Chapter 21 with A/N of Apologies
Marie's POV
My tired eyes felt heavy as I slowly opened them, seeing nothing but light above me. I heard a few sighs of relief as I slowly moved my head to the side. Due to the light blurring my vision for a second, I saw about six people around me, but they looked like pairs of three. "Marie!" I heard a young girl's voice shout out happily, something heavy falling on me.
I gasped in surprise and felt back onto my back, the bed shaking at the sudden weight. I looked at what or who landed on me and my eyes widened in surprise. It was a young girl who looked to be eight, having brown hair and a pink dress. However, her eyes leaked blood as if they were tears. She gave me a wide smile and said happily, "I missed you, Marie! It's me, Sally!"
I almost shoved her off when I remembered she was a kid, making me push her gently away. Her face went from a smile to a frown in an instant when I sat up and asked, "Sally? I don't know a Sally."
I saw a blue gloved hand on her head appear and a calm and monotone voice say, "Don't mind her, Sally. Remember she lost her memory."
I followed the voice and saw a pale man with brown hair and a surgical mask on his face, a blood painted smile on his mask. I saw him in a doctor's coat and in a professional outfit, making him seem the most normal person here. I rubbed my eyes and looked to find one final person here. I frowned and let out a threatening growl of disapproval when I saw Ticci-Toby, his jacket off to show his long sleeved, navy blue turtleneck. Sally whimpered slightly in fear and I felt bad, stopping my growl. "Leave us, please, Sally," Ticci-Toby said to her nicely, patting her head softly, "I need to talk to her. You, too, Doctor Smiley."
I saw them both stare at us before Doctor Smiley nodded, grabbing Sally's shoulders. "Let's go," he whispered as he guided her out of the small room and closing the door behind him.
Now that I'm awake, I took in my surroundings, seeing the room look very much like a hospital room. There was instruments used in emergency rooms and first aid kits everywhere, along with blood. I laid on the only bed and Ticci-Toby stood near the door, which had a desk and chair next to it. "This is the hospital room at our mansion where we live." He paused before continuing, "Well, where you live again since you've been away."
I frowned more and realization hit me. "Toby!" I shouted in fear, "Sarah! Lilith, Karren, Mark!" I looked at Ticci-Toby and asked, "Are they alright? What did you do to them, you asshole!?"
"They're all fine," Ticci-Toby shot back, keeping a straight face, "We just erased their memories of you and left them there. Now all you have to do is forget about them and never go back."
I glared hard at him, yelling angrily, "Why did you have bring me here? I was perfectly fine with them and you took me away from it!"
He sighed at my excessive yelling, replying as calmly as he could. "You didn't belong there, Marie. You saw what happened to you. If we didn't show up, you would've killed them."
"If you didn't show up, I wouldn't have that THING come out of me! You ruined what I had!"
"You wouldn't have been happy there. You'll be more happy with us. With people like you."
"Like what, a freak? A killer?" I felt my eyes water a lot as I stood from the bed. I pushed his chest hard, but he didn't budge. "You made my life terrible! You shouldn't have followed me! Why did you even do that? You don't care!"
He grabbed my wrist tightly, making me flinch. "Don't you ever say that. I care about you with all my life. You mean everything to me. You don't remember what you did, but you mean the world to me. And that's why I..."
He paused for a second, gripping my wrist not as tightly as before. I looked at him the best I could, but my tears were still in my eyes, some cascading down my face. I felt something in my chest warm up, something that felt so familiar to me. I looked more closely at Ticci-Toby's face and saw a familiar head of brown, messy hair and the random ticks here and there, the feeling of his hand twitching reminding me of something...
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I was walking down a forest path when I heard a voice from behind me yell, "Wait up, Marie!"
I turned to see Ticci-Toby running, making me smile and stop. When he came closer, I greeted happily, "Hey, Toby! What's up?"
I saw a his mouthguard move up as he answered, "I just wanted to see if it's okay if I walk with you is all."
I smiled a little more and let out a tiny giggle, holding my hand out. Ticci-Toby stared at it for a second before grabbing it, his hand sticking while at it. I held onto it tightly and we began to walk side by side down the path, the wind blowing softly. The warmth in his hand made my chest warm up, as well, the smile never leaving my face.
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I paused and slowly raised my free shaky hand to Ticci-Toby's mouthguard, seeing him freeze. I gently put my fingertips on the straps near his ear as I stuttered, "W-Wait. Are you really...?"
I pulled my hand from his wrist and wrapped my hand around his, remembering the warmth of it. I felt memories rush into my head and I let out a shuddery gasp, smiling in disbelief. I remember now, I thought as I looked into Toby's goggle-covered eyes, the orphanage, the mansion, my stab wound... even him.
Quickly, I pulled down his mouthguard and it my lip on his, closing my eyes as the tears fell. He froze in surprise and I pulled away as fast as I kissed him, hugging him tight as I cried. "Toby!" I cried into his chest, afraid of losing him again, "Oh my God, Toby! I'm sorry I almost killed you and Jeff! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
I kept crying and tears kept falling until I felt Toby move, making me look. He took his goggles off to show his brown eyes, tears falling as well. He held my face in his hands and he laid his forehead on mine, smiling wide. "This is the real Marie I know," he said, wiping my tears with his thumbs, "You're the one I fell for."
I smiled before I pulled him into another kiss, Toby not freezing this time. This is the moment I think we've all been waiting for.
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aaaahhhHHHHHHHH! I did it! I updated this bad boy! AND I'M HECCA PROUD OF IT!
Okay, so this said this is also an A/N of Apologizes and the apologizes are that I'm sorry it took FOREVER to update! I was really busy and I couldn't finish what I started. BUT I will have this book done soon! It's only a few more chapters away until it's complete and I thank everyone for being here and supporting me!
PS, I'm also going to give a special thanks to this one very devoted reader of Lies Within Creepypasta and that lovely person is FuckedUpLittleGall ! Thank you so much for loving my story and for helping me inside myself to continue this!
PPS, I was wondering... Should I do a face reveal? I don't know how people would feel about it since I look completely normal, but I was just thinking maybe I should? What do you think?