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Senses by Equippers Revolution


*Chapter 196*

As Turbo and Zed parted ways and eased in different directions of the palace lot, Turbo's moseying footsteps began to press towards Berri's glowing tower. A white, glistening spire of shiny windows and lovely architecture, Turbo's golden eyes caught with the gang nonchalantly making their way out of the tower's front door, from across the gap. Turbo easily spot Berri, Theo, Wren, Throttle and Tatum, and with an easy smile, he quietly pressed on towards them and diligently began to reply to Lash's text message, in the process. Although the last twenty four hours was a handful of chaos he still needed time to bounce back from, he felt an easy swathe of love gloss him with an eternity of camaraderie. The easy going, lovely kiss of Berri's coding snug tight to his, the beautiful, proverbial embrace of now never feeling alone, he could feel the pep in his step so desperately beg him to break out into a sunny skip, though he shyly refrained. As his feet crossed the much larger, heftier teleport pad about two dozen feet from Berri's tower's front stoop and porch, his bare feet finally scuffed to a gentle stop in the grass as the group, on said front porch, began to slowly spill down the stairs and head for Turbo's figure, said group was a wild, happy, chatty mess of cuteness.

"Do YOU, Mr. Turbo Black, take Berri Kalivar to be your lawfully wedded wife?" Wren cheekily called as they all closed the gap, and though Wren was well aware Turbo's answer, Turbo broadened his golden gaze to the lovely group closing in on him and honed in to Berri's gorgeous, whole being with great admiration.

"I do," Turbo volleyed in sweet, gentlemanly confidence, to which Tatum cooed into a mess of cupped hands and gooey notions of romantic delight towards the two.

"Dammit, I wish I was ordained," Wren muttered as he rubbed his blonde, scruffy chin, they all sagged into each other's bubbles, though Berri didn't stop until she was sagged into Turbo's gooey embrace about his midsection.

"Just heard the news," Throttle stated in smiling, cute delight as him and Turbo caught eyes, he pat Turbo's upper arm as said arms came about Berri's shoulders, "Congratulations on the new coding, you two."

"Thank you," Turbo pressed in bashful warmth as Berri shyly pressed her face into Turbo's chest, a wide grin of cute, sunny delight was the only thing the fresh pair now fully radiated.

"We told Tatum and Throttle about how you spoiled it to the whole palace meeting," Berri muttered in teasing annoyance, and as the two softly gummed out of their loving embrace, Wren and Theo were rocketed into knowing laughter.

"That was so funny," Theo freely chuckled, to which Wren bobbed a nod.

"I'm sure you were mortified," Tatum giggled, she pressed her hands to her cheeks and shook her head, "What did King Zed say?"

"I think him and Tessa knew all along," Turbo rolled his eyes, still a smiling mess as him and Berri's hands and fingers intertwined in easy love as they stood next to each other, he volleyed his sweet, gentlemanly gaze into Berri's smiling, expectant eyes, "It's fine... Kind of to be expected, I'd say. I proposed to the woman, for User's sake."

"Yeah, I'd be shocked if Zed was upset, or anything," Throttle shook his head and was floored at their lovely, solid disposition, their confident auras that so easily radiated love for the other, their palpable camaraderie was contagious and bright, an irresistible splash of color that was difficult to peel from.

"Well, guys, we... Have QUITE a bit to discuss," Turbo stated through a hard, long sigh as he finally glossed his eyes about his little group of immediate friends and new family, he bobbed a nod and inhaled a deep breath, "Zed and I just had a good, important talk I'd like to break down, to you guys. Also... Berri and I were previously discussing a bit of a getaway, for all of us."

"I would kill for a vacation," Wren grumbled as he rubbed his cheeks in still exhausted defeat, Theo bobbed a nod, bugged his eyes and looked down.

"Yeah, after last night, I feel REALLY bad for you three," Turbo gestured to Berri, Wren and Theo, though he glossed his eyes to Throttle in understanding, as well, "Well, all of you guys, really. Even you, Tee... You guys have been going for WEEKS now."

"Dat concert life," Tatum muttered in whole understanding of said exhaustion, to which Turbo gestured to her, as well.

"Yeah, I think we all understand, in some form, here... You guys deserve a break," Turbo ushered with a nod, though he returned his gaze to Throttle, "This plan, of mine, includes an important task for Lash, and... I'm going to need your guy's help."

