A/N hey there! ThePeaWithGoggles here! Welcome to chapter 14! The second part of the last chapter was dark wasn't it? Haha, things might get even darker for a later chapter...anyways, let's focus on the present for now. This will be set in the usual third person unlike last chapter, enjoy!
For the last few hours he has been walking in whatever direction he felt like was right, but he knew that he most likely won't get back to the base anytime soon. And once he does he'll probbaly get beaten up quite horribly.
But other than walking aimlessly, the memories he had with his best friends since the beginning of their friendship 4 years ago echoed through his mind. Suddenly, a vision of his birthday appeared in his head, he felt like he was reliving it, but he knew this was just another one of his memories.
2 years ago...
It was a great day. The sky was shining bright and there weren't any Zombies around, but on this peaceful day, there was a Chomper sitting in his office.
It was his birthday, but he has done nothing to celebrate it at all, he was too old for gifts and his friends were on a mission, heck. They were the only ones who knew that it was his birthday.
Sighing, he got from his seat as he walked out of his office.
It was a nice base, it had a wide canteen along with a large garden where you can go for a walk in. Ane smiled, if it wasn't for his friends and himself's courage to face Zomboss, none of this would of happened.
After a few minutes of walking, he came to a halt as he noticed a group of young Plants playing with each other, happy smiles on their faces.
He too, smiled. But after a minute of watching the Plants, he continued to walk.
Ane always wanted a great childhood, sure it was great, but only for the first few years...
He shuddered at the traumatising scene, but was replaced with a small frown as he continued his little stroll across the base.
After another few minutes of quietly walking, he was met with the entrance of the canteen, which was opened, it revealed a bunch of Plants eating, getting food or just plain hanging out with their friends.
The happy smiles that was printed in their faces made the Chomper filled with joy, you can say he was jubilant, but the wide grin he had was replaced with a curious expression as he noticed his office looked as if it had decorations around it, it was weird that a Chomper like him could actually see that far.
But what was more concerning that is something was happening in his office, he quickly sprinted as fast as a Chomper like him could.
Once he reached his office, he was met with a strange sight. The blinds were closed, none of the lights were on and he could hear faint breathing from the other side of the room.
He quickly got into a fighting stance just in case, but suddenly the lights were turned on and he was met with a surprising sight.
Birthday decorations were tied up around the room, that biggest one being "Happy Birthday!" That was just behind his office seat.
But there weren't just decorations. Sarah, Mystic and Hershel were all gathered around with other Plants, wide grins in their faces.
"Happy birthday Ane!" They exclaimed happily in synchronisation, the smiles on their faces widen.
The birthday Chomper didn't expect this, at all. He looked around. He showed no positive emotions as he did so, which worried the other Plants who were in the office slightly.
But once he had his little tour around the decorated office, his emotionless face became one of glee, if he had eyes he would be crying tears of joy.
For the rest of the day, the group of Plants celebrated the Chomper's birthday, they sang the birthday song and they even brought a cake for him, but was easily eaten in one bite due to the Chomper's big mouth along with his appetite.
A few hours later...
Everyone started to go back to their respective rooms. All of them left, except a certain Cactus, who was holding a small present.
"Ane?" The Cactus said as she approached the Chomper who was untying the decorations that were left, most of them were untied with the help of the other Plants
"Yeah?" The Chomper replied as he untied a room that was attached to his desk, but once he finished he stared at the Cactus with a curious expression.
"Erm..." Sarah replied rather shyly, but she quickly lifted up the little present she was going to give to Ane. "Have this, it's a special gift that represents the 4 of us' friendship." The Cactus gentle threw it at the Chomper, who easily caught it.
She gave Ane a smile before speaking. "It's getting quite late, I'll take my leave. See you tomorrow Ane." She gave him another smile as she left his office, leaving him the only one there.
Ane took his attention towards the small gift that he placed on the table, with a curious expression, he opened it, revealing a smaller and wooden version of the gang all together, ready to take on anything.
The Cactus most likely crafted it with her spikes. He smiled, he then noticed that words were carved into the platform the smaller and wooden version of the gang stood on, each sentence with different hand writing.
