Mono fell to his knees as the Monster swallowed Six whole. Pain flaring up his leg as the ground made contact. His hands shaking as they slowly raised up to his hair. Grabbing locks of hair as he began crying.
Despair….
This is what Mono felt as he watched Six die. As he watched helpless as the Monster dropped her down into its gullet. A canyon of teeth and a pit of salivating flesh. He gritted his teeth as the Monster for once looking satisfied for what it did. The Monster paying no attention to the weakened boy.
why?
He wondered why this world was so cruel to them. Why couldn't he and Six have a happy ending? Why was there always some monster or some god forsaken cycle ruining their lives?
why?
Why?
He screamed out in anger and despair. The Monster finally taking notice of him as it turned to grab and eat him too. But then Mono's voice stopped sounding human and more ancient as he screamed. Signal and static erupting from the boy's throat as he cried out.
Hands clenched to the point where he started bleeding from his palms. Tears flowing out as the irises in his eyes were slowly fading. Televisions all around the forest suddenly flickering on and off. Switching different channels showing different portions of Mono's life. The air around Mono growing gray with flickers of static in the air.
Why?!
Why!?
His eyes completely blank as static now started filling them. The skin on his body now changing colors between fleshy pink, angry red, and pale gray. The twitch that was affecting him from earlier came back only now that twitch was now a glitch. The pain in his leg subsiding as he yanked out the pole that jabbed him in the leg.
Why!?
WHY!?
The area around Mono suddenly encapsulated in a gray translucent sphere. Slowly growing outwards further and further. The trees suddenly becoming warped and twisted the longer they were in Mono's range. Animals fell from the branches of said trees, but they didn't die. Animals both from the trees and on the ground began writhing as reality wrote them a new chapter. They grew new limbs, extra eyes, herbivores became wild carnivores, carnivores became cannibals eating their own kind, and others became docile as they welcomed their master ready to destroy the endless abyss. Boars, rats, moose, and bears writhing on the ground in pain from this evil being reintroduced to the world.
WhY!?
WhY!?
TVs around Mono finally decided on one of two different channels. A brilliant eye displayed on the TV screen, either that of the darkest coldest ocean blue abyss that you would never escape from or the sharpest silver from an axe right before your head was chopped off. It was clear what the eyes meant for whomever entered their vision.
THEY WERE GOING TO DIE.
All around the entire world both Viewers and Eavesdroppers were strangling and killing each other when TVs all over the world starting flickering with those eyes all over the screens. Both Viewers and Eavesdroppers ceasing their fighting as they watched the TVs again. A pacifying effect filling them with sensations of being complete.
Mono finally stopped screaming as he turned to face the Monster. His hands covered in static holding the switchblade imbued with power. His irises returning from the static however this time they were not the blue and silver Six had fallen in love with.
They were hateful gray, as if everything that had filled the boy with joy was sucked right out of him. His skin turning a grayish blue as he began walking towards the Monster. He could sense her Six was still alive. He could see and sense everything around him. He could see throughout the woods through many different points of view. He could sense the beings that inhabited this forest. He saw their suffering but cared not for them, only for the Monster that swallowed his love.
Step
Step
The Monster bared its fangs as it sensed this boy's familiar power. It smelled the Tower in this boy realizing it was only using him as a puppet. And yet it was also not the Tower, similar but not quite. The Monster then realized who this boy was, and it bared its fangs in even further defiance against them. Only for the Monster to suddenly be flung forwards in the direction of the boy as they pulled their arm back. Static billowing back towards the boy as they flickered changing forms like a TV channel. Like their body was aging at a rapid rate from a little child to a small adult, and back to child again. Regardless of whatever size they chose would be inadequate to be any huge threat to the Monster, yet all its instincts were telling the Monster to run.
