An odd presence filled the room. A presence no one liked, a presence everyone hated. Faces looked down at Tom, some of them were faces he knew, and some were just blurs. They were barely recognized as faces.

"Tom, you useless fuck. You were always a waste of space," A familiar voice called out. "You sure he wasn't a burden?" Another voice chimed in. "I'm pretty sure he's both," Another chuckled as the other two joined in.

"Guys, guys, he's a disappointment and a mistake! He's all of these things and more!" The first voice chuckles, turning into laughs. "Seriously, you couldn't think of anything worse?" Tom's voice chimed in, breaking the dream once again.

"Well, what do you expect us to say?" Said the familiar horned figure. Another familiar figure appeared, the one that held the mirror and another that held a can. "Well with the way things are from my understanding, T would do the best compared to the rest of us. Surprisingly, his strongest relationship is with Tord, meaning T would do best. So saying that Tord doesn't love him, or something like that will do the trick."

The figures looked at each other, and the horned one put his hands on his hips in success. "See, I told you I was doing better than you guys!" He taunted. Laughed as the others slumped in defeat. "Never in a million years did I think T was going to be your weak spot," The one with the can said as he fell to the floor. "If I'm going to be honest with you E, I never thought this would happen either. But this is how it is until Tord fixes the gun." Tom sighed, he had a small defeated look on his face.

"Wait, who's who?" Tom asked, looking at classic Tom. "I'm E, don't know if you noticed, but it's E like Edd," E said, picking himself off the floor. "I'm M, like Matt," M said, looking at himself in his mirror. "T, as in Tord. I'm surprised I even get to taunt Tom's thoughts." T said, looking at classic Tom. "I'm not a voice. I'm just you with all our memories. Though there is another T as in Tom, but he's called O. He's out of commission right now…" classic Tom and the other figures shuttered at the thought of O.

"Can I meet O?" Tom asked. "No!" They all yelled. Tom shrank back "Look, I can barely handle him alone, and he knows everything about us. He gets under the skin, while these. They just scratch the top. So if Tord not loving you is hard, then I don't think you can handle him." Classic Tom said as he put a hand on Tom's shoulder. "I still want to meet him," Tom said firmly, knocking Tom's hand off his shoulder as he ran off into the void.

Tom shot up from the bed, bathing in sweat. "Tom! Are you okay?" Tord asked as he leaned over Tom. "I'm fine. What happened?" Tom asked, putting his hand on his head. "You got drunk, you said Tom wanted some?" Tord explained, a little confused, usually Tom would remember what happened. "I got a little worried when I saw you thrash in your sleep. The bed is a little wet from your sweat." Tord said, looking down at the wet spot on the bed.

Tom gave a slight chuckle, "Sorry about that," Tom said before getting out of bed. "Let's get you some new clothes, it looks like you jumped into a pool without taking your clothes off." Tord joked as he headed over to the closet and grabbed one of his hoodies and a pair of pants. "I made sure to grab more pants from your room yesterday." Tord shyly said as he handed Tom the clothes. "Thanks," Tom smiled before taking off his clothes. Tord turned away quickly to give Tom his privacy.

Once Tom was done they headed to the living room. "Hey guys! I got an idea for what we should do today!" Edd said happily. He held four neon papers in his hand. "Let's go!" Edd yelled before dragging the two into the car. Tord got in the back and Tom got in the front. "Let's go!" Edd yelled as he started driving at a reasonable pace. "I expected you to drive at an unreasonable speed with your excitement. Where are we going?" Tord asked. "Thanks a surprise," Edd said with a smug look on his face

"We're here!" Edd yelled waking up Tord when he pulled into the parking lot. Tord looked up at the bowling alley "Where- Edd! You do know that Tom's-" "Yay bowling!" Matt exclaimed, cutting off Tord. "I got coupons for us each to have one hour free! Isn't that great!" Edd smiled. "Edd! Tom's mom is a-" "Let's go in!" Edd said, dragging Tord and Tom out of the car. Tord covered Tom's eyes, "Tord? Why are you covering my eyes?" Tom asked. "You shouldn't see this, just trust me and keep your eyes shut tight," Tord said as they entered the building.

