What on earth was he thinking, not even Rigby know. He was risking everything, even Eileen's safety, just over a hunch. Oh but this was unlike any hunch he felt before. He was much more sure of it than anything else. And whatever it was, he had to be ready, which meant he couldn't have the Enchiridion bringing him down. However, Rigby had no idea if he could still use magic with it gone. But he could not afford to have the book feeding off of him, taking control, causing him to…

Rigby almost cried again at the thought of what had happened earlier. "It's not your fault Rigby, just shake it off. There was nothing you could do, you had no part in that, " Rigby thought to himself reassuringly.

" Oh, but how much of that was me? You had a greater part in it than I. I didn't kill Don… you did."

Rigby just had to shake the book off. Eileen better get here soon…

Rigby was waiting in the cafe (the far side where Mordecai and Rigby were usually seen hanging out), for what seemed like hours but was only a few minutes. It was a good choice, meeting her on a Sunday. The shop was never open on Sundays.

Finally, Eileen came through the door. She was nervous, and almost scared to see Rigby there in his condition. Rigby hadn't noticed his shaking hands, his weary-ridden eyes, his nervous voice, but Eileen noticed it. She noticed everything that was wrong with him.

"Rigby, what is this ab-"

"Eileen, we have to leave." Rigby interrupted.

Eileen took this as a shock. It was too abrupt, and Rigby's emotion didn't help. "What do you mean?"

"Look, don't ask me how but something bad, something really bad is going to happen here. And we need to be as far away from this place as possible."

Eileen was terrified now, "Rigby I heard. Is it true… what happened to your brother?"

" That wasn't my fault! I- it,…" He had to spill the beans, he had to let her finally know. He pulled the Enchiridion out. "Whatever is in this book, whatever it's trying to do, it made m-… IT killed Don!

He was beginning to stutter as he fantically spoke: "It's magic and I-I've been learning magic from it! But it's evil and-and it's been taking me over and I can't stop it!" Rigby was at the point of tears now, even though Rigby didn't notice it, so was Eileen. He held her hand, "But everytime I'm with you, I can put it down, I can let it go. It doesn't have any control over me when you're around. You're the only thing that can save me from it!"

Eileen, still confused and petrified, "Rigby, what are you trying to say?" She was getting ready to run if she needed to. Rigby was dangerous, and she was not willing to take any risks or she might end up like Don. Rigby was shaking, his speech was quick. Eileen was not waiting any longer.

She started to get up to leave, but Rigby stepped in front of her, blocking her path, grabbed on to her arm, and said…

"Eileen… I… I love you. I love you, I love you I love you, I've been such a fool all these years but I love you! This is why I'm telling you this, whatever is going to happen, I don't want you to be a part of it!" He not only let go of the Enchiridion at this point, but he was able to completely toss it into the back corner of the cafe. He was ready to leave it there forever if he had to.

Rigby had said it. That was all Eileen needed to hear, all she wanted to hear ever since she met him. Rigby LOVED her. She wasn't afraid anymore… She was ready to take off with him. Ready to live in the country, start a new life, whatever convoluted schemes Rigby was planning, she was willing to go through with it, every step of the way. They say 'Love is blind,' well in this case it couldn't be any more true. Yes, Rigby seemed crazy, but He loved Eileen, and that was all that mattered.

"I love you too Rigby"

"… do you trust me?" Rigby asked her. She nodded her head confidently, and with a smile. "Then come with me. We can leave this all behind! I love you"

This time Rigby leaned in and kissed her. This wasn't like the previous one. This was the REAL deal. This was the kind of kiss you remember 20, 30, even 40 years into the future. It was long, and intimate. This wasn't the kind of kiss phony high schoolers had, this was THE kiss, the one of un-dying true love.

Mordecai knew it had to be done, but he didn't like a part of it. Rigby was his best friend, had been since grade school. Rigby was the only thing he had in terms of a brother. But after what Rigby had done, he knew he could not let it go on. How long before he killed another? Who's next? Mordecai knew what had to be done, He knew it ever since he saw the fire in his eyes when they fought. And what happened to Don and just now confirmed it even more.