The Monster using the opportunity lunged its claws out to tear out the guts of this imposter usurper. The Monster quickly passed Mono its claws contacting flesh. It turned quickly only to look in confusion that its enemy was still standing. Mono only flinched as he looked down at the tear in his shirt with blood spilling out. Mono reached into one of the nearby TVs and grabbed one of the animals writhing on the ground. Holding it up by its tail Mono's hand flickered with red static as he held his hand near the squirrel's head. A small strand of black static pouring out from its head began floating into Mono's body. That same static surrounded the cuts the Monster made to kill Mono. Before their very eyes, the slashes from the Monster quickly healing themselves leaving behind no scar no existence.
Anger…
This what Mono now felt towards this unholy Monster. A consumer of flesh and hopes. He looked down to his palms to see they were no longer bleeding. Just lines of pixels slowly repairing minor injuries while quickly regenerating major wounds. Mono then clenched his fist looking straight at the Monster with a cruel smile and crazy gray eyes on his face as he roared.
"YOU cAnnOt kIll mE!"
The Monster then roared again, charging once again preparing to swallow this little parasite as Mono flung out his arm again. The Monster was then thrown in the branches of a tree. Splinters and branches impaling the Monster as it collided with the tree trunk. As the Monster fell to the ground Mono let out another scream of static and signal. Animals on the ground stopped writhing in pain as they heard the call. Their creator filling their minds with a target to slay. A singularity of boars with six long legs, jagged tusks, and four eyes answered the call as they stampeded over the fallen Monster. Some of them meeting the Monster's arms and legs goring them with their massive tusks. The Monster slowly rose to their feet and faced the horde as they came in for another charge. With a swipe of its deadly claws the Monster sliced through the entire horde. Picking up one of the massive creatures tearing into its throat. Piles of boar settled into the ground save for one that wisely turned from the attack. It stood at a height of one meter and two meter long. It glowered and prepared to charge the Monster again when the sound of static sounded through the air.
The boar backed off and instead ran around the Monster towards Mono. The Monster still recovering from the grievous number of cuts, impalements, scratches, and gushing blood took to the trees as it saw the Boar running to the boy and kneeling. The boy clambered up to the Boar's back and pulled out the knife kneeling on the animal's head as they looked around. With another screech the TV screens all around the forest became much brighter like spotlights.
Mono was looking everywhere through the TVs trying to find the cowardly creature as it bled. Through his eyes he scanned the entire forest trying to ensure he didn't hit one of the animals that laid alive. He didn't want to surprise the Monster at what he was planning. Then through one of the TVs he saw a small trickle of blood. Using his power, he amplified the eyes of the TV and focused them upwards towards the top of the trees. An anguished scream sounded through the forest as the Monster fell to the floor.
An agonizing feeling tore through the Monster's flesh. As if it were suddenly hardening and it couldn't move. The eyes trained on it all around there was nowhere to escape.
This was it.
It was going to die.
Mono still riding the Boar slowly trotted up to the Monster dismounting as they both got close. The Monster's head only able to move as it snapped at both the animal and boy. Mono once again pushed forward with his power and broke the Monster's jaw. The Monster could only watch with tears in its eyes as the boy approached with the knife in their hand still brimming with energy. Mono looked deep into this Monster's hate filled eye as he reared back the switchblade filled with static and signal and then plunged it deep into its eye. Mono didn't stop there as he placed his hand against the Monster's skull and pulled not for physical matter and then he found. Pulling back, he felt the static soul of the Monster as he began pulling it into his being. The eyes slowly shutting down, the Monster in its last breaths reverted to soulless flesh but it didn't truly die until Mono stepped back. The soul of this Monster seeping into Mono's fingertips as he calmed down. The broken body of the Monster breathing its last as Mono calmed down static only surrounding his palm. Mono let a huge breath of air as the static sphere finally disappeared.
And then Mono started writhing in pain as his hand ached and contorted. The nearby Boar going to see Mono with concern for their master. Mono clutched his hand as it felt like his fingertips were growing. Breaking the skin bleeding heavily as bone began slipping out. His fingers transforming into a permanent set of claws. Tears and shock expressed in his eyes as he saw the cost of absorbing a monster's soul. Back in the Pale City he only absorbed the static shades of normal people with no augmentations.
