The Binding of Isaac belongs to Edmund McMillen and NICALiS

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"Okay Isaac," Cain said as they entered a room, "To survive, you gotta fight."

"But I don't know to..." Isaac said, "Do I gotta get a weapon or something?"

"When you're down here," Maggie explained, "You get a special power..." She pointed to a fly that circled to an oversized pile of dung, explaining, "Just watch." She stepped forward and stared at the fly. Then the sounds of whimpering slowly erupted, making Isaac concerned.

"Are you okay Maggie?" He asked. A ball suddenly flew from Maggie, striking the fly and killing it. She turned around to show her lower lip quivering and tears flowed down her cheeks.

"When you're sad..." she explained, "You can shoot your tears at the monsters."

"In short," Cain said, "You make them drown in your sorrows."

"I don't know if I could do that..." Isaac admitted.

"You were sobbing when we found you," The eye-patch wearing kid pointed out, "You can freaking do it. I won't be surprised if you turn into a machine gun or something."

"It'll be easy," Maggie said as she wiped her face, "And you have to do it; we can't continue until all the monsters are dead."

"Every time we enter a room," Cain explained, "The doors automatically lock until we killed every monster in the room; even the freaky ones."

"So now it's your turn," The girl explained, "Kill that fly and we can leave." She pointed to another fly that was flying idly around. Isaac swallowed and walked ahead, staring at the insect.

"Focus on sadness..." he quietly repeated, "And shoot tears." The easy part was coming; memories replayed of how his old life was slowly ripped apart, and his current situation. Tears started to flow as the horrible truth was remembered. He blinked, and he felt a tear shoot out. When he opened his eye again, the fly was struggling to keep flying. He blinked again, and he saw the fly fall, his new friends sharing their appreciation.

"Nice going kid!" Cain said, "But that's only the beginning; not all enemies are flies."

"I figured..." Isaac moaned.

"Well," Cain continued, "We had to fight off exploding flies and spiders, charging grub things, and disembodied heads that shoot blood."

"Uuu..." Isaac whined, more tears flowing.

"Then there are these freaky-looking enemies that look like us, but have swollen heads and spit up spiders or flies." Cain said, "They kept crying; it was annoying."

"WAHH!" Isaac cried, more tear bullets shooting out. The two kids panic and ducked behind a rock as tear bullets zipped by, one nearly clipping Maggie's ear.

"Nice going." The blonde grumbled.

"What?!" The eye-patched kid asked, "Better to know now than later, right?"

"Isaac, stop crying!" Maggie said, "You're gonna hurt us!"

"I CAN'T!" Isaac screamed as he ran into another room, making the two run after. They slammed into a closed door, making their hearts sink.

On the other side, Isaac was in a larger room, staring at a boy with a swollen head surrounded by red spiders. "Isaac!" Maggie cried on the other side, "What's on the other side?!"

"The weird-head monster Cain was talking about!" Isaac answered, "What do I do?!"

"Make him drown!" Cain shouted, "Shoot it!"

"I can't!" Isaac whined as he sank to his knees, ignoring the fact a few spiders were darting towards him.

"Listen to me Isaac!" Maggie said, "If you don't fight, you will die! You will die, and you will break your promise to help us! And I'm gonna be really pissed if you do! So kill the bastards already!"

"Whoa." Cain uttered. Isaac instantly stood up and unleashed waves of tear bullets on the monsters, seeing another fall with each blink. He stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder, looking back to see Cain and Maggie behind him. "Nice job," Cain said as he gave Isaac a smile, "You conquered a spider army."

"Thanks." Isaac said.

"Sorry I had to yell at you Isaac," Maggie apologized, "But sometimes you need a whip to get the horse going."

"No," The boy said, "I'm sorry I nearly broke our promise."

"Have we all kissed and made up?" Cain asked as he looted a body, "Good, now help me get some treasure; I found three coins in this spider!" The two kids looked at each other and gave off a chuckle before proceeding to help Cain.

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To be continued.