This parts a lot shorter than the normal ones.
#47: Victory sleep
In the hideout, four days later...
"*Yawn* I don't know about you girls, but I deserve a break." I said, flopping down on the couch. I just fought Catwoman and sent her off to jail. When she fought me, I'll say this: For a cat, she's not good at landing on her feet. Sure, she'll get out somehow, but that's for future Aaron to deal with.
"Aaron, could you-" "Maybe later, K." I moved a pillow behind my head.
"Actually Aaron-" "Sorry Zee, busy." I put my bag off my back and by the couch.
"Aaron could-" "Sorry Jess, not now." I pulled out a pair of headphones and put them on.
"Aaron-" "No Babs, you may not." I pushed the button on my glasses and they became sunglasses.
"Hey Aar-" "Another time Kara." I pulled out my phone and pressed play letting music into my ears.
Diana said something but I replied, "Can't hear you Diana. Headphones."
A second later, I was out like a light.
#48: Techno's mind is weird
"Aaron? AARON! He's out cold." Kara said, putting back down the left side of Aaron's headphones. "WHEN AARON IS ASLEEP, THE ONLY WAY HE WAKES UP IS FOR HIM TO DO IT HIMSELF." M.A.D.I.S.O.N. said through Aaron's glasses.
Kara said something she thought was funny. "How much you guys wanna bet he's dreaming about something three years above his age?" "Kara, have you no shame!?" Jess said. "Girls, this is Aaron, remember?" Babs started, "He's probably dreaming about something like...like... Huh, what would Aaron dream about?"
"I COULD HELP ANSWER THAT BARBRA." M.A.D.I.S.O.N. said, "AARON HAS MADE AN INVENTION AT A YOUNG AGE THAT COULD ALLOW SOMEONE TO ENTER ANOTHER ONE'S DREAM WHEN THEY ARE ASLEEP. HE CALLED THEM DREAM SCREENS. THERE SHOULD BE ONE IN HIS BAG."
The mention of the bag made Babs and Kara back up a few steps. Jess reached in and pulled out what looked like a smartphone. "YOU WILL NEED TO PUSH THE ON BUTTON." She did, and the device vibrated making Jessica drop it. When it was on the floor, it grew twice the size of the TV in front of the couch, surprising everyone. The screen turned on and shined a bright green light. Diana touched the light and her hand went through the screen. She pulled back saying, "I didn't know modern technology was capable of this." "SORRY DIANA, BUT IT ISN'T LIKE MODERN TECHNOLOGY. AARON LIKES TO, HOW HE SAYS, GO THE EXTRA MILE WHEN INVENTING. NORMALLY, THINGS LIKE THESE ARE NOT POSSIBLE FOR MOST PEOPLE TO MANUFACTURE."
"So how does this work?" Barbra asked. "CONNECT THE CORD BEHIND THE SCREEN TO AARON'S FOREHEAD." They did so, and when they did the screen's green went away and now showed a grey brick sidewalk in the park. "ALL YOU HAVE TO DO NOW IS GO IN THE SCREEN."
One by one, they all entered the screen.
"I DO WISH AT LEAST ONE OF THEM STAYED BEHIND TO MAKE SURE AARON STAYS ASLEEP. IF AARON WAKES UP, THE GIRLS WILL BE TRAPPED IN THE DREAM WORLD UNTIL AARON FALLS ASLEEP AND HAS THE DREAM AGAIN. THE PROBABILITY OF ONE HAVING THE SAME DREAM MORE THAN ONCE IS SIXTY-FIVE TO SEVENTY PERCENT OUT OF ONE HUNDRED, WITH AARON'S POWERS, HE IS ONLY ABLE TO CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS IN HIS DREAMS. WE WON'T KNOW IF AARON HAS THE SAME DREAM MORE THAN ONCE."
Now I wish she said that before they went into Aaron's dream.
In the dream world...
Diana, Kara, Barbra, Jessica, Karen, and Zee all walked down the sidewalk. "Is this really what Aaron dreams about?" Kara said. "It's Aaron, remember? There's probably more to it." Jess said. She doesn't know how right she is.
"Catch me if you can!"
Up ahead, they saw Aaron as Techno running away from a horde of these weird shadowy figures at a high speed. "Clear the way!" They all moved to the side and let Aaron run past. When he did, He did a U-turn and shot a very strong beam of his energy out of his eyes at the horde. It looked a lot more stronger, brighter, and zappier and than normal. The beam completely obliterated all the figures, only leaving their legs.
"And that is how I like to start a good dream, high five!" A hand appeared out of nowhere, gave Techno a high five, then disappeared. Remember what M.A.D.I.S.O.N. said? Aaron's powers help control his dreams. Right now, he made a root beer float appear and he drank some of it. Then he realized something. He turned to the girls.
"I don't remember imagining you girls here." They all looked away nervously. He sighed and said, "M.A.D.I.S.O.N. told you about the dream screens?" They nodded. "*Sigh* I forgot to tell her it was a work in progress. I wasn't finished with it yet."
Timing sucks so much.
