When they came inside, Red and Blue appeared to be waiting in the bathroom shop.
"Hey! What are you doing in line?" Jack asked.
"Market research," Blue replied. "Have to keep an eye on our competitors too."
"Plus, we thought we could pickpocket a few people and sell their stuff back to them." Red smirked innocently.
"That sounds like you two all right." Jack groaned.
"I'm pretty sure that's illegal." Billy commented.
"It's only illegal if you get arrested!" Red replied.
"Yeah, but this building has law enforcement." Cherry pointed out.
"Not for loooong!" Red replied.
"That wasn't suspicious at all." Cherry deadpanned.
They then came into the editing room.
"Hey, Nugget." Cherry greeted the strange Kindergarten boy.
"Nugget is disconsolate that you are to be leaving Wireland so soon." Nugget frowned.
"Aw, Nugget, I'm sorry!" Jack frowned back.
"Nugget will never forget the time we had together, however minuscule." Nugget replied.
"We... Didn't really have a lot of time together." Jack replied.
"Nugget has not forgotten about the time we brought about The Apocalypse together," Nugget stated. "You have kept your nugget safe."
"But... I don't have it with me..." Jack said.
"It's a metaphysical nugget," Nugget explained. "The nugget in your heart, but please, take this final nugget as a token of Nugget's appreciation. Now, Nugget is distraught over your departure and does not like long goodbyes. Shoo."
The others nodded and soon came back towards the genius in the room.
"You're back!" Alphys beamed. "How did this round go?"
"It was filled with insanity and existentialism." Billy replied.
"So... Good then?" Papyrus asked.
"It was... Definitely interesting!" Jack replied.
"It was kinda fun." Cherry said.
"We almost died!" Billy told her.
"Well, that's my adventure life in a nutshell." Cherry said.
"See, Papyrus?" Undyne grinned. "Cherry's got the right idea! I knew there was a reason why I liked her in the Undertale story!"
"You tried to kill me and Frisk with your spear of justice!" Cherry reminded.
"Yeah, but we can still have some fun!" Undyne grinned.
"For the last time, Undyne, a flaming unicycle is out of the question!" Katie scolded.
"Spoilsport." Undyne pouted.
"A-Anyway, did you find the hydrospersion key?" Alphys asked Cherry, Jack, and Billy.
"Funny story about that, but yeah." Cherry replied.
"Who knew corporate grudges were so difficult to work around?" Billy pouted.
"Huh?" Alphys blinked.
"Never mind. Here you go, Alphys," Jack smiled. "...This fixes mine and Cherry's computers for good, right?"
"Let's see what I can do!" Alphys smiled, going straight to work, and almost in an instant, the computers came on. "We did it!"
"YES!" Cherry and Jack cheered together.
"Now we can-" Jack was about to say before frowning. "...Go home."
"Jack, is something the matter?" Katie asked.
"Well... I mean... We can go home now..." Jack said to her. "And of course, we have to, but I have no idea how we got here in the first place, and I'll admit, I'm going to miss it."
"YOU'RE LEAVING?!" Papyrus's eyes widened.
"Well... I mean... This isn't our world..." Jack smiled sadly. "And I can't really play games or Cherry can't write her stories unless we're outside of the computers, right?"
"They're right, Papyrus." Undyne said.
"We're going to miss you so much!" Papyrus told them.
"Yeah; you're awesome for total dorks," Undyne added. "I'm gonna miss you too."
"I h-hope it's not out of place for me to s-say this, but... If I didn't have to work on y-your computers the whole time, I... Oh, gosh..." Alphys soon blushed. "I'd have liked to spend more time w-with you, Jack and Cherry."
"Aww, you guys..." Jack smiled bashfully.
"I'll miss you, Cherry, but look at it this way, we can always chat on Facebook, and it'll actually be me, and not just a clone." Katie smiled.
"We'll miss you, Cherry." Papyrus added.
"Same, man, you're a really sweet kid, and sweet to hang with," Undyne nodded in agreement. "Oh, don't forget: double date. Just ask Jack for his IP Address. I can't wait to meet your guys!"
