New Tricks
The next morning Leo and Scorpio woke up in a green room.
"Attention losers. Since five of you were killed we've added a few new things to the maze. There are now magic tiles that can teleport you into other places and do other cool things," said Ophiuchus.
"Five? Libra, Capricorn, Virgo, and Sagittarius. That's four," said Leo.
"Cancer," added Scorpio.
"Oh right. She's still dead isn't she? That's kind of cool. Being dead but still interacting with the living," said Leo. Then he stood up and stretched.
"The first boss was a dragon, the second one was a cobra. I wonder what the next one will be," said Scorpio.
Leo showed off his muscles. "I'm sure we'll take it down."
"Your muscles are useless against these bosses," said Scorpio.
"Oh. Right!" said Leo.
Scorpio sat down and started eating blackberries. Leo dug into the strawberries.
"I wonder what happens to the others when they die. I hope they don't suffer," said Scorpio.
Leo sighed. "I'm still not over Sagittarius. He died to help us kill the boss. I wish he didn't have to die like that."
Scorpio chuckled. "But he died in a heroic way.
Don't you think he'd want that?"
"He wouldn't want to die any other way!" replied Leo. Then he continued eating his food.
***
"Wake up Ar-"
"Shhhh!" Gemini covered Pisces' mouth.
"What?" asked Pisces.
Gemini pointed at Aries. She had a big grin on her face. "I wonder what she's dreaming about."
"She looks the way you do when I cuddle you," said Pisces.
"Aww she's probably dreaming about Leo."
"We need to get up." Then Pisces made a bunch of water crash into the bed. Aries shot up and glared at him.
"Um... ready to hunt monsters?" asked Gemini.
"I was having a perfect dream!" said Aries. Gemini and Pisces smirked.
"What was it about?" asked Pisces.
"Or should we ask, who was it about?" asked Gemini.
"Shut up! We have monsters to kill!" Then Aries picked up her sword.
"She told us to shut up! I'm like, so offended right now," said Gemini in a joking tone.
"She's being so mean that I could cry!" said Pisces. Then Pisces and Gemini laughed and high fived. Aries sighed and started eating black berries.
***
After they were finished eating, team blue went monster hunting. Aries made little hearts out of fire in her palms without realizing it.
"Watch this," said Pisces. Then he made a heart out of water. Gemini made a breeze that crashed the water heart into the fire heart, putting out the flames.
"Hey, what was the for?" asked Aries.
"Since when do you make heart shaped fire?" asked Gemini.
"What are you talking about?" asked Aries.
"This was you," said Pisces. Then he grinned and made hearts out of water.
"I didn't do that!" said Aries.
"Are you still thinking about that dream that you won't tell us about?" asked Gemini.
"I didn't dream of anything," replied Aries.
"THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER! She doesn't want to tell us that in her dream she was probably cuddling with her boyfriend," said Pisces. Aries ignored them and continued walking forward. Then the tile under her feet started glowing blue.
"What's going on?" asked Aries. Then the tile glowed red and Aries disappeared. Two seconds later, Scorpio appeared where Aries was standing.
***
Taurus was leaning on Aquarius' chest. They were both lying together in bed. Aquarius played with Taurus's hair. Taurus looked up at Aquarius, smiled and kissed him.
"AHHHHHHHHHH! SAGGI WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE! I HATE YOU HYDRUS!" screamed Moncer while throwing things around the room.
"Uh oh. Moncer' back," said Aquarius.
"Why did I hear my name?" demanded Moncer.
"I don't know. Maybe because you have ears," said Taurus. A blueberry hit Taurus in the face. Then Cancer stopped throwing things, and started eating fruit.
"So. Virgo's actually dead," said Aquarius.
"Yeah," replied Taurus.
"And so is Libby, and Capricorn."
"But I'm still here!" said Taurus.
"Yes. And I'm very grateful for that," said Aquarius.
