Sayonara Solitaire
Chapter 8: Reconciliation
"Damn it Marc, we can't keep this charade up any longer," someone with a deep voice said to him behind a tree.
"Don't worry, I got it all under control," Marc replied, sitting down. "I mean, look how far I am."
"What are you trying to do?" the person asked, with a slight hint of anger. "You're not here to fall in love with that stupid woman."
"Hey, she's not important right now," Marc responded, giving the person a bad look. "Look, I won't bail out on the mission."
"You are, because the first thing you do is KILL THAT DAMN GIRL!" the person hissed. "You've fallen in love with her and I'm just trying to straighten you out, because you're forgetting the mission."
"Shove your mission," Marc replied, sliding to the other side of the tree.
The person with the deep voice was a man dressed in elegant red clothing, but his face was covered by an emotionless, iron mask. His skin was pale and looked damp with something that looked like glue.
"What?" the man asked, binding Marc to the ground and keeping him there. "Either you kill the girl or I'll do the worst thing I can do to her."
"What?" Marc asked, his eyes starting to get red.
The man pulled off his mask and transformed into Marc.
"I'll just soften her a little," the man, who was now disguised as Marc, said. "And then I'll get her into the-"
Marc broke the binding and knocked the mimic down, right when he transformed into Rosette.
"STOP THIS!" Marc yelled, hitting the mimic's head on the ground.
"What...are...you...doing!?" Chrono shouted as he came closer.
"Chrono, help," the mimic said in Rosette's help. "You were right Chrono, I'm sorry."
"WHAT!?" Marc shouted, taking out his sword and pointing it at the mimic.
Chrono grabbed Marc by the arm and jumped into the air, kicking Marc down on his side while still holding his arm. Marc's arm made a snap and he fell down, screaming.
"Damn it, Chrono, this ISN'T ROSETTE!" Marc exclaimed, picking up the sword with his other hand.
"You traitor...I never liked you from the start!" Chrono shouted. "I obviously care about Rosette more than you do! I hope you burn in HELL!"
Marc got up, but was kicked into the wall by Chrono, who was enraged.
"...Fine, I'll show you how much I care for her," Marc replied, forcing Chrono away with his brute strength.
Marc walked over to the mimic, who was shouting at him, but Marc ignored these cries and picked the mimic up.
"Stop it!" Chrono yelled, getting up.
Marc put his mouth on the mimic's mouth, making Chrono angry and enraged. After a short while, the mimic backed up, grabbing its head and transforming into many random objects such as trees, stones, bells, and many other inanimate and everyday objects, showing Chrono that it wasn't Rosette, but a mimic.
"Go back, Männlich," Marc said in a cold voice, revealing the mimics name. "Go back to Germany and back into the cave you reside in."
Männlich gained control again and transformed into Marc, just with black hair and completely red eyes. He took out his sword.
"Fine," Marc said in response, knocking Männlich down with his unbroken arm.
Marc took out his sword and began swinging at Männlich, making gashes and cuts in the mimic's body. Instead of blood coming out, though, a bright white light came out of all the gashes, making Männlich's body unstable and causing him to implode and disappear.
"...Need any help?" Marc asked, tried and holding his arm out.
"I'm sorry," Chrono replied, taking Marc's hand and getting up. "It's just that....I care for Rosette."
"It's alright...I understand," Marc responded, putting his sword away. "I'm leaving tomorrow."
Chrono just stared at Marc, whether or not to be happy that he had Rosette again or to be sad he had driven away the person who had saved his life. Chrono opened his mouth, about to speak his mind.
"You won't make Rosette very happy, then," Chrono said, which made Marc widen his eyes and look at Chrono. "She'll hate you...she'll try and forget you...but you know what? You'll always be on her mind, making her life slowly dwindle away until she'll die of a broken heart."
"I don't want that to happen to Rosette," Marc replied, thinking about Rosette. "I want her to be happy."
"You want her to be happy?" Chrono asked. "Then stay with her and make her happy."