Her Brainiac (Rottytops X Male Reader)

Chapter 7: The Chase Goes On

(y/n) pov:

Rotty and I finally got out of the Desert and made our way to Mermaid Falls. It took about a good hour and a half, but we got there. It was grassy, shining waters. It was rather pleasant here. But I knew something about this place seemed... off. Why did they call this place "Mermaid Falls?" Is it full of mermaids, or just a name to make it sound cooler? But either way, we weren't here to admire the view. We came here to find Risky.

As we were walking Rotty broke the awkward silence. "Are you sure we're in the right place?" She asked.

"Well, according to this map, Risky's Ship is nearby. So, I believe she passed down here. I just feel it..." I replied, looking around cautiously.

Rotty just looked to the side. "Hmm... Maybe she's here to see that gator-face, or that giant mermaid." She assumed.

"Gator-face? Giant mermaid? What're you talking about?" I asked in confusion. 

"It's a long story. I'll explain later." Rotty simply replied.

I just brushed it off and we continued to go further into the region. I've never been to this place, but I had the map for it. Finding out way should've been easy. Rotty seemed to have been here once or twice. So, maybe I could ask her if we get lost.

After a few minutes of walking, we stopped in front of this building. We looked up at it. "Ah-ha! Techno Baron's old factory! Or, one of them at least... I remember they were making counterfeit mermaids in here." Rotty said.

I looked at her and raised a brow. "Counterfeit what?" I said with confusion. 

"Come on! Enough slugging and start walking!" Rotty said, marching in to the factory.

I exhaled in disbelieve. "You better know what you're doing, lady..." I mumbled to myself. 

I followed Rotty inside. We looked around and saw hooks, rails, the stonework looked like an average dungeon, just a bit richer. There was water surrounding us from bellow.  This looked more like a factory, if I'm being honest. "So much for starting a business..." I said sarcastically.

"You're telling me. This place is worse then the temple. So depressing and monotonous." Rotty relied.

"So, um..." I then took out my tablet to see if there was a trail. To my prediction, there was no map of the inside. I sighed in defeat. "Shit... There goes the value of the map." I added on.  I then looked at Rotty. "Hey, Rotty. You've been here, right? You know a way through this temple or what not?" I asked.

"Of course I do! I know this place from the back of my head. Or... mostly..." Rotty said.

"What do you mean, "mostly?" I asked with skepticism.

"Forget I said anything. Just follow me, handsome." She said.

We then started walking. "If you say so." I said with a deadpan voice.

I then followed her further into the factory, temple, ruins, I didn't fucking know where we were. All I just cared about was finding Risky so we could get the fuck outta here. We stopped at a ledge, and looked across. To our dismal, it was spit in half. It was too dangerous to make that jump. We both looked up and saw some hooks passing around every couple seconds.

"Maybe we could use this to get across." I said. I waited for one to pass. As soon as one appeared, I let Rotty take this one. "Ladies first..." I said.

"Thanks, cutie!" Rotty said, jumping and grabbing onto one of the hooks. 

Rotty slowly got dragged off by the machine. I was still waiting for another hook to pass by. To my delight, there was one just behind Rotty's. I didn't waste any time, and took that opportunity to grab on. The hook moved along the rail, and I started to catch up with Rotty.