A/N: Hey everybody, I'm back. Now, if you guys haven't heard, "Inside Out" won at the Golden Globes for best animated feature! Because I'm in a great mood, I just got chapter 3 done and I hope that you enjoy it and I think this'll get better and more interesting! Here we go!

Disclaimer: I still don't own "Inside Out". Sorry!

Chapter 3

Missing in Action

Anger's P.O.V.

The next morning, I woke up in a much better mood as I yawned and stretched.

"Oh, do I feel good this morning." I said happily. "At least Dream Duty was able to put me in a better mood."

I jumped out of bed and was about to go do my job when all of a sudden, I heard a loud blood-curding scream coming from Fear!

"What the heck?!" I cried.

I ran out of my room to see what the ruckus was about. I stopped at Sadness' room and saw Joy, Disgust and Fear.

"What happened, Fear?!" exclaimed Joy with petrifaction.

"Guys, I just went to go check up on Sadness and I found this note on her desk!" Fear answered unhappily, as he showed us the note.

"What does it say, Fear?" asked Disgust.

I wanted to know what Sadness wrote, so I entered her room and joined in with my coworkers.

"It says, 'Dear Joy, Anger, Disgust and Fear or to my coworkers, I am running away from Headquarters. Please don't bother come looking for me because I only make things worse like I always do. I thought I was accepted, but I don't really think I'm ready for it. Maybe it would be best if you took care of Riley without me. Goodbye forever, your ex-Emotion/friend, clumsy Sadness.'" the raw nerve read.

I looked over the note to proof-read it, before Fear lowered it.

"Oh-no! Sadness has run away!" Fear howled.

"What?!" shouted Joy and Disgust.

By now, Joy was furious. She turned to me and yelled, "This is all your fault, Anger!"

Excuse me? My fault? That move did not fly with me at all. I was not gonna give up without a fight.

"Oh, it's my fault, isn't it?" I sneered angrily. "Yes, I was responsible for the islands crumbling down and Riley almost running away back to Minnesota. But Sadness? No. Definitely not her."

"Anger, what you did yesterday was very wrong." Joy scolded in frustration.

"Yeah. Besides, I think you owe Sadness an apology." agreed Disgust seriously.

Apologize? I, Anger apologize? Absolutely not! Apologizing was not my style and I would do anything I can to get away from it, especially all that stupid touchy-feely stuff.

"Apologize?" I scoffed madly. "I'd rather listen to that gum commercial than apologize."

"Joy, without Sadness, Riley can't be sad anymore." Fear said, as he began panicking and turned to Joy.

"How is Riley gonna cry the next time she watches the funny movie where the dog dies without Sadness?" Disgust asked worriedly.

"Now, wait a minute, guys…" Joy started to say.

"Who knows where Sadness could be at?!" shouted Fear. "Long Term Memory, Imagination Land, Dream Productions, Tragic Vampire Romance Island…"

"What if she ended up in the Subconscious?" added Disgust.

"Or worse, what if she fell in the Memory Dump?!" Fear cried.

Joy gasped loudly, but she quickly shook it off as she tried to keep her cool.

"Come on, guys. Don't think of the worse. I'm sure someone will find Sadness." the star said calmly, but seriously.

By now, I felt my head steaming. I was getting so sick and tired about hearing Sadness' name.

"Impossible! Just impossible!" I roared, as I stomped my foot. "No one will ever find Sadness because all she does is cry and cry and cry for twenty four hours!"

"Anger, she just can't help herself." replied Joy.

"Are you kidding? Don't you remember that time when we tried to get Sadness off the console and ended up on top of me?" I said.

"That's because we didn't want Riley to cry in front of all the kids when she fell during hockey." answered Fear.

"Yeah. And believe me, Anger. Sadness just fell on you because you accidentally pulled on her too hard." Disgust added.

I rolled my eyes as I started walking away from them. I didn't want to hear another word about Sadness for the rest of the day.

"Where are you going?" called Joy.

