One week later, and we're back! Here we go, with some confusion being thrown around in there. Decided to name chapters using only one word because I feel like it.
Enjoy!
Everyone looked at me, as if I just ruined the moment or something.
"Just.. Tell me what's going on. First, Jessie comes to Mom saying she went to another universe. Then Mom says that she was at the Universe too. Then, they tell me I was born in this universe. Next, I realize that this universe is just some universe from an online web series. And finally, some Allison person sends us all to this universe! I want an explanation!" I didn't realize until I was done talking that Mom and Jessie were giving me frantic hand gestures telling me to stop talking before I say something I'm not supposed to.
"And, it's out," Jessie mumbled, sighing.
"A web series?" Tucker asked.
"Allison?" Felix questioned.
I realized that everyone had their eyes on me, and that we had attracted a pretty large crowd. Suddenly, a group of colorfully armored people came running down, probably trying to find what all the commotion is about. When they spotted us, they stopped. They were all staring at Jessie. As I got a closer look at them, I noticed that they looked just like the Reds and Blues, and, judging by the fact that Tucker was here, I told myself that they were.
"..Hey, guys," Jessie said, offering half a wave.
"What is going on here?" Washington asked, pushing through the crowd. "Jessie? I thought you were gone."
"It's a long story," Jessie answered, looking at Felix. When I looked at him, I saw put a finger to his lips in a quieting gesture. Okay, what happened?
"We got time," Said Grif, crossing his arms.
"Again, what did you mean by 'web series'?" Tucker asked me.
"Uh...," I said, before whispering, "psst! Jessie! Help me out here..." Jessie rolled her eyes at me.
"She means she was watching a web series when she came here," She said, not exactly lying.
"Also, I swear I heard the name Allison before," Tucker continued, and Washington, Tex and Church snapped their heads towards me.
"Allison?" Church asked, and Jessie face-palmed, glaring at me. Suddenly, Washington found himself looking at Mom.
"Wait.. Do I know you?" He asked, and Mom smiled.
"It's Lily," She said, and Wash nodded.
"How.. Do you all.. Know.. Each other.." I asked, but they didn't seem to hear me.
"What exactly did happen?" Asked Church, and Caboose raised his hand as high as he could. "... Okay, since I know you're gonna say it anyways, what is it, Caboose?"
Caboose took a deep breath, "As I already told you, but you did not listen, there was Lilly the unicorn who had Kat the cat, and they were running along the Rainbows of Salvation before they left and Fe-Fe the dog was sad so he left too and then they got jobs separated until Fe-Fe came here with Chess the butterfly but Fe-Fe sent Chess back and Chess was sad so she got Kat and Lilly and came back but we were all fighting civil arguments and Chess had to find us and when she did Fe-Fe-"
"Yeah, I think I heard enough," Church said quickly, "NEEEEXT!"
"But what if what Caboose is saying is true? Even if it isn't directly," Asked Donut, and everyone gave him strange looks.
"Son, the day Caboose makes sense is the day I stop hating Grif. It will never happen," Sarge said, shaking his head.
"You make life sound so desirable," Grif said sarcastically.
"I know I do. And you know what would make it even better? If you were dead. A pile of orange guts lying on the ground. We can put your head on a stick as memory of that wonderful day.." Sarge said dreamily, and I began to fear for my life around him.
"And moving on," Wash started, "I think I would like to know what happened as much as everyone else."
"Well, I'm not answering. I'm just as lost as you all are!" I said, confused as confusion can be.
"I'm not sure if we should say," Jessie spoke, "For sanity's sake."
"Dude, we have had weird shit happen to us from the day we joined this stupid military. I don't think a little explanation would have much effect," Tucker reasoned.
"I still don't think it would do any good for your minds if you knew," Jessie said.
"And I don't think it would do good for the state of your body if you didn't give us what we wanted to know," Wash countered.
"Woah, I hope you aren't intending to injure us or something," I told the ex-Freelancer, now really not liking where I was.
"I don't intend to do anything, I'm just preparing for what I may have to do," Washington corrected.
"... Right..," Jessie responded, but she and Mom didn't look nearly as scared as I was. I guess they've been through this before... Or something.
