Winter

Monday 11:30PM 31st December

"Rigby ran over to Mordecai and hugged him. Mordecai hugged him for a while and let him go. "Where were you?" Mordecai asked. "I was…" Rigby was about to reply, but before he could his pupils returned to the dark shade of red. "Get back Mordecai!" Skips warned. "No!" Mordecai shouted back. Rigby began to rise up from the ground and float in the air. "What the…?" Mordecai backed off. "Hah, you mortals are so gullible…did you actually think that I would give him up so easily?" Rigby laughed."

An alarm sounded next to Mordecai's bed. Mordecai woke up and turned the alarm off. "Rigby…? Do you want to…?" Mordecai began. "No." Rigby interrupted. Mordecai sighed and left the room, meeting the rest of the park staff downstairs. "Is Rigby coming?" Benson asked. "No." Mordecai sighed. "That's disappointing." Benson sighed. "Let's go." HFG patted Mordecai on the shoulder. "Thanks for the support HFG, I wish I knew what Rigby was so mad about." Mordecai sighed.

"We'll find out." Benson replied, comforting Mordecai aswell. "Well…let's get this over with I guess." Mordecai groaned. Nothing more was said, the park staff went outside and sat on the snow with the rest of the people, who had come to watch the Park's New Year's Eve fireworks. Ethan, Shaun and Jason noticed Mordecai sitting by himself and decided to next to him. "Hey, where's Rigby?" Ethan asked. "In his room." Mordecai replied, looking at the sky. "Why? Did you guys have a falling-out?" Shaun asked. "Yeah…but something's up with him. He's not his usual self." Mordecai replied.

"How so?" Jason asked. "Well, for one thing, his eye colour has changed from black to a dark shade of red, then he beat me and Muscle Man up. Then HFG found his hoodie near the Snack Bar, with blood on it and the hoodie was torn, also there was a green liquid inside the pockets of the jar." Mordecai explained. "What did this green liquid look like?" Ethan asked. "Like…like nuclear waste. Though we already tested it, it's not Nuclear Waste." Mordecai sighed.

"Can I take a look at it?" Shaun asked. "It's on the dresser in my room, upstairs, first door on the right." Mordecai said. "Alright, come along guys." Shaun ordered. "Alright." Jason and Ethan agreed, following Shaun into the house. They walked into Mordecai and Rigby's room and noticed the jar on the dresser. Shaun took the jar and was about to leave with Jason, before they heard a noise from the other side of the room. Ethan was trying to speak with Rigby.

"Ethan? What are you doing?" Shaun asked. "Trying to speak with him." Ethan mouthed back silently. Shaun and Jason walked over to Ethan, who was trying to speak with Rigby. "Rigby…dude?" Ethan tapped Rigby's shoulder. Suddenly, Rigby abruptly turned around and grabbed Ethan by the neck. "What the fuck!?" Shaun shouted, backing off towards the door with Jason. Rigby picked Ethan up and threw him at the wall next to Mordecai's bed. "Jesus Christ!" Jason shouted, running out the door.

Shaun stayed in the room and watched the fight take place. Rigby laid Ethan on the bed and began to punch him repeatedly across the face. Shaun put the jar down and tried to intervene, but he was only rewarded with a punch in the face, knocking him against the nearby wall, knocking him out. Rigby focused back on Ethan again, who was trying to escape. Rigby put his hands around Ethan's neck, choking him.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "Rigby? Are you in there? You're about to miss the fireworks." A voice said, knocking on the door. Ethan tried to push Rigby off of him, but his grip was too strong. Ethan then tried to get the attention of whoever was at the door by punching the wall. Ethan began punching the wall, alerting the person behind the door. "What's going on in there?" the voice asked, opening the door, It was Skips.

Skips gasped then ran over to Rigby, trying to get Rigby off of Ethan. "Rigby, what are you doing!?" Skips asked, trying to release Rigby's grip on Ethan's neck. Skips managed to release Rigby's grip on Ethan's neck and pinned him to the ground. Skips sighed and punched Rigby in the head, extremely hard, knocking him out. Ethan got up off the bed and knelt next to Skips, who was surveying Rigby's body. "What got into him?!" Skips asked. "I have no idea, he just attacked me." Ethan replied, rubbing his neck.

"He did the same thing to Mordecai and Muscle Man earlier this morning." Skips commented. "What are we gonna do?" Ethan asked. "Let's bring him over to my house." Skips said. "Alright, oh wait." Ethan replied. Ethan walked over to Shaun and woke him up. "Urgh…what happened?" Shaun asked. "I'll explain later, just follow us." Ethan ordered. Shaun nodded in agreement and followed Skips and Ethan out the door.