"Oops. I kinda made a mess didn't I?" asked Cancer while looking around the trashed room.
"Moncer goes insane when she remembers what happened yesterday," said Taurus.
"Oh no. At least Hydrus will have to clean up the mess," said Cancer. "Come eat, we need to slay some monsters!"
***
After eating, team red walked around the hallways.
"I've decided to be generous to you guys," announced Hydrus.
"I doubt that," muttered Cancer.
"I'm going to play some music over the speakers to enjoy while you kill monsters. This one is for Aquarius," said Hydrus. Then closer by The Chainsmokers started playing.
Aquarius's eyes widened and he dropped to his knees. Aquarius jammed his fingers in his ears to block out the music. Hydrus increased the volume. Aquarius screamed in anger.
"Aquarius!" Taurus sat beside him.
"This song reminds me of Virgo and Libra," said Aquarius. Then tears streamed down his face. Taurus hugged him and let him sob into her shoulder.
"FUCK YOU HYDRUS!" Then Moncer threw a shruiken at a speaker. It bounced back. There must of been some kind of force field around it. Clever Hydrus.
"I just want to sing this song with Virgo and Libra again to annoy Capricorn," cried Aquarius. "Then Capricorn will smile and tell us to shut up. But she just doesn't want to admit that she enjoys it. And then me and Virgo will start dancing and Libby will join in. Then Scorpio will call us stupid idiot monkeys. But I guess that's never going to happen again!"
***
Libra, Capricorn, Virgo and Sagittarius were sitting on top of a cloud.
"Aww. I liked the meadow better," said Capricorn.
"Why didn't Ophiuchus wake us up yet?" asked Libra.
"I don't know. Maybe the others are getting a day to rest after the boss fight," suggested Sagittarius. "Wait. Are we in control when we wake up?"
"No. We're controlled by the collars," replied Virgo.
"Wait, do you guys know how I died?" asked Sagittarius.
"You blew up to re-kill me and save the others," replied Virgo.
"Wait. I don't remember how I died either," said Capricorn.
"I know that I died when we were locked out during night time. That's it," said Libra.
"Wait. You guys have no memory of how you died at all? Or what you did when you were controlled?" asked Virgo.
"Nope. I think the collars steal our memories from when we die and it keeps our memories of what we did when we were walking around," said Libra.
"My memories aren't gone," said Virgo
"Yeah, but you had to get a new collar, remember?" asked Capricorn. "When the first one got destroyed, it probably gave you your memories back. The one you're wearing now will keep your memories of what you do in the future."
"So, if I kill one of our friends, I won't remember it?" asked Sagittarius.
"Nope," replied Capricorn.
"I hope I didn't kill anyone. I think that kind of guilt would haunt me forever," said Libra.
"Don't worry about it. I'm sure the others outsmarted you," said Capricorn. Libra wrapped his arms around her.
"Thanks Cappy. I hope you didn't die because of one of us. I'd probably hold a grudge against that person even though it wasn't their fault," said Libra.
"I'm sure I was protecting someone or maybe one of those monsters snuck up on me," said Capricorn. Then her and Libra kissed.
Virgo cringed. He didn't want to tell Libra the truth.
"Wait, so how did you die Virgo?" asked Sagittarius. Capricorn and Libra looked at Virgo curiously.
"I wasn't paying attention and one of those animatronics slashed me across my stomach. See?" asked Virgo. Then he pulled up his shirt to show them the scar across his stomach.
"It looks like you were sliced open by some kind of knife," said Capricorn while tracing a finger over the scar. The blood drained from Libra's face.
"Oh yeah! It was a monkey and he had a few knives. Stupid idiot monkey!" said Virgo. "But I didn't suffer or anything. I died immediately." Libra sighed in relief. Then he disappeared.
Sagittarius felt like he was going to throw up. "Are we waking up?"
"We are. Don't be nervous, it will be alright," said Capricorn. Then her, Virgo and Sagittarius disappeared from their dream world
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