Chapter 3, let's get to it!
Blake woke up to the harmonic sound of spaceship beeps and whirrs. Stirring, she stood up, looking around her. The room around her hadn't changed much, as was to be expected of being in space.
She walked towards the ladder, jumping up onto the second floor. She was starving! Was there anything to eat on this ship?
Peering through the viewing glass of two double doors, Blake could make out what appeared to be a kitchen. Wait, what was that small furry thing standing near the stove?
Her eyes widened. No, really? Seriously? She opened the door.
Her suspicions were confirmed. A cat, an actual, physical CAT was standing at the stove with a chef's hat on!
The cat turned towards her.
"Why hello there, Miss." The cat said in a strange accent. Of course it talks. "Breakfast will be ready soon, please do go wash your hands."
Blake nodded and did as she was told. "Where's Hat Kid?" she asked.
"The young Miss is off collecting more of those Time Pieces she so desires." The cat replied. "Maybe you'd consider helping her out if you're not too busy."
Blake thought about it. Hat Kid had given her a place to stay, why shouldn't she return the favor?
"I'll see what I can do."
The cat placed a plate at the table.
"Grilled fish and eggs, served straight from the skillet!" It said.
Blake smiled. While being a Faunus didn't mean she was entirely cat, she did carry some of her counterpart's mental as well as physical features, one of which being her preference for fish and seafood.
The double doors swung open. Blake looked over to see her hat-wearing friend.
"Morning, Hat Kid." She said.
Hat Kid waved, then walked over to the fridge, pulling out some milk and pouring it into a glass. She then walked over to the table and placed in on her end.
"So…" Blake said. "Is it just you and the cat in here, or…?"
Cat chef turned to her. "Oh no, miss. I only just started cookin' for Hat Kiddo. It's sort of a thank you after savin' us from that awful Mafia Boss."
"Mafia Boss?"
"That fat, mustached, good-for-nothin' 1-star-chef had an iron fist over Mafia Town." The cat replied. "Hat Kid here and Mustache Girl changed that. Though I have to say, what Mustache Girl did next went a little too far."
"Jeez, Hat Kid. I didn't know you busted gangs before." Blake said, smirking. "What did Mustache Girl do?"
Hat Kid looked away, showing clear unpleasantry with the mention of said person.
"That brat turned on all of the lava faucets over Mafia Town after the whole fiasco went down!" Chef Cat replied. "Can you believe it? The Mafia had disintegrated, and Mustache Girl made it worse!"
"I suppose I could." Blake said, remembering many occasions when the White Fang had decimated farms and other settlements even after the people had surrendered.
Hat Kid finished her glass of milk, and Blake's plate had been emptied.
"Well, y'all best get going! Those Time Pieces won't collect themselves, y'know." Chef Cat said.
Hat Kid nodded, and jumped off her seat. Blake stood up.
"Mind if I help out?" She asked.
The hat child smiled and nodded. Any help was welcome. She led her down to her room, where there was a telescope pointed at a particular area of the planet. It was a dark, foresty area, with purple clouds of mist scattered all around.
"Looks inviting." Blake commented.
Hat Kid pulled out her keychain, this time pressing a different button. The same green light enveloped them, before dissipating, leaving the two in a dark, wooded area. A massive tree stood before them, huge mushrooms poking out from the sides.
"Subtle." Blake said.
Hat Kid and her walked down a path in front of the tree. She noticed Hat Kid would stop every so often and look around.
After about 10 minutes of walking down the path, Hat Kid fully stopped and ran towards a circle of leaves with sticks sticking out from each side.
"Hat Kid, wait, I think that's a-" Blake began, but it was too late. Hat Kid stepped into the circle, and Blake ran after her.
The atmosphere started to get unusually cold, and Blake could sense something was off. All of a sudden, a massive explosion of purple-black goo spewed out from all around them. A loud booming voice rang out, making Blake pull out her sword.
"AHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! ``The voice said. A shroud of purple lurched out towards Hat Kid.
"YOU TOTALLY SCREWED YOUR-Wait it's just you." The voice said. The shroud of purple backed away from Hat Kid, now revealing two yellow eyes and a mouth that reminded Blake of a jack-o-lantern.
"Wait, no that doesn't make any sense, there was someone else…" The creature said. He then noticed Blake.
"YOU?! Who the heck are you?" The creature asked in surprise.
"My name's Blake Belladonna." Blake replied. "I'm with her." She added, pointing to Hat Kid.
"Wait,wait,wait what?" The creature said in confusion. He turned to Hat Kid.
"Kid, this ain't a vacation spot! You can't just bring whoever you want in here! You're not here to gossip with besties. You're here to WORK for ME!" The creature scolded.
"I can help if you need me to." Blake said.
"Ma'am, please. I'm trying to have a one-on-one with my employee here." The creature replied sarcastically. "She can stay, fine. But if she gets in the way, she's out!"
Hat Kid nodded. Deal.
"Good. Now, I believe you have some contractual obligations to attend to." The creature said. "GET TO IT!"
The purple-black dissipated, and the shroud flew into the ground, where it phased right into it.
"He seemed cheery." Blake said.
Hat Kid rolled her eyes. "Snatcher." She said.
"Snatcher? What does he snatch?" Blake asked.
Hat Kid shrugged.
"So what do we need to do?" Blake said.
Hat Kid pulled out some sheets of paper from her hat. They looked worn and yellowed. Blake bent down and looked at one of them.