"Number three," The guy at the counter told them, not giving them bowling shoes. "Shouldn't we get shoes?" Tord asked. "Nah," he replied as Edd continued to drag them to the third bowling lane. "Edd, you should know this more than anyone!" Tord yelled as Edd grabbed a bowling ball. "Know what?" He asked Tord, throwing the ball. "Yeah Tod, know what?" Matt asked. Tord kept his hands on Tom's eyes. "Tom, please cover your ears for a second," Tord said kindly. Tom plugged his ears, and Tord let out a sigh."Tom's mom, is a bowling ball," He said as calmly as he could, clearly upset.

"Strike!" The screen yelled followed by the sounds of bowling pins falling down. "I forgot…" Edd admitted weakly. "Who's Tom?" Matt asked, completely confused. "Why don't you guys go to the mall across the street?" Edd said cowardly. Tord nodded his head and stood up from the seat still covering Tom's eyes. "Time to go?" Tom asked, unplugging his ears. "Yeah, we're going to the mall," Tord said cheerfully.

Once they were out of the building Tord didn't take his hands off Tom's eyes until they were at the mall entrance. "Here we are! We're going shipping, feel free to get whatever you want I'll pay, but. You're going to pay me back once you get your memories back." Tord smiled holding Tom's hand as they entered the mall.

The sounds of footsteps filled the mall as different colors reflected onto the white marble floor. Everyone is wearing either nice or sleepy clothes. "Fall is coming, so let's go get you a jacket. Or a new hoodie." Tord said walking towards a clothes store full of jackets. "Can I get a red jacket?" Tom asked cowardly. "We can get you red, and blue." Tord smiled, putting his hands on his hip and facing Tom. "But red is my favorite color," Tom admitted sheepishly.

Tord's face blushed a little at hearing Tom. "I-I'll get blue a-an-and you can have red," he said with his Norwegian accent falling apart. Tom smiled and walked to the coats. "What size do you wear?" Tom asked as he looked at the jackets. "Medium," Tord said behind him, watching his every move. Tom grabbed a medium and a small, one red and one blue. "Let's get these," He said looking at them. He held up the hoods for Tord to see they had cat ears.

They headed to the cashier, she had messy brown hair and glasses that looked like they were going to fall off any minute. She had a darker pigment to her skin which helped hide the bags under her eyes a little, but it didn't help much. "Just these two hoodies?" She asked in a low tired voice as she scanned them. "Yep," Tord said, he felt a little bad for her. He paid for them, but before he left he slid her a card. "If you want a better job," Tord said before leaving.

"Let's put them on!" Tom said with a big smile on his face. "I wouldn't suggest taking off your jacket in public with the amount of bandages you have." Tord excused himself. "Well… You can still put yours on!" Tom said stubbornly pulling out his jacket. "And plus, I can slide my jacket through the head hole in my jacket," Tom said, grabbing his jacket out as well. "Let's just go to the restroom to get changed if you're so determined," Tord sighed in defeat.

They found the nearest bathroom and changed into the new one. "Fits perfectly," Tord muttered to himself before leaving his stall to check on Tom. Tord knocked on Tom's stall to see Tom come out, the jacket was a little big. "It's a bit big, but I still love it." Tom smiled as he lifted his arm showing that it covered his whole hand.

"What next?" Tom asked. "I was going to ask you," Tord slouched. "Food?" Tom asked to see Tord nod. They headed over to the food quart. "Now which one?" Tord asked, bringing his hand to his chin. "Cheeseburger Queen?" Tom asked, pointing at the restaurant. "Sounds good to me," Tord said walking over. "I just want a number 5," Tom said as they entered the restaurant. Tord nodded his head and went to the guy at the cash register.

"How can I help you today?" He asked. Tord looked at him, he had massive eyebrows and a cigarette in his mouthful. "Paul?" Tord asked. He looked up at him. "Red Leader," he said, dropping the cigarette from his mouth. "What are you doing here?" Paul asked. "Uh, Matt erased Tom's memories and Edd took us to a bowling alley, so we came over here. But what are you doing here?" Tord asked. "Patryck dared me to work here, and if I didn't then he'd take away my paycheck." He sighed. "You two know each other?" Tom asked, popping out from behind Tord.

Paul gathered that the one behind Tord was Tom. "We're friends from work," Tord said. Paul nodded in agreement and turned to the cash register. "Alright, I got to actually do my job so, what do you want?" Paul asked looking back at Tord. "I'll take a number 4, and he'll have a number 5," Tord answered. "I'll pay for you," Paul said, taking out his wallet. "No, I got it," Tord said, pulling out his wallet quicker than Paul could. He quickly swiped his card. "Have a great day Red Leader," Paul said, giving a slight smile.

