RB Battles - A twist of Fate.

~ Chapter Five: A leaf of music. ~

"Don't know what this is, I think I feel a little spark,"
"When it skips a beat, I think I can confirm I have a heart?"
"I was wondering if I was simply born without that part.."

.............

"mgh.. what the hell is going on.."

Ominous let out a yawn, blinking away the sleepiness in his eyes as the world around him slowly came into focus. He could feel himself being dragged along by someone across the ground, and glanced around a bit to see what happened. "Finally awake? You were out like a light a while after we left." Pinkleaf would suddenly speak up, not turning to face his friend.

"What happened, anyways..? I just remember falling asleep one minute.." OminousNebula asked, still trying to regain some form of energy. Pinkleaf only sighed in response. "Nothing too notable just yet. We've been walking for a good hour or two now."

Only an hour had passed? Ominous could've sworn it felt like years since they started. He let out a little "hm." in response, and the two went back to silence as they continued their venture.

"..Say, Pinkleaf?"
"Hm?"
"You think we'll find somebody else here? All we've got so far is a deactivated sword, and the weird Russo we ran into at the facility."

Pinkleaf went silent for a moment, before shrugging once again.

"Im not too sure."
"You and me both, then.."

Another while of silence between them. However, that was quickly broken with the action of Pinkleaf dropping OminousNebula onto the ground. "Oof- what the hell, dude?" Ominous asked, turning to face Pinkleaf.

However, he didn't respond. Pinkleaf only stared off in the distance. Confused, OminousNebula stood up and dusted himself off, looking over in his direction..

And both of them were met with quite the sight.

"Oh.. oh dear fucking god.."

"What.. WHAT THE FUCK-?!"

( WARNING!! GORY DESCRIPTIONS AHEAD. )

What laid ahead of the two was an absolute BLOODBATH. Multiple bodies lay ahead of them, drenched in blood and disfigured, dismembered, and disarranged in many horrific ways. Hell, some even had their organs spilled out in front of them, creating an even more unpleasant sight.

God, did it take everything in the two of them to not spew out their own organs as well..

"Dear fuck, I'm gonna be sick.." OminousNebula choked out, turning away from the gory sight ahead. Pinkleaf tried to glance away, but something else had caught his eye up ahead- a building.

Not necessarily one he himself recognized, but it was one nonetheless. Grabbing the back of Ominous' shirt, he tugged on it to catch his attention. "We gotta head through this.. as much as I hate to say it. Just keep your gaze down. Or up." He instructed.

Reluctant, OminousNebula nodded and looked elsewhere as the two made their way through this valley of corpses. Neither of them wished to glance up for even a moment to look ahead or to see the corpses scattered all around them, so they relied on their other senses to get them through.

So even though they didn't see the corpses, they both could hear, even against all odds, if any of the dead moved or breathed, proving they were alive.

But that was simply wishful thinking.

Eventually, they both made it across the corpse-filled ground and made their way towards the building looming over them. A sort of city skyline was stretched ahead of them, and led into the city.

Looking up, they both faced the city ahead, and Pinkleaf noticed something strike in OminousNebula, as his expression slowly shifted from one of discomfort to one of familiarity.

"Do you.. recognize this place?" Pinkleaf asked. "Yeah, I actually moved here a while before RB battles started.. the city is pretty intact, so I think the apartment might be around here somewhere." He replied, taking a few steps into the city and looking around.

"RB Battles.. surely it's on hold because of what happened. Do you think that maybe-"
"The talk about RB battles can wait, alright? Lets just try to, I dunno.. find something here before we head to the place."

Pinkleaf paused for a moment. Was it really okay to just shove the idea away for now, even in a situation like this?

Well, even THAT idea had to wait, since OminousNebula was already off to investigate the metro. "Ominous-" Pinkleaf called after him, and sighed upon seeing that the other hadn't heard him. Jogging after the rhythm player, he entered the metro behind him..

And thus came the second surprise of the day!

"What the f- THINKNOODLES??"

Sure enough, right next to the seats laid a beaten up and limp, yet conscious Thinknoodles, covered in a decent amount of pretty bad wounds. "Dude, holy shit- what happened to you? And what're you doing down here?!" OminousNebula exclaimed.

Thinknoodles attempted to form a response, but it was clear that he was in too bad of a state to form any sort of answer. Pinkleaf sighed and stepped towards Thinknoodles, reaching behind him and grabbing the back of his hood before dragging him along as well.

"Dragging people along is your thing now, huh?" Ominous asked as the two made their way out of the metro. "It's less humiliating than carrying them around." He replied with a shrug. "I guess so."

Eventually, the three of them made it to the apartment complex, which, much to their possible surprise, was completely empty. Not a single soul in sight. "Just what happened here, anyways?" OminousNebula thought, reaching into his pockets once more and pulling out the room keys. With that, he unlocks the door and lets the other two in.

Pinkleaf started getting to work on healing Thinknoodles, while OminousNebula got to work on the questions shrouding their entire situation so far. He glanced over at the other two. "God, this would be a lot more helpful with that sword of healing.." OminousNebula sighed.

"That would be a bit too convenient. Besides, it's most likely deactivated, like DJ's sword." Pinkleaf replied logically. Thinknoodles, however, seemed to jolt upwards slightly upon hearing this small bit of their conversation. That action, though, immediately backfired with a jolt of pain shooting through him and causing him to take a sharp breath between gritted teeth.

"Jeez- take it easy." Pinkleaf sighed. "Wait, hold up. Think, do you know something bout the swords?" Ominous walked up to Thinknoodles, who gave them both a nod. "Well, then.. what do you know? This could be crucial."

Thinknoodles cleared his throat, attempting to obtain any sort of strength to give them two a good answer. "Well, not about the swords exactly, but-" He stopped mid sentence to cough a bit, before looking at the two dead in the eyes. "It's about the hosts and how I got beaten up. I woke up here after the ground split back at the studio, and while looking around, well.."

"I was attacked. By Russo."

.....

"HUH?!"

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