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Fall Out:

Well. This is….Different:

Recap:

Intel and the other Emotions throughout Nevermore collapsed onto their knees, their legs buckling under the weight of change.

"What the hell was that?" Rude growled, grabbing her head from her crouched position next to Deception.

"I-I d-don't l-l-like th-this." Timidity whimpered, an unfamiliar sensation burrowing into her system.

"Is this wrong?" Deception shakily kneeled, fists clenching the grass to gain some semblance of balance.

"I don't know." Intelligence breathed, struggling to stand.

"Whatever it was, it's gone now." Lethargy yawned, plucking a twig from her hair before rolling onto her stomach and cushioning her head with her folded arms.

"Yeah, gone." The yellow Emotion dusted off her book, unable to shake the unease niggling away at her thoughts.

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Nevermore:

"I can't think with all of you talking at once!" Intelligence cupped her hands around her mouth, shouting over the mob of Emotions battling for her attention. The waves of chatter faded out, leaving behind a low hum of contemplation. Intel's eyes traveled across the expanse, a sea of coloration every shade under the rainbow stared back with puzzle-glazed amethyst eyes.

"Listen, if we want to figure out what happened, we need to work together. Even you." She shot a particular dry glance at Lust. The crimson emotion rolled her eyes, fingertips tracing the collar of her low cut leotard.

"Fine." She shrugged lazily, "You want a theory?" Lust tilted her head to the side, eyes sparkling dangerously. "Here's an idea, maybe we finally got laid."

"At her age?" Maternal snapped, shooting Lust a scathing glance from the opposite side of Intel.

"Speak for yourself, you old prune." Lust sneered, twirling a purple lock around her finger.

Intelligence pinched the bridge of her nose. Goddess, she did not have time for this.

"Don't you take that tone with me, missy!" Maternal stiffened, shaking Timidity from her arm. She leveled the crimson Emotion with an accusing digit.

"Or what, you'll ground me?" Lust sniped in feigned worry, taking a step from the tree she'd been leaning on. "Need I remind you I was locked in a cage for the last three years? A week of time-out will hardly be any lace from my underwear."

Dozens of Raven-faced Emotions turned to the bun-haired mahogany matron.

"You were put in that cage for a reason." Maternal growled also stepping forward.

Dozens of Raven-faced Emotions turned to the generously curved hussy.

"Goddess!" Lust threw her hands heaven word. "You'll never let me forget that will you!? It was One. Kiss. Get over it!"

Turn..

"Does the fact that he almost killed us not bother you at all!?"

Turn..

"At least I would've died happy."

Another Turn..

"I can kill you now if you'd prefer."

(gasp) Turn..

"Crone!"

("Oooooo") Turn..

"Harlot!"

("Ahhhhh") Turn..

"Enough!" Intelligence shouted.

"Oohhh," The crowd protested with a crestfallen whine.

"Just when it was starting to get good…" Anticipation kicked the dirt with a pout.

"You two are worse than Rude and Annoying! No offense." Intel added with a glance at the orange and thistle colored Ravens standing off to the side enjoying the show. Rude shrugged with a thoughtful nod while Annoying simply twirled in place, seemingly non-plussed by her surroundings.

"She started it." Lust quipped shortly.

"Really? What are you two?" Maternal lashed back with a huff, crossing her arms.

"Are you gonna take that from her?" Someone heckled to Lust from the depths of the mob.

Intel buried her face in her palms with a soft groan.

'Why me....'

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Museum:

"Eh, Sunshine?" Red –X took a tentative step towards the Titan crumpled on the floor; his ears still ringing from the piercing scream that tore out from her body only moments before. The demolished Main show room of the museum fell into eerie quiet; snowflakes of feathers and shredded pamphlets continued to fall from above.

"What? Is this some new fighting tactic? Play possum?"

Silence.

The thief bit his lip, slowly making his way through the debris of glass and wood to Ravens sprawled form. Her breath was erratic; short, gasping.

"Come on Sunshine, talk to me." Ignoring the bruises and cuts littering his body, Red-X kneeled next to the sorceress, gently turning her onto her back; dusting off splinters peppering her torn cloak in the process. He brushed a few errant strands of sweat-roped locks from her face easing her into his lap.