"The Toilet of Doom?" Blake read. "That sounds like the title of a kid's comic book."
Hat Kid shrugged. She didn't really understand it either.
They decided to try doing the Toilet contract for today. Hat Kid lead the way, switching to her Scooter Badge. As they sped off, they noticed that pipes would occasionally appear out of the ground, spurting purple-black goo everywhere. Creatures of all kinds ran away from where they were going. A large hole stood in between them and the other side.
Hat Kid activated her Hookshot Badge and flung across the hole, Blake propelled herself over with a shot from her weapon.
They approached a large, stone circle. In the middle of the stone circle was a pool of green muck. In the middle was what Blake assumed was the "Toilet of Doom". It appeared to be nothing more than an old school wooden outhouse. That thought immediately disappeared when she and Hat Kid approached it.
The outhouse appeared to be sentient, as it reacted by making a roaring noise, slamming its door in and out in anger.
Did she really just go from fighting train robots to fighting a giant angry sentient outhouse?
The outhouse opened up with a ranged attack, jumping out of the pool and launching green balls of muck out of its toilet bowl. Hat Kid and Blake dodged the balls.
Blake rushed forwards, attempting to slice the outhouse in one go. She overestimated her opponent, as the outhouse sent her flying back as it swung its door open right at her.
Hat kid grappled onto a light post right above the muck pool, swinging right at the toilet. She managed to get a hit in with her parasol, making the outhouse topple over. The outhouse reacted by launching itself up in the air, slamming into the ground. Hat Kid hopped in the air as soon as he landed on the ground.
Blake got up from the ground and brushed herself off. Her Faunus senses immediately triggered, telling her she was in immediate danger. She leapt out of the way, just in time to dodge a hanging cage that was swung right at her.
She then turned to the outhouse, which was chasing after Hat Kid, the pipe on its top blowing green steam. Changing her weapon to gun form, she fired four bullets at the outhouse to get it's attention. The rounds tore through the side of the outhouse. It stopped for a second, then looked straight at her.
"Oh boy."
The outhouse let out a chilling screech before charging right at Blake.
"Why did it have to be toilets?!" Blake shouted, narrowly avoiding several slimeball attacks.
Hat Kid took this as a chance to get her hits in, switching to her Brewing Hat. She threw potions at the raging toilet, getting chunks of its door frame off.
The toilet lunged into the air, coming back down and sending out a mighty shockwave that sent both girls flying back into the green pool of muck.
Blake groaned as she saw her outfit was now drenched with the stuff. "Please let this stuff come off easily."
Hat Kid changed to Sprint Hat and charged right at the outhouse, umbrella poised to strike. Blake took her cue and followed suite, dashing to the side to avoid more chained cage swings.
Blake jumped up onto the outhouse and jabbed her sword into the door. The outhouse shrieked in what she could only guess was pain. She then used this opportunity to pry the outhouse's door open.
"Hat Kid, throw one of those potions in there!" She shouted. "Hurry! I can't hold on forever!"
Hat Kid nodded, rushing over. She jumped up, did a front flip, switched to her Brewing Hat, and got her potion in throwing position.
Landing on the seat of the toilet, she threw the potion in, then backflipped right off. Blake released her hold and leaped off as well. They both stood back a good five feet from the toilet to see what would happen.
The outhouse snapped it's door in and out a few times, before making some strange gurgling sounds. The door exploded right off its hinges, sending a tidal wave of green muck right at the two girls.
When it subsided, Blake found herself on all fours, spitting out junk from her mouth. Hat Kid tried to wipe off her face, which was covered in the stuff, preventing her from seeing anything.
Blake got up and wiped it off for her.
"Well, I think that's that." Blake said. "Toilet has been plunged."
Hat Kid let out a breath. What an ordeal.
"You wouldn't happen to know anywhere I could go to wash these clothes, would you? Blake asked.
Hat Kid shrugged. She hadn't unlocked her laundry room yet.
"That's a shame. Maybe I'll find one on Remnant. How do I get back there, by the way?"
Hat Kid pulled out her keychain, and showed her a button with a red rose on it.
Blake pressed the button, and the same green light enveloped her. Before she knew it, she was back in Remnant, sitting in front of a now smoldering fire with Hat Kid.
"Thanks. Maybe we'll stay in touch?" Blake asked.
Hat Kid nodded, handing her a keychain with only one button on it. The button had a picture of a spaceship on it.
"Cool. I'll come and visit again sometime. Hopefully we won't have to do any more business with toilets." Blake said.
With that, Hat Kid teleported away, back to her spaceship, leaving Blake sitting there.
"Literally nobody is going to take me seriously if I tell them what just happened."
Back on the spaceship, Hat Kid considered that she could've taken Blake to the laundromat in Mafia Town, but considering the mafia was still sour with her after she defeated the Mafia Boss, she put that thought to rest. She stretched her arms out. Maybe Yang would want to see her spaceship sometime. She and Blake and her could all help DJ Grooves or the Conductor make their new movies. The hat-wearing child smiled. If Blake thought the Snatcher was a fun one, she was sure the Conductor would give him a run for his money.
To more adventures in the new land of Remnant! She jumped in the pillow sea, into the diary room, and rushed right out of that door…
...Only to bump into a huge, hulking, armored, sword wielding...thingy.
No, yeah. No, yeah great. Yeah. Yeah! YEAH!