[II AU] - The Fire In Their Eyes

6 - Life or Death

Despite the loss of Lightbulb, everyone had slowly started to connect more and more, Paintbrush and Apple became very close friends, they'd talk to eacjother without even talking at all, and Test Tube found it still very fascinating, as Apple was the only person to understand their silence

Fan, Marshmallow and Test Tube were very close too, as Test Tube had to do daily check ups and check her mentality, and her attitude, and Fan helps with why she acts like this, and how to stop her from getting upset, which lead to the three really bonding with each other

Paintbrush would share cold looks to Test Tube every now and then, but they understood why she doesn't trust them, and suddenly, they realized how quiet everything was when the competition suddenly stopped

They could for once, hear the nature more clearly, listen to the birds and the leaves, and occasionally, their favorite part is when they hear laughter from the team

Despite what Marshmallow and Apple went through, they quickly started to bond again, as they both talked to each other every now and then

Mephone had finally come back from the jail, and was acting very off, much like MePad, but maybe a little worse

"Ugh. This headache never ends!" Mephone sat in his bed in the hotel

Despite the suing and jail, OJ offered rooms for the team Grand Slams and the hosts, as Mephone suddenly changed his mind on the competition 

He had the money, the show, the hosts, but something felt wrong, it was all working too nicely for him, and he started to feel like he was getting stalked

He'd dream of Steve Cobs, and all the tests he'd run on him, which always woke him up in tears, it's as if he can really feel that pain, as if it wasn't just a mere dream.. or in this case, a nightmare 

"So that's it?! They just.. left? All together?" Suitcase asked

"That's what happened, at least.. that's what the stupid phone said" Knife crossed his arms and stared at Nickel, who was making a huge fuss over Soap's obsessive cleaning

"SOAP! LEAVE MY ROOM ALONE!"

"NO WAY! DO YOU SEE ALL THESE DUST BUNNIES?! THIS HAS TO GET CLEANED STAT!!"

She grabs a duster and starts to push all the dust in the garbage, and Nickel rolls his eyes and walks away

"You okay Nickel?" Baseball asked, feeling a bit worried for him

"Oh! I'm PERFECTLY fine!" He spoke sarcastically, sitting down on the sofa frustratedly beside him

"You know.. maybe you need to accept other people's kindness for once.. it won't hurt to try?" Baseball looked at Nickel who stared at him in disgust

"Heck no. I'd rather die" He crossed his legs and stared at Soap who was humming while cleaning up his room