Those "lucky" enough to survive in such a screwed-up world.
Mono examined his hand as he wiped his blood from his hand. Awareness coming to his mind as he reached down to pat down his stomach where the tear in his shirt was.
"What was that?" Mono was suddenly much more aware of his surroundings when his focus was only placed on the Monster and ending it at once. He looked to the trees to see the were warped. The trunks bending towards him and away from him. Some trees were curved, and others were turned in corners. He eyed over the animals that finally stopped squealing in pain. He saw the horrors that they had become. Finally coming to their senses, the rest of the animals ran away from the glitched clearing in fear.
Except for one. Mono looked up to see a massive head looking down at him. Not like the Boar was about to eat him but more out of concern. Mono was about to reach up a hand to pet the Boar on the snout when he remembered.
"SIX!" he ran the Monster's chest and tried focusing. A small flicker of static appeared in his eyes as he tried finding Six. Six it turns out was still inside the Monster's chest she hadn't even reached the stomach. Mono pulled out the switchblade as he pinpointed where exactly Six had paused in her descent. Then with a heavy shout plunged the blade into the dead Monster's chest. Slowly but surely carving out the Monster's flesh carefully avoiding Six. He desperate to get her out to the point he ditched the knife and began using his claws to pull and pry chunks of flesh out. The claws proving to be a much better tool than the switchblade. Finally seeing a hint of yellow amongst the gore Mono hurried his slashing. Then when most of her body was exposed, he grabbed her shoulders and started to pull her out.
"COME ON!" He strained with all his might as her body came looser from the Monster's esophagus. With a squelch Six came out and Mono pulled her off to the side into the grass. Quickly examining he placed his head near her chest listening for a heartbeat.
A small thudding could be heard as Mono gave a small breath of relief. She was alive Mono made it to her in time. He managed to rescue her from…
How many times had he rescued her from something? How many times had he dragged her into danger? How many more times would he take her so close to isolation or even death in the future?
He looked Six over her chest slowly rising and falling as he began questioning his own actions.
Is her plan even sound anymore? What if finding a safe place wasn't the way to go? What if HE was the problem? He wished he could keep her safe but at the same time didn't want to leave her alone.
As if answering the call one of the TV screens began flickering in a different shade. The Boar grunted and prepared to charge it until Mono raised his hand up to halt it. Cautiously edging further and further forward Mono watched the screen.
Another eye but this one was not of the Tower's cruel gray or Mono's own silver and blue. The iris of this eye one of a multitude of colors. Razing reds, calming yellows, cautious oranges, deep blues, pacifying greens, violent purples, and a dark black void within. The eye within began shifting and through images it offered Mono a solution. Mono placed a staticky hand upon the TV as he got closer.
The TV screen told him to focus his power warping reality to construct a dark black spire in the middle of the forest. A dark tower that would ward away all those who would dare harm them. However, doing so would not be enough so he would need to begin finding a means to bolster the Spire. The TV suggested using the bones and tissue of the surrounding wildlife as a form of protective hardened keratin. Using his power to slowly lure in creatures and snatch them soul and all. Should he follow through with this he would need to find a power source someone with similar abilities to his own. It was a risky endeavor, but it would keep him and Six forever safe from the dangerous world.
Mono looked back down to his clawed hand static once again surrounding his hand as he weighed what he just saw. Flexing and unfurling his hand as the static rolled down his hand like water.
It could work he thought. Forever together forever safe from the remaining horrors in world. However how happy would they be if he followed through with this? He lived for years isolated from the world being a servant to the Tower.
Isolation was not as great as protection. This plan would provide that but how long until they were driven mad.
Mono had another thought as he looked back to the Boar that was licking Six clean of the blood. Its extra eyes and elongated limbs. It didn't appear to be in pain, but it did remind Mono of how his power could work against other organic beings. If Six stayed with Mono for an extended period she could easily revert to the monstrous form she once took back in the Tower.
