There was silence in the air. The anticipation had gotten worse. D-boy and Eff waited ready by the front door, to attack whatever ominous presence was nearing. Eff was still shooken up from the experience he felt earlier and asked D-boy if he felt it.
"I've been having those kinds of tremors for a while, long before we left the house." D-boy said standing by the door. His brown skin begun to turn darker and started to become shadowy.
"Well I guess it was just a matter of time for this to happen to me, I guess." Eff responded. his eye sockets becoming hallow then glowing a bright red. "But I still think you're more fucked than I am." He then smiled a grin that stretched ear to ear opening and exposing three rows of sharp teeth top to bottom.
D-boys shadowy transformation contrasted his glowing blue-white almond eyes. He would be mistaken as a grim reaper while his counterpart appeared as a grey rough skinned creature straight out of Pandora box; closely resembling a Griffin.
They were ready to kill whatever creature outside no matter how powerful.
A breath was skipped when outside a voice with a dark undertone exclaimed, "I'll huff, and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down!"
A maniac laughter followed as the door and windows blew to bits from the force that crashed in. D-boy and Eff landed on their feet and looked to see a large creature three stories high hovering over them. Its rat like body was on its haunches, and three large oval red eyes beamed down on the doughboys. Between its large curled horns on its head, stood a small figure with bended blade legs.
With empty screw holes for eyes.
"Oooo~! Well look at this Reverend! We weren't wrong about something being here! And there's two!" Said the small figure which voice sounded like nails on chalkboard.
Reverend roared then swung a clawed paw at Eff. His arm was then snatched by Eff's tentacles protruding from his back, and ripping it clean off the socket.
Crashing down in anguish, Reverend plummeted. Sickness jumped off and with her leg blade whipped at D-boy off the ground and into the air. He recovered quickly as he dodged her attacks.
"Whats the matter? Too scared?~" Sickness teased. Then, almost making a clear shot of his head, D-boy jumped over her. Sickness suddenly realized he got her close enough to a ravine where he then kicked her off.
Screaming in frustration as she fell, Sickness couldn't give up as D-boy had multiplied his shadows to deal with her below.
D-boy took a last glance to make sure she'd stay down there. He then went over to see how Eff was fairing. Eff had been hit a couple times by the beasts snout and hind legs.
Standing by the sidelines D-boy asked dully, "Need help?"
Eff huffing, "Help? No thank you, I dont need your help!" Then quickly being struck by the beasts snout.
D-boy raised a brow. "Well you do seem to have this under control, I guess I'll just wait." He sat crossed legged watching Effs brash strikes at the beast, some missing some hitting. But it seemed as if he was getting nowhere being thrown, jumping off landins like sides of trees. And repeating, only to get counterattack easily every time.
"Jeez, do the younger ones really fall that behind? Shit this is getting depressing for my tastes." D-boy sighed, Then multiplied his shadowed once more where it flowed to the beasts head and took it by the horns.
Pulling way back, the shadow hands burned the horns on the head of the beast. Throwing its head back in a roar, it yieled and plummeted down on its back causing the snow to disperse everywhere. D-boys shadow returned to him, and he began to walk on the beasts struggling beats desperate to get back up.
"Well isn't this interesting, you're like a turtle. You're no beast."
The beast stopped resisting and cleared its throat chucking nervously. It spoke, " H-Hey man c'mon were all friends here! Hell no harm no foul, it's cool! It's cool now! We forfeit!"
D-boy still standing on the pitiful turtle said, "Return to your original form. Now."
The sore beast shook his head vigorously, "Mhm! Mhm!"
In a cloud of grey dust the monstrous beast return back to the semi human form of a Bob's burger boy from hell. D-boy landing on his feet, saw his form and couldn't help to smile in amusement... a little bit.
"Oh that reminds me." D-boy said. The rest of his shadows came back to him in a fluid motion as he returned back into his semi human form.
"Stay put here, I need to find my younger counterpart, he's buried in the snow somewhere." D-boy told reverend coldly. Immediately finding Effs hair sticking out, he helped the child get out and stand up seeing he was back to his own form as well.
"Why did you do that you smug dickcheese! I told you I don't need help! I had him!" Eff exclaimed.
"Shut your shit eating mouth, at least show some gratitude to an elder you ransacked slime." D-boy snapped back through gritted teeth.
Eff, then switched eyes over at Reverend. "Hey you look like Bob's burger boy."
"THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS THE VESSEL I AM STUCK WITH!" Reverend exclaimed out of insecurity.
"Yeeesh, touchy." Eff replied arms crossed. Reverend got up, "Oh nevermind yous, the name is Reverend Meat"
D-boy looked over to Eff to keep quiet, then said to Reverend, "Where's your partner at? I know I put her in that ravine but I have no idea if she's still there."
Reverend, bug eyed, looked toward the direction of the ravine, and saw Sickness figure becoming clearer through the darkness of the trees.
Growling, Sickness saw Reverend and screamed, "YOU'RE AN IDIOT TO CHANGE BACK TO SURRENDER, FOR FUCKS SAKE YOU'RE HUGE FOR A REASON!"
"Well I guess thats how he fell harder." Eff said snidely.
"What is your name?" D-boy asked.
"Sickness, fucker!" Fuming, Sickness looked over to the doughboys and walked fast towards Reverends side.
"Theres enough conflict between you and I. Lets go now, I'd rather not stick around with things like us its too disgusting and a threat Reverend." Sickness said while dusting herself off.
