Disclaimer: So yeah, I basically took the Idea from the Under the Cork Tree album by Fall Out Boy so I don't own Fall Out Boy or anything related to Psychonauts.

Yes this is a SashaxLaboto story. If you don't like this couple, you don't have to read. Personally, I like this pairing. It's very interesting and fun to write.

And I'm home sick today, so I'll probably get to updating at least another chapter.

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Chapter One: We're Only Liars but We're the Best

Sasha Nein walked down the dark streets of the town where Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp resided. It was a desolate town at night because not very many people liked to come out in the dark. The young Campers Sasha had looked after, told stories that creatures that only, past sunset, came out looking for prey, humans. Sasha didn't believe it. He never believed the farfetched stories of the children in countering night creatures, or whatever.

While he was taking a soothing, lonely, walk down the streets, thoughts began to race through his head. Why was no one ever around at night time? He wondered first, then, what was his mission he was supposed to do tomorrow? He bit his lip thinking hard. He'd completely forgotten. It mustn't have been that amazingly big if he forgot.

He sighed and decided he'd check his work papers once he got home. He continued walking, with no path and no purpose.

The one thing that was on his mind the most was Milla. She was beautiful work partner that he tried so desperately to get out of his mind. He loved her. He could admit it to himself, but to no one else. It was his secret that he hoped, one day; he would get the courage to tell her, but not today, and certainly, most likely, not tomorrow.

He looked around quickly and slowed his pace. He felt a chill run down his back, though it wasn't cold out. It wasn't that kind of chill; it was a sinking feeling that something bad was going to happen.

He licked his lips and stopped slowly. He looked over his shoulder, behind him. Nothing. He looked to his left. Nothing.

He kept walking. He didn't know what made him stop; he just had a bad feeling. He wasn't afraid of the dark, but it wasn't feeling so inviting either, and it scared him. He remembered the incident, with Dr. Laboto, and his brain being stolen. It wasn't a pleasant experience and it made him feel uneasy, thinking he was alone in the dark. He shuddered lightly thinking about it.

Dr. Laboto! He remembered what the mission was. He had to look around the rubble of Thorny Towers Insane Asylum to see if Dr. Caligasto Laboto was still alive. Last time they met he stole Sasha's brain and then they blasted him out of the tallest tower. They haven't heard from him since, but just in case, they needed to make sure he was dead, if he was. He most likely was.

It wasn't like he was horribly bad. Besides the fact of Sasha's brain being stolen, he was a nice person otherwise. Too bad he was insane.

He sighed as he realized, he didn't know where he was. He looked around him, there was darkness everywhere. There were walls to his right and left, and a long ways away to the other end. He realized he had, somehow strolled down an alley way. He decided there was not where else to go, but forward.

Still feeling uneasy, he stopped. He looked around again and saw nothing. He started walking, slowly, forward.

Suddenly, he heard a quiet, whooshing sound, from behind him. He turned around quickly, but saw nothing.

His heart started racing faster. He felt like he was being watched, and it frightened him. He started walking, faster and faster. Almost to a running pace.

He wasn't anywhere near the end of the alley way, when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

He gasped, almost silently, and turned around quickly.

Through his black bangs, he saw a man, a very feminine man. For he had long, layered brown hair, that brushed his shoulder and big, dark, hazel eyes. He wore a top hat and a suit that made him very thin looking, though he was thin. He wore a bowtie and a scarf that hung over his shoulders. He had thin, feminine lips and he looked like a girl, though something, in him made it obvious he was male, he just wasn't sure what.

"What are you doing here…so late?" He asked, in a high voice, with a masculine pitch. He narrowed his big eyes, showing off his long eyelashes.

Sasha opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out. Finally he muttered, trying to get all the fear out of him. "I was taking a walk." He told him. He wasn't sure why the man frightened him, but he had a strange feeling about him, and sometimes, intuition was best.

The man moved his head slightly to the right, keeping his eyes still on him. "You shouldn't be roaming around in the night." He told him, speaking with a prominent upper lip, showing off his top teeth, which were also, slightly prominent. "It's not safe for a young fellow like you."

Sasha narrowed his eyes behind his glasses. He was certainly older then the man in front of him. He looked as if he was somewhere around nineteen to twenty-two. Sasha was almost thirty; surely the man was in to place of calling him a "young fellow". He looked around for people near. "A young fellow like me? You look younger than me, what are you doing here so late?"

The man smiled evilly. "What's your name?" He asked slyly and raised an eyebrow.

Sasha looked uneasy. He tried not to but did. "Sasha." He muttered meekly. "Listen, I really have to get going."

