TAKEOVER!: CONTINUED

CHAPTER 31: A New Ally

Convict continued down the hall, deeply considering his actions, along with Piconjo's. He thought about how he was in Newgrounds Rumble; his first instance of true hatred and bloodlust for the Gang...

He'd managed to capture Salad Fingers in the middle of the night, right before the Gang was truly formed. They rushed out after the two after Pico woke up to see his evil twin dragging the terrified creature out by his legs. They'd arrived to find that he'd been locked in a cage, and Piconjo was ready to fight. Right as Captain and Alloy, another ally to the Gang, rushed forward to get him, he'd injected him with a poison that changed his mind to be completely feral. 

He thought about how they'd first met...

Stories told about a monster. 

How Pico and Captain laughed him off before Hank found the 'Beast' and jolted them.

He'd saved Alien Hominid as their first meet, keeping him from falling back into the shattered glass of his crashed UFO.

Finding Pico, Captain, Steve and Nene inside of an abandoned store and inadvertently terrifying all of them.

Trying to escape before hearing a scream and finding Captain, sliced and injured, lost and fucked up. 

Stitching the wound, then the armor.

Dragging the wounded warrior only to be blamed for his injury; a short-lived accusation as he explained himself.

The 10-foot tall creature introducing itself as Salad Fingers;

The Friendly Stranger.

He and the other people that decided to join Pico in his quest for protection had driven him off the edge... especially when they decided to stick together.

He looked up and noticed someone new...

He hadn't seen this character in the facility before. He was wearing a lab coat, goggles and black gloves. He looked angry and vengeant. He walked with his head aimed low, avoiding eye contact. 

"Who are you?", Convict suddenly asked in a harsh, deep voice. "Who am I?", he questioned back, sneering in a French accent. "I am a man of science! I seek revenge on my traitor and former experiment! Little yellow bastard...", he snarled. Convict narrowed his eyes. "Who?", He growled. "Blockhead! Oh, and his alcohol-obsessed friend, too! A pair of science-defying fools... I will look each of them in the eye and finally have my revenge!! I WILL LAUGH IN THE FACES OF THOSE WHO HAVE OPPOSED ME!", he continued to ramble. Convict sighed, remembering the horrible fate that they'd been put to. "Are you going to hurt them?", he sighed. "Uh, no? They've proven themselves dangerous", he asserted back. "You'd better not... They've seen hell..", he growled, walking away. The Scientist watched him slip away, curious as to what he meant.

Meanwhile, the Gang were just then awakening. 

"I-I'VE GOT BROKEN GLASS IN MY MOUTH!", Salad Fingers suddenly howled, using his hands to wipe the bloodied glass off. "ALIEN, YOUR BLOOD WAS IN MY M-MOUTH, DUDE!! AUGHHH!! NO!! WHY!!? I JUST WOKE UP!", he angrily yowled as the others groggily listened. "We just woke up, and you're loud as hell", Pico growled. Conscience was still sleeping, not aware of Blockhead and Alien trying to wake him up. "Wait, wait, wait. I got an idea", Alien mischievously chuckled. Blockhead gasped. "Don't you dare", He hissed. Alien chuckled and picked him up by the scruff of his neck. "Oh, my God, he looks like a kitten", Blockhead remarked as Conscience slowly opened his eyes. "Heh?? What's goin' on?? Wh-why can't I move!?", he asked, getting anxious. "OH, SHIT! HE IS LIKE A KITTEN!! HAHAHHAHHAAA--", Alien cackled as he placed him back down, Blockhead catching him as he stumbled, still exhausted and now afraid. "What if a villain learns that they can do that!? He's defenseless right now!! Do you know how awful that would be!?", Pico yelped, running over and picking Conscience up, who was still confused and startled. "Are you okay? Did that hurt?", He asked. "Not very much.. It was more freaky than anything. I was completely immobile..." He stated. Pico breathed a sigh of relief and put him back down. Edd seemed to daze in and out, watching everyone closely. Cassandra noticed this and shook the clothing of the nearest person, who turned out to be ENA. They turned and noticed that he was focusing on what seemed to be nothing, hardly moving at all. Cassandra let out a growl to alert everyone else of the issue. "What's wrong?", Pico asked. "Yeah, we-e-e-'re just waking up", Captain added. Cassandra pointed to Edd.