"We just think it would be in your bests interests not to know," Mom reasoned, offering a smile.
"... Fine. I'll get it out of you later," Wash said, ending that conversation, and I didn't want to know what "getting it out" meant. I shuddered at the thought.
"So, are we gonna help you guys, or stand around talking all day?" Jessie asked, seeing almost too eager to help them.
"You want to help us?" Kimball asked, and Jessie nodded instantly. Way too eager.
"We'll do what we can to help you, and possibly give you an explanation later. Personally, I feel like I owe it to these guys to help them," Jessie said, and Mom gave a nod of agreement. We were lead inside, where there were a lot of people talking amongst themselves.
"How do we know you aren't just spies from the Federal Army?" Kimball asked.
"Trust me, they're not. One of them we lived with for about a week, she wasn't too suspicious, one of them seems to know Wash and Felix, and the other seems to not have any idea of what the hell's going on," Church said, looking to all of us as he spoke about each of us. He was right: I had absolutely no idea what was going on, and no one would tell me!
"It not my fault no one will tell me anything!" I yelled, before letting out a sigh. I didn't need to be loosing my temper on some AI. Even if his own fuse was ten times shorter.
"What the hell is going on here?" A new voice spoke up, walking over to us in teal armor. Carolina! I should have noticed she was missing from the group..
"Carolina!" Jessie yelled, "Uh... Nothing important. At all. You can turn away now, no fancy questions or secrets being revealed over here!" I had to admit: my sister was terrible at lying. Carolina just stared at her, then walked closer to all of us. I remembered how good she was at fighting, and instinctively took a step away from her.
"Jessie. You're not wearing your armor," Carolina continued. Okay... Unexpected. Jessie also seemed a little surprised at the reaction to seeing her, before she cleared her throat.
"I don't exactly have my armor right now... Honestly I don't know where it is."
"Keep walking strait and take a turn to the left. Open the door, and it will be on the right side of the wall. It was just sitting in Blue Base after you left, we figured to keep it just incase," Tex spoke up, pointing as she gave out her directions. I saw Jessie hesitate for a second, then nod, running away to where Tex had pointed her to.
Carolina spoke, "Now, I haven't seen you two before. Who are you, why are you here, and give me one reason not to kill you right now."
"Katherine, I don't know, I think we're here to help you," I said as quickly as possible, answering her question.
"Not a very good reason there if you ask me," Tex remarked, and Carolina gave a reluctant nod of agreement. I smiled sheepishly, thinking of another reason, as I recalled the end of season 10, and things clicked into place as I realized who Carolina's mother was, and who had sent us here in the first place. That is a very risky reason, but I also don't want to be in a hospital for the next five months... Tough decision. Luckily, my mom spoke up before I had to.
"No way...," She muttered, before looking directly at Carolina, "Take off your helmet," she said, almost like an order.
"Excuse me?"
"I said take off your helmet. I need to check something. I need to be sure."
Carolina looked at her, before giving a stiff and reluctant nod, pulling the helmet off her head, emitting a gasp from Mom.
"It's really you," She breathed, "Why do I keep running into people I know?" Carolina looked very briefly confused, before she hid the expression. Carolina narrowed her eyes as she looked more closely at Mom.
"...Lily?" She asked, almost as if she couldn't believe it. Lily seemed to be the word of the day, with everybody saying it as if they couldn't believe their eyes. "It's been a while."
"Yes, it has. Your mother is a good girl, you know that?" Mom asked, before realizing her mistake of using the word "is", as in presently, as in a way of showing she wasn't dead, a fact that Carolina most certainly didn't know. At least I'm not the only one slipping today...
"Is?" Carolina, Tex, Church, and the now appearing Epsilon asked at once, all hearing Mom's mistake clear as day. Soon, another figure in some mix of purple armor showed up, her voice showing that she was definitely my sister now in armor.
"Did I miss anything?"
A/N:
Yay! Chapter 2 is out! Uh... Hope you enjoyed? I don't know...
Riddle from the last story still going on, don't forget it!
Whelp, now you all just need to wait for the next chapter! Just one short week..
