A/N hey there! ThePeaWithGoggles here! And welcome to chapter 19! Wowie! we're so close to 20! Man, this is the longest story I have written in a while. Anyways, I think this will be a pretty eventful chapter. ;) by the way, prepare for violence, so I guess I'll boost this chapter to T. enjoy!
The Ice Pea didn't say anything, she was completely silent as she stared at the younger Peashooter in utter shock, she was basically stuck in her position.
The 2 Plants were in the meeting room, but Icee was the only one there, however, the chairs weren't in their original position, hinting towards a recent meeting.
Peater too couldn't move or speak. His sister looked pretty much exactly the same, the only difference he could see was the increase in height.
The Peashooter scratched his bulb awkwardly, his brown eyes unable to meet the Ice Pea's blue ones. He instead took his attention towards a used chair nearby. But he decided to end the awkward silence.
"Nice to see you again, Icee." He forced a smile, no longer looking at the direction of the chair. "It's been quite a while, hasn't it?"
The Ice Pea remained silent. She rubbed her eyes, thinking that this was all a hallucination, but she was wrong, very wrong.
She couldn't form words, each time she opened her mouth it would be closed in a matter of seconds. She sighed before taking a deep breath.
"You've..." She reluctantly closed her mouth once more before looking away, she didn't dare to look at her brother in the eyes once more.
The only thing that was sensible to the Peashooter was to approach her. He hesitated, what if he'll end up getting frozen in the spot? Shooking his head. Slowly but surely. The Peashooter came closer to the Ice Pea.
Icee's eyes widened as she noticed Peater approaching her, but she remained stuck in the spot, ready to face whatever the Peashooter was going to throw at her.
Then, the unexpected happened.
The Peashoter pulled his sister into a tight hug once he was close enough. His grip tightening as each second passed.
"I...thought I would n-never see you again.." His voice was cracked, he was at the brink of crying as tears threatened to pour down from his face.
The hug tightened.
Icee stared at the Peashooter who was hugging her in shock, she had no idea what to do other than to return the hug. A small smile appeared on her mouth.
"It's nice to see you again, Pea." She spoke out with a nickname both of them haven't heard for years, the only response from the Peashooter was a sob.
The Peashooter choked out a sob before releasing the Ice Pea. He looked away, ashamed of what he has done. He sighed. "I tried to make amends...I tried to...fix this."
Another sigh could be heard from the Peashooter. "But I only made things worst, haven't I?" The Peashooter frowned before looking back at her sister with bleak eyes.
Icee came with no response, she returned with a look of hope. "I understand that you went through a lot...and not everyone has forgiven you, but I know I have." She gave him a hopeful smile.
The Peashooter smiled warily as he walked away from his sibling, not wanting his pitiful presence to be seen. The Peashooter stopped at the door before looking at the Ice Pea one final time before leaving.
"That...isn't enough, Icee."
The Ice Pea was too late, the Peashooter already hypered out of the room before she could reach him. The Ice Pea looked outside the meeting room rapidly, her brother was no where to be found.
She quickly took action as she muttered worryingly to herself, hoping that what she was thinking wasn't what Peater was going to do.
The Chomper decided to explore while Peater was having his little talk with Icee. He soon found himself in a large room which was labeled as the "Machinery Room". Hershel would love spending his time in here.
It was way larger than the machinery room in his base. All kinds of machinery could be seen being tested, produced or currently only having the base of the machines built.
Many Plants were running around, tightening screws, wearing welder masks. Doing things that the Chomper couldn't truly grasp the meaning of.
The Chomper was sure that a lot of Plants who were part of the Leguminosae family have been here before, since the handy work of more than one could be seen throughout the large room.
Mostly of the machinery were robotic parts and futuristic guns, he pondered on why they needed the guns, weren't their projectiles enough?
They have been using them for over 20 years, sooner or later the entire Plant team would only use guns like the Zombies, which he hoped wouldn't happen.
What interested the Chomper the most though, was armour that was made for Chompers, it looked exactly the same as a Armour Chomper's.
He took a few seconds to get a good look at it. He turned around soon after, heading back to the exit. Deciding that there weren't anything left for him.
The Peashooter has been walking around the base aimlessly since he left the meeting room, his mind full of terrible thoughts.
You deserve it.
You deserve to die!
You deserve to be hung!
You deserve to have your head hung on a wall on shame!
The Peashooter growled softly as he tried to push away the thoughts, he really didn't want to deal with them right now.
He continued to walk through the halls of L.E.A.F HQ as the voices in his head spoke bad things about him. Every mistake he has done, the pain he has inflicted on others, the reactions that his friends had when they found out he was the reason the Plants were nearly wiped out.
Did he even had friends? He wasn't sure.
He sighed as he took a glance at the rooms in his left and right. Stopping when he saw a room that was labeled as the "Kitchen".
He was hungry, but what made him stop wasn't his hunger. It was because of his older brother's love for cooking.
Kendrick didn't cook very often. But when he did he had quite a lot of fun, usually the results would be having a pan being set on fire but when it didn't the food was actually quite tasty.
He knew that Kendrick was way better at cooking than he was.
Maybe he could go in and have a look? Maybe kitchens got a bit more advanced?