An alarm was heard they turned to the entrance which shifted and glitched then disappeared. The girls yelped in panic. Babs went to me and asked, "You can fix this right?" "I can't." "WHAT?!" They all yelled. "Let me rephrase. I can't. I'm the dream version of myself. In order to fix this, the actual me has to wake up." "Well, what're you waiting for? Wake up!" "I can't! If I do the dream and you girls no longer exist until I have it again! I can't control what dreams I have, I control what happens in them!" They panicked again.
Techno- Wait, let's call him Dream Tech.
Dream Tech started to think. How can he wake up and fix the dream screen, without the girls disappearing along with the dream? Then it hit him.
"What if I let you girls in my mind? That way, I can wake up and the dream will be gone without you." They stopped panicking. "How can we do that?" Zee asked.
"Watch this." Dream Tech blast jumped into the air and with a sparking fist, punched the ground upon impact. He backed up as the ground cracked and made a huge hole that lead down to- somewhere.
"That hole leads Dream's Deep. Everyone has their own. It's like a gateway that connects someone's dreams to their mind. Just go down there and find your way to my head. Once you're there, give me a signal, a sign, or something that tells me it's okay wake up." The girls looked at each other and nodded. One by one they all went down the hole. "Good luck!"
Dream's Deep...
All the girls landed like the ground was made of hard stone. They got up and when they did, all around them was walls of very dark purple and they saw multiple bright green outlines in the shape of thing's like Aaron, his glasses, a lighting bolt, a power button symbol, and other things that would come to mind when you hear someone say 'Aaron'.
"So this is Aaron's Dream's Deep. Now, where do we go?" Diana asked. No one knew. They never been to anywhere like this.
"I can answer that."
They tuned their attention to the walls and saw some of the outlines move. A glasses outline, two ovals and two circles, and a curve all came together and made the shape of Aaron's face.
"Aaron?" Karen asked. "Yep." he answered, "Welcome to Dream's Deep, the place that connects all of the windows into my personalities, to my brain. Like it?" "Eh, could be a little brighter." Zee said, "Anyway, any idea how to get to your mind from here?" "Oh sure, here." An outline of a door appeared, then became a regular door. "Just go through there. Oh, and while you're in there, please don't mess with anything that looks important or private."
Pretty sure no one kept any promises. They went to door and opened it. On the other side was a round room and four more doors which all respectively said in line, 'Imagine Nation', 'Main Brain Room', 'Memory Bank', and 'Processing Unit'. The sign above the door they're at says 'Dream's Deep'. They looked at each other again and went into the Main Brain Room.
Once inside, there was this massive computer screen with wires and cables on all sides of it and read 'Zzzz' going across it. Behind it was a chair and desk and behind that was long couch with multiple Aarons sitting and chatting on it, all with different colored shirts, eyes, and shoes.
The girls sneaked their way to the couch and eavesdropped on them. "I told you guys we shouldn't have made that thing!" A red Aaron said, furiously. "Chillax Rage, the girls are fine. All we gotta do is wait for them. Then we fix the dream screen and all's good again." A laidback grey Aaron with headphones on his head said. "Yeah, what Relaxed said. We'll fix this. Just stay positive." A yellow Aaron happily said. "Happy, all you ever do is stay positive. Don't tell me how to live my life!" Anger yelled back.
"Um, excuse us." Jess said, getting every Aarons' attention. "Ah, there you girls are. Welcome to Aaron's subconscious." A turquoise Aaron with a lab coat said going up to them, "I'm Knowledge. I'm in charge when Aaron's not around. He's in the Memory Bank right now trying to see how to fix the dream screen. And yes, Aaron Aaron. The Aaron that runs this entire operation."
"Hey guys I'm back. Oh sweet! You girls made it."
Everyone turned and saw a regular Aaron come through the door with a big flash drive under his arm.
Let me elaborate something. All odd numbers show Aaron's P.O.V., and goes for any and all Aarons.
#49: Let's get to work
(Brain Aaron's P.O.V.)
I went to the computer and put the flash drive into a big USB port on the wall next to the computer. I went to the desk and went out of sleep mode on the computer. It now shows whatever Aaron sees. "And now we are awake."
(Original Aaron's P.O.V.)
Okay, now to fix the dream screen. I took off my headphones and turned my glasses normal and pulled a screwdriver and pliers out of my bag as I got up. I went to the dream screen and went to work as I told M.A.D.I.S.O.N., "I forgot to tell you it was a work in progress M.A.D.I.S.O.N." "MY APOLIGIES AARON. I DID NOT KNOW." "It's okay."
(Brain Aaron's P.O.V.)
"Until the screen's fixed, you girls need to wait a while." "Well, is there anything we can do?" "I dunno Kara. Go explore or something." "Wait, really? This is your brain Aaron." "Well Babs, you can bring on of the emotions with you if you want." I can hear the scurrying from behind me. In the screen's reflection, I see Kara, Diana, and Babs taking Bravery, and Zee, Jess, and Karen taking Love. I really hope they don't do anything stupid.
(Aaron's Bravery P.O.V.)
Imagine Nation...
