Make Him Proud [II AU/FANFIC/DARKFIC]

Chapter 1: A Reunion With Your Creator

TW: Violence (?)
[Note - This AU was made/written before the release of II 16, but was slightly updated with the new episodes release.]
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After the ending of Season Three, most of the newbies moved back to the hotel; however, some stayed at the library. That's where Walkie-Talkie was.
Mephone and her were on good terms after the whole...incident. Walkie-Talkie was monitoring the younger objects, occasionally having to yell at a few.

Suddenly, everything blacked out. The next moment she woke up, she was in...a factory? It looked like a tech company of some sort, and she couldn't help but notice the abandoned electronics sitting on the blue shelves. Since she didn't have any limbs, she couldn't move. She just laid there, staring at the light-blue ceiling, waiting to be picked up.

A few hours later, someone walked into the room. The person was behind her, so they didn't know who it was; however, they did hear the chuckle.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Walkie Talkie tried to figure out who entered the room, but it was hard to find anyone when you're unable to move. "Hello, WT." The person spoke, and she recognized their voice. But...was it really them? "What do you want!? I'm not afraid of you!!" Walkie-Talkie tried to sound confident, but in reality they were a little startled. "Why should I tell you? A true villain doesn't spill their plans. Unlike...you." Walkie-Talkie let out a gasp— how would he know!? I mean, yes, she did fail to end Mephone4, but it's not like he was watching them!... right?..

"You said it best yourself... 'stick to your purpose. That's while I'll stick to mine, and you'll stick to yours." The figure never said who they were, but Walkie-Talkie had a feeling she knew. "I...what do you mean? I'm already on good terms with Mephone4! I can't just—throw our 'friendship' away!" She didn't like the sound of what he was up to, but she couldn't do anything about it. "I am putting you back on the job...except, with a twist. If you can bring Mephone4 back to me, I'll do you a favor in return." Walkie-Talkie was still skeptical, but they liked the idea of getting something in return. He pulled out a mechanical suit and opened it; inside was a holder that could fit a walkie-talkie— just like her! She was silent for a while, just staring at the suit.

"I put certain controls into here that allow you to move the arms and legs. Will you help now?"
Walkie-Talkie was skeptical, but...fine. She had to do it. After all, he can't do that much to Mephone...right?

"Okay... I'll do it..."

"Cobs."
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Mephone4 was doing what he "did best"— hosting the show! He came back to season two after his... "vacation"..and acted like nothing happened. He hopped the contestants wouldn't question it.
He was explaining the next challenge until Walkie-Talkie came.

"WT? What're you doing here?" Mephone4 was confused why she would be here, but he didn't question much. "Oh, no reason. Just wanted to check up on my friend...so, can you come with me for a second?" Mephone4 was confused, but agreed and walked into the forest with her. "If you want to take me somewhere, I can telepor..." Mephone went silent when he saw Cobs. Why was he here!?

"Cobs?.. WT, why did you bring me here?! You know I—" Mephone was cut off by Walkie-Talkie; "I'm sorry, Mephone." She really meant what she said, but her apology didn't help much. "I'm just here to bring you back to Meeple! Isn't that fun?" Cobs tried to sound friendly, but it was hard to act like a "normal" person. "WHAT?!" Mephone4 was so shocked he didn't realize how loud he was.

"Mephone? Are you okay?" Suitcase tried calling for mephone, but he didn't answer. "I'm sure he's fine!" Knife was fiddling with the stick in his hand, being confident as usual.

"I— no! You can't take me!" Mephone4 didn't like imagining the torture he'd go through again. He didn't want to relive it— why did Cobs? "Yes, I can. And if I really wanted to, I'd take your contestants! So it's best you come with me." Although he was practically threatening Mephone, he tried to sound normal. Before Mephone4 could argue more, he dragged him over to the old air balloons and sent them flying back.

While they were in the air, Cobs tried asking questions. "So, I heard the Shimmers visited? How'd you deal with them?" Mephone4 didn't question how much he knew about his show, but he was still hesitant to answer. "Y-Yeah..they did 'visit'...they weren't really friendly though. Do you know why?" Cobs didn't answer. All he responded with was: "Did you chase them away, or what?" "I mean...yeah, I got my contestants to do it...who knows what they could've done?" Mephone didn't want to admit that he thought it was Cobs, they knew that he'd punish him for thinking such 'rude things.' "Good, good." They stayed silent for a while until they arrived at Meeple.

They walked inside and went into the room with all the computer parts; coincidentally, it was the same one that Suitcase got Mephone's battery from. Mephone and Walkie-Talkie were taking, but not for long since she didn't answer most of Mephone's questions. "I also heard that you tried to make a season four and keep your contestants longer; is that true?" "Yes..why? I mean— it's something you'd do.." Mephone muttered the second part, but it was loud enough for Cobs to hear. "Excuse me?" He laughed, then quickly went back to being serious and whispered something about a hammer. "You're a real disappointment, you know? I gave you everything; various powers, like the ability to summon whatever object you wanted! And yet, you still treat me poorly. What a shame." Cobs turned around to grab something Walkie-Talkie had brought over before looking at Mephone again. "You're a real disappointment, you know? You ran away from the factory, took Mepad, hosted a show without telling me and even abandoned your season two contestants for a 'fresh start?!' You're insan—" "NO!! YOU'RE THE INSANE ONE! YOU TREATED ME POORLY MY WHOLE LIFE; AND YOU STILL TRY TO CONVICE ME IT WAS NORMAL?!" Walkie-Talkie waved her arms frantically in the air, trying to get him to calm down, but he didn't listen. She looked concerned, like she knew something he didn't, or something bad was going to happen. "DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TRAUMA YOU'VE CAUSE M—" Suddenly, Mephone was cut off by the sound of a hammer smashing against his screen. He took a few more hits before Cobs was held back by Walkie-Talkie and he could away. "COBS! YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T HURT HIM!" Walkie-Talkie was genuinely concerned, but she couldn't hold him back for long; fortunately, Cobs had somewhat calmed down. "Oops, sorry! I'm guilty of lying I guess, hahaa!" Cobs played it off like it was nothing and walked up to Mephone, who fell over on the ground and was still sitting there. "Get up." Mephone4 was shaking, he didn't want to associate with Cobs anymore. He got a hammer SMASHED in the corner of his screen only a few seconds ago— and he played it off like it was nothing?!
"I..." His voice was shaky and he could feel his throat tightening. Cobs eventually scoffed and walked away. "Meet me out here when you get over it." And with that, he was gone. He seriously just left him there.

Walkie-Talkie stood infront of Mephone4, stunned and trying to process everything that just happened. She knew making a deal with him was bad, but she didn't expect him to hurt Mephone. She frantically tried to find something to help but couldn't; instead, she kneeled over next to him and tried calming him (and probably herself) down. "Mephone— I-I'm sorry I didn't know this would happen and—" "It's..fine. I'll get over it. I did in the past..." Walkie-Talkie didn't hear the last part Mephone said, but she was still somewhat panicked. "But...you knew about his plan?" Mephone wanted his questions answered. "Not...completely. I'll tell you later, we don't want to keep Cobs waiting." Walkie-Talkie didn't want to see Cobs either, but she didn't want to bring up the topic.. "Okay..sure." Mephone tried standing up before falling over again. Walkie-Talkie helped him up and found a small cloth; she wrapped it around the smashed corner on his screen, so it wasn't as visible, and walked out the door.
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WOOH!! 1,461 WORDS!!! I'm so excited to write the future chapters!! Sorry for the violence; however, there's more angst coming up...and it might involve Mephone4s and Mephone3Gs!~
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