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I kicked a rock outside of the cabin, watching it tumble down a slope before ending up in an empty creek.
It's been a few hours since what happened earlier. I killed a friend of mine. Well... she's not my friend anymore. I hate her. She killed me. But that doesn't matter anymore; she's gone, for now. I've been hanging out at Fifteen's place for now, and it's really boring, but it's not like I sat in a jail cell doing nothing for over a decade. I was supposed to be planning on going back, but a yellow figure suddenly popped before my eyes.
"HIII THREE!" X yelled, excited at my appearance. I stumbled back a bit; their sudden teleportation almost made my heart jump out!
"Woah! What are you doing here?!" I replied.
"Uhhhh... you remember that you still have all that power?" I completely forgot. Before I killed One, she transferred every last drop of everyone's power to my body, all at once. No wonder my head felt so fuzzy.
"OH YEAH! I can give you back Two and Four's power if that's what you need..."
X nodded. I grabbed their hand and transferred their power over. I already gave all the other numbers back their portion, but I didn't know what to do with the rest, since I completely forgot Two was hosting a gameshow. I also decided to keep One's power, since she's dead anyways; there's no real need to give it to anyone else.
"Oh, I almost forgot!" X said all of a sudden when the transfer was finished. They reached behind their nubs and pulled out a cornflower-colored piece.
One.
I gasped.
"Where in the world did you find this?!" My body seemed to glitch further because of the sudden emotions, giving me a headache.
"Black Hole! He just.. randomly shot it out earlier. I decided to bring it back to you, because nobody else would want it..."
"...alright, I'll take it. Are there any other pieces I should know of?" I didn't know why I asked that.
"Nope, just this one."
"...alright. I guess.. I'll see you later?"
X was already gone. I was left alone, with a piece of my former friend within my hand. I thought about it for a long time... if Black Hole can bring out more pieces... maybe she can be brought back. No, that's a dumb idea. She'd just cause chaos again. I know what happened to me. Maybe she can change, though? No. Defenitely. She just wanted to fix me.
But why would she do.. all that for me?