Are the phantoms really phantoms?

~Warning: Gore! If you have a weak stomach read at your own risk.~This story doesn't include the AJ lore, and is another universe itself.~It's more gorey than scary~

It was an ordinary day in the town known as Jamaa. Kids were screaming 'TRADE ME!', people were begging, and of course, people were scamming. But today, The Alphas decided to visit the Forgotten Archives! They needed more information on the ancient god, Zios. Only few of the Alphas had met him once, and it wasn't a very.. pleasant experience. Of course, Greely was busy like always, so he couldn't come. As the Alphas walked down the dusty staircase, Peck was the first one to speak.

"Wowzers! This is AMAZING! I can't believe we've only just found this!" Peck exclaimed, bouncing over to the golden zios sculpture.

"Peck, Please. We have to be careful here. The slightest accident can break something important." Liza sternly said, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Finee, you guys are no fun.." Peck huffed, sitting down near the mini Zios.

Everybody was waiting on Sir Gilbert, who had stopped half way down the staircase, his eyes glued to the scrolls. He seemed sad. He snapped out of his daydream and walked down.

"Ahem. Sorry about that. We should get searching. Liza, Graham, Cosmo, I will join you with trying to open the porta-" Sir Gilbert was about to finish his sentence, but Peck cut him off.

"What do I do?!" Peck asked, a grin spreading across her face.

"..You can...You can check the scrolls." Sir Gilbert sighed, facepalming.

"Yay! I'ma go do that now!" Peck squealed, hopping over to the scrolls. She pulled one out, but of course, dropped it. Peck reached down to pick up the scroll, but a small drawer in the wall caught her eye. Leaving the scroll on the floor, she opened the drawer. There lay a small notebook, riddled with dust. She picked it up, and scrolled through the notes. She read the last note way back, and froze in shock.

"Gilbert, shouldn't we have got Peck to come over here?" Cosmo whispered, looking over to Peck.

"Why do you- Oh." Sir Gilbert replied, suddenly realizing what he had done. He walked over to Peck, trying to act as casual as possible.

"Hey Peck! Do you want to come work over here with us?" Sir Gilbert asked, smiling akwardly. No response. He looked over her shoulder to find what she was staring at.

"Oh. So you found it." Sir Gilbert said blankly.

"..W-Why.." Peck stuttered, a shiver running down her spine.

"Because-"

"WHY DID YOU DO IT!? WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO THOSE POOR JAMMERS? WHY DID YOU TURN THEM INTO PHA-" with a flash of orange, Peck was knocked unconcious. She woke up in a basement. It looked like Greelys. Peck tried to move, but found her whole body was paralized. Sir Gilbert was towering over her.

"W-WHATS GOIN-" Peck suddenly felt a heavy pressure on her chest. She couldn't breathe.

"Shut. Up." Sir Gilbert growled, pressing down harder on her chest. He grinned, looking down at the helpless bunny.

"That's ENOUGH!" Liza screamed, tackling Sir Gilbert. He kicked Liza off, knocking her into the wall. There was a sickening -CRUNCH- and Liza fell silent.

"L-Liza.. NO!" Peck Rasped out, her eyes filled with tears. Sir Gilbert chuckled, looking back at the other Alpha's who were huddling in the corner of the room.

"Oh don't worry. I can heal. Liza is going to be JUST fine. But you on the other hand.." Sir gilbert smiled, summoning a weapon made of fire. "Are not."

"W-WAIT! PLEASE DON'T! I'LL DO ANYTHING! PLEASE!" Peck rasped out, tears flowing down her cheeks.

"How cute. You're begging. The poor poor bunny.." He laughed, holding the weapon in his mouth.

"DID YOU.. DID YOU REALLY TURN JAMMERS INTO PHANTOMS?! IS THAT WHY I'M HERE?!" Peck coughed, hot tears running down her face.

"Yes, and of course we did. Why do you think Greely spends so much time with the phantoms? Shame. Guilt. But me? Nothing at all." Sir Gilbert said, aiming the firey weapon just above pecks leg.

(gets gorey at here, i don't know if i overdid the gore or not oof)

"Now, no more questions. Time for punishment." He grinned, looking into Peck's eyes. He'd never seen her so upset.. He liked it. He liked it alot. Maybe he'd do this to another one of his 'friends'. He stabbed his weapon into Peck's leg, hacking away at it. She screamed in pain, trying to move her legs. blood sprayed all over the floor. He picked up Peck's leg and started to kick her with it.

"Stop kicking yourself peck! Stop kicking yourself!" He laughed insanely. Peck remained silent, hanging her head low.

"Who am i kidding, this is boring. I'll just kill you already." He sighed. Sir Gilbert carefully cut through peck's stomach. With a gross, sticky rip, Peck's stomach opened up. Just then, they heard a creak of a door.

"Finally, it took long enough to get these bo-" Greely stopped, dropping his books that soon after tumbled down the stone staircase. He stared in horror, watching as Sir Gilbert slowly stepped to the side.

"..Peck? PECK?! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER! YOU ABSOLUTE DISGUSTING MONSTER!" Greely cried, running over to Peck. He held her in his paws, shaking her slightly.

"PECK!" Greely screamed.

"G..Greel..y.." Peck smiled, coughing blood. He teleported away from the area, into some sort of cave.

"HOLD ON, I'M GOING TO GET HELP. YOU'RE GOING TO-"

"Greely..Please.. Kill me..." Peck whispered, coughing harshly. Greely looked her in the eyes. All he could see was pain. Greely didn't say a word, but put his paws around her neck.

"..Thank.. You.." Peck smiled. There was a loud *Crack*, followed by silence.

Since that day, Two Alpha's disappeared from the homescreen. Greely and Peck. All that was left was Sir Gilbert holding a flaming weapon, Liza sloped in the corner, and the rest looking extremely scared.