Glitch in the Update - Another II Darkfic

Chapter 2 - Losing the Race.

Some warnings for this Chapter!!

- Blood

- Graphic Violence

- Character Death

Also this chapter is way longer than the last one so enjoy =]

A day had gone by since that incident with the update, and Bot had been trying to forget. It felt difficult to forget such a horrifying scene, but it was just a dream.. Bot was in the art room currently, three canvases set up as they painted, with Candelabra and Red on each side, painting as well. Silver Spoon, Test Tube, and Paintbrush were in the room too, the three were both chatting and making sure to supervise the kids.

Bot was smiling as they painted, when they turned to look at Reds canvas, and he seemed to be painting what looked like him and Candelabra. Bot giggled a little bit at that and then turned to look at Candelabras, and she was just painting a bunch of kitty faces. Bot then looked back at their canvas and frowned instantly. They hadn't realized it before but they had been subconsciously painting that same field they had woken up in while they were updating.

Bot then let out a little yelp and stepped back, the sudden noise startling Candelabra, causing her to move her arm down too quickly, knocking some red paint onto her shirt. Bot looked over quickly to see red paint on the girls shirt, while she looked a bit surprised still. Bot quickly looked over and saw Silver, Test Tube, and Paintbrush had looked over in surprise.

"O- Oh dear..! I- I'm sorry I!-" Bot tried to say before Silver stood up and cut them off. "No, no don't worry..! I knew she'd be painting today so that's one of her older shirts, no worries Bot." Silver reassured, while walking over to grab some paper towel. "Yeah, and don't worry, the paint can be washed pretty easily." Paintbrush said too.

Bot still looked a bit guilty as they watched Silver Spoon wipe off Candelabras shirt with the paper towel. Bot then looked back at their painting, a bad feeling in their gut as they remembered the scary dream, with that same green grass, trees, and blue sky, all with some sort of greyish tone over it.. and then all of it just turning to pitch black as a weird glitch spread everywhere, with that other Bots laughter echoing in their head.

"Bot? You ok?" Bots thoughts were cut short as they heard Test Tube calling their name. They looked over at Test Tube, everyone else staring at them. "Uh.. Yeah I'm fine.." Bot said, looking at the ground. "If its about Candis shirt then its fi-" Silver tried to speak before Bot cut him off. "It's not about the shirt!" Bot snapped in a louder volume. Bot quickly realized that they had yelled, and looked on as everyone seemed a bit taken a back.

"Uhh.. Sorry.." Bot muttered, not knowing what was going on now, they never snapped like that. Test Tube took a step forward. "Are you sure everything is fine? Ever since I updated you, you've been acting strange and.. jumpy..?" Bot listened as Test Tube said this, and sighed. "I'm fine.. I promise." Bot said with more sternness to it. There was an awkward silence for a moment..

"Uhh, I think we can conclude painting time.. Let's go and let these dry!" Paintbrush said, putting on a smile as they went to leave, everyone but Bot following. Bot just stayed there, staring at the ground.. "Bot?" They heard. Their head snapped up and saw Candelabra was there peaking in from the door. "Are you coming..?" She asked, looking concerned. "In a moment, Candi." Bot said, looking away from her again.

Candelabra took a step in the room. "If it is about my shirt then-" She tried to speak, before Bot turned around again, pissed off, their face having a glitchy effect. "ITS NOT ABOUT THE SHIRT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Bot shouted, looking at Candelabra with a look of anger for a moment, before they realized what had happened, and their face went back to normal. Bot looked horrified as they looked down at an even more horrified Candelabra.