==Put The Screws To 'Em!==
*Chapter 4 - Rememberance - The other side of the story*
By: DTT (Double Trouble Togepi) AKA: The Ultimate Masta
Inspired by and dedicated to: My BFF JessieHeart.
Spyke oiled Cyandog's arm parts as Crosserdog sat beside him. "I've never been able to figure it out, Crosserdog." He had grown since his days of constand robattle losses, and since he'd last seen Samantha. "I never would have told her how I fealt if I didn't think she shared my feelings. I was so sure..."
Crosserdog, in a state of half-meditation, (If he was in deep meditation, Spyke would get mad at him for not listening) simply nodded. "Peppercat was on your side if it makes you feel better. I'd never seen her in such a good mood."
Spyke sweatdropped, then picked up a cloth. "I'm not trying to impress Peppercat..."
"I'd hope not."
Spyke wiped the blue metal with a degree of expirience. "All my life... Even when it didn't seem like it, even when I've had other crushes, Boss' always been on my mind. I just hope she isn't in the same place as me."
Crosserdog looked at his master. "What does that mean?"
Spyke sighed. "Every night, my last concious thought is her. Every morning, I wake up with her face in my mind. Every day, I feel alone, knowing I'll probably never see her again. Every loss, I know she could have done better. Every win, I have nobody to celebrate with. I just have an emptiness that nobody, not even you, Cyandog, can fill..."
The small medabot just looked at him in awe. "I wish I were human... Still, I'm crosserdog until you finish."
Spyke facefaulted, thinking, I knew that. Oh well. He smiled only slightly. "You don't want to be a human. People are heartless, cowardly, confusing, confused, weak, and full of lies."
Crosserdog shook his head. (By now he was by no means meditating.) "That's not always true, boss. You aren't. You proved it when you told Samantha how you fealt about her. You loved her with all your heart, you had the courage to tell her, you let her know exactly what you meant, you knew exactly waht you wanted, you had the strenth to withstand her rejection, and you told her your deepest secret, no lies."
Spyke smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Crosserdog." He clipped together the two metal halves of the arm piece and replaced the screw, then started to polish the metal in a few places, last moment. His clock suddenly began ringing uncontrolably.
Spyke leapt to his feet. "Oh, man, I was s'posed to be at the Hopmart by now!" Spyke popped open Crosserdog's medal cover and grabbed his monkey medal. He flung his backpack on hisback and ran out the door of his room. He put the monkey medal into his medawatch and ran down the street.
Spyke passed by the anklebiters with barely a glance. The three had seemed unbeatable, then, so long ago. Especially when they beat Samantha. But once she was in danger, he and Cyandog had won. It was a fluke, but that little bit of confidance had built up and made Spyke and crosserdog, and Spyke and Samantha, closer than ever before.
As he ran around the corner and into the Hopmart, Spyke almost ran into Ikki, who was standing out of breath just inside the doors, Metabee lounging in a nearby chair. Spyke popped the monkey medal into his medawatch. "Transport medaparts!" He pushed a button, and Cyandog's body appeared before Spyke. He popped the medal out of his medawatch and into Cyandog.
Cyandog's eyes lit up and he shook his head violently, then looked around. Spyke settled into a chair. Karin looked at him. "Are you okay? You don't look so good, Spyke."
He sighed heavily in response. "I was thinking."
"About what?" Ikki asked, suddenly catching his breath.
"Her."
Erika raised an eyebrow. "Again?" She leaned back, her arms crossed behind her head. "What happened, anyway?"
"Well... I told her..." Cyandog sighed, crossed his arms on the counter, and buried his head in his arms. Metabee looked at him funny, but quickly turned back to Spyke. Ikki, Koji, and Sumilidon blinked a few times. Henry looked up from sweeping the floor, and Erika, Karin, Brass, and Neutranurse just stared.
Spyke sighed heavily. "I told her I loved her..."
After a small pause, Spyke got many reactions. The girls mostly just blinked, except Erika. Karin then smiled and noted that that had been a sweet thing to do. Most of the boys, and Erika, began to laugh hysterically.
Spyke and Cyandog sighed. Spyke slumped. "That's what she said..."
Karin put her hand on Spyke's shoulders. He looked up at her. "Thanks..." He sighed. "Maybe I should go home."
Nobody tried to stop him. Cyandog stood and walked to the door. Spyke grabbed a doughnut and ran out the door. Henry jumped and ran out, too, but couldn't leave as he was on duty. "Will you quit stealing our food?!?!"
Spyke held the doughnut tactfully in his mouth and balanced the weight of his backpack on his shoulders, then looked back to make sure Henry hadn't stopped Cyandog. Maybe he should have grabbed his medal just in case... But he got out. With the disbanning of the Screws, Spyke had all but given up robattling. While he didn't issue challanges, he still accepted them.
He thought back on the reactions of his friends - Ikki, Karin, Koji, Henry... Samantha - All laughed. And Spyke finally understood. She may have really loved him back. That may have been why she asked if he'd ever felt love. But because she knew what everyone would think, all their friends thinking it was a joke, she laughed, too. She didn't want to be the center of attention, and she didn't know how else to react, so she laughed.
There we go. Another one down. Yeah, I think I may have gotten carried away with it... So what? I had fun, and I'm sure it was worth it. If anyone wants to tell me otherwise I'll beat some sense into them with my pickle. O.o Yeah, I don't know where that came from. Well, please keep an eye out for chapter 3, which should be out by next weekend. This is my break from Millenium Tours. Maybe it could be like missing chapters in Jess' story or something. It almost lines up.