"We're here for you," Wren stated in confidence as he bobbed a nod and crossed his arms, and as him and Turbo caught eyes in the swell of sunshine they were hovered in, Wren pressed on in further fervor, "Let's get discussing, then, should we get settled somewhere for said talk?"

"Yeah, let's...Let's head back to my place," Turbo encouraged as he gestured behind himself, to the larger outdoor teleport pad that hovered in wait.

"Y-You... You guys want me to come, as well?" Tatum pressed in cautious, concerned delight, and though Turbo was ultimately the end-all of decision making, when it came to just who entered his home, Turbo kindly volleyed his gaze to Theo and bobbed a cute nod of soft agreeing.

"Of course, you've been adopted into the chaos, right? You understand what's up and what all of this mess entails, yeah?" Turbo pressed sweetly, to which Theo bobbed a nod of solid encouragement; Tatum brightened in a show of joyful surprise.

"Yeah, we filled her in on everything Lash-related," Theo assured in a mumble of cheeky caution, Wren rubbed his face in agitation and shook his head.

"TOOK like two hours, but yes, she's up to speed," Wren muttered with a laugh, and as everyone piled onto the teleport pad, they squeezed into the mess as Turbo cued up the teleport pad in his tower's front door foyer.

"Yeah, I'd say the drama that this whole palace lot contains of could just go on forever," Turbo mumbled cutely as the whole group was whisked away to Turbos lovely foyer, calm and still, though Tatum flinched in surprise and held her head.

"Whoaaa... Altitude change," Tatum muttered as she opened her jaw a little, to pop her ears; Turbo shot her a sheepish smile as everyone slowly collected at the wall of Turbo's front door.

"Oh, sorry, I... Forgot to warn you," Turbo gently pat Tatum's little shoulder and gave her a concerned smile, "We're sixty four floors up. Are you okay?"

"Oh, yeah I'm fine, it was just sudden," Tatum giggled, though as Turbo cued his palm of his fresh, new coding inside of his quick, beautiful glitching abilities, he unlocked his front door with his rosey coding, alone, and sagged his shoulders in kind relief as his front door began to heavily slide open.

"So freaking cool that you're a glitch and a wrecker, now, like me," Theo mumbled in cute, boyish delight as him and Turbo caught eyes with knowing smiles.

"Wild, right?" Turbo beamed, and as everyone slowly sagged inside and gathered about Turbo's kitchen island in lazy, moseying nonchalance, Tatum's curious eyes wandered in stunned delight, this being the first time she had ever been in Turbo's home.

"Holy User, you LIVE here?" Tatum pressed with a shaky giggle, her eyes drew to the gorgeous view from out beyond his wall of glass, in his living room, and though she pointed to the palace, on the sunny horizon, she narrowed her gaze in genuine confusion and shook her head, "Whoa, wait, what structure is that?"

"That's the palace," Theo cued, his eager, emerald eyes hooked to her disposition in wild curiosity as she gape and suddenly stabbed her intense, shocked fervor to Theo's; everyone easily blurt into soft laughter as she shot her attention to Berri and then Turbo.

"Wait, WHAT?" Tatum huffed in a shriek of cute surprise, Berri bobbed a nod, grinned and waggled her eyebrows.

"I know, I'm still not over it, even after all this time," Berri cutely mumbled to Tatum as they stood close to one another; as they all gathered about Turbo's clean, large kitchen island, his loft aglow with the noon sun, Turbo hovered in the main part of his kitchen, against the island and gestured out to everyone as they finally hooked their eyes to their future King.

"Alright, guys, we have... A WORLD of stuff to talk about, so let's list 'em and go down the line," Turbo held up his finger in preparation to compile a list with everyone, "First thing's first, I wanted to discuss the idea of our little getaway, who it entails and the fact that Lash is invited."

"Okay, so that's first, second is... We should discuss the phone call I got from Bedgy a few hours ago," Wren sharply stated as he easily held up two fingers, in conclusion to Turbo's started list, as well.

"Oh, Bedgy called you?" Turbo pressed in surprise, though he side-eyed Berri and choked a nervous laugh, "Wanna tell everyone just who WE called?"

"Gunner," Berri muttered as she lulled her eyes closed in heated dread, everyone jolted in surprise.

"What'd he say?" Theo hissed in shock, though Turbo huffed a laugh as him and Wren added a third finger to their figurative list.

"Nothing good," Berri grunted in hot irritation.

"Okay, fourth? Anything else?" Turbo pressed, though as the group went quiet, Throttle cutely eyed his little brother in sweet, delightful knowing and bobbed him a respectful nod.

