CHAPTER 46: Scuttle Takes the Wheel

The POVs will alternate ― again!

PEATER'S PERSPECTIVE

I shook my head, and ran up the stairs to find Elyssia.

"Elyssia! Are you here? It's me, Peater! Elyssia!" I called out.

I then heard faint sniffles coming from somewhere in this hallway. Yes, in this hallway. I listened carefully, before following the sounds towards a room with a door open. It had a photograph of four plants in a trench, the plants being a Cactus, a Chomper, a Peashooter and a Sunflower. Hearing the sniffling again, I found a hole in the wall, which was surrounded by bolts and broken parts of a vent.

"Elyssia, if you're in there, I'm coming for you."

ELYSSIA'S PERSPECTIVE

I began to sniffle as I was faced with the tough decision.

"Please . . ." I cried as my tears finally came pouring down my cheeks.

"Don't do this . . ."

Ash only laughed, which caused me to let out a sob.

"Help . . . someone please help . . ."

Mar only whacked me with her green hand, and held me in a headlock.

"Don't. Squeal." she growled.

I then heard someone calling out for me.

"Elyssia!" the voice called out.

I held my head in pain as waves of agony washed over me, but I didn't yell out in pain, for I didn't want to give Ash and Mar the pleasure of my suffering. Mar then tapped my shoulder. I turned around, only to see her eyes turn red. I looked away just in time, just before I could be possessed by Mar.

"Success . . ." the doll hissed triumphantly. I frowned. Success?! How is possessing me three times "success?" I turned my attention towards the hole in the wall, where there were cracking sounds in the plaster as someone came through.

ELIAS' PERSPECTIVE

Curses and cannibals! My son hasn't returned, and it's been half an hour! Biting my lip, I ascended the stairs, hoping that I'd see my son in one piece. But as I trudged up the rickety stairs, I thought about Elyssia. She seemed like a mentor to my son, had a sharp tongue, and seemed just like a fighter. Maybe ― just maybe . . . I could give her a ―

"Whoa!" I yelped as my root sank through the rotting wood.

Using the banisters for support, I pulled myself out, and sighed as I continued the journey.

"Help . . ."

I heard a weak plea for help come from the hallway that was at the top of the stairs. Wasting no time, I followed the sniffles and the pleas for help until I found a room with a gaping hole in the wall.

"Over here . . ." I muttered as I came through the hole.

ELYSSIA'S PERSPECTIVE

I finally saw Peater come through the hole.

"Peater!" I cried as I ran over to him, teary-eyed.

"I'm so glad that I found you in one piece, and not in a casket." he murmured as he hugged me. I pulled away and smiled, happy that I was going to be saved.

Or so I thought.

"Severna filla*, Scuttle. Ahorae." Mar hissed. I gasped as Scuttle came back to life in my head.

"Guess who, mother f-er!"

Scuttle . . . ugh . . .

"Yes, yes, it's me. NOW MOVE OVER, SISTER! SCUTTLE'S TAKING THE WHEEL ALRIGHT!"

Get. Out. NOW!

"Aren't you the one who said that this is a free country?"

Ohhh, I swear to God, you'll get one HELL of a thumping if you're not careful!

Meanwhile, I saw Elias enter the room. He and Peater hugged for a moment. He then pulled away and explained the situation. I tried to hear, but all I heard were the detrimental voices in my head.

Loser!

Go to hell!

You deserve nothing!

"All right! I mean it this time! Scuttle is taking the wheel!"

Blankness once more.

ELIAS' PERSPECTIVE

"Father, Elyssia's eyes are turning purple! Mar did it again!" my son exclaimed, tugging on my arm.

"Oh no . . . if this happens to Elyssia one more time, she'll die!" I gasped.

My son clapped a leaf to his mouth in horror as he made me look at Elyssia. She looked as if she was ready to kill us.

PEATER'S PERSPECTIVE

"No, no, no . . ." I gasped as Elyssia charged at my father first.

"Elyssia, I'm sorry! I'm SORRY!" my father cried as Elyssia threw him onto the wall.

"You should have said that before I had the last straw with you!" she yelled.

Ash and Mar were sitting on the table in the center, happily watching as if it were a comedy movie of some sort. Elyssia, meanwhile, had punched my father into unconsciousness before turning to me.

"Darn traitor from hell . . ." she growled as she approached me.

Elyssia then tried to pounce on me, but I kicked her away.

"Not today, girl!" I crowed.

"Who said so?" she hissed as she tried to make me lose my balance by kicking me.

"I did, now cut it out!" I replied as I pushed her down onto the floor.

I felt slightly guilty, but this was the only way that I could snap her out of this trance. But damn, Elyssia's demons were invincible! Instead of returning to normal, she started shooting those icy jets at me, her eyes and crystals a dark blue, and her temper a real blaze.

"Hey! What's the matter with you?" I yelled as I ducked an icy arrow.

"I'd like to ask the same question to you, traitor!" Elyssia shot back as she started shooting her dangerous peas.

"Elyssia . . . are you . . . all right?" I asked as I pinned her leaves down with my right leaf, while I held her head tightly with my left leaf in order to get the energy out of her system.

"Shut your yapper, all right?" Elyssia growled as she squirmed free.

I then realized that with the power of the puppet at her disposal, she was stronger than I could ever be.

"Go . . . fly . . . a . . . kite!" I grunted as I sent Elyssia hurtling towards the wall.

My father, meanwhile, had woken up.

"Father! Father! Are you all right?" I asked as I helped him up to his roots.

"Yes . . . but wait! Is that . . . Ash?"

I looked behind me and saw Ash stick his tongue out at me. Before I could answer, Elyssia was tackling me again.

"Go hit up Ash or whatever you do in your free time!" I yelled as I rolled over, disorienting her for a few seconds.

Finally, she walked over to Ash, and threw her leaves around him in a hug.

"What the what . . . ?" I murmured as Ash returned the embrace.

I was desperately hoping that I was hallucinating, for I knew that this couldn't be right.

"Well . . . it appears as if you've made your changes, right?" Ash joked as he tightened his embrace around Elyssia.

"Change is the right word for it. Definitely the right word . . ." she whispered.

I felt tears of heartbreak well up in my eyes, and I could feel envy swallowing me up like some heinous monster. I took aim at Elyssia, who, at this point, was giggling as Ash whispered something in her ear. I shot my pea, full mixed emotions: immense love towards Elyssia, and irredeemable hate towards Ash. It collided with the back of Elyssia's head, knocking her to the floor.

*Severna filla=attack the girl.

Ahorae=now. (It's fun making up your own languages and stuff XD)