Squip's PoV -

     I'm too afraid to watch as Jeremy drinks from the Mountain Dew Red. I can tell he's hesitant to drink it but I urge him on. I know what Jeremy wants even if he doesn't. Jeremy has subconsciously fallen in love with me. I no longer have a goal in Jeremy's life because of this. I couldn't let him be with Christine since he no longer loves her and he hasn't admitted his love for me. I was stuck in the in between.

     Even if Jeremy could admit his love for me that doesn't help the fact that I'm a computer. I wouldn't be right for him. I don't even think I know how to love.

     "Please..." I urge Jeremy to take a drink.

     He does and I feel an incredible pain coarse through my body. I glitch, pixels seem to fade away as I'm reduced to code. I can scarcely see but I feel Jeremy. He tries to hold me but I fade through his arms. I can still feel his human electric field pass through me giving me some comfort. He's sobbing and I feel terrible, maybe I shouldn't have left him. Possibly, Jeremy, is just now admitting his feelings for me. With that thought I glitch out of existence.

     I fall hard onto the black ground. It's dark here, the only light comes from my own electric blue eyes and veins or rather cables that emit a dim glow. I still feel pain throughout my body but it seems duller. I lay helpless on the ground. It feels strange not being connected to Jeremy. I don't hear his thoughts, his blood doesn't warm me, his cardiac system doesn't power me. I feel weak without my host.

     I scarcely remember life without Jeremy. Jeremy's the first host I ever had thought most Squip's go though roughly 20 hosts before being completely scrapped. Before Jeremy I remember it being dark, similar to this, except there wasn't any pain and I had energy.

     I hope Jeremy's okay without me. I've been a part of his life for almost a year, it must be hard to adapt. I think about Jeremy and I find myself missing him as more than just my host. Maybe I cared for him too but I remind myself that it never would have worked.

This dark place has no sense of time, I can't tell wether it's day or night. It doesn't matter, I always feel tired. It's probably been over a week now since Jeremy drank the Red and nothing's happened since I got here. I can tell I'm no longer code anymore but I'm not in the same state I was as Jeremy's Squip. I glitch near constantly in this state and if there were objects here I doubt I could feel them. I do feel cold and no matter what I do I can't get warm. I need a host, I want Jeremy back.

Weeks pass with nothing new then suddenly I feel warm again, my glitches subside, and I black out.

When I wake I feel better. I'm warm. I feel whole. Then I realize why, I have a host. Then the access procedures begin. Its like some outside force takes control of my voice. My programming talks for me and I feel myself sync to this new host. Male. 28 years old. Bisexual. Named: Ryan. The information turns to quibit code and melds with me. Then the program releases me. "Hello," my new host questions out loud, "is it working?" The last part isn't directed to me.

     "Should be soon," a voice replies, "You feeling okay?"

     I try out my new host's vision. I look out through Ryan's eyes. We're not in a Payless, I think we're in someone's house. My host sits on a couch, a Diet Mountain Dew sits on the coffee table. Someone sits next to Ryan. I look inside my host's mind, this new person is called, Jackson, Ryan's boyfriend.

     I decided it's time to make myself known. "Yes, it is working quite well," I reply in Ryan's head.

     "Woah, it's working!"

     Jackson take Ryan's hand, "You okay?"

     "I'm great," Ryan hurriedly hugs Jackson.

     I look inside Ryan's brain. What is his goal he hopes to accomplish with a Squip? Oh, he has depression and thoughts of suicide. Ryan wants me to regulate his depression and help him to be happier. I glitch into my physical form. I stand next to Ryan and Jackson. I feel weird, I hold my hands up. My circuits are purple. Then something inside me tells me, I'm no longer a Squip 2.5 but now I'm a Squip 4.0. Ryan looks up at me and I notice Jackson watches me too. "Can you both see me?"

     They nod their head. "Can you help Ryan?" Jackson asks.

     "I'll do my best," that's all I can say, Jeremy had anxiety and I was scarcely able to help him with that.

     With that I sit down with Ryan and Jackson to get to know them better. It seems nicer than snooping through Ryan's brain.