Afraid - OUTDATED!!! DO NOT READ!!!!

Chapter Three - That Was a Shocker

TWs: Gore, aggression, torture, etc. Although you're probably fine with this stuff if you're on chapter 3.

The chapter was also written with my good friend Laughtr ( @jsabfanidkbutpoggers ), thanks dumbass ily /p [yw 🙀🙀<33/p-laughtr]

It has a few authors notes (bold) because they cant shut the fuck up [rude much >:(-laughtr]

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Lightbulb stood up, looking over at Painty for reassurance, "It's okay." they whispered after her.

The door clicked open, and she stepped in.
Paintbrush was led away by Fan who reentered the room only moments earlier.

Her hands and body were tingling. And Lightbulb was certain she was flickering too, Test Tube glared at Lightbulb; unsure if this was going to work.

"Hello L-1, this will be your first experiment. It will be mainly focused on your electrical abilities." Lightbulb had a bad feeling about this, she felt a cold shiver go down her spine.

"Would you mind telling me how you conduct electricity?" She stayed silent, lips pressed shut. Test Tube could be heard tapping a pen against wood, presumably a table, "Fine then, if you won't talk I'll make you talk." L-1 felt a jolt, a yelp escaped from her mouth and she flickered uncontrollably. She choked out tears, lights in the room began sparking and she fell to the floor, the room shone with what looked like glitter but could shock you at a touch. The room echoed with a pop, (actually inanimate) light bulbs bursting as she screamed. Footsteps pounded down the hall.

A scream. The door slammed open. "What THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!" P-2 yelled out, smoke turning to scorching flames from their bristles. A scoff escaped from Test Tube's mouth, "She did this, it wasn't my fault." P-2 did NOT seem happy with this response, clenching their fists in rage. Soft sobs of pain could be heard from L-1 which just angered P-2 further. The fire alarms set off. Sprinklers diminishing their flames. Test Tube slammed her hand down on the button, shocking P-2 and forcing them onto their hands and knees.

Fan walked in, forcing on that dreaded leash thing and dragging them out. After all of that, Test Tube glared at L-1, only to notice that there was blood dripping onto the ground while L-1 curled up on the floor clutching her eye. "Oh dear..." She administered sleeping medicine through the collar, knocking L-1 out cold.

Test Tube rushed into the room, scooping up L-1 in her arms and rushing her over to a stretcher. The area around it was close to shattered. Test Tube knew she wouldn't be able to save it, but she could certainly die if Paintbrush found out. The best solution was to let Lightbulb  rest for a while and apply antiseptic. She left Lightbulb to wake up, and went to check on Paintbrush.

As Test Tube entered the room, she was surprised by a Paintbrush sitting on the ground with a leash holding them hostage while Fan just awkwardly stood there. Fan said "they tried biting me so i did this." "Goddammit Fan why must you be so hilariously stupid-" Test Tube groaned humorously. Paintbrush was just silently staring, trying their best not to bite Test Tube once they were let off.

They were eventually released, Fan and Test Tube scrambling away in an attempt to not be caught in the jaws of fury

Several hours later and Lightbulb was
escorted back to the room by Fan.

She stumbled in, trembling wildly. Her left eye had a fogginess to it. No longer was it electric blue but instead, a light grayish color. She fell to the floor, unable to see what was around her. Lucky for Lightbulb she still had arms to catch her fall and not break her already cracked glass dome of a head. As soon as Lightbulb was in the room, Paintbrush ran up to her and picked her up gently. They almost panicked and asked all the questions they could think of, mainly "Are you okay!?" and "What the hell happened?!". Curious for her safety, they made sure she was okay before comforting her.

..::{🏆} Trophy's POV;

-Oj decided to let me into the area where Paintbrush and Lightbulb were last seen before they both vanished. While looking I stepped on something, jumping a bit once I felt it. I squatted down, moving my foot a bit to look at what I trod on, turns out it was something that Paintbrush owns, a little leather book, covered in paint stains. I looked at it confusedly, why was this here? Shouldn't it be in their room?? I picked it up, i opened it, aware that this was in a way invading personal space.

I continually flipped pages but one stood out, once I looked at it I swear I felt a shiver run down my spine, something Paintbrush wrote the same exact day they disappeared.

' day xxx 1:20pm,

Hello again journal, today just feels a bit odd; While talking to Lightbulb in her room I felt weird.. It was like we were being watched. I don't exactly know why but it scares me.'

That was all that was written. I believe it was what Paintbrush wrote before vanishing out of nowhere. They were reported missing at about 3:40. so this contains some solid evidence.

I do wonder though, who in the world could have been watching them??

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Certainly not as long as last chapter but still a decent amount!! Thanks again to Laughr for helping me out! Quite the MVP. Also they get credit for the entire Trophy POV cuz I cant write first person for the life of me. I edited it all though lol.

They'll definitely be writing with me a lot and Afraid will probably become a collaboration, just like their book Dearly Calm, which ships our ocs Mixed Puff and Racquetball <3. Prologue was all them :))). GO READ IT!!