sᴘɪᴅᴇʏ!//ʏ!ᴅsᴍᴘ

17. ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀᴛ ʟᴀsᴛ

You roll around on the floor trying to figure out your next daring escape, when a quiet gentle knock is heard. You quickly stand up and wipe the dust off yourself.

"..uh..? Come in?" You raise an eyebrow.

The small fox man comes in with a tray of food. He smiles and puts the food tray on a small table in the corner of the room.

"Hi again [name]... I hope the uh foods good and-"

"Hey uh, Fundy, right?" You cut him off.

"Mhm! Yeah!" His eyes widen, practically as if stars were in them, and his tail wags. Furries.

"I'm quite chilly and that made me wonder... Do you know where those air vents lead too? I mean air conditioning and how it's built is so interesting... I remember Uncle Ben telling me something but-"

"I can totally explain!! Better than that old man.. Those air vents actually go throughout the entire building! Yours is one of the last ones it goes to due to being in the back of the building but- it all leads to the mechanic room in the basement." He nods, quickly explaining.

"Righto.." you look at the air vents and the screws on the cover. You look over at your meal which has plastic utensils. "Damn plastic? I thought this place had money." You fake frown.

"Well uh- we- we do quackity just said-"

"You do have them?" You walk closer, getting in his personal bubble. "Fundy PLEASEEEEE can you get me some!" You blink and do the 'puppy dog eyes'.

"I mean if- if it means so much to you-" he stumbles on his words.

"YES!" You give him a hug. "Thank you so so so much Fundy!!"

He smiles and hugs you back. "Yeah- yeah.." Fundys never quite had someone who cares about him. More than ever he wants that with someone, with you. Like he's an older brother who you depend on.

Man is he about to have his world rocked.

You smile as he scrambles out of there. He's got several floors to go down and get metal utensils without getting in trouble, it's going to take a moment.

You grab the plastic utensils and slip them in your pocket. The door opens again but it's foolish.

"What just happened?" He questions.

"Pff he just forgot something. Don't worry about it." You shrug.

"Right... Actually I have something to ask you- I don't know if quackity will agree because he's really against them but uh, I got invited to the red banquet and I stole the invitation they had for you- so if you are allowed- we could go together! I could be like your bodyguard or- like a big broth-"

"Give me that." You snatch the envelope and open it. It has a red egg as the stamp, and it's addressed to 'spiderkid'. You open it and read it.

"Hello SpiderKid! Before you punch whoever gave you this, we wave the white flags! This is not a call to battle just because you wouldn't consider us good but trust it isn't a hostile event! Anyways,
You are formally invited to the red banquet! On Sunday, at 5. The Sunday closest in time to when you get this. Location: (only on Sunday!!) 7!$34 5-3 33& #5@573, '9?3 @)9!3
From,
your friends,
The eggpire"

You re-read it a couple of times over. It seems to be crumbled and the edges are burned as if someone didn't want you going. Someone also scratched out the text of the location.

"So..??" Foolish looks hopeful.

"uh yeah sure whatever." You don't even look up from the envelope.

He beams and nods quickly, before leaving the room. Not even a minute after fundy burst into the room holding metal utensils.

"Awh! Thank you so much Fundy!!" You take them from him and hold it like your Ariel from the little mermaid.

"Y-yeah of course!" He nods quickly.

"You're my favorite! After I eat and.. go to sleep, maybe we could hang out tomorrow?" You look at him.

"Yeah!! Yes! Please yeah-" he nods. "I should uh- leave you to eat and st- stuff!"

"Mhm!" You wave him off. Once he leaves your smile drops. You avoid the food, not sure if there's drugs or what. You make a temporary diy screwdriver with the utensils. Metal so it wouldn't break.

You walk over to the vent and look around the room, no cams. You open up the air vent and crawl inside. You crawl through the vents and peak in each room to figure out where your going, you don't have much time but you can't bare another day in captivity.

Over and over just being, trapped. You make your way around and find quackitys office. He has several framed photos of you as SpiderKid and as yourself. But the ones of just normal ol' you are creepy. They look like they were taken by a stalker, being far away and behind something, because it was taken by a stalker.

You back away in disgust before moving along. When you were in his office you never saw those photos because they were facing him. God does it disgust you.

You peak in and see some sort of laundry room. Fundy is currently shoving clothes down the laundry chute. He walks away.

You hop out of the vent and look down into the chute. Few story's of a drop but it's do-able.

You jump down and cover your nose as you land in stinky clothes. Your on a side hall on the main floor, and your clothes are a little to normal, or abnormal for someone who'd be staying in this casino hotel.

You dig through the clothes, finding the least stinkiest clothing that fit you. You slip it on and dump your old clothes in the pile. Didn't matter if you liked them or not. This was about survival.

You walk out of that room and rush into the crowd. Now only thing is how to get out, past the guards. "Hm, what's next, a prison break?" You mutter under your breath.

You see a crowd, perhaps a family making their way out, you rush behind them, and in-between two of the people. They look at you weirdly but you ignore it. The guards ignore the group passing through. The moment you get out of the hotel you run.

You run out the the downtown area know as las Nevadas, you leave the area around las Nevadas as well. You steer clear of tubbo and ranboo's homes and unfortunately dwell back into sbi territory.

You hide behind things such as dumpsters and signs until you get to an apartment building. You go up some stairs until you see a door. You knock, it might be late but regardless.

A women opens the door, her eyes are puffy. "[Name]? Your back?" Her eyes widen and she tackles you in a hug. Tears start going down her face.

"Hi aunt may.."