Reverend shrugged a shoulder, "Well, we didn't know what they were at first, our senses just assume everything is a threat. But with creatures like us, we could have more of an understanding of our existence. Maybe there should be an alliance?"
"No." Both doughboys replied sternly.
Eff began, "We dont trust being like us, you know we're honestly too manipulative. "
D-boy nodded, "Besides that we also don't know either one of you well, and already we fought to near destruction. You both are on your own."
"Wait!" Exclaimed Reverend
"Oh what is it this time tubs?" Eff replied grudgingly.
"Well it's just- y-you didn't go into the nightstand did you?" Reverend said with thumbs twiddling. Sickness also looked on the edge.
D-boy examined them both, "And if we did?"
"WE NEED THOSE THINGS BACK, YOU CHARRED ASSHOLE! THEY'RE OURS!" Sickness yelled.
Eff pulled out the items from his jacket pocket, "C'mon, why do you need this junk?"
"It isnt junk! Theyre important pieces in our puzzles!" Reverend shouted, "They're a big necessity to us. Give them at once!"
D-boy furrowed his brow and snatched the trinkets from Effs hand, "I've always hated demands so no, we want answers first about these things, the necklace more importantly as it links with me and Eff here."
"Whatya mean it does?" Eff whispered slightly to D-boy, "Was it your tremors?"
"Yes, and I have the feeling Reverend can answer what I saw. Start talking, Meat."
"Ah jeez, ok ok. It involves my own maker." Reverend began. Sickness, still apprehensive had her arms crossed but listened.
Reverend continued, "Yah see, he was this tall, and emaciated shit that created me out of his subconscious in search of desire that wanted to be fulfilled. But I should've know even after a 'rebirth' he was unlike other humans. Trying as I might at convincing him to give himself over to pleasure - that for a human there wasnt anything wrong with it. If I succeeded in this I could get out of my shell more and more eventually becoming real! free!" Reverend paused. "But I couldn't get a inch. Over time I began getting more and more stiff in my shell of a statue and before you know it I disappeared, dumped in a landfill."
D-boy tossed the belongs to them then spoke, "Because you were a creature of desire and didn't have anything fufilled your entirety stayed in a purgatory."
Reverend nodded, "I stayed in that shell for a while but I'm not sure how I became somewhat real."
"Mr. Samsa." Eff said, "You're another Voice of Nny."
Reverend looked at both doughboys and memories of them both knifed to the wall of the house came back to him in a flash. Recognizing them both. "Yes, and it seems like you two were also."
Sickness looked at reverend, "Wait wait wait, how come you didn't recognize them til now? It's a little inconvenient. "
"I wasnt really sure it was them at all since I was created after their time ended." Reverend replied, "I'm still having memories coming and going."
"Well I guess this has been nice," Eff interrupted. Running a hand through his hair, he continued, "Now if you please, I think it's best we part ways now."
D-boy nodded, "We can't trust either of you, so long." As both started off their way down the hillside.
Reverend fists balled up at his sides in disbelief. "No! It shouldn't have to be this way! We can work this out!" The doughboys however kept walking the other way, as Reverend tried to stop them.
"Stop reverend, it's no use, let them go be by themselves. Even if they're the only kind besides us, we're too different!" Sickness shouted.
Reverend paused, then had an idea. "D-boy! Wait! I can help you fulfill your desire!"
D-boy stopped walking and looked back at a painted burger boy. "What are you going on about, meat slab?"
"Look," Reverend began, breathless, "I know about you, you wish not to be real. Nny had once babbled to me about a boy next door and his teddy bear. I thought he was just being stupid as usual but I remember a thing Nny boy said: the bear had spoke with him once which is how he realized he can hear other voices that weren't his-"
"Which explains me," Sickness interrupted, "It makes sense, I knew Devi became infected from Nny which created me. But I didnt know he had infected others."
"But what does that all mean for me?" D-boy asked, impatient in his tone.
"Well, if we could harm each other like we just did theres a possibility of us being mortal which means you can die."
D-boy still wasnt convinced. "If you both can harm me, why couldn't either of you kill me?"
"The thing is, Sickness isn't powerful enough to destroy you, even if you chose not to fight back. Eff and I are from Nny so we can't kill you." Reverend explained, "But the other voice could perhaps help you."
D-boy listened intently. He didn't want someone else do away with him. He only wanted his self-gratification of leaving the vessel he was transformed in. To leave it permanently.
D-boy cleared his throat, "Well if you have an idea where the boy might be then I'm willing to travel with you both." Eff looking back, began to trudge next to D-boy in a bit of defiance.
"C'mon, you can't really believe everything he says you're playing a fool! We don't even know what happened when things turned black." Eff stated.
D-boy said nothing. Sure they didn't know what was going on when it was black, but that's exactly it. It was enough to take a chance.
Reverend and Sickness had their own quarrel.
"You cant be serious Reverend, they'll kill us any chance they get, stop being feeble!"
"I dont think the blue-eyed older one doesn't really want to fight, the other one maybe. I don't think they'll be trouble and besides, we'll cross ways after this."
Sickness although appeased by the eventual departure nonetheless growled, "Fine, ok then."
All 4 voices were in the sticky agreement. Commonly, neither of them really knew of their significance.
Sickness sighed as her small cage body stretched with hands behind her head thought of how long it would take to get out of the woods, she figured might as well start a conversation.
" So what were your names again?"