"Why don't we relish in you and Berri, for a moment longer, you two look like you just stepped off the surface of the sun," Throttle eased a cute laugh, to which everyone eagerly joined in full nods, and though Turbo sagged his arm to his island and gave Berri a full look of shy, smiling uncertainty, Berri shrugged, shook her head and grinned in equal fervor as Throttle carried on, "This is really special, you guys... Every union is special, but... This was something you both REALLY worked for, you guys. Berri gambled a world of patience, Turbo took a huge risk, and it was all rewarded. We've been wanting this, of you guys, for a long while now. I think I speak for everyone when I say..."

"FINALLY. Thank GOD," Wren blurt, everyone eased into smiling laughter as Turbo happily glossed his eyes about the group, and finally landed on Berri in wholesome delight.

"Yeah, This... This time around is different, it feels more real, more solid and secure," Turbo stated in warm confidence as Berri sweetly listened with her arms cutely crossed, "We have a few obstacles to sort through, within our new coding and our new powers and such, but... Otherwise, I think I speak for both of us when I say I'm... Wondering why it took us so long to get good."

"YEAH, Berri," Wren spat, to which Berri coughed a shy laugh and sagged her face into her hands.

"You're so much more timid than you used to be, lookit you," Throttle wheezed as he pointed to Berri, whose cute, crumpling, shy demeanor only splayed into a wider smile and a tighter scrunch of shoulders; Turbo easily scooped his arm about her shoulder and pulled her in close, into a side-embrace, for support.

"Yeah, like he said, it's still something we're trying to navigate together, but we'll be fine," Berri mumbled with a smile she desperately tried to contain, she sagged her arm about Turbo's lower back and eased into his side with a shy flutter of her lashes as she peered down to Turbo's glossy island, "That vacation is sounding nicer and nicer by the second. I could use like three SOLID days of sleep, I don't know about any of you."

"YES," Wren barked in a groan, Theo bugged his eyes and firmly nodded, to which Tatum rubbed her eye in sleepy delight and shot both boys a cute smile of previous understanding.

"I... I know last night I made clear just how difficult leaving was, for me, but... Before we discuss any of the points we listed, I just want to thank each of you for, well..." Turbo looked down to his island, inhaled a deep breath and kept his strong, loving arm about Berri's back in a snug of cute camaraderie. Berri rested the side of her head into the nook of Turbo's left peck and beginning bend of his armpit, she bat her lashes and gave him a cute, knowing grin of teasing annoyance, and though he scoffed a knowing laugh at said girly look of irritation, everyone easily lulled into knowing laughter. Turbo shook his head and squeezed Berri a little closer to her, "... Dealing with me. You all were right. No one wanted to kill me."

"You should've been scared of US, all along, cause now WE want to kill you," Throttle choked, Wren's sunny, lovely coding easily shone through Throttle's now sassy remarks, everyone easily fell into louder, happy laughter as Berri pat the center of Turbo's chest with a flutter of blushing cuteness.

"Just know that now we're due to torturing you and dragging you ALL around Arcade, kay?" Berri quipped cutely, a chirp of soft, revisited dread that kissed Turbo's skin in a spark of understanding, he bobbed a nod and heaved a shaky sigh as Berri gently pulled far enough way so she could gain proper, standing eye contact with Turbo, "You've given in to this new lifestyle. You have to do stuff with us, now."

"Where we go, you join," Wren bobbed a nod and gestured to Throttle, who coyly raised his hand a little and gave Turbo a smirk.

"That swapped code is now your top priority," Throttle mumbled cutely, "Where she goes, you go. I know you never really had this kind of a previous relationship with Libby, but things are different. You have all of us to guard and protect each other, I'd say we have a pretty solid group, here."

"I'm just glad I pick-pocketed Berri, that one night," Tatum blurt with a cute laugh, everyone eagerly peered to her with wide, knowing smiles as she urgently gestured out to her new crew, "I couldn't DREAM up a better group to be apart of, seriously."

"Well, we wouldn't have it any other way," Theo warmly encouraged, he gave Turbo a firm nod, put his hands on his hips and was now due to proving to Turbo that his efforts most certainly did not fall on deaf ears, and with everything that swiftly changed, everyone softly peered to Turbo as Theo so kindly ushered him the floor, "Alright, your Majesty... Give us the details."