Mordecai had to kill Rigby…

He had driven up to the cafe. He didn't park in front of it, he was on the other side of the street a little further down the block. He saw Eileen go in. "I am not going to let you take her too" Mordecai thought to himself. He had to act NOW, it may only be a few minutes or even a few seconds before something happened. He got out of the cart, leaving the Crown in the passenger's seat.

Mordecai slowly walked up to the cafe… he pulled out his Glock, pulled back the slide so that there was a bullet in the chamber, and turned the safety off… He walked into the entrance of the cafe and saw the back of Rigby, kissing Eileen.

This disheartened Mordecai immensely Why did it have to be like this? With her here? Too tragic… Why couldn't it just be only Rigby and him? The couple almost reminded Mordecai of himself with Margaret… But that didn't stop him, he knew what needed to happen. He was going to do it, with or without Eileen here. He built up his mental state for what he needed to be done. He took deep breaths, wiped his face, and cleared his mind.

Ever since he started kissing Eileen, Rigby had an odd feeling. It was another one of those hunches, almost as bad as the one before it. He felt it in his shoulder, in his spine, into his ribs. Something was horribly wrong.

Mordecai raised the gun, aiming for Rigby's back. Rigby knew what was up, he didn't even have to turn around to know what was up. He could feel Mordecai's anger and pain without even needing to see it on his face.

"Eileen get down!" Mordecai and Rigby both seemed to scream.

Mordecai fired, but Rigby was quicker and more prepared than that. He had already made a shield and blocked the bullet before it could reach him.

Mordecai fired again, and again, and again; each time Rigby blocked the shots. Rigby was lost, terrified, confused. Why? Why Mordecai? He felt himself becoming enraged. His best friend betraying him, his life long brother? No, how dare he, How dare he! The Enchiridion fueled his anger even more.

Just then, a bullet ricochet from the shield into Eileen's right arm. She fell to the ground with a painful scream. That was all he needed… Rigby had snapped. He screamed as hurled a fireball in Mordecai's direction. Mordecai was quick though, he flipped the table in front of him just in time. But the fireball still broke the table, sending Mordecai flying into the wall. He dropped the gun, now looking at Rigby, terrified.

Rigby was screaming now, this was the angriest he had ever been. These were the only times IT had power over him: when he was angry and when he willfully let him in. Rigby could feel IT invading, creeping into his head. The Enchiridion rose into the air on its own and floated back to Rigby. It ignited with its similar glow from earlier.

Rigby, grasping onto his skull, screamed "GET OUT OF MY HEAD! Let Me IN!" both different voices seemed to come from the same mouth. The pain was unbearable, oh God it hurt! It hurt more than any thing on earth. Last time Rigby was unconcious for it, but this time, this time was different…

It was inevitable now, There was no stopping the intrusion. Rigby turned to his lover. "Eileen… run…" Then he screamed as he collapsed onto the ground. This time IT couldn't completely shut Rigby out, it couldn't send Rigby to the Abyss; this time Rigby would watch, all of it. HE had control, but Rigby would remember the possessions from now on.

Rigby stood up slowly with the Enchiridion floating overhead, with a bright green fiery glow. His back was facing the others.

Eileen reached out to him, "R-Rigby?"

The voice was not Rigby's, it was darker, more sinister in nature. " There is no Rigby… only, The Lich!" He had turned around now. The eyes, they were not Rigby's eyes anymore, the were deep, black pits with single green pupils in the centers. (If you want to know what he looks like, scroll up and look at the cover picture)

::Whenever Rigby becomes possessed, I usually play a song from Youtube in another tab to accompany it. I prefer "Nemesis" from the Halo 4 soundtrack (should be ~3:30 long) (Disclaimer: "Nemesis" is owned by 343 Industries and Microsoft as well as Halo 4) Skip to the 1:40 mark for the desired effect, only if you want to though::

"EILEEN GET DOWN!" Mordecai grabbed his gun and fired once again at the devil inside Rigby. The Lich had no problem countering these mere scraps of metal. And almost seemed to laugh at Mordecai's futile attempts.

