Make Him Proud [II AU/FANFIC/DARKFIC]

Chapter 5: The Truth Is Out There

SLIGHT TW FOR MENTIONS OF KNIVES, CUTS & BLOOD?
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Walkie-Talkie walked back into her room and opened the closet door. She saw 3GS curled up in a ball, the screen being the only light in the closet.

"Are..Are you okay?"

She received no response.

She expected none, however. She sighed and closed the door again; at least now she could think of how to escape. She reached for the notepad on her nightstand and wrote down a list of things to do. She wrote a plan to escape and a few tasks to keep her occupied. The first item on the list...

Make a new friend.

She eyed the closet before walking over, noticing the door was already open. Now concerned, she stood up and checked the closet; he wasn't there. The door leading into the hallway was only slightly opened, but he was a phone, so it'd be easier to slide out unnoticed. She wanted to ask him questions about earlier, but now she couldn't.

When she walked out of the door, she couldn't help but notice how dark it was. She looked out the window and saw the landing port and the dark clouds in the distance.

Wait. She never tried using the shuttles.

She looked around, still worried about her 'friend,' but he was nowhere in sight. She darted to the exit of the building, knowing it was dark enough where it would be hard to see her. Once she got outside, she turned on a flashlight and boarded the shuttle. After pressing a few random buttons, she managed to turn it on. She found a way to send it to Hotel OJ and hit 'drive.'

The landing was loud, and she was afraid she'd wake someone up since she landed close by. She walked towards the building, looking into the clouds again and noticing thunder in the distance. As she walked to the door, somebody already opened it. She was a little startled, but noticed a cup of orange juice that looked like they didn't get enough sleep.

Jeez, this guy owns the hotel??

She thought to herself. She didn't want to make a bad first impression like other times...

"Hello?" She didn't know what to say, she just stared at them. They didn't hear her, right? "Hey." As suspected, he sounded tired. "Was just checking on the weather, heard it's gonna rain soon. Who are you?" Walkie-Talkie was relived to find out they didn't wake up because of her, but she hoped she wouldn't mess up on first impressions. "I'm..it's not important. I know about Mephone4."

Upon hearing this, he let her in.

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She didn't bother sparing every single detail— or most of the truth, but all that mattered was that they wanted to help. She claimed that Cobs forced her to go over there, even though it was really her free will. The more she thought about it, the more stressed she became. Now that she thought of it, she never told Mephone4 the truth; maybe it was better he didn't know. Nobody needs to know.

"I see." OJ said. Since he was the owner of the hotel, you'd expect him to be more energetic; but he was already on his third cup of coffee. OJ has already introduced everyone else at the hotel to her, and her to everyone else. She didn't like the look she got from Knife; as if she didn't belong— which was true, but she didn't like to think about it.

Balloon was still skeptical to be around Walkie-Talkie after Season Three and the whole 'unvitational' thing, but he tried to talk to her every now and then. Most of the newbies and others who competed in season three didn't trust her, either. While she was sitting down with OJ, she saw Fan and Test Tube talking about experiments. She walked up to Test Tube and introduced herself.