Dirty Little Secret

By: esmtz

"Cartman, hey Cartman wake up dude."

Cartman felt himself being shaken awake as he opened his eyes and saw that Kenny was looking down at him. For a second he thought that he had been dreaming until he suddenly heard Kyle's voice screaming for someone to call 911. He frowned slightly as Kenny helped him to his feet.

"What happened, Kenny?" Cartman asked before turning his attention to Kyle.

Cartman's eyes went wide when he saw that Stan was still tied to the chair and wasn't moving and Cartman's body was lying right next to him. Kyle surprisingly was kneeling next to Cartman and was putting pressure on his wound. The look on Kyle's face was one of despair as from what it seemed like to Cartman both he and Stan were dying.

"H-How…?!" Cartman said unable to believe what he was seeing.

"You're having an out of body experience dude." Kenny told him making Cartman look back at him with a horrified look on his face.

"Then are you…?" Cartman started to ask.

Kenny nodded.

"Yeah I'm dead." Kenny replied not surprised at all that he died.

"How are you not freaking out right now, Kenny?!" Cartman said completely surprised at how calm Kenny was making him sigh.

"Because this isn't the first time I've died. Though it has been awhile since the last time I died." Kenny told him making Cartman look at him confused.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Cartman asked.

"Dude I die like all the fucking time or at least I did when we were kids. It's not surprising that you don't remember because every time I've come back you guys always acted like nothing happened. You guys probably got your memories erased or something." Kenny said.

"You can't possibly expect me to believe that because that's not possible." Cartman said looking at him like he was crazy.

Kenny rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.

"Believe me don't believe me I don't really care. Right now we should be trying to find a way to get you back inside your body don't you think?"

"Wait so if I'm out of my body then that means I'm dying right? So then where's Stan?" Cartman asked.

Kenny shrugged.

"He's probably still in his body."

"So does that mean he still has a chance to survive this?" Cartman asked hoping that Stan was going to be ok.

Kenny looked at him sadly before shaking his head.

"No. Cartman I don't think he's…"

Kenny was cut off when Cartman grabbed him by his shirt and yanked him towards him.

"What do you mean 'no', Kenny? Stan HAS to survive this!" Cartman told him feeling himself growing more anxious and worried.

Kenny looked at him worriedly as he reluctantly admitted to Cartman what he thought was going on.

"I'm sorry Cartman, but I can just tell. I've been around death all my life to know when someone isn't going to make it. Not only that but I don't sense his soul anywhere. I think he might have already…"

Kenny winced as Cartman tried to punch him in the face but his fist went right through him instead.

"DAMMIT KENNY! STAN ISN'T DEAD! HE CAN'T BE!" Cartman yelled trying so hard to convince himself that Stan was still alive as he felt the tears start to blurry his vision.

Kenny didn't know what to say as he kept looking at Cartman with a sympathetic look on his face. Not even a minute later Butters rushed into the room with tears pouring down his face as he rushed over to Kyle to tell him what happened to Kenny. Kyle felt like he was living a nightmare as he realized that ALL of his best friends were either dead or dying as he felt his heart break and immediately he bursted into tears. Noticing both Stan and Cartman, Butters's eyes went wide not knowing at all what to say.

"Oh hamburgers…" Butters whispered his eyes a blood shot red.

Cartman looked down at Kyle worriedly still surprised to find that Kyle was still trying to stop the blood from coming out of HIS wound.

"Kenny there's gotta be something that we can do!" Cartman said turning his attention back to him.

Kenny rubbed the back of his neck as he looked at him worriedly.

"Well there might be a way, but there's no guarantee that it would work." Kenny told him.

"Dammit Kenny we have to do something! I'm not going to just stand here and let Stan die especially when he's still needed here!" Cartman said before turning his head to look at Kyle again.

Kenny chuckled shaking his head still amazed that Cartman cared as much as he did especially when it came to Stan and Kyle.

"You really have changed since we were kids huh Cartman?" Kenny said smiling slightly at him.

Not even bothering to respond Cartman watched as Butters tried to console Kyle and after waiting a few minutes the paramedics eventually arrived on the scene and immediately went to untie Stan and put both him and Cartman on stretchers. Kenny and Cartman followed after Kyle and Butters as they made their way towards the ambulances.

"So how are we supposed to help Stan, Kenny?" Cartman asked watching as the paramedics put both Stan and himself in one ambulance while other already had Kenny inside it.

"You know how I said that I'm always dying? Well there might be a way where I can somehow use that power to bring one of you back." Kenny told him as they both got in along with Kyle who sat right next to Stan's body with tears running down his face as the paramedics immediately tried to revive him.

Cartman winced when Stan's body was electrocuted and still there was no sign of a pulse. Deciding to trust Kenny about his unable to stay dead powers Cartman looked at him hoping that he had some kind of a plan that would help to revive Stan.

"Well what do you got in mind?" Cartman asked.

Already knowing the answer but deciding to ask anyway Kenny looked at Cartman with a serious look on his face.

"I'm going to make this perfectly clear even if it does work for one person I seriously doubt it would work again for another especially so soon after reviving one person so you still want me to save Stan?" Kenny asked.

Without hesitation Cartman nodded.

"Stan wouldn't have even been in this situation if it wasn't for me. I know who I am and I know that I don't deserve a chance to live not like Stan does." Cartman replied.

Kenny waited a few seconds before responding.

"You know he's going to be hurt about all of this. After all you're his…"

"He deserves better." Cartman immediately replied making Kenny look at him in surprise, "After I'm gone he's going to find someone way better for him than I could ever be and besides we weren't going out for that long and it wasn't like I was a close friend of his to begin with anyway so he shouldn't take my death all that hard."