Berri and Turbo stood in the gentle side embrace they were still so tenderly glued to, and as the sun seemingly shone down into Turbo's home, he let an easy, loving smile sprawl his face as him and Berri subtly caught eyes in a warm string of hot understanding of their new, fresh reality. Turbo inhaled a deep breath through his nose, let his powerful chest expand in the draw of energy that radiated the pair like the sun, and with his bride tight in his loving grip, he smiled to his dewy-eyed crew and bobbed a nod.

"Although you guys can take this weekend and drag me out of Sugar Rush and take me wherever... I've been heavily contemplating renting one of those resorts on Sugar Sun Island's ocean cliffside," Turbo gently instructed, "I just spoke to Zed about all of this, and he's given me a whopping TWO weeks off of work, for vacation. So, all we need to do is come up with the dates and I'll take care of the rest."

"Sugar Sun," Wren huffed in dreamy delight as he lulled his eyes closed, sagged his shoulders and shook his head, "Oh, please say more."

"I'm thinking we'll have our group here, invited... So, me, Throttle, Wren, Theo, Berri, Tatum, and then... I was also thinking of inviting Nox, Koko, Chester, and..." Turbo trailed off as everyone was all smiles, though once Turbo scuffed to a halt amidst his list, he softly drew his eyes to Throttle and bobbed a nod, "Lash with... The majority of his privileges."

"Whoa, wait," Throttle held his hand up and shook his head in dire concern, to which Berri also raised her eyebrows and curiously peered up to Turbo in raw apprehension, "You talked to Zed about this?"

"Yes, I did. We came to the compromise that, unbeknownst to Lash, he'll just be restricted to Sugar Sun Island with the majority of his privileges," Turbo explained cautiously, "... When I came home last night, Lash was awake with the highlights of the concert on. After I put Berri to bed, Lash and I sat out here and had a really... Really great heart to heart."

"You did?" Throttle pressed in billowing, soft, amost relieved curiosity, Turbo bobbed a nod and looked off in almost dumbfounded surprise.

"Tee, he openly told me he loved me," Turbo eased a chuckle of disbelief, to which Throttle bugged his eyes.

"What's made him grow so soft, all of the sudden?" Throttle wondered dryly, though Turbo cocked an eyebrow and tilted his head down in Berri's direction, in an obvious manner.

"Ol' Blue, capturing EVERY Turbotime man's heart," Theo blurt with a hard chuckle as him and Tatum fell into sweet laughter with each other.

"A love that's indescribably worth it," Wren cutely pressed as him and Throttle caught eyes in a draw of soft certainty.

"Yeah, Lash and I have become penpals," Berri blurt a soft laugh and shook her head, "I guess... I don't see a problem with him coming. It'll be really fun to have uncle Nox and aunt Koko come along, too."

"Weird, you called him uncle," Turbo muttered in hot, grinning concern, to which Berri furrowed her eyebrows and looked off in now confused contemplation, "He's your future brother-in-law."

"... But, he's also my uncle," Berri blurt with a flippant hand gesture, "Koko is my coded aunt, my mother's sister, and... Nox is Koko's swap mate. It's uncle Nox. I've always called him that! He's my uncle!"

"Yeah that's REALLY weird to hear," Throttle blurt a laugh and rubbed the side of his face, Turbo wildly furrowed his eyebrows and drew his confused, grinning expression to Wren and Throttle in sparkled bewilderment.

"Uncle-brother," Theo wheezed, him and Tatum stood close and fell into gooey laughter with each other.

"Anyways," Turbo bugged his eyes in further hot confusion, shook his head and shot Berri a cheeky smile, "That's... The plan. I have yet to tell Lash. Baby steps, here... I want him to be reintroduced into society and be a normal, operating gamer."

"Not every game needs to be dictated, Lash," Throttle muttered, Turbo nodded in irritation.

"He'll get there, we just... Have to give him a chance," Turbo eased, he heaved a soft sigh and shrugged, "Anyways, like said, we can come up with a date shortly, I'm sure this would coincide with whatever Bedgy told you this morning, Wren."

"Oh, right well..." Wren cocked an eyebrow and pulled out his phone, "I'll have you know, Turbo... Your little stunt of coming on to the stage, last night, and completing the ENTIRE concert with us has landed us an encore at Midnight Moon."

"WHAT?" Turbo, Berri and Tatum blurt in hot, smiling, concerned glee as Wren pulled up the article on his phone; he cleared his throat and began to read the headline and everything it all entailed.

