Rich's angry demeanor suddenly dissipated as his eyes widened. Then he dropped to the floor, screaming silently. His body shook as spasmed as he too fought for control of his body. Jeremy however had gained Rich's anger; The SQUIP had evidently resynced with Rich's. He could just about deal with having to fight his one for control, but he would NOT tolerate them involving his friends like this. His fury bubbled as Jeremy began doubling his effort to gain control. The SQUIP didn't predict this kind of reaction and scrambled to try to regain dominance of his body. Jeremy had been kind of a doormat when he was first squipped, and even more so after the SQUIP's abuse. Although he did disobey him during the play, when they searched through his memories, he couldn't find evidence to show that he had this kind of resolve in him.
Unlike a mere few minutes ago when Jeremy was barely keeping himself together, now he was almost in full control of his body, much to the SQUIP's dismay. In contrast to Jeremy's newfound strength, Rich was very quickly being overtaken by his SQUIP, and it wasn't long until he was back on his feet, but it wasn't Rich in control. The tables had turned, and now although he had his own to deal with, Jeremy now wanted to drop kick the SQUIP out of Rich.
Rich came leaping at him rabidly, his SQUIP thinking that if they got in a scuffle, Jeremy would pay less attention to controlling his body and more on defending himself. They both hit the floor, Jeremy crying out in pain as the wind was knocked out of him. Although Jeremy was taller than Rich, Rich actually worked out and was much stronger than Jeremy. Jeremy struggled as Rich pinned him down.
"Rich!" Jeremy pleaded, "Come on man, you can fight it!"
He could see Rich's face flicker, dropping to one of fear but determined, before the SQUIP regained control of Rich's facial expressions. That was all the confirmation that Jeremy needed - Rich's SQUIP hadn't covered all the cracks yet. Before his SQUIP could warn Rich's, Jeremy kicked up, launching Rich off of him. Jeremy scrambled to his feet as quickly as he could. Rich's body had recovered pretty quickly and was back for seconds, ready to go swinging next. Jeremy could see that he was a little shaky; Rich was definitely trying to fight back. Jeremy barely avoided his punches before kicking Rich in his shin. Rich cursed, latching onto Jeremy's leg as he went down, taking him with him. On the way down Jeremy knocked his head on the edge of one of the sinks. His vision became shaky as he touched the throbbing part of his head. His hand came back red. This was the perfect opportunity for the SQUIP.
That's when Michael and Christine burst into the boys bathroom.
The words came out of Jeremy's mouth before he could stop the SQUIP.
"Up, up, down, down, left, right A."