"You sound as if you're not convinced." Kenny said looking at him.

"He'll be fine. After all Stan still has you and Khal." Cartman told him watching as the paramedics kept trying to revive Stan.

"Cartman I've never done this before so I don't know what's going to happen to me afterwards if this works. For all I know reviving Stan will stop me from coming back alive." Kenny said looking at him worriedly.

"Is there a way that I can help?" Cartman asked.

"Maybe. I don't know how this will work at all but maybe it's got something to do with giving him energy?" Kenny asked, "It's worth a try."

Cartman sighed and nodded wishing it was one hundred percent full proof but agreed to it anyway.

"Better than just sitting here and watching him die." Cartman said.

Within five minutes the ambulances had made their way to the hospital and the paramedics quickly pulled out Stan, Cartman and Kenny and rushed them inside. Kyle stayed outside just long enough to call his parents to let them know what happened and so they could tell the other parents what happened before heading inside the hospital himself. They were all considered in critical condition and only Cartman was barely breathing as they were taken to different rooms that were right across from each other.

"I think we're going to have to hurry, Kenny. They most likely started working to try to bring you back already." Cartman told him as both he and Kenny stood next to Stan's bed who was already completely surrounded by nurses and a doctor trying to revive him.

"You think?" Kenny replied as his spirit for a split second disappeared and then reappeared, "Ok I'm going to try to give him some of my power to keep him alive while the doctor and the nurses stitch up his wound."

"What do you need me to do?" Cartman asked as he looked down at Stan's face just as a nurse said 'still no pulse'.

"Just do what I do. Put your hand on him and hopefully some of your energy will be given to him though it will mean that you will stop breathing." Kenny told him already knowing what condition Cartman was in.

Cartman nodded before lowering his head to Stan's ear.

"I'm sorry about everything, Stan. I never should have been around to poison your life. Just promise me that you'll be ok alright? I wasn't worth much to begin with anyway but to me you were everything that I wish I could have been and you don't have to believe me and I don't expect you to but I love you and I wish I could have spent more time with you as an actual friend and lover." Cartman told him as he leaned forward and kissed him on his forehead.

Just as he did that Cartman saw to his surprise a tear roll down Stan's face.

"Is he…?" Cartman started to ask completely shocked to find that Stan was alive.

Cartman looked up and saw that on the monitor it showed that Stan's heart was beating and then he looked at Kenny who had already started giving Stan some of his energy.

'Oh that's why.' Cartman thought to himself as he put his right hand on Stan's arm hoping to transfer some of his energy to him.

While they were doing that they heard someone run in right behind them gasping for air as he came to a halt in front of the door.

"Hey you shouldn't be here." A nurse said who was just outside of the room.

"That's my super best friend in there! Let me go!"

Cartman turned his head slightly as he watched Kyle fight to get out of the nurse's grasp.

"Eric…"

It was weak but Cartman heard Stan call out his name as he turned his head back to look at him. Stan was struggling to open his eyes hoping to see that Cartman was there. Cartman let out a sigh of relief with a huge smile on his face as he saw that Stan was awake. He looked over at Kenny who looked completely drained of his energy.

"Thank god it worked…" Kenny sighed completely exhausted.

"You doing ok?" Cartman asked.

"Yeah, but I don't think I can do it again." Kenny told him looking at him sadly.

"Don't worry about it, Kenny. You did enough. Thank you." Cartman told him.

Kenny nodded but before he could say or do anything he was gone.

"Kenny?" Cartman asked wondering where he went.

Before he could even go looking for Kenny he heard the doctor tell Stan about where he was and if he remembered what happened to him. Cartman turned to face them and watched as Stan frowned and had a worried look on his face.

"Where's Eric?" Stan asked.

Before the doctor could answer him Kyle ran in and smiled at his super best friend.

"Dude you're alive! You had me worried sick Stan! I thought you were going to die!" Kyle told him.

"Kyle…?" Stan started to ask.

"Cartman told me what happened so I called a couple of friends to help us out." Kyle told him.

Kyle's eyes were bloodshot red and all Stan could think of was that something went wrong.

"Kyle what happened? Where's…"

Before Stan could finish his sentence a nurse ran in with a worried look on her face.

"Doctor we need your help! The other boy is flat lining!" The nurse said.

Kyle's face turned completely white as he watched the doctor rush out of the room.

"Kyle? Where's Eric?" Stan asked again.

Kyle was at a loss of words as he turned to face Stan.

"Stan he…"

Kyle however didn't have to finish his sentence as Stan's eyes grew wide when he saw who was in the room right across from his. Due to a lot of people surrounding him it was hard to see at first but as soon as he got a good view he realized that it was Cartman and that was when he felt his heart ache with pain as well as feel the need to get off the bed and walk over to him. Not even noticing that he had been moving the nurses had been holding him down to stop him from moving. Too injured himself he found himself unable to yell out Cartman's name and instead it came out in a soft panicked whisper.

"Eric!"

Kyle was too stunned to look away from what was going on with Cartman. Not even paying attention to what he was feeling he clenched his fists tightly at his sides as his vision started to blur from the tears that were threatening to fall.

"Cartman…" Kyle whispered as Cartman's body jolted from the shock that was given to him to help jumpstart his heart.

Author's Note: So there's only 1 or 2 more chapters left so I'm really hoping I get to finish it. I have some home issues to deal with right now so that's why I'm not sure if I can finish it or not. Either way 14 chapters not bad for someone who didn't want to write a lengthy story. Anyway as always thanks for reading and a special thanks to SuhamaKitten for reviewing my last chapter. I'm guessing people are busy and that's why I haven't gotten a lot of reviews lately so anyway until next time whenever that is.