The Black Infectious Thingy | Inanimate Insanity AU |

(34)A long walk

\\\CW: SWEARING, MENTIONS OF INJURIES\\\
///TEST TUBE POV///
It's been several days since I left the Contestant Battlefields
To be exact it has been 2 days and 21 hours
Golly- that's quite a time
I don't remember the distance being so....how to word this, ummmm...far?
I remember it being quite near, if I'm being honest
Luckily enough Knife gave me this backpack filled with food, water and an aid-kit just in case something bad happens
I thought the distance was shorter and I was certain I wouldn't need any food nor any water
If I had known that it would take me so long then I would have grabbed provisions myself
Gee, I wonder how much time it took Lightbulb to arrive
She is pure chaos and defines every kind of scientific rule that has ever been created
She might've arrived in less than a day, or even in a few hours
I don't really know how that's possible but she is energetic and defines scientific rules 24/7 so it wouldn't really strange me
I wonder how far I am from the hotel right now because after nearly 3 days of walking I should already be there, and yet, I am still here
Maybe it's not that long of a walk but my injury makes me go somehow slower?
I did also take small breaks from time to time so that must've affected the time its taking me to arrive
Wait- are those some flowers?
I went closer to them
Huh. Pretty
I looked closely
Oh? Looks like someone took one from here
And they smell really good...
Huh. Weird
These kind of flowers don't usually smell at all
I looked around and saw a pink stain in the floor
I knew it, these flowers have something
Hmmm...I should take a sample from this
I came closer to the weird stain in the floor and took a sample of it
Im going to grab some of the flowers too
I grabbed some of the flowers and put them in a plastic bag, then, I put both the flowers and the stain sample in my backpack
I'll look further into these flowers once I arrive at the hotel
I need to discover who has the missing flower too, who knows what the flower might have
Probably something not good
Well I'll soon discover whatever the flowers have
I just have to reach the hotel first
Which should be near here, because why would anyone ever put a trap far from everyone?
Hmm...perhaps I should just run for it now, like really just. Run.
It's taking me TOO long already
I decided put my backpack on
Ok, now to run.
I ran as fast as I could towards the direction of the hotel
My head injury was hurting a little but nothing that your best scientist Test Tube can't hold
Then....I saw it
Oh my god-
I DID IT
I FUCKING DID IT
OMG OMG IT TOOK ME SO GODAMN LONG
"GOLLY GEE IM HERE!!!!" I shouted really happily
WAIT I HAVE TO GO TO MY LAB!!!
I ran towards the hotel and knocked on the door
Please answer, please answer-
I need to go to my lab as quickly as I can
Maybe Fan is still holding on inside there
MAYBE I CAN SAVE HIM!
Gee what's taking them so long to open up!?
I knocked again
And then after a few seconds of impatiently waiting...the door finally opened up
"Who are-" said someone as they opened the door
When they fully opened the door I saw who it was, It was Balloon and they stared me down as I was standing there
"TEST TUBE???" He said after some time of calculating the fact that I'm here
"Yup, this nerd doesn't die easily haha" I said as I smiled
"What happened to your head? Its- broken"
"Oh, just some issues, but worry not! If you let me in so I can go to my lab then I'll fix this"
"Oh ummm...Im sorry I can't let you in"
"What."
"OJ has forbidden us from letting anyone else enter the hotel"
"Are you trying to sabotage me??? I need to go in! My lab is inside!"
"I'm uh- hmmm.... Ok let's do a deal"
"Deal? Agh, alright, speak up"
"If I let you in you give me access to your machine"
"Machine? Which one of them?"
"The uhhhh" he said as he pulled out a paper
"Oh yeah! The STDCOTAMFTLTTBIAMOSOVWAWTCB"
"WAIT WHO TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT?"
"Lightbulb"
"Golly-gee that's an issue-"
"Well so we have a.... deal?"
"Yeah, I guess, now please let me in, it's important!"
He moved away from the door and let me pass
"Thank you" I said as I entered
I looked around
Wow it's been so long since I have last been in here
I need to go quickly to the FFF studio, if I'm lucky enough nobody will see me and-
"Test Tube?" Said someone from far away
Shit
I turned around and saw Nickel
Weird of him to talk to me but alright
"Heeeeey Test Tube" he said as he approached me
"Look, I'm in a rush right now, so we'll talk later" I said trying to leave
I have no time for this, Fan could still be in there!
"Haha- no, where have you been? I haven't seen you in a while and-"
"Just tell me what you want from me I'm really busy right now"
"Alright, so I don't want you giving Balloon that weird machine ok?"
"Does EVERYONE know about my machine?"
"Yea"
"Golly. Well, I'm any case, I'm not going to break my promise"
"Please just- do it! He is going to sabotage the game so suitcase wins and that's so unfair!"
"Do you really believe that or do you just not want him to go see his best friend?"
"Uhhh..."
"Anyways, I'm going to go now, as I said before...IM IN A RUSH" I said and pushed him away
"Hey! Can you be more gentle?!"
I ignored him and just ran towards the FFF studio
I have to avoid getting seen by anyone else now if I really want to arrive as soon as possible
And when I finally arrived....
It was covered in 'do not pass' tape?!?!
"What the hell-" I said to myself as I looked at the taped door of the entrance of the FFF studio
Should I- fuck it, Fan needs me, I'm going in no matter what happens
I looked to my sides to check that nobody was near to see me
I took a deep breath
And then I sneaked in
Ok. I can't make any noise
I don't want to get caught and slowed down
Ive already been slowed down by 2 people and I'm NOT getting any more slowed down by anybody!
Wow the studio is kinda abandoned
Its not even been that long- has it?
I went over to the room next door
Alright here's the Mach-
MY MACHINE!?
It was taped and had some locks so it would be imposible to use
Why.
I went closer to the machine to inspection it
Wait a minute, someone touched it!
It has some broken tape and some of the locks have been opened
But who could open this? And why?
Well, my job as a scientist is to solve these kind of mysteries
I touched some buttons and the machine turned on
Ok...FAN, HERE I GO!!!
I jumped in and got teleported to my lab
Gosh- these jeebweezers really destroyed it
I looked around
Everything was way worse than the last time I was here
Golly-gee...everything is destroyed
I should really clean this up whenever I can
But for now, I'm just going to uh...
Of course, how am I supposed to perform experiments with everything destroyed?
Hmmm...maybe I can take the not destroyed utensils and take them to my room
And then I'll just try to do experiments there
Yeah that's a good plan
Hmmm...last time my office hadn't gotten attacked so maybe if I go there then the stuff in there will be intact and then...
I heard something break
Wait...IS SOMEONE HERE???
It came from my office
Huh- somehow it's just where I had to go
Ok- Uh- im going to grab something to defend myself
I looked around and grabbed a metal piece that had fallen apart from a machine I was working on
Alright... come on Test Tube, you're a brave scientist
I grabbed strongly the metal piece and went over to the office
I approached the door
I could hear the drawers being opened and I could hear papers falling to the floor
Shit- someone's definitely there
I closed my eyes as I took a deep breath
Ok. Do it Test Tube, DO IT FOR FAN.
I bursted in and jumped at the person who was inside, then I hit them with the metal
"GAH!" They shouted
I heard them fall to the floor and I opened my eyes
"AUCH AUCH-" They said
I looked down at them and...
"FAN?!" I shouted as I saw him in the floor