Essence

Chapter 4
Endgame

Chapter Description: Ike intrudes...as does another demon.

They were interrupted by the door suddenly opening. Marcus’s roommate, Ike, stepped through. Marcus wanted to tell him to run, but his lack of speech prevented him. It was too late anyhow.

Those same tendrils began to leave Ike, just as they had left Marcus, only they weren’t going towards Marcus’s Nepukshuks. The door slammed shut as Ike felt the same paralysis that struck Marcus. Ike gasped as his shoes grew roomy and his pants loosened. They fell to the floor, letting his shirt collapse down like a dress. Ike, incredibly, managed to take a step forward, leaving his shoes and socks behind. His hair fell out and his muscle definition was lost. He finally fell forward onto his hands and knees. The paralysis lifted, leaving behind a crawling, babbling Ike.

“Who is there, I wonder?” the Nepukshuks said out loud. The black tendrils twisted and formed into a perfect replica of the adult Ike. Ike looked up at his clone, and looked back at his body. Shock overcame him, since the change had happened so quickly. The second Nepukshuks looked at the first, and smiled.

“Ah!” the first said. “My brother! I see you have chosen your host!”

The second nodded. “He is a lean one, just how I like em. Since we’re both here, how about we take our infant hosts and leave this place? It reeks of mortality.”

The second put on Ike’s clothing as the first lifted Marcus into its arms. It felt weird enough when they were both nude, but Marcus felt so vulnerable now that he and Ike were the only ones unclothed. The second demon looked up.

It went to one of Ike’s clothes drawers and pulled it out. After rummaging in the back, it fished out a pack of Huggies diapers. Marcus cocked his head. Why did Ike have those?

“What luck that my host had a diaper fetish,” the second said. It ripped it open and tossed the first a diaper.

The first set Marcus back on the bed on his back. Marcus whined silently as the demon lifted his legs and slid the diaper underneath him. He looked to his left and saw Ike getting the same treatment. Ike refused to look at him, most likely embarrassed about the diaper fetish thing.

Once it was strapped on, the demon picked him up once more. It looked at the second, who carried Ike. “You ready?”

The second nodded. “Let’s go.”

As they walked out, the first demon let out one final comment; “Oh yeah, Marcus, once you grow up once, you can’t grow again. Without Essence, you’ll be stuck like this forever.”

Marcus wet his diaper.