Shattered Mirror

Chapter 2: The new arrival

I was created to kill. I was created with all of Rodger memories but with one purpose only, to kill toons. So far, no one had ever killed a toon before. Only bruising or scratching their ankles here and there but never killed them. Dandy had been irritated lately since the Twisted's had failed to do what they were created to be. Anyway, I finally emerged from my capsule prison. Stretching my back and body, my eye blinking tiredly. The place was deserted, only the occasional pitter patter of Toddles or Cosmo ranting about how he was so close to getting a toon. But out of the blue, a sudden scream for help echoed through the halls.

"HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!! SOMEONE PLEASE HEL-" Some glass smashed and the screaming grew louder, I immediately rushed over only to see a mirror toon and Shrimpo tearing into him with his claw over his neck, the mirror toon had his face shattered leaving just his left eyes, the eye was full of terror and tears. The tears were starting to become black.

Out of instinct, I sent a tendril straight towards Shrimpo, he stumbled back before glaring at me and scampering off, I stared at the mirror toon's body as his eye, now glazed and unfocused, finally closed as he succumbed to unconsciousness. Toddles came crawling towards the toon and started to lightly nip his feet. "Toddles, stop that. Leave him alone." I sighed as I picked the body up, his breath came out soft and choked. His blood had now turned into ichor and the pink bow was surprisingly still intact and was not shredded to ribbons.

Toddles whined, "But Rodger! Can I just get a nibble? Pweeeaaaasseee~?" Her red eyes tried to mimic a begging puppy. My eye rolled as I adjusted the toons weight in my arms. "No Toddles. That's final."

Toddles groaned and scampered off, probably to either scare a rat or nibble on the other Twisted's feet. The mirror toons body was still warm but injured, at least Shrimpo didn't kill him that's for sure. His head nuzzled into my shoulder as he started to slur his mumbling words. "Rodger.........you came......back to save......me...?" He gurgled out. I stayed silent and began to walk back to my room.

Meanwhile in the elevator

"GLISTEN!!!"

I cried out his name as the elevator shuts tight and it brings us back up to Gardenview. Toddles started to sob while hugging me with a death grip, Goob's eyes were wide with tears, "I couldn't grab him in time..........I'm so sorry......" was all he said as Tisha used her tissues to wipe away the tears, Teagan had her mouth covered, letting in shaken breaths while being comforted by Vee This had never happened before, never in my whole research groups have I ever left someone behind for dead......the elevator door opened soon after, everyone started to cheer about our arrival when they realized something was wrong. Dandy walked up to me, a worried smile on his face.

"Rodger, what happened? Did something go wrong?" Cosmo spoke up, "Is it me, or was there no one boasting about their success? Where's Glisten?" Everyone murmured the same question. "He's gone........" I whispered. "Huh?" He's gone....." Dandy put a hand on my shoulder in concern, "Rodger." He started, "What do you mean 'he's gone'?" Anger mixed with sadness boiled over inside of me, my mind blanked out for a second and next thing I knew Goob was holding me back while I kicked and screamed at Dandy who was on the ground with a black eye and a couple of scratches on his shoulders.

"HE'S DEAD! I FAILED AND ITS YOUR FAULT!!!!! GLISTEN IS DEAD!!!" Everyone let out a gasp. I wiggled out of Goob's grip and stormed towards Dandy. Astro went in between him and me and stood firm, "Rodger, what happened." I yelled out "GLISTEN DIDN'T MAKE IT AFTER THE STUPID COUNTDOWN OF THE ELEVATOR. HE'S DEAD AND ITS MY FAULT." Suddenly, a puff of blue dust bursted into my face, Astro blew a bit of his 'Sleepy Head Dust' (This isn't canon but I like the thought of Astro having dust to use it for when the toons have trouble sleeping) into my face, instantly, everything goes black.

[No one pov]

Astro let out a sigh as Rodger dropped to the ground, sleeping soundly. Goob held him up and carried the unconscious Rodger back into the toon rooms. Everyone started to comfort Toddles and everyone else. Vee had her arms crossed with pixelated tears threatening to spill from her eyes. "He didn't deserve that........." she mumbled as she walked into her room, Razzle was trying to calm down a hysterical sobbing Dazzle and Teagan was busy patting Tisha on the back while tearing up herself.

Dandy walked off, his cheerful smile was replaced with a grim expression. He walked into the security camera office and powered them on. Many computer screens showed footages of all of the floor, Dandy flicked through every single one of them. "Where is he......where could he be....?" Then, a camera that was in a corner on floor 12 showed Twisted Rodger carrying a limp Glisten. Dandy zoomed in, seeing Glisten's face in a relaxed but slightly in pain state, his head resting on the Twisted's shoulder while he mumbled something about how Rodger came back to save him.

Dandy smirked, his eyes having a red glint to it. "Well, looks like we have a new arrival."

[Back at floor 12]

Rodger set Glisten down on the bed (basically a bunch of beanbags with blankets on top of them) and sat down on a chair himself. His eye watched the new Twisted with curiosity. Teagan soon waltzed in, she looked at the mirror toon in confusion. "Rodger, why is there a corpse in the bed?" Rodger sighed, "It's not a corpse Teagan, it's a toon. Somehow, it got left behind. And now it's a twisted."

"Not entirely." Teagan said, her finger gently scooping up a small bit of ichor from Glisten's chest. "See? The ichor still has a bit of blood mixed in." Rodger looked at the ichor droplet closer, the blood was faint but it was still visible. Rodger hummed at the observation, "But Shrimpo mauled him....how is he not fully a Twisted...?"

Suddenly, there was a shift in the bed, the toon sat up with a wide eye. Rodger and Teagan froze, Toddles came crawling into the room and spoke up. "He looks like he saw a big fat di-" The toon let out a scream.

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Chapter two done! And with a cliffhanger?! Also thank you suki11942 for being my first commenter and voter ever!