a fixed hope

chapter 0: the start of hope

when walten got settled within the tubbie house he had to make sure that the slide entrance was closed and the automation for the entrance door was also turned off to prevent any surprise attacks from the purple tank of a monster roaming around outside, once he had everything prepared he uninstalled the custard machine to make sure that if tinky tank ever did get inside he couldn't get stronger by consuming more infected custard and he got a small kitchen set up by the toaster which seemed to be the only food item that isn't infected... for now at least. As walten began preparing one of the beds to get to sleep he froze hearing a very familiar scream like roar outside, but from the volume of it he could only guess that tinky tank was right outside the dome house by the slide entrance at the very top of the building; going still and quiet walten watched the slide entrance carefully with his ears perked to listen for any further noises, but when he heard nothing he calmed down and settled into the bed that he had prepared early before he had gotten startled.

Meanwhile outside the tubby house tinky tank had just gotten back down off of the roof and looked in through one of the arch shaped window when he saw faint light streaming outside from within but when he saw that it was the white tubby from a year ago, seeing this caused his dead blood to boil within his veins and letting out a deep growl from within his throat her reared back a large fist and swung it at the window shattering it; in doing so also waking up the white teletubby that had just gotten to sleep within. While tinky finished smashing the rest of the broken glass out of the frame before climbing into the home which now seemed rather small for the large muscular teletubby, as he approached the white tubby he let out a deep throat rumbling growl as he watched walten back away from him but what he didn't notice was the small tubby grabbing a syringe out of his shoulder bag. Feeling brave walten ran at tinky tank and rammed the needle into his leg before injecting the deep pink substance into the purple tubby who let out a rather loud pained roar.

"Please let this work..." thought walten as he took a few big steps back to stay clear of the purple tubby who was starting to stagger while digging his claws into his head drawing dead blood which appears black, but to walten's shock it was starting to regain its red colouration while his fur started to return from dark purple to its once vibrant purple colour; however what surprised walten the most was his form starting to loose its muscle mass and large size, returning to how tinky used to look however the scars he gained when becoming infected stayed behind which in walten's person opinion made him look cute. Shaking his head to clear that train of thought from his mind as he watched the purple teletubby collapse onto the ground gasping for air as his eyes snapped open showing they were also back to norma, white cornia's with light brown irises; that was the last sign that tinky winky was cured from the virus that was in the custard but what worried walten was the fact that his fur on his ears, hands and feet remained a dark purple while the scars also remained as well which worried walten a little.

"Tinky winky?" questioned walten, keeping his voice low as to not harm the purple tubbies ears
"Uhhhh..... W-what happened?" asked tinky winky, his voice shaky at starting to be used once again
"A year ago the entire custard supply got infected from the personal vacuum nuu nuu who was placed here as a means to keep your home clean"
"What... what happened after the supply got infected?"
"Po made you all a bowl of custard to eat the night it got infected and from what the test samples showed, if first kills the one infected then after an amount of time it then transforms the dead infected rendering them lifeless, emotionless killing monsters."
"So me and the others... were... are dead?"
"Well, the others are still dead and infected but you're alive again to some extent"
"What do you mean?"
"What i mean is that you are alive again thanks to the cure i gave you but it seems that there is a side effect when used on those that have already mutated"
"So i'm still a monster?"

"Well yes and no. no because your no longer a mindless monster and yes because if my theory is right, you can still transform into your 'infected state' which could explain why you still have your scars and some dark purple fur"
"Should... should i try?"
"No not right now, it's late and i'm sure you could do with some rest since your back in the world of the living, besides its only a theory"
"Now that you mention it i am pretty tired and hungry"
"I'll get you some food, i cut off the custard machine so we don't risk me getting infected or you now getting reinfected, if that's a possibility. Sadly i only have one bed suitable for sleeping in"

With a nod tinky winky went over to the bed walten had been lying in previously as he watched the white tubby walk over to the small kitchen area to make some tubby toast for tinky to tide him over and aid him in getting to sleep since he's going to need both if he doesn't want to be in as much pain in the morning, with a smile walten put the 3 slices of toast on a plate and brought it back over to tinky who gratefully took it before starting to dig into the toast to satisfy his hunger. While tinky was eating walten started preparing another bed ready for the next day as it appeared he and tinky would have to share the bed tonight, before walten was finished his ears twitched hearing tinky approaching him from behind and before he knew it he had purple furred arms wrapped around his midsection in a hug from behind. Shaking his head walten then led the sleepy tubby back to the row of beds before putting tinky into the one that was already made before getting in and joining him then pulling the covers up over them allowing the world of sleep to take them, allowing the two to half a calm peaceful sleep before they went exploring the outside world which would be safer now that tinky was cured in a sense and no longer patrolling outside as a tanky monster.

~~ 8 hours later ~~

As morning arrived with light filtering in through the boarded over windows, walten let out a small grunt as he started to wake up but quickly went into a state of panic feeling strong arms around his waist with slightly scared hands resting on his screen which caused a faint blush to creep onto his cheeks, carefully lifting up on of the arms walten was able to get out of bed before making his way to the bathroom to get washed up in order to get refreshed as well as make a start on breakfast for himself and tinky winky who was still sound asleep in his bed; chuckling a little he closed the bathroom door in order to start his morning routine while letting tinky get some more well deserved sleep. Unknown to walten and tinky a blue furred teletubby was running as fast as their bandaged legs would let them while the sound of a revving chainsaw can be heard in the distance; while tinky was waking up and walten was exiting the bathroom in nothing but a towel around his waist to protect his decency, when he spotted tinky was awake he gave a warm smile along with a small wave before making his way to the small kitchen area to see he could make the two of them for breakfast... sadly this peaceful atmosphere didn't last long when there was a loud series of panicked bangs on the door.

"Uh.. who could that be?" questioned walten
"Not sure, can't be my brother or sisters.... Want me to check?" asked tinky
"Please"
"Alright you go get dressed then"

Leaving no room to argue tinky approached the entry door and started to push the door open to the side but as soon as there was enough room the bandaged blue tubby charged through tackling tinky to the ground, after getting up the blue tubby quickly shut the just as the green headless tubby swing their chainsaw but lucky for everyone inside it got stuck in the wall around the door. During all the commotion neither tinky or the blue tubby saw walten walk over though now he was dried and wearing grey shorts with a dark grey short sleeved shirt which caused his white fur to appear brighter than it already is; shaking his head he crouched down and offered his hand to tinky who took it gratefully before pulling himself back up onto his feet, once up the two looked over at the shaking blue tubby wondering what was going on and why was he here...