"Arcade's long lost lore of a bad guy takes Arcadia's stage and steals the heart of Litwak's, melts the crowd of thousands with his incredible singing voice," Wren listed in a confident press of an announcer-like voice, "With a fresh new take that Archived Chaos desperately needed, crowds have gathered inside Arcadia, this morning, to beg Midnight Moon to have Archived Chaos' new lead singer, Berri Kalivar, and guitarist, Turbo Black, with Wren Fluggerbutter and Theo Schweetz, to return to said stage for an encore of their share of secret songs."

"It's because we sang our song, no one had ever heard it before," Berri cutely mumbled with a nod as her and Turbo softly caught eyes.

"In hopes to get the crew back on stage next weekend, with whatever new material they're willing to provide, Midnight Moon Theatre has kindly offered it's stage to the fresh core four that have brought more revenue and promise to Arcadia than has ever been seen from any of Arcade's massive stages," Wren concluded, he bobbed Turbo a nod and cutely grinned, "So, my guy... Whatever music you and Berri have up your sleeve, you're gunna need to share. We're on again, next Saturday."

"Holy shit," Turbo huffed a hard laugh and grappled the hair on the sides of his head, Berri equally grinned up to Turbo's eyes and shook her head.

"An encore!" Berri squealed cutely, to which Turbo blurt another excited laugh and scooped Berri up into an easy lift of a hug about her small waist. She eased a hard giggle as he twirled her once and set her back down, "A-are we just... Going back as Archived Chaos? How does all of this work?"

"Yeah, and what of Gunner?" Tatum warned in cheeky, smiling concern, "You said you talked to him this morning, too?"

"Yeah, what'd he have to say?" Theo wondered nervously, to which Berri fixed her fluffy hair, as her and Turbo settled, she shook her head and rolled her eyes as the remembrance of anger easily began to tickle the back of her skull like a hot poker desperately wanting to remind her of said full, red-raged anger; Turbo grit his teeth and peered to Berri in hot concern, for said previous fervor.

"It was nothing productive, I REALLY don't want to sit here and dissect it," Berri snapped in a sudden halt of sapped information, said mood swing had the group scuffed to a stop in hot concern, though she shook her head and carried on, "He threatened to sue us, he called me a bitch, he insulted Turbo like there was no tomorrow-"

"Whoa, whoa, Berri," Theo urged nervously as Turbo urgently held his hand to Berri's lower back and desperately gained eye contact with her; her beautiful gaze so easily dipped to an angry, glowing orange like earlier, mood and color that typically was impossible for any of the other Turbotime men to access, though Berri was somehow having the easiest time becoming unhinged. The tiny flecks in her irises flickered with red rage that seemingly prepared to encompass every ounce of blue left to her.

"Y-You adopted our mood-ring like gaze?" Throttle staggered in hot concern as the air about the island tensed in nervous concern as Turbo firmly gripped the tops of Berri's shoulders and made her look into his eyes.

"Babe, it's fine, it's FINE. He's an asshole, and everything he said to you was likely because he's just so wrought with guilt, we discussed this," Turbo eased tenderly, and it was here did Throttle narrow his gaze in a draw of teeth-grit concern and was beginning to understand that Berri was likely not having the easiest time swallowing every single last strand of their incredibly powerful, loaded, decades worth of informative coding. Turbo lovingly dote on Berri in the only way he currently knew how, in this raw instance, he gently tucked her hair behind her ear as her gaze seemingly began to quell to a dimmer, less angry orange, "He threw Tatum out, he's unhinged and jealous, he was due to doing the same thing to you but couldn't because you had a whole army on your side."

"Honestly, he probably hasn't slept, either," Tatum muttered, though everyone kept their tight gazes of concern to Berri, now in cold realization as to just maybe why she had become so swallowed by timidness and shyness, certainly having to cope with the eternal wall of information, that was Turbo's extremely heavy coding, was not the easiest thing.

"Babe, y'okay?" Wren wondered softly, though Turbo almost nervously peered to Wren, in innocent question and gave him his honest, apprehensively curious gaze.

"Wren, after you and Throttle swapped, did you... Feel as if it was maybe too many years of info, all at once?" Turbo cautiously asked.

"Um, yeah, I guess I had spells of it," Wren bobbed a nod and glanced in Throttle's direction, "You guys have SO many years of experience, memory files, information just logged away. I STILL find myself having to sit down and like... THINK, sometimes, cause it's almost as if you've downloaded a file too big to process, all at once, but... It's not debilitating, it's just something that reminds me to sink into my thoughts, for a second, and maybe just process a few things by myself before carrying on."

