O MY GODS I'M BACK! I'm such a horrible person for not updating in forever… I'm trying to get back on track, I promise, the only blame I can point is at school… It should be banned forever…
By the way, if you want to read a little AU one-shot about Evra and Eclipse, go find 'Remind Me' by, naturally, me. It's the last chapter, but read the other 2, too… please? Lol
Dedicated to capt'n smuggins for reviewing during my lapse of absence!
DISCLAIMER: even after all that time, no…
WARNING: this is an emotional chapter where Sissy grows as an undead human and Eclipse is (unintentionally) tortured a bit.
Eclipse's POV
I curled up, tears streaking down my face. My stomach hurt so bad and I was scared. Sissy wasn't anywhere to be found; good. She can go and get a hold of herself. I wasn't mad at her. It was an accident. But right now I was frightened and I didn't want to look at her. I felt myself gag as the stench hit my nostrils. I covered my mouth, but I vomited anyways. It got all over me, making me vomit even more. I took shuddering breaths, sobbing some more. My glasses where slipping down my nose, and the metal on my teeth was scraping up my cheeks.
How did that happen?
We can't switch back and forth freely. She can only enter my body when I die!
… Right..?
I don't know.
I just don't know anymore.
I just want to go home.
I got to my feet and began stumbling back. I'm not sure how far I am from camp, but I'm close. I'm holding my stomach; you would too if you just saw what I saw.
I feel like puking again, but I can hold it back. It's more of a feeling in my head than an actual physical feeling. Speaking of which, I'm dizzy. I had to lean on trees more than once on my way back to camp.
I was trying to ignore the horrible smell that was coming off of me. I mean, I smelt worse than a sewer. I would need a bath when I get back.
I can see the lights. Okay, I made it back. Now how am I going to explain...
Oh crap, I'm gonna vomit!
Evra's POV
"Darren, I'm worried about Eclipse and Sissy," I said for the billionth time. It was really weird! I woke up in the middle of the night when it sounded like Eclipse was having a seizure or something, and then they both ran out!
Darren groaned and rolled over in his cot, giving me a look.
"Evra, I'm sure they're fine," he said for the billionth time back to me.
"I know, I know, but she seemed so scared when she left, and she's STILL not back-"
"Are you sure you're not JUST worried about Eclipse?" My face got hot and I glared at his sly look.
"Shut up, Darren," I huffed, crossing my arms. Darren laughed and me and opened his mouth to say something else when his face scrunched up.
"Good God, what the hell is that?" He covered his nose with his hands, sounding like he was gagging. I frowned; I couldn't smell anything.
"What's what?" I asked, getting concerned. He shook his head and we got up to investigate.
Outside our tent, the moon was a sliver of silver in the black sky. The stars dotted the black, almost lighting up the darkness. Darren made another gagging sound and pointed to our left. The forest was almost menacing in the dark of the night. I looked back at him uncertainly.
"I'm not going in there," He immediately stated before covering his mouth and nose again.
I looked back at the woods and took a few steps forwards. Everything was dead silent, which just added to my unease. I had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. Something definitely wasn't right.
"Darren, Evra, what are you two doing?"
I jumped and looked back.
Mr. Crepsley was standing behind a shaken Darren, eyeing us over. It was obvious that whatever Darren smelled, he could smell it too. Darren began to explain, but he was stopped with a wave of his masters pale hand.
"It is most likely a dead, rotted animal. It is nothing you have to inspect."
"But it smells like something that got its guts ripped out!" Darren groaned under his hands.
My gaze drifted back to the entry of the woods. That didn't ease me at all. Something else was wrong. I could feel it.
"'s not a dead animal..."
We whipped around. There was Sissy sitting behind our tent, curled up into a ball. She looked like she'd just done something horrible.
"'s not a corpse," she said again in a small voice. Her red eyes were focused on the ground.
"Where's Eclipse?" Darren asked, walking over and kneeling down next to her. She looked at the forest though her cracked glasses.
That horrible feeling in my gut got worse and I slowly turned around. I could hear something that sounded like whimpering coming from within. I slowly walked forwards again. The sound was getting louder the closer I got, and I began to smell what the other were. They were right, it was awful.
I nearly threw up as a pulled some branches from a bush back. My eyes got wide.
"Eclipse..?"
Eclipse's POV
I didn't look at Evra.
I couldn't.
I didn't want him to see me crying.
I didn't want him to see how sick I was.
I didn't want to look weak.
Evra called out for Mr. Crepsley, kneeling down next to me.
I shrunk away from him when he tried to touch me.
I felt disgusting.
Darren and Mr. Crepsley where there after a few seconds.
I shook my head every time one of them asked me what was wrong.
I was too ashamed to tell them.
I felt that Sissy was close.
I looked up and saw her standing a few feet away.
Her face was caked in the tears of blood she'd cried.
She looked like she was going to cry again.
"'Clipse… I'm so sorry…"
Evra's POV
I sat outside of Mr. Tall's trailer. I was waiting for Eclipse. It was really early in the morning, and I should've been asleep, but I couldn't go back without her.
Sissy was also outside. She had gone in for a while, but then came out and sat next to me, curling up into a ball.
We didn't really talk. We weren't the best of friends on any normal occasion, so we sat there in an awkward, gloomy silence.
"Hey, Von."
My eyes snapped open and I looked over at the zombie. She had her eyes cast to the ground.
"You like Eclipse, don't you?"
My face got hot and I responded, "Well, yeah, I mean, she's my friend!"
Sissy shook her head.
"That's not what I mean, Von. You like-like Eclipse." I could feel my chest get tight, and I didn't say anything back.
"I can tell. Me and 'Clipse are connected, and every time she around you our heart starts beating really hard." She kept staring at the ground, refusing to look me in the eyes.
"'Clipse hasn't ever liked someone like that. In every orphanage we've ever been in, people have always been really mean. They always laughed at her. It took a long time for her to stop crying herself to sleep." She paused, frowning at a thought.
"And I've always had to take care of her. Ever since she's needed me, I've been here to take care of her and keep her safe. But she's gotten a few friends at some of the orphanages that stand up for her. And every time that happens, 'Clipse needs me less and less. I'm scared that one day, she just won't need me anymore. What would happen to me then? What would happen if she was safe from ever dying and she never needed me ever again?" She drew her legs in a little more, her white hair falling into her face.
"Tonight, I was keeping an eye on her, and for some reason, our body sucked me in. For some reason, it made me go crazy."
She finally looked at me.
She looked scared. I had no idea that she could actually feel fear.
"Evra, I killed someone in front of Eclipse. And I ate half of him and beat her up before she could get me out."
I watched a bloody tear roll down her grey face.
"Evra, you have to promise me something."
I nodded, not breathing.
"If that ever happens again, you have to keep Eclipse away from me."
More tears streamed down her face like little red rivers.
"Please, Evra, I love her too much to ever do that again. Please, you have to promise me that you'll protect Eclipse when I can't!"
I nodded silently.
I looked her in the eyes.
"I promise."
I feel so bad for doing that to my girls!
S: you should, you bitch!
E: I'm gonna have to go with Sissy on this one…
TFN: T_T I know… I'll make it better in the next chapter, I promise…
S: you better, or I'm eating you next.
E: Please R&R. Be first and get a chapter dedicated to you.
TFPN: And yes, they really are that mad at me… T_T