Hunkered over a small rusty music box, her only source of comfort, until Mono took a hammer to it many times.
He shuddered as looked back down to Six who was still unconscious before realizing.
"Would Six really be happy with me for doing that? Following through with this plan to make this-"
And then one more thought filled his head as the hand on the TV pulsed with static.
"Why does this feel so familiar?"
The static on the TV grabbing Mono's attention as an image appeared on the TV. The image appeared to be rewinding back increasingly until it became undecipherable blur. Until it finally stopped in a hospital with a figure in front of a mirror. Mono looked as he a man that looked so much like him and yet so different. He had the same condition and color of heterochromatic eyes, but he looked so much older than Mono had ever been. He looked to be a young adult with tears spilling out of his eyes grasping the bathroom counter.
"Who is that?"
FLASHBACK
Mono didn't have much time to ponder as the scene fast forwarded to a hospital room. From the man's perspective he entered a patient's quarters. The room filled to the brim with all types of flowers. Medical equipment of all types hooked up to a patient who laid unconscious in bed. Mono put his hand up to his mouth in shock as he recognized the person laying there. It looked like a grownup version of Six only something terrible happened to her. Her body laid there covered in bandages and casts as her body had been mutilated by something horrid. She laid there unconscious as voice could be heard.
"Hey Veronica, it's been a while. I'm sorry I haven't had much time as we've been finding the right means to bring you back. But we are working so hard to find a way."
The grownup version of Mono reaching out to slowly grasp Veronica's hand rubbing his thumb over the top of her hand.
"But we are so close we just need you to hang on a little longer. Please hold on."
And then the heart monitor began to beep faster and faster as Una's body began convulsing.
"Doctor? DOCTOR!?" The man calling out for help as Veronica's body seizing and jerking as her heartrate pulsed harder and harder.
Tears filling up the man's eyes as he tried to keep her still so the doctor could do something anything to pacify her.
And then the heart monitor flatlined just as the doctor entered the room. Mono watched as the perspective once again this time to the grownup Mono leaning over a desk. His eyes bagged, exhausted, and lost their luster as he scanned every single book. He took a swig of a mix of alcohol and coffee as he leaned over his book. Cross referencing every small bit of information concerning different forms of medicines, science, religions, and even eldritch magic. A man from behind him came into the room putting a hand on his shoulder. And then the grown Mono smiled and grabbed the journal he'd been writing his notes in.
"I've done it with this I'll be able to open the doors to death itself and bring her back to me." He noticed the man at last and then smirked. "Tell me has the Tower been completed according to schedule?" The man silently nodding yes intimidated by the grown Mono's manner. "B-b-but sir what shall we tell the media?"
"Just tell them that this is one of those life after death experiments. People don't need to know yet that we're secretly trying to summon an elder god to grant us the ability to tear and shape reality. Are the teleportation devices ready? Having to disguise them as televisions was chore enough not to arouse suspicion." The man nodded again, and the grown Mono's smirk grew.
Fast forward to a scene that showed Mono facing a large screen with him and the ground chanting an unknown language. Mono faced the crowd and the many faces watching this spectacle at home.
"AND NOW I TEST THE BARRIERS OF LIFE AND DEATH TO BRING THE ONE I'VE LOST."
Grown up Mono stepped through the barriers and a shockwave ripped through the entire world. The first step of many leading to the world metamorphosis.
