A/N: This is a one off I've had in my mind since Strings of Fate. Just the idea of Jester getting fed up from all the crap he's had to take from Torch over the years and letting his anger out.
Anyway I don't own any characters used in the story they all belong to Full Moon Features and Charles Band.
It was a rainy morning in the town of Cliffton and in a small flat the small group of puppets were waiting bored for their master to return.
One of the puppets Torch was leaning against the dirty maroon sofa bored out of his skull, only looking up when a pillow was pushed down from the armrest and nearly landed on him.
"Watch it!"
"Sorry Torch didn't see you there."
Torch glared daggers at the puppet above him, the smallest and his opinion weakest one Jester who was smiling innocently.
"What are you doing anyway?" he questioned.
Jester jumped down onto the pillow.
"Soft landing."
Torch shook his head, he didn't understand why the others cared about Jester so much, to him he was nothing but a useless, pathetic, weak runt..and the most annoying thing he had ever been in contact with.
"Where are the others anyway?" Jester asked
"If they had any sense they'd be getting as far from you as possible." Torch muttered.
"A simple I don't know would suffice." Jester sighed, he didn't understand why Torch was always so mean, grumpy and rude. But then again Torch was created with animal brains when their creator Toulon hadn't been the same.
"We're in here Jester." the voice of Blade called from the room Toulon's trunk was.
The two puppets walked into where the rest of their group were.
"What you guys doing?" Jester asked.
"We were going through the trunk and found some old weapons." Pinhead replied, Jester quickly becoming interested.
He smiled picking up an old weapon, his sceptre.
The paint had long since faded but the three spikes were as sharp as ever.
"Hey no chance you found my throne in there too." He joked.
"You wish." Blade said as Six Shooter picked up a small dager, the room going quiet.
Blade sighed deeply looking at the dagger.
Even Jester had to look away, his face spun into a frown.
"What's wrong with you lot? It's just a dagger." Torch asked.
The others turned to him.
"This belonged to Leech Woman." Jester said.
Torch if he could would of rolled his eyes.
"She's dead, get over it." He said.
There was a tense pause before he spoke up.
"If she wasn't weak like Jester she wouldn't of needed a weapon like that."
Blade was about to snap at Torch but to everyone's shock Jester beat him too it.
Jester smacked his weapon around Torch's head, his face turned to anger, something that was rare for him.
Torch stepped back stunned by the sudden attack and growled raising his broken weapon, surprised when Jester stood his ground.
"Don't you dare take Leech Woman's name in vain! She was more of a puppet then you will ever be. Hell if anything you were the one that deserved to die that night! When we were attacked by those things Sutekh sent, you should have been the one hurt, not Decapitron, Blade and me." Jester yelled in pure fury.
"Shut up Jester!" Torch said swinging his arm at the smaller puppet, the others still stunned at Jester's outburst.
Jester ducked.
"You always say you don't know why Toulon made me. If Toulon, our Toulon was himself when he was brought back you wouldn't even be here you worthless hunk of rotting animal brains!" he continued.
By now Pinhead had to hold Torch back, Six Shooter holding Jester back.
They were still shocked that Jester was the one to snap at Torch, they all expected it to be Blade.
Finally Jester practically collapsed from letting all the years of anger he had towards Torch, Six Shooter letting go after helping him down.
"It's ok Jester, you said what we've all been thinking." he assured.
Blade patted his brother on the back with his hook gently before looking at Torch.
"I suggest you stay away from us for a while." He warned as Pinhead let him go.
"Gladly." Torch said walking into the guest room to have some time to himself.
Jester looked up when Torch left.
"I'm sorry you had to see that."
"Don't be." Blade assured.
"We've all felt that way about him for years." Pinhead said.
"We're just surprised you were the one to tell him all that stuff. Always thought it would be Blade." Six Shooter added.
Jester looked down at the weapon in his hands.
Some things should stay buried in the past.