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Normal PoV

A few days later

The penguins raced to reach their destination before their human friend. Having done the act many times before gave them a bit of an advantage, something Sara claimed to be unfair, "Come on guys, not cool!"

They chuckled slightly as she ran behind them trying to keep up. Shortly after, they spotted their target. They slid up to the edge of a metal box and glanced at the human male standing nearby. Skipper nodded to Rico as the maniacal penguin jumped with excitement. He slid up to the unsuspecting man and hacked up a bomb. It rolled some feet away before exploding. The man turned and looked around frantically. Skipper hopped onto his shoulder and slapped the side of his neck with his flipper.

The man jolted before falling unconscious.

"We'll boys, looks like Operation: Snow cone is once again a success." Skipper exclaimed proudly.

They hopped on top of the cart and started preparing their snow cones. While they were busy, Sara ran up to the cart panting slightly. Catching sight of the knocked out man, she chuckled, "Why am I not surprised you guys knocked him out?"

"Because you know how we are." Private answered.

"True, true." She started preparing her own snow cone and left some money on the cart for the snow cone man.

Taking one lick from her frozen treat, Childish appeared, "Mmm. I can actually taste the flavor in this. Usually it's just ice flavor."

Sara smiled at her, she did have a point after all.

Her and the penguins wondered off to the secluded part of Central Park. Along the way, she noticed someone hiding among the trees and bushes. Hans, she thought. Apparently he took her little suggestion about following.

Once they reached the area, they all decided to rest and talk while enjoying their snow cones. After they all finished, Sara tried to convince them to show her some of their moves, "Come one Skipper, what's the worst that could happen?"

"You know exactly what I think, sister. There could be spies hiding around." Skipper glanced around as if expecting to spot out a spy.

Sara rolled her eyes, "Skipper the place is deserted. Besides us and the park animals, there is no one here."

At least, that's what it seemed.

"Skippah," Private piped up, "It wouldn't hurt to maybe show her a few things, would it?"

Skipper was about to object, but instead let the thought seep in. He sighed and was about to agree, if not for the sudden beeping sound. Immediately, the penguins faced back to back, searching for the origin of the beeping. Sara, on the other hand, panicked and turned off the communicator. DBL was probably trying to contact her for an update.

She smiled sheepishly when she noticed the penguins looking at her confused, "Oops. Guess I forgot to turn off my alarm. I had it set once every week for my therapy appointments."

"Therapy?" Kowalski pondered, "If you're in a therapeutic class, then shouldn't you be at home to take them?"

"Um well... My parents asked my therapist how I was doing and they said I was progressing pretty well. In fact they said my appointments could be cut to every two weeks. So yeah," Sara struggled slightly to not look away, a major sign of a lie, "I better get going anyway, it's getting late."

Rico looked down, "Aw."

"Already?" Private asked.

"The last time I went out at night I was almost mugged. Really don't want a repeat."

Skipper had offered one of them to take her home, but she refused. The penguins were reluctant to leave, but trusting the remaining sunlight to get her back home safely slid off after a goodbye.

Sara stayed and waved at them. When they were out of sight, she turning her attention to the hiding spot of a certain humanized puffin.

Hans was looking over his notes while the group of friends talked, so he didn't see the penguins leave or Sara disappear entirely. He groaned when he saw he was alone. Looks like I'm not getting any more notes on their fighting skills, he thought.

Snap.

He froze. Someone was trying to sneak up on him. Concentrating on his surroundings, Hans timed his attack. Once who ever was behind him was close enough, he performed a round-house kick... Only to see no one there.

"Calm down will you."

Confused, he looked down to see a crouching Sara, "Erm sorry. I didn't know it was you."

She sighed, "That's fine, you would've have known anyway."

"So why are you here?" he asked as she stood up.

There was a pause, "I wanted to say sorry. About how I acted. I know I'm going a little overboard, but everything's just a little complicated for me right now. My mentality is a little... Wacky."

"What do you mean it's wacky?"

"I'm not... Thinking clearly and... I'm not myself at the moment."

An awkward silence followed. Since that night, both had avoided each other. In fact now that Sara thought about it, Clemson had been avoiding her as well, "Um do you know what's up with Clemson? I noticed he isn't talking to me."

Hans sighed, figuring something like this would happen. She took his company for granted. Once Clemson got it through his head that she didn't want him around anymore, he would forget about her. Now that he isn't trying to get her attention, she would eventually realized that she does want him around. As the saying goes, 'You don't realize what you have until it's gone'.