Grown Mono looked around the void he was within and looked up only to see a massive eyeball with a multicolored iris and black void. Grown Mono stood his ground as he wasn't going to be intimidated not when he had come so close. He proclaimed up to the eye and spoke, "Ḩ̴̰͓͚͈̽͐ͅe̵̬͖̱̅̍͑̕ą̵̣̹̰̣͆͊̌͒͆r̷̭̀̕ ̷̨̩͇̮̝͉̽͐͌̉m̵̙̹͂̏͐͘͝e̶̛̠̘̞͒̇̍͠ ̴̱̼͂̀b̵̙̬̹̍̅l̴̢̜̪̼̫̻͑ë̸̢̼̼̤͇̱́͐̈́ś̷̥͉̥s̶̟͖̹̥̘̩͂̌̄e̶̗͎̹̗͚̔͌͐̇̈́d̶̛͍̻͙͕͊̒̒̊̕ ̸̤̖̭̩͋̉́͋b̶̟͆̌͒̚ě̷̫͍̺̹͑͒̇̔͠i̵̛̠͕͎̽̏̈́̈́͝n̵̩̙̍͑̈͑͝ģ̵̧͕̖̌̍̑̉̍.̴͓͇̝̳̰̈́ ̶̳̳̯̗͉́G̵̜͈̣̩̮̽̄ȓ̶͍̯͙̻͋ä̷̞̯͖̀͗n̶̘̝̫̑̄͝t̵̠͔̃͝ ̴̨͊m̶̯̤̔e̴̢̙̳͎̫͙͘ ̷͍͙̒͐͛̕ṯ̸́ͅh̶͕̳͈̯̅̑͜ȇ̶̺̒̐͊̂ ̶͇̰̖̖̱͐̔̆͌ͅp̴̨̢̺̺̀̌o̵͍̱͙̻͌̆͂͜͝ͅẃ̴̺͐͋̈e̸̱͕̲̓r̷̯̥̍́ ̵͈̼̻͙́ț̵͝o̶͚̍̊̍̈́̏ͅ ̴̡͒͆̊̓ẗ̸̺̯̟̱̼́ṷ̴̏̀́͠͝r̷͇̲̺͇̝̫̿̀̿͗n̴̦̣̐̽̀̀̕ ̶̡̤̬͇̆b̷̮̔̂͝a̷̦̬̣͚̿c̵̫̈́̓͒k̴̹̝̼̟̜̬̍̆͝ ̵̛̳̝͚̘̩͍͊͋̌t̶̛̲̬̠͌͛͝h̶͙͚̍̍̽̚͘e̸̢̹̼̝͙̍ ̶̝̝̠̘̤̍͗̒͊̄͠c̶͕l̶̼̙̻̍ǫ̷̬̻̻̳̂̔͐̊c̸͖̰̠̍ķ̵͙͆̔̎̈́̇͗,̷̪̗̘͚̂͂̾̍͠ ̷̖̭̎̾t̸̡͎̟̮̤̪̚ó̵͔͚͒ ̴̛̙͈̤̭̃̈́̓̆̅t̶̻͐͗̊̏͝e̴̱͚͙̅ā̷̞͐̅̎r̷̤̲̖̺͍͗̌͗ ̵̮̳̭͓̜̽̐ŗ̷̲̰̺͕͋̒͐͂̑͜ḙ̴̢̣̓̈́̋̈́ä̵̡̬́̚l̵̬̽͛͗̂̎͜͝į̸̻̺͔̠̳̌̃̉͠͠ṱ̷̦̭̅y̷̛͈̝̺͇̍̃̽̃ ̷̢̨̬̇̄͗̉͛͜͝ä̵̛̻͎́s̵̖̺̞̍̓͐̍͒͜ü̴̢̯̰n̸̙͆̋͘͘͝d̴̘̾̉͝ę̴̘̙̃͋̈́̉͜͠r̶͚͈̩̓,̴̫̌̉ ̷͕̳̰͌͑͊̊ͅͅa̵̺͒̇ņ̸̗̘̯͎̝̓͛̅d̵͍̙̣͉̗͆ ̷̨͖͖̣̻̐̒̋͒b̴̘̯̖̱͚̓̃r̴̼̳̒i̴͇̙͇͎͆̓̈̃n̴̛͉̹͋͋͛̉g̶̥͙͒̕ ̵̖͍̘̌͐b̴͉̙̰̻̈͒̍̊̌a̴͎̣͔̞̠͚͋̏̉c̸̢̨̦̱͇͑̔̐̃̇k̵̛͎̩͂̍͘ ̴̩̜̑͋̽̎͠ť̴̮̪̘̖̤̍̈́͠h̵͉͓̄͊̽ò̶̼͈̭͔̬s̴̡̹̭̑̀͠ë̵̪͈̩̼̻́̉̌͒͝͠ ̴͖̼̠̾͆I̸̤͎̞͓̣̔̋ ̴̹͉͈̉̒́l̴̺̖͌̔́̈́̒͝ọ̴͐̍͑̔v̶̹̩̣̗̗͑̂e̸͓̰̼̻͈͆͋̄d̵̛͓̬̳̹̟͓̃ ̶̛̠̱͚͉̒͂͝ͅa̴͇̲̺̥̿́̂͘n̶͈̭̯̟̊̾̈͘d̵͈̟̐͑ ̸̡͙̫͇̤̫̆̎̔̿̌l̷͈̜̭̔͝͝o̵̪͔̩̤͎͉̍͑̈́̅s̸̢̢̖͇̪̤̎͘t̵̝̤̳̱͂̂͂̒.̵̢̠̥̇"
The eyeball merely blinked at him once and his vision faded to white. Grown Mono stepped back out of the portal now empowered as small flecks of light. The crowd watched in anticipation as power began flowing back. The Broadcast of their experiment that has people on the edge of their seats. Grown Mono smiled as he pulled out of the portal his arm held as a crying Una clutched onto him heavily. Grown Mono had done it he pulled someone back from the brink of death.
Grown Mono was in his own world as he held his love in her arms as he looked into his lady's eyes. A sadness and longing filling her eyes as he looked back into grown Mono's. There was something else in her eyes as a frown began growing out of her eyes… Guilt?
"I'm sorry."
Mono didn't realize what she meant by that until the sharpened claw burst through his chest. Shredding down grown Mono was torn apart his upper torso tossed to the ground as he looked up. An utter Monster standing at eleven feet chomping down on his legs. A figure so close to Six with sharpened teeth and claws. Mono didn't have much time to process as both Monster and Lady ran away from the crowd of researchers and security running to try and keep grown Mono alive.
