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Rebirth

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He was here. But where was "here"? Who was "he"?

He stared.

What was he looking at? A mass of flesh twisted. Half of it was peach colored, stained scarlet. And the other half?

A monster.

Pulsating currents of gelatinous substance reflected a thousand colors, glowing eerily. Scales and thorns of grey curled like a ribcage, like a shield around itself. Its alien neon colors rippled with the thrashing of its tentacles. The other half was that. It did not feel like it was part of the sallow peach creature. That beast had an evil sort of grin to it. It was an uninvited stranger burning the house in which it stole into. It was a parasite. It was taking control of him.

And worse than that, it seemed to be winning.

God.

Get a grip.

He was Paul. He had gotten puked on. That puke was killing him. He was infected by an alien that wanted to eat his face off and a stranger who named herself after an ancient civilization was hacking at him with a knife.

Maya.

He wanted to say thank you. She was at least fighting back for him. Paul just wanted it all to end. He no longer could feel the biting knife. In fact, he noticed, he was sitting outside of his body. More precisely, he was a sort of ghost sitting on top of its corpse. A chill ran through him.

Did that mean the alien had control of him?

No.

He refused.

No.

He would not let it win.

No. No. No! No! NO! NO! NO NO NO NOOOO!!!!

To his relief, Paul's body opened its mouth and moaned, "nrooooo...". Paul felt victorious at the sound.

Wait.

Then… Was he dying?

Before he could argue with himself, something caught his attention. Suddenly, Maya had stopped hacking.

No.

The beast inside him and Paul thought simultaneously.

Maya rasped a red cough.

Paul could feel the alien's emotions once again. It was scared. The tentacles were writhing anxiously, the glowing and pulsating of its flesh more urgent.

No.

This time, it was just the beast's voice that echoed.

Maya's voice changed. Her face seemed to lose its lines and the shadows under her eyes were gone. Her words turned soft as she said,

"I understand now", she breathed deeply, "I will take you Lysanna." Maya raised the blade. "I will kill you", her voice barely trembled,

"WITH MY OWN BODY!"

With that, she plunged the knife into her own thigh. She grappled a tentacle towards the wound.

And the alien flesh dissolved into ichor, entering her body.
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Nickkat1985's avatar
"He wanted to say thank you. She was at least fighting back for him."

Great, great writing! Liked that piece very much. Such a realistic emotion in such a surreal situation!