"I have a good idea, but frankly I think it's better he got over you. You've hurt him enough."

Suddenly, Hans felt something collide with his jaw. He barely had a moment to realize that she had just punched him until Sara tackled him to the ground. Climbing over him to sit on his stomach, Sara held his wrists over his head with one hand. The other clamped onto his sore jaw and kept his gaze toward her. He wouldn't admit it, but the fire in her eyes scared him. This girl was clearly beyond angry. She smirked at him, "And what exactly is THAT supposed to mean?"

He got no time to answer when she let go of his jaw and started to punch him repeatedly in the face. The quick rhythm of her hits showed no intention of stopping. To Hans it felt like forever until she stopped abruptly. Sara smiled darkly at his beaten face. He sported two back eyes, missing teeth and bleeding from his mouth and nose. Bruises started to form all over.

She chuckled, "Well Hans? Had enough?"

After a moment, he had started calling her name over and over. What had confused her was that he didn't sound like he was in pain, in fact he sounded a little... Concerned? It felt like something was clutching her shoulders and shaking her.

Wait a minute, she thought, what's going on? Sara started blinking rapidly as the image of a beaten Hans disappeared.

My PoV

I felt myself being shaken by my shoulders and heard my name repeatedly. I closed my eyes and shook my head. When I opened them I saw Hans right in front of me, perfectly fine. No blood, no bruises, nothing.

"Hans stop. Stop I'm fine. I'm fine!" I managed to pull his hands off me and replay what had just happened... Or what didn't happen.

"Are you okay?" he asked, "You were about to faint on me."

What? "Faint?"

"Yeah. You just... Blanked out then started falling. I caught you before you hit the ground, are you okay?"

From the corner of my eye, I can see Dark smirking. I can hear Sadistic laughing to herself.

No.

No not those. Not again.

Visions.

I hate when they make me visualize their desires. Dark's temper and Sadistic's need to cause pain are never a good combination for anything. What Hans said made me angry, made me want to hurt him for saying it. It wasn't the first time, but it seemed so real.

"Sara?"

I looked at him.

"Is everything okay?"

My breath quickened and my fingers twitched. They're both eager for me to hurt someone, I know they are. A giggling reaches my ears. No.

A flash of purple appears near Dark. No.

I start shaking, twitching everywhere. No.

My gaze turns toward Hans, "Stay back."

"What?"

I step away, "Stay back. Don't come any closer. It'll be safer."

"Safer? What are you talking about? Sara what's going on?"

The impulses are getting stronger. This hasn't happened before. I suddenly start to feel angry again. Hans takes a step toward me, but I take two back.

"Sara if you just let me help!"

"I don't need your help!" I snap, "I don't see why you of all people or animals would try and help me! You hate me! Just leave me alone!"

I raise me fist I throw a real punch at him, but I quickly change it's destination toward a nearby tree. The pain, there is none.

It's silent for a moment. I could here Hans step forth, but I push him to the ground and run off. I have to get away from him. If I don't I really could end up fighting him.

Hiding behind a tree about 20 feet away from where we were, I listen in case Hans tried to chase me. I hear him running, but he stops. Peaking out slightly, I could see his back toward me, looking around.

Why does he care?

He hates me.

Eventually, he leaves and I can calm down. My head hurts, my eyes start stinging. I can't believe I almost lost it. This has never happened before.

"Oh don't start." One of them sneered, Dark obviously, "It's not like you didn't want it to happen."

"Yeah, besides ya punch guys all the time," Sadistic agreed, "Remember that Kevin guy back home. You'd stab with a pencil everyday too."

Childish appeared pouting, "You shouldn't be so mean to him! He's the only close guy friend we have."

Dark scoffed, "You and your crushes. He has a girlfriend! And you never consider anyone an official friend unless they say so, what gives?"

I try to block them out as tears start falling, but who could ignore something that's right in front of you? That's practically screaming in your ear?

"Sara?"

I look up at Brainaic, she has tears in her eyes. They all do. This usually happens. Whenever I get hurt or feel an extreme emotion, they all feel the same thing.

She shook her head, showing she didn't say anything. The others shrugged or shook their head as well. That's odd. Who said something?

"Hey, up here." I look up the tree and inwardly panicked. A familiar chipmunk was looking down at me.

Crud.

"It is you!" Karen exclaimed. She scurried down the tree and stopped in front of me, just as I finished wiping my tears away.

I put a smile on, god it hurt, "Hey Karen! It's good to see you."

She frowned at me, "Were you... Crying? Are you okay?"

