𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐘

Chapter Eight: The Plan

We did not give up.

As soon as we left S.W.O.R.D., we burst into conversation, anger and fear fueling us as we walked back to our car.

"Who the hell does that man think he is?!" Glitch fumed. "Telling us to give up like that! He clearly doesn't know us at all."

"We've never been the type of people to give up easily." Thor remarked.

"Fucking jerk..." White muttered. "I've never liked him, even when I worked with him. I thought we were friends."

"Wonder, what did you think?" Techno asked.

"I'm just thinking about Quackity..." I told him. "If it's true what Hayward said, if his friends were brought back to life..."

I sighed as the memories of those awful people flooded my mind. Purple Guy, who was close to killing me at some point; Squidward, who had become a yandere for my best friend; Comet, who had assisted in tricking us so we could be kidnapped by Quackity; Mabel, who I hadn't interacted with; and...Ballora. I wasn't sure how I felt about her just yet, and I couldn't tell whether I wanted to meet her again or not. Many times I had grown lost in thought, her beauty permeating my mind, until I forgot that she had been a villain. It was hard to believe that she, and the others, were back.

"I want to go to Las Nevadas." I declared. "I need to see those people again, to be sure that they're alive."

"That would be a bad idea." Techno said. "We came all this way to expose Hayward as a fraud. Before we do anything, we need to go to the press."

"Damn it..." I swore.

"Might I propose a suggestion?" Vision spoke up. "Perhaps myself and White should go to the press, leaking the information about Hayward, while the rest of you go to Las Nevadas. How does that sound?"

My eyes widened in excitement, and a grin spread across my face.

"Would you do that?" I asked. "That would be awesome!"

"It would be our pleasure." Vision said.

I breathed a sigh of relief as we got to our car, mentally preparing myself to go to Las Nevadas. Looking around at all of my friends, I noticed that JD looked...off.

"JD? Are you alright?" Glitch asked. JD looked at them, his hazel eyes laced with anger.

"You told me of a man from Las Nevadas who loved you, correct?" he asked.

Glitch looked downward, nodding slowly. "Yeah. He was a sick man, a yandere."

"Do you think he'll love you again, when he sees you?"

They shrugged. "Maybe. I hope not."

JD walked over to the trunk of the car. "Nobody touches my Glitch. Do you understand?"

"Hey-" Thor protested.

"You're the only exception." JD told him, opening the trunk of the car. "I'll show you what happens to people who think they can steal my love from me."

We all walked over to the back to see what was in the trunk, before gasping in horror and instantly backing away from the car.

"Jesus Christ-" I exclaimed as I beheld an open briefcase, containing a time bomb in its full glory. Two blocks of C-4 were rigged to blow, a timer being the only thing keeping them from doing so. A large, red button protruded beside the timer, and I assumed that it would start the clock if it was pressed.

"JD, what the FUCK-?" Glitch yelped.

"Wait, wait!" I shouted. "We can use it to blow up Las Nevadas somehow, if we all get out in time!"

"Exactly my point." JD replied, smiling. "Those assholes won't know what hit them."

"I don't know..." Glitch said worriedly.

"Come on, Glitch, it'll be fun!" I reassured them. "We should probably go now, by the way. We have a bomb in the trunk of our car, and we're right outside of a weapon control facility."

"True." Techno concurred. "Let's head out."

"To Las Nevadas! Again!" I cheered as I hopped into the car, blissfully unaware of what terrors lay in wait for us at the casino.