Remind Me

Twenty-One: The Chair

You guys have sort of been flipping out in the comments, so I've decided that Sky won't die in this book...

So, who's up for a sequel?

Remind Me

Ch 21

Seto's POV

"Are- Are those..," I wonder out loud. "MITCH! JEROME! STOP PUSHING BUTTONS!"

"Buttons, buttons, I will push them, all day long! All day long! Pushing the buttons, pushy pushy buttons," Jerome sings as he jabs buttons with both paws.

"Hey, buddy! I'll bet I can push more buttons than you!" Mitch says, his eyes lighting up.

"Oh yeah?" Jerome asks, ending his song. "Let's find out!" He jumps up on the table and lies face down across the buttons, spreading his arms and legs to reach more of them.

Mitch scoffs and climbs up onto the table, lying on his back next to the bacca. "Hmm. I think we're tied."

Jerome smirks. Then he sticks out his tongue and uses it to push down one more button. "'Eat 'at!" he says with his tongue still out.

Mitch groans. "No fair, your tongue is longer than mine!"

Jerome rolls over so he's facing Mitch. "Power Moves only, G."

Mitch groans once more and shoves Jerome off the table. "Filthy stinking bacca."

A small thud sounds when Jerome hits the floor, and he whines quietly. "Biggums! That hurt," he whimpers.

"Emotionally or physically?"

"Both!"

Really, guys? I snap out of my trance and rush forward, pushing Mitch off the table. "Hey!" he shouts. "What was that for?"

"Being an idiot!" I respond. "What do you think those buttons do?"

"Erm..."

"If I'm not wrong, these buttons are controlling Sky's pain," I say, pointing to one of the labels.

Mitch's eyes widen. "But how!? Dawn said there was nothing she could do to fix him after we'd already injected him!"

"Apparently, she was lying."

"But I don't get how buttons can activate a poison..."

"My guess is that the poison we injected Sky with was filled with receivers. The receivers went to different parts of his body and waited. These buttons activate the transmitters, which tell the receivers to tug on certain nerves in Sky's body. This way, Dawn could control how much pain Sky was feeling at all times. But that's just a guess." (Now you know, Madiigamer. Thanks for pointing out how confusing that was. :)

"I feel so left out," Jerome whines.

We ignore him. "I still don't understand why Dawn wanted Sky to be in so much pain, though! I mean, they were in a happy relationship!" Mitch says.

"I don't know. Maybe she just wanted control. Being Sky's girlfriend, she certainly wasn't powerless in the city, but maybe she wanted more. She controlled an entire squid army, and she could have controlled the whole city as well. All she had to do was get the Budder God out of the way," I reply.

Mitch nods. Then his eyes widen. "So when Jerome knocked those rocks off the buttons, he cured Sky?" he asks.

"Sort of," I say, grimacing. "And when you guys had your button-mashing contest..."