Thwack

Bounce

Smak

Tom threw the ball against the wall to combat boredom. One week ago, he'd tried to escape The Foundation, ended up becoming the monster, killed several people, then got tranquilized. In the end, Dr.L talked to him and answered Tom's various questions. They made a few deals, shook hands and were done. Tom got a bouncy ball, and visits from Dr.L and the guys who's room he'd snuck into.

As it would turn out, Dr.L had forgotten to turn on the voice recorder during their deal, so the specifications were only known by Tom and Dr.L. The two guys, Edd and Matt, were pretty cool. For some odd reason, they liked Tom, and enjoyed their times together.

Tom couldn't understand why. He had killed hundreds of people before, but they seemed to understand that Tom didn't want to kill.

During his time trapped in the beast's body, he had done something he never thought he could.

He controlled the monster.

During the whole rampage, Tom lay still, only slightly bothered at the amount of lives he was taking, knowing he would deal with it later.

He'd done it before.

His breakthrough was when the beast made it to Dr.L's office, where Edd was.

The beast didn't recognize Edd, but Tom did.

Tom had remembered Edd from the many nightmares that plagued his sleep, where the monster would always hurt him or Matt in some way.

Tom didn't want his nightmares to become reality.

He did everything he could, tensed up, screamed, tried to keep the beast from advancing and tearing Edd to bits.

It worked.

It had worked.

...

The sound blared and a light flashed over the doorway.

Edd, Matt, and Dr.L walked into the room, Dr.L holding some papers.

"Hey guys!" Tom said, standing up.

"Hey Tom!" Edd replied.

"Tom! Think fast!" Matt shouted, throwing a pencil case straight at Tom's face.

"Too slow, Thomas!" Dr.L called as the pencil case smacked Tom straight in the face.

"Ack!" Tom shouted as he tumbled over.

The room went silent, except for Tom hitting the floor.

"Uh oh..." Edd whispered with a giggle.

Tom sat straight up and chucked his ball at Matt, hitting the ginger man square on his forehead.

"Ow!"

The throwing of items went back and forth for a few minutes, even Dr.L tossed a paper airplane at one point. Afterwards, the four men sat in the corner of Tom's cell and talked. Dr.L mainly just lay down on the floor and did some work, only minorly contributing to the conversation. He was there more because he felt lonely in his office. It was quiet all the time there, and the beige, bland walls gave him nothing to stare at. Being with these guys, even though one was a monster and the other two were... questionable, was still better than being utterly alone in his office.

Eventually, the conversation turned to food, and everyone realized how hungry they were.

"Dr.L?" Matt asked, "Could we pleeeeeease get some food from the cafeteria? I'm starving!"

"Fine, but only you and Edd can go. Tom isn't allowed out of his cell for a while." Dr.L replied lazily.

"Oh, ok!" Matt and Edd stood up and headed towards the door.

"Don't worry Tom! We'll get you something good!" Edd called from the doorway.

"You better!" Tom shouted with a grin.

That left Dr.L and Tom, alone in the room. The only sound heard was the scribbling of Dr.L's pen on his paper.

"Oh, Thomas, I forgot to mention this during our last visit. You will start some training next month to... control that thing." Tord said, not looking up from his paperwork.

"Hm?" Tom replied, the words not registering in his head.

"I said, you will begin training to control that monster." Tord repeated.

Tom took a moment, not really believing what he was hearing. They were going to what? Help him control the monster? Well, he had done it once a week ago and he could possibly do it again, but... how could he force himself into the monster?

When Tom started to laugh, holding his stomach and falling backward, Dr.L started to seriously reconsider his decision.

Just when Dr.L was about to get out, Tom stopped laughing and stood up. He walked over to Dr.L, who was also standing, about to leave.

"That won't happen." Tom hissed, inches from Dr.L's face. Dr.L brought his hand up between them and shoved Tom away.

"What makes you think that?" Dr.L seethed.

"There is no way to control that monster, trust me, I've tried." Tom lied, "So what makes you think that someone yelling at me to Try harder! and Believe in Myself! will fix anything?"

"You can be fixed! We have extremely advanced technologies here at The Foundation-"

"Fixed? Fixed? I turn into a bloodthirsty monster and you say I can be fixed?" Tom interrupted, "And what are your 'advanced technologies' going to do? Tell the horrid beast to listen to me? As if!"

The shouting, arguing, and overall anger continued for minutes.

Tom even thought about inviting the blackening thoughts to take control and return, turning him into the monster, killing Dr.L, showing him that Tom couldn't be fixed.

He couldn't do that, but with the nonsense that Dr.L was spewing, it seemed like he might have to.

The arguing turned to silence when the sound blared from the speakers and the door slid open, revealing Edd and Matt balancing four trays full of pasta.

The four stayed still, Edd and Matt holding their trays up precariously. Dr.L and Tom, both with their hands still in the air from tossing them around angrily.

The silence was broken when a metal fork from one of the trays clattered to the floor, causing Matt and Edd to finally enter the room. They walked over to where the other two were standing and sat down, Dr.L and Tom soon following. Edd dished out the pasta to each one of them.

They ate in silence.

im sorry for this chapter, i hate it, you probably do too, just kinda filler till we get to the good stuff

also, this is the chapter i hate the most so far, and it has one of the highest word counts so far.

oops

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