Grown Mono realized he was afraid of death. He had come so close finally achieving his goals of gaining the power to bring his love back. Only for her to betray him and tear him apart. His heartbeat pounding in his ears as flickers of static began floating off his hands. A medic had arrived on the scene to try and stabilize him. Grown Mono with hands brimming with power latched onto the medic and began to pull. The medic began to panic as he felt his consciousness slip away into the dying man he was trying to save. Then blaring pain erupted through both bodies as they combined into one. A lump of two bodies melded together their arms reaching out for more. Hands contacting flesh and pulling more bodies into the mass. Their clothes no longer serving a purpose as they became part of this mass of carrion. What once was a crowd of people following the orders of their boss was now a massive pile of flesh with eyes that were a collective of colors now turning to harsh gray.
"MOrE I nEEd mOrE flEsh."
The fleshy mass making the Tower its home as it began warping reality and signal to attract more people to its collective. Using the signal to fill those who currently seen through televisions to pacify them and make them forget about the flesh. But to never stop watching the TVs for they showed the world what true bliss was. To always watch for when the bliss will call onto you and give you your chance for "freedom." It was a slow development as the Broadcast began slowly absorbing people for the Tower to grow its mass. For the world to slowly transform into a world of horrors. The ones who watched the TV from that fateful day began turning into Viewers and those who could only listen turned into Eavesdroppers. Then there were those who didn't depend on the TV creating abominations who only kept to their deep desires like the Hunter in the Woods or the Doctor who did not save Veronica in time. Then the Signal began affecting the air and sky. The reality bending the wind making it awaken. The wind grew a consciousness and began slaughtering the innocent for fun. Making a game of how many skulls he could collect. Until the Wind noticed one day that some things had restarted. For the Tower knew it couldn't just sustain itself on flesh alone. He needed a source of power that keep him preserved and immortal for the rest of his life. The Tower then realized what it could do.
