Symbiotic (trollhunter harem story)

A night to forget

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This is gonna be a relatively short chapter but it can be an emotional one and it's going to change the very foundation of tales of Arcadia story from here on out

Streaks point of view

we managed to get back to troll market in one piece well not all of us... I do know the heart to tell Jim that his mother is not going to make it once someone gets hit by a red symbiont unless they've got their own they will make it through the night

I'm not sure of this is lucky but I don't have to tell in this the old troll did and he did not take it well: what you mean there's nothing you can do to save her! She's my mother has to be something

the old troll: I'm sorry but even if we were to remove the binding spell her injuries were too severe the changeling will survive but I'm sorry your mother won't make it through the night

I could feel it in Jim's mind is entire body just ran cold and he forgot everything just for a moment the other story was gonna faint instead he just walked forwards towards his dying mother I wish there was something I could do I care not that strong against separate my consciousness, give your own symbiont to survive if I did Jim me would die and so would his mother there just isn't enough of me

jim: is there anything you can do streak

I have to give him the bad news: no sorry Jim I'm just not that strong enough kept separate my consciousness like the others if I were to it would kill the two of us and your mother also she is too weak to survive the transformation if I were to do it and we were somehow able to succeed in splitting my consciousness we would just put her in more pain

Jim: so this is really it... There's nothing we can do all the money and power we have and we can even save my mother how is that fair!

I don't have the answer all I can give is my own: you can't save everyone jim you know that you've always known that I've always known that we just pretend like we don't know because it is easier than accepting the reality of the situation we have to accept the fact that there are some things that even we can't do the best thing you can do now is be there with your mother when she... You know of give you guys some privacy

by that I mean I just go radio silent for a while I don't think he would want me to interrupt this moment and it's not time for my usual shenanigans

we arrived back at the old troll's office and there was Barbara laying on the table that been transformed into a relatively comfortable bed she saw her son coming towards her and she smiled weakly: hey kiddo

jim smiled trying to hold back the tears: hi Mum I guess you can see why been missing so many classes now... Don't worry migrate having slipped out thanks to streak he's given me complete access to my brain busy we have an eidetic memory now

Barbara laughed: well I suppose as long as your grades don't fall it's fine so Mr Blinky he is...

jim: a four armed troll with six eyes in my defence he does give out good guidance

the two laugh together then it went silent for a moment before Barbara spoke: I'm dying and I and don't write to me Jim I'm a doctor I know what a dying person looks like

jim nodded sadly: sorry ma'am there's nothing any of us can do carnage you went is spreading throughout your entire body no magic assigned could save you I'm sorry

Barbara: it's okay it's not your fault if anything I'm just worried about what's going to happen to you without me... What are you going to do?

jim: well do I have a legal guardian if something like this was to happen

Barbara shook her head: no I couldn't trust anyone with you... I guess that's my mistake I just didn't think anything like this could have happened

jim: I don't think either of us could... The industry can have a plan somewhat since you never gave me a legal guardian we can hack into the system and make it say that Claire's mother is my now legal guardian in wouldn't be too difficult especially for us and don't worry Claire's mother knows about the whole troll aspect

Barbara: but what about her husband

oh yeah that's a whole other conversation but I don't think it's a good idea to go into that I just nudge Jim to carry on comforting his mother the to talk for a few more hours about everything: adventure meeting me just trying to comfort Barbara in her last moments as the stories go on I can see through Jim's eyes that his mother is becoming more and more pale and her speech is slurring she's on her last legs

Barbara coughed up blood: I think... I think that's it now Jim I just want you to know no matter what happens before all of this you will always my hero

tears began to fall down jim cheek as he grabbed his mother's hand and held it: I know ma'am thank you for everything

the mother smiled as she closed her eyes and the grip that holding her son's hand suddenly faded... She was gone Jim knew it I know it but he kept holding your hand hoping that by some miracle she would have had a turnaround and she would be fine but it wasn't going to happen Jim stayed there for five minutes just crying before he got up and screamed and I could feel his anger fuelling mine and we needed take it out on someone and there was only one person we had in mind

narrator's point of view

Strickler was in a cage to stop him from causing any unnecessary trouble intro market at least that was what he was told in reality it was probably for his own protection from the other trolls that wanted to eat him he had almost completely recovered from his injuries which he was grateful for the hope that Barbara was having the same lark

so he was happy to see Mr Lake coming to the cells and lower the cage: Jim I hope that you come with good news

his student just remains silent staring at him with intense fury. He transformed into a symbiotic form and is marched straight up to Strickler

Strickler was actually very scared now: Jim what are you doing... We had a deal!?

Streak and Jim said in tandem: deals off! Now it's dinner time

the symbiont opened its mouth revealing and sharp teeth and tongue and all the could be heard from the cells was Strickler's screams and begs for mercy