How many lightbulbs does it take?

12. To have a Crisis

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"I was told I have visitors today. I must say, I expected fan, but you? I quite vividly remember the last visit we had ended in sprinklers and childish insults."
"Actually, I remember a certain someone threatening to cut out my last working eye!"
"Details are fuzzy arent they? Why don't we put it alll behind us!"
"Oohhh you---"

"Painty please. We don't need to pay for water and fire damage again." Fan Inturupted, "We're here to talk timelines."

Testtube almost laughed at that. "Timelines? What a intriguing topic! Are you trying to prevent the past? Because I already know it'll only get worse that way." testtube stared into their eyes. Unblinking. Unmoving.

"No actually. It's about lightbulb. We have reason to believe she disappeared into another reality." Fan replied.

"Oh? How'd she manage that? If i recall correctly. She's completely blind!" Testtube replied in a false cheerful voice.

"BECAUSE OF YO---" painty started.

"Paintbrush!" Fan interrupted, "we just, need to know if you can get her back."

Testtube thought for a second, "well of course I can! If you let me out."

"We aren't that stupid," Paintbrush started, "we have some conditions."

"...go on?" testtube smirked.

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TestTube scoffed, "That is highly improbable Lightbulb, I could never do those horrible things! I am a woman of science, not of meaningless torture!"
"So what? Are you calling them liars?" Lightbulb replied with remarkably more venom than TestTube expected.
TestTube paused. "Well, no! It's just that I have a hard time believing there's a universe where I would even think about hurting you guys!" she reasoned.
"There's a universe for anything, Tube! If you told me there was a universe where Salt and Pepper of all people were dictators before I saw the darn thing, I'd assume you were pulling my leg!"
TestTube frowned and she replied with much less confidence then before, "You, really think I'm capable of hurting someone like that? Killing and torturing my best friends? And TWICE for that matter?"

Lightbulb sighed, she understood now why TestTube was so defensive. It wasn't for a lack of belief, but an understanding that if she could do all those things in one universe, what's to say she couldn't do it here?

"Tube," she started as she placed a gentle hand on her shoulder," I don't think you want to hurt anyone, but everyone is capable of violences we never want to admit... Your a good person, but that doesn't make you immune to that fact."
"But it's just... Not something I'd ever do! It's not even really science... I mean it doesn't even have a control group..." TestTube trailed off, staring at the ground.
"Well I know that! But if you want them to know that than you need to prove it! You need to get them back home with their friends! I'm sure they'll come around.."
TestTube looked up,"your right... I'll prove myself to them! No matter how long it takes! " she replied as determination crept into her voice, replacing the worried tone. "How can you be so goofy half the time and so profound the other half?"
"It's all part of being a good leader!" Lightbulb replied with a grin.

(547 words)
Well, This must be a surprise! I don't know if I'm back for good or not but these chapters have always been pretty short and I have the next few chapters planned out. The whole fic has a pretty liniar and simple plot from here on out so my guess is like 8 or so more (very short) chapters. If I give up again I'll just post my notes. I'm also probably never going to write another serious osc fic after this is finished. I use ao3 now even though I honestly prefer wattpad just bc its slightly easier to use...

This fic won't be affected by the ii finale twist bc I'm writing it from the same prospective as I started with. Divergent from right after fan was eliminated from iii.