At some point while sitting around, everyone had fallen asleep, and it was night time again. But when Vita woke up, they noticed that Chaos had reverted to a younger form again. Vita reaches over him to shake Ovid awake, who jolts a bit at the contact, but is otherwise fine. He immediately leans to get Chaos up, but the boy isn't budging. It doesn't really register with Ovid at first, who continues to shake him, the worry evident on his face.
"Hey, Chaos? Buddy, you have to get up now." There's no movement from the boy, who stay perfectly still on his side. Ovid starts shaking themselves, and starts whispering about Chaos getting up. Vita reaches over to try to stop Ovid, who almost slaps their hand away. Vita stares at Ovid, whose tears are just springing up already. Vita reaches towards Chaos' neck, and Ovid gulps. But there's a very small, but steady, thump under Vita's hand. Vita smiles, and looks back to Ovid, whose choking back sobs. But he quickly gets the message, and moves to pick Chaos up again. As long as he isn't dead, Vita will take him with them. But something just isn't sitting right. The way his appearance changed, or how he doesn't remember anything. Once Ovid's standing, with little Chaos in his arms, they set off. The night is too silent to disturb, and it's rather peaceful. The stars twi...no wait. The stars look...stationary. They're just floating there, shining down, it all looks pretty ominous.
"Hey, Ovid?"
"Hmm?" Ovid looks pretty placid, now that Vita's thinking about it. He's just staring ahead, his eyes almost look blank.
"Uhm...Did you notice the stars recently? Something's off about them." Ovid just shakes their head, eyes not off the road. Wait, road? When did that show up? There's a dirt road leading to somewhere...but Vita can't see far enough to tell. It's unsettling, and Vita grabs onto Ovid's arm, and he jerks back, struggling to hold onto Chaos. "Ovid. Ovid something's wrong. I think we should go in another direction." Vita looks at Ovid sternly, who has yet to turn around. Ovid turns slowly, spinning on their heel. Their face is serene, and it creeps Vita out so bad they want to scream. But it's when Ovid's eyes settle behind them, it almost seems to crack, and he screams. He screams so loud Chaos wakes up, gripping wildly onto Ovid's shirt. Vita goes to look, but Ovid screams at them not to, and takes off running down the road. Vita follows, their steps thumping hard against the ground. Chaos looks around wildly, searching for some clue as to what was happening. Then the stars turn off. It's dark, and quiet. Vita screeches to a halt.
"Ovid, Ovid what's happening?" They call out into the darkness, but the breathing down their neck stops them. It's hot and moist, Vita shivers, their skin crawling. Then a deeper voice sounds out, whispers just in their ear.
"Hello puppet." Harsh white light fills the world, and that's all Vita remembers.
There's an all white room. The floor is cold, and the air is stale. A door opens, and the screaming rips through the air like a blade.
"No! No! You can't take him from me! He's part of the team!" It's Ovid's voice, desperate and pleading. Vita figures he must be talking about Chaos, but what surprises them is when Chaos's voice chimes in.
"Ovid! Ovid don't let them get me!" There's more screaming, and slamming. There's a slam, and a crack. Ovid screams, and something is thrown into the room, skidding. The door then slam shuts again. Vita tries to open their eyes, but it's not happening. Crying fills the once quiet air until Vita passes out again.
When vita awakens once more, the sobbing is still going on. Vita doesn't know how long it's been, but they can open their eyes now. Ovid's huddled in a corner, sitting with their legs up to their chest, and face buried in their arms. Vita remembers that they should be missing an arm, and looks down. But there is their arm, perfectly intact. All that's different is there's a tattoo of a chain going all the way from their fingertips to somewhere beyond Vita's shirt. As Vita stares at it, Ovid shuffles a bit.
"Vita, they marked you. How could you let them mark you?" Ovid tilts his head at Vita, smiling dully. Vita looks at them, who are they again? They look so familiar, something in Vita's heart aches. Vita leans forward to look at them better.
"You...you already forgot? How could you forget me so...quickly? I'm so sorry I couldn't save you. I tried so hard to find you, Vita. I'm so sorry. I hope you'll forgive me one day," The girl gives a heartless laugh. "I've been a fool. To think I could save you, or anyone. To think I could make a difference. Vita, Vita, Vita. I don't know what's going to happen to us, but i'll miss saying that." The girl starts to crawl over to Vita, who backs up. It crosses Vita's mind that calling them a girl is wrong, but it vanishes just as quickly. Thoughts swirl through Vita's mind, fragments of sentences, too blue skies. It's not until the girl is leaning towards Vita, that all of those thoughts, being an animal, twinkling stars, the color green, are shattered into pieces. Left at bottom of their mind, too broken to even be considered remnants now. Dry lips brush against theirs, Vita's breath sticks itself in their throat. The girl blinks, just holding their lips there, before leaning back a bit.
"Exactly as I thought. Sorry to take your first kiss, assumably, but I had to know." The girl smiles apologetically. Vita blows out all the air they were holding into her face. She giggles, leaning back to sit on her legs. "You deserved to be my first kiss too, but it's been a long time since I last saw you. I don't have it in my to fit anymore, well except for him but…" She trails off, before roughly closing her eyes.
"Ah, there's no time for that now. What you don't know won't hurt you. I'm just...so sorry. Oh my god Vita i'm so sorry! I ran away that day, like a coward! It's all my fault Vita, it's all my fault. Could you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?" The girl looks pleadingly at Vita, and a undeniable urge to forgive this girl explodes in their once swirling mind. It takes over all thought process, all pieces.
"I..I forg...ive...you…" Vita struggles with the words, throat dry. The girl's eyebrows shoot up, and she grabs Vita in a death hug.
"Vita, oh Vita. Thank you, so much. I'm sorry for what you're about to see." Vita opens her mouth to question the girl, but a huge crack is heard. Blood splatters on the white wall next to them. The girl's head falls onto Vita's shoulder, the blood spilling out and staining their clothes. Vita screams, and faints. Vita doesn't wake up again.
AN: From here on out everything is going to get really freaky. But you might not notice right away. Short chapter today! Anyway, just to prove to me someone's reading this. Could you just review? I'm pretty sure I have anon on. Please? Thanks for reading!