Korrasami 88: Says the guy who made Riley and Meg lesbians.

Drunken Hamster: I'm... going to ignore this one.

Al Drin Hoshizora: I have no response.

I am a burglar: Try something.

Satsui no Hado Ryu: No, really?

Creamy Buttercap: Here, have a snickers.

Gloyd Orangeboar: Yummy.

Antha1: She's redeeming herself... And that's the only answer you'll get.

GANGSTA: Moving on.

The Batista: What does WWE have to do with any of this?


Sawbones, Ghoul and Noose sat at the front of Yellowjacket's house, waiting for their young comrade to show up. Ever since the trio had recovered after being knocked unconscious by the Andersens, they had resolved to stay at Yellowjacket's house until she showed up, and there they had waited.

Zombies, luckily for them, don't get bored nearly as fast as uninfected humans do. However, despite this, after waiting for nearly a day for their child sidekick to arrive and reunite with them, it occurred to one of them that sitting and waiting for Yellowjacket to show up wouldn't do them much good.

"Hey guys," Noose said, sparking the attention of the other two. "You think... Yellowjacket ain't showing up?"

Sawbones and Ghoul growled at Noose, causing him to flinch and shuffle farther away from them. During the last few weeks, he'd grown more wary of both of them. He at least had some trust in Ghoul and knew she was only acting out because Yellowjacket was gone, but he wasn't so sure of Sawbones. The two mainly stuck around with him out of fear.

"This is her home," Sawbones reminded, putting an effort into every word. He didn't talk much, even before he was infected. He continued, saying, "She will return."

"What if she's dead-dead?" Noose pointed out. "The Freaks were seen with her last, and killing us is what they do."

There was a moment of silence as the other two considered the possibilities of Yellowjacket being dead. Eventually Ghoul jabbed her fist into Noose's shoulder and snapped, "You're braindead!"

Despite this, even she was wondering if it was true that Yellowjacket was dead. Sawbones simply shrugged.

"It'd be merciful just to kill her," He pointed out. "If she's alive, they most certainly are putting her through the worst torments."

Sawbones didn't remember much of his past, but he did remember that there had been a lot of suffering in it. Sometimes he experienced it, sometimes he dished it out. But he knew that they were not pleasant memories.

"Hopefully, her pain is over," He said to try and reassure the other two. "For if she is alive, who knows the suffering she is being put through?"


"No! Please no! You mustn't do this to me! Oh, please, not that!"

"It's for your own good, Riley!"

"No, you can't. You can't!"

"If you won't do it, I will!"

"Don't force this on me!"

"You... Have... To... Eat the broccoli!"

"I won-" Riley started but was cut off by Jill jamming the broccoli into her mouth, which had been forced open by Bill. Riley started gagging as Bill forced her to open and close her mouth to munch on it.

"Almost... Done..." Jill reassured both Riley and Bill as the broccoli was shoved into her mouth. Riley swallowed against her will, and finally, Bill released her. Riley collapsed on the ground, gagging, and scrambled into the bathroom. Bill and Jill heard the sound of the sink water being turned on, followed by the sounds of Riley gurgling the water in her mouth.

"I thought you told me being a zombie would get rid of her affliction to broccoli," Bill mentioned to Jill as the two stared off in the direction Riley had ran in.

"Well, we had to find something for her to eat that was healthy besides brains," Jill pointed out. "It couldn't have hurt to try."

The two then heard Riley screaming and wailing from inside the bathroom. Then, they heard the sound of Riley coughing and gagging more violently than usual. Immediately feeling concern, the two slowly walked towards the open door.

"Uh, Riley?" Bill asked as he peeked into the room. "Are you... Alright?"

The two then saw Riley leaning over the bathroom tub, gagging and choking. With the way she was choking, the two could tell she wasn't feeling alright. Their fears were confirmed when she turned to look at them, and they saw her face was turning blue, and there was drool lining her mouth.

"Oh... no," Bill said. Before Jill could saw anything, Bill grabbed her and dove out of the way of the door. The two rolled around on the floor and came to a stop. Only seconds afterwards, the sound of Riley puking filled their ears, followed by green goo being squirted out of the room.

"...I think we should give her a minute," Jill said, and Bill could do nothing but nod. They heard Riley gag again, and they looked away in revulsion.


Bill and Jill didn't see Riley again for the rest of the day. They waited for hours for Riley to leave the bathroom, but she didn't. The choking and gagging eventually stopped, but they saw no signs of her, and they certainly didn't want to enter the bathroom itself.

After hours of waiting amounted to nothing, the two simply fell asleep in Riley's bed. The two lay snuggled together, and soon, their snoring filled the apartment.

About a half hour after they had fallen asleep, Riley finally left the bathroom. She slowly approached the bed, and looked down at the two from the side of the bed. She watched them, unmoving, not even blinking.


(In Riley's Mind)

"I can't believe they fed us broccoli," Pixie stated disgustedly, nearly puking from the memory. "I thought they said they loved us."

"Yellowjacket could've died from that!" Nerve pointed out, speaking in terror. "If she died, we'd die, and we'd never get our memories back!"

"Oh, that does it!" Brick said, slamming his fist into his open palm. "I saw we eat them now!"

At that point, Star jumped up and said, "Everyone, calm down!" Instantly, all the emotions stopped talking and looked up to Star.

"Now, it was really uncalled for that they made us eat broccoli, I'll admit that," Star told the other emotions. "But... if we eat them now, then we won't be able to unlock our memories, and we'll be stuck in this... state for the rest of our lives. Now, do any of you want that?"

"...I want to go home," Teardrop confessed miserably.

"We'll go home after we get our memories back," Star reassured. "But until that happens, we have to play it cool. So, no complaining for the rest of the night."

The emotions began mumbling to themselves as they left to go to sleep. The moment they were gone, Star ran to the memory tray and activated it, allowing the core memories to pop up. She stared at the one which had glowed before, and saw that it was still glowing, but only ever so slightly. It hadn't gone out, though.

Star sighed in relief, then left to go to sleep.


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