Summary - After escaping the basement, Adam comes across his and Jonah's car near a lake.
Word count - 1034
Warnings - Body horror, Mentions and description of injury, Sad with happy ending, Violence, Guns, Alt Jonah.
Follow up: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/hehe-parappa-goes-brrr/686837784426774528?source=share
-Crossposted on a03-
Adam walked, And walked in the pitch black of night, He managed to escape that basement, But not at the cost of possibly losing his best friend.
He really did fuck up, Adam was a horrible friend, Who knew where Jonah was at this time, Probably across the state by now.
Adam saw something in the distance, His stomach sunk, The car, Parked near a lake...
Jonah can't swim.
Without hesitation the blonde ran to the lake, Fearing the worst, He plunged his hand into the water and felt something grab onto him.
Adam could see his friend's hand, Jonah may still be alive. "I got you Jo, I got you..." He reassured, But as soon as Adam yanked his friend up, He was greeted by a horrifying sight.
That wasn't Jonah, Atleast not anymore...
In place of Jonah's kind face was a dark void with an abundance of eyes, No rhyme or reason to the placement of them.
He was taken out of his shock when it tried to speak, Garbled, Unintelligible noises coming from it, Sounds that almost sounded like cries or whines
Expectantly, Adam dropped it and back peddled on the ground, The alternate grabbed his leg, The blonde gave it a kick to the face with his other.
"Adam!! There you are!!" He heard a voice behind him, Looking back, He saw Jonah, Who looked... Casual, Weirdly usual, Like what had happened between them didn't.
"... Jonah?"
"Yeah bro, It's me, Why don't we go somewhere to eat? I'm hungry." Adam wanted to believe it was him, It looked like him, Sounded like him... But it wasn't, Adam was aware of how alternates worked, But can there be two alternates?
"I'm not going anywhere with you.." Adam spat.
"And why's that?"
"Because you're not really him... Are you?"
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Jonah crawled his way out of the water, He couldn't see, His vision was distorted like one of those, Fly sight images with the multi grid of the same picture, Way too many to just be double vision from the hit he just took.
He crawled to a stable spot on the ground and promptly collapsed, His face was burning, It felt like it was melting off his skull, Jonah reached up a hand to it and touched it, He recoiled upon feeling a substance that was just like what he imagined.
Jonah didn't know what he expected to see on his hand through his distorted sight but he saw some sort of dark stuff on it, 'W-What the fuck!?' He thought, Starting to panic, He knew Adam was there, He tried calling out for him but the words wouldn't come out, No words did, Only garbled, Warped sounds.
While looking to Adam, He spotted a figure speaking with him, It sounded just like Jonah... It was his alternate, His alternate was going to trick Adam and there's nothing he can do about it besides watch it happen, Jonah dragged himself to his friend despite his struggle.
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Adam watched his friend's alternate from the ground, He knew at this point it wasn't Jonah, But didn't have the means or know how to get himself out of this situation, He felt a tugging on his damp sleeve, And saw the other alternate, Seemingly whining and frantically tugging on his sleeve, He could even swear that he had heard his own name in the alternate's distorted voice.
"Adam!! Here!!!" The standing alternate threw Adam an object... A gun, He looked between the two, Into the former's pair of dark brown eyes and then back at the other's many pairs of eyes, But they weren't soulless like the former's there was life and light in them, None the less, Adam aimed the gun, Shooting with a loud BANG.
He flinched upon hearing the former fall to the ground with thud, Adam crawled over to it in an instant, He took out his flashlight, A sigh of relief when he saw black blood instead of red, He didn't just, Kill his best friend twice, But he looked back, The second one had to be dealt with, The gun was still well loaded and it didn't look like the alternate would go anywhere anytime soon.
Yet Adam hesitated, He held it at gunpoint, But It's distorted, Warped whines and whimpers made him sick, Made him question something, He lowered the weapon, Crawling close to it.
"Hold still." He ordered, Not sure if it would even understand him, Adam reached around on the gravel road way they were on, Finding a sharp edged rock, He brought up one of the sleeves of the alternate's jacket and swiftly sliced across with the stone, Bringing his flashlight only added to his guilt and ill feeling, As red blood trickled down from the fresh cut.
That didn't prove anything concrete but Adam still broke down and pulled the alternate into a tight embrace to his chest, Breaking down to sobbing. "I'm- I'M SO SORRY JONAH-" his breath hitched requiring him a minute to continue.
"I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO YOU! I FUCKED UP, I'M SO SORRY, I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'M SO SORRY- GOD..." He trailed off, Crying and dampening the hair of the alternate.
"aaAA-Adaa..m..." The blonde pulled away upon hearing his name.
Adam looked at the many eyes of the alternate, A sad smile on his face. "I want to believe so badly that it's you, Jo."
"I..'Aaaaam-" It replied, Struggling.
"Do you remember what our method of identification was?" He asked with hope, Especially when he saw quick recollection in It's eyes.
"D..A-aan bull- creeeper rap...??" Jonah was swept into another tight hug, Adam sighing in relief. "Holy fuck, It's you- Fuck, I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry you ended up like this." Jonah was unaware of the full extent of his changed appearance, But he couldn't bring himself to stay mad at Adam, Clearly they both had their breaking points, But they were both alive, Both okay.. Well okay as far as Jonah knew.
Adam sighed, Pulling away and standing up. "C'mon, Let's go find somewhere to stay for the night, We can deal with this tomorrow." He spoke, Offering his hands to Jonah who took it eagerly.
And with that, Adam helped him to the car, Grabbing some blankets from the trunk, Adam made sure they'd both be safe and warm on the long drive ahead of them.
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Notes - My gf came up with the dan bull creeper rap thing!!
Maybe I'll write more for this at some point!