The first one was in cursive writing, it was patiently written. This must've been the handing writing of Mystic. "I'll be the one that heals you up, helping you throughout the fight, may your future be filled with happiness."
The next one wasn't in cursive unlike Mystic's hand writing, it looked a bit more rushed than the first one as well. It was Hershel's hand writing. "Uh...I'll be the one who helps you out, I guess? May this gift bring you happiness and fortune...I guess..." The Chomper laughed slightly.
The next one, even if it wasn't in cursive like Mystic's hand writing it had it's own unique style and was patiently written as well. "May your future be bright. We'll all be by you side until the end, I hope you like this gift that I crafted for you, it's not perfect but I think it came out well." A smiley face was carved at the end of the sentence as well, earning a amused grin from the Chomper.
He quickly but carefully placed it on a nearby shelf, his smile widen once he did so. It was placed next to a old purple striped ribbon, it wasn't just any old ribbon though. it belonged to his mother.
He looked at the clock, only to notice that it was nearly 12. He gasped as he quickly took act, quickly untying the remaining decorations before turning off the lights of the office, soon returning to his room for a well deserved rest.
End of Flashback...
Ane quickly flashed back to reality, he hasn't noticed that he was still walking even during his little flashback until now.
He also have now realised that he was in the middle of nowhere.
He wanted to panic, but panicking wasn't exactly the best idea currently. He needed to find a shelter for the night, as the sun was close to setting.
Walking became running as he quickly advanced through Zomburbia, he luckily found a long abandoned house just before the sun started to set.
The house seemed to have been attacked, makes left from ZPGs still remained but was starting to disappear, the remains of projectiles could also be seen scattered around.
But even with the little evidence he had, he knew this place was long forgotten. He quickly went in the small house, not much of it was left.
The windows were broken and a empty bottle of what used to have water was sitting on a table, he felt rather thirsty once he saw the bottle, bc he decided to shrug it off.
His stood there, thinking. He soon drifted away from reality, only to be interrupted by the grunts and growls of both the Elites and the Browncoats.
Within a matter of seconds, a unarmored Browncoat suddenly appeared before him, but it was easily defeated from a single chomp to the head.
But after a few minutes of fighting the zombies in this small decaying house, he could hear the sounds of guns reloading as they got closer. A Elite has entered the building.
A barrage of yellow pellets suddenly flew right in front of him, barely not hitting him. He quickly noticed a Foot Soldier was hiding under a couch on the other side of the house but quickly jumped out of it as he reloaded their gun.
But just before the Foot Soldier could shoot any of their pellets onto the Chomper, a few peas from Dave knows where were shot through the air, hitting the Zombie right in the head, gaining a few critical hits, but the Foot Soldier couldn't react fast enough as another pea was shot on their head, vanquishing them.
The Chomper watched with shock as a Peashooter walked towards them, they looked like they were studying the Chomper until their eyes widen, they looked as if they seen a ghost.
"You okay there, sir?" The Chomper asked with concern, but after staring at the Peashooter for a good 4 seconds, he realised who he just talked to.
"Y-YOU!" The Chomper roared as he lunged at the Peashooter.
Back at the base...
It has been a few hours since Sarah along with Hershel and Mystic went back. And for the next few hours, was sitting on her bed alone, anger was written all over her face.
She felt betrayed, she felt like she had been backstabbed, which happened so many times that she couldn't even count.
And for the last few hours, she was isolated from the rest of the world. She locked the door, and if someone was knocking on her door, she would easily ignore them.
But she knew that she couldn't stay like this forever, but it also felt like she was.
The feel of frustration and anger were the only emotions that she could feel currently.
But what she didn't knew was that Hershel and Mystic were by her door for the past hour, they exchanged worried glances before the Mystic Flower spoke up.
"Are you sure she's going to be okay?" Concern was written all over her face. The Toxic Peashooter sighed before replying, a bleak look on his face. "I-I really don't know..."
A /N hehe, looks like we gotten to the torturing part of this story, so grab your feels tickets because we're going for a ride! ThePeaWithGoogles out!