the door and it swings open. A teenager opens up the door, eyes wide from the bloody sight. "Get in right away!" He says rushing to the side. "I'll be right back with some potions!" He runs off as I run in and set Zyke on the closest thing I could find, a basic oak wood table. Botttles clink as the teen rushes back into the room. "Take these and pour them into his mouth! They're potions of healing, regeneration and strength! Do it now!" He exclaims pulling out the cork in the first of many bottles.
-Time Skip of le suspense-
"That's all of them…" The boy says. "W-will he be alright?" I ask through the tears running through my fur. "We may have been too late, only time will tell…" "Thank you… I mean it Seto."
Just for clarification, what I was reciting was a spell used to heal. I actually made the English translation rhyme and stuff. So... Zyke has a voice in his head, it speaks in the bolded words and Zyke's thoughts are in italics. So... Zyke might be dead right now... So... Seto is now in this... So... This is getting really annoying isn't it? Okay recap, Jerome and Zyke get jumped by a flash from Zyke's past, Crow and I make up (we were never fighting irl it just added drama so yeah), Zyke trusts Nikki now, Zyke's voice in his head tried to kill Kota, and Zyke gets stabbed in the back, LITERALLY. Suspenseful huh? Sorry it took so long to update, you can see why though. That is all. SEE YAH MAH ZENS!