The two waited for their order number. "Order number 9," Tord walked up and took their food, and walked out. "Want to eat down there?" Tom asked, pointing at a bench off to the side in the general eating spot. "You want to eat outside instead?" Tord asked, pointing to a garden. This mall was unique because it had a garden where anybody could plant anything, but they had to pay. Recently, someone put benches and picnic benches for people. Tom nodded and walked towards it.

A variety of colors and scents filled the room. The sun shined down on the room through the glass above them. It was quiet and not very populated. "It's so pretty," Tord mumbled to himself. "Yeah," Tom replied. The two stared at the garden. "I think this is now my favorite spot in the world," Tord said, finally moving. He picked a picnic lavender bench near the middle of the park so they could see just about everything.

"Let's dig in," Tom said sitting down across from Tord. Tord set the bag of food on the table and grabbed his cheeseburger out of the bag. Tom shortly after reached in and grabbed his cheeseburger. Once they were done a familiar voice rang in the background.

"Hey guys!" Edd waved, walking in on the two. He had a big grin on his face and Matt stared at his reflection in the glass. "You guys enjoy your date?" Edd asked with a smug look creeping on his face as the words left his mouth. Tord's face turned red as Tom stared blankly at Edd. "You knew! You trickster!" Tord whispered-yelled, he didn't want to make it more awkward than it already was.

Edd gave a thumbs up and a stupid smile. "Let's go back home. Oh, nice jackets," Edd said, turning around. The four walked out to the parking lot. "If Tom finds out you're so dead," Tord huffed, sitting down in the car. "Oh, he knows he's dead, you don't need to tell him, Commie," Tom said, making everyone stare at him. "Did Tim," Matt said, actually remembering that Tom had lost his memories.

"Something wrong guys?" Tom asked as if nothing happened. They continued to stare at Tom but their stares weren't shocked stares, it was more dumbfounded. "No, let's just go home…" Edd said finally sitting down in the driver's seat. "I'm going to get my beauty rest in," Matt yawned, grabbing a pillow from who knows where. Tom yawned shortly after. He laid his head down in Tord's lap, and before he could hear a reaction he was asleep.

When Tom's head hit Tord's lap, Tord froze up. His face was completely red. Tord couldn't tell him to get off because he was already asleep. "You can sleep too," Edd said with a smug look on his face. Tord frowned and closed his eyes to at least try to sleep.

"Seriously! You had to fall asleep on his lap!" Tom yelled extremely flustered and angry. T came up behind him and laughed at him. "Maybe I won't be a temporary leader." He teased me. Tom frowned, glaring at T. "I will admit, I'm surprised you're flustered and not angry. " E interrupted. Tom's face stayed a cherry, it got worse as T muttered something in his ear.

"I still want to meet O." M came out and everyone stared at him. Classic Tom's face turned white almost immediately. "You want to meet me? Tired of team EMT?" A bigger figure appeared, it was as big as the twin towers if they were still standing. Everyone straightened themselves at the sight of O.

"You're lucky with your situation Tom, I won't taunt either of you. I'm not in the mood." O said shrinking down to their height to show equality. No one moved, they stayed as stiff as a rock. O sighed and brought a hand to his forehead, he gave a long sigh before taking his hand away from his face. "You guys really don't trust me,"

"Well last time you turned your back on us!" E argued, finally breaking the ice. M T and Tom nodded in agreement. "I won't taunt you guys until Tom's back. I swear on my shadow," O bowed. "By swearing on your shadow you'll die," M answered Tom before he could ask. "Can you trust me now?" O asked looking up from his bow.

They loosened up, but there was a hint of hesitation. "Why are you being nice?" M asked. "I got to make a good first impression, that's how I'm better than all of you," O admitted as a white smile spread across his face. "Seems as if someone's getting a small crush, and they were second on the hate board," O added walking up to classic Tom. Tom gave a mean but defeated glare at him.

"Who's number one?" Tom asked. Classic Tom and O turned their heads to Tom as M, E, and T came up behind him. "Why Classic Tom of course!" They all said simultaneously except classic Tom and Tom. Classic Tom stared at the ground with a sad look on his face. "You should go back…" Classic Tom muttered as he walked up to Tom. "Don't get any closer to that Commie," He whispered into Tom's ear before sending him back.

(Sorry for all the nodding when they were at the mall, I added it because I felt like it sets how awkward they were.)