"I guess you don't know what you're gonna miss until it's gone..." Cherry said softly.
"Jack, you have the best fans, a-and now you guys are going to be friends." Alphys replied.
"Yeah, nothing like a good adventure to bring people together!" Undyne grinned. "Speaking of, Katie... You said 'we're outside our game/story'. Does that mean if we're inside our game, you'd consider the unicycles?"
"Well, I suppose so, but that depends on who's riding them." Katie warned with narrowed eyes.
"What if we get Sans to do it?" Undyne asked.
"Bet him one gold and he'll do it, his dignity is cheap." Papyrus added.
"Dude, that guard pays me well, I could do that for days!" Undyne grinned.
"Well... All right... But wear some helmets." Katie warned.
Papyrus and Undyne then cheered like children.
"Anyway, not that I don't mind delaying what's coming, but..." Jack spoke up.
"Ah, y-yeah, we should get you guys home," Alphys agreed. "All you need to do is g-go through your bedroom door, and that should do it. It's set up to take you all home."
"Why the bedroom?" Jack replied.
"The computers were a bit finicky with the directions," Alphys replied. "I got through the firewall, but it won't set up the way home anywhere else."
"But that's being blocked off!" Jack frowned.
"Yeah, and that Potato Guy is blocking the door." Cherry added.
"You could forge the documents," Undyne suggested. "Sans is great a forgery!"
"Undyne, you're a royal guard!" Papyrus reminded. "How could you suggest such a thing?!"
"There's literally no way to get legit documents in that game." Undyne pointed out.
"It's bad, but I have to side on her with this one." Katie agreed.
"I doubt he's going to know the difference," Billy even smiled. "You saw the stuff he gave you, Jack."
"Obvious forgeries, yeah..." Jack smiled. "Well, it's worth a shot."
"Well... You'd better get in line soon," Alphys suggested. "Sans doesn't serve cutters."
"He's let us to the front so far!" Jack replied.
"He's been cracking down on rules since this little kid started going through the line putting gum in people's hair." Undyne stated, gesturing towards Nugget.
"Are we going to have to stand in that really long line?" Billy asked.
"Well, I suppose we better go now..." Cherry sighed with a shrug.
"Yeah, you should," Alphys agreed. "But before you do, you should know that once you leave the house, you've left Wireland. As soon as you cross the barrier between the game world and reality, you can't come back. Even if you tried to go back, you'd get into the apartment but we wouldn't be there. No one fictional would be."
"So, only real people through the door?" Billy frowned.
"Only real people. No game characters," Alphys replied. "We can't leave with you, Jack. Only Cherry will be able to."
"That's okay," Jack smiled. "I really appreciate everything you've done."
"Yeah, I'm r-really glad we met you!" Alphys smiled back.
"You're both just as cool as your videos and stories make you look!" Papyrus added.
"Thanks, you guys..." Cherry replied. "Well, Jack, it looks like we've got a line to stand in... Can't be worse than my dorm's cafeteria line for lunch."
"So long, Nee-Bear, see you soon!" Katie squealed.
Cherry quickly hugged Katie from the Undertale universe and then left with the others to go stand in the line for Sans's shop in the bathroom. The line seemed to end up right outside the apartment door, growing as they had talked to Alphys and the others.
"Don't talk to me, I'm brooding." Bea told them darkly.
"My new Facebook status," Cherry commented. "Um, what seems to be the problem, Bea?"
"It's just my character," Bea replied. "I'm brooding and a little bit sarcastic. I think we have a common sense with each other."
"A little bit?" Mae commented.
"Shut up. I just need a cigarette." Bea said.
"You're already smoking one." Cherry pointed out.
"Which you're not allowed to smoke in my apartment." Jack added firmly.
"Yes, I respect that," Bea replied. "I also can't smoke outside your apartment either. Stupid Wireland is so fragile. I have to go back tot he game to smoke."
"So... Go back to your game?" Billy rolled his eyes with a suggestion.
"I can't. They won't let me." Bea stated.
"And who is this 'they'?" Cherry asked.
