༒𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍༒ (A shrimpo x goob fanfic)

6: ᴀ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs

GOOB'S POV~

I walked into the elevator sneakily. There was a yellow and black plastic line all over the entrance. I wonder why! Maybe Astro actually convinced Dandy that the elevator broke.
I felt chills as the elevator went down. I had a bad feeling. The elevator was going down much quicker than usual and it didn't even stop at the first floor. When it finally stopped with a loud clanging sound, it was pitch black on the floor.
This was... Floor 58? But that's not right...
I left the elevator and squinted to see through the dark. I heard multiple pairs of heavy steps. I went on to begin doing work on the first machine silently.
This will be easy!

SHRIMPO'S POV~

"Goob disappeared?!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Said Scraps, panicked. "We looked everywhere, i think he may have taken the elevator! It's all my fault!"

"Oh no, so sad, anyway..." I spoke in a mocking tone, even though i knew this was probably the worst time for a snappy remark.

"And where's Dandy when you need 'im?" Asked Glisten nonchalantly.

Everyone turned to Astro.

"I don't know!" Said Astro, scared.

"Well, someone has to go down for him..." Said Teagan. "But i know for sure it won't be me... I don't want to stain my dress..."

"It would be only fair for Scraps to go, in my opinion... I mean, he's her brother." said Poppy.

"But... I won't wanna.. die down there! And who knows what floor he's on?" said Scraps, worried.

"I'll go...maybe." said Sprout, his voice betraying uncertainty.

"He's on floor 58."

Everyone turned around to see Dandy walking carelessly towards the elevator.

"And how do you know?" Asked Glisten.

"That's not important. Who goes down?"

"... I'll go." I said clearly.

Everyone turned to me with a surprised expression.

"From what I'm getting, Goob is in a bad mood now. And to get out of a bad mood, you need more hate." I spoke again.

"I do not agree with anything you just said, but go ahead, shrimp." Said Vee, leading me towards the still broken elevator.

"I can only open the door once, and I'll open it for you when you get down." Said Dandy. "You'll need this."

He handed me some ropes.

"Are you kidding me?" I asked, pissed.

"What did you expect? You'd grow wings and fly down?" Asked Dandy in a joking manner.

"Whatever." I said before looking down towards the deep elevator shaft.

I attached my rope to the top and began climbing down. How low is floor 58 anyway? This will take an eternity...

After about half a hour of climbing down on the rope, my hands were sore and my legs even worse. Why was i doing this anyway? Nobody was up to risk their life to save Goob. Only me, the one who hates him the most.
I open a panel on the top of the elevator in order to get inside, then i realized the door was open, so i slid out.

Once i was on the floor, the elevator door closed loudly. Wait... This means we have to do all the machines for it to open again! Ugh...

I heard growling. It was Twisted Pebble. The fastest Twisted against the slowest Toon, huh? Surely I'd stand a chance.
For what i know, Goob could be dead already and i could be here for no reason.

I kept searching, silently sneaking behind boxes and any cover i could find. Calling out for Goob would alert all the Twisteds and make them come right for me, so that wasn't an option. I had to rely on my eyesight through the dark. I suddenly tripped into a pool of what seemed to be Ichor. How disgusting! It made my eyes sore and my body slippery. Why was that there?

GOOB'S POV~

I began crying as i crammed myself behind some heavy boxes. What was i thinking? Why did i think i could do this? I can barely extract Ichor with my wobbly arms and Twisted Pebble can outrun me. I'm down to one heart and one small mishap will mean I'm done for.

Nobody will come for me! They don't even know where i am, what floor I'm on... Perhaps i should just give up.
I heard footsteps around the entrance of my room. They were quite silent and fast. Perhaps it was Twisted Astro? But i haven't heard his chimes on this floor...
I cautiously got out of hiding. Some red eyes were glistening in the dark... Twisted Shrimpo! I can easily outrun him...
When i tried to get back behind the boxes, i felt a slimy hand touch me, making me yelp.
I tripped over as i heard many footsteps approach. That definitely alerted all the Twisteds!
I hid behind the boxes again, but Twisted Shrimpo definitely saw me. I accepted my fate and just closed my eyes.
I felt something crawl up behind the boxes with me. Twisted Shrimpo...?

"Bold little thing, why are you here?" Asked Twisted Shrimpo.

"You're... Not a Twisted?"

"Do i look like... Oh. Yeah.. it's me, Shrimpo. I tripped into a puddle of Ichor..."

"...You came for me! Where's everyone else?!" whispered Goob.

"It's just me. They didn't want to go."

"Not... Not even Scraps?"

"We have work to do, okay? We have to find the rest of the machines and take the elevator up."

"Okay..."