Shattered Mirror

Chapter 12: Found part 1

[Warning: Death, Glisten eating like an animal, and Goob x Shrimpo]

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Someday, somewhere, somehow....

You'll love again

You just need to find someone....

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[Floor 13]

{Vee's pov}

Boxten was a wreck! He was sweating nervously and his key was spinning so fast, I don't blame him though, Twisted Rodger apparently wanted to do an alliance with us and help us with our rescuing Glisten mission. Just when I thought going into a falling elevator, Dandy apparently being some doppelgänger, and Shrimpo being infected with ichor wasn't enough weirdness for the past two weeks, now we have a twisted that wants to help us??? Yeesh, and I thought that one day where Cosmo coated himself in yogurt and started singing soprano was weird. (Don't ask what happened in that scenario, I don't know either. I'll probably ask Sprout later). ANYWAYS! We are finally done with the machines, the elevator did its usual song and dance and we all piled into the elevator. Boxten clapped his hands to gain everyone's attention, "Ok, everyone split up into groups 2 to look for Glisten, no one finishes the last machine until he is found ok?" Everyone nodded and the elevator door flies open.

I went with Boxten, Cosmo went with Sprout, Goob went with Shrimpo, and Dandy and Twisted Rodger went with Rodger. Boxten looked in the usual hiding places us toons (except me of course) would hide when we were out of stamina, so far the egotistical mirror hasn't graced us with his presence. Boxten sat down on a beanbag chair and put his face into his hands, "We can't find him anywhere...I looked everywhere, he's no where.....we went all this way for him to not even be here..." I sighed, I guess a mic check wouldn't hurt, after all, it would be useful if Goob decided to loose a brain cell and lead the twisteds right to us. The outlines of twisted Rodger, Cosmo, Shrimpo, Toodles, a hunched figure in a locked closet, and Teagan appeared in-

wait....

I left Boxten and walked to the closet, jiggling the handle a bit. I swore I could hear muffled crying inside. I saw Twisted Toodles crawl over to the locked closet and looked at me dead in the eyes, not attacking me, just looked at me like she knew who was in there. She quickly ran to a vent and pulled off the grate and slid inside, after a few minutes she popped out with a key in her mouth. Twisted Toodles crawled over to me and dropped the key, I swiped it up and looked at the rabid thing. "U-uhm....thank you?" Toodles scampered off and started to chase Goob again. I moved on and put the key into the key hole, it fit perfectly. I quietly twisted the knob, my palms were already sweaty, why am I nervous anyways? It's not like a pirate fox animatronic is going to jump out and scare me as soon as I open the closet. [😉]. I turned the doorknob and pushed the door open, a figure was hunched in a corner, breathing heavily while resting its head on the ground. If the familiar but stale flower perfume wasn't a reminder, then the raggedy pink bow tying his wrist together and the familiar swirl on top of his head definitely was one.

I caught my breath, pixelated tears I never knew I shed slide down my screen face,"Glisten?" He looked up at me, tired, hunger, and confused flashed his face...or parts of his face since half of his face was shattered, leaving only one eye. His torso was torn in half (no wonder he looked a bit taller than last time), and his arms and legs were stained in ichor. He let out a confused grunt and spoke only in a trembling whisper, "V-Vee...?" He hacked and coughed up a glob of ichor. "Y-you came to see me...?" His voice sounded so...weak and tiny, every ounce of sassiness that used to radiate from him was gone...

Glisten tried to stand up and walk towards me but his legs buckled, my body moved faster than my mind and I grabbed him before he could hit the ground. His body relaxed and he let out a weak chuckle, "Th-thanks...I haven't stood up in a while...my legs must've fell asleep." I rolled my eyes and called Boxten over, he practically sprinted over as soon as he saw Glisten and held him in a tight hug. Tears streamed down his face as he blubbered out words, "You're here....you're actually here...a-are you alright?! D-do you need something to eat??" He fished out a top ramen package and went to grab a bottle of water but Glisten snatched the ramen packet and started to scarf down the noodles, no seasoning or water, just dry noodles. Like he ate it like a damn animal!

Just as me and Boxten were getting over Glisten chowing down on dry noodles like he hadn't eaten since the creation of the universe, a loud roar and a yell startled us. I used my mic check ability and saw Twisted Dandy thrashing around...he was attacking. Me and Boxten ran towards the chaos, Glisten sped off with us with a surprisingly quick speed (didn't know someone who looked like he could pass out right then and there would be faster than us but ok). When we got there, we saw Goob holding Shrimpo as Dandy shot at the twisted version of himself with the shotgun, Twisted Dandy swiped at him and he flew back into a wall, knocking him out cold. The shotgun scattered to the ground, Boxten grabbed the gun and aimed it right at the twisted's head. "BACK OFF! NOW!" Dandy looked at his bullet hole wounds and snarled at us before scampering off. Dandy, the original one, stirred awake and ran to Shrimpo.

Shrimpo coughed up ichor and let out a wheezed breath, "Shrimpo's heading to the final stages...we can't save him at this rate..." Goob sucked in trembling tears, "P-please, there must be a way..." Dandy shook his head, "I'm sorry...." Shrimpo coughed and stared at Goob, "He-hey...it's ok Goob...just calm down okay?" He let out a cough and rubbed his thumb on Goob's cheek, "Just-" Shrimpo let out a choked gag, "-promise me you're going to stop being a baby and start standing up for yourself ok? Make sure your sister isn't the one protecting you until you grow gray and old." Goob nodded and nuzzled his head into the crook of Shrimpo's neck, kissing his cheek gently.

"...Shrimpo?"

"Ye-yeah?"

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"I love you..."

"I love you too..."

"I'll always love you no matter what ok?"

"...."

".....Shrimpo..?"

"...."

"It's ok Shrimpo...you can rest now....."

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The finale is being split into 3 parts y'all! Also check out The Mental Project! It's a Boxten based angst series.