Jason noticed them and walked over. "Before you ask us what happened, just come with me to my house, we'll see what we can do about Rigby." Skips said. Jason nodded in agreement and walked with them to his house.

Meanwhile, Mordecai was lying on the snow by himself. He looked at his wristwatch and noticed that it was only 10 seconds until the New Year, but he didn't care. He wanted to be with his friend for this moment, he had something he wanted to tell him, but obviously he couldn't tell him now. The crowd began to count down to the New Year.

"Ten!" The crowd began to shout. Mordecai began to form a few tears while the crowd continued to count. "Nine!" The crowd shouted. Mordecai looked over at Benson and the rest of the staff, who were sitting a few feet away, who were staring at Mordecai, with depressed looks on their faces. "Eight!" The crowd shouted. Mordecai put his hands next to his hips and let out a depressed sigh. "Seven!" The crowd shouted. Mordecai stared at the firework's being prepared for launch and looked at the sky. "Six!" The crowd shouted.

Mordecai just sat there for the next three seconds, thinking about only one thing. "Five!" The crowd shouted. Rigby…that's all he could think about. What had gotten into him? Mordecai wanted to know so badly. "Four!" The crowd shouted. Mordecai just stared at the sky, counting the stars as the New Year fast approached. "Three!" The crowd shouted. Mordecai continued to look at the sky, wondering what he could do for Rigby. "Two!" The crowd shouted.

Mordecai closed his eyes and laid on the snow as the crowd shouted; "One!" Mordecai opened his eyes, and watched the fireworks fly off into the sky, creating different patterns and colours. "Happy New Year!" The Crowd shouted, laughing and celebrating. The park staff stared at Mordecai as they began to celebrate. Mordecai stood out for a mile, because out of the hundreds of people gathered at the firework show, he was the only one not celebrating. Mordecai got up and walked off, while Benson and the rest of the staff exchanged looks.

Meanwhile, at Skip's house. Skips had tied Rigby to a chair and sat him in the middle of the room. "What's wrong with him?" Ethan asked. "Not sure, let's wake him up." Skips walked over to Rigby. "Wait…that's insane. He just tried to kill Ethan, and you said he almost killed Mordecai and Muscle Man, are you insane?" Shaun asked. "No, but he's restrained, he can't do anything to us while he's restrained." Skips explained. "Oh, well go on." Shaun replied, walking over to Rigby with Jason and Shaun. Skips punched Rigby across the face, waking him up. "What…what the hell?" Rigby asked, trying to break the ropes. "Rigby…?" Skips asked. "What…?" Rigby asked. "We need to talk." Skips began.

Meanwhile, Mordecai was walking alone along a small path through the snow. He noticed Skip's house had its lights on and decided to investigate. Mordecai walked through the door and noticed that Rigby was restrained by ropes. "Mordecai, come over here." Skips ordered. Mordecai obliged and walked over to Skips and the other three. "What's going on?" Mordecai asked. "We're questioning him." Skips replied. "Oh…alright." Mordecai replied. "He doesn't seem so angry at the moment, he just seems, confused." Jason pointed out.

Mordecai looked over at Rigby, who was looking over at him. But Mordecai noticed something, Rigby's eyes were its original black, not red. "Skips, that's the real Rigby." Mordecai said. "How do you know?" Skips asked. "Look at his eyes." Mordecai pointed to Rigby's eyes. "They're black…like usual." Jason gasped. "Untie him." Shaun ordered. Skips walked over to Rigby and untied him. "Rigby…?" Mordecai asked, tapping Rigby on the shoulder.

Rigby ran over to Mordecai and hugged him. Mordecai hugged him for a while and let him go. "Where were you?" Mordecai asked. "I was…" Rigby was about to reply, but before he could his pupils returned to the dark shade of red. "Get back Mordecai!" Skips warned. "No!" Mordecai shouted back. Rigby began to rise up from the ground and float in the air. "What the…?" Mordecai backed off. "Hah, you mortals are so gullible…did you actually think that I would give him up so easily?" Rigby laughed.

Rigby wasn't speaking in his voice, the voice that was speaking was a chilling and frightening demonic voice, which you would usually hear in a horror movie. "What have you done to my friend, asshole!?" Mordecai shouted. "Now there's no need for foul language, I simply 'borrowed' this body for some fun." Rigby continued. "Who are you…?" Skips asked. "Ah, hello Skips, how are you?" Rigby turned and faced Skips. "How do you know me?" Skips asked, with fear in his voice.

