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Cabby x Test Tube - the smile that you gave me/even when you felt like dying

A/N

(sees requested angst where i get to make the storyline)

ohohoho boy.
i've had this one planned out for over a week
and i don't think you're ready for it yet
but let's get into it
also, i'd like to say, i do enjoy a happy ending
I'm not saying anything else now
i hope you enjoy it!! <3
Also also, for my editor's convenience, this is the inner earth kinda storyline if you remember me telling you about it at all
Same universe basically

!!WARNING!!

This oneshot contains:

Death

(dumps a bucketful of angst) maybe some angst

Gore but it isn't that bad this time

Guns oh no

3rd POV

"She went this way! We can't lose her!"

Jagged pieces of metal tore into the soles of Test Tube's feet as she sprinted across the barren plains. These past 30 minutes of evasion had felt like hours. She was what you would call a rogue; someone who was conditioned to work in The Hospital of Outer Earth, but left after discovering the living conditions that the patients were placed in.

"Her footsteps lead this way!"

Remains of houses laid scattered about. The rogue knew that if she attempted to hide, they'd catch her. As Test Tube reached the bottom of a hill, she darted to the right. A very risky move. She raced by a destroyed neighbourhood with old toys and trinkets scattered in the rustic dirt.

'C'mon Test Tube! Think! That's what you were trained to do!'

"Test Tube! You can return now and we can forget this ever happened."

Forgiving and forgetting, something she was also trained to do. She hated the idea of it.

"Hey!"

That was a new voice. Test Tube almost slowed down but realised that they could have brought a voice changing robot. She charged ahead.

"Oi-!"

She felt herself being tugged through an empty windowsill.

"Shhh."

A hand was placed firmly over her mouth. Test Tube grabbed at it, her screams of detest muffled by the person's firm grip.

"She passed through here. Let's go."

Test Tube heard footsteps clamber by and grew anxious as her pursuers entered the ruins, then left. The second they were out of earshot, she tugged the unfamiliar hand off her face.

"Get your paws off me, you jeeb weezer!"

She smacked away the stranger's hand. They chuckled quietly in response.

"You're funny, I like that."

Test Tube was pinned to the wall. A blush began creeping onto her face. (E/N: author, stop projecting) (A/N let me have this, please. it's not like i was imagining this was me or whatever *cough cough*)(E/N: 🤨 ...mhmmm)

"Uhm, I-I, uh-"

She cut herself off as the dull red light of the setting sun trickled through the broken shards of glass, perfectly illuminating the person's face.

Their blue eyes glinted a gentle red under the sun, scars scattered across their complexion like stars in the night sky. Strands of hair drooped over their face; long, tattered and periwinkle blue.