8. 'It Eats Slowly.'

"What....who are you?" Eliza spoke, she felt extremely uneasy. Her heart was racing, just what was he planning? Was he trying to replace her? He smiled at her still looking exactly like her. He pulled her into a tight and uncomfortable hug which felt more threatening than sweet. "I'm still Finn! But who cares about that.. I'm finally getting what I deserve!" He said still mimicking her voice.

Finn slightly pushed her away keeping a tight grip on her wrist ensuring she wouldn't be able to run. "Tvg irw lu svi, R xzm'g szev svi rm nb dzb." Finn ordered. Suddenly strange things that looked like roots appeared on the ground, black worm-like creatures broke through where the root-like things were and wrapped around her legs. "What?! Wait! No what is this?!" Eliza exclaimed, she felt grossed out and scared. She couldn't talk straight at the moment. Finn still looking exactly like her let go of her wrist as the worm-like screamers pulled on her legs, the face he'd worn had no expression on it as he watched slowly start to get dragged away.

She suddenly grabbed onto Finn's leg which looked exactly like hers if they weren't injured. "Get off-!" He exclaimed before he tripped, landing on his back. The form he was in which mimicked Eliza didn't seem to hold up too well because when he tripped he immediately changed back into how he looked during almost their whole time of knowing each other. But she also noticed that the world around them had seemed to weaken when he fell because the worm-like creatures had let go of her and the ground seemed to soften in texture a bit. She stood up and ran deeper into the forest, not looking behind her.

He grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her backward. "Stop it! Please, just let me try your life out... You had a good life, just let me have one too. Don't you realize? Dying here while you're still young and pretty is better, you won't have to grow old and wrinkly." He said. Eliza kicked him in the leg and pushed him away. "You're crazy! Why would I give up my own life for someone like you?! Why are you doing this anyway, did you just run away here and decide to change your mind?!" She exclaimed. He grabbed her by the waist and slammed her against a tree. He immediately pinned her there. "Well, it's your fault you're here anyway. You're the one who came here and you're the one who decided to follow me around!" He spoke in a loud voice.

  Her eyes widened. 'I can't even tell if what he's saying is what he truly believes or if he's just saying this to make me question myself. I don't even know what he is either, is his brain connected to this place?' she thought. He sighed "You're so lucky that your family takes the time to be around you, let you go out with friends, care about the work you've done to please them, lets people come over, they even let you complain about it to others and will apologize to you... Do you know what my parents would've done if I did any of that?!" He exclaimed, his voice filled with jealousy and hatred. He squeezed her shoulder as he started to laugh uncontrollably, it took him a disturbingly short amount of time to calm down. "Please let me try it out... do you know what will happen if I let you go? It eats slowly... I don't want to go through that again." His voice was a whisper, there was fear in it, genuine fear.

Note: I HOPED YOU LIKED THIS CHAPTER!! IM GONNA MOVE ONTO SOME REAL SHIT SOON AAAAA!! ALSO MATPAT RETIRING HAPPENED TOO FAST BECAUSE I SWEAR THAT VIDEO OF HIM ANNOUNCING HIS FINAL 9 THEORIES CAME OUT 5 DAYS AGO, ALSO CHAPTER 111 OF TBHK WAS CRAZYYYY
(Written March 11, 2024)

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