Shattered Mirror

Chapter 7: Going up?

Boxten's eyes slowly fluttered opened, his head felt like it slammed into a concrete wall and bounced off a mountain into the rocks below. So it basically hurt...a lot. Everyone was groaning in pain as they woke up, Rodger felt his face for any cracks (surprisingly there was none), Vee was buffering in and out, Sprout was checking if Cosmo was ok, Goob was squeezing Shrimpo like a stress toy, and Dandy........was puking in the corner into a trash bag. So everyone was ok.

"Ok....is everyone ok? No one is dead yet?" Rodger asked, searching in his bag for the med kit he snagged before he left. Everyone groaned a response, "Next ti-ti-time we do thi-thi-thi-this Boxten, remind me to tape myself down onto the ground the next time we have an unplanned elevator roller coaster." Vee buffered out, using the stuff in her bag to fix her head and pop out a few dents and scratches. Cosmo pipped up, "Well, now that we're all in the elevator. Boxten, can you tell us WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?!"

Boxten sighed and pat Dandy on the back. "This.....will be hard to explain but..." Boxten inhaled, "So apparently the Dandy we knew was a doppelgänger and the real Dandy is the Dandy we have with us in the elevator and this Dandy is the real Dandy and I found him in the staff area closet tied up and then the fake Dandy started to attack us so that's why we were running down the hallway and I couldn't explain it before because of the fake Dandy was trying to kill us. Any questions?"

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"No? Ok good. My head hurts too much to be asking questions." Boxten sat down and let out a breath. "Welp everyone, I got the elevator moving again!" Dandy said as he pulled a lever to pull up his shop. "The great news is that nothing really serious is broken, only just a few pieces here and there. The good news is that we can go up back into Garden view, so we aren't stuck down here entirely. The bad news is that we dropped to floor 28....But! We can go to the upper floors once all the ichor has been extracted. But the best news is that I'll lower the prices for bandages and food for the...inconvenience. Ok?"

Everyone grunted an 'ok'. Shrimpo somehow managed to squirm away from Goob and started to bang on the elevator door. "I HATE BEING COOPED UP IN HERE!!! LET US OUT YOU DARN FLOWER!!!!!" Dandy sighed and opened up the door. Immediately, the floor grew dark. "Blackout....welp it was nice meeting you all." Vee turned on her flashlight and searched for Twisted's with her veemote.

Everyone went into groups, Goob searched for the Twisted's so he can distract them, Boxten and Shrimpo scouted for medkits and bandages, Rodger and Vee did machines, and Cosmo and Sprout were checking to make sure no one was left behind. All the Twisted's acted.....strange. Well, they acted normal, running towards them when spotted and chasing Goob around in a circle when he got their attention. But they seemed to gurgle and mumble at each other, "Like they were talking to each other, but about what?" Rodger thought as Vee finished the final machine.

The elevator blared and everyone rushed inside, Goob ran around a couple of times before he grabbed the low stamina Shrimpo and pulled him into the elevator. "Ok, everyone here? There's Boxten, Sprout, Cosmo, Goob, Shrimpo, Rodger, and me." Vee said as she drank some soda to refuel her stamina. "Did you guys noticed anything...strange with the Twisted's?" Boxten looked at Rodger confused, "Hm? What do you mean? Sure they were a lot more blood thirsty than I'm used to but they seemed pretty normal."

"I-I don't know...they looked a bit surprised when they saw us, and they were gurgling and mumbling to each other while looking at us. It was like they were talking..." Sprout raised an eyebrow, "Well I guess we have ourselves a new mystery on our hands." "I HATE MYSTERIES!" Vee rolled her eyes "Sure yah do buddy." Shrimpo glared at her, "I HATE YOU!!!!" Goob pulled Shrimpo into a chest fur hug. Shrimpo went quiet and his face went red. "Well at least that shut him up." Cosmo laughed.

The elevator dinged and they were on floor 27.

[....meanwhile on floor 12]

Pebbles scampered down the stairs, barking like mad and getting everyone's attention. "What? Did something happen Pebbles?" "BARK BARK!" "THEY'RE WHAT?!" Shelly ran to everyone and began to yell out. "THERE'S TOONS ON FLOOR 27 AND THEY'RE GOING UP!!" Everyone went into hushed confusion while Glisten sat on a bench, staring at a protein bar. He felt a sudden tug on his shoulder. "Get in." Dandy said coldly, pointing at the closet. "B-but I-" "GET THE HELL IN OR I'LL MAKE YOU GET IN." Glisten went inside and Dandy locked the door, tossing the key in the vents. "At least by then when he turns he'll be strong enough to smash the door."

"It's not like I'm worried after all, they won't survive floor 20."

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Chapter 7 is out baby!!! Looks like getting to Glisten will be a lot harder than they thought! Also, a new story is brewing. Get ready for it because it will be exclusive for October, November, December, and January! May I introduce you to......Piggy's World au! See you soon for chapter 8.