This is my first published story, so I hope it's good. Feedback is welcome!

I do not own anything in here, I made up the "Justice League: Universal Collapse" title based on the DC universe, and the characters belong to Rooster Teeth.


Movie night with the Reds and Blues had always been interesting, but this time they were hosting two Freelancers, which meant there were two people arguing over the movie rather than ten.

"Oh, come on! It would be so funny to see them squirm like the singing incident!" Carolina whispered, holding up the case to an outdated children's movie.

"We're not putting them through that twice in one day. They'll catch on and call us out. Ooh, what about this?" Wash replied.

"'Justice League: Universal Collapse'? I never liked the DC movies, even before the fourth reboot. I prefer things that end up the way they're supposed to be."

"Hey, Wash? Where'd you hide the popcorn?" Tucker called from the other room.

"I hid it where you guys wouldn't eat it all before we started the movie! You guys get in there, and I'll make it up so no one else has to do it," he replied before walking into the kitchen and shooing everyone out.

"You just don't want me to see where you're hiding it. At least I don't blow up the microwave when I touch it!" Grif accused, looking at Wash, then Caboose.

"But, that was, um, that was the microwave's fault! It decided that it wanted more time before the popping stopped, and, uh, it took a bit less time than it thought it needed!" the blue-armored sim trooper responded.

"Men! Robots! Bluetards! Donut! I have the greatest war movie ever! Of all-"

"Sarge, Carolina's picking," Simmons interrupted, pointing to the cyan-teal-seafoam-green-whatever-color Freelancer in the corner with the movie box.

"-Time! That we will not watch today!" the red leader finished. "And what have I told you about interrupting a superi-"

"We're retired, give the guy a break!" Grif interrupted.

"Come on, Carolina! These action movies are great! Well except for 'Sesame Street', that's Caboose's. But they're hilarious!" Tucker begged from the corner.

"None of those action movies. I got the only GOOD movie in the box, and it is a classic," Carolina retorted, inserting a disc into the old DVD player.

"Popcorn is done and I'm ready to toss!" Donut called from the kitchen.

"Donut!" chorused Simmons, Grif, Tucker, Sarge, and Wash.

"What? I have to get my special butter, cheese, and spice mix evenly distributed on the corn somehow!" Donut finished, entering the room with two large bowls of thoroughly coated popcorn.

"Alright, everyone please sit back and be quiet for the entire movie!" Carolina commanded. When they all settled down(maybe quicker than necessary), she started the movie, and received a chorus of groans. "Yes, I put in the old 2017 'IT' and I like it."

"Caboose can't watch this. If he sees this, he'll be a crazy clown for days! That was only in there because we thought we could tell him the neighbors were giving out candy and watch it on Halloween!" Tucker exclaimed.

"And Sarge gets all scary with his shotgun when we watch horror movies, like something will actually attack him," Grif added.

"But how do you know it's not a documentary?" Sarge interjected.

"I'll put them in Red base with Sarge's war movie. Caboose has seen it before, so we know it's okay," Wash decided. "I guess start it in five, with or without me."

Wash walked the two across the ten feet between the two bases. After a week of retirement, he was getting used to the nothing and boredom, and a semi-arranged movie night was great. After all, boredom can only last so long with the Reds and Blues.