I quickly stopped and said to them, "If any of you morons need me, I'll be in the main room, reading my daily newspaper. Apologize. Good grief!"

I left Sadness' room and slammed the door shut.

End of Anger's P.O.V.

No more P.O.V.'s for now.

Joy, Disgust and Fear stood there for a while before the raw nerve broke the silence.

"Oh, dear. This is not good." he said worriedly. "Joy, what are we gonna do?"

"I don't know, Fear. But we're gonna come up with something." Joy said worriedly, but calmly.

"How? Without Sadness, there won't be anymore tears and Riley can't cry when something sad comes up! This is definitely a perfect time to panic!" Fear whimpered.

Before Joy or Disgust could say something, they heard a train whistle in the background.

"The Train of Thought!" Disgust gasped. "Maybe Sadness could be on it right now!"

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" exclaimed Joy excitedly.

The three Emotions ran out of Sadness' room and down the main room. They quickly stopped at the window to see the Train of Thought passing by Head quarters.

Oh, please be on that train, Sadness. Joy thought anxiously.

The Train of Thought whistled once more as it chugged away.

"Bad news, people." announced Disgust in disappointment. "She's not on the Train of Thought."

Joy and Fear groaned in disappointment when they heard a familiar voice outside of Head quarters.

"Riley, come down for breakfast!"

The three Emotions knew that sound. It was Riley's mother, Jill Andersen.

"It sounds like Mom!" exclaimed Fear, as he gasped. "We gotta wake Riley up!"

"You guys go take care of Riley. I'll be right with you in a moment." Joy said.

"Are you sure about this, Joy?" Fear said with concern. "I mean, you always wake Riley up."

Joy knew she wasn't acting like her normal self and her glow seemed dimmer than usual. She was more than upset, she was shocked.

The star took a deep breath and said, "I know, Fear. I know. But I'm very stressed about Sadness missing right now."

Suddenly, Fear felt Disgust grab him by his arm as she impatiently said, "Come on, Fear! We don't want to keep Mom waiting!"

Disgust dragged Fear over to the new, upgraded console. Anger was sitting on the couch, reading his newspaper where he looked up at them for a very short time before he went back to what he was doing.

"Alright, here goes nothing." said Fear nervously, but quietly, as he pressed a button.

Inside Riley's bedroom, the twelve year old girl sat up in her bed as she yawned and stretched. Then, she looked at her clock. It was 10:30a.m.

"Wow. How long have I slept for?" Riley asked sleepily, as she stretched once more.

Suddenly, her eyes widened as she caught the smell of pancakes coming from the kitchen. Riley immediately jumped out of bed and ran downstairs.

Joy came over to Disgust and Fear and asked, "Did you guys wake Riley up?"

"Yep. She's on her way downstairs for some pancakes." said Disgust seriously.

"Normally, we'd be in the mood for pancakes, but we're not." Joy said sadly.

"And this is one of Sadness' favorite types of pancakes. Blueberries!" Fear added.

"Will you guys stop talking about Sadness before my head explodes?!" Anger called.

They ignored the brick's response and looked back at the monitor.

Riley entered the kitchen and saw her parents, Jill and Bill. Jill was just finishing the pancakes as she placed them on a plate with a spatula. Then, she buttered them as she added maple syrup on top.

"Oh, morning, monkey." greeted Bill.

"Morning, Mom and Dad." Riley greeted.

"How did you sleep last night?" asked Jill.

"I slept pretty good. I didn't have any nightmares which was a relief." Riley replied, as she sat down at the table.

"Oh, good. I'm very glad to hear that." Jill said, satisfied. "By the way, your pancakes are ready."

"Your favorite; blueberry pancakes." Bill stated, smiling.

Riley licked her lips as her mother served her the pancakes. Once they were on the table, Riley began eating them.

Inside Head quarters, Joy, Disgust and Fear watched Riley eat her pancakes before they went over to the windows and stared at the Islands of Personality.

"Where do you think Sadness could've gone to?" asked Disgust worriedly.

