"Whats that supposed to mean?" Marty asked impatiently. Alex hid his claws behind his back, hoping not to hurt his friend. "Remember when we were on Madagascar and I went a little nuts?"He asked. Marty rolled his eyes. "How could I forget?" Alex gulped."well...I think its back" Alex expected some kind of wild reaction from the zebra but all Marty did was stare at him. Marty was about to assume his friend was pulling another prank but seeing the fear in his eyes and his struggle to sheath is claws, Marty knew he wasn't joking.
"What to we do? I mean, we were able to stop it once, we can stop it again, right?" Marty asked. Alex shrugged. "I don't know. But this seems different. It seems stronger than the last time." Marty gulped too. He knew that Alex's instincts could mean his life. And since its stronger... "Marty, please. I don't want to hurt you." Marty stood on his hind legs and put his hoof on Alex's shoulder. "We can fix this" Alex looked at his friend. "How?" Marty thought. "I-I don't know" He stuttered.
Suddenly, Alex felt his fear become anger. An uncontrollable anger. A fierce anger. "You don't know?" He muttered. There was a growl in his voice. Alex glared at his friend. "You don't know?!" He repeated, shouting now. Marty began to back away. "Alex, what are you doing?" Alex gripped Marty's arms. Marty tried to pull away. Marty had been working out a bit to impress the triplets. He was strong. Alex was much stronger. Marty continued to struggle. "Let me go, Al!" Alex growled. "I thought you were my friend!" He said. "you should always try to help me after the many times I helped you! You made me like this! And you're gonna pay!" Alex was about to claw at him. "Alex, please STOP!" Marty yelled. Alex then was relived of his anger. The crazy look in his eyes faded. He looked at Marty. "Im sorry." He said, choking back a sob. "Im so sorry!" And with that, Alex ran of, crying.
Alex hid in the corner of his cart. "Why are you doing this to me?" He looked in the mirror. He didn't know if he was crazy or hallucinating, but when he saw his reflection, it stirred into the same version of himself he saw in his night mare. "What do you mean, why?" Wild Alex asked. Alex couldn't tell if he said that or his reflection did, but he responded anyway. "Why am I becoming a monster?" He asked. Wild Alex shrugged. "It's just a part of a cats life" He said. Alex shook his head. Wild Alex was trying to take over. He could feel it. "No! I was able to stop you back on Madagascar, so I can stop you again!" He said. Wild Alex chuckled. "I'd like to see you try." He said mockingly. "But I'm stronger now, and you can't defeat me so easily." Alex grabbed his head. Wild Alex was still fighting. Alex looked back in the mirror. His reflection looked annoyed. "What does it take for me to have control? I've tried hallucinations, I've tried everything!" Alex chuckled. "I guess I'm stronger than you" Wild Alex began to stir in the mirror. "We'll see about that" was the last thing Alex heard from him before he saw his regular reflection in the mirror.
Alex thought it was over before his head suddenly began to hurt like crazy. "No!" He shouted. The monster was taking over. He tried not to roar or to scream, so he bit his lip. That didn't work, so he bit his hand. That seemed to work. Alex began to be driven to madness due to all this fighting and all this pain. Finally, Alex had the strength to stick him self in the corner of his cart. After talking to himself and screaming without noticing, Alex passed out.
Alex awoke to a knock at his door. "Alex? What was that noise? Are you ok?" Gloria's voice asked. Alex looked around his destroyed cart. "Uh, y-yeah, I-I'm ok." He stuttered. Alex left his cart and made sure that no one entered it. He went to Gia's cart. "Gia? Can I talk to you?" He asked. Gia nodded. "I've been feeling strange lately. I don't know what's wrong with me." Alex explained. "Like, a dark side of you is trying to take over?" Gia asked. Alex's ears perked up and his eyes widened. "How did you know?"
Gia giggled. "Oh Alex, every cat goes through that. I went through it, Vitaly went through it, and now you are. Although, you it may have come late because by the looks of your age, it should have already come and gone by now." Alex's ears went down again. "Well, y'see, it has." Gia looked confused. Alex continued to explain. "I mean, I got rid of it pence but now I think it's back." Gia looked concerned. "Back?" Alex nodded. "Is that normal?" He asked. Gia shook her head. Alex felt a surge of fear run through him. *Not normal? Why? What's happening to me that never happened to other cat? What's wrong with me?* He thought. "Nothing's wrong with you." Gia said. Alex didn't notice that he said the last part out loud.
"I'm gonna get Vitaly. I'll be right back. You stay here, ok?" Gia said. Alex nodded and stayed put as Gia went to fetch Vitaly. Alex sighed. "I know there's something wrong with me. Unless this is normal, but Gia just said it wasn't!" He said to himself. Suddenly, the world around him began to spin. Everything was growing hazy and dark. The last image he saw was Gia and Vitaly entering the cart. "Alex!" Gia screamed, and Alex was lost in darkness.