"I'm their ride," Bea replied. "Cherry, you must understand the struggle. You smoke all the time."
"Actually, that's just my author avatar," Cherry replied. "My author avatar smokes because it can't kill her since she's immortal. I don't smoke because of what happens... My grandparents died from cancer."
"Like anyone cares about your actual life, all they care about is what you write." Bea said.
"Yeah..." Cherry had to admit that that was true as her career as a fan fiction author.
"Besides, everyone knows smoking's bad for you," Bea replied. "We do it because subconsciously, we just want to die."
"Well... It's your funeral." Billy said.
They soon walked away and saw the bear.
"How are you holding up, Angus?" Jack asked.
"I'm exhausted," Angus replied. "I've been trying to protect your apartment."
"What has everyone been doing?" Jack wondered.
"You don't want to know, but it involved Undyne, Papyrus, a blowtorch, and the last of your kitchen appliances." Angus informed.
"And it will rule the world one day." Mae added.
"All hail your new overlord!" Gregg said.
"NOT MY COOKER!" Jack panicked.
"Its funeral was especially touching." Angus said.
"It's good to see you guys back," Gregg beamed. "Did you have a fun adventure?"
"Not really..." Billy said to him.
"Did you commit a lot of cool crimes?" Gregg asked.
"Well... We were technically trespassing." Jack replied.
"Well, um, it's something I haven't experienced before and never thought that I would before." Cherry said to the Night in the Woods' characters.
"I hope you can have an adventure in our game someday, Cherry!" Gregg beamed. "You would love it!"
"Thanks," Cherry replied. "So, you're Mae?"
"That's me," Mae said to her. "You know, one time, I was out at the playground and there was this cicada on a slide and I ate it."
"Um... Okay... That's good to know... But why are you telling us this?" Cherry asked the cat.
"It was really crunchy, but the insides were all squishy and it felt really weird in my mouth." Mae said.
"Uh, thanks..." Cherry said, not really sure how to react to that.
"Ah, yes, it was a wonderful adventure," Mae replied. "And why I'm not allowed near the Kindergarteners anymore."
"Uh... That's good to know." Cherry shrugged.
"It's called flavor text, but they don't usually make it flavorful," Mae replied. "I thought this would add the appropriate flavor."
"Mae, nothing you say is appropriate," Bea commented. "You just wanted to brag about eating bugs."
"That too." Mae nodded.
And with that, they soon went to stand in line as it would take a rather long while due to how big it was. Segway Steve seemed to roll all around in the hallway while joining the line. Cherry was given a bag of chips and soon ate it, even though oddly enough, she didn't feel that totally hungry, almost as if she didn't have the sense for food.
Jack checked his watch to see how much time had passed, but it only said 'LATE' on it. Billy sat next to a glob after a while and stared at it and it stared right back at him. Jack's beard seemed to grow overtime as they waited in the long line which grew after they stood in place. Eventually, they finally came in next after Toriel finished her time with Sans and they came to the stand. Jack now looked like Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings and then took off the moppy beard, showing it was just a gag.
"Finally..." Cherry said. "Hey, Sans..."
They soon came to the stand and saw that what they had come for was just now sold out. Sans smiled sheepishly and shrugged to them like it wasn't his fault.
"Sorry, guys, I'm completely sold out." Sans told the group.
"Seriously?!" Billy groaned. "We spent like... Who even knows how long in this line?!"
"What can I say? You're popular," Sans replied. "But I got a hairbrush here you can have."
"You have a hairbrush?" Cherry asked him.
"Well, that's just discrimination," Sans defended. "I offer you a perfectly good hairbrush, and you criticize my appearance?"
"Oh, Sans, I didn't mean-" Cherry tried to apologize.
"How 'hair' you!" Sans winked to her. "Your insulting comments really 'cut me deeply'. I'm 'dyeing' inside!"
Cherry just looked at him as her left eye twitched.
"Thanks for the offer, but I'll pass on the brush." Jack smiled apologetically.
"Well, I guess you could also just tell Potato Man who you are," Sans suggested. "He might let you through. Who knows? Weirder things have happened."
