Dreams Come True

Cries Of The Long Song

I snorted, waking up from my slumber thanks to a feather tickling my nose. Grunting, I peeked open an eye to see Gladius had somehow shifted so his hilt was on my face. His angel wing was on my nose, and his bat wing was on my cheek. Grunting again, I carefully moved him lower down so he was back on my chest, and smiled as sleep overtook me once again. But that didn't last, sadly, as once again another explosion shook the whole room.

After all us guys tumbled to the floor, let out a collective sigh, and shouted as one.

"AGAIN?!"

I could even hear the girls shout the same exact thing right after us, and I would've laughed if I wasn't so frustrated. Silently, I stood back up, readjusted my shirt, and stormed out of the bedroom. This time around, no one came with me except Gladius, and I entered the main room with a scowl on my face.

"Doctor!" I shouted, scaling the steps up to the main console. 'What the heck... is going... on?" My rage slowly melted into concern as I watched the time traveller frantically run around the console, looking at the screens while pressing buttons and flipping levels wildly.

"Doc? What's going on?"

He snapped his gaze over to me, and gulped. " Caleb, go and get Zomboss. I need his help with something."

My eyes widened, but I nodded nonetheless and dashed back into the bedroom. Swinging the door open, I ran in and looked for Zomboss, quickly spotting him cracking his back.

"Zomboss!" I called. He looked over at me, as did the others, and they were quick to notice my worried expression. "Something happened, and Doc needs your help with something." I paused, looking over my shoulder through the open door. "It seemed really serious."

Zomboss said nothing as he ran out of the room, fumbling to get his lab coat on. I chased after him, running past the now opened girls bedroom door as they filed out in worry.

After reaching the centre room again, I watched as Gladius, The Doctor and now Zomboss looked over the screens, scrambled to hit random buttons, and looked back at the screens.

The others all joined me, all of us a silent audience to what was before us.

"Can someone care to explain what's happening?" Steve asked.

Zomboss, surprisingly, whimpered. "Remember what I said when we were Mercy?" He faced me, and I nodded. "Yeah, well, it's real. And it's gotten worse."

"How much worse?" Ruby asked fearfully.

To answer her question, the whole TARDIS lurched violently. Star yelped, legs cartoonishly flailing as she slid across the platform. Another lurch sent Barranco flying, bouncing against the walls like a bouncer ball. The rest of us were in a panic, gripping the railing to try and stay stable.

Another lurch, the lights flickering violently, made Zomboss slip. One of his guns fell out of his coat and accidentally fired when it hit the ground. It melted the railing Marco, Jenny and Merida were using, sending them stumbling around.

Vanellope, Hilda and Twig all rolled off their feet and slid along the floor, falling off the platform to the floor below. Maple, Flowey and Dave scrambled to help them, but they only added to the pile below.

Alfur shrieked and jumped over to Gladius, landing on the sword's hilt when he passed. Ruby and Iris were much like Star, slipping on the steel floor as they tried and failed to find their footing. The Powerpuff Girls all watched the proceedings from above, eyes wide with shock.

Izzy was both caught between giggling and shrieking with terror, trying to find some sense of stability, but all that happened was her colliding with Steve and Majima. Maria and Manolo were thrown off their feet, colliding with the trio and sending them all off the platform.