Chapter 4: Something Goes Click

Characters: Susan; Monger; Link; Dr. Cockroach; Bob.

Anger; Insane; Hunger

Summary: Something in the boy's minds change them forever.

Note: Rusty is a puppy German shepherd.

Susan, in her small height due to her necklace, walked with the General beside her down a long hallway. A light flickered at the end where the metal door labeled "CAUTION" in black letters.

"General," Susan began timidly, "What's going on?"

"You'll find out when we get inside," he said plainly and opens the door for her. She steps inside to see more doors at the side of her and two guards standing near the door she just went through. The General goes on ahead with Susan behind. She could hear loud bangs and voices around, it was cold and the uneasiness made her stomach turn.

"Susan," Monger began not looking back, "I'm afraid our team has fallen ill."

"Ill? What do you mean ill?" she said scared to even ask.

"I mean… Their minds…They just…" he sighed shaking his head, "Why don't you see for yourself?" he turns to a door at the right and opens a rectangular slot near the top.

Susan peaks inside and sees Link, chained at both wrists to the back wall and a blue dog bowl next to him with splattered blood. He was breathing heavily and hanged his head as one light bulb lit over him. A vein throbbed at his head and neck and the walls looked quite dirty of filth or dirt.

"What's wrong with him?" Susan asked Monger.

"He's turned violent Susan, too violent if you ask me," he said while Susan gazed at her friend, "He's aggressive and almost hurt a local citizen, twice. Out of anger, he can't stop himself, almost like an animal."

"He doesn't seem that aggressive," she said with care but her heart started to quicken when the hybrid let out a scream.

"LET ME OUT OF HERE DAMN IT!" he yelled pulling at the chains and struggling to get free, "I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL RIP YOUR HEADS OFF THE CHANCE I GET TO! LET ME OUT!" he cursed and screamed while still pulling on his chains, "FUCK!" he yelled at last and plops to the floor gasping.

"Link?" Susan said softly.

"WHAT?" Link yelled shooting his head up to her, his eyes burned into her of steal fire, his fins flaked up with a bit of red at the end, his muscles flexed at the sight of her and his voice was the tone of a gate keeping in hell. "THE FUCK DO YOU WANT? IT'S YOUR FAULT I'M IN HERE! NEVER CARING FOR ME, ALWAYS CARING ABOUT SOME DUMBASS PEOPLE IN TOWN! JUST BECAUSE I'M A MONSTER DON'T MEAN I DON'T NEED LOVE TOO! NOW TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT! TELL ME! I dare you…" he growled; she slides the slot back up making him rage on and tug at the chains again.

"That's not Link, I know that's not Link!" Susan said raising her voice.

"I'm sorry Susan, we've tried all we can but…I'm sorry," Monger said gently, "There's still the others you might want to see…I mean…If you want to." Susan was unsure but she nodded and went on for several doors.

"We have to keep them separated, or else they'll work together to break out…Just like they used to," Monger said overwhelmed at the memories but kept his voice firm.

Susan could hear a loud laughter as they near another door, louder than the other cell blocks. Her heart plummeted and her body shook a bit. They stopped, letting Susan open the slop. There was Dr. Cockroach in his clothes but with a clean white straight jacket. He was laughing, not his normal laugh but one where it looked as if he couldn't control just like Link's anger. Both his eyes where contracted and he sat in the corner, on his knees while his sides heaved with laughter and a wide smile.

"Monger?" Susan whimpered.

"I'm afraid he has comorbidity Susan, Schizophrenia, Neurological disorder, Bipolar disorder, Angelman syndrome, Psychosis and some other disorder that doesn't really have a name. We've never seen anything like this," Monger explained. Susan looks back at the doctor laughing insanely, she knew he was crazy but not like this. She shuts the slot and follows Monger without a word being said. Even with a few corners being turned she could still here his laughter ringing throughout the halls.

They finally stop at one more door, "Not Bob too," Susan whispered to herself. She opens the slot, first seeing clear glass to cover the opening. Then she sees Bob, he looked different, with brown and greenish blue goop, his eye was red at the edge and his size was at least three times bigger. On the roof popped out a grey truck, two tanks of gasoline, a tree and a phone booth. The blob goes over to it, his face showed no emotion till he starts eating everything, stuffing it into his mouth and around his body. He basically covered the pile of stuff and dissolved it in seconds.

"More! I WANT MORE!" he yelled angrily to the ceiling after he'd finished, "GOD DAMN IT I WANT MORE!"

"He's tried to eat a school bus full of children Susan," Monger said gravely, "Just like the others, he can't control his hunger."

"MOOOOOORRRE!" Bob howled when Susan shuts the slot. She leans back on the cold door and slides down to sit. Tears weld up and she could help but think what's gonna happen to her friends now.

"I'm sorry Susan," Monger said with comfort, "We've tried everything we can, but there's no way they can go back to their own selves. Insectosaures and Rusty are still okay, at least you have them right?" he smiled nervously.

"It's not the same Monger," Susan sniffled, "What happened to them? Why are they like this? They're not like this!" she yelled with a broken voice.

Monger sat down with her and rubs her back, "It's okay Susan, it's okay," he said letting her cry on his shoulder while the screams of Link, the laughter of Dr. Cockroach and the demands of Bob echoed in the metal hallways.

A/n: Had it in my head for a bit… Nothing big right?