Castle

Part 9

Castle

Part Nine

(Bill)

I wake up with a major headache.

Strange vines are coiled around me, and slowly tightening.

I spot Mason on a cave wall, with purple vines wrapping around him.

"Mason!" I whisper-yell.

He groans as he wakes up.

"What...? Bill? Where are we?" He asks.

"I don't know, but I know we must leave as soon as possible."

Dipper looks around the room.

"My dagger... it's over there," he says, nodding towards a small pouch.

The vines suddenly tighten around us.

We both gasp for air.

"Can't... breathe..." I gasp.

"sTOp MoVinG HumANs."

We both freeze.

A humanoid figure slowly comes into the light.

Leaves and vines cover its body.

"yoU TwO ARen'T GOinG AnYWheRe."

"We're just trying to get back home! We didn't mean to-" Dipper states.

"yOUr ReASoniNG is PathEtiC."

"It's the truth!" My love yells.

The Monster hisses and tightens the vines around Dipper.

"Hrk!"

"I COuLD JuSt KiLL yOu... But... WhO wHouLD i PlaY wiTH TheN...?"

The Monster plucks a leaf from its own branch and holds it in front of Mason's face.

"EaT."

Dipper shakes his head.

The vines tighten around my torso.

"Ack!" I yell.

Dipper panics and yells, "OK!"

He eats the leaf.

His eyes instantly roll into their sockets and he passes out.

"What did you do, you bastard?!" I snap.

It cackles.

"YoU ShaLL SeE..."

Dipper's eyes slowly open, but they're black orbs.

"Mason!" I yell to him.

He stays silent.

"hE'S MiNe NOw... isN'T ThAT riGhT Dipper?"

My love nods.

"I am yours Master," Mason says dryly.

The vines release him and allow him to walk towards me.

The Monster retreats back into the darkness like a coward.

"It'S sO GoOD TO SeE YoU..." he whispers kissing my cheek.

I turn away.

"whAt'S WrOnG LoVE?"

"This isn't right. Something's is wrong with you... Something is possessing you."

"NoTHinG is WRonG..." he says.

"Something is, my love! You're not you."

Dipper twitches.