Using the reality bending powers it had he could send some of his powers into his younger self the night he rescued Veronica from a kidnapper. NO not Veronica he didn't want to get attached to the bitch that almost killed him. He decided to name this next version of Veronica, Duo. Then from Duo became Tri, Four, Cinca, and finally Six. He let Mono keep his name. The Tower was no longer Mono.
HE WAS PERFECTION. HE'D MAKE THIS COUPLE GROW ATTACHED AND THEN THROW IN SOME ELEMENTS TO MAKE UNA'S REINCARNATION BETRAY HIM IN THE END. MONO WOULD SERVE NO OTHER PURPOSE THAN LIVING AS A BATTERY COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE LOOP.
End Flashback
Mono reeled back from the TV screen as he hyperventilated. Rain pouring down from the sky as thunder rolled and lightning struck the trees. Mono gasping heavily for breath as he looked through those memories. Collapsing to the ground as this truth was revealed to him. Eyes wide in terror as he learned it was his fault that the world was like this. Not exactly but that he had the potential to do the exact same thing. He panicked he looked down at his hands and saw he clutched them to the point that he was bleeding furiously. Clenched in fists began channeling power through his hands he opened his palms and grabbed the TV. Channeling all his strength he began pouring all his power with one goal in mind. Aside from the TV he was currently using the other TVs began crackling and sizzling with electricity. With the sound of a thousand lightbulbs breaking the screens of hundreds of thousands of TVs all over the world suddenly exploded. Shards of glass slicing up the faces of Viewers and Eavesdroppers as they fell to the ground dead. Those that lived continued to tear each other apart now that their god abandoned them again.
The sound startled Six awake as she wildly looked around. Noticing the giant boar in front of her face she backed up quickly. Quickly getting up she ran into Mono.
"Mono oh my god you scared me." He didn't respond he just faced the TV screen not saying a word.
"M-mono are you okay?" Six thought for a second that the TV managed to get a grab of him like back in the city. Mono turned around and Six was heartbroken at what she saw.
Mono looked like he was just told that his pet dog, their litter of pups, and his entire family died all at the same time. He looked like his entire world had been turned upside down. Looking down she saw Mono's hands were bleeding and one of them was a claw?
"Mono what happened to you?" She reached forward to pull him into a hug, but he did not return it. Instead, he stepped backward avoiding her and then reached back toward the TV again. Using his powers, he began rewinding something whilst also transmitting something in there. When he was done, he gestured over to the TV and then went down to sit next to the Boar who had laid curled around Mono. Six watched the TV seeing what exactly happened after she was knocked unconscious. The Wind leaving them to die, the Monster swallowing Six whole, Mono unleashing his power beginning to transform the woods around, Mono attacking and killing the Monster with the Boar's help, Mono's arm turning into the Monster's claw, and the entire flashback involving the first Mono, the first Six, and the creation of the Cycle.
Oh No.
Six realizing what Mono was thinking quickly went over to him and sat down next to him.
"I genuinely don't think you would ever do that Mono; you know that right?" Mono stayed silent as he stared off into the night.
"Mono look at me." He still looked away. "Look at me."
Slowly he turned his head towards her, "You are NOT the Tower you will never be the Tower because I know that you are better than who the Tower ever was."
Mono slowly nodded although not agreeing with what she said.
Six believing that the Boar was friendly began curling up into the Boar's warm stomach patted the ground next to her. Mono still frowning laid up next to her and closed his eyes. Six content with that closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep as well.
It felt like ages before Mono could move without disturbing her and waking her. Mono slowly sat up and the Boar turned his head toward the rising Mono. Mono silently put a finger up to his lips and told the Boar to go back to sleep. The Boar going back to deep slumber as Mono gave Six one last look.
She will be safer without me. I'm the monster and I don't deserve her kindness. I'm the one that ruined the entire world. I'm the one that tortured her. I'm the selfish one that brings her into trouble. It's for the best.
Mono slowly undid the jacket and softly placed it over Six's sleeping form. He removed the knife and placed it next to her. Giving her one last look of longing he turned on his heel and….
Disappeared into the night.