"It's been... An INSANE twenty four hours, sure, for all of us, but," Theo cautiously peered to Turbo, bobbed a nod and eased a kind, shy grin to Turbo's sweet, uncertain gaze, "You showed up entirely unannounced, which is GREAT, don't get me wrong... You nearly beat the shit out of Gunner, you preformed with Berri for an entire show, which was all she likely has ever dreamed of, you pushed through your social norms and signed autographs, dealt with press with us, had a great time and ended it all with asking Berri to MARRY you..."

Turbo now largely frowned and peered his now muted, grey gaze to Berri's fragile figure before him. Her aimless, clouded in thought gaze was lost in Turbo's chest, and though she eased a shy, crumpling smile, she finally lulled her eyes closed, pushed her face into her hands, in full exhaustion, and bobbed a regretful nod of agreeing to everything Theo was saying.

"And, sure you guys probably got a good night's sleep, but then..." Theo choked a nervous laugh as Wren, Throttle and Tatum now eased widening grins.

"You LOADED her with ANOTHER wave of information after she finally got back to her feet," Wren blurt, everyone easily roused with soft, understanding laughter, to which Berri and Turbo finally eased shy, knowing, apologetic smiles into each other's eyes.

"And then a seemingly lovely conversation with Gunner, of all people," Tatum muttered in dark irritation towards both her's and Berri's ex, a full understanding both girls could easily resonate with.

"You guys... EZ Living, the rest of Arcade, it's ALL not going anywhere," Throttle mumbled, he looked about Turbo's lovely loft, bobbed a nod, shrugged and almost cutely tossed the group a curious smile of uncertainty, "What say we... Close the blinds and have a big lounge-fest? People can nap, we can watch movies, we can just... BE."

"Oh I'm ALL for a day of doing nothing, you kidding?" Theo muttered as he rubbed the back of his head and peered to Tatum for her answer, she easily bobbed a nod of agreeing and huffed a shy laugh as everyone ultimately wondered just what Berri would think of said idea.

"Do you need to be alone? Or does that sound like a good idea?" Turbo pressed softly, "We can... We can just call Bedgy and tell her, look, we need a DAY."

"She'll understand," Wren eagerly nodded in certainty as he unlocked his phone and looked as if he was due to making that phone call at their word, anything to make sure everyone was comfortable; Berri furrowed her eyebrows amidst a show of impending guilt and nodded in crumpling, overwhelmed sorrow.

"Yeah, I... I'm really overwhelmed," Berri murmured as big tears began to well in her eyes, Turbo sagged his shoulders in whole dismay, towards himself, and easily scooped her into his strong embrace as everyone sorrowfully cooed notions of hot regret; with the tight gather of everyone now dutifully worming their way to Turbo's side of the island, everyone so tenderly softened and began to cautiously love on Berri in the form of kindly straightening her hair out, rubbing her arms, cooing quiet notions of assurance to her as she sat sagged and defeated in Turbo's scoop of an embrace.

"I'm so sorry, babe," Turbo mumbled in dreaded nervousness as he pushed his face into the top of her head.

"Hey, just say the word, we'll all go put on our PJs and do nothing today," Wren shrugged, he smiled and looked about to everyone and was now floored this was the plan for today, "We deserve it. We can sleep, lounge, eat, do nothing, it's fine."

"Zed made clear I can have time off," Turbo bobbed a nod and shrugged, his embrace was still tight about Berri as Tatum so sweetly began to daintily braid a small section of Berri's soft hair.

"Hey, we're all here for each other, okay?" Throttle pressed to Berri as he stood closest to where she was facing. She finally peeled open her teary blue eyes and peered her shy, hopeful gaze tight into her new big brother's loving face. He gave her the sweetest smile and tenderly tucked some of the bangs from her eyes as she lay smushed in Turbo's strong, unwavering grip, "We're all family, here. You're my new little sister... You clearly have an army of people willing to go above and beyond for you, for everyone here. If you need a time out, we're happy to bend."

"I'll nap alllll day long if that's what you want," Tatum cutely chimed with a firm nod, Theo eagerly joined and scoffed a laugh.

"I'm the king of naps," Theo encouraged, all this gentle love and cooing attention finally got a sweet, humbled smile from Berri's figure.

"Alright... C'mon guys," Turbo pressed warmly as he gave Berri one final squeeze, "We got a whole lot of nothing to do, today."