Chapter 6 – Left behind!

WordGirl still felt somewhat uneasy with The Whammer's story, she could tell he was leaving something out but she didn't know just what it was!

The young superhero watched as the villains remaining that had not told their stories were all looking nervous, because everyone in that cave knew they were next! Chuck was twiddling his fingers trying to keep his gaze from the staring people.

Doctor Two Brains remained in a state of loathing for the whole thing, and when he saw WordGirl looking at him she just hmphed and made his way to the back corner.

"Someone's bound to save us soon right? No point in going farther with this silly charade!" Tobey offered, giving a nervous chuckle.

"You don't have to talk if you don't want to," WordGirl offered, getting a rather thankful look. Chuck bit his bottom lip, "I don't know, I might feel like talking," he mumbled.
Two Brains gave a groan, "You too? Seriously I'm sure no one is interested in hearing about your life Chuck!"
That was not the right thing to say when sitting right next to the Whammer! The Doc wacked in the back of the head, sending the half man half mouse forward onto his face, through the dirt he mumbled, "Carry on."
WordGirl couldn't help but giggle, she grabbed the Doc's hand and lifted him back into a sitting position. There was no coming back from that with his dignity, but he sure as heck tried too. Dusting off his lab coat (and his face) he sniffed indignantly, "Bound to be something ridiculous," he mumbled.
The Whammer didn't react this time; instead he put his oversized hands under his chin and looked at Chuck expectantly.
The Sandwich headed criminal cleared his throat, "Not much to tell actually, I'm happy with my position as greatest criminal in the world," he gave a superior look at the other villains, getting a few whispered threats for his life, "My mom's great, and I'm happy with my lair," he said, "So you're just going to tell us how great your life is compared to ours?" Granny May demanded. There was a collective nod of joined annoyance, "No, no!" Chuck put his hands up in a friendly gesture, "Though I might be happy, I'm alone."
WordGirl raised an eyebrow, he had his mother (of whom he was slightly too attached to) and he had lots of time with the other villains and herself. She couldn't see Chuck as someone that was alone, but clearly he thought it was so.
"When I was little my father died, I never really knew him and it didn't make much difference to my young self," Chuck elaborated, "I was raised by my mother and… Brent, basically. Brent was the one that was always there for me, he consoled me, he played with me, he was my best friend!"

WordGirl nodded, "And?" she ventured leaning forwards.
"And he left me!" Chuck said, "To become the handsome successful guy he is now, don't tell him this but I missed him!" he twiddled his fingers, "He went off to be handsome and successful leaving me with ma, he didn't visit for the longest time and he was the talk of the town! What was I? Alone, with nothing except a sandwich press. Which I invented I might add!" he said the last bit proudly.
WordGirl was pretty sure she knew what he was talking about, the first time she met Chuck he had a giant sandwich press! And he tried to crush her with it, well, Her Scoops and the Grocery store Manager. Chuck sighed through his nose, "I was jealous at first, but now I think I'm just lonely. I remember being younger and feeling abandoned…"
WordGirl gave him a sympathetic look, she wondered what it would be like if her parents or hey even TJ left. She knew she wouldn't like it that was for sure.
Tobey sighed loudly, kicking his feet.
Something was off with his actions, the young blond was pulling off his glasses shining them on his shirt then putting them hard onto his nose, he did it several times before people actually started to notice. He was looking foggy eyed, and rather nervous.
"Tobey-"
"Don't! I know what you're thinking but I'm not spilling my guts about my life!" he was suddenly on the defense, a blush creeping its way onto his pale face. "I am not like you, I am a gentleman, and a gentleman has his secrets," he said, using his most aristocratic voice. WordGirl sighed, "Alright Tobey, like I said if you don't want to…"
"Well I don't."
"I know-"
"There is no point in trying to persuade me!"
"Tobey-"
"What?"
"I stopped 'trying to persuade you' several minutes ago."
Tobey blushed harder, his eyes going to the lamp which was slowly fading as the batteries ran low. He adjusted his bow tie, "Ah," he said embarrassedly. WordGirl gave a warm smile, which she normally wouldn't have given to him. But he looked so much like wanted to share something.
As if he could read her through that one smile, "I mean, it's not as if I'm embarrassed by what I would tell you if you know…I was interested in telling you anything!" he coughed.
"Out with it already!" Lady Redundant Woman shouted.
Tobey gave a death glare at her, "I mean I'm certainly 'not' embarrassed telling you about oh say… My father," he said casually.
Understanding filled WordGirl's eyes, though she suddenly felt sick to her stomach. Tobey didn't react well ever to the mention of his father, was he going to lose his temper if someone said anything rude about his departed parent?
Tobey cleared his throat, "What more is there to tell you about my father then he was the greatest man I ever knew! He was smart and kind and had time for me. He quit his job for my mother, and kept himself unemployed to do the main raising of myself," he said fondly, "My mother was the worker of the family obviously. My father was amazing at creating! He would make little tinker toys for myself and he even taught me the beauty of engineering," he continued, completely lost in his memories, "I remember when I created my first Robot, it barely worked but he loved it! That was only a few days before he got sick," suddenly tears started forming in his eyes, "He was a fighter, he was kept in pain for a long time before he finally passed away in his sleep," he said sobbing slightly at the last word, "I was only six then, but I remember it like it was yesterday! I remember his funeral, and the emptiness I felt that I couldn't fix like my robots," he said his gaze fixed on the floor as tears rolled down his cheeks. WordGirl felt her heart tugging horribly, it was terrible and amazing how quickly Tobey opened up about his father, "I wanted to be like my father but that got harder and harder the farther things went," he said removing his glasses and wiping tears with the back of his hand. It reminded the super hero just how old Tobey was, he was still a child!
Tobey decided in a flash that he was done telling them anything and he stood up, making his way to the back of the cave.

Suddenly there was a cold silence for several minutes, suddenly cut off by a short moan. A few people looked around trying to figure out what or who it came from when Doctor Two Brains stood tall, sniffing the air, "It's been- half an hour no forty five minutes and four seconds since I've had any cheese! Going a bit *twitch* crazy here!"
"Woah Doc, you ok?" WordGirl asked, she could see the clear green illumination of his second brain, "Fine, fine totally fine!" he said twitching and looking about nervously.
The young super hero was rather concerned for her former friend, she had never seen the Doc when he was deprived of cheese!
Doctor Two Brains forced himself to sit down, "Relax, we'll be out soon then it's all you can eat from the storeroom deal?" he talked to himself.
Finally he seemed to full relax, "Now," he said with a slight cough, "Where were we?"

Sorry this took so long! I had another cold! 8P
I need a better immune system!

Extra long, hope you enjoy it!

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