"Hey, if this is just a ploy to get in my arms, it worked." Red-X joked uneasily. He certainly didn't like the peaky shade of ashen grey tingeing her skin. "Open your eyes for me, Doll-face." With a gloved hand, he gently tapped her cheek. Worry began carving trenches of panic into his usually collected veneer.

"Sleeping Beauty?" He cooed, leaning down, whispering into her ear, "Don't make me kiss you conscious."

That's when he felt it;

The cold steel of a familiar bow staff wedging under his chin, forcing his masked-face up. The thief smirked, meeting his enemy's boiling glare with an amused tsk. Beneath his tattered cape, and out of Robin's line of sight, he pulled out a small device, attaching it to the floor beneath the folds of Ravens own ruined cloak.

'Sorry about this Sunshine, but got to look out for number one…'

"Boy Blunder…" Red-X drawled, laying Raven back onto the ground and standing slowly; the bow staff pressing harder into his throat, pushing his head back slightly. "You have the worst sense of timing."

Robin visibly tightened his grip on his weapon.

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Nevermore:

"I don't feel so good." Suffering bent over, clutching her stomach in pain.

"You never feel good, Suff. Hence your name." An arsenic colored Raven rolled her eyes to her sister before turning back to Lust and Maternal's ongoing, an quite entertaining, scrap. She gave it 2 more minutes till the old biddy just hauled off a tackled the slut.

'That would be amaz-'

"No." Suffering shook her head feveredly. "I really don't feel good, Stress." The taupe Emotion groaned falling to her knees, clutching the hem of Stress' cloak in one hand, the other twisting into the grass.

"Will you quit it!" Stress censured, trying to shake off her sister's hold. "You're acting worse than Timid-"

"Ooooauhhhh…" Suffering moaned, biting her lip in misery. "It hurts!"

Stress waved off the questioning looks of the surrounding Emotions with a half-hearted chortle. "Don't mind her, she's just faking. Aren't you Suff?" Stress leveled a pointed glare at the back of the taupe cloak.

Suffering looked up from the ground, her face a pasty white. She opened her mouth to answer, but was cut off by a agonized cry that erupted above the group merely yards away.

All eyes of the assembly, including those of Maternal and Lust turned to the direction of the scream.

"Now what?" Weary groused from Stress' right. The arsenic Raven glanced at over at the circle of Emotions stepping away from a thrashing pale carmine cloak.

"That's Relief." Pity sniffed in…well….pity.

"What's wrong with her?" Confusion bated, watching as Intel's bright yellow hood weaved through the huddle that surrounded Relief.

Stress looked back down at Suffering, whose forehead was now seemingly pouring sweat, shivers racking her thin body. Stress crouched down next to her sister, an action soon followed by a concerned looking Hope.

"I-I need…" Suffering wheezed. "I-I….R-Relief….take m-me t-to….R-relief…." She sputtered between breaths.

Stress looked over Suffering at Hope. "Can you help me lift her?" The papaya colored Raven nodded silently. After a few awkward moments of finding where hands could grab without looking as if they were groping, the pair heaved the ailing Emotion up into the air, Stress hugging her under the arms, Hope holding up her legs.

"MOVE IT!" Stress shouted.

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Museum:

"So…" Red-X licked his lips, fingers itching.

Robin was seething. He could feel his nostrils flaring with every breath.

"You're," The Titan's voice cracked with rage, he mentally counted to 5 before trying again. "You're under arrest X." Robin spat the last letter as if it burned his tongue.

"May I inquire as to what the charges are?" The thief tilted his head, taking a step to the right.

Robin mirrored X's step, never letting the bow staff leave the criminal's throat, even as Red, began slowly circling around.

"Charges?" Robin growled following X's movements.

"Yes, my charges." X shrugged. "I believe I'm entitled to hear what it is I'm going to jail for?"

"Breaking and Entering," The Titan began listing. He knew all of them by heart from nights pouring over X's records in the evidence room. "Reckless Endangerment, Reckless Driving, Carrying/Concealing Dangerous weapons, Taking of Endangered Species,…."

