You guys have sort of been flipping out in the comments, so I've decided that Sky won't die in this book...
So, who's up for a sequel?
Remind Me
Ch 21
Seto's POV
"Are- Are those..," I wonder out loud. "MITCH! JEROME! STOP PUSHING BUTTONS!"
"Buttons, buttons, I will push them, all day long! All day long! Pushing the buttons, pushy pushy buttons," Jerome sings as he jabs buttons with both paws.
"Hey, buddy! I'll bet I can push more buttons than you!" Mitch says, his eyes lighting up.
"Oh yeah?" Jerome asks, ending his song. "Let's find out!" He jumps up on the table and lies face down across the buttons, spreading his arms and legs to reach more of them.
Mitch scoffs and climbs up onto the table, lying on his back next to the bacca. "Hmm. I think we're tied."
Jerome smirks. Then he sticks out his tongue and uses it to push down one more button. "'Eat 'at!" he says with his tongue still out.
Mitch groans. "No fair, your tongue is longer than mine!"
Jerome rolls over so he's facing Mitch. "Power Moves only, G."
Mitch groans once more and shoves Jerome off the table. "Filthy stinking bacca."
A small thud sounds when Jerome hits the floor, and he whines quietly. "Biggums! That hurt," he whimpers.
"Emotionally or physically?"
"Both!"
Really, guys? I snap out of my trance and rush forward, pushing Mitch off the table. "Hey!" he shouts. "What was that for?"
"Being an idiot!" I respond. "What do you think those buttons do?"
"Erm..."
"If I'm not wrong, these buttons are controlling Sky's pain," I say, pointing to one of the labels.
Mitch's eyes widen. "But how!? Dawn said there was nothing she could do to fix him after we'd already injected him!"
"Apparently, she was lying."
"But I don't get how buttons can activate a poison..."
"My guess is that the poison we injected Sky with was filled with receivers. The receivers went to different parts of his body and waited. These buttons activate the transmitters, which tell the receivers to tug on certain nerves in Sky's body. This way, Dawn could control how much pain Sky was feeling at all times. But that's just a guess." (Now you know, Madiigamer. Thanks for pointing out how confusing that was. :)
"I feel so left out," Jerome whines.
We ignore him. "I still don't understand why Dawn wanted Sky to be in so much pain, though! I mean, they were in a happy relationship!" Mitch says.
"I don't know. Maybe she just wanted control. Being Sky's girlfriend, she certainly wasn't powerless in the city, but maybe she wanted more. She controlled an entire squid army, and she could have controlled the whole city as well. All she had to do was get the Budder God out of the way," I reply.
Mitch nods. Then his eyes widen. "So when Jerome knocked those rocks off the buttons, he cured Sky?" he asks.
"Sort of," I say, grimacing. "And when you guys had your button-mashing contest..."
"Oh, snap. Whoops," Jerome mutters. I sigh.
"It's OK, you can make up for your stupidity by stepping away from the buttons and allowing me to disable them," I say gently. Mitch's face is bright red, and Jerome looks like he's about to have a panic attack, but they both calm down slightly at my words. They sheepishly step aside to let me do my job.
Ian's POV
I hate these stupid glasses. They make it hard to see, and they hurt my ears and the bridge of my nose. But it's not like I can take them off.
I tried once.
I was just so fed up with these blasted glasses sunglasses, so I threw them across the room. I don't remember much after that, but I remember waking up and seeing Quentin, Sky, and Seto hovering over me worriedly. They asked me if I was okay and whether or not I remembered anything. Yes and no. Then they asked me who took off my glasses, and I had to lie and say a squid did it.
If it had only been Quentin, Seto, and me in the room, they wouldn't have believed me, since I don't live near any lakes. Thankfully, Sky was there as well, and he never questions whether or not it makes sense that the squids are at fault. Still, those three followed me around for a week.
Needless to say, I never intentionally removed my sunglasses again.
Now I'm actually considering it. A few minutes ago, we heard someone scream "He has magical powers!" Then someone else shouted "Where is your logic, Recruits!?" and later, someone else yelled "Bring out the fireball launcher!"
Then we heard the words "MAKE IT STOP!" in what was clearly Sky's voice, and Jason, Ty, and I sprinted toward the room that all the voices were coming from. We entered the room to see Sky collapsed on the floor of a nether brick cage, screaming "Please, someone, make it stop!" Recruits were surrounding the cage, and one of them was loading fireballs into a dispenser aimed at Sky. Naturally, Ty, Jason, and I stepped forward to help our friend.
So now we're surrounded by Recruits, and I'm seriously considering just yanking off my glasses and going total DerpSsundee on them. "I wish Quentin was here," I mumble. I'm sure he'd have a least one full stack of TNT that we could set off to scare these insane Recruits.
Ty and Jason burst out laughing, despite our precarious situation, and start elbowing each other and glancing at me. I huff. What is their problem?
Suddenly, Sky stops clutching his head. Ty and Jason compose themselves enough to turn and watch Sky shakily get to his feet. He takes a deep breath, smiles, and waves at us. I raise an eyebrow. Everyone's crazy today. Sky just laughs, though. "I don't hurt anymore!" he exclaims happily.
"Woohoo!" Ty cheers.
The Recruits scowl. "Hey! We're surrounding you menacingly, you're supposed to be terrified!" one of them complains.
Jason sticks his tongue out at them.
*facepalm* AM I THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO REALIZES THE DANGER WE'RE IN!?
"We're going to kill you now," says a creepy female Recruit.
I growl at them. "If you try to hurt any of us, I will go Derp on you."
The Recruits' eyes widen. Still, one of them says boldly, "We aren't afraid of you!" He steps toward us with his sword drawn-
"MITCH, NO! ACK, JEROME!" A faint yell reaches our ears, and it sounds like it's coming from below us. "ARGH, I TOLD YOU, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THOSE POTIONS ARE ACTIVATED BY CONTACT- AHH! THEY'RE DEFINITELY ACTIVATED BY CONTACT, TOTALLY ACTIVATED BY CONTACT!"
A loud rumbling sound rises above all other noises as an office chair the size of a jumbo squid breaks through the floor.
WHAT.
The Recruits panic and hightail it out of the room, leaving Jason, Ty, Sky, and I to stare at the massive spinney chair.
WHAT.
Hey, guys! Sorry for the late update! Also, sorry if you couldn't get on the server this morning, I was visiting my grandparents and wasn't able to get it up. I also won't be able to put it up tomorrow, because my mom had this brilliant idea to go to the zoo. (Can you feel the sarcasm? I HATE OUTSIDE.)
GUESS WHAT, THOUGH!?
I got my first youtube video up! I'M SO HAPPY IT HURTS! My mic isn't too bad, but my recorder is. :( Oh well. I'll be getting a better one soon, hopefully. So, yeah, go check it out if ever you find yourself unbearably bored. Just go to youtube and type in 'hghrules' and I'll show up. YAY! SHAMELESS SELF-ADVERTISING!
Also. We have, like, 9,780 reads. Or something like that. C'mon, can we get to 10,000 with this chapter? Maybe? Possibly? Whatevs. Honestly, I'd be happy with just one person reading this thing. Having all of you read it... Ugh. I'm just dying of happiness over here.
One more thing... Uh... Ah, I can't remember... Oh! We're past 30,000 words now! So that's cool! And, seriously, I know I keep saying this, but the story really is almost over.
But... Hey. I do have an idea for a sequel, if you guys would be up for it...