Chapter 15 ...You Panic!

Iggy's arms were quivering like a leaf in a tornado. His heart beat was so rapid that it would make a mouse blush. His breathing….well, the less said about that the better.

"Iggy, are you okay?" Fear asked.

"I….I…."

With that, Iggy fainted.

…

The lights right above him were flickering when he opened his eyes. The constant switch from black to white was causing him to feel immensely confused. He lifted his head and saw that he was lying in an exam chair in his lab. He was surrounded by all of his siblings, including the traits of Wendy that had not gone with dark Iggy.

"He's awake!" Happiness exclaimed.

The indigo shelled Wendy approached Iggy carefully.

"Are you okay, Iggster?" she asked. Iggy groaned in response.

"Wha...what happened?" he asked groggily.

"You got abducted by aliens; what do you think happened?" asked Sarcasm.

Determination elbowed his fellow trait in the stomach.

"What he meant to say," he said, "is that you fainted after Dark Iggy left. We all carried you back to the lab."

Iggy looked at the group surrounding him. He noticed for the first time that Morton, Larry, and Roy were within it. Morton approached him, with the same amount of caution that the indigo shelled Wendy had.

"The symptoms that you exhibited were similar to that of an extreme anxiety attack," he said softly.

Iggy felt his heart sink. An anxiety attack? He had an anxiety attack? On some level that made sense; even Iggy himself would admit that he wasn't the most mentally stable when it came to that sort of stuff. But still...it was pretty inconvenient that he had one now of all times.

"Guys, I am so sorry," he said.

"Iggster, it's fine," said Larry with a smile. "At least no one else got hit by the personality splitter."

Iggy sighed in relief.

"That is good news." He then studied Wendy's four traits. "So, who exactly is who?"

"Oh, right, you guys haven't been formally introduced," Morton said. He gestured to the gray Wendy, who had on a shy expression. "This is Wendy's timidity."

Timidity looked at Iggy. She gave a little wave.

"Hi," she said meekly. She looked like a person who would break under the slightest input of pressure. Morton then gestured to the indigo shelled Wendy.

"This is Wendy's empathy."

Empathy nodded and smiled at Iggy.

"You have no idea how relieved I am that you are alright," she said. "I was extremely worried about you."

Morton then gestured to the teal and beige Wendys.

"And those are Bravery and Creativity."

Iggy looked to where Morton was pointing. Creativity, the teal colored Wendy, was sitting at one of the lab tables. She had a humongous box of colored pencils by her side, and was sketching something onto a piece of printer paper. Bravery, the beige one, looked a little antsy. Iggy supposed that this was because she did not have anyway to fully express herself at the moment.

"Iggy," Bravery said. "We have to stop Dark Iggy."

"She's right," Determination said. "Dark Iggy should not be able to go through with his plan. On top of that, none of us can exist as a fifth of a person forever. We need to get back together."

"But how are we going to do that?" asked Worry. Roy smirked.

"Are you kidding me? That should be easy!" he exclaimed. "After all, there are more of us than there are of them."

"That's true," Worry responded. "But the people that Dark Iggy has on his side are much more powerful than we are."

"Yeah," said Determination. "Ludwig's rage is on Dark Iggy's team."

Iggy nodded sullenly. That one factor, of Rage being on the dark side, was the main reason why he did not see anyway that they could get out of this. Despite the numbers that his side had, they could not fight against a special at full power. He let out a sigh.

"I don't know what to do," he admitted to the others. "I mean, how can we take on the dark side with the line up they have?"

Everyone considered this. The more they thought about it though, the more their own dread increased.

"I don't know," Larry admitted.

"If only there was a way to get rid of Rage," Roy said.

Suddenly, a gasp escaped from Creativity's mouth. Everyone turned to her. They were able to see that her eyes were shining, almost as if a literal lightbulb went off in her head.

"I have an idea!" she said.