A pair of green eyes fluttered open slowly, a low groan escaping the owner. He sat up slowly, groggy and confused about his location. He blinked a few times, looking around the cave he found himself in. "W-where am I?" he asked. "W-wait, I-I'm alive…?" he questioned, his memories coming back to him. They'd fallen into a gigantic toilet, and…That was all he could recall at the moment.
"I-I'm…Alone!" he gasped in shock, realizing his four 'siblings' were missing. He couldn't help himself and screamed, the realization that he was his own person for the first time in a while again nearly overwhelming him. He took a few breaths after, calming before slowly rising from the old mattress he'd been laying and sitting on.
'Bruce? Constance? Lenny? Ashley?' he thought, looking around again. "I-I should go look f-for them…" David muttered to himself, starting to wander around the cave carefully.
The cave seemed to be empty. It was quiet as David moved through it, trying to look around as much as he could. "…Wait, how am I not Delightful anymore?" he frowned to himself, suddenly very confused. "It…was supposed to be permanent." He just kept looking for any signs of the others, hoping someone could help him figure things out.
He stopped after a few moments, staring straight ahead. "Ashley!" he cried out, the blonde girl starting to push herself up off the cave floor she'd been laying on slowly.
"Ugh…" she groaned, disoriented. She blinked a few times, like David had, and looked up to see him kneeling in front of her. "…David?"
"Yeah, it's me," David nodded. "I'm glad to see you…"
"…Are we still connected?" She asked after a moment, sitting up. "I finally feel like me again."
"I don't think we are," David shook his head. "I think it's finally over."
"I'm glad…But we don't deserve this," she answered, chuckling darkly. She rose to her feet with a hand from David, walking along with him through the cave and looking around to see if there was any sign of the other three.
"I wonder about the others…" David commented, worrying about Lenny, Constance, and Bruce.
"I do too. It's weird being completely separated," Ashley answered. David nodded his agreement.
Before long, the cave began to lighten. David frowned, having seen no sign of their missing companions. They reached the cave exit, David lifting an arm to shield his eyes from the light, while Ashley squinted and winced.
"We're free," he breathed, taking a deep breath of the fresh air.
"But we didn't find the others…" Ashley reminded him. "So what do we do now? Where do we go now?"
"There's just one place we can go at a time like this…" David trailed off, looking at Ashley.
"You don't mean…"
"I do."
"You're crazy!"
"We have no choice, Ashley."
"Ugh, fine."
Sorry, short chapter is short! I just think it's better to cut off here than to go into anything else, I have a specific pace I want to follow for the first few chapters so...Cya soon!