"Crying? No and I'm fine."

"Didn't seem like it just now. You can't say your fine when you're clearly upset and crying."

"Just... Feeling a bit homesick that's all." Well, it's not a complete lie.

She blinked then narrowed her eyes, "Yeah, I'm not buying it. I saw you running away from Hans, you looked pretty scared. He didn't try anything did he!?"

My eyes widened. I could see the girls, including Dark, were surprised. Then I processed what she asked, "N-no! He didn't! Honestly!"

"Then why did you look so scared. More importantly, why are you here? Shouldn't you be in school?"

I shrunk back slightly, "Um... I'm here for fall break. And something... Personal happened, that's all. Nothing big."

"Still not buying it," she replied deadpan, "The 'nothing big' part."

"It's... Complicated. You wouldn't understand."

"Is this about the voices? Now before you say anything, Clemson let me in on the voices thing."

I closed my mouth, ready to ask her how she could've possibly known. Trust Clemson to NOT keep a secret. If she already knew, then it would be fine to tell her, right?

"No it isn't!" Dark snapped, "Just because she supposedly knows about us doesn't mean you can open up just like that!"

"It would do you good," Brainiac began, "To get everything off your chest for the moment."

I thought about what they said, they were both right after all. After all the trouble of keeping them a secret, I couldn't just tell Karen all about them. But talking partially about it helped once, it even got me over committing suicide for a while.

"You're not alone you know." Karen added.

I blinked at her, confused.

She smirked, "There are others out there with a similar problem. You already met a few of them didn't you."

Fangirl giggled, "Time to break the fourth wall again! Calling out to Ocean, DBL, Cartoongirl, Doctor-Hamato, Erik and a few I can't remember right now for some reason. I know we know a few more."

"Why are so many people suddenly getting voices or other parts of themselves!?" Dark exclaimed, "I swear, it feels like we started this trend."

"When you think about it," Brainiac thought, "We started seeing this trend DURING Breaking the Chains."

I glared at them, "Stop breaking the fourth wall and making assumptions about other people!"

Karen stared at me. Chuckling sheepishly I said, "Uh... Sorry it's just um... Anyway, yeah I have met a few already."

"Ya see. It probably wouldn't hurt to talk to them, I'm sure they'll understand."

"Mm, maybe."

"So, how long have you been in New York?"

"Since Saturday."

"What!? You've been here this whole time and I didn't even know! Have you seen Clemson yet? I assumed you have since you knew it was Hans you were running from."

"Yeah I've talked to him."

"So?"

"So what?"

"Anything going on between you two? Chemistry maybe?"

I smiled. That's right, she used to think we made a good couple, "No not really. I think he kinda moved on."

She frowned, "What? But you two got along so well! What happened?"

"I... It's my fault. I was sorta pushing him away. I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but I regret doing so. I don't care if he doesn't like me like that anymore, I just want my friend back."

"Does... He know?"

"No."

"So why don't you go and tell him. Even if he got over you, at least he'll now you regret it right?"

I stayed quiet. Karen had a point. I should let him know I didn't want to push him away in the first place. Whether he forgives me or not, and I doubt he will, it'll be settling for him to know. I smiled at Karen, "I will. Thanks for the advice."

She smiled back, "No problem."

Later

I couldn't go back inside the zoo since the penguins think I had gone to my motel room by now, so I waited outside for the Hobokeners to come out. It took a while, about an hour, but I knew I had to do this. Clemson had to know I was sorry.

The clock started ringing. I could see Alice, eager to leave the zoo, already pushing people out the gates. To the side I see them walking out, clearly irritated that she pushed them out.

Butterflies overfilled my stomach as I practiced what I was going to say. Dark whispered in my ear, "You don't have to go through with this. It'll be easier to just forget about him."

I ignored her. She noticed and growled when I started walking toward them.

Hans saw me first, "There you are. Where've you been?"

I held back a snarky comment and turned to Clemson. He only stared at me, his eyes held disinterest. I gulped, "Um could I talk to you... Privately."

"Bout what?"

His voice sounded annoyed. I started shaking a little, "N-nothing. Never mind."

He shrugged and rolled his eyes. This ticked me off. I grabbed his arm and started pulling him away into the secluded area, "We are having a talk whether you like it or not."

I could feel him trying to pull away, but since I had my dads' strength and practice of pulling my own brother and sister away, he failed.

We finally made it to a clearing so I let him go and faced him.

"Alright, what?" He asked annoyed even more.