'Oh yeah, the Panda….' Red-X shuddered. That wasn't what he would consider one of his most successful jobs. The damn things were supposed to be vegetarians. 'Vegetarian my ass…' X felt the crescent shape scar of bite marks on his left buttocks twinge in phantom pain.

"…Fireworks without Permit, Illegal Sale of Furs, Hacking, Cruelty to Poultry…"

Again not one of his finer moments.

"…Speeding, Disorderly Conduct, Theft..."

'Duh.'

"…Bribery, Vandalism, Larceny, Pet-"

"You're skipping my favorite one." Red-X cut in, finally coming to a stop, effectively putting Robin between he and Raven.

"And that would be?"

"Resisting Arrest-"

As soon as the words left his mouth, Red-X bent backwards, throwing his arms up into a handspring, narrowly missing Robin's swing that skimmed the spandex suit stretching across his chest.

Landing he barely had a hairs breath to roll left as the Titan roared bringing his bow staff down hard onto the marble floor, leaving a six inch crack where the thief's head had been only moments before.

Was it something I said… Red-X mused feigning right and twisting back into one handed flip to the left; his free hand going to a small detonator attached to his belt, again barely dodging another staff thrust.

He shot Raven one last glance before pressing down on the detonator to the small flash bomb he had placed next to her.

'Sorry, Babe. This'll hurt me more than it'll hurt you….'

"X! DON'T-" Robin started, twirling around and racing to Raven's side.

Beep….Beep….BANG!

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Nevermore:

"What's wrong with them?" Maternal's hand went to Suffering's forehead, the heat she felt radiating off the smaller Emotion causing her to pull back.

"I'm not sure, but I think it has to do with that energy wave earlier." Intel murmured, her eyes dancing back and forth between Suffering and Relief. The two lay separated on the ground convulsing.

"You mean the same energy wave you have no clue about either?" Rude lifted a jaunty brow.

"Yes," Intelligence spurned, "That one." She pushed up her glasses, gazing around the circle of emotions surrounding them, eyes falling on Stress. "Did you see what happened to her?"

"All she said was that she didn't feel well, and down she went." The arsenic Emotion stated.

"Nothing else?"

"What do you want from me!?" Stress snapped, the pressure of Intel's inquiring eyes making her want to fo- Without warning the arsenic cloaked Raven burst into tears before turning tail and running off; pushing down Anti-Social in her wake.

"Way to go four-eyes, you made her cry." Rude plucked a piece of grass off her shoulder.

"Yeah four-eyes, geeze. Make her cry why don't you." Annoying added mimicking Rude's tone. The orange Emotion's right eye twitch.

"She did say something about needing to be near Relief." Offered Confusion after a small, tense moment.

"Well they're near each other." Intel looked back down, noticing how each convulsion brought the two writhing figures closer together. "That's strange…."

"Wh-"

A sharp flash of light burst from the center of the circle. Intel squinted her eyes closed, turning her face from the blazing flare as the rest of the Emotions scrambled backwards.

Furiously rubbing her amethyst orbs back into focus, Maternal blinked the black spots dancing from her vision. She immediately stepped back to Relief and Suffer-

The Emotions of Nevermore released a collective gasp.

"Well." Lust paused, eyes widening in surprise at the tie-dyed cloaked figure lying on the grass. "This is….Different…"

Somewhere in the background, Delirium let loose a manic cackle.

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A/N: Okay, not one of my favorite chapters, but I'm trying to get back into the groove of things! Sorry about the vagueness and cliffhanger. If you were confused about the last part, that's okay, I'll explain further as we go along.

Oh yeah, and again, I'm slowly but surely introducing more and more emotions. Some play bigger parts than others as you may have realized.

Besides all that, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. And sorry for the OOC-ness on Robin's part.

Anywhoo, I would absolutely LOVE to hear FEEDBACK for this particular chapter, just because it's my first one after a long delay. And I hope it flows with the other chapters. If not I can go back and correct it accordingly.

Happy Reading : )

~Ambrosia