Lone Survivor

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Canon Dandy: evil bitch
My au Dandy: I miss my bf. I miss him a lot.
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One week later.

It's been a week now and Dandy has been helping Astro a lot. He's been showing pictures of the other toons to him trying to get him to recognize them, but as he thought the twisted just gave him a confused look. Another thing that happened was that Dandy wanted to clean Astro's clothes and try giving the moon a bath.

It went as you expected.

Astro refused to take off his night cap as well as cleaning him off. He felt fine, so why bother? But after an hour of begging the moon reluctantly let the flower wash his clothes. And afterwards he kinda likes having clean clothes. It felt nice.

Washing the ichor was a little harder now. Every time he tried to wash it off the cracks on his body just kept leaking out more. Dandy then came with the idea of rapping the cracks with bandages, and it did help with the ichor leaking. They would just have to change them every once in a while.

They were standing outside the elevator now. Dandy was going to go on one off his runs for supplies and the moon wanted to come with him.

"Are you sure? It would be much safer here." Dandy asked, while he knew the twisted could look after himself the idea of losing him just right after he just got him back scared the flower.

"Want to c- come. Want to pr- pr- protect you....."

"...."

"Please"

"Ok. But please stay near me, I don't want to lose you again."

The two entered the elevator and Dandy looked down on his remote. For Astro's first run with him he was going to take it easy.

"How about floor 5 for today?" He asked. Astro shrugged Dandy knew how to do this better than him. The flower pushed a button and the elevator started to move.

When they got to the floor and the elevator door opened Dandy peeked out his head and took out a spy glass (It used to be Finn's) to scope out the area. The twisted here were Poppy and Boxten. Should be easy enough. Astro gave a low growl but then Dandy shushed him.

"No. Don't hurt them."

"But aren't t- t- they going to h- h-h- hurt you if- if they s-s- see you...?"

"Yeah but they aren't themselves at the moment."

"B-but I don't wa-want to s-s-see you hurt..."

"Which is why we are just going to sneak around them."

Astro tilted his head.

"You know like stealthy move around them. You know what just follow me."

So they did just that they snuck around the other twisted and hid when they got close. Things were going well Dandy found some food that wasn't just chocolate and gum balls, they found some med kits, and they found a cable jumper.

The cable jumpers were used for the machines that were all around the floors. Dandy never used the machines but he did use the cable jumper to help with the lights in the lobby so they were useful to him.

"Well this should be good enough for now don't you think Astro?" But when he turned around. Nobody was there. "Astro?" He called again, Nothing. "No no no! Please! Where are you buddy. I can't lose you again! Never again!"

He then stopped when he heard a noise. A loud gargling noise. He turned the corner and there right there was Astro in front of a machine drinking the ichor inside it.

Dandy gasped, "Astro what! No don't drink that." The flower pushed the moon away from the machine, the moon let out an upset chirped. "What were you thinking we don't know what that is!"

"I w-was thirsty"

Astro then let out a cough and ichor dripped out of his mouth.

"Is this why you have a hard time talking?"

"I-I don't kn- kn- know....."

"Astro please...whatever this stuff is. It's not good for you. Do you think you could try?"

Astro paused. Why did he drink this stuff? Maybe it because it calmed his mind? But like not in a good way. It makes it harder to think straight and he throws up if he drinks a lot of it. Maybe Dandy is right. Maybe he should stop though it might be hard too, but he'll try.

"Ok I'll t-try."

After that they made their way back to the elevator unnoticed and got back to the lobby. The two still had some getting used to do. But Dandy hope he might be able to help Astro and turn him back no normal again. And hopefully the rest of his friends too.

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The hunt never ends.

What are you looking for?

Something?

Or someone?

That's the question the beast asked himself. Pacing through the levels sniffing the ground ears perking up whenever he hears a noise. Anytime the beast smells something floral his tail wags and he gets happy for a second.

But only for a second.

He doesn't care for the others they're small compared to him punny little creatures who are beneath him. He could eat them whole. But he doesn't. Why bother when you're busy looking for something.......

Or someone.....

What will you do when you find them? Will you kill them? Will you eat them? Will you scare them?

No none of those feel right. The idea of hurting this someone pains the beast, for some reason this someone is the only one who he cares about.

That's why he has to find them. To see what makes them so special.

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Ha Pebble pov at the end.

Didn't think that would happen!