I sighed, "I wanted to apologize. I shouldn't have treated you the way I should have."

His hard eyes softened slightly, but it quickly disappeared, "It's too late for that. I'm over it. I'm over you."

"I figured, but I just wanted to know that I am, really. Before I leave."

"Leave? Leave where?"

"Where do you think idiot?" I cursed myself for saying that, or cursed Dark I should say, "I'm gonna head back for Cali tomorrow. It'll save Blowhole a lot trouble if I just leave earlier on my own accord."

"You're gonna leave?" He was in disbelief, "After everything you're just gonna leave?"

"Why not? I don't belong here, in fact I don't know where I belong. Who knows, maybe I'll run away and live on my own. It'll be better for everyone if I just disappear from their lives."

"You can't do that! Everyone'll worry sick about you! What about your family?"

"They don't need me. I'm just another mouth to feed."

"Your friends?"

"One of my 'friends' wouldn't even cry, let alone grieve, if one of us died, said so herself. I'm sure the others'll get over it."

"What about the friends you made here?"

I glared, "What friends? The ones who used me for information? The ones who lied to me about who they were? The only ones who probably care are the penguins and Karen. Face it Clemson, whatever you say isn't going to change my mind about leaving. There isn't anyone here who necessarily needs me around."

This isn't how I wanted it to go. Dark, why are you doing this?

Her smirking figure next to me turns to me, "Why would I do this? Why wouldn't I do it?"

"I-!"

My eyes widened. Was he about to say...?

He's quiet for a moment, "No. No I don't care! You can leave or whatever! I don't care!"

They all heard it. They all know what he was going to say.

Fangirl squealed, "He does still care! He doesn't hate us!"

"Oh thank goodness," Brainiac sighed, relieved.

Dark growled, "You're idiots. He doesn't care. He never did. You all just refuse to see reality."

"I don't care about you anymore," Clemson stated, "You don't matter to me anymore."

An image of him beaten and bloody on the ground flashed before my eyes. The image scared me and soon I felt a headache forming.

"I'm over you Sara, you can see that at least."

I gripped the sides of my head as it worsened. To the side I see Dark glaring hard at Clemson.

"I don't like you anymore. You're nothing to me now."

Sadistic looked like she was ready to maul him.

"In fact," he started.

"No! Stop! Clemson I beg you please stop!" More images of him injured, even dead, constantly flashed in front of me eyes. The pain in my head was unbearable, like something was trying to break through.

He chuckled darkly, "You think you can tell me what to do? I'm a villain, this is what I do. Not look after some mentally disturbed chick who thinks she's above me."

"I don't... Ah. Stop."

Crazy started twitching and was giggling to herself.

He glared at me, "I hate you. Understand. I. Hate. You."

The images stopped. The pain disappeared. I shook uncontrollably. To the side, I see the others backing away from Dark, Sadistic, and Crazy.

They looked on in fear as the three were quickly pulled together to form one figure. This one looked just like the others, only entirely different. She had red clothes with blood stains. Her hair was jet black. Her eyes were a wild purple.

A small laugh emerged from her, then it slowly increased to a loud cackle.

Brainiac stared in disbelief, "My god. They merged."

Childish spoke, "W-who are you?"

She turned to the others and smiled widely at them, "Hm, lets see. We're a mixture of Dark, Sadistic, and Crazy. Quite a combination we make don't we. Call us... Killer."

Killer turned to me, "Get him."

Normal PoV

Clemson watched wearily as Sara walked toward him calmly. He had a strange feeling that what he just said was a very bad move. She stood in front of him and stared with blank eyes.

Then, she smiled at him.

His legs were gave out from underneath him as her leg pulled his in. Falling to his knees, Sara maneuvered behind him and bashed the back of his head with her elbow as well a kick to his back. Clemson fell once more on his face and felt her fingers begin to pull on his hair. He screamed as he was pulled upward, his legs still resting on the ground.

Sara reached into her pocket, giving Clemson just enough time to grab her arm and flip her off of him. She landed in her back, but got back up immediately like nothing had happened. Clemson knew he had to get away, but was distracted by the fury and bloodlust in her eyes.

She ran up to him and kicked his side. He flipped to his back screaming in pain as she repeated the action continuously. Finally stopping, Clemson felt her sit on his stomach and pin his hands above his head. Sara cackled as she saw Clemson in the same position Hans should've been in. Holding onto his struggling hands, she reached once more into her pocket and pulled out a small, thin red item. Clemson's eyes widened when he saw it and began panicking when she pulled the blade out.

