Secrets To Our Past

Chapter 19: Family

Alyssa POV
She looked at the stickman that was supposed to be Henry that was labeled "Family"

Are these..

Choices?

She kept looking at the timer that was slowly ticking away, which made her slightly panic on the inside.

Friends?

Family?

Which is more important?

She glanced at the hologram of the top hat flickering, then again at the stickman.

Dang it, let's just get this over with, whatever this is.

She slightly touched the Family option, and everything unfroze and the options fizzled out.

'I choose family.',she automatically said.

Alyssa looked down, not wanting to look at her friends' disappointed faces.

Henry slowly came up to her and hugged her. He threw the top hat off her head.

'Come on, let's go home..'

Alyssa looked back at her friends. They didn't seem to want to look at her.

Something snapped inside of her and she ran up 'to them and threw her arms around them. She sobbed into Sabrina's shoulder.

'I'm so sorry...I'll..I just had to do this, to keep you safe..please don't be mad at me..', she said between sniffles.

'Hey, hey there, kiddo. It's okay. They're your family. We..we understand.', Sven said comfortingly.'

'You were like a sister to us, Alyssa.', Sabrina said.

'I'l never forget you, Alyssa Stickmin.', Burt kissed the top of her forehead.

Alyssa blushed a little, and ran back to Henry. Along with Ellie, who skeptically looked back at Sven and Earrings, they walked away quickly.

'Oh no, you don't! You're not taking out another innocent life!', a voice rang out.

Someone grabbed Alyssa's arm roughly.

'Wait Reginald, Henry is-!', Alyssa started to say.

Henry and Ellie looked back in surprise.

Reginald aimed a gun at Henry, and Alyssa tried to stop it, wrestling his arm away from Henry. The gun pointed towards her. Reginald tried to get it out of her grip, and while doing so, accidentally pulled the trigger.

'ALYSSA NO!', Henry yelled.

Her chest was throbbing with pain, and red stained her purple dress and cape. She dropped to ground, and everything was fading to black.

'YOU LITTLE SON OF A-YOU KILLED MY SISTER!'

Henry picked her body up and started to shake her.

'Wake up! Wake up Alyssa please! I can't lose you! I love you!'

Reginald just stood there in shock, hardly believing that he just killed a fellow Toppat.

Ellie would've tackled him and stabbed Reginald to death. Instead she dropped down, and tried to see if the damage was too much.

The scene faded to black, and a giant red sign that read FAIL appeared.

"Family wasn't the best choice this time."

...?

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*laughs nervously*

Don't kill me.