We have to be close to some kind of
exit. We’ve done nothing but pass by empty examination rooms and cell rooms.
Do you think that our parents are
going to be waiting at the exit?
They have to be. They must know our
condition by now. Are you still afraid?
No, not anymore. Are you?
Not at all. I never was.
You’re such a liar. I know your thoughts
and feelings.
But you don’t know my deeper
thoughts. I may feel scared and my imagination may be going off but that doesn’t
mean I’ve let my fears affect me.
Yeah, yeah.
You know I’m telling the truth.
I know. It’s just that…we don’t
have long.
You don’t have to remind me. I can
feel my strength fading away by the second, but we don’t need to worry about it
for much longer.
I know we’re physically bonded, but
can you hold my hand?
I will.
Thank you.
I think that might be the exit over
there.
It looks like one even though it’s
messy with decaying furniture, desks, and chairs.
Even though no one’s around, this
might be a trap.
You’re right, but what can we do
about it now?
Nothing. We can only spring it then
deal with it from there.
Nice plan.
Don’t even try to be sarcastic when
I know what you’re really thinking.
Okay…let’s go. Come on. I can’t
move without you.
…right.
There they are! They stepped out of
the shadows as soon as we stepped into the room.
What happened to your mom and dad,
Bianco? Look at them.
It looks like the chemicals in the vats
fused them together.
“We must thank you for fusing us
together, Bianco. We’re more in tune with each other like this than before with
twice the arms and brains.”
“This isn’t what I wanted. This isn’t
what we wanted to happen.”
“Why don’t you see that we’re
trying to help you? Look at everything we did. We’ve risked everything we are so
you could live forever.”
“Everyone who lives eventually
dies. It doesn’t matter how much you try to fight it. It’s an inevitability. Besides,
you get to live forever after this life anyway, and I’m afraid of where you
might end up.”
“You don’t know what you’re talking
about!”
The floor beneath us was a trap?
I’ve given up on expecting anything.
This place is dark like the experimental
room with a low glow that barely lights it up. What’s going to happen? Ah! What
kind of liquid did we get drenched in-AAHHHHAHHAH!!
“Now, you will truly become one. Please
know that your mother knows best, Bianca.”
We’re one body now. Bianca, are you
still here? Wha…urgh…what’s going on? We’re just one singular body now. What? How?
It was something that your mom did to us that mutated us to be in one body. Oh
wow. Why is your body the one we have to live in? Woman was made of the ribs of
a man. Psh. Whatever. What’s going to happen now?
“This is amazing. They fused so
quickly.”
“You did well, Verde. Let us fix
their form before they start to decay again.”
I’m going to need your help again
to climb out of here, Bianca. Wow, I feel so much more in control, but I can already
feel this form begin to decay. We have more power, but we decay faster. Makes
sense.
“Stop them!”
Look at how many people are coming
after us. We have to bring this place down around us in order to have any
chance at escape. We can throw the vats at the ceiling above us to collapse it.
It’s going to hurt and everyone else may die, but it’s something we have to do
in order to end this mad science experiment. I understand. They may be fast,
but they can’t react as fast as we can.
Rah! There we go. Another couple of vats
should bring the whole ceiling down. Here goes another one! Ah! They’re on us!
That can’t stop us in our new body. There are so many pilling up on us…I don’t…no.
We can do this! Rah!! Brace for impact...Is it over? Huh? The ceiling collapsed
on us, but we barely felt anything-! We’re throwing up again. We have to
quickly escape before our parents get us. Urk…
We have to dig our way out. Come
on. We’re almost out of here. Ah! Mom…dad…
“Stay…Bianco and Bianca. We can-fix
you.”
“Nothing was wrong with us to begin
with.”
“Wait, you can’t leave…you’ll die…”
“It’s better than staying here. We hope
you come to regret what you’ve done.”
“No…stop…”
Keeping going. We’re almost out of
the rubble. Okay. Just one more push. Help me climb up this wall, Bianca. I got
it. Do you think our parents are going to regret their actions? This place has
thrown so many surprises at us that I don’t doubt it. Finally. The way out. The
air smells different. Better than I remember it. That’s probably because we were
stuck in a smelly place. Probably.
I don’t think we can go very far. I
know. Let’s go underneath that tree. Okay. It is a beautiful day to look at the
sky. Well…there goes our legs. Now our arms. At least we made it to the tree
before losing them. I have you with me, so that’s all that matters. I love you.
I love you too.
Bianco?
What is it?
Are we really going to be together
forever?
I knew it was a fact even before
now. I told you we would escape one way or another.
You’re right. I knew you would be,
and I knew that I am yours forever.
And I am yours forever and ever.
The
End
These are the two songs that are referenced in the title; So Far Gone by Thousand Foot Krutch and Afterglow by Nine Lashes. The first song is a good theme for the story while the last one is good for the ending theme.
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