Why Won't They Tell Me?

I Told You To Bring A Map!

When the agents reached home, they expected everyone to be waiting for them at the door.

It was quite the opposite.

"No welcome committee?" Twenty-six spread his hands, "I'm flattered."

Twenty-one shrugged and walked down the stairs, noticing Twenty-eight sitting down on a nearby chair, Nineteen comforting her.

"Twenty-eight? Nineteen?"

Both jumped at the sudden noise, but Nineteen waved her over and helped the other walk there.

"Uh.. what are you doing?" Thirteen asked.

"Well, I dunno if I should tell you.." Nineteen shuddered, "It's pretty bad.."

"Tell us what?"

"I can't see." The pattern pioneer bluntly stated, "And Fourteen's..probably gone.."

"I.. what?"

Twenty-one gasped, backing away and tripping on the steps.

"No no, he couldn't have.. why would he do that? I told him-"

"Told him what?" Fifteen squinted, "Is there something we don't know, Twenty-one?"

She ignored Fifteen's question and ask one of her own, "Did he do it by himself?"

She nodded.

"Did you look at..?"

She nodded once more.

"Is.. is he okay?"

"We don't know.. no one can find a sign that he's alive." Nineteen filled in, "I've been telling her it wasn't her fault, you should see Eighteen.."

The number explorer pushed past them, determined.

Twenty-one barely stopped herself from crying.

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Eighteen was drifting in and out of sleep, clearly distressed.

Twelve looked tired and cradled him while his tears went on and off. The pink super rectangle didn't know how to feel at this point.

"Why?..."

"Sh.. It's okay.."

"It's not okay, sis.. My best friend.. the one who promised me.. promised me that he wouldn't go.. He knew I was already sad over my other best friend, and now he shoves this right in my face.." He chuckled, "You're next? Aren't you?"

Twelve looked at her solemnly smiling brother incredulously.

"So I was right, you want to leave me too.."

"N-no!" She stuttered, "It's not like that, nobody's leaving you on purpose."

"Fourteen did."

"No he-"

"No!" He rose from his sister, rays igniting, "He did leave me! He didn't have to do that! But he did, and now he might be gone forever!"

"Not foreve-"

"You don't know that! What of he will be gone forever? What then?!" Eighteen hovered over the ground unsteadily, emotions spiraling out of control.

Twelve joined him in midair.

"We're gonna deal with it together. You have to calm down, your rays are going crazy!"

Eighteen shook his head violently, "No! I can't calm down! I'm not you! I can't be calm, and I never will be!"

"I know you can be, you can be calm. Breathe in, and breathe out, slowly."