The walls of the cafe soon began to break and float. Rigby couldn't levitate objects… but the Lich could. By now everything that wasn't attached to the floor (except for Mordecai and Eileen) began to float and orbit in a ball like form around Lich Rigby.

At that point, Reality Itself seemed to break and spin around the devilish entity, molding and deforming the world around them. This was THE spell. It could only be performed once and only with the Enchiridion's energy fueling it. Next thing they knew, all that was remaining was the floor of the cafe, floating around in the Abyss .

Rigby now re-directed his attention back to Mordecai. When Mordecai looked at Rigby, everything surrounding Rigby was at once hurled into Mordecai's direction, sending him flying backwards.

Mordecai barely grabbed the edge of the floor, his feet dangling over the dark nothingness. Mordecai was fearing his for his soul at this point. He was almost whimpering as Rigby slowly began to walk towards him.

Eileen suddenly grabbed Rigby's arm "Stop this right now!" The Lich simply shoved her aside and continued walking. "I know you're in there Rigby snap out of it! Please!"

… That actually gave the Lich a more sinister idea. He knew Rigby was watching everything the Lich was doing, fighting his way to retake his body. Oh the suffering that boy will feel…

The demon now changed his target, grabbing Eileen by the neck and dragged her over to the edge of the floor and held her out over the nothingness. Her necklace now wrapped around Rigby's fist. "Don't do this Rigby, please…" she managed to croak out as she could feel the Lich slowly choking her.

"EILEEN! RIGBY, DON'T!" Mordecai screamed as he attempted to pull himself back up. "Do something Mordecai, you have to stop this!" but unfortunately there was nothing Mordecai could do at this point except watch.

The Lich would make Rigby suffer.

The Lich let her go, but to make the game more fun, he allowed Rigby to re-take his body JUST as his grip loosened.

At once, Rigby's eyes returned to normal and saw full well what was happening. "EILEEN!" he screamed as he almost fell to the ground to catch her. He had missed her hand by inches. "NOOOOOO!"

It was no use. Eileen fell… down… down… down into the Abyss .

With the Lich's power wearing off, piece by piece reality was restored. Mordecai and Rigby were now sitting in the ruined cafe; no walls, no roof, no tables, and no Eileen. All that was left of her in the world of the living was the necklace Rigby held in his hand.

Rigby was frantic now, he was beyond crying. He said her name over and over, screaming "No!" "Eileen!" Each sob, piercing to the ear. This was worse, much worse than Don's demise.

Mordecai couldn't hold back the grief as he himself let out tears. He turned his head to inspect his weapon. The gun was out of bullets, useless for the time being.

He turned his attention back to Rigby. Rigby was locked-eye with Mordecai now. "You did this, YOU DID THIS!" Rigby frantically screamed.

Mordecai replied coldly, "You brought this on yourself Rigby, look what you've do-"

"Look what I've done?! LOOK WHAT I'VE DONE!? If it wasn't for you, she would still be here right now! I was letting go of the book because of her! Then you come and YOU JUST DESTROY EVERYTHING!"

Mordecai, now feeling more guilty then ever, said apologetically, "Rigby, I-I'm sorry…" He knew he was right, it was really Rigby's fault, but the look on Rigby's face destroyed his conscious.

Police sirens could be heard in the distance, it was obvious what they were coming for.

Rigby had turned back to the spot where Eileen should have been. "Get out…" He turned back to Mordecai, swinging his arm out sending flames shooting into the ground, "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"

Mordecai picked up his gun, turned back to the lamenting Rigby one last time, then left, without another word.

The sirens were getting closer, there was no easy way out of this. Rigby dried his tears, grabbed the Enchiridion, his only friend now, and prepared for a fight…

::Yes, I know, extremelly dark, but tell what you guys think. New chapter soon.::