He let his curiosity get the best of him as he opened the door that lead to the kitchen.
Like every other kitchen in a base, it was connected to the canteen, which was no surprise to the Peashooter.
Looking around, not much was different from the last kitchen he saw, the equipment was pretty much the same.
Suddenly, a exotic smell met his senses, he looked to his right, it was coming from there. He quickly started to walk to the right of the kitchen.
Not soon after. He was met with a Fire Pea who was currently stirring the source of the smell, it was a big bowl of soup.
The Peashooter's eyes switched upon the Fire Pea and the bowl of soup every so often. It didn't seem like the Fire Pea has-
"I know you're standing there." He was stand corrected. The flaming Plant that stood in front of him stopped stirring as they took their attention towards him.
"Hey there!" The Fire Pea greeted with a warm smile. "Is there anything up you want?"
Peater came with no response. That voice was so...familiar to him. His eyes widened as realisation hit him like a ZPG.
The cooking, the voice, they were even the same species as him.
The Peashooter gulped as he reluctantly stammered out. "K-Kendrick?" Did he wanted to believe what he just said? Didn't Kendrick die 4 years ago?
What a day.
The Fire Pea returned with a strange and confused look. "How do you know-" he eyes widened as well. He looked like he was gonna scream in any second.
But what happened next was worrying. The Peashooter stared at the Fire Peashooter with adrenaline coursing through his veins.
The fire on his head turned into a intimidating blue, his anger was rising.
The next thing the Peashooter knew, he was getting tackled by the enraged Fire Peashooter.
However, the Peashooter's reaction was too slow resulting in being punched multiple times before being grabbed by the neck.
The Peashooter's eyes widened in shock as he stared at his brother's eyes, they were steaming with rage. "You had 1 job Peater, ONE JOB!"
He took another punch before getting thrown, his head hitting hard on a wall. He growled as he got up quickly, getting ready for another blow.
But once again, he wasn't fast enough to dodge the upcoming barrage of punches along with a kick.
Peater opened his eyes to be met with his brother, the fire on his head has turned purple. Oh no. The temperature in the room increased drastically.
The Peashooter stared at the enrage Fire Pea before getting up once more. Luckily, this time he able to dodge the punch, barely.
He quickly got into his senses as he punched the older Plant, only to be easily dodged and end up getting a kick from the back.
Jesus, Kendrick is fast. The Peashooter thought to himself as he dodged a few upcoming punches. He quickly activated his Hyper ability in a attempt to get away.
But a knife came flying at him as he came to a abrupt halt. He looked back to be met with a very mad Kendrick grabbing a knife from one of the shelves.
Another knife was thrown at his direction, which was easily dodged.
But not even a few seconds passed, more knives were being thrown at him, each knife harder to dodge than the last.
The Peashooter accidentally tripped on 1 of the thrown knives, soon his entire body met the ground with a loud thud.
The Peashooter was pushed down to prevent him from escaping. He slightly looked up to be greeted with his brother once more. The purple fire in his head blazing out like a flamethrower.
"Looks like this is the end, brother." Kendrick spoke out bitterly, a frown on his face. He grabbed a nearby knife before placing it down exactly where Peater's heart was.
The Peashooter closed his eyes, knowing that he deserved to die. He waited, but the sweet taste of death never came.
Opening his eyes once more, he was met with a Ice Pea standing in front of him. Protecting him from his death.
He could feel the melted parts of the Ice pea dripping down onto his stem, he knew how dangerous it was to have a Ice Plant in the same room with a angry Fire Plant.
"Kendrick..." Fear could be easily heard in the Ice Pea's voice. "D-don't...hurt..him." She was sweating like crazy. She could feel herself slowly being dissolved into nothing but water.
The Fire Pea returned with a look of disgust. "Icee...get out of the way, our so called "brother" deserves nothing but pain!" The Ice Pea's eyes widened in shock, taken back by her brother's reply.
"C-calm down, Kendrick! You're gonna burn the entire kitchen of you keep being like this!" The Ice Pea retorted. The crystals started to melt even faster.
The Fire Pea glared at his sister before looking down at the knife he held. The temperature started to decrease.
Both Peater and Icee tried to hide their expressions of relief as both the temperature started to decrease, and the fire on Kendrick's head turned blue, it was at least better than purple.
The Fire Pea snarled as the fire returned purple. He firmly grabbed the knife as he charged it at Peater.
Only to be blocked by Icee.
The Fire Pea's eyes widened in shock as he noticed that the knife was met only a few centimetres below her heart.
Peater, too. Had a look of pure shock.
The Fire Pea's eyes switched between the knife and Icee. "Wait wait!" He cried out. "W-why did you block him?!" He pulled out the knife from Icee's stem, resulting blood oozing out.
The Ice Pea returned with a weak smile. "H-heh.." That was all she could said before falling down in the floor unconscious, a pool of blood started to appear soon after.
"NO NO!" The Fire Peashooter cried out panicky as the fire returned to its original red.
Peater looked down at the pool of blood with wide eyes, his brother started to panic uncontrollably.
N-no...
A/N this seems like a good place for a cliffhanger. ;) hehe. Welp. I don't have much to say really. So until next time, ThePeaWithGoggles out!