Maybe the last thing Dark will ever remember about his evil career is getting his ass royally beat by a child, but he doesn't care.
The next thing he remembers is falling into a dark abyss.
He's never been scared of the dark, that's for babies, but he's really fucking scared right now.
Chosen is gone, and suddenly he's hit with a wave of regret he can't get over.
Chosen is gone, and suddenly, he regrets everything.
Regret of what he's done seeps into him.
He hurt Chosen.
He hurt innocent kids.
He killed innocent kids.
What had he done?
He doesn't deserve to go to Heaven, so why is he here?
Did the universe play a cruel joke on him by sending him here? Probably.
The damned orange kid...maybe he'd join him one day?
Probably not. He's cursed to roam here forever.
Then he heard of the day of Surrection. A chance to come back to life.
A chance to apologize to Chosen.
He doesn't care about if it's real or not. He wants, needs, to apologize to Chosen for everything he's done.
So he travels that distance, not even caring about the time limit he has.
Trauma bouts be damned. He's apologizing to Chosen.
He doesn't make it.
He's far from the portal when it closes.
He doesn't make it out of the trauma bout. He succumbs to it. His trauma, pain, and regret have caught up with him.
But apologizing to Chosen in some type of way will still be his number one mission.
He will apologize to Chosen, one way or another.
How long has he been here?
Or how big is the forest, for that matter?
He's been in here for God knows how long, and it's driving him insane.
His trauma has kept him from escaping, and he's gonna be here for who knows how long.
No matter what, he'll never reach the top and overcome it. He cant even get past his own guilt.
"If only Chosen was here." He said to himself. "He'd know what to do..."
Chosen. His best friend and brother. Yeah, he'd know what to do.
Chosen may have been shy, but he always knew what to do. He was shy, but brave.
Dark admired that in him. He could be shy, but brave in the face of danger.
Dark didn't know what he'd do without Chosen, but his recent actions proved what he could do without him.
Murder. Violence. Destruction.
He'd caused all of that, and the regret he was currently living with fucking hurt.
What if Chosen had been one of the people he'd killed?
Oh, he'd never be able to live with himself if he'd killed Chosen.
Never for the rest of his life.
"Oh, Chosen, I am so sorry..."