i disown this fic lmao i made so many weird and uncomfortable writing choices in it. keeping it up for archival purposes only.
Baseball, Lightbulb, and eventually Balloon are captured by Test Tube and forced to partake in experiments that slowly get...
Balloon pushed the wheels forward, slowly moving down the hall.
"Right, now just try to go in a straight line down to the end of the hall." Suitcase instructed.
Balloon continued pushing the wheelchair forward. They were about halfway down the hall when the wheels started turning to the side and they bumped into the wall. They backed it up and tried to redirect, but they couldn't get the wheels to turn.
"Uh... How do I get it straight.." Balloon asked awkwardly.
Suitcase walked up to them. "You gotta back up and turn the wheels a few times, I'm pretty sure."
Balloon slowly backed the wheelchair up. It took a bit of effort but they eventually got it straight and reached the end of the hall.
"Great job, Balloon!" Suitcase cheered. Balloon smiled at her.
They felt something bump into the back of their wheelchair. They looked behind them and saw Nickel. He was wearing Baseball's cap, which was huge on him.
"Shit- my bad!" Nickel was about to run past them when Baseball caught up to him and stole his cap back.
"Nice try!" Baseball exclaimed as Nickel stood up.
"Damn, thought I'd actually get it that time" He snickered.
Suitcase looked over at the two of them and smiled. "You recovering okay, Baseball?"
Baseball looked up at her. "Huh?- Yeah- I'm doing alright." He smiled back at her.
"Nickel! Look at this!" Balloon called out, waving the coin over.
Nickel walked over to them. "Yo! Nice!"
Balloon's wheelchair had some stickers added onto it. "Yeah! Pretty cool, right?"
Nickel nodded. He heard walking and looked over, seeing OJ with an object he'd never seen before.
"Who's that?" He asked as the two passed by.
"Oh- I hired Burger Grill here to fix Goo's window." OJ responded.
"Heh, what's a grill doing in repair services?"
The glass shrugged. "I dunno. Try not to be racist" He said casually, catching up to Burger Grill
"Oh, right."
Suitcase shifted awkwardly. "Hey, uh... might be a weird question to ask right now, but... that just reminded me, uh, w- do you guys think there's a chance that person could like. Come back? A-at some point?"
"Eh, I doubt it." Baseball answered.
"I mean there's a possibility tho," Balloon chimed in. Baseball raised an eyebrow at them. "they could easily go under the radar, no one knows who they are yet. In fact, she could even be in this very hotel! Who knows??"
The other three stared at them for a second, a little shocked.
"Wh.. do- do you who it is.??" Nickel asked.
"Yea-" "BALLOON. A word, please?" Baseball cut them off.
Balloon obliged, the two rounding the corner to talk.
"What are you doing?? Do you WANT her to kill us??" Baseball hissed.
"I want Test Tube to be recognized as the monster she is!" Balloon sighed. "I'm trying to help us."
Baseball groaned in frustration. "Look, Balloon, I appreciate it, but we're probably going to be safer if we just try to heal and move forward. We still don't know what all she's capable of, just look what she did to us!" He continued when Balloon didn't look convinced. "Hey, I want her brought to justice just as much as you do, honest. But this isn't gonna help."
Balloon's tail flicked angrily, but they seemed to understand. "..Yeah, you're probably right. I just hate having to pretend like we don't know."
Baseball nodded. "Yeah, me too. But we'll get through this, alright?" He smiled at them. Balloon sighed and smiled back.
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Baseball suddenly heard a familiar voice in the distance and peeked around the corner to see what was going on, Balloon doing the same.
"Oh, speak of the devil.." Balloon grumbled.
"I can help her with that, don't worry." Test Tube reassured Paintbrush, who didn't look convinced.
Balloon squinted. "The hell's she trying to do with Lightbulb?" They mumbled. Baseball held his breath as he watched, ready to step in if he needed to.
..."Yeah Painty should probably help me with it" Lightbulb chimed in.
"Well, if you insist." Test Tube gave in, handing Lightbulb over to Paintbrush.
Baseball and Balloon went back around the corner after they saw Paintbrush carry Lightbulb back to safety.
"Okay that was really suspicious, what do you think's going on?" Balloon asked.
Baseball thought for a moment. "...You think she told someone?"
"Maybe?? I don't really know her well enough to know if that's something she'd feel safe enough to do." Balloon responded.
Baseball nodded. "Probably not actually, she has to be around Test Tube a lot she'd probably find out pretty quick." He let out a small sigh. "I feel kinda bad for her honestly, that must be terrifying..."
The two turned around when they heard a voice from behind them. "Hey, uh, you've been talking for a while.. everything okay?"
"Oh- Suitcase! Everything's fine, yeah" Balloon quickly responded, the two of them going back around the corner.
"..Sooo, what was that all about..?" Nickel asked as they returned.
"Eh don't worry about it, forget what I said earlier." Balloon answered.
Nickel and Suitcase glanced at each other doubtfully, but they didn't want to push any further.
"Hey, you guys wanna go to Gino's?" Baseball asked, trying to change the subject.
"Oh- Uh, yeah, sure!" Suitcase agreed. The other two did as well and the group went downstairs to exit the hotel.
hey look its been exactly one month since i updated this (SO SORRY ABOUT THAT BTW)
it took a while to find a direction for this chapter to go in that i could actually write properly so it took a while. but i hope the chapter was worth the wait still
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