"I don't know, Disgust. But I'm pretty sure that Sadness could not have gone that far." answered Joy worriedly, as she tried to stay optimistic.

"But what if she gets kidnapped?" Fear wondered nervously.

Joy gasped and exclaimed, "That would be terrible!"

Thinking fast, Disgust said, "I'll go make some lost signs just to be safe."

"Great idea, Disgust." Joy said, before turning to Fear. "Fear can you go help Disgust out?"

"But what are you gonna do, Joy?" asked Fear timidly.

"I'm gonna call one of the mind workers and ask them where Sadness is." the star answered.

Once more, Disgust grabbed Fear by his arm and began dragging him away.

"Let's go, Fear!" Disgust cried. "There's no time for chitchat!"

"Call us if anything!" Fear called to Joy.

"I will and that's a promise!" Joy called back.

Looking around, the star spotted a phone on the wall which was next to Riley's memories on the shelves. She took the phone off the receiver and began dialing the numbers. Then, she held it to her ears.

"Come on, come on, come on." she muttered to herself anxiously.

By the fifth ring, someone picked up the phone. "Forgetter Bob."

"Oh, hi. This is Joy calling from Head quarters." Joy said seriously.

"Alright, Joy. What can I do for you?" Forgetter Bob asked in a deadpan voice.

"I'm calling to see if you saw Sadness. She was with us last night, but we haven't seen her since this morning." answered Joy worriedly.

"Hey, I wish I could help you, but I gotta send those faded memories to the dump." replied Forgetter Bob, as he gave out a chuckle.

Suddenly, Joy's worried expression turned into a frustrated expression as she hollered, "But aren't you supposed to send out a search party for Sadness? You don't even care that she ran away!"

"Look, lady. I'm a mind worker and they're supposed to be making room for new memories while ditching the old ones, not looking for lost Emotions." the mind worker stated.

By now, Joy was irritated. She growled and yelled into the phone, "Thanks for nothing, you jerk!"

Joy slammed the phone back into the receiver, hanging up on Forgetter Bob.

So much for help. Joy thought to herself madly.

Disgust and Fear came back, carrying some lost signs over.

"How does it look, Joy?" asked Disgust, as she held the sign up. "Do you like it?"

"We did the best we could." stated Fear worriedly.

Joy carefully looked at the sign. The word 'LOST' was shown in big, red handwriting with a photo of Sadness which included a lot of information.

"I think you two have done a great job." said Joy, as she smiled a little.

"Whew!" Fear sighed in relief. "Thanks, Joy!"

"No problem. Now all we need to do is send them out into the Mind World and have Rainbow Unicorn put them all over." Joy announced.

"But what if Anger catches us?" Disgust asked nervously.

"Don't worry, Disgust. You and Anger will keep an eye on Riley." the star replied.

"Okay." said Disgust.

She walked over to the console where Anger was and joined in with him as they watched the monitor.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Riley was helping her mom wash the dishes.

"Hey Mom, can I go visit Jordan?" she asked politely.

"Of course you can, Riley." Jill answered. "Oh, and ask him if he wants to go to the carnival with us tomorrow night."

"Sure thing." said Riley, as she placed the last dish into the dishwasher.

So, for the rest of the morning, Riley took a shower, got dressed, made her bed and brushed her teeth and her hair. Once she was all ready, she grabbed a small flyer about the carnival and walked to the front door.

"Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad! I'll see you when I get back!" called Riley.

"Alright, tell him we said hi!" Bill called back.

"Keep in touch, sweetie!" Jill called.

"Don't worry, I will!" chuckled Riley, before she closed the front door.

Once Riley was outside of her home, she began walking to Jordan's house.

A/N: And there you have it, guys! That wraps up chapter 3! Hey, I think this story is coming out great. What do you think? I hope you liked it and please favorite, follow and of course, review! I also apologize if chapter 3 was too long, but at least I tried. Just so you know, this story will get better! I promise! Chapter 4 will be on its way, so stay tuned!

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