*Chapter 4 - Rememberance - The other side of the story*
By: DTT (Double Trouble Togepi) AKA: The Ultimate Masta
Inspired by and dedicated to: My BFF JessieHeart.
Spyke oiled Cyandog's arm parts as Crosserdog sat beside him. "I've never been able to figure it out, Crosserdog." He had grown since his days of constand robattle losses, and since he'd last seen Samantha. "I never would have told her how I fealt if I didn't think she shared my feelings. I was so sure..."
Crosserdog, in a state of half-meditation, (If he was in deep meditation, Spyke would get mad at him for not listening) simply nodded. "Peppercat was on your side if it makes you feel better. I'd never seen her in such a good mood."
Spyke sweatdropped, then picked up a cloth. "I'm not trying to impress Peppercat..."
"I'd hope not."
Spyke wiped the blue metal with a degree of expirience. "All my life... Even when it didn't seem like it, even when I've had other crushes, Boss' always been on my mind. I just hope she isn't in the same place as me."
Crosserdog looked at his master. "What does that mean?"
Spyke sighed. "Every night, my last concious thought is her. Every morning, I wake up with her face in my mind. Every day, I feel alone, knowing I'll probably never see her again. Every loss, I know she could have done better. Every win, I have nobody to celebrate with. I just have an emptiness that nobody, not even you, Cyandog, can fill..."
The small medabot just looked at him in awe. "I wish I were human... Still, I'm crosserdog until you finish."
Spyke facefaulted, thinking, I knew that. Oh well. He smiled only slightly. "You don't want to be a human. People are heartless, cowardly, confusing, confused, weak, and full of lies."
Crosserdog shook his head. (By now he was by no means meditating.) "That's not always true, boss. You aren't. You proved it when you told Samantha how you fealt about her. You loved her with all your heart, you had the courage to tell her, you let her know exactly what you meant, you knew exactly waht you wanted, you had the strenth to withstand her rejection, and you told her your deepest secret, no lies."
Spyke smiled gratefully. "Thanks, Crosserdog." He clipped together the two metal halves of the arm piece and replaced the screw, then started to polish the metal in a few places, last moment. His clock suddenly began ringing uncontrolably.
Spyke leapt to his feet. "Oh, man, I was s'posed to be at the Hopmart by now!" Spyke popped open Crosserdog's medal cover and grabbed his monkey medal. He flung his backpack on hisback and ran out the door of his room. He put the monkey medal into his medawatch and ran down the street.
Spyke passed by the anklebiters with barely a glance. The three had seemed unbeatable, then, so long ago. Especially when they beat Samantha. But once she was in danger, he and Cyandog had won. It was a fluke, but that little bit of confidance had built up and made Spyke and crosserdog, and Spyke and Samantha, closer than ever before.
As he ran around the corner and into the Hopmart, Spyke almost ran into Ikki, who was standing out of breath just inside the doors, Metabee lounging in a nearby chair. Spyke popped the monkey medal into his medawatch. "Transport medaparts!" He pushed a button, and Cyandog's body appeared before Spyke. He popped the medal out of his medawatch and into Cyandog.
Cyandog's eyes lit up and he shook his head violently, then looked around. Spyke settled into a chair. Karin looked at him. "Are you okay? You don't look so good, Spyke."
He sighed heavily in response. "I was thinking."
"About what?" Ikki asked, suddenly catching his breath.
"Her."
Erika raised an eyebrow. "Again?" She leaned back, her arms crossed behind her head. "What happened, anyway?"
"Well... I told her..." Cyandog sighed, crossed his arms on the counter, and buried his head in his arms. Metabee looked at him funny, but quickly turned back to Spyke. Ikki, Koji, and Sumilidon blinked a few times. Henry looked up from sweeping the floor, and Erika, Karin, Brass, and Neutranurse just stared.
Spyke sighed heavily. "I told her I loved her..."
After a small pause, Spyke got many reactions. The girls mostly just blinked, except Erika. Karin then smiled and noted that that had been a sweet thing to do. Most of the boys, and Erika, began to laugh hysterically.
Spyke and Cyandog sighed. Spyke slumped. "That's what she said..."
Karin put her hand on Spyke's shoulders. He looked up at her. "Thanks..." He sighed. "Maybe I should go home."
Nobody tried to stop him. Cyandog stood and walked to the door. Spyke grabbed a doughnut and ran out the door. Henry jumped and ran out, too, but couldn't leave as he was on duty. "Will you quit stealing our food?!?!"
Spyke held the doughnut tactfully in his mouth and balanced the weight of his backpack on his shoulders, then looked back to make sure Henry hadn't stopped Cyandog. Maybe he should have grabbed his medal just in case... But he got out. With the disbanning of the Screws, Spyke had all but given up robattling. While he didn't issue challanges, he still accepted them.
He thought back on the reactions of his friends - Ikki, Karin, Koji, Henry... Samantha - All laughed. And Spyke finally understood. She may have really loved him back. That may have been why she asked if he'd ever felt love. But because she knew what everyone would think, all their friends thinking it was a joke, she laughed, too. She didn't want to be the center of attention, and she didn't know how else to react, so she laughed.
There we go. Another one down. Yeah, I think I may have gotten carried away with it... So what? I had fun, and I'm sure it was worth it. If anyone wants to tell me otherwise I'll beat some sense into them with my pickle. O.o Yeah, I don't know where that came from. Well, please keep an eye out for chapter 3, which should be out by next weekend. This is my break from Millenium Tours. Maybe it could be like missing chapters in Jess' story or something. It almost lines up.