Painting the Roses Red (An Ib AU)

Chapter 10: Guys?

Ocean's Point of View

Meanwhile...

I sat by the rainbow room, sighing since I wasbored. I felt like something happened, or if something is going to happen, but I never knew. That's when the red spread through the room, filling my strange calmness.

Following it was orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and finally pink. The bridge of colors spread around me and went across the void, leadingme to a pedestal. I got a brown key.

"Guys!" I shouted, sprinting tothe locked door. Too many emotions ran through me; happiness, sadness... yet also fear. If this was the door to Tommy, Jack, and Barry, I could find their dead bodies if they were dead. I shook my head as I unlocked the doors,the others sprinting over.

"You did it!" Amy said as she smiled and passedthrough the door. We all followed, Toby was jumping in happiness as Rick lookedscared.

Mark smiled and sprinted down the purpled steps. I saw the door; it could be unlocked from this side. I unlocked the door and stepped through.

"That... So?" Someone said as Toby's expression was like he was scared.

"Yes, yes..." The same voice said as Toby gave me a scared expression.

'Jack.', He mouthed as I pushed through and lunged through the open door in front of me. Isqueezed out, a heavy weight in front of the door. Barry lay on the floor, hishand resting on the doorknob.

His eyes were closed and his breathing was slow. Tommy was laid out on the floor, his glasses next to him, but his rose wasfull, while Jack giggled. He sat on the floor, looking at a creepy doll....

'Was he talking to it?!?!?!?!' I thought as Jack was messing up his speech, Toby rushed to Tommy.

"Tommy?! TOMMY?!" Toby cried as Tommy was starting to open his eyes.

"Dinner, right? You're paying..!" Tommy whispered.

"...Tommy?" Rick asked as he knelt beside Toby.

"No, I am no crybaby!" He stated as he stared a few inches beside Toby's face. Mark shook Jack's shoulders, Amy was silent, and I sighed.

"Can you guys wake Barry up please?" Mark nodded, poking Barry's face awkwardly, while Barry wokeup.

"Mark?" He asked, thankfully sane.

"Jack? Friend? Jack?" I asked, kneeling before him. He continued to whisper weird stuff, then I went one of the things that I know will probably scare him.

"Everyone... can you please place Tommy and Jack back to back, then cover your ears please." I said as Rick, Toby, and Barry knew what I was going to do, but Mark and Amy didn't know. I got ready, and soon I started to scream.

"TOP OF THE MORNING TO YA LADDIES!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. (Author/Red: HAHAHA... Thank you Jacksepticeye for that!!)

"OCEAN! What was that for?" Tommy and Jack shouted together, holding their ears. While Jack looked around.

"Where did you guys all come from?" Jack asked while rubbing his ears.

"What the **** Ocean?! Ocean... TOP OF THE MORNING TO YA TOO!" Tommy shouted right back as Rick and Toby were laughing at the two of us.

"You guys are crazy." Jack said as he gotup. Soon after we stopped laughing; Tommy seemed to keep his distance from Mark and Amy, while Barry seemed to keep his eyes on Jack and I. Jack,looked like he was in thought, like he forgotten something.

"Come on, we found steps over here!" Amy said happily, her light blue rise in her palehand. She smiled at Mark while Tommy hung back and walked towards Rick and I.

"I don't know why, I just... My bad feeling about this seems to be still there. I dunno why..." Tommy whispered as quiet as he could get hisvoice to drop.

Mark walked up the steps, his pink rose hanging out of his pocket. Jack looked at it, his eyes had some thought in them. Suddenly, he gasped and stopped, causing Barry to accidentally continue onwards and bumped into Toby, who bumped into Amy, who bumpedinto Mark. Since they all ignored it...