"Never mind that, now let me continue." Rigby shook his head. "So…I found this mortal walking through a blizzard by himself, it was an easy job. I waited until he was too far for anyone to hear him scream or call for help and I possessed him." Rigby continued, pacing back in forth while in the air. "Why?" Mordecai asked. "Because I needed a body, and this one was too easy to possess. You see, when someone is stressed or extremely depressed, it's easier to enter the body. But if someone is happy, or of an average mood, it makes it harder." Rigby continued.

"How does that work?" Jason asked, confused. "Just don't worry. Long story short, I chose this body randomly." Rigby finished. "Wait…what do you mean? Rigby wasn't depressed or stressed." Mordecai crossed his arms. "Oh, but yes he was. But you were too distracted on your own problems and issues that you didn't see it." Rigby began once again. "Can you explain to me what he was depressed and stressed about?" Mordecai asked. "Mordecai, we have more important…" Skips began. "Shh, fellow immortal, let the Jay speak." Rigby shut Skips up.

Rigby walked over to Mordecai's height and began to explain. "When you possess someone, before you can successfully enter their body, you have to pass through their memories." Rigby began. "Yeah…" Mordecai listened on, and so did Skips and the others. "Well, when I possessed this body, I was involved in all of the memories from the past ten years of this man's memories and thoughts, including some very personal thoughts." Rigby continued, beginning to pace once again.

"For example, I know of the Plane Crash you and this man were in together, and how you survived in the forest with these three men." Rigby pointed over to Ethan, Shaun and Jason. "I also know of when that girl confronted you when you got back." Rigby continued. Mordecai sighed and told him to carry on.

"Also, as an important thought, this body had feelings for a certain someone." Rigby stopped pacing and began to lower towards the ground. After landing on the ground, Rigby put his finger on Mordecai's chest and said; "He had feelings for you, my friend." "Of course he does, we're bros. I know he likes me as a brother." Mordecai explained. Rigby sighed in frustration. "You do not understand, my friend." Rigby began to get frustrated.

"Whatever, just get out of my friend's body." Mordecai ordered. "Even though I don't need this body anymore, I'm not gonna leave it." Rigby replied. "Why not?" Skips asked. "I'm a generous being, that's why I've decided to stay in this body, until this Jay right here understands." Rigby replied, crossing his arms. "Understand what?" Mordecai asked. "You disappoint me, Jay." Rigby sighed in disappointment. "Explain to me." Mordecai un-crossed his arms. "No, I will not. Maybe when you understand, I will return." Rigby disappeared into a cloud of green smoke.

"He…he's gone…" Mordecai gasped. "Jesus Christ…" Ethan covered his mouth. "Where did he go?" Mordecai asked Skips. Everyone in the room was staring at Skips for an answer. "I…I don't know Mordecai…I'm extremely sorry." Skips walked over to Mordecai. "Is he dead?" Mordecai asked. "No, he's just in a different dimension at the moment." Skips explained. "What did he mean by, understanding Rigby's feelings?" Mordecai asked.

"Maybe Rigby has…feelings for you? Like, love feelings?" Shaun questioned. "No, he's not gay. He's straight." Mordecai argued. "But Mordecai, it would explain why Rigby is always so comfortable around you and keeps giving you those looks." Skips explained. "What looks?" Mordecai asked. "Jesus Christ Mordecai, you're so oblivious." Skips sighed in disappointment. "I've known him since I was six…but…I wouldn't think…" Mordecai muttered to himself. "It's normal. He's known you for over 25 years." Skips shrugged.

"He has a good point Mordecai." Shaun agreed. "I…I'm gonna head back to the house, need to think about this…" Mordecai pushed past the men, then left Skip's house.

A few minutes later Mordecai sat on his bed, facing Rigby's trampoline. "Fuck…I miss the little guy." Mordecai began to cry. Just then, Benson came through the door and sat next to Mordecai on his bed. "Hey Benson." Mordecai greeted, not taking his eyes off the trampoline. "You miss him, don't you?" Benson asked. "Obviously." Mordecai sighed. "We all do." Benson patted Mordecai on the shoulder. "Skips told me about the encounter at his house." Benson sighed.

"What if they were right…? What If I do like Rigby…?" Mordecai asked. "It's fine if you do, I wouldn't be surprised." Benson looked over at the trampoline. "Don't worry Mordecai, we'll sort this out." Benson tried to comfort Mordecai. "Benson, I'd rather be alone for a bit." Mordecai said. "Alright, let me know if you need anything." Benson sighed, leaving and shutting the door.

Mordecai laid in his bed and stared at the ceiling.

"Where are you Rigby…?"

Holy Crap! Chapter Four is finished! I apologize for any spelling and grammar errors, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

So it's been revealed what happened to Rigby during the blizzard. How will this work out? Does Mordecai have feelings for his best friend? Find out in the final, epic chapter, of Winter.