Heroes' Abandon

Hatred or Dislike? Both

Most of this chapter is from the ones I posted in my FMS au (sorta) book, but I made some additions!
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*Sabre*

My friend stands surrounded by lava, tears in his eyes. The house was on fire, and the heat caused my scars to itch. But I ignore them, "Rainbow!"

Some lightning strikes really close to him, but Time keeps me from jumping to him. All I want to do is hold him close and comfort him.

I push Time's hand off of my shoulder. Stepping closer towards him. Rainbow frowns, "Don't, just stay away. I don't want to be the hero, I never did! It just felt like I need to!"

I wanna say something anything, but it seems that the stress of the situation along with the heat was slightly getting to me. Mostly the stress.

Time says something to Rainbow but I ignore what he says, to intent on staring at Rainbow.

"- I failed everyone." I finally hear again, I hear my friends words. And it takes all my will to push down the slowly bubbling hatred in my chest. Hatred not towards him, but towards myself and others.

"You haven't failed anyone.. you did what you needed, just please come over here." I try.

"Gerald needs you, the Steves need you," Time starts, and I want to snap that the Steves only need him because of his origins. His origin of being a piece of the Orange Crystal.

I hold my comment, knowing that my anger might make Rainbow angry too, and I don't want to risk my comment getting on the bad side of Time Steve, who knows what he's fully capable of.

"No matter how much you believe you have failed, you have not." At least that part I agree with.

If this was any other place, any other dimension, would I be singing praise about the Steves. The Steves that unknowingly or knowingly caused harm upon me and my friends?

"We will never lie to you Rainbow Steve," Time continues, a more hatefulness feels me, I may not lie to him but others would, others have lied to him, "You are The Hero, and you will continue to be fantastic."

Yet he may be The Hero right now, but he doesn't want to. Rainbow is correct someone else could be the hero. Perhaps we should've just allowed Rainbow Red to cause chaos.

More lightning strikes and I step forward ignoring the searing of the lava in front of me, "RAINBOW!"

Even more lightning strikes him and suddenly it stops, where he stands, he looks like an Orange Steve again, with rainbow markings, and he looks sickly and tired. His head lowers and his body shakes.

I'm finally able to scramble over to his side, grasping onto him like he was a lifeline. And in my eyes he truly was.

"I stopped him from getting worse..." Time speaks up, "but I suspended his physical form from changing more."

He manages to get Rainbow over to the more safer side of the home, by leashing him on a fishing rod to pull him to said side. Hoping over to Rainbow's side again, I hold myself back from latching onto him again.

Lightning strikes around us and I flinch, as we teleport. Stumbling to stay on my feet, I see that Time teleported us back to the Hub.

Yet I still couldn't bring myself to say anything else at the moment, before pushing myself to speak. "Can you get Blue Steve?"

Time seems to freeze up and space out, confusion rolling from him, "O-Okay?" He sounds lost before rushing off.

I stare at Rainbow who was still looking downwards. I hear footsteps rushing over. Looking over my shoulder I see Time returning with Blue Steve.