Ticking with Love (Ticci-Toby x reader)

Ch. 85

"There she is!" Mr. Smiley said as we walked along a path that led to the lake close to Slender Mansion. As I squinted towards the edge of the lake, I could see a girl with brown hair throwing stuff. "Who's that?" I asked as we got closer, but as we both got closer and closer and closer, I felt my heart drop to my feet.
You've got to be joking...Clockwork?!!
Clockwork turned to us. "Uh can't you see I'm busy trying to skip a perfect stone?" She huffed and threw another rock into the lake- looks like she collected rocks from around the forest and made a pile of the straightest ones.
Plop
We all watched it sink to the bottom of the lake. "Ugh that's because you bothered me! I was so close..." She turned around and sighed- but suddenly jumped and gasped as she saw me. "Y/n?!!! What are you doing here?!"
Watching you fail.
"Um, I came with Mr. Smiley to ask you a question. You didn't see me?" I asked- I was beside Mr. Smiley the whole time... maybe it's because of her clock eye. "Well, spit it out then." She crossed her arms and tapped her foot on the earthy ground impatiently. "Do you know where this watch came from by any chance?" Mr. Smiley asked as I held up the golden pocket watch.
"Oh that piece of worthless junk? I made that a long time ago with a crystal I found one day. Why you asking?" She narrowed her eyes and rubbed her chin while looking at the watch. Mr. Smiley jumped with excitement,"Y/n can change back time with it!" He suddenly covered his mouth as he realized what he shouted. "What?! Hold on how much do you want it back for?" Her eyes widened and she searched her pockets for any spare change she had. "I only have 50 cents..." She shook the two quarters in her hand.
"No can do, I may need it in the future." I said, putting it away until she ripped it from my hand. "No! I made it!" She screamed but I grabbed onto the chain to get it out of her grip. "No way dude! It's my watch!" I tugged harder. "Wait! Girls! It could-" but suddenly we were both thrust back in opposite directions. "Break..."
As we both looked down, the watch was broken into what looked like a million pieces. "Look what you did to my pocket watch!" Clockwork cried in surprise, trying to fix what only a certain boy could do. "My? This was given to me by my friend, so it's not yours since you sold it." I tried to reason with her, but Mr. Smiley stopped the fight. "Enough! Fighting isn't going to solve anything, so I suggest you stop this instant!"
Clockwork's face for so red, we both backed away before she kicked the broken pieces towards us and stomped off towards the forest. "Y/n... the watch." Mr. Smiley gathered all the bits and pieces and put it in his pockets. "What are we going to do?" I asked, watching him while getting up off the ground. "The Puppeteer fixed all my broken potion bottles- and he fixed my crooked table. I'm pretty sure he can repair this watch in no time!" Mr. Smiley gave out a jolly laugh and grabbed my hand. "Let's go to the shack!"

"You want me to fix that?" The Puppeteer gasped as he saw all the little bits and pieces on the counter. "Yeah, could you?" Mr. Smiley asked. "I'll try to..." The Puppeteer grabbed a screwdriver from the drawer next to him and started working with all the gears and cogs. "I'm ganna go work in the office if you guys mind." Mr. Smiley started to walk out of the kitchen. "Not at all." I said and waved him goodbye.
"I didn't know you could fix anything." I turned to The Puppeteer. "And who told you that?" He asked, chuckling a little while fidgeting with a small part. "Mr. Smiley." I said while giving him the crystal Clockwork used. "This was in it." I informed him before he went on ahead before adding it. "Oh thanks!" He fiddled with it for a little while and finally it fit in a certain place. "This is a complicated clock, I've never seen one so intricate." He said while screwing on the glass. "So you can fix anything!" I confronted him as he looked at my in surprise. "Well, I wouldn't say anything."
We both laughed and watched the little clock come together before we heard a
Tick...Tock...Tick...Tock...
"You fixed it! Thank you!" I hugged The Puppeteer and we both laughed as we fell to the ground.

Clockwork's POV

I can't believe this. Y/n broke my masterpiece! Just wait, I'm going to take care of her.
"You ready Clock?" Jane asked me as we both stood in front of the portal to Zalgo's dimension. "I'm always ready." I said as we both stepped into the swirling source of doom. My head felt queasy after that but Jane helped me walk towards the bridge while I was still recovering. "Your used to this feeling?" I asked her as I stood up straight and walked across the bridge. "Yeah, after all, I travel a lot."
"So how do you think this is ganna work?" I asked, fumbling with my pockets as we reached the end and walked towards the castle. "Well, we need to put the stones in a pentagram shape. Then I'll put the body in the middle and say the spell. I'm hoping you brought enough stones?"
"Of course I did, I'm always prepared too." I said as I nudged the heavy pouch that was hanging over my shoulder. "Ok well, I'll get his body, you set up the stones." She said as she unlocked the throne room and walked off to some other room. "This better be worth it." I muttered as I threw down the giant bag of stones and started arranging them.
I hear footsteps behind me so I turned around only to see the Rake. "Oh. It's you. I don't supposed you could help me, could you?" I asked the creature and he walked in, grabbing the bag of stones and throwing it all in the air. "Hey what are you doing!" I shouted but stopped as I noticed the stones were perfectly in the pentagram shape as Jane desired. It was like there were magnets in the floor and stones. "What? The heck?" I muttered as Jane walked in the room dragging Zalgo's body in the middle of it, the Rake threw the bad I carried towards me and I set it outside the throne room. "Stand back." Jane said to me and the Rake as she pulled out a book and flipped through it. I glanced at the title.

Magic Spells by Hade Hero

Jane read over a page and then muttered a spell. "Demons of the underworld, angels of the sky. Bring back this body, fill it with life."
At that moment, Zalgo's body started to flinch and move until he sat up and walked to his thrown. "Thank you Jane, Rake, and Clockwork. It really is painful to watch what everyone's doing without taking over the world and ordering them to do what I want. What is it that you need, Clockwork?"