Ep 19: Possession

                                    

                                          
At the kitchen counter of Alyx's abode sat a colorful box, labeled "D.I.Y Friendship Bracletes." Hachi picked out 4 of the 15 provided colors for the small beads. Marcie was busy inserting the beads into a thin transparent string.
"Can someone help me over here? My eyes aren't built for this!" Marcie said, eyeing the tiny hole of the colored bead so it could enter the string.
"Here, I'm a master at friendship bracelets." Nissan replied from afar, walking over to the kitchen counter and taking the bracelet in progress. Marcie dropped the bead into Nissan's large hands and watched him eye the bead's hole that same way she did. 
Ashley sat on the sofa and watched what was playing on the TV, as did Mariana and Nivis. A migraine crawled up to the human's attention. It started off as a mild pain, something he'd be able to ignore. Not even 2 minutes passed until it got worse. Ashley held his forehead and inhaled deeply, hunching over the sofa and grabbing the concern of the two gods to his left.
"Are you okay?" Nivis said, worried for his health.
"I think I'm about to blackout aga-" Ashley steadily paused before falling unconscious on the grey wooden flooring beneath them. 
"Holy Fuck!" Mariana cussed. Both gods who had once been sitting comfortably rushed to Ashley's side. Nivis kneeled adjacent to Ashley's head, in which he presumed had fallen face first onto the solid floor. In result, He used his frigid cold palm to hover over Ashley's forehead. Mariana on the other hand slowly backed away from his unconscious body. Before she backed away, a hollow pit formed in her stomach. Growing bigger each inch she grew closer to Ashley. The three behind the kitchen counter had already taken notice of Ashley blacking out, Marcie being the most concerned.
"Mariana, why aren't you helping him?!" Marcie shouted from across the room.
"Something doesn't feel right." Mariana replied shakily. She signaled to Nivis with her hands to back away from the body, and obediently, he did. Ashley's body lay frozen as everybody avoided it. A finger on his body twitched, soon his hands began cracking their own joints. Ashley's body didn't seem like it was his anymore. Instead, it was as if he was sharing it with another soul. An entity. 
"You're smart, Aquis." Ashley's body muttered before stumbling onto his feet. It was the same husky voice Marcie heard back at the Burger King. 
"It's not like I'll be able to do anything in this body however. Not until a very long time." He continued. He looked around the room and glanced at every being that had occupied the area. He turned to Marcie, who had been partially hiding behind the counter.
"I guess I won't have to use my bare hands to end your pathetic life." Isaac announced. He took one step toward the kitchen before he was struck in the jaw by Mariana's spiked fist, resembling an inflated pufferfish. She had ran into him at such great speeds that Isaac had flew into the wall to his left. His bloody jaw painted the lightly colored walls red.
"YOU MURDERER!" Mariana shrieked, tears flooding her vision. Isaac held his jaw in place, caressing the newly made holes on the side of his face. Hachi watched how hard Isaac hit the wall and observed the blood dripping down his face onto the floor, turning to grip onto Nissan as she quickly began crying into his shoulder. Nissan, of course, held his hand on her back and carried her further away from the on going fist fight.
"Watch it, Aquis." Isaac warned, stumbled back onto his feet as if he hadn't just lost a few teeth a few minutes ago. He put himself into a stance before mimicking what Mariana had done to him, Teleporting into her face and jabbing both eyes in her skull. Mariana released an ear-splitting scream before finally grabbing Isaac by the shoulders and bumped her head into his own with great force. She had struggled getting a hold of him due to her sight being taken away, but luckily was able to use echolocation to detect him. Isaac was knocked back, raising his head to observe Mariana who had leaned against the wall with her hands felt upon it.