The man's evil smile got wider. "I don't think so." He muttered and grabbed Sasha's shoulders with his dainty hands. "You're not going anywhere Agent Nein." He said and laughed cunningly.

Sasha's eyes grew wide behind his glasses. He tried to use telekinesis to get him off of his shoulders but his powers weren't working. "How do you know my name?" He asked frightened and tired to struggle away unsuccessfully.

The more Sasha struggled, the tighter he held him. "Allow me to introduce myself." He said and then licked his lips smiling. "My name is William and I need you to join me, Sasha." He paused. "Whether you want to or not." Here he smiled wide, showing off his teeth.

Sasha gasped. William's teeth were very prominent, but there were to teeth on the top of his mouth that were longer and sharper than the others. He looked like something out of a horror movie. "Get off of me!" He cried and struggled some more, after staring at his teeth in horror. "I don't even know you!"

"But I know you." He told him. "And you're not getting away." He pulled Sasha closer to him, so that their chests were touching. Sasha struggled more, as William opened his mouth. He leaned closer to Sasha, looking like he was going to kiss him, but instead he went for his neck. Sasha struggled even more, but it only made it easier to get bitten. The teeth sunk into his pale green flesh as he stood paralyzed in fear and pain. He dug his nails into Williams back, waiting for the terror to end.

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Hours later, Sasha walked to his lab. His short black hair was a mess, his glasses were askew on his nose, and his right shoulder was soaked in blood.

He sat on his couch, slightly still frightened as he grabbed a cloth to wipe the dark red blood away. Once, he finished with that, he buried his nose and eyes, into his hands, and sighed behind them. That couldn't have been…wasn't really a vampire…was it? He constantly asked himself. There were no such thing as vampires and he believed that through his whole life. He knew that there where people in Europe that sharpened their teeth, and pretended to be vampires, but there were no such thing as actual vampires.

He pondered this for as long as it takes to pour himself a glass of water, which he did, and then he lay down, and fell instantly asleep.

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He woke up the next morning, at eight o'clock. He sighed and grabbed a comb from the coffee table in front of him. He combed his hair, half asleep, and decided to go do the mission, without changing his clothes from yesterday. What would an insane person like Dr. Laboto think of blood stains?

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He decided on walking towards the dock, to get to Thorny Towers, but while he was, he started biting his lip with his upper teeth that throbbed in pain. He thought nothing of it.

As soon as he hit the dock, he levitated over to the asylum since, he hated boats, canoes, or anything that ran on water, for he didn't like the motion it brought.

He landed on his feet, on the dock of the asylum. Looking around, he just got a sinking feeling of the place. It frightened him, but then again, it frightened everyone. He walked along the bank, worried for what he may find, though no living organisms, expect for fish, seemed to live anywhere around there.

He decided to make sure. "Hello?" He called. Brilliant, he thought, like any insane person would respond to that. "Come out! I know you're there!" Which was a lie, he didn't know anyone was there, and he actually figured that no one was there. He continued to walk, for no one was around, and he liked being alone.

"Agent Nein?" A familiar voice from behind him questioned. Sasha turned around to see a tall thin man, with pale blue colored skin and long black hair. His face lit up when Sasha looked at him. He was wearing long pants, that went passed his feet, and no shirt revealing cuts and scrapes all over his chest. He had cloth raped around his left arm, the only real arm he had left. It was Caligasto Laboto.

Dr. Laboto smiled. "Hi Sasha." He muttered. He looked at the floor, holding his shower cap, in his metal claw. "What are you here for?" He asked almost sadly, as if he knew what Sasha was going to say.

Agent Nein licked his lips, slightly frightened. "I'm going to turn you into the police." He said sternly, which, also was a lie. He was just going to turn them into the Psychonauts but police sounded more threatening, because they tended to be crueler.

Dr. Laboto looked up at Sasha, then looked to the floor, and nodded. Sasha couldn't believe how he was acting. It wasn't like the insane dentist who stole his brain. The Dr. sighed. "Well, I guess that's that then…" He said sounding as innocent as possible.

Sasha thought he looked miserable, almost like he was going to cry. "Well…" He started.

Dr. Laboto shrugged. "And here I was hoping you would save me from myself." He glumly told him.

Save me from myself? Sasha thought. He wondered what that meant. Obviously, the insane dentist wanted out of the asylum, and into a better place, rather than jail. He couldn't cave; he had to continue out with the mission. What people didn't know, was that he was a push over, though he tried all he could to be a Psychonaut rather than a nice person. "Maybe, if you're that upset, we can prove that you're not insane and we can get you to a place to live…" Damn it!