'No. This can't be happening,' he thought, 'This isn't her."

She cackled again, "Looks like your life is finally gonna end Clemson. But before I get rid of you, let me thank you. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have found what I could really do."

As the blade was pressed against his neck he cried, "Stop! It doesn't have to end this way, in fact it shouldn't! This isn't you Sara! I know you wouldn't do this!"

"You know nothing about me! I tried to warn you, but you wouldn't listen. Now, you're going to pay the price."

Clemson stared fearfully at her, she wasn't kidding. She was really going to kill him.

"You can't do this!" Fangirl yelled. She attempted to run and stop her, but Killer pulled back forcefully, "Oh no you don't. Your lovey-dovey way of seeing things isn't going to help this time."

"Sto-stop this!" Brainiac stuttered, "T-think logically about this. What good will it do if you kill him."

Killer turned to Brainiac as she continued, "He still l-likes her, he was lying."

Sara overheard this, "But like I said, I have you to thank. Perhaps I should reward you."

Clemson felt the tip of the blade tilt his head up. She leaned down and kissed him quickly and gently, "After all, you were lying weren't you? About hating me?"

His eyes were wide, lightly dazed from the kiss. He nodded slowly.

She smirked, "To bad it doesn't mean I'll spare your life. You still broke my heart."

The blade was once again at his throat.

"But he was a friend! He cared! Remember!" Childish exclaimed fearfully.

"But you were a friend. You cared." Sara repeated.

"Love is the simplicity of caring for someone else more than caring for oneself." Artistic muttered.

"I... Care about you." Sara muttered.

She slowly let go of his hands and got off of him.

"There is nothing to be gained from his death. Only sorrow and regret." Brainiac finished.

"I'll only regret it if I kill you." She dropped the blade and turned to walk away.

Clemson stood up, but didn't take his eyes off of her. He was worried. She had just tried to kill him, now she was trying to walk away, "H-hey! You can't just leave. You need help Sara. Going off on your own isn't going to do you any good."

"Just stop Clemson. It'll be better for everyone if I did. Who knows, maybe I will get better if I went incognito for a while."

"No!" Killer screamed, "Get rid of him now! He hurt you! He deserves to face your wrath!"

"You... No. No he doesn't. He doesn't deserve it!" She replied.

Killer glared at her, but then turned back to Brainiac, "You... This is your fault."

Before Brainiac had time to react, Killer grabbed her neck and began to strangle her, "I never liked you from the start. Even Childish was more tolerable than you when she was protecting Sara. If it weren't for you, she wouldn't have to over think anything. But lets see if you can think your way out of your death."

Brainiac desperately tried to tell her to stop, but with her air passage blocked off nothing came out. However Brainiac wasn't the only one.

They all were suffocating.

The girls felt something cutting off their air, even Killer, but she didn't notice. Her rage and need to hurt someone blinded her. Her crazed state of mind didn't comprehend the need for air.

Clemson was about to ask her who she was talking to, until he noticed something wasn't right, or heard something wasn't right. Choked noises sounded from her.

He ran up to face her and found her hands lightly placed over her neck, but clearly not strangling herself. Her eyes were rolled upward and her face was purple from the lack of air. An alarm went off in his head.

He didn't know what to do. There wasn't anything he could see that was choking her. He felt her neck but only felt bare skin. Clemson felt helpless. She was suffocating and there was nothing he could do to help her. Sara wanted to tell him what was happening, but couldn't. She knew as well as he did, nothing could be done.

Suddenly, she fell from the lack of air.

I finally finished. Yes! I would've updated two weeks ago but I forgot to save the file and it was all gone. As you can see this is a long chapter. The longest I've written. Awesome. But it's not all my fault. Fangirl got into another fandom.

Fangirl: I was curious! It's not my fault Happy Tree Friends is awesome.

... Yes and now Sadistic won't put down a pickle.

Sadistic: *holding a pickle* Mr. Pickle can kill you in your sleep. I'm sure he, Lammy, and Fliqpy will be great friends.

Childish found a new play thing.

Childish: Goop is fun to play with :)

And lets see Dark ran away so yeah we had to put some time away to find her. Turns out she was with Cartoongirl for some strange reason. Now she's grounded.

Dark: *sulking in a corner listening to Monster by Skillet* The secret side of me, I never let you see. I keep it caged but I can't control it. So stay away from me, the beast is ugly. I feel the rage and I just can't hold it.

So yeah, lot of distractions. But I really enjoyed writing this chapter, been looking forward to it from the start. Enjoy!