In The Wild

Chapter Twenty-two: Broken

As soon as the orange creature and Clay went inside, Branch, Poppy, Bruce, and Floyd followed.

The complex Velvet and Veener were staying at was huge. Whether it was a hotel or a penthouse apartment, it was still impressive.

Poppy, Branch , Floyd, and Bruce followed the orange creature to a small room.

The orange creature set Clay on the table and began talking to him again. Their voices were faint but understandable.

" Do you feel better now?" The orange creature asked.

" I'm fine, Crimp." Clay said before promptly getting nauseous.

Crimp opened the bottle so he could vomit in a trashcan that was nearby.

"... OK, maybe I'm not fine." Clay admitted.

Crimp closed the bottle and put him back on the table.

" I hope you feel better." Crimp stated, then she left, giving Branch and the rest of the gang an opportunity to rescue Clay.

They climbed on the table( which took a while because Floyd wasn't in the most athletic condition) and finally saw Clay face-to-face.

" Clay," Branch said." Are you okay?"

" Um.....what?" Clay muttered." I'm sorry, who are you?"

" Wha- what do you mean you don't know who I am?" Branch said, frazzled." It's me! Branch! Your brother!"

" Sorry, but that's not ringing a bell." Clay admitted.

" M-maybe, you'll remember Poppy." Branch took Poppy and put her in front of the diamond.

"... Hi Clay." Poppy said.

" Uh, hi." Clay responded."  Don't know who she is  either."

" What?!" Branch shouted." Do you remember anything?!"

Clay thought before answering.

" Honestly, I don't remember anything before I came here."

" R-rea.ly?" Branch mumbled." This is bad.

Then, the group of trolls heard shuffling. They looked and saw that it came from a drawer. Floyd went down to open it and found....

John Dory.

" John!" He shouted.

" Finally!" John exclaimed." Took you jerks long enoug- Floyd?"

" Hey John." Floyd said.

" You shouldn't be here." John warned." The note you got was -"

" A forgery." Bruce said." Apparently."

" Spruce?!" John shouted.

" Actually, it's Bruce now, but.. yeah, it's me." Bruce beamed.

" Oh, I wanna hug you so bad, but we need to get out of here first!" John admitted.

" Ditto." Bruce agreed." Now, how do we get you out of this drawer?"

" Oh, just pull out the drawer, I'll be fine."

" Really?" Branch asked.

" Yeah, the bottle's diamond." John explained." Unbreakable."

He showed the fact by knocking on the side of the glass.

" Ok...." Branch said." If you're sure.

So Branch went down to the floor and used his hair to grab onto the drawer's know and pulled it out