Dr. Laboto smiled. "I'm not insane, Sasha." He tried to convince him. He started running his fingers through his long, messy, black hair. "Not anymore." He licked his large, full lips. He started biting his bottom lip continuously, as Sasha waited for more. Laboto sighed. "It's hard to explain."

Sasha sighed too. He didn't know whether or not to believe him. He sounded convincing, but can a person change from insane to normal over a matter of days? He didn't know, all he knew was he needed to find a way to prove to the Psychonauts that Laboto wasn't insane and that he needed to give him a place to stay.

After, literally, about two minutes of silence, it had finally got to the Dr. "Well, um…Listen, Sasha," He paused. "If it would be too much trouble to help me, you don't have too…I'll just, go to the police with you." He paused again. "Or I can just disappear…"

Sasha shook his head. "It's really okay, I believe you." No you don't! What the hell are you saying? Why are you being so nice? "You can stay with me a while." Okay Sasha, have you gone off the deep end or something? It was probably that stupid incident last night!

The Dr. was so over whelmed with happiness, he ran to Sasha, and through his arms around him, sending them into a hug. He through his head over Agent Nein's shoulder and smiled. "Thank you, Sasha." He muttered happily.

Sasha sighed through his nose. "No problem." Big problem! You don't know what you're talking about! "I just hope the Psychonauts understand." Like hell they would!

Laboto just sighed with his head still over his new friends shoulder. "I'll do something." He paused. "I will." Another pause. "I can trust your right?"

Sasha looked uneasy, behind his shoulder. "Yeah of course." He told him, "Why couldn't you?"

Laboto shrugged then smiled. "Weird things have been happening." He whispered in his ear. "I'm sure you'll learn soon enough." His smile faded as he looked down to his neck. He looked at the bite marks, and knew instantly what they were. He quickly let go of Sasha and looked at his face.

Sasha looked at him like he was crazy.

Dr. Laboto covered his hands over his mouth. "You're one of them." He whispered, short of breath. "Why didn't you tell me?"

Agent Nein narrowed his eyes. "Tell you what?" He asked. "One of whom?"

Laboto shook his head. "You'll find out." He looked around, as if he was paranoid. "Take me with you." He muttered. "To your lab. Please?"

Sasha raised an eyebrow. "Sure, whatever you need." Why are you being so nice to this guy, Sasha?! He stole your brain and you're still finding him a nice person?! He stopped yelling at himself. He had not a clue why he was being nice to him. He had no reason too. He liked his personality now that he was being, not so crazy. He was…almost…attractive. Damn it, Sasha! You are NOT gay! You do NOT like men! Just girls. Only girls…and possibly boys…No! Bad Sasha!

He looked at Laboto's troubled face and realized this was not a good time to bother himself about his orientation. He placed his hand on his neck, the same spot where he was bit, and stared into the Dr.'s eyes. "Umm…" He muttered. "Come with me." He looked at the water and realized he had one problem with taking the Dr. to his lab. "Uh…I don't have a boat…" He muttered.

Laboto snickered. "That was masterful Sasha." He mocked. "Come pick me up and you don't even have a boat." He started laughing slightly. He obviously stopped thinking about the bite marks on Sasha's neck. Sasha figured he'd remember in the next couple of hours, after he found a way of taking him back to the lab.

Laboto walked over to the shore. He dipped his toe in the water and sighed. "Well, it's not entirely cold." He said and looked at Sasha.

Sasha narrowed his eyes. "What are you implying?" He asked sternly. He crossed his arms, as he hoped he didn't have to get into the murky water of the lake.

Laboto smiled. "I know you don't want to hear this," He laughed. "But it's the only way." He looked at the water and literally jumped in. As he got up to looking at Sasha, he shivered slightly. "Come in," He beckoned. "The waters nice."

"Yeah if you don't count how many germs are in there!" He exclaimed, not ready, at all, to jump in.

The Dr. rolled his eyes. "C'mon Sasha! What other choice do you have?"

Sasha gave a troubled look, as he realized he only had one option, and that was to get into the water. He took off his sweater, revealing his tiny waste, in a button up shirt. "I will get you back for this." He muttered and stepped his feet in the water, slowly, wading his whole body.

As he started swimming over to Laboto, a smiled appeared on his face. Even with all the germs circling around him, he felt he needed to smile at him, and be nice. He didn't know why, and he planned to keep it that way.

After swimming for about three minutes, they reached the shore, soaking wet and freezing cold. They pulled themselves up onto the dock and stood there for a couple of moments shivering. Sasha let his body warm him up slightly before taking Laboto's hand and walking him to his lab.

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Yes, I realize that that is not the name of the first song, but I think "We're only liars but we're the best."

So, I think that I did a good job for a sick 9th grader. Please review nicely.