"Welcome to Imagine Nation!" I said. This room is just a icy blue floor with the night sky instead of walls.
"This room's where all of Aaron's ideas and possibilities are made. All he has to do is think of them." Bravery said, "Anything can happen here."
"So, when you mean anything-" "Go ahead. Anything can happen here if you imagine it."
Kara being Kara made a rock concert appear, with her onstage and crowd of people watching her rock out. Barbra gave herself flight and zoomed around catching burritos with her mouth. No surprise there.
"Come friend Bravery!" I turned and saw Diana at an arena with a sword in her hand. "Let us see what you are capable of!" Why not? "Oh, you are on, Prince!" I made my own sword and went at it.
(Aaron's Love P.O.V.)
Memory Bank...
"This is Aaron's Memory Bank." I said. This rooms a long hallway filled with big screens and each one had a access panel with it.
"Every memory and thought Aaron's ever had always ends up here. Don't know why you invited me along, though." "You'll see." Zee said, "Love, could you please access one of the screens for us?" "Sure." I went up to one of the panels and moved one of the screens in front of us. The panel then turned into a keyboard, detached itself from the wall and attached to the screen.
I showed a bunch of Aaron's memories, but since I activated the panel, it shows all his love in the past. Oh. Now I know why I'm here.
"Okay, I'm just gonna-" Before I could press the off button, I was trapped in a Lantern construct! "Nevermind."
They went in the computer and looked through the dates. "Let's see if there's anything in here."
This took almost half an hour. They saw a bunch of stuff that they didn't expect to see. There was at least seven memories of girls who dumped Aaron for a richer, handsomer, or more popular guy, one where he got humiliated publicly by a girl, one where he dated someone who didn't respect him at all, and one that left him when she got rich. There's even two times when he confessed to a crush he had, only for them to harshly say that he was a loser. Right now, they're in tears.
Then they came across one of Aaron and Aarondroid in the basement.
"I didn't mean to find out A.D., you know my Techno Vision's unpredictable." "Would it not be best to return her feelings?" "I don't know man. I gotta think first. If I do or say the wrong thing, she'll be devastated and I'll be heartbroken, again. I gotta work my own feelings first, see if I'll feel the same way at some point. Until I do, I'll let her confess first: For the sake of my heart, and Karen's.
All the girls were shocked, especially Karen. "That's why I wanted to turn the monitor off." I said, getting their attention, "Karen, we care about you. We're just trying to see if it's the right way to go. Sorry you had to find out like this." Zee and Jessica wiped their eyes and Jess let me free and said, "You're right Karen. He is perfect." "We want to say something, it's just that we wanna know if it's the right choice." I said. "If Aaron gets heartbroken for the eleventh time, he'll give up on love altogether."
Karen wiped her eyes and said, "I won't let that happen." We all turned to her. "Aaron's a great guy. He care's for everyone and he can't just give up on love! He hasn't given up on anything before, and I'm not gonna let that happen. He's smart, selfless, talented, and he always has this spark in him that makes him who he is. Anyone who doesn't see it's just too selfish to see it."
I smiled. "There's something about you Karen." I put my hand on her shoulder. "I promise the second we find ourselves the answer, we'll tell you what we think."
(Brain Aaron's P.O.V.)
"Almost done and...finished." Okay, dream screen's fixed. All I gotta do now is wait for the girls to get back. Back to sleep mode.
#50: Out of mind
As the Aaron on the outside went back to sleep, the Aaron in his brain got up from his chair and waited outside the Main Brain Room.
He saw the doors open and the girls and his emotions come out. "Sweet, you're all here." I started, "Girls, the dream screen's fixed." They celebrated. "Just head back through Dream's Deep, through the dream, then the way you came in." "Can't we stay a little longer?" "Babs, don't test me..." "So that's a no. Got it." Half the girls went into Dream's Deep, leaving Karen, Jessica, and Zee, who all gave Aaron a sympathy hug. "I take it that you saw the breakups." he said as they let go, "Please tell me that that's all you saw."
They all lied and said yes. They didn't want to lose Aaron's trust.
"*Sighs in relief* Great. Okay, I gotta get back to work. When you get there, just wake me up with a shove or stun or something. See ya on the outside." Brain Aaron went back into the Main Brain room and waited to be awakened.
On the outside...
"M.A.D.I.S.O.N.'s great, but she really needs to tell us things before we do them." "You mean like with Aaron, Kara?" Ooh, burn from Jessica. "It was one time Jess." She raised an eyebrow. "Okay, fine. I'll ask first. You happy?" "Very."
All the girls came out of the dream screen and when they did, it shrank back to phone size. Babs went up to sleeping Aaron and said, "Maybe if I...". She pressed the button on his glasses and there was a flash of green light and in an instant Aaron's head stirred and he sat up, opened his eyes then yawned and stretched. "Huh, well now we know." She said proudly.
"Words of advice, girls: Don't go into other's minds without permission. And if M.A.D.I.S.O.N. tells you something, ask her important questions about it first. Looking at you, Kara." "Okay, already! What are you guys, my parents?"