Ryan woke up desperately needing to go to the toilet. He managed to hold it in all day, to avoid making Ester's day even harder but now he was paying the price. He was at Ester's house so he knew where the toilet was. As he walked down the hallway he saw Simone being tied up by Tammy and Ruby and saw a pig squealing at her. He didn't pay any attention for now as he went to the toilet and relieved himself.
"Ryan you're up," Tammy greeted him as he left the bathroom. "We managed to tie up that evil bitch but not before she turned Ester into a pig. We were wondering if you could think of what to do with her." Ryan nodded as he followed her into the living room. "It's weird though, she left a note on Ester so we'd think it was Simone that got turned into a pig."
"That's unlikely, villains can't be targeted by harmful spells. I know they can change themselves though, Simone possessed Ester yesterday then swapped their appearances."
"Oh we're aware of that..." Tammy didn't elaborate any further. "Still it's an interesting note..."
Ruby was comforting the pig while Simone was duct taped so she couldn't move. Her eyes went wide as she saw Ryan. "Mphmmm!" She screamed and wiggled.
"Silence!" Tammy back handed her, making her fall to the floor.
Ryan quickly ran over to her and helped her up as he began to untie her.
"Ryan, what are you doing!" Tammy and Ruby screamed as they tried to stop him.
"This is Ester... I can see it in her eyes!" He pleaded as he was pulled back.
"You don't think that bitch can't impersonate Ester's mannerisms?" Tammy asked. "This is clearly her game."
"And if it is Ester?" Ryan pulled himself free from the girls grasp but didn't return to who he thought was Ester just yet.
"Well then she's committed to have us turn on each other," Tammy looked at the pig.
"This is Ester... I know it!" Ruby hugged the pig. "The way she was reacting when she saw Simone and us, she definitely didn't choose to become a pig. I should know, I've been a dog and a chimp."
"Pass me the note," Ryan held out his hand. He could've sworn Ester was still in Simone's body. The way she looked at him, he saw that look all day yesterday. The pig was an enigma though. Tammy gave him Ryan the note they found.
'Deer daddy i no uv been 2 busy 2 come c me but i luv u dats y i made the meen lady in 2 a piggy luv Pandora'
"Weird right?" Tammy asked as Ryan finished reading it. "Clearly this is meant to be a dig at you for that... thing that happened." She gave him a sympathetic smile. "That bitch, she's a cruel woman. A game like this is something she'd do."
"So is putting Ester in her place..." Ryan stated. "Think about it, how did you capture Simone? She would've turned you into toads or something before you could've." Ryan looked at Simone's gaze, he was seventy-five percent positive that this was Ester.
"How do you explain the pig?" Ruby asked.
"The pig isn't Simone, I'll agree with you there, it's probably another victim of the game." The pig squealed in distress at Ryan's statement. "See the pig agrees." The pig squealed some more.
"And how do you know for certain, Simone is only letting us tie her up and the moment you untie her that's when she'll transform us again! I'll happily keep Ester tied up for a day than risk that being Simone."
"Ester hasn't been able to move for at least three days now and the day before that she was on a dog's body and before that she was tied up in a lab, the day before that you were in a zoo, then before that she was missing some of her limbs and before that she was a doll. So I'm not leaving her tied up today, even if it means risking being transformed by Simone!" Ryan yelled and began to untie the duct tape again.
"Ryan stop!" Tammy and Ruby jumped on him again pulling him back. This time he didn't give up as he pushed them back and went to untie Simone again. The entire time Simone was squirming wishing everyone would stop fighting. Tammy grabbed Ryan again, who turned to push her away. The pig was standing behind Tammy and caused her to trip backwards into a glass cabinet. She landed backwards in the cabinet, taking out several shelves and breaking the china with her body, she was scratched and bruised with a few shards of glass sticking out of her arms and legs. "What the hell Ryan!" Tammy was dazed and tried to stand up. She hit her on another shelf and stumbled forward, hitting some loose glass on the cabinet door with her face. "My eyes!" Tammy screamed as she impaled them with two large shards of glass.
"Oh my god Ryan!" Ruby screamed as she rushed to help Tammy.
Ryan looked back as he finished untying Simone's body.
"What did you do!" Ester screamed as she ran over to her sister's side, she didn't even have time to be thankful Ryan believing it was her.
"I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..." Ryan pleaded knowing that this was his fault, not the challenge.
"Make yourself useful and call an ambulance!" Ester snapped as she tried to comfort her older sister.
Ryan grabbed his mobile but it was completely dead, he tried the landline too but that too was dead. "I need your phones, mine is dead and so's the landline!" Ryan called out. He returned to the girls, who were tending to Tammy's smaller wounds, covering them with bandages. He went through the phones and they were all dead. "None of them are working..." Ryan ran to try and get help but the front door wouldn't open.
"They won't let us leave... now that I've seen the truth.... hehehe...hahahaha!" Tammy cackled. "Through blood covered glass embedded in my eyes.... I have pierced the veil... they don't like that... they don't like to be seen..." Tammy grabbed the glass in her eyes and pulled them out, taking her eyes with her.
"Tammy!" Ester and Ruby screamed in unison.
"It's too late... the veil has already been pierced... I can still see them even now, even without my eyes... hahaha!" Tammy turned to face Ester. "I should've listened to Ryan dear sister... too late now... too late..." She then turned to face the pig. "Little piggy... hahaha.... You should see what I see... hehehe... you won't like it... you won't like it at all... the whispers, they've told me the truth... you're not going to like it at all.. hahahaha!"
"Tammy what's gotten into you?" Ruby pleaded.
"Oh Ruby... I have seen the end... Pan..dor..a... the child that shouldn't exist..." Tammy placed her hands on Ryan's scar. "You do not know what you have created... the monster you have birthed...." She paused and looked around. "I have said too much... they come for me now and all of you as well... I've said things I should have... No matter, we'll forget tomorrow... we all will... mustn't forget... must not... ah!" Tammy's head exploded into a pool of blood, spraying Ester, Ryan, Ruby and the pig with her remains as her body fell to the floor.
"What the fuck was that?!" Ruby demanded as she approached Ryan. "This is your fault!" Ruby's blood covered face was filled with anger as she stepped towards Ryan.
"No..." the pig squealed in a human like voice. "It can't be true..." tears flowed from its eyes. "This was only for fun... the consequences were never mean to be... Squeee!" The pig begged as it was raised in the air before blowing up.
"Hahaha... the pig was.... hahaha..." Ester laughed as she began to tear at her skin. "Don't want to be her... I'm the last reminder.... hahaha... Ryan... this is our fault.... you'll see what we've done... you'll see how it happened.... hahaha... get me out of this skin." Ester kept pulling at her flesh and grabbed a knife to start skinning her self. Ryan and Ruby tried to stop her but she was too dangerous, slashing at them before she took her own life.
"Alive and dead... alive and dead... the cycle repeats... we're in over our heads..." Ruby began to mutter. "So many paths... some many changes... I'm a girl now... but that always changes... Torn to shreds by the shadows... turned to a dog... ah! I'm a chimpanzee... now I'm my sister... turned into a fly so I could spy.... shrunk down and fainted... lost my face... I want out of this race.... possessions and toads... statues of marble... beautiful art.... the dead walk again... murdered several times... It doesn't stop there.... it doesn't stop there... it keeps going.... going for eternity.... forever changing... make it stop! Make It Stop!! MAKE IT STOP!!!" Ruby continued to slam her head on the kitchen bench until she had stopped moving. "Make it stop..." she cried as she bled out on the floor.
"I see the truth now... Pandora... my daughter..." Ryan muttered.