Imagine looking a abused version of yourself in the eyes knowing whatever trauma you have endured is a fraction of theirs. Feel insignificant yet? Well thats how lightbulb feels when she brings two of them in to her life!
I like inanimate experimen...
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The room was dark. Lightbulb stood in that hallway, the outdoor light illuminated multiple stray gadgets from inside.
Lightbulb gently closed the door behind her, turning on her light as a flashlight. Lightbulb had lost baxter earlier that day and this was the last place to check. Test tube was away and sense they scrapped the vending machine, lightbulb had to come through the emergency exit.
"Baxter!" she called out. Where is he? She stopped in front of a machine, it had a flared base and a ring shape a top it. To the right was a hand print scanner and a desk. A note was left there. The pen sat next to it. Was test tube in a hurry when she wrote this? Lightbulb picked up the note and started to read.
"Ever sense me and lightbulb screwed up the future I've been feeling... Pretty guilty. That reality is pretty much doomed with pepper still around. So I've begun to search for a solution! WithOUT ruining our timeline again. I've made a machine that can open into other universes. However, there are two issues. The first is that I need a hand print to find the alternate version of that object. The second is that I can't control what univer"
The note ends there. Lightbulb sat it down and inspected the device. "Alternate universes ey?" She smirked, placing her hand on the scanner.
The device begun vibrating and it sparked to life with a green portal. Lightbulb could hear crackling from the other side, plus the sound of pounding in a metal tube. She reached out for the portal but before her hand could touch it someone rolled through it.
She looked panicked, she was obviously another lightbulb but her eyes were gray and tired. Dark circles under both. Her arm appeared wounded and multiple cracks were visible on one side of her face. As if she'd recently recovered from being shattered. Her glass was covered in black soot.
The second lightbulb quickly jumped to her feet "I-I'm back in the lab?? I just got out!" She looked around in panic. The first walked over and leaned on her. "Don't worry other me! The exit is- er. Right over there!" She pointed to the red exit light. The second lightbulb stared her down. She grumbled and ran to the exit. Flinging the door open and fleeing.
"What a nut-" lightbulb said leaning on the scanner again. Another lightbulb came through the portal, tripping onto her face. Her eyes were cloudy and bright blue. With cracks that wrapped around her head. "Oww" she started. "Did I trip again" she took a moment to stand up again. Reaching for something to keep her balance. Lightbulb rushed to her side and caught her as she fell.
"Ah! Thank you!" She said sweetly "er. Who are you?" Lightbulb chuckled "I'm you! What can't you see me?" The other lightbulb stayed quiet for a second, "no."
The silence was tense. "O-OH im so-" lightbulb started, "wait! You said you were me??" she jumped backwards. "heh heh--" lightbulb chuckled. "I kinda... Opened a portal to your universe and pulled you through? More like you- stumbled through..." The blue-eyed bulb appeared starstruck. "Oh! So like the time i went to that screwed up future with-" she trailed off before she could finish. "yea! With test tube! Its like that!" lightbulb replied to break the silence.
"Y-yeah!" she said as she forced a smile "test tube..." lightbulb beamed at her before changing the subject. "While we're on the subject, im not sure how to send you back without her... Luckily for you! Shes visiting this weekend! "Visiting?" the second bulb asked. "Yeah shes competing in season three! Is that. Not a thing where your from?"
"Oh yeah that's- totally a thing" she started to sweat. "Well, ernse you're here. Why don't we go to the hotel and we can talk!" lightbulb grabbed her by the wrist and smiled. "Yeah! Okay!" the two walked back to the door before lightbulb stopped.
"Wait! I was looking for Baxter!" the second lightbulb pushed opened the door and revealed the red crab scuttling towards lightbulb. "Baxter!" she yelled. "okay we can go now!" she continued. "Yea lets go!" she started to run outside but tripped immediately. "Ow-"
(Word count 720,) ((Yo yo yo i abandoned my other fic for a bit to write about lightbulb! Bc my attention span is short.
You'll notice that inanimate experiments lightbulb might be a bit more childish(?) but thats just how ive always seen her at the end of that comic. Plus if the same character talks to themselves you gotta shake it up bc its just gonna get weird otherwise))