"All right, Possépticeye, I think we should take our chances," Jack suggested. "Thanks, Sans, I think."
They soon left the shop in defeat and soon, a bunch of characters were all bunched up together.
"Papers, please!" The Potato Man commanded.
"Uh... Will my ID work?" Jack smiled nervously. "I am Jack. You know, as in Septic Eye."
"Why you no say so in first place?" The Potato Man replied. "I just needed to make sure you were you. And I see now you are you!"
"That's all it took the whole time?" Billy groaned.
"Hey, just be glad it worked out this time." Jack said.
The man then stood out of the way.
"Well... I guess this is it..." Jack said. "Away we go!"
"Goodbye..." Cherry softly told the characters who all came together.
"Yeah, bye, everyone," Jack added. "Thank you so much for all the memories. Seriously, it's been amazing to meet you."
"I really missed you, Katie." Cherry said.
"Nee-Chan, I already told you, you can always chat with the real me on Facebook, even if we haven't met in real life besides in your stories, you can't beat that." Katie smiled.
"This really was interesting..." Cherry said. "This was quite the adventure I never thought would be possible. Well, I suppose it's back to harsh reality than pleasant fantasy. Besides... I got Drew Carey reruns to waste my time with."
They soon walked forward, but Billy stayed put.
"Come on, Billy, it's time to go." Cherry told the boy.
"Yeah, come along." Jack added.
"I can't, guys..." Billy frowned. "Didn't you hear what Alphys said? Real people only," he then suddenly smiled. "You know, it's kinda flattering that you forgot I was just a character."
"Yeah... I... I actually wish you could come..." Jack said softly.
"I wish I could too, but you know... I'm just a couple of sprites and a line of code," Billy replied. "That's all I've ever been."
"You know, you've been more than that," Jack said as he came towards his 'arch nemesis'. "You've always been more than that."
"Yeah, you know... It feels weird to say this, especially to you..." Billy replied. "But you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, Jack... You too, Cherry."
"Oh, come on now, you don't even know me, and all Jack does is try to brutally kill you for the lulz." Cherry replied.
"I know, but it's because of that, and he singled me out!" Billy replied. "Look around! There's so many versions of me everywhere! Everyone knows who I am! And Cherry, it's because of you that people think about old media they never thought about again until they find it in your account. And Jack's subscribers, they really love me! Yeah, they love to hate me, but I'm not a major character. I don't even have my own name, all I am is a kid on the back of a bike. You made me so much more than that, Jack. You made me something special, Jack. That's all any character can ask for. I may not have an official name, but I'm proud to be Billy."
Cherry wiped her eyes, but wasn't fully crying.
"Aw... I'm glad, Billy." Jack smiled.
"I'm happy too... Even if I haven't written a fic for Happy Wheels." Cherry added.
"Yet." Billy said.
"...Yet." Cherry replied.
There was then a brief moment of silence from the touching moment between Jack and Billy.
"So... I guess this is really goodbye then..." Jack said to him.
"I guess it is, until you play Happy Wheels every now and again, and Cherry writes a fic," Billy replied with a small smile. "Just promise that either of you won't forget me."
"I promise." Cherry said.
"Me too, and Billy, thank you," Jack added. "Thank you for-"
"Look, guys, I don't want this to be a long, drawn-out goodbye," Billy rolled his eyes. "All I want is to hear Jack say what he always says to me."
"Screw you, Billy." Cherry and Jack soon said in unison.
"Screw you too, Cherry and Jack." Billy smiled.
"Come on, Cherry," Jack told the younger girl. "Let's go home."
And with that, they soon left to leave Wireland. Perhaps, forever. It seemed to get darker and darker as they walked down the path. They soon came into a new room which seemed ominous.
"I knew you'd come~" A voice said.
Teller soon came out with a magic wand.
"Teller! What happened to you?" Cherry asked.
"I'm sorry for this..." Teller said before zapping his magic wand and zapped them both, making them disappear in thin-air. He then took a hold of his face and removed it, showing it was a mask, and he was not who he appeared to be, but... Who was he and what was he doing?
