Chapter 8: Hidden Essence

Summary

Ebony walks into the bathroom only to find out that she has…a split personality! Her double explains to her that SHE needs to defeat the NEW boss of the game for her to get her own body, but then she realizes…Ebony is an idiot.

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"You saved them Ebony… All of your emotions at the very second you saw Leon get bitten (in Chapter 5: Leon's Betrayal) created me… I'm you Ebony… I'm an alternate version of you… I'm Ivory…"

"Ivory?"

"Yes, Ivory… Every blackout you can remember since then was me... I was the one who saved your friends on the helicopter…since then, I've been developing a new way to create me a new body…but for every new cheat code there comes a price… For me to receive a new body, YOU need to beat the boss of the game…"

"But, we already beat the boss of the game (Resident Retarded 1)… Didn't we? I think we did… Curse my short term memory…"

"Yes…you did beat the boss of the game but the game is corrupt with a virus… Do you understand?"

"Not really… I still don't understand why I'm talking to a mirror."

"Oh…I guess I overestimated how…smart you are…"

"Well, not everyone can reach my level of smartness."

"I agree…"

"Before we leave, can you tell me what happened during my first blackout?"

"I won't tell you…you're not ready yet… When you're ready I'll tell you…"

"I don't understand."

"Of course you don't."

"Don't what?"

"Understand."

"Understand what?"

"What I told you…"

"What did you tell me?"

"…"

"…"

"Sigh I'm doomed…" Ivory thought to herself.

"Why am I talking to a mirror?!"

"Goodbye, Ebony… Until next time…"

"Wait! What about my bag of chips?!"

Her hidden essence was gone. All she saw was her reflection in the mirror. She began to talk to her reflection as if it were Ivory, asking it questions until her reflection in the mirror got tired of her and walked away. Ebony turned around to see DevilChild and J-Rek standing right in front of her…

"Oh, hi guys!"

J-Rek looked at his brother in complete shock from looking in the mirror behind Ebony…

"Do you see what I don't see…?" asked J-Rek.

"No…" answered DevilChild in shock.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!" shouted Ebony as J-Rek stabbed her with a wooded stake. All Ebony could do was lay there in pain as she blackened-out…