Anti-Climatic

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Malice listened to Hazard trying to put some sense into Misery. "Oh, c'mon! It was an honest mistake from Plague! I know it!" Misery just stayed quiet. Suddenly, a group appeared beside them. Hazard shrieked and flapped his wings, which made the people in the mall stare at him with confused and grumpy looks. "Uh, what was that...?" Malice asked him. "Oh, I- ya- nothing." Hazard replied, rubbing his neck in embarrassment.

"Candle Store." Pain said. "You got something from a Candle Store." "Yes," Hazard waved his hands. "But we're not shopping!" Plague pushed his way towards Misery. "Misery, I am ETERNALLY sorry for what I did. Yes... Not locking that door cause one of us, cough, Fear, to almost get murdered... But, I'm sorry."

Misery looked around, then he sighed. "Thanks for the apology. To be honest, it was pretty dumb for me to act like this, plus, we've been friends for one, two... Five, at least five, years." Plague's face it up and he grinned. "Wanna hug it out? Forget this ever happened?" "Argh, I regret everything. Sure." Plague wrapped his arms around him and attempted to put his head on his. Misery pulled away and gently slapped him. Plague chuckled. "Aww- but I wanted to." "Shut up."

Hazard flapped his wings. "Aww, how cute." He leaned over to Malice. "I wish I could wrap you with my wings, but they're way too small." "We have hands...?" Malice said with mixed questioning. "Meh. Hands, arms, whatever." Pain squealed and jumped in place. "Awww, my green buddies are so cute with each other." Doom covered her mouth with her hand but Malice could still see her smiling, probably from Pain's actions and sayings.

"Oh, love." Frown said. "How disgusting." Pain's facial expression immediately changed to offended and in disbelief. She slapped him on the back of his head. "Shut it, you yellow-faced low-ranking-no worker-come-to-no-meetings-person." "Woah," Doom said, amazed. "That's a lot to describe one person." Pain crossed her arms and sneered. "That's what he deserves." "WHAT, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SOMEONE CALLED ME A YELLOW FACE!" "Quiet Frown, we're in public." Plague continued chuckling at Misery's heating mess while also still having one arm around him.

" Plague continued chuckling at Misery's heating mess while also still having one arm around him

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"Alright, alright. We have swayed way too far from what we were here for." Hazard pointed to the cashier. "She said she saw some interesting things." "Saw? Well yes, but I also HEARD, get it right." She called over. "Gee, I guess. What did they say?" "They went inside my store and one of them said 'Nobody will find our hidden base!' Then the other said 'Yeah! In the toilet! The one next to this store? Pfft, we're so good at hiding stuff.' Then they looked at me and said. 'You heard nothing, but you can come to our base if you want.' Then they left. What a bunch of idiots."

"Well, ain't that convenient." Pain said with a blank expression. "Wait, aren't we missing Fear?" "Pfft, he'll worry too much, I think if we being PC to him, he'll be happy." Malice said and Hazard nodded in agreement. "Yeah, what he said. Because I'm pretty sure Papercuts' dying right now." They started heading towards the toilet that the cashier said. Hazard thanked her again and ran into the Men's Toilet. He came back out when the others arrived. "I checked, there's nothing here, that means..."

They look at the entrance of the Females. "And did she mention they were male?" Plague asked Hazard. "Yes." He answered. "Wow, what a bunch of perverts." Pain looked at him. "Well, okay. Then come inside, 'pervert'." She grabbed his arm and dragged him inside. Plague's eyes widen. "NOOOOOOOO." He screamed and started squawking in protest. Malice quietly laughed to himself as he could hear Plague's faint and echoing "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA STOP NOOOOOO!" Screaming from the toilet.

After some time, Pain shouted over his screams. "Guys! We found something! Come here!" Malice and Hazard looked at each other, deciding whether to go in. Misery just walked in without any hesitation. "MISERY!" They both said in unison. "What?" Misery said. "Plague's in it, I can be in it too." They looked at Doom. "I mean, I can be outside if you want." Hazard nodded. "Let's go in, no one's looking, other than Doom... And Frown... And Brock." "Sure." And there they went, they went in.

"Haz, Mal, take a look at this." Pain pointed at a very out-of-place door. "They didn't even bother to hide it, such idiots they are." Misery opened the door. It creaked as it revealed a long hallway. "Wow, is this what it feels like to be in the Girl's Locker Room?" Plague said. "Having hidden doors everywhere." Pain laughed. "Haha, nope, but you can hope!"

"Can I fit?" Hazard walked inside. "Well, Malice, I guess so? Not like you're fat." "Pfft, rude."

Malice could fit, so he didn't know what he was talking about, it wasn't a squeeze, it was quite big actually. Great job on embarrassing yourself. As the group got closer to the end, they saw a door. Getting even more closer, they heard some, hitting noises? Malice was at the front. "Did someone die?" Pain asked. "Pain relax." Malice answered. "I haven't even opened the door." He slowly reached for the knob, then pushed it open. And they saw the ridiculous scene.

"Papercuts? The fluff you do..." Plague said. Malice was surprised that Papercuts was wielding a metal rod. "What in the bull's eye... Do you, um, want to explain?" "Pretty easy." He spun the rod. "I escaped. It was a bad idea to take pity on me." "What do you mean?" "Oh, some woman that kidnapped me felt bad and gave me some papers to fold. Well, guess what, I'm an origami master! And I know some tricks, and... I cut the bar of my cage using paper and yes, it's possible."

"Free as a bird, in a birdcage." Plague said and Papercuts pointed at him using the rod. "Exactly! But then I escaped so I'm free, I am." "And, can you explain the bodies on the floor?" Pain contributed to the conversation. "Oh, they tried to recapture me, but I've been learning self-defense a few days back. And just coincidentally, I remembered it and I whacked the planes out of them using this rod!" "Wow..." Pain said softly. "Doom should give you a raise."

"Wait, did that mean we didn't have to ask Unikitty and her gang for help?"
"Oh, you actually asked-"
"Yes, what did you expect?"
Misery's mouth was opened in shock. He walked over to him and shook him. "PAPERCUTS, YOU WASTED OUR TIME! YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD US YOU CAN DEFEND YOURSELF!"

Plague came behind him. "Uh, I think he's a bit shaken up." "OH- Y-YA- WOAH- TH-THINK-" Papercuts said. Misery stopped and looked at him. "Really? A pun? At this time?" He nodded. Pain gasped. "MY BOY IS BACK!" She said with a huge smile. Plague chuckled sheepishly. "Woah-oh... I guess you can thank Puppycorn for putting me back in my old personality."

"Okay, but are we gonna ignore the fainted bodies surrounding us?" Malice asked the group. "Yes," Papercuts said simply. They head out, him still holding his rod. "What?" He said. "Souvenir." Malice and Hazard shook their heads at the same time. They looked at each other, faces saying "Are we really working with him?"

They came back to Doom and the two boys. "What happened while we were gone?" Pain asked her. "Oh, you know. Normal Doom Lord stuff, like debating about promoting Frown and somehow changing the subjects to cookies." Pain blinked. "Indeed, so casual." She suddenly perked up. "Wait! Your arm! I completely forgot it was broken or something, how's it?" "I want to remove," Doom said firmly. She noticed Papercuts. "Oh, you found him? Why is he holding a rod." "Long story."

***

"This was a waste of time."
"Oh, Rick. At least be polite."
They met up with the other groups. Of course, when Fear saw Papercuts, he hugged him instantly and gave him back his paper hat. He did not notice the rod at all, even though Papercuts almost hit him with it on different occasions during his rambling. Pain whispered to Hazard, and he gagged. Malice still doesn't know what made him react that way.

"Uh, so. Oh flamesparks, this is awkward."
"Plague! Plague! Mr. Plague" Puppycorn ran to him. "What happened?! I wanna know!" "Oh, uh, might be a bit... Uh nevermind. We found him, nothing else." "Woah! Congratulations!" They continued chatting, finally, Doom decided. "Alright, so, since Plague and Puppycorn got some sort of connection with each other, how about we just, stop trying to destroy you for the next two months. Then after that, we go back to arson with you?"

"I-" Hawkodile started but was cut off by Unikitty. "Sure! Anything for the happiness of my brother!" "WHAT?!"

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