SOMETHING

Sunny awakens in Green Space, Omori starring him down.

"You're making a mistake," Omori growls. 

Sunny grabs his violin from the center if the room, "I need… The truth… for my family."

"When they learn it you won't have one," Omori retorts.

Sunny doesn't reply, afraid Omori is right, but continuing all the same. Out of lobe for Aubrey and Basil. His brotherly love for Kel and Henry. And…

His love for his dead sister Mari.

He exits the door into the bank. It's empty, save for Mari, that spectre who greets him, "Oh hey. How you been?"

Sunny hugs her, being hugged back as she explains, "I don't have long… your dream friends are OK but… I'm not one of them and… it's not our time to reunite.

Mari assures Sunny with a smile, "Though we can walk together for a bit."

The two proceed through the empty park in a tense silence as the two walk towards their goal.

"You're about to remember you know," Mari explains with a serious but compassionate tone, "No matter what happens, please, keep living."

Mari helps Sunny up past a steep incline in the waters of Deep Well, the area growing darker as the duo descend, "This world will be OK, your friends here will be OK, but ours, yours… it needs you. Our family needs you. Please…"

Mari stops at a boat dock, "Forgive yourself OK? It wasn't your fault."

Mari hugs Sunny one last time before fading away, leaving Sunny alone as a massive red whale emerges from the waters declaring as the communist anthem blares, "COMRADE!"

Sunny leaps back as the whale continues, "Be not afraid comrade! We mean you no harm!"

"I am Humphrey," the whale explains, "A profound communist. I am your dream, and since you are more socialist since communist, I was to be Omori's final boss. I know you believe communism cannot work as all my cells work to the collective, but I choose not to fight you of my own free will Sunny. This world will carry on, my intention to have Jawsume steal the clams was to protect this world which I no longer believe you will destroy. Dreamer, it is time for you to seek the truth. Come…"

Humphrey opens his mouth to reveal a golden door with three locks broken beside it, "To Gold Space."

Sunny reaches for the door and opens it. He will finally learn the SOMETHING he repressed.

The ground is cold an shard, shining with needless extravagance as his back is rendered soar by the metal surface he awakens upon.

Welcome to Gold Space. 

Sunny stands upon the gleaming surface, blood dripping down his hands as he walks forward towards a tree. The tree where Mari…

Hung herself.

No.

"No!" sunny yells, "She…"

SOMETHING looms over him.

"I-" Sunny forces himself to recall as he breaks down crying.

And then…

It all…

Clicks.

Sunny didn't always live in that nice house. He once lived in a much smaller house which was run down, a rental with two cramped floors. Sunny's parents had always wanted more, whenever Mari got money from work they would take it and leave the house, and they pushed her for…

The recital.

Pushed both of them, there was a huge amount of prize money if they won. Sometimes Mari would play piano, their father beating her for every little mistake until she developed an intense sense of perfectionism. However Mari's piano was their only solace together. The soothing tunes they shared the sole escape from the abuse they endured everyday. 

Sunny had gotten a violin, and began to practice with Mari. Sunny knew she was just trying to protect him but they practiced until his fingers bled and he was so sick of being afraid. He was so sick of everything…

There was yelling… He threw the violin. Mari had fear in her eyes. She told Sunny dad was gonna hurt him and…

He panicked.

She tried to tell him to run to Basil's and hide but… He thought she was gonna hurt him and they were at the top of the stairs and…

He was just so scared.

He tried to run to his room but Mari grabbed him, screaming at him to run to Basil's. He was scared, he thought Mari was trying to hurt him and pushed her away. Mari stumbled back, down the stairs, landing on the broken violin with a loud crack.

The door opens…

It's a haze after that.

Mari wasn't breathing.

Basil said something. The police? Jail? Had to… cover it up.

Yes.

It was Basil's idea.

But he still agreed.

They tied the jump rope to that tree and…

It would look like an accident. Even if they could see her dead eye staring back at them that SOMETHING…

It was over…

Sunny expected to be beaten to death. His dad walked up to him after seeing the body, and asked with a twisted smile, "Did you do this?"

Sunny didn't reply.

"We can use this to sue the recital company and pin this on them," his father grinned wider, painfully gripping Sunny's shoulder, "We can be rich."

Sunny's shoulder began to bleed as his father smiled with the grin of the Devil himself, "Sunny… it's perfect."

The trial was short, the family easily suing the company for a huge sum of money, the company's lawyers suggested settling out of court to avoid bad publicity, which led to Sunny's parents fighting. The mom was happy to, but the father wanted to go all in.

They eventually decided to settle out of court and go their separate ways. Sunny was left with his mother, who quickly took her share of the money and never came back, leaving Sunny with enough money to live off of for a year or two, and left. Sunny quickly grew to despise that money, everything that had happened was because of the fucking money. Money that he amassed hoping that it had something be was missing, that it could numb the pain. Maybe to understand why his parents was so desperate for it, but nothing ever did. As his bank account grew so did his guilt and anger for wealth. His despair and self hatred growing with every dollar.

He killed Mari, and his parents used that for money.

That was the SOMETHING he had repressed. 

Sunny looks at Mari's corpse, a sudicie staged by him and Basil, a staging used by his worthless blood family for money, as if any amount of money can be worth a life. Her life.

He loved her.

And he killed her.

Sunny breaks down. He screams, full volume for the first time in forever, and snaps awake.

The night is still and calm. Aubrey is sleeping peacefully, muttering, "Come bafk… you're warm…"

Kel is fast asleep on the floor, a wide grin on his face.

Henry sat upright asleep in a chair.

Basil…

Basil!

Where was Basil?

Sunny rose to his feet.

Basil… He had lived with this for four years…

He had to save Basil.

Then…

Then…

He could…

He didn't know.

He didn't care.

He just had to know Basil was OK.

Or…

Could he run?

Take his money and leave?

No.

Sunny refused.

He went to Basil's room, where the boy stood with a pair of garden shears, his voice shook, tears streamed down his face, "Sunny… you finally remember, or so you think. It wasn't you… it was SOMETHING behind you."

"Come here," Basil pleads, "I love you to much to let this thing haunt you. Let me set you free, my sunshine."

Basil is offering you a way out…

Do you accept?

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