Note: Jeff, in between getting ditched and joining Giygas' crew.
6: Break Away
Jeff rested near a dead tree, trying to rest off his wounds, having fought off several marauding monsters. Jeff honestly felt betrayed. He couldn't believe that he would be treated this way by the so-called heroes as well as his own friend, Ness. Why would they just leave him for dead? Oh, it's because he insulted Nintendo.
He gritted his teeth. "I know I was a bit harsh, but I had honest criticisms." He said to no one in particular. Sure, Nintendo's lovable, but there's a lot of legitimate problems, he thought. There's the poor net coding in comparison to other systems, the user interface of the shops are quirky and friendly but it's annoying to navigate, the lack of proper account systems until later, overreliance on Mario while smaller series don't get too much attention, the problems with Nintendo of America such as not bringing the regular New 3DS over until much later and the XL not coming with a charger and the constant amiibo shortages in America…
Jeff paused his thoughts. What the hell was a New 3DS? What's amiibo? Is that a food? Is there some weird time difference between when the original Earthbound arc in Attack of Giygas was written to this short chapter of a side story? Probably. But still, Jeff felt like he had a point.
But noooo, that perfectly justifies leaving him for dead to get beaten up by monsters.
"I'm not evil for this." Jeff thought. It all just made him angry…
"Be angry." A voice hissed - in his head.
Jeff looked up into the dangerously red sky. His universe was the first that was seriously invaded by the Giygas administration - perhaps mainly out of spite after being defeated the first time. And second time. During his first invasions, Giygas influenced the evils within someone's heart to make them evil; it used to only influence a few people, but now with that gas in the sky, many people are much more susceptible to it.
Including him, he thinks. He used to think that he was immune to it, but now, with these feelings inside of him rising up...
"You're not evil." The voice said, as Jeff felt anger and spite rise inside of him.
He felt the presence of somebody heading near him, but he still felt too weak to draw a weapon…
"